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.
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.
I hated The Gift, so I'd choose Home, which is one of my favorite episodes of TV in the history of EVER.
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."
I LOVED The Gift. I still cry every time I watch it. Totally the best Buffy season ender in my book.
Since I'm off on Fridays now (yay, reduced income), I'm still watching Buffy S3. The Prom still makes me cry, though not in as many points as it used to.
I used to cry at: (1) Angel dumping Buffy in the sewer [worst. breakup. ever.], (2) Buffy crying on Willow's lap post-breakup, and (3) the Class Protector scene.
Now, I got teary when (1) Buffy told Giles that Angel was leaving her and Giles said that he understood these things called for ice cream, and (2) the Class Protector scene.
Now I'm on to Graduation Day Pt. 1, and I just need to reiterate how much I love the mayor.
I love The Gift because it has good emotional resonance, but its logic is pretty nonexistent, so whether I consider it good writing/showcrafting sort of depends on my mood that day.
Home was great.
I LOVED Not Fade Away.
Chosen... I didn't love it. I loved some bits of it, but not it as a whole.
Finale rankings:
Becoming
Graduation Day
Not Fade Away
The parts of Home that are about Angel & Connor
Tomorrow
Restless
Prophecy Girl
The Gift
To Shanshu in LA
There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb
Chosen
Grave
The parts of Home not involving Angel & Connor
I'm not sure anything in Buffy or Angel ever got me so much as the montage of all those girls becoming slayers. In that moment, the show was talking to me.
I have not finished watching "Angel" yet. I thought I did, but it seems like not.
ha. though I would put "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" dead last.