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..]

[Poll #1822636]

Comments

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

I was so sick and tired of Buffy & Angel mooning over each other and not doing anything about it (and I never really got into Angel in the first place) that I spent most of the 3rd season wishing they would just move on.... Of course there was a lot of brilliant stuff in Season 3, but it isn't even close to my favorite.

I see that your poll has Season 5 as most people's favorite, but I couldn't bear Glorificus, I thought she was an incredibly lame big bad... and I totally hated the Knights fighting throughout the last episodes.... So again, I loved a lot about Season 5, but it is NOT a favorite of mine.

I would rate them both below seasons 2 and 6... and even 7.
Season 1 is clearly the worst).

But my season of Buffy is 4! I know, I'm like the only one (LOL).
a) I loved having Spike back
b) I loved the sci-fi vs magic theme... it was right up my alley
c) and most of my favorite episodes were from season 4.

[norwie2010.livejournal.com]

Season 3 has the single best episode ever and for all times: "Anne".

Apart from that, i like a lot about this season - but i'm also bored by a lot of stuff that season.

Season 6 is the best TV time i ever had, it gave me back a small amount of hope that pop culture isn't just fascistic narcissism but indeed a possible and legitimate way to express views on the human condition in a meaningful way.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Agree...S6 was different. What they did in that Season, I've not seen done elsewhere. Very Brechtian in places. With a lot of deconstruction and surrealism.

[local-max.livejournal.com]

Season 6 is the best TV time i ever had, it gave me back a small amount of hope that pop culture isn't just fascistic narcissism but indeed a possible and legitimate way to express views on the human condition in a meaningful way.

:) :) :)

I like Anne a lot more because of your analysis...analysises...analyses (paging Warren and nemesises) but I still need to see it again with new eyes!

[norwie2010.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that wasn't meant as a reply to your post. Forgive?

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you did... don't you love the season 6 icon I put here? LOL

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

You are not the only one picking season 4, see my comment above!

As for season 5, I agree with you about the Knights. Glorifus? I hated her at first but, thanks to lots of parsing and my habit of connecting stuff to Greek mythology, I eventually managed to convince myself that she wasn't as lame as she looked.

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

I did see your post after I'd posted mine.... I'm happy to see such a discerning viewer shares my love of season 4!

I'm afraid I've tried and tried to view season 5 through the eyes of my friends who loved it... but except for a few stand-alones, I found that season to be kind of a drag.