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7-22 2003.05.20 |
It's Buffy's world, we just live in it And now, the end is near; and so we face the final curtain. My friends, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case, of which I'm certain. Buffy's lived a life that's full; she's traveled each and ev'ry highway. But more, much more than this, she did it her way. Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew, when Buffy bit off more than she could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, she ate it up and spit it out. She faced it all and she stood tall, and did it her way. |
| 7-22 Recap |
It's Buffy's world, we just live in it
Chosen - And now, the end is near; and so we face the final curtain. My friends, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case, of which I'm certain. Buffy's lived a life that's full; she's traveled each and ev'ry highway. But more, much more than this, she did it her way. Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew, when Buffy bit off more than she could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, she ate it up and spit it out. She faced it all and she stood tall, and did it her way. |
2003.05.20 2003.05.26 |
B- |
Ace |
| 7-21 Recap |
Lo! The Prodigal Slayer returns!
End of Days - Buffy findeth the weapon Caleb hath concealed from her, and choppeth him in half. |
2003.05.13 2003.05.20 |
C |
Sep |
| 7-20 Recap |
Touched
Touched - Faith muses, "Gimme, gimme, gimme, a man after midnight," and uses Wood to help chase the shadows away. Spike tells Buffy, "Take a chance on me," and she becomes the Super Trouper she needs to be to defeat Caleb. Faith finally meets her Waterloo -- she couldn't escape if she wanted to. What's the name of the game The First is really playing? Will the winner take it all? Um, tune in next week for answers to those questions. |
2003.05.06 2003.05.13 |
C |
Ace |
| 7-19 Recap |
Empty Places
Empty Places - Andrew and Spike take a little trip and find a possible clue to Caleb's identity. Faith takes the crew dancing, but some Sunnydale cops want to cut in. Buffy orders her troops back to the vineyard, but they're resistant. Snarks and sneer are exchanged, and in the end, Buffy gets booted. |
2003.04.29 2003.05.06 |
B- |
Sep |
| 7-18 Recap |
Do U think I'm a dirty girl?
Dirty Girls - There's a new sheriff in town. Well, actually he's a fallen religious man working for the First. Buffy decides to take the fight to him. Well, actually she falls into a trap and gets her ass handed to her on a plate. Warning: this episode has a high monologue content. May be harmful for some viewers. |
2003.04.15 2003.04.22 |
B- |
Ace |
| 7-17 Recap |
Lies My Parents Told Me
Lies My Parents Told Me - Spike and Wood at the Grudge Garage. Two men enter. Unfortunately, both of them also leave. |
2003.03.25 2003.04.01 |
D |
Sep |
| 7-16 Recap |
Put that in your pantheon
Storyteller - Andrew's moving on up! To his very own episode full of his videotaped interludes and escapist fantasies. Looks like a tad of character development is in store for our little Weasel as he helps to disable the Seal of Danzig. |
2003.02.25 2003.03.04 |
B- |
Ace |
| 7-15 Recap |
Get It Done
Get It Done - Buffy goes time-tripping and discovers that the origins of the Slayer lie in violation and misty demon-rape. Still doesn't excuse the bitchy behavior she exhibits in most of this episode. |
2003.02.18 2003.02.24 |
C |
Sep |
| 7-14 Recap |
More like "last date"
First Date - Principal Wood takes Buffy on a date and tells her his secret identity. Xander learns that women who shop for hardware while wearing belly shirts are truly, truly evil. |
2003.02.11 2003.02.18 |
C+ |
Ace |
| 7-13 Recap |
The Killer in Me
The Killer in Me - With a little help, Willow's guilt turns her into flay-boy Warren Meers. Buffy and Spike exhibit classic drug-seeking behavior. Giles gets more touch than he's gotten since Season Four. |
2003.02.04 2003.02.10 |
C- |
Sep |
| 7-12 Recap |
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Potential - Buffy trains the current crop of inept potential Slayers while the rest of the Scoobies attempt to locate another one, who turns out to be Millie from Freaks & Geeks. The less said about Dawn, the better. |
2003.01.21 2003.01.28 |
C |
Ace |
| 7-11 Recap |
Showtime
Showtime - More and more Junior Misses are arriving at Casa Summers, and their incessant whining about dying is driving Buffy to distraction, so she whips up a little plan to let them see a successful Slayer in action. Giles and Anya sneak away to "consult an oracle." Is that what the kids are calling it these days? |
2003.01.07 2003.01.14 |
C |
Sep |
| 7-10 Recap |
Bring On The Night
Bring On The Night - Giles is back in Sunnydale, bringing with him a few Slayers in training. Between them and Juliet Landau appearing as The First Evil appearing as Drusilla, the English language is mangled beyond belief. |
2002.12.17 2002.12.26 |
C+ |
Ace |
| 7-9 Recap |
Never Leave Me
Never Leave Me - Spike is kidnapped by the First Evil in order to raise a vampire. |
2002.11.26 2002.12.03 |
C |
Sep |
| 7-8 Recap |
Hummer
Sleeper - Spike hums. Spike digs. Spike whines. Spike forgets. Spike remembers. Spike feeds. Spike fights. No one else does much of interest, except for Giles, who might be dead. |
2002.11.19 2002.11.22 |
B+ |
Chuck |
| 7-7 Recap |
Conversations With Dead People
Conversations With Dead People - This season's big bad is feeling a little neglected, and decides to act out and play mind games to get some attention. But the big bad ignores Anya and Xander completely -- is that some sort of commentary on their minds? |
2002.11.12 2002.11.19 |
A |
Sep |
| 7-6 Recap |
Him? Huh.
Him - Buffy, Willow, Anya, and Dawn act like a bunch of ninnies over a boring boy. It's up to Spike and Xander to save the females from their rampant hormones. |
2002.11.05 2002.11.12 |
C+ |
Ace |
| 7-5 Recap |
Vengeance! Plague! Death! Confusion!
Selfless - Every second-tier character gets one showcase episode. This one is Anya's. |
2002.10.22 2002.10.29 |
B |
Ace |
| 7-4 Recap |
She's gonna die. Believe it.
Help - Buffy the counselor faces her first on-the-job challenge, as a girl with the ability to see into the future predicts her own death. |
2002.10.15 2002.10.18 |
C- |
Alex Richmond |
| 7-3 Recap |
Where's Willow?
Same Time, Same Place - Willow returns to Sunnydale, but whether her friends choose to forgive her remains to be seen. |
2002.10.08 2002.10.15 |
B |
Sep |
| 7-2 Recap |
Beneath Who?
Beneath You - The Gang deals with the fallout from Anya's day job. Willow prepares to return to Sunnydale. Buffy finds out about Spike's soul and Spike puts on a few hundred pounds. All that scenery is fattening, doncha know? |
2002.10.01 2002.10.08 |
B- |
Ace |
| 7-1 Recap |
Golden rule days
Lessons - All those gloomy clouds of misery over Sunnydale have lifted for Dawn's first day at the newly rebuilt Sunnydale High. Oh, except for the fact that Buffy is attacked by a bunch of zombie-spirit things who seem to have learned a vengeful variation on the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you think they have done unto you. |
2002.09.24 2002.10.01 |
B |
Sep |
| 6-22 Recap |
The power of lurve
Grave - Evil lesbian Wicca girl goes Satanic and tries to destroy the world, but she and the world are both saved by the power of blue-collar man-love. |
2002.05.21 2002.05.29 |
C+ |
Ace |
| 6-21 Recap |
Two Too Many
Two To Go - Hopped up on goofballs, Willow goes evil in the most annoying way possible. |
2002.05.21 2002.05.28 |
C |
Sep |
| 6-20 Recap |
Willow needs to spank her inner moppet
Villains - Looking like nothing so much as the severe headmistress of Miss Minchin's Seminary for Girls, Willow goes after Warren to avenge Tara's death. Ace falls asleep. Frances makes a pointed editorial comment. |
2002.05.14 2002.05.21 |
C |
Ace |
| 6-19 Recap |
Seeing Red
Seeing Red - Let Spike go on/Let him blister in the sun/Let Spike go on/Big Joss I know you're the one/Pointy sharp stake or a neck break/I am telling no lie/Burning in sun would be way fun/Please accept that Spike must die/Let Spike go on/Let him blister in the sun/Let Spike go on/Big Joss I know you're the one. |
2002.05.07 2002.05.14 |
B+ |
Sep |
| 6-18 Recap |
We fall to pieces
Entropy - Everybody hurts...sometimes. The only question remaining is: who's hurting the most? Is it Anya, Xander, Buffy, and Spike for having to live this crap, or Ace for having to watch it? |
2002.04.30 2002.05.07 |
B- |
Ace |
| 6-17 Recap |
Return to Sunnydale
Normal Again - Buffy can't decide if she is living out an existential dilemma or just trapped in a series of self-indulgent in-jokes. |
2002.03.12 2002.03.19 |
B- |
Strega |
| 6-16 Recap |
A Match Made In Sunnydale
Hell's Bells - Did it ever have any chance of working out? After endless and utterly unamusing wedding preparations, Xander and Anya tie the knot, except NOT, because this is Sunnydale and nobody can ever be happy. Ever. |
2002.03.05 2002.03.12 |
C+ |
Ace |
| 6-15 Recap |
That old spud of mine
As You Were - Just as Buffy's life seems at its lowest point ever, her ex-boyfriend Riley soldiers into town. He's got a job he loves and a perfect little wifey too. After seeing them, Buffy would be perfectly justified in spending another few episodes sniffling into her microwave popcorn, but instead it looks like she sets about making some positive changes. |
2002.02.26 2002.03.05 |
B |
Sep |