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Favourite BtVS episodes
Feb. 13th, 2023 09:25 amI was watching the BtVS cast reunion this morning, and it got me thinking about about my favourite Buffy episodes. My favourite five, in no particular order, are:
The Body -- that is heart-wrenching. It absolutely captures how hard grief hits you, how strange and different it feels and how hard it can be to comfort each other when everyone's grieving. It's a beautiful episode of TV.
The Gentlmen1 Hush -- in my opinion, this is the creepiest episode of BtVS. The silence and the musical score kept me on the edge of my seat the first time I saw it and I still love the sheer creep-factor of it. It has genuinely funny moments as well, but the idea of being unable to scream is a horror staple for a reason.
Restless -- I love Restless. I love how it captures that odd dream logic where rooms lead to impossible places, where people say things that make no sense but feel terribly important. I love that each dream feels so true for each character's view of the world and Buffy's fantastic speech at the end is wonderful.
Once More With Feeling -- I know a lot of shows have done musical episodes but this will always hold a place in my heart as being the first time I'd seen this done with such strong emotional impact. I mean, some of the songs are just fun and catchy (the mustard song, for example, and Xander and Anya's number) but they're also used for both plot reasons and emotional reveals, and they're catchy. So much fun.
Bad Moon Rising -- honestly, this episode might have been tailor-made for my id. Oz coming back, Willow torn between what's happening now and he first brush with love, and Tara stepping back to allow Willow the choice? It works for me like you wouldn't believe. Tara was always one of my favourite characters in BtVS (I do love them all, but Tara and Cordelia were my absolute faves) and this episode is so emoitonally satisfying for me. (I'm not saying it's the strongest or the best episode, but it's one that I love so much.)
What about you guys? Do you have favourite episodes that you still recall with love?
1 - Random thought that came to me while sitting on the toilet: "wait, that episode title is Hush! I think of it as The Gentlemen but it's not actually called that. I'd better fix that before a fellow fan sees it and rightfully mocks me for it." Not that you would mock me. You guys are lovely.
The Body -- that is heart-wrenching. It absolutely captures how hard grief hits you, how strange and different it feels and how hard it can be to comfort each other when everyone's grieving. It's a beautiful episode of TV.
Restless -- I love Restless. I love how it captures that odd dream logic where rooms lead to impossible places, where people say things that make no sense but feel terribly important. I love that each dream feels so true for each character's view of the world and Buffy's fantastic speech at the end is wonderful.
Once More With Feeling -- I know a lot of shows have done musical episodes but this will always hold a place in my heart as being the first time I'd seen this done with such strong emotional impact. I mean, some of the songs are just fun and catchy (the mustard song, for example, and Xander and Anya's number) but they're also used for both plot reasons and emotional reveals, and they're catchy. So much fun.
Bad Moon Rising -- honestly, this episode might have been tailor-made for my id. Oz coming back, Willow torn between what's happening now and he first brush with love, and Tara stepping back to allow Willow the choice? It works for me like you wouldn't believe. Tara was always one of my favourite characters in BtVS (I do love them all, but Tara and Cordelia were my absolute faves) and this episode is so emoitonally satisfying for me. (I'm not saying it's the strongest or the best episode, but it's one that I love so much.)
What about you guys? Do you have favourite episodes that you still recall with love?
1 - Random thought that came to me while sitting on the toilet: "wait, that episode title is Hush! I think of it as The Gentlemen but it's not actually called that. I'd better fix that before a fellow fan sees it and rightfully mocks me for it." Not that you would mock me. You guys are lovely.
