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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I already rewatched all of Buffy and Angel this year ...

If anyone's interested in the official order of how good each season is

Buffy: 3 > 1 > 2 > 7 > 6 > 4 > 5

I really struggle with S4 and 5 tbh and I can sort of see why it was almost cancelled at the end of S5? It struggled to find direction after the high school arc ending with S3. 4 is better than 5 because of some great standalone episodes + Spike living in Giles' bath... 5 is sort of daft and the Dawn canon-reset excuse is lame. By S6 / 7 you kind of forget that she wasn't always there but in S5 it's grating as f.

Angel: 2 > 1 > 3 > 5 > 4

I personally find Angel pretty much flawless except S4 which was a mis-step... Connor is TOO irritating and whiney, which is a shame because the character had some potential in his first couple of episodes + by the end of S5, and also Jasmine was a lame villain, and no one noticing that Cordelia was evil while she swanned around in black lace saying "muahahahaha" was ridiculous. Plus Wesley and Lilah make me feel a bit queasy.

That said, the Angelus episodes were good, especially Angelus vs Faith.






The three highest rated episodes of Buffy (9.8, 9.7 and 9.7 on IMDB) are "Once More With Feeling", "Hush" and "The Body"...

Once More With Feeling is all singing and dancing,
Hush has no spoken dialogue and is acclaimed for its orchestral soundtrack
...and The Body has no music at all in the episode.

I personally rate The Body and Hush very highly (which is odd, as seasons 4 and 5 are my least favourite seasons overall) but I can't stand OMWF . I just don't like musicals ... I can't do it... I was forced to go to "Evita" in the cinema when I was 11 and it was the most excruciating 2 hours of my entire life.

My ranking of the Angel seasons.

2 > 3 > 4 > 1 > 5

My issue with Season 1 & 5 of Angel is that most of those Seasons don't really have a plot until the last few episodes of those Seasons.