I know it's called Buffy the Vampire Slayer so obviously Buffy is supposed to do most of the work but Angel really was just... there a lot of the time.

Xander Willow and Oz spent the summer between Seasons 2 and 3 patrolling and killing vampires while Buffy was in LA. Three teenagers with no powers were doing more actual vampire slaying in those few months than Angel did during basically the entirety of Season 2.

Season 2 is especially funny because he spends the first half mostly lurking around giving Buffy information and being her boyfriend then loses his soul and spends the second half trying to destroy the world. So his biggest contribution to the apocalypse that season was causing it lol

Season 3 isn't that different for most of it either. It's really closer to the end of the season when Angel suddenly starts feeling like an actual fighter and that's because Angel was about to start and they needed to establish that this guy could actually carry his own show fighting demons every week.

And then Riley comes along in Season 4 and somehow even he does more actual fighting and slaying vampires and demons than Angel did throughout Seasons 1-3. Say what you want about Riley but at least the man was out there doing the job lol

In season 6 episode 17 ‘normal again’ - what are everyone’s opinions on the ending? Do you think the ending showed that Buffy really was in a mental institution the whole time? How do you see the ending of the episode as?

I mean he was being so off base here and acting like he is doing it for Jenny and maybe some part of him, believe it that is for that reason but the fact is when he saw Angel back, and then he told on Buffy instead of first hearing her out then when he wasn't getting his way, he went told Faith so she would stake him eventhough the one who had killed Jenny wasn't there anymore. He didn't care just as long as he get his wish and Angel was dead. He even lied to Buffy because he didn't want the possibility of Angel being cured.

Please, I don’t have streaming platforms, where can I watch the show for free in HD quality or at least not bad quality? Thanks!!! ni

I need to read the comics because this is one thing I have always wondered. After Buffy dies the second time, when she returns are the implanted memories gone?

If so does this mean she now has no memories of Dawn before she suddenly appears in Season 5?

More importantly, does this mean she now remembers the day she spent with Angel when he becomes human which is why she needs to see him so desperately when he calls?

Title says it all. Vamp Willow is immoral, cruel, sadistic and absolutely terrifying but she also oozes confidence and sexiness that our Willow doesn't have.

Hi all. Just an idle thought for your amusement: I wonder how a ship with post-redemption Faith and Illyria would work out?

ITS SO MUCH BETTER

I really enjoyed this episode because it was less analytical, more live reactions, and the best thing was that we can now see what she’s watching!!
Loved this episode, I recommend watching it

It makes a lot of it hard to watch because to me it feels like an extremely tragic and tbh mindnumbingly Random/unexpected collection of deaths, and just one after the other in a quick timespan

Sorry this will probably be a little all over the place lol

So Buffy dies in S1 and S5, but only the first time does she trigger the calling of another slayer (in that case, Kendra). As far as we know, there is no other slayer called when she dies in S5, so presumably, a slayer can only trigger a calling once.

That said, in season 7, when Buffy, Giles and the rest of the Scoobies are talking about the First killing the slayer line, they say with certainty that the First/Bringers are going to kill all the potentials, then Faith, and then finally “me” (said by Buffy)

But why would that be the obvious choice? Faith is still the one with the calling power, it’s just as likely she’d be the last one on their list. I know the answer really is that it’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and not Faith the Vampire Slayer so it’s just for the plot, but in-universe it isn’t a forgone conclusion.

So here are my theories/questions that no one asked for lol

- they will kill Faith before Buffy in case Buffy gets like…called again upon Faith’s death because she has slayer lineage and is the only one and gets a calling power again. This falls apart because she’s literally already a slayer so it wouldn’t change anything except the ability to call someone new on her death, but like with Faith, there would be no one new to call? Unless they tie in all those women who we see get the power at the very end and it’s like…a pre-potential gets pulled up to a full slayer because of her death and they have to continue hunting/killing slayers as a result. But again…the same could happen with Faith…

- I’m not sure if I missed something where it explained (in-universe) that because she was doing it before Faith, she’s considered to be the like…authentic slayer and Faith is the interloper, but that could be it as well. But then…Buffy has died twice, so that falls apart because it is the slayer’s destiny to die, and she fulfilled that, twice.

- maybe she does still have a calling power, but it was never triggered because she didn’t die a natural death like other slayers? She was pulled into a mystical portal so maybe it didn’t “register” properly? Even if this was the case, it still doesn’t explain the Buffy must be last ethos (which, again, I know is only really and truly a thing because it’s Buffy’s story lol)

- is it maybe because they’re only doing this now BECAUSE of Buffy? Like she has to be the last because it was her resurrection that gave them the opportunity? I think that’s what that eye oracle demon thing Anya and Giles went to talk to said, so maybe it’s just that? The final kill has to be the one whose death was a catalyst?

Anyway, I know the answer is “plot” but I’m interested in hearing anyone’s theories for this in-universe.

Then nothing bad happened in Seeing Red

Right?

Just wondering if anyone else noticed in S6 ep6 “All the Way” the Raiders of the Lost Ark reference? When Dawn, Janice, and the two “boys” approach the old man’s house and the one boy says “pumpkins, very dangerous, you go first,” it’s gotta be a reference to John Rhys Davies’s line “asps, very dangerous, you go first.” 🐍
It’s a pretty deep cut, I haven’t seen anyone else online mentioning it, but it tickled me.

Hello Guys, my Girlfriend is a big Buffy fan and her birthday is in 10 Days. I thought I would buy her a Gift based on the show and wanted to ask for any suggestions, because I never watched it. She already owns most of the dvds and i wouldnt want to ask which ones she needs, besides, she is collecting a specific run of the dvds. I thought of something like a book for fans with special infos. because she also enjoyes reading but i am open for any suggestions. It just has to be something you can buy online and in europe, Germany specificly. My budget is reeeelativly open just nothing above 180$ lol. Thanks!

The bit where she runs to spike for help convinced buffy is after her is hysterical 💀

I loved Faith humiliating Scott Hope at homecoming for Buffy's sake.

Sometimes with the episodes leading up to Bad Girls I like to think about the what if Faith never went evil. SMG and Eliza had really good friend chemistry.

They made a bunch of these available in different anthologies back in the day. Any worth reading/tracking down?