"Buffy-vivor": Pick the ultimate Buffy episode! (Come vote in the finals!)

[WisdomLikeSilence]

Wow. All this discussion is really making me want to go rewatch seasons 2 and 3 in all their glory. It's a tough call, but I think season three is really the best of them all. So how do I choose a favorite episode from such a strong field?

After much consideration, I vote for Earshot (With that fabulous scene around the table in the library that captures how the characters would think, and such poignance)
closely followed by Doppelgangland (Evil willow. So good)
and the Zeppo (A great metajoke and the perfect Zander episode)

Oh for a free day or two I could spend curled up with my DVD's...

-WLS

 

[Morpheus]

1a) "The Wish" 1b)"Doppelgangland" 1c) "Earshot"

I just watched "The Wish" for about the 100th time. I feel good about that being my choice.

 

[Cannibal_Kender]

The Wish

 

[jeffh]

Another one where I'm surprised by some of the choices, especially the number of people who are going for the (in my opinion middling at best) Band Candy given the number of amazing episodes that season.

I'm going with Lovers' Walk, an episode I don't think anyone has picked yet, though having said that I can understand a lot of the other choices - season 3 was really strong overall.

 

[ShadowDenizen]

Wow! In what I consider an upset, the winner for Season 3 is...
The Zeppo, with a grand total of 7 votes.
It was a heated race: the runners-up, in descending order, were:
The Wish, with 5 votes.
Dopplegangland with 3 votes.
Band Candy with 3 votes.
Graduation Day (Part 2) with 2 votes.
And, with one vote each:
Graduation Day (Part One)
Bad Girls
Homecoming
Choices
Earshot
Lovers Walk

Season 4 next.

 

[ShadowDenizen]

Well, the first 3 season are set, with The Zeppo joining Prophecy Girl and Passion.
On to Season 4:
The Freshman : Aired Oct. 15, 1999on Four Episode
Living Conditions: Aired Oct. 12, 1999
The Harsh Light of Day: Aired Oct. 19, 1999
Fear, Itself: Aired Oct. 26, 1999
Beer Bad: Aired Nov. 2, 1999
Wild at Heart: Aired Nov. 9, 1999
The Initiative: Aired Nov. 16, 1999
Pangs: Aired Nov. 23, 1999
Something Blue: Aired Nov. 30, 1999
Hush: Aired Dec, 14, 1999
Doomed: Aired Jan. 18, 2000
A new Man: Aired Jan. 25, 2000
The I in Team: Aired Feb. 8, 2000
Goodbye Iowa: Aired Feb. Feb 15, 2000
This years girl (Part one) Aired Feb. 22, 2000
Who are you? (Part Two) Aired Feb 29, 2000
Superstar: Aired April 4, 2000
Where the Wild Things Are: Aired April 25, 2000
New Moon Rising: Aired May 2, 2000
The Yoko Factor: Aired May 9, 2000
Primeveal: Aired May 16, 2000
Restless: Aired May 23, 2000

 

[Mr. Patient]

With my avatar, you'd think I'd vote for Superstar, and I kind of want to, but I have to admit that Hush is the superior episode.

 

[ShadowDenizen]

I will buck the trend, and I'm voting for "Superstar". (And that's a cool avatar, Mr.Patient.

I love both Jane Espenson and Danny Strong: and the commentary on the Buffy DVD set for this episode? Was awesome. I find JE so much more interesting in her commentaries than any of the other Buffy alums.

 

[Mr. Patient]

If you want great DVD commentary, check out Conversations with Dead People, with Jane, Drew Goddard, Tom Lenk and Danny Strong (plus the director, whose name I forget).

 

[Berandor]

Restless, no doubt. Great, great dream episode with finally some things that *don't* make sense, and the foreshadowing of Buffy's death.