Hush (1999): Joss Whedon wanted to do an episode without dialogue. Hush contains only 17 minutes of speech. In the episode, The Gentlemen arrive in Sunnydale, take away everyone’s ability to speak, and then cut hearts out of their speechless victims. City residents are forced to communicate without speech and have to cope with their affliction.
Once More With Feeling (2001): Xander summons up a demon that forces Sunnydale residents to sing out their deepest secrets. Once the secrets are revealed, the characters have to live with the consequences. The episode was a musical with the cast singing their parts. The songs were original and written for the characters.
I Only Have Eyes For You (1998): A pair of ghosts are haunting Sunnydale High and forcing students to relive his murder/suicide over and over. The pair possess Buffy and Angelus forcing them to relive the incident, but allowing the couple to reconcile. The relationship between the ghosts parallels Buffy’s relationship with Angel who had reverted to Angelus after experiencing a moment of pure happiness. On a side note, the episode uses the Flamingos 1959 hit of the same name, but the murder/suicide took place in 1955.
Passion (1998): Ms. Calendar discovers a way to restore Angel’s soul, but is murdered by Angelus. The vampire then torments Giles by leaving her body in his bed. In a rage, Giles attacks Calendar’s murderer, but has to be rescued by Buffy. The murder forced Buffy to face reality and she vows to slay the vampire.
Graduation Day (1999): The Mayor decides to transform into a pure demon on graduation day. Unfortunately for him, Buffy put Faith into a coma rendering her useless to him. Meanwhile, the Scoobies organize a military-style campaign to fight off the Major in his new demon form. In the end, they blow up the school, but graduate. The final shot is a scorched yearbook.
The Body (2001): The episode focuses on death. Buffy’s mom dies from a brain aneurysm and there is nothing she can do. She is completely helpless. The gang is used to death, but this one frustrates them. They can deal with demons and vampires, but have a hard time accepting something so mundane as an aneurysm.
Becoming (1998): Angelus and Drusilla plan to bring forth the apocalypse and bring hell to Earth. Buffy and Spike move to stop the pair while Willow works to restore Angel’s soul. The episode climaxes with a sword duel between Buffy and Angelus. At the end, Willow is successful and Angelus reverts to Angel. Unfortunately, Buffy is forced to kill Angel to save the world.
Prophecy Girl (1997): Buffy finally faces the Master, but is defeated. He leaves her to drown in a shallow pool of water. However, Xander arrives and provides CPR bringing her back. Meanwhile, Giles, Cordy, Ms. Calendar, and Willow face the Hellmouth which opens revealing a multi-headed creature. After returning from the dead, a stronger Buffy faces the Master a second time defeating him. His death seals the Hellmouth and the gang decides to go to the Bronze.
Chosen (2003): In the series finale, Buffy faces the First Evil and an army of Uber-Vamps with Faith, the Scoobies, Spike and her own slayer army. Buffy uses a magical battleaxe which held the essence of the slayer to empower the potentials. In the end, the gang destroy the Hellmouth and Sunnydale. The show ends with Buffy beginning to smile as she realizes she is no longer alone.
Conversations With Dead People (2002): Buffy, Dawn, and Willow all have encounters with the dead. Buffy meets a former classmate turned vampire. She slays him after discovering he was sired by Spike. Joyce visits Dawn and the First arrives to destroy the living room. Willow is visited by Cassie who claimed to have a message from Tara. It turned out to be a ploy by the First who threatens to destroy the Scooby Gang.
Once More With Feeling (2001): Xander summons up a demon that forces Sunnydale residents to sing out their deepest secrets. Once the secrets are revealed, the characters have to live with the consequences. The episode was a musical with the cast singing their parts. The songs were original and written for the characters.
I Only Have Eyes For You (1998): A pair of ghosts are haunting Sunnydale High and forcing students to relive his murder/suicide over and over. The pair possess Buffy and Angelus forcing them to relive the incident, but allowing the couple to reconcile. The relationship between the ghosts parallels Buffy’s relationship with Angel who had reverted to Angelus after experiencing a moment of pure happiness. On a side note, the episode uses the Flamingos 1959 hit of the same name, but the murder/suicide took place in 1955.
Passion (1998): Ms. Calendar discovers a way to restore Angel’s soul, but is murdered by Angelus. The vampire then torments Giles by leaving her body in his bed. In a rage, Giles attacks Calendar’s murderer, but has to be rescued by Buffy. The murder forced Buffy to face reality and she vows to slay the vampire.
Graduation Day (1999): The Mayor decides to transform into a pure demon on graduation day. Unfortunately for him, Buffy put Faith into a coma rendering her useless to him. Meanwhile, the Scoobies organize a military-style campaign to fight off the Major in his new demon form. In the end, they blow up the school, but graduate. The final shot is a scorched yearbook.
The Body (2001): The episode focuses on death. Buffy’s mom dies from a brain aneurysm and there is nothing she can do. She is completely helpless. The gang is used to death, but this one frustrates them. They can deal with demons and vampires, but have a hard time accepting something so mundane as an aneurysm.
Becoming (1998): Angelus and Drusilla plan to bring forth the apocalypse and bring hell to Earth. Buffy and Spike move to stop the pair while Willow works to restore Angel’s soul. The episode climaxes with a sword duel between Buffy and Angelus. At the end, Willow is successful and Angelus reverts to Angel. Unfortunately, Buffy is forced to kill Angel to save the world.
Prophecy Girl (1997): Buffy finally faces the Master, but is defeated. He leaves her to drown in a shallow pool of water. However, Xander arrives and provides CPR bringing her back. Meanwhile, Giles, Cordy, Ms. Calendar, and Willow face the Hellmouth which opens revealing a multi-headed creature. After returning from the dead, a stronger Buffy faces the Master a second time defeating him. His death seals the Hellmouth and the gang decides to go to the Bronze.
Chosen (2003): In the series finale, Buffy faces the First Evil and an army of Uber-Vamps with Faith, the Scoobies, Spike and her own slayer army. Buffy uses a magical battleaxe which held the essence of the slayer to empower the potentials. In the end, the gang destroy the Hellmouth and Sunnydale. The show ends with Buffy beginning to smile as she realizes she is no longer alone.
Conversations With Dead People (2002): Buffy, Dawn, and Willow all have encounters with the dead. Buffy meets a former classmate turned vampire. She slays him after discovering he was sired by Spike. Joyce visits Dawn and the First arrives to destroy the living room. Willow is visited by Cassie who claimed to have a message from Tara. It turned out to be a ploy by the First who threatens to destroy the Scooby Gang.
2 comments:
Is this your top 10 or an official one?
I'd have put Hush in there somewhere also Something Blue, This Years Girl and Who are You.
M
It's just my opinion. I had a very hard time whittling this down!
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