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.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
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 - Dec 12, 2012 11:20:21 am PST #9794 of 10663
They pay me in WOIMS
Amy - Dec 12, 2012 11:41:33 am PST #9795 of 10663
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 10663
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
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 10663
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 10663
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 10663
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 10663
Because books.
Wow, that sounds sad.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2012 1:05:45 pm PST #9801 of 10663
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(Like that is news)
(Want to see the post totals again and laugh at me?)
le nubian - Dec 13, 2012 7:40:16 am PST #9802 of 10663
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Beau asked me: "What was Giles' first name?"
I answered, but thought: "is THAT the Buffy trivia you want to test me with first thing this morning? Bring IT!"
Lee - Dec 13, 2012 11:17:54 am PST #9803 of 10663
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
(Want to see the post totals again and laugh at me?)
(Yes)