Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show

[gwyn]

Favorite episode. Jeez! Why not make you pick your favorite kid or something? (Not that I, you know, have kids, but I'm just saying.) I think most people go for Once More, With Feeling -- I've seen a couple other Buffyites mention it. But I have some issues with that one, and the other related possible candidate, Tabula Rasa. I think I might pick Intervention, just because it subverted so much of the expectations (I defy anyone to say they didn't cringe when they first heard it was going to be a Buffybot created by Spike).

But then... I go back to season 2, and Becoming, and how amazing that whole story was, not the least of which was Giles being tortured and Buffy and Spike forming their strange alliance (see icon), and that unforgettable ending. It seemed as if everyone got something spectacular to do in those episodes.

And there was evil Angel, and that one final glimpse of good Angel, and my favorite thing in the whole world, thwarted love and supreme sacrifice of the "killing you means I love you" variety... and bonus Sarah McLachlan at the end. It was all good, and operatically tragic, leavened with moments of wit and brilliant action, and I never get tired of watching it.

Hey, remember when Spike and Joyce first met, and sat there in the living room, trying to make small talk? Good times.

Comments

[kass]

Oh, Spike and Joyce. &hearts!

[minim_calibre]

Every single time I make cocoa, I want to look for little marshmallows because of that last scene.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Mini marshmallows also always make me say the words "Our love was EPIC" -- oh, Spike, how I miss the real you.

[mystic-savage.livejournal.com]

REminds me of how one of my favorite scenes EVER from Buffy was from "Band Candy" -- the Giles/Joyce on a cop car scene -- priceless.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

That's definitely one of my favourites too.
"Triangle"
"Drums"

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeee. God, weren't those the days?

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

I love your icon.

Trying to think of my favorite episode of Buffy makes me realize I need to go back to my rewatch. *g*

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Hey, if there's ANYthing I can do to spur it along, please DO let me know. ;-)

[belmanoir.livejournal.com]

OH MAN I LOVE "BECOMING"!!! Although "Intervention" is DEFINITELY my fave. We should watch some Buffy next time I'm over!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

We should, and we should totally watch Intervention, because most people I know weren't as passionate about it as I was.

[beerbad.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE MAKING ME SO PAINFULLY NOSTALGIC FOR TEH BUFFSTER, I need to get back on my rewatch...

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

I know, all this thinking of old teevee is making me so nostalgic and I want my BUFFSTER BACK.