Favorite Season of Buffy?

[shadowkat]

[Figure this should be safe and won't get any pedantic arguments/fights. But you never know with the Buffy fandom. At any rate, mind my blood-pressure in responses, I have a sinus head-ache from hell and a hellish work week with crazy bureaucrats and pedants. This is a mild distraction.]

[ETA: Almost wish I asked where you are in the viewing of series. Are you brand new to the series, watched it live in the 1990s-2003 (and since seen it 20 times or more, okay that may be an exaggeration...then again maybe not), or only watched the first three seasons all the way through and haven't seen most of the later seasons yet...although not really sure it matters one way or the other..]

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Comments

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

No season 3 isn't mt favourite. Actually it's one of my least favourite along with season 1, although I liked The Mayor as Big Bad a lot.

I love the two last seasons' dark themes and I was tempted to say season 5 because of FFL, my favourite episode, but, eventually I picked season 4 because to me it's the best season, writing-wise, with true masterpieces ("Hush", "Restless"), a great episode that paved the road for Spuffy ("Something Blue") -- and Restless paved the way for so many storylines, including Dawn's--, and of course there was the wonderful "A New Man" in which my beloved Ethan Rayne appeared for the last time.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Agree...S3 is my least favorite as well for some reason. I can't figure out why. It does have some good stand-a-lone episodes though. And The Mayor was admittedly the best villain even if he morphed into a cheesy big snake at the end.

S4 probably has the most innovative and experimental writing in the entire series and the most interesting stand-a-lones. You have Restless, Hush,
Something Blue, A New Man, Pangs, Who are You, Superstar (granted not a favorite of mine by a long shot - but I can make a case for it), The Freshman.
Restless and Hush alone make it interesting.