Well, so many of the Darla arcs needed, well, the whole arc to make sense.

Excuse me. I need to go wash now.

Spin the Bottle was okay, but it wasn't a standout for me.

There was a specific point made that Drogyn had been given, not immortality, but "eternal youth." He didn't look young when Angel killed him. He was withered and his hair was faded and almost gone.

Huh. I was confused about what had happend to change his appearence so much, but it never pinged that it might be age.

That said, I'm not so sure about the theory that his telling a lie would cost him his eternal youth. Because eternal youth isn't exactly a picnic when its spent living in (okay, near) a cave guarding the corpses of dead gods. An out like that doesn't make for a very secure guardian - the isolation and despair might make it very tempting. OTOH, the way he reacted to questions might then be a defensive measure against his own 'human' fallibility. Still, I'm inclined to think that if there would have been some on-screen tell if that's what we were supposed to glean from his appearance at the end. It seems more likely to be an indication of the power of the Thorn when they're gathered together, especially since that became a key element behind Angel's subsequent planning. But hopefully someone has a more coherent theory, since right now I'm not very clear on what happened, let alone what it was supposed to mean.

Wow. Not a single episode from my favorite season, and at least three episodes I hated anyway. Weird top 10 in my eyes, but I'm probably not representational in the least.

I know people like Smile Time a lot more than I did, but number 1? Really? Huh.

NOTHING FROM SEASON 2?

Pikers.

Seriously, though, I kinda get that Season 2 doesn't work well as standalones. I mean, it has standalones, but the awesome eps aren't standalone in that season.

I'm surprised there weren't more from season 1, actually. It's a great standalone season. As is much of five. Three didn't have much good standalone, but Waiting in the Wings is pretty much the best standalone there (I, personally, love that ep. But that may well be just me.) Or Fredless, I could see that one being in there.

As far as Season 1 goes, I'd have voted for Hero, but probably also Rm W/U Vu and To Shanshu in L.A. And I would have voted the heck out of Smile Time, cuz that ep was funny as all getout. Probably Origin before any of the other season 5 eps (except finale, but it is a little early for repeating that, probably), though You're Welcome seems like a decent choice and A Hole in the World is satisfyingly depressing.

Overall, I'm not too pissed at those eps. Sure, season 2 is the best season, but it's not the best for top 10 lists. I would put the one where Darla gets vamped in the top 10, probably, but I can see not.

Maybe the Drogyn lost his eternal youth if he left his post?

Overall, I'm not too pissed at those eps.

I'll join you in that corner. It isn't like "She" made the list.

A list without AYNOHYEB is not a list made by humans from my dimension. It stands alone beautifully.