For me, the best moment was in "Dead Man's Party" when Giles goes into the kitchen to make tea. That one look so distilled his feelings for Buffy.

Ginger named mine.

It's so hard to choose just one...

Willow telling Harmony and Cordelia that they needed to hit "deliver" to save their computer programs, knowing full well which button they'd pick.

The scene in the Bronze with Xander saying "Angel, Angel, Angel. Does every conversation we have have to come around to that freak? Hey, man, how ya' doin'?"

Cordy's words exactly mirroring her thoughts seconds later in "Earshot."

The horrified look Angel got in "Rm w/a Vu" when Cordy mentioned the possibility of roaches hitchhiking in her luggage. And how anal-retentive he was about her messing things up later in her stay.

Heh. And his unspoken "Antlers?" during her monologue.

Oh, and the new clothes dance! Aw.

Heh. And his unspoken "Antlers?" during her monologue.

That was great too. And in retrospect I like that scene even better than I did on airing, because it has Cordy—in her shallowest of the shallow phase—reacting to a wet and nearly naked Angel in exactly the same way that she would to a pimple-faced bellboy if she were checking into a hotel.

All time favorite is probably Giles listening to Tales, or his making tea, but otherwise these are my favorites.

Oz saying something like "actually, that explains a lot" when finding out that vampires are real. Also, his "who is that girl?" in Inca Mummy Girl.

Cordelia's goodbye to Wesley in "You're welcome".

Lorne's "Oh lord, don't go in there. That's where he keeps the full time Crazy."

When Buffy is standing guard over her mother's grave, alone, (waiting to see if Joyce arises as a vampire?), and Angel comes into frame behind her. Buffy reaches her hand back, and he grasps it.

One of the few moments in season 7 that I actually liked -- after Buffy and Xander rescue Willow from Gnarl, Willow is sitting on the bed meditating, trying to heal. Buffy climbs up on the bed, and offers her essence. "I've got so much strength I'm giving it away."

I am old school's Spike's Bitch.

As such, him bandaging Buffy's hands after her return from death. Golden. Him tossing her the knife in the snot monster episode -- magic. Him falling to his knees after she dies in The Gift.

Huh. I sound like a Spuffist. Still, he used to have quiet moments.

Oooh-- I want to add what ita said, plus the look on his face when he realized Buffy was alive.

Yes, that was a priceless look.

One of my favorite Wesley moments from BVTS is during "Doppelgangland" - he does this great startle in the school hallway.

I sound like a Spuffist.

Catching up - I realize a lot of my favorite HSQ/small moments are Spike-centered. And I am no Spuffist.

I was sure he was going to become human/get the chip out at the end Grave and fell off the couch when instead he got his soul.

I love the small moment when they are on the fake-date stakeout in Crush and he realizes he has opened the door for Buffy and tries to play it off.

My biggest Buffy HSQ though has got to be when Angel turned evil after the sex. I had just started watching - I was seven episodes in, I think, and was floored.

My biggest AtS HSQ is the much-mentioned Dru re-vamping Darla. The Angel Angst Meter hit eleventy million - so great.

A few other character small moments. Not so much character-revealing but more how-I-like-to-think-of-them.

Willow: I like it when Willow turns down Xander's offer to go the dance in Prophecy Girl because she doesn't want to be his second choice. I don't know if I would have done the same thing in high school with a boy I had such a huge crush on.

And I love it in Lie to Me when she can't lie to Buffy about her and Angel's suspicion of Ford.

Buffy: Are you drinking coffee again? 'Cause we've talked about this.

Willow: It makes me jumpy. I have to go. Away. (hurries off)

Ford: Nice girl!

Buffy: There aren't two of those in the world.

Cordy: I hate to be all Sidekick!Cordy Rules! But I love in the AtS premiere when she realizes Angel has arrived and tells Russell Winters he is so about to get his ass kicked. I also always love her "Pick up the pieces? Our job sucks!" in Innocence.

Giles: I love Giles and Buffy one-on-one interactions. One I've mentioned before is in Faith, Hope & Trick when Giles starts talking about the Watchers' Retreat he wasn't invited to and Buffy walks out of the frame and walks back in looks up at him exasperated and he re-focuses ("Sorry... I digress."). I just love the role reversal of her being frustrated with him for being daydream-y when she is trying to figure out how to kill a big bad.

Dawn: Pose-able Dawnie in Same Time, Same Place.

Xander: What if she vomits?

Dawn (very muffled): I won't vomit.

Buffy: Do you think she'll vomit?

Dawn (very muffled): Stop talking about vomit!

I giggle just thinking about it. I'm a Dawn fan. Don't know how I came to be one, but I am.

Dru: the teaser for Lie To Me is my favorite teaser EVAH and an excellent Drucilla moment. Almost her whole character and her relationship with Angel - right there.

Darla: I love crazypregnant!Darla trying to explain to the MOG that she can't do lamaz (Wes illustrating the breathing excercises: priceless) because she doesn't breathe then freaking out and crying.

I have been not watching my DVDs on purpose so I can do a both-show rewatch at some point and really want to see every episode. Doing this list and having to constantly refer to ep guides for titles makes me feel it's about due. Yay.