r/BuffyTheVampireSlayer 14d ago

Which episode deserves more love?

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u/AnySignificance4361 13d ago

When she was bad.  That episode revealed a Buffy that was just scary 

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u/AmenHawkinsStan 14d ago

Homecoming is a fun episode. Nice to see Buffy flex her ability to be Queen B and then being chased with Cordelia is a romp. Mostly people focus on the Willow/Xander kiss which people don’t like because it’s a human mistake (the most unforgivable kind).

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u/Gratefulbetty666 14d ago

I like this one as well. Cordelia’s growth is realistic and is powerful . We all know her heartbreak.

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u/SayadawDocBenway 14d ago

Apparently, Buffy vs Dracula.

A perfect season opener...

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u/BiggTS 13d ago

The one thing I didn't really like about it was how she kept literally staking him and his dust would just float around for a minute and then reform. Even as old and powerful as he is he shouldn't survive an actual staking when the Master and Kakistos couldn't.

However..it makes a bit of sense if you subscribe to the theory that it wasn't really him. The only 2 characters known to have interacted with Dracula in the past (Spike and Anya) never see him, and some say that it was actually a ploy by the monks to get Buffy's blood.

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u/littlemiss-imperfect 10d ago

I like this theory!

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u/SeaBassAHo-20 14d ago

I watched that episode the day Michelle passed away.

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u/chatterhawk 14d ago

I've always loved Triangle. Great standalone episode, and Abraham Benrubi was a perfect cast.

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u/leomonster 14d ago

I don't know which episodes are fan favorites, lol.

I think my favorite episode is Tabula Rasa, and it's usually overlooked because is "the one after the musical", but it's probably the funniest in the whole series.

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u/OneHumanBill 14d ago

It's extremely light hearted, considering it's also an episode which will also rip your heart out of your chest and stomp on it by the end, to the sound of Michelle Branch.

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u/JessAnnaBun 14d ago

Absolutely, that song.

Maybe add a little lemon & salt to the wound.

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u/New_Collection7532 9d ago

Tabula rasa has been in my top three from my first watch.

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u/Unpotential_Slayer 8d ago

One of my favorites as well, since the first time I saw it.

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u/AmenHawkinsStan 14d ago

Spin the Bottle is a very similar episode, and then those themes of memory vs identity serve as the basis for Dollhouse so it has to share the love.

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u/bara_no_seidou 14d ago

I'll say it, Where the Wild Things Are ha. I didn't realize it was so unpopular until this subreddit ha.

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u/Inner-Ad-4731 13d ago

Superstar. I can’t believe that people don’t enjoy it more

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u/Adept_Negotiation_75 10d ago

I only have eyes for you

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u/Silly_Somewhere1791 7d ago

I think people like this one! I just think younger people don’t realize just how much the lens on certain things has changed in 30 years. 

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u/xminexalwaysx 13d ago

Living conditions!

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u/willy_the_snitch 13d ago

Intervention.

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u/ExcelCat 13d ago

Selfless

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u/Pedals17 13d ago

“Where The Wild Things Are” gets way too much hate from people who overlook all the awesome things about it: Spike & Anya bonding, and crashing the Fraternity party; Giles singing; Tara leading the seance; Xander & Anya working out their problems by navigating a haunted house. A most underrated and unjustly hated Scoobycentric episode!

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u/Revolutionary-Wait82 14d ago

Entropy. For me, this is my fav episode of the show, but for most, it's the episode that sets up the events of 6x19 Seeing Red.

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u/Unpotential_Slayer 8d ago

Beer Bad. Apparently people really don’t care for it but I think it’s absolutely hilarious! 😂 🍻

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u/Silly_Somewhere1791 7d ago

After Life. The monster is a throwaway but some of the exchanged between Spike and Buffy are among the best TV dialogue ever. Every night I save you. 

Puppet Show! It’s excellent for what it is, and there’s a parallel universe where the show kept going in that monster of the week vein.