He basically said as much in his comments on Once More with Feeling. He also mentioned Hush, but I don't know why he didn't have it on the list over, say, Earshot, which was never one of my favorites.
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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.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 12, 2012 10:46:39 am PST #9791 of 10458
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Jessica - Dec 12, 2012 10:48:13 am PST #9792 of 10458
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The headline is "10 episodes that show how Buffy The Vampire Slayer blew up genre TV"
To me that doesn't say "Representative" or "Best" or "Best for newbies" - it says episodes like Restless and The Body and OMWF that were daring and experimental beyond the boundaries of what people thought a high school fantasy TV show could do.
So perhaps my quibble is just with the headline.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 12, 2012 10:49:18 am PST #9793 of 10458
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I also think he probably should have left season finales off the list, if the list was for newbies, especially starting the list with Prophecy Girl.
Tom Scola - Dec 12, 2012 11:20:21 am PST #9794 of 10458
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The URL says "www.avclub.com/articles/10-best-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-episodes", and the URLs on the AVclub usually echo what the headline says, so I'm thinking maybe the headline was rewritten by the editor.
Amy - Dec 12, 2012 11:41:33 am PST #9795 of 10458
Because books.
To me that doesn't say "Representative" or "Best" or "Best for newbies" - it says episodes like Restless and The Body and OMWF that were daring and experimental beyond the boundaries of what people thought a high school fantasy TV show could do.
What Jessica said.
I'm thinking maybe the headline was rewritten by the editor
If you read the whole piece, though, it's pretty clear they're not making a "best of" list.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 12, 2012 11:58:31 am PST #9796 of 10458
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Actually if you substitute "Hush" for "Something Blue" that list would pretty much be my top 10. Since I think of "Prophecy Girl" as the best episode of the series, I'm glad to see it up there.
billytea - Dec 12, 2012 12:07:22 pm PST #9797 of 10458
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Actually if you substitute "Hush" for "Something Blue" that list would pretty much be my top 10. Since I think of "Prophecy Girl" as the best episode of the series, I'm glad to see it up there.
Prophecy Girl is also, I think, the most accessible season finale to the casual viewer. (Unsurprisingly, as they'd had only half a season to build up mythology.)
Una - Dec 12, 2012 12:50:25 pm PST #9798 of 10458
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
I hesitate to say "hey, let's do a deathmatch to find our top episodes!" only because those who suggest such things usually get volunteered to run them and wow, do I not have time to do that....
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2012 12:54:17 pm PST #9799 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(Amy and I are about to do a two person deathmatch in SPN--the accounting will be simple)
Amy - Dec 12, 2012 1:02:20 pm PST #9800 of 10458
Because books.
Wow, that sounds sad.