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I picked up Buffy Season 4 yesterday after work and started watching it - and stayed up till 3 AM doing so. It's a good season so far. Beware the spoilers ahead.
"The Freshman" - This was one of the few episodes I'd seen before, in reruns. I'm struck by how the show has a very different tone at times, now that Buffy is out of high school. The episode is about Buffy as outsider, and workls in isolation, though I'm glad they don't seem to be playing it up as heavily in the remainder of the season.
"Living Conditions" - The crazy roommate episode. Enjoyable, but nothing really stands out.
"In the Harsh Light of Day" - A critical episode that FX didn't see fit to rerun in the latest cycle of broadcasts, annoyingly. Buffy sleeps with Parker, Xander sleeps with Anya. Spike's annoyance with Harmony is priceless.
"Fear, Itself" - Trusthfully I thought this one was a little dull. But the ending was priceless.
"Beer Bad" - It's college - you gotta have stuff about kids getting tanked. Not as funny as I thought it would be going in - the theme here is paper-thin (booze turns people into stupid, brutish neanderthals.)
"Wild at Heart" - I came out of this one with "Oz is an utter tool." Make a decision, man.
"The Initiative" - Spike is actually clever in this episode - great to see that he isn't always just a sap, funny as he is. The later interaction between Willow and the neutered Spike is the highlight of the episode. That and Riley planting a ham-sized fist in Parker's smarmy little face.
"Pangs" - Some great lines out of Xander, especially at the end. The sight of the cavalry riding to the rescue on bicycles (to Wagneresque music, no less,) was hillarious.
"Something Blue" - In this one, a disapproving Giles gets the best lines. The bit with Willow and D'Hoffryn also ends hilariously.
"Hush" - Wow. What a great episode. Undoubtedly the scariest Buffy I've seen yet. The Gentlemen rocked really, really hard.
"Doomed" - Enjoyable, but not a season highlight.
"A New Man" - I love every Ethan Rayne episode. This one is also great because of some Giles dialogue ("that... that... fishwife?!") And Ethanm getting hauled off by the Initiative at the end was pretty satisfying, too - I just hope he comes back later.
"The I in Team" - Buffy joins the Initiative, sort of. Riley tags Buffy, with creepy Dr. Walsh watching on the monitors. "Yes, we've enjoyed spanking" is enough to get me to like this episode.
"Goodbye Iowa" - Heavy Buffy/Riley interaction episode. Spike, when he leaves Giles' place, is brillaint - I rewound through that and watched it no less than five times.
"This Year's Girl" - There's really not much to this episode other than Faith's remergence. I was touched by the picnic scene - for all their obvious insanity, there's real affection between Faith and the Mayor. I expected the conversation between Giles, Xander and Spike to play into the final resolution (in "Who Are You,") but it didn't.
"Who Are You" - A very interesting episode, becuase we get to see Sarah as Faith and Eliza as Buffy - it's even that way in the credits, which I thought was clever. Overall I thought Eliza was more convincing as Buffy. But, and this is a big but, Gellar was wonderfully slutty. In leather pants. Hooo mama. It was neat (and heartbreaking from Faith's perspective) to see the Mayor on videotape. I also find it interesting that Faith spots Willow and Tara's relationship for what it's obviously becoming right away. This is Faith's episode.
That's as far as I got. I may get to watch another episode or two tonight.
"The Freshman" - This was one of the few episodes I'd seen before, in reruns. I'm struck by how the show has a very different tone at times, now that Buffy is out of high school. The episode is about Buffy as outsider, and workls in isolation, though I'm glad they don't seem to be playing it up as heavily in the remainder of the season.
"Living Conditions" - The crazy roommate episode. Enjoyable, but nothing really stands out.
"In the Harsh Light of Day" - A critical episode that FX didn't see fit to rerun in the latest cycle of broadcasts, annoyingly. Buffy sleeps with Parker, Xander sleeps with Anya. Spike's annoyance with Harmony is priceless.
"Fear, Itself" - Trusthfully I thought this one was a little dull. But the ending was priceless.
"Beer Bad" - It's college - you gotta have stuff about kids getting tanked. Not as funny as I thought it would be going in - the theme here is paper-thin (booze turns people into stupid, brutish neanderthals.)
"Wild at Heart" - I came out of this one with "Oz is an utter tool." Make a decision, man.
"The Initiative" - Spike is actually clever in this episode - great to see that he isn't always just a sap, funny as he is. The later interaction between Willow and the neutered Spike is the highlight of the episode. That and Riley planting a ham-sized fist in Parker's smarmy little face.
"Pangs" - Some great lines out of Xander, especially at the end. The sight of the cavalry riding to the rescue on bicycles (to Wagneresque music, no less,) was hillarious.
"Something Blue" - In this one, a disapproving Giles gets the best lines. The bit with Willow and D'Hoffryn also ends hilariously.
"Hush" - Wow. What a great episode. Undoubtedly the scariest Buffy I've seen yet. The Gentlemen rocked really, really hard.
"Doomed" - Enjoyable, but not a season highlight.
"A New Man" - I love every Ethan Rayne episode. This one is also great because of some Giles dialogue ("that... that... fishwife?!") And Ethanm getting hauled off by the Initiative at the end was pretty satisfying, too - I just hope he comes back later.
"The I in Team" - Buffy joins the Initiative, sort of. Riley tags Buffy, with creepy Dr. Walsh watching on the monitors. "Yes, we've enjoyed spanking" is enough to get me to like this episode.
"Goodbye Iowa" - Heavy Buffy/Riley interaction episode. Spike, when he leaves Giles' place, is brillaint - I rewound through that and watched it no less than five times.
"This Year's Girl" - There's really not much to this episode other than Faith's remergence. I was touched by the picnic scene - for all their obvious insanity, there's real affection between Faith and the Mayor. I expected the conversation between Giles, Xander and Spike to play into the final resolution (in "Who Are You,") but it didn't.
"Who Are You" - A very interesting episode, becuase we get to see Sarah as Faith and Eliza as Buffy - it's even that way in the credits, which I thought was clever. Overall I thought Eliza was more convincing as Buffy. But, and this is a big but, Gellar was wonderfully slutty. In leather pants. Hooo mama. It was neat (and heartbreaking from Faith's perspective) to see the Mayor on videotape. I also find it interesting that Faith spots Willow and Tara's relationship for what it's obviously becoming right away. This is Faith's episode.
That's as far as I got. I may get to watch another episode or two tonight.
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