Buffy - the episodes I did not like Poll...

[shadowkat]

This was the result of post about Spiral...a lot of people said they loved Spiral, when I remember a lot of people hating it. So here's a poll of Buffy episodes you liked or hated.
You tell me. No fighting folks. This is all highly subjective. Plus, I'm under stress. If you annoy me, I have claws. But friendly banter and discussion is encouraged.

[Poll #1846742]

PS: IF your answer isn't there, just hit ambivalent or comment. It's impossible to figure out all the possible answers when you do polls. Thanks for taking it!

Comments

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

You forgot Ted. ;-) Lots of people hate Ted. I happen to love it. John Ritter was great, I thought.

I am ambivalent about Amends, but I do like the magic snow. Magic snow fan, no apologies. :-)

Perhaps more Spike fans like Spiral than the general fanbase because there are so many great Spike moments in it.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Why does Where the Wild Things Are exist other than Joss throwing a temper tantrum

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

When you mentioned Spiral yesterday, I watched it along with Weight of the World, yesterday evening. I found the knights much more objectionable than the episode as a whole. Spiral looks incredibly cheaply shot. But again, not that horrible.

Weight of the World pretty much trashes The Gift if you think about it, so yes, that one I dislike. The plot line runs - Buffy has a mental collapse, then is brought out of catatonia by a college sophmore. Then in less than 24 hours Buffy commits suicide. Brilliant planning ME!

I'll add Doublemeat Palace to the list of stinkers.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I ended up choosing Ambivalent a lot, because even in episodes with things I hate, there were almost always at least some good scenes that I'd want to watch again.

That said, one of my answers for the last question wasn't entirely true. I can't really say that I can't "rewatch" AYW because I've never managed to watch it in the first place (I've also never watched "The Body" and have no interest in ever doing so). Of the ones that I've actually watched, I think the only one I would say I never want to rewatch (i.e. it doesn't even have any scenes in it that I'd like to see again) is "Dead Man's Party." Ugh. My opinion of the Scoobies never quite recovered from that episode and it makes me sad.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

I'm not crazy about the Knights, but otherwise I don't have many objections to Spiral. I love the Winnebago, I love that Buffy decides to run, I love the goggles, I love the moments between the characters, and I anticipate the "are you saying that Ben and Glory have some kind of...connection?" exchanges to come. Lulz for days.

Amends is my least favorite episode of Buffy, bar none. It's more like an episode of AtS than BtVS, and I say meh. Or perhaps I say something stronger, like grrr!

Seeing Red I sort of love, even though it's really, really hard. And my policy is that no episode where a beloved (to me) character dies will ever go on my list of "favorites", not even Passion, so answer is ambivalent with a side of love.

Which brings me to not-likely-to-rewatch-thanks The Body. It might be an excellent episode, but I do not enjoy it. I just don't need that much pain in my life.

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

I've said before that Season 5 was not a favorite, although there was a lot to love in that season (Family, and The Body are two of my favorites from that season....).

The unwatchable episodes (for me) are mostly season 1: I have trouble sitting through Teachers Pet, Never Kill a Boy on the First Date, I, Robot... You, Jane, and Nightmares....
but I still enjoy a number of the other episodes from the first season (none of the seasons are a total wash out, they all have a lot to say).

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

People hate "Family"?

And I still maintain that "Doomed" is the worst episode of the whole series.

[sophist.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of the Knights, but I did like Glory as the BB, so I ended up answering "Loved" to that question.

Interesting to see the episodes others don't like to watch. I can understand The Body -- it's really painful. But, to me at least, that puts it in a different category than, say, AYW. One is a great episode which is emotionally hard. The other is dreck that insults the viewers.

Might as well confess that I absolutely love Bad Eggs. Fie on those who voted it down!

[lynnenne]

I actually love "Seeing Red." Not because of the AR, which is triggery and gross and I always fast-forward through it upon rewatch (and the act break in the middle of that scene is a really bad narrative choice); but because of the ending. The total shock when Tara gets shot, and the look on her face right before she collapses to the ground, and Willow's eyes at the end. And I love the three ominous beats of music leading up to when she looks heavenward and you can see the grief and rage on her face. Gives me chills, every time.

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

"Where the Wild Things Are" and "As You Were" kind of make me want to heave.

And while the ep as a whole wasn't terrible, that demon in s7 who eats Willow's flesh and that demon in s3 when Buffy is sick that feeds on sick kids had to have been the two grossest demons of the series. For serious.

[effulgentgirl.livejournal.com]

Can't believe nobody's mentioned the 7th season episode Him. I just watched the whole series with my good friends and Him is the only one I told them to skip. The scene with Buffy making out with high schooler RJ just skeeves me right the fuck out.