Joss Whedon’s Top Ten Buffy Episodes
| May 3rd, 2003Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy, gave USA Today a list of his ten favorite Buffy episodes. (Via Ms.Musings). Not bothering with false modesty, eight of the ten episodes he selected were written and directed by himself. (And rightly so - Whedon is by miles the best Buffy writer. Sometimes I wonder if the show wouldn’t have been better off as one of those BBC shows, with only 8 or 12 episodes a season, but all of them written by the series creator).
Anyhow, Joss’ list:
- Innocence (the one where Angel turns bad)
- Once More With Feeling (the musical)
- Hush (the silent episode)
- The Body (the episode dealing with Joyce’s death)
- Doppelgangland (evil vampire Willow)
- The Wish (Cordy wishes Buffy had never come to Sunnydale)
- Becoming, Part II (the season two ender, Buffy vs. Angel)
- Restless (the season four finale, featuring everyone’s dreams)
- Conversations with Dead People (like the title says)
- Prophecy Girl (the first season finale; Buffy vs. the Master).
All of these are good episodes, but not all of them would be on my personal “top ten” list. Speaking of which…
Amp’s ten favorite Buffy episodes:
- Once More With Feeling (the musical)
- Hush (the silent episode)
- The Body (the episode dealing with Joyce’s death)
- Becoming, Part II (the season two ender, Buffy vs. Angel)
- Restless (the season four finale, featuring everyone’s dreams)
- Conversations with Dead People (like the title says)
- The Zeppo (Xander suffers from a mid-life crisis).
- I Only Have Eyes For You (a ghost haunts Sunnydale high)
- Earshot (Buffy become telepathic)
- Who Are You (Buffy and Faith switch bodies)
(That last one I’m not sure of; I might prefer “Innocence” instead, or maybe “Family.” Or “Something Blue.”)
Why is listing things so fun?
USA today also has an article listing all the times Buffy has “saved the world” (or at least, sizable chunks of southern California). Well, sort of; because they discussed only season-enders, they missed three mid-season world-saves, Innocence, The Zeppo and the exceedingly forgettable Doomed.
August 31st, 2003 at 2:58 am
My top ten episodes
10.Forever
This comment was written by Olivia Rickards.09.Once More with a feeling
08.Graduation(part1,part2)
07.Lover’s Walk
06.Earshot
05.Surprise
04.Innocence
03.Becoming(part20
02.The prom
01.Chosen
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August 31st, 2003 at 2:59 am
My top ten episodes
10.Forever
This comment was written by Olivia Rickards.09.Once More with a feeling
08.Graduation(part1,part2)
07.Lover’s Walk
06.Earshot
05.Surprise
04.Innocence
03.Becoming(part2)
02.The prom
01.Chosen
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September 19th, 2003 at 11:10 pm
Buffy is the greatest show in the entire world i wish everyone knew how good it was
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September 19th, 2003 at 11:11 pm
Buffy is the greatest show in the entire world i wish everyone knew how good it was
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September 20th, 2003 at 12:26 am
This is the official double-post thread!
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September 20th, 2003 at 12:27 am
This is the official double-post thread!
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October 5th, 2003 at 4:56 am
My own top ten
1.Once More, With Feeling
This comment was written by DanaX.2.The Body
3.Hush
4.Tabula Rasa
5.Who Are You?
6.The Gift
7.Graduation Day I & II
8.Entropy
9.Something Blue
10.Dopplegangland
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October 21st, 2003 at 7:19 am
10. Empty Places
This comment was written by Mofo Buffyfan.9. New Moon Rising
8. Two to Go/Grave
7. Checkpoint
6. Tabula Rasa
5. Hush
4. The Body
3. Once More With Feeling
2. The Gift
1. Chosen
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October 28th, 2003 at 8:58 pm
My Top 10 Episodes:
01. “Chosen”
This comment was written by Michael Carruthers.02. “The Body”
03. “Once More, With Feeling”
04. “Becoming, Part II”
05. “Restless”
06. “Hush”
07. “The Gift”
08. “Graduation Day, Part II”
09. “Passion”
10. “Innocence”
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November 1st, 2003 at 6:27 am
10. The Zeppo
This comment was written by Bill Krause.9. This Year’s Girl/Who Are You?
8. Once More with Feeling
7. Restless
6. Passion
5. The Prom
4. The Wish
3. Hush
2. The Body
1. The Gift
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November 14th, 2003 at 9:48 pm
My top ten
This comment was written by Earl Ramos.10.”Halloween”
9.”Chosen”
8.”Revelations”
7.”School Hard”
6.”Lover’s Walk”
5.”Becoming P2″
4.”Suprise”
3.”Innocence”
2.”Passion”
1.”Amends”
Lots of people leave off “Amends Which I think is one the best. But too amny good ones to make into a top ten.
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November 14th, 2003 at 11:09 pm
10. “Parasite Kiss”
This comment was written by Buf-FAN.9. “The Mysterious Window”
8. “Death’s Apprentice”
7. “Dance of the Red Coffin”
6. “In the Arms of Mirth”
5. “The Wild One”
4. “Dangerous Election”
3. “Laughing Boy”
2. “Winter’s Dark Sting”
1. “Palindrome”
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December 1st, 2003 at 8:15 am
My top ten
10. Amends- Kind of slow thru the middle it’s
the dialogue at the end that really makes it a
classic
9. Dopplegangland- A definate classic top ten but not the best.
8. I only have eyes for you- The pure emotion
from all the actors beggining to end, and the finale, Sarah M. Gellar and David B. are amazing.
7. Passion- The power of writing and direction in this episode make it so outstanding, couldn’t not mention it. Especially with the Angel narration.
6. The Body- The whole episode is shot without a stich of Background music. With the actors in my opinions, doing some of their best work.
5. Hush- Not only is it Halarious, but ingenious, and very very spooky. Top 5 for sure.
4. The Gift- The series of episodes leading up to the end of five, seemed to drag for me. However, the last two Minutes of this episode make it argueably the best episode ever.
3. Once More W/ Feeling- Should have one an emmy for the ingenious writing. But did you notice, Alyson Hannigan sang for exactly two lines?
2. Restless- The art direction, and all around theme of this episode, to me makes it the most ingenious, In all of Buffy. Those were Dreams to a T!
1. Becoming 1/2- Whenever I want someone to start watching Buffy, I show them the season 2 Finale, and everytime, it Brings tears. it’s what ultimately made Buffy my favorite show, and
This comment was written by Matt.it really can’t be argued. IT’S #1!!!!!!!!
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December 15th, 2003 at 10:18 am
My top ten from season 1-4 (Sweden is only on season four, “bad, bad country” but I am buying the show on DVD´s instead, so i am a little bit longer in the show”)
1. Hush
This comment was written by susan.2. I Only have eyes for you
3. Amends
4. Earshot
5. Halloween
6. Passion
7. The Prom
8. Becoming -(part 2)
9. Innocence
10. The Gift ( I know it´s season 5, but I have watched the end and it really effected me)
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January 3rd, 2004 at 9:27 pm
i just started watching a few mos. ago when the re-runs started. i started at the beginning and i’m only through half of season four (i’ll update as i go along):
my top ten:
10. Some Assembly Required (season 2)
This comment was written by olivia.9. Graduation Day I & II (season 3)
8. Halloween (season 2)
7. Band Candy (season 3)
6. Wild at Heart (season 4)
5. Ted (season 2)
4 1/2. Something Blue (season 4)
4. I only have eyes for you (season 2)
3 1/2. Enemies (season 3)
3. Doppelgangland (season 3)
2 1/2. Earshot (season 3)
2. Innocence (season 2)
1. Hush (season 4)
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January 4th, 2004 at 8:34 pm
I only recently got hooked on Buffy myself, but I think I’ve managed to watch each episode at least once and Seasons 1-5 a zillion times. For my top ten I have cheated extravagantly, but I couldn’t help it, there are so many good ones….
1. Once More, With Feeling
This comment was written by Lena.2. Surprise/Innocence
3. Becoming I and II
4. Something Blue
5. Fool For Love
6. The Gift
7. End of Days?/Chosen
8. Graduation Day I and II
9. Hush
10. Prophecy Girl and Passion
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January 13th, 2004 at 1:48 pm
Top ten Buffy?
1. Once more with feeling
This comment was written by Damian.2. Dopplegangland
3. Gotta be The Wish. If you have one episode with evil vampire Willow in it, you gotta have the other
4. Innocence
5. Hush
6. Chosen
7. Becoming both episodes
8. Halloween - season 2 - the one with Ethan Raine
9. Bad Girls
10.Tabula Rasa
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January 15th, 2004 at 1:05 am
My top ten are:
This comment was written by Adam.1. Buffy/Faith fight (not an ep but i had to put it in), Graduation Day pt 2
2. Becoming (end of part 1 and part 2)
3. Enemies
4. This Year’s Girl
5. Earshot (because Sarah looks really hot in it)
6. The Prom (same reason as above)
7. Chosen
8. Innocence
9. Hush
10.The Gift
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February 25th, 2004 at 4:28 pm
i think buffy is the greatest show in the universe….. but i think you should add angel back into the show… because my favorite part of all the buffy series’ is when he was there….. i love all the episodes with angel in them… and i love the last two episodes too….. you should continue buffy though….. cuz itz the best thing to happen to Tv!
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April 19th, 2004 at 6:06 pm
1:) Once More With Feeling
2:) Hush
3:) Storyteller
4:) Season 6 Finale all 3 eps (I am a willow freak)
5:) Doppleganged (like I said, Willow freak)
6:) Chosen
7:) The Wish
8:) Becoming (1 and 2)
9:) Tabula Rasa (Willow/Tara freak here)
10:) Amends
Mentions: Only Eyes for you, Normal Again, Entropy, and most of Season 5 and 6.
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April 19th, 2004 at 7:09 pm
Most of season six? Richard C, you are a most unusual man.
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October 3rd, 2004 at 10:19 am
Top Ten:
1) The pack
This comment was written by Connie.2) Becoming part 1 & 2
3) Prophecy Girl
4) The prom
5) Hush
6) Amends
7) Some assembly required
8) Earshot
9) Halloween
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December 26th, 2004 at 11:43 am
mybest are
1 once more…
This comment was written by Ja Binks.2 hush
3 the zeppo
4 dopplegangland
5 him
6 the graduation pt2
7 the beginning pt 2
8 tabula rasa
9 conversations with dead people
10 life serial
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December 29th, 2004 at 11:06 am
plz plz bring back buffy and angel in a comn=bined new series called buffy and angel or something like that
when it was all over i cryed beacause you left the thought of angel and buffy could possibly be together and you didn’t say what was to happen in new zelend with the other hell mouth or with the other slayers you didn’t say what will happen to the scoobies bring it back give it a wonderful twist i don’e care but i need to know that there is more the past 7 years were the best years on television and now they are over
sincerly kari
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February 23rd, 2005 at 11:43 am
I was 45 three years ago when I started watching Buffy on the FX reruns. It took me a while to find Angel to my liking, but am now a fan there too. I guess it doesn’t matter your age, good writing, stories, and shows will become popular eventually. (see Star Trek in the early 70
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