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[kuda]

The 25 Worst Seasons of Great TV Shows

23. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 6
(UPN; October 2, 2001 - May 21, 2002)

 

Buffy's fifth season finale was one for the record books, but the events of that excellent
episode created some serious problems its following season. The result was a sixth
run that didn't quite fit the tone of a show that had built its reputation on its ability to shift
focus from deeply earnest scenes to more light-hearted moments. Yes, Buffy's weakest
season ended up earning more critical accolades than most of the other low points on
this list, but fans still feel some discomfort with its somber events.

 www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/01/25-worst-seasons-great-tv-shows/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-season-6

Now everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I am tired of how some sites are down on
Season Six and Seven of BTVS. I think Season Six was amazing in how it handled life
changes of the characters. Depression is a fact of life. Many fans of the show found
Buffy's depression a bonding moment. She was so powerful, but deep down, she was
just one of us. Flawed and scared. Willow had her own arc of finding a way to deal with
her power as a witch and how her actions affected those she cared about in life. Xander
made grown up plans and then freaked out breaking Anya's heart. Giles left, came back
and left again. Spike finally got his crumb and his heart broken as well. Dawn came into
her own as a person. Season Six wasn't weak to me.

I find it interesting that this article didn't include Season Four of Angel. That was a horrible
mess. Cordy sleeping with Conner???? There isn't enough brain bleach in the world to get
rid of that image. Also the photo this site used for BTVS isn't from Season Six, it's from Season
Seven. Makes me wonder if the writer of the article isn't a Bangel fan and it colored their opinion.

Comments

[kudagirl.livejournal.com]

I think there were hints of Jack and Ianto flirting from the beginning. Maybe I might see subtext you didn't.

Charisma said she was promised she wouldn't die and then they changed it on her. I thought it was well written. It made sense that she came back to get him back on track. It would have been odd for her to come back and they would have had to face the whole Conner issue.

I think they knew there would be comics to follow so the ending made sense to them. James said they were out of money so they just dumped tons of water on them.

The last season was more like a buddy film than Angel being the big hero and all. The Girl In Question might have been the way the next season would have flowed if they hadn't been cancelled. If there had been another season, Amy would have played both Illyria and Fred again. They wanted to either bring Fred back or have Illyria change into her for different plot reasons. One of the writers on Angel said they planned for Buffy to return and take Spike off with her. So they did plan on more, but the network cancelled them.

[lifefailsme.livejournal.com]

I know my opinions are sucky and not at all popular in fandom, so I hope I didnt piss you off or anything.

[spikesjojo.livejournal.com]

I think your opinions are gold. Not that I agree with all of them, but that would makes us pod people and I am claustrophobic. I also can't stand the end of Angel. To begin with, didn't Spike just die in order to prevent a huge influx of demon s destroying the world? But then Angel decides to take a stand and invite a huge bunch of demons to invade LA in order to die as heroes.

Wha-huh?

[lifefailsme.livejournal.com]

yeah! It was strange and not good imho. I would have honestly accepted an ending where he is at his desk looking out over LA through the necro-tempered glass and someone [I'd like Illyria] asks from behind him, "So what do we do now?" He looked all thinky and said, "We carry on... Like we always have." camera zooms from his face, to through the window, pulls back until the entire building is in the shot and fade to black; honestly that would have been better than what they vomited at us and when all the actors were saying "Perfect!" "The right ending for Angel." I was almost spitting feathers with frustration cos I loathed it that much lol.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Charisma said she was promised she wouldn't die and then they changed it on her.

And unless it's hearsay (and I read it on the internet so it could well be), they did something similar to Robia La Morte as well, who had become a born-again Christian after she'd been dropped from btvS, and asked not to come back as something "evil" - and they made her The First Evil in Amends.

I wasn't there in either case, and I understand honoring one's contract (I also know that no birth control methods are 100%), but I don't think Joss' only option is to be "pissy". He can be a better man about it, and there are enough stories about him being childish and petty as a boss to make me shudder. He may be great 98% but it's those few other instances when he shows a genuine mean streak, which he then jokes about. Cruelty is not funny.