Monday, March 14, 2011

30 Days of Buffy: Day 1

While I was stuck in the Chicago airport for 3 hours with no wifi and only my cell phone to occupy me, I came across this meme: 30 Days of Buffy.  It's actually 30 Days of whatever tv show you want, but I'm going to go with Buffy.  It's my favorite show and has been for as long as I can remember.  I love watching it, talking about it, reading about it, and watching it again.  So I'm going to talk about it for the next 30 days.  There will be other posts as well (probably).  There's even one down there, below this one.  But this is my blog, so I can put whatever I want in here

And without further ado: 30 Days of Buffy

Day 1: Favorite Season

My favorite season is definitely the third.  While I will argue that the second season has the best arc, and season 4 has the highest number of great episodes, I think the quality of season 3 was very consistent.  There weren't any horrible episodes.  Actually, I don't really think there are any horrible episodes of Buffy, I'm such a huge fan.  Even the not-so-great ones have their redeeming moments.  But the bottom of this season (Beauty and the Beasts) is still reasonable.  And the entire second half (maybe the last three quarters) is quality.  If I want to watch several episodes in a row, I usually reach for the third season, because I can watch an entire disc without wanting to switch it out partway through.

Plus, the third season has Faith, one of my favorite characters.  We get to see her go from wild child to bad girl to comatose.  And all in leather pants.  This isn't even a reasonable fetish, but thanks to Faith and Angelus, I love leather pants.  Maybe I love the idea of them more than I would in person.

The third season is also the Mayor's season.  He's the most wholesome, and possibly the best, villain I've ever seen.

Other reasons to love season 3:
  •  Gay Vampire (Dominatrix) Willow (Oh yeah, me and Oz play "mistress of pain" every night)
  • The alternate universe in The Wish, with the return of the master
  • Cool Xander in The Zeppo
  • Giles admitting that he is more father than watcher to Buffy
  • The introduction of Wesley
  • Jonathan's speech in The Prom
  • Blowing up to school in Graduation Day
  • The brief return of Angelus in Enemies
  • so much more
 So, favorite season = season 3.  Hands down (at the moment).
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  1. earthlingMarch 15, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    Squee Buffy! I loved the Mayor, although Season Six will always be my fave. I think I'm pretty much alone in that, but it had some fantastic emotional arcs.

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  2. CaitMarch 15, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    Yay Buffy. I like the 6th season, too. And I don't think you're alone in that one being your favorite. But the third season feels more consistent to me, and I think struck a good balance between monster-of-the-week and season-arc. Just me, though.

    I have a hard time hating on Buffy, because I love it all so much. Some of the topics are "least favorite" this or that, and they'll definitely be hard to fill in.

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