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SEASON 1
1×01 – Welcome to the Hellmouth – 4.5 (A great way to begin the series)
1×02 – The Harvest - 4
1×03 – The Witch – 2.5
1×04 – Teacher’s Pet - 1 (Quite possibly the worst episode of Buffy ever)
1×05 – Never Kill A Boy on the First Date – 4.5 (What a twist at the end with the Annointed One. Totally had me going)
1×06 – The Pack – 3
1×07 – Angel – 5 (Quite possibly my favorite episode of season 1)
1×08 – I Robot, You Jane – 2
1×09 – Puppet Show - 4
1×10 – Nightmare – 4.5 (Gave us insight into the characters psyche, and would give us a tease for season 4’s finale, “Restless”)
1×11 – Out of Mind, Out of Sight - 3
1×12 – Prophecy Girl – 4.5 (Great finale, Was surpsied there was no cliffhanger at the end like most finales, but it works)
SEASON RATING: 3.5
SEASON 2:
2×01 – When She Was Bad – 4 (Great premiere, Everything looks better than season 1; you could tell we were in for quite a ride)
2×02 – Some Assembly Required – 2.5 (Do zombies ever work?)
2×03 – School Hard – 5 (SPIKE!!!!)
2×04 – Inca Mummy Girl - 3
2×05 – Reptile Boy – 2.5
2×06 – Halloween – 5 (Looove it.)
2×07 – Lie to Me – 4.5 (This was really great; seein the lines of black and white twisted; awesome)
2×08 – The Dark Age – 3.5 (A lot of build up for this episode from Halloween, but was very disappointed. Want more Dark Giles!!!)
2×09 – What’s My Line Part 1 – 4
2×10 – What’s My Line Part 2 – 5 (Great way to continue the arcs of Spike and Drusilla as they were supposed to die in this episode)
2×11 – Ted – 2
2×12 – Bad Eggs – 2 (Bleh)
2×13 – Surprise – 4.5 (WOW)
2×14 – Innocence – 5 (Double WOW - - this episode kept me going til the end of the season)
2×15 – Phases – 4
2×16 – Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered – 4.5 (FUNNY)
2×17 – Passion – 5 (Death by Joss revealed in this episode)
2×18 – Killed by Death – 2
2×19 – I Only Have Eyes For You – 3.5 (Pretty good episode - - Spot on performances by David Boreanaz and Sarah Michelle Gellar; fyi, this was the episode Joss decided Angel could do his own series)
2×20 – Go Fish – 2 (Best part of this episode was when Spike walked again)
2×21 – Becoming Part 1 – 4.5 (Loved Angel’s origin story)
2×22 – Becoming Part 2 – 5 (The end kills me everytime, but that fight rocks! Half a season of tension between Buffy and Angel resolved in a kickbutt swordfight)
SEASON RATING: 4.5
SEASON 3:
3×01 – Anne – 4.5 (Not bad, would’ve liked a 2-episode arc with Buffy in LA, but hey SMallville did it so I can’t complain)
3×02 – Dead Man’s Party – 3.5
3×03 – Faith, Hope, and Trick – 5 (FAITH!!!)
3×04 – Beauty and the Beasts – 3
3×05 – Homecoming – 3
3×06 – Band Candy – 3.5
3×07 – Revelations – 4
3×08 – Lover’s Walk – 5 (This gets a high rating for Spike’s only appearance in this season)
3×09 – The Wish – 5 (Anya, Bizarro-Sunnydale, and Buffy in combat boots - - any wonder this ep gets a high rating?)
3×10 – Amends – 5 (Gives us a hint of what Angel will turn out to be)
3×11 – Gingerbread – 2
3×12 – Helpless – 4.5
3×13 – The Zeppo – 4 (Xander shines!!!)
3×14 – Bad Girls – 3.5
3×15 – Consequences – 4
3×16 – Doppelgangland – 5 (great foreshadowing for Willow!)
3×17 – Enemies – 5 (Foreshadows how Faith and Angel connection works and is later talked about in Angel)
3×18 – Earshot – 5 (Great episode!)
3×19 – Choices – 4
3×20 – The Prom – 4.5
3×21 – Graduation Day Part 1 – 4.5 (Loved the Buffy-Faith fight!)
3×22 – Graduation Day Part 2 – 5 (What a way to end it!)
SEASON RATING: 4
SEASON 4
4×01 – The Freshman – 4 (Great premiere!!)
4×02 – Living Conditions – 4 (Great as a comedy)
4×03 – Harsh light of Day – 4.5
4×04 – Fear Itself – 3.5 (Funny Halloween episode!)
4×05 – Beer Bad – 2.5
4×06 – Wild At Heart – -2.5
4×07 – The Initiative – 3.5
4×08 – Pangs – 4 (Angel returns to Sunnydale!!!)
4×09 – Something Blue – 4.5 (Funny foreshadowing at its best)
4×10 – Hush – 5 (Great episode without a single word)
4×11 – Doomed – 3.5
4×12 – A New Man – 4.5
4×13 – The I in Team – 3
4×14 – Goodbye Iowa - 4
4×15 – This Year’s Girl – 4.5 (Faith returns with a vengeance!)
4×16 – Who Am I? – 5 (Thus Faith begins her arc of redemption; see Angel)
4×17 – Superstar – 4 (This one really throws you from the beginning)
4×18 – Where The Wild Things Are – 1
4×19 – New Moon Rising – 3.5
4×20 – The Yoko factor – 4
4×21 – Primeval – 4.5
4×22 – Restless – 5 (Great insight and foreshadowing for our characters)
SEASON RATING: 4
SEASON 5:
5×01 – Buffy Vs. Dracula – 5 (Gotta love this one! Some may not agree with me but I loved it! It’s Buffy’s play on Dracula!)
5×02 – The Real Me – 4 (Dawn’s episode - - great insight into her character)
5×03 – The Replacements – 3.5 (Xander and his twin shine in this episode!)
5×04 – Out Of My Mind – 3
5×05 – No Place Like Home – 5
5×06 – Family – 4
5×07 – Fool For Love – 5 (LOOOVE this one! Also see Darla on Angel)
5×08 – Shadow – 3
5×09 – Listening to Fear – 2.5
5×10 – Into the Woods – 3
5×11 – Triangle – 3
5×12 – Checkpoint – 4
5×13 – Blood Ties – 4
5×14 – Crush – 4.5 (The Buffy-SPike relationship comes to a head <of sorts> here, and I loved it. Plus, Drusilla returns!!!)
5×15 – I Was Made To Love You – 2.5 (Warren’s first appearance!)
5×16 – The Body – 5 (Quite possibly the best episode of Buffy, even if it is dang depressing)
5×17 – Forever – 3 (Weak follow-up to The Body, but at least it had Angel)
5×18 – Intervention – 3.5 (”Death is your gift” Need I say more?)
5×19 – Tough Love – 3
5×20 – Sprial – 4 (Action-packed episode trying to protect Dawn from Glory)
5×21 – The Weight of the World – 4.5 (Excellent insight )
5×22 – The Gift – 5 (What a way to end the season! ANd a wonderful milestone for Buffy’s 100th episode)
SEASON RATING: 4.25
SEASON 6:
6×01 – Bargaining Part 1 - 5 (Picked up perfectly from last season’s finale, and beginning in dangerous new places)
6×02 – Bargaining Part 2 – 5 (Loved wandering Buffy, trying to claw her way out of her own grave and everything about her in this episode)
6×03 – After Life – 5 (SMG rocks in this episode!)
6×04 - Flooded – 3 (The TRIO - - MWAHAHAHA!!!)
6×05 - Life Serial - 3
6×06 – All the Way - 3
6×07 – Once More With Feeling – 5 (The Musical - - Arguably the best episode of Buffy ever)
6×08 – Tabula Rasa – 5 (Do Willow’s spells ever work? This is wonderful as a comedy - - gotta love the Angel references from Spike tho)
6×09 – Smashed – 4 (Here is where SPike and Buffy’s relationship comes to a REAL head)
6×10 – Wrecked – 4 (Depressing . . .)
6×11 – Gone – 3.5
6×12 – Doublemeat Palace – 2.5 (Who doesn’t relate to Buffy here? C’mon . . .)
6×13 – Dead Things – 4.5 (You really feel Buffy’s depression here)
6×14 – Older and Far Away – 3 (Hate this episode, it made me hate Dawn)
6×15 – As You Were – 4 (RIley returns; didn’t hate it as much as I thought I was gonna)
6×16 – Hell’s Bells – 4.5 (What an episode! I hated that Xander and ANya’s relationship had to end on sucha terrible note, but hey it’s the Whedonverse)
6×17 – Normal Again – 5 (Gotta love this - - you don’t know whether SUnnydale is real or not)
6×18 – Entropy – 4.5
6×19 – Seeing Red – 4.5
6×20 – Villains – 5 (DARK WILLOW!!!!)
6×21 – Two to Go – 5 (GILES RETURNS!!!)
6×22 – Grave – 5 (XANDER SAVES THE WORLD!)
SEASON RATING: 5
SEASON 7:
7×01 – Lessons – 4 (Great way to start the season, loved the First’s appearance at the end)
7×02 – Beneath You – 4
7×03 – Same time, Same Place – 3
7×04 – Help – 3
7×05 – Selfless – 5 (I love flashback episodes)
7×06 – Him - 1
7×07 – Conversations With Dead People – 5 (Gotta love this!)
7×08 – Sleeper – 4
7×09 – Never Leave Me – 4
7×10 – Bring On the Night – 4.5
7×11 –Showtime – 5
7×12 – Potential – 4.5
7×13 – The Killer In Me – 3.5 (I hate Willow and Kennedy’s relationship!)
7×14 – First Date – 3
7×15 – Get It Done – 5
7×16 – Storyteller – 5 (ANDREW!!!!)
7×17 – Lies My Parents Told Me – 5 (Insight into both Spike and Wood’s demeted psyches)
7×18 – Dirty Girls - 5 (Faith returns to Sunnydale after a good guy stint in ANgel)
7×19 – Empty Places - 4
7×20 – Touched – 4.5 (This episode was awesome! Excpet the part where everyone was having sex but . . . hey, it’s TV)
7×21 – End Of Days - 5 (Great penultimate episode)
7×22 – Chosen – 5 (What a way to end the series!!!!)
SEASON RATING: 5
SERIES RATING: 5
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Teacher’s Pet