The Buffy series finale was worse than pretty much every other of its season finales.
Angel always seemed to have problems hitting its season endings, and the series finale was the best of the bunch, or maybe a close second to season 4.
Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Tom Scola - Nov 20, 2009 3:21:47 am PST #7196 of 10464
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jessica - Nov 20, 2009 3:59:12 am PST #7197 of 10464
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Angel by a landslide.
By the time Chosen aired, I just didn't care anymore. I mainly wanted the show to be put out of its misery.
I'd have a much harder time choosing between The Gift and Home.
le nubian - Nov 20, 2009 4:06:41 am PST #7198 of 10464
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think I'm in the clear minority of those who did not like "The Gift." I think that is the weakest season finale of Buffy. I definitely liked "Home" a whole lot more. One of my reasons for not liking the "The Gift" had to do with Dawn fatigue, but I am not sure I really liked the idea of Buffy self-sacrifice as the only resolution.
Vortex - Nov 20, 2009 4:50:55 am PST #7199 of 10464
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
One of my reasons for not liking the "The Gift" had to do with Dawn fatigue, but I am not sure I really liked the idea of Buffy self-sacrifice as the only resolution.
Pretty much that was my basic reason for not liking The Gift, but on a meta note, I loved that Joss was willing to kill off his main character. I mean, we knew that she would be back, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
billytea - Nov 20, 2009 5:27:01 am PST #7200 of 10464
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Pretty much that was my basic reason for not liking The Gift, but on a meta note, I loved that Joss was willing to kill off his main character. I mean, we knew that she would be back, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
He did have a certain freedom there that the makers of Felicity would have struggled with.
Steph L. - Nov 20, 2009 6:11:59 am PST #7201 of 10464
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'd have a much harder time choosing between The Gift and Home.
Oooh. Ouch. I think if I had to pick, I'd pick Home, but just barely.
Zenkitty - Nov 20, 2009 6:46:41 am PST #7202 of 10464
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My problem with The Gift was the whole "this is my blood, so I can do this instead of you" thing. Both those points came out of nowhere, and it made no sense.
P.M. Marc - Nov 20, 2009 6:48:38 am PST #7203 of 10464
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I hated The Gift, so I'd choose Home, which is one of my favorite episodes of TV in the history of EVER.
DavidS - Nov 20, 2009 6:50:22 am PST #7204 of 10464
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My problem with The Gift was the whole "this is my blood, so I can do this instead of you" thing. Both those points came out of nowhere, and it made no sense.
This was the very thing that prompted us to invent the word "asspull."
Glamcookie - Nov 20, 2009 7:30:40 am PST #7205 of 10464
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I LOVED The Gift. I still cry every time I watch it. Totally the best Buffy season ender in my book.