There is no bad season of Buffy.
What better way to get the conversation going than with a ranking of the seasons?
On the positive side, season seven has some good ideas.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The best part of the season is watching Spikes emergence as the ultimate hero.
#6 Season 6
Best Episode: Once More, With Feeling
Season six is dark.
Despite the negatives though, there are some great positives.
The relationship between Willow and Tara is a highlight of the season.
She needed that light in the darkness of season six.
#5 Season 1
Best Episode: Prophecy Girl
I love season one.
“I believe we can beat this evil.”
#4 Season 4
Best Episode: Hush
Season four is defined by its changes.
Buffy is now in college instead of high school.
Spike is back, but hes been neutered.
“I’ve tried, but there’s these fears I can’t quell.”
All these changes led to the show feeling very different, and the difference works more than it doesnt.
Season four has some standout episodes.
Hush is an all-time classic.
“Prophecies are tricky creatures. They don’t tell you everything.”
Faiths body switch with Buffy in This Years Girl and Who Are You is so much fun.
Giles does something to Buffy that severely tests the trust between them.
Xander and Willow do something that hurts the ones they truly love.
“…”
#2 Season 5
Best Episode: The Body
All hail Glorificus!
When season five first aired on TV, I was one of those people who initially resisted it.
Season five totally won me over.
“I’m your Watcher, so you do what I tell you. Now sod off.”
This season also has Spike realizing his feelings for Buffy and attempting to help her and her friends.
We get a taste of Willows true power when she goes after Glory.
The Body airs and proves to be one of televisions most devastating hours ever.
“Mommy?”
Buffy makes the ultimate sacrifice, while at the same time Giles does what Buffy cannot.
And Glory is just the best.
Season five is quite a journey, and its fantastic.
“Me and Dru, we’re moving in.”
When I think aboutBuffy the Vampire Slayer, this season is what always comes to mind first.
Its full of vampires as the Big Bads.
It has amassivetwist halfway through the season that changes the entire complexion of the story.
The drama is turned up all the way to world-shattering proportions.
There are some emotionally brutal moments.
And the season still has time for silliness even when Buffys entire life is falling down around her.
It might be the most perfect season of television ever.
