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Maybe we should put together our own top 100. Not to flame JetWolf, but to give an alternate opinion.
For the record, I thought I'd rattle off my list of my ten favorite moments of the show;
10) "I'm giving it away", Same Time, Same Place. It was great to see Buffy take a giant step in rebuilding her friendship with Willow. Oh if only Joss had followed through. Or if SMG and AH were still on speaking terms by the end of Season Seven. For the record, I do not blame Joss, or Marti Noxon or Jane Espenson, or any one single person or factor for the two-season-long derailment of BtVS. I suspect there were so many mitigating cir
cumstances involved that you couldn't count them.
9) "I think I'm kinda gay", Dopplegangland. Truly the most prophetic moment in the show's history. I especially liked how Buffy glowered Angel into silence to keep Willow from wigging.
8) "They made it theirs, and they had fun", Prophecy Girl. I recommend this scene above the scene where Buffy quits because it shows how Buffy, even if she wants desperately to survive, will sacrifice everything for her friends.
7) "Oxygen becoming an issue!", Dopplegangland. Buffy and Xander went from despair to exhaltant joy in twenty seconds at the sight of Willow(I think she'd have that effect on anyone, really!) Ah, love that Buffy/Willow/Xander bonding! We needed more of that after the show moved to UPN. Instead we got St. Sunkencheeks! No wonder SMG quit after Season Seven!
6) Buffy's return to Sunnydale, Anne. Not the show's finest hour(although any episode would have been lacking after Becoming), but it was satisfying to see Buffy and her mom hugging again, especially after Joyce blew her cool in the second season finale. A sentimental favorite.
5) Spike's "Happy Meals with Legs", speech, Becoming 2. Forget St. Sunkencheeks in Season seven, this was the quintessential Spike! The vamp we loved to hate! Both congenial and sadistic at the same time! I miss him. And I suspect James Marsters does too.
4) Anya's breakdown over Joyce's death, The Body. A heartbreaking ep, and for once Anya had some character development, going beyond her "I love sex, I love money" persona. When she begged the question 'Why?', she put the whole thing in perspective.
3) "It's a good fight, and I want in!", Choices. If we believe that Buffy and Willow belong together, and they do, this is the scene that spelled it out. Willow decides the course of her future, to stay with Buffy and fight the good fight.
2) "Close your eyes", Becoming 2. Fewer scenes show Buffy as heroically as this one, where she sent Angel to hell to stop Acaltha. The desicion broke her heart, but in the end she did what had to be done to save the world. In fact, only one moment in the show improved on this sublime moment...
1) Buffy's final sacrifice, The Gift. The scene that got it right. Perhaps the last moment when Buffy was truly the self-sacrificing hero she was destined to be. She didn't throw her life away, she gave it freely to save the ones she loved. And for the first time in her life, she felt at peace with her destiny. For the first and only time in the show's history, Buffy was truly the Slayer.
Okay, that's mine. What's yours?
Kirayoshi
"Friends are the DNA of society. They are the basic building blocks of life. If you have a couple of good ones, treasure them like gold. There's nothing better. Ever look at that MCI ad they have, "Friends and Family"? Who do they mention first? Your friends help you carry the big weight in life. That big burden we've all got called, 'What the Hell am I doing?'"
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