1. Season 7 – I’m a freak but this really is my favourite. I adore the big themes, feminism, leadership, the whole enemy within existential crisis thing. And I love the subtle way the characters and their relationships build from episode to episode.
2. Season 6 and Season 3. Either of these could be joint first. Six, I love the musical and the whole Buffy/Spike story, the trio and even most of the Magic!Crack but it loses out for inconsistency – there are a few episodes that just don’t work for me. Three is very consistent but it’s still a little too high school.
3. Season 4. Possibly the most light-hearted season and it has Restless. Nuff said.
4. Season 2. The Angelus arc and the development of the Buffy/Giles relationship are wonderful. And Spike’n Dru. But there’s a lot of mediocre stuff early on and the whole ‘boyfriend turns bad’ subtext just doesn’t mean a lot to me personally.
5. Season 5. There’s a lot I love about this season but the big epic story just doesn’t mesh at all well with the domestic aspects. I think epic worked better on Angel.
6. Season 1. It was a good start to the series and ‘The Pack’ is great but it got so much better later.
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1. Season 7 – I’m a freak but this really is my favourite. I adore the big themes, feminism, leadership, the whole enemy within existential crisis thing. And I love the subtle way the characters and their relationships build from episode to episode.
2. Season 6 and Season 3. Either of these could be joint first. Six, I love the musical and the whole Buffy/Spike story, the trio and even most of the Magic!Crack but it loses out for inconsistency – there are a few episodes that just don’t work for me. Three is very consistent but it’s still a little too high school.
3. Season 4. Possibly the most light-hearted season and it has Restless. Nuff said.
4. Season 2. The Angelus arc and the development of the Buffy/Giles relationship are wonderful. And Spike’n Dru. But there’s a lot of mediocre stuff early on and the whole ‘boyfriend turns bad’ subtext just doesn’t mean a lot to me personally.
5. Season 5. There’s a lot I love about this season but the big epic story just doesn’t mesh at all well with the domestic aspects. I think epic worked better on Angel.
6. Season 1. It was a good start to the series and ‘The Pack’ is great but it got so much better later.