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

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

Thinking back on it, yes, season three is my favorite. I like several episodes in four, but not enough to say it's my favorite anymore. There are a few of season five that are really fine, but the average quality was down that year for my money.

As someone commented above, I think the audience for the first three seasons was different from the audience for the last three.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to locate a trend or pattern in the comments regarding which season is a favorite and why? And I can't find one. Every time I theorize, somebody says something that throws that theory out the window.

Also, weirdest thing? 8 people state S3 is their favorite under question 1, but only 4 under question 2. Which makes me wonder if they perceived question 1 as stating that S3 was a favorite, but not necessarily their favorite.
And there's a bunch of people who just can't pick.

Very happy I'm not in market research...I'd go batty.