I'm going to be contrary again and put The Gift and Chosen at the bottom of my list. This is because in both cases the solution for the season's problem was "use a bigger weapon." The writers kind of wrote themselves into corners with too-powerful-can't-be-beaten Big Bads, and wussed out (IMHO) both times by pulling a SuperWeapon from elsewhere.

It's like they want us to vote for increased defense spending or something.

I liked a lot else about each of the two, but they weren't nearly the personal impact of Becoming or Grad Day, or as funky cool as Restless.

Becoming

Restless

Graduation Day

The Gift

Chosen

Prophecy Girl

Grave

Prophecy Girl, Becoming, Restless, Graduation Day, The Gift, Chosen, Grave.

I'm going to be contrary and say I liked almost nothing about either Grave or Chosen. Chosen edges out Grave for second to last place largely due to the fact that Spike died in it. Also, no yellow crayon speech.

Jess, yeah, but... he got better. The Gift in no way made up for the rest of the end arc. I should not have been chanting "jump! jump!" and yet I was.

Chosen, for all the flaws, was better than expected, which improved its ranking. Grave had freaking Sarah music. Meh.

Hmmm....

Becoming, Chosen, Restless, Graduation Day, The Gift, Prophecy Girl, Grave.

Chosen worked for me in spite of all my problems with S7 as a whole because it was such a fitting end for Buffy's story, and because I wholeheartedly, schmoopily loved the powering up of the Slayers.

I'm going to be contrary and say I liked almost nothing about either Grave or Chosen. Chosen edges out Grave for second to last place largely due to the fact that Spike died in it. Also, no yellow crayon speech.

I liked Chosen for resolutions more than for the execution (or the build). I like that it ended with Buffy sharing her power. I did like the execution of the scene with the foursome in the hallway, and how they parted in reverse order of how they'd met, and the Buffy/Xander hand touch made me tear up.

Grave? I was mostly glad the season was over. I didn't hate six, but it was a hard season, and it was a hard season to live out in fandom, too. I think I liked a lot of Two to Go, so I'd have to go back and see which things happened in which episode, before I said too much. I thought the Willow wants to end the world thing was over the top. I didn't even care for Aly's acting. I didn't mind the yellow crayon speech. I was glad Xander had something. It (the episode) just felt like a bunch of parts stuck together, though.

Jess, yeah, but...

La. La. La. I. Can't. Hear. You. thhhhhhhhhhhhhhpppt!

The Gift made me cry. It was the last thing in BtVS ever to do so. Buffy the character came back to life, but for me, the show never really did. So The Gift gets a pass.

The Gift made me cry for days and days. The kids caught me the morning after, and asked why I was crying. Scott told them that Buffy died. Julia was 2 and a half years old. I remember her patting me on the bum (because that's what she could reach) and saying "Mommy, I torry Bucky died."

edit he to her

I'm such a Xander fan that I rank Grave over The Gift. I mean, yellow crayon speech nonwithstanding, he got to be less of a buttmonkey. I watched Two to Go/Grave in Spanish, tho, so I probably missed some of the finer points.

I should not have been chanting "jump! jump!" and yet I was.

Me too, while my husband yelled "Throw Dawn in! Throw Dawn in!"

The Gift made me cry. It was the last thing in BtVS ever to do so. Buffy the character came back to life, but for me, the show never really did. So The Gift gets a pass.

Buffy and Faith on the porch after Buffy gets kicked out, was, I think, the last thing on Buffy to make me cry.

Raquel: SNERK! I feel less jaded now that I'm not alone.