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Titolo: I dieci episodi preferiti di Joss Whedon e link ad altri articoli sul finale SPOILERS minimi

Altri links:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/rosenthal/cst-ftr-phil29.html
'Buffy' boss: It's not over when it's over
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030429/5110659s.htm
Our slayer won't go gently into the dark night
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030429/5110700s.htm
The end of 'Buffy' feels like a dagger to the heart
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030429/5110663s.htm
Another year, another apocalypse: Rating Buffy's all-world saves 
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030429/5110665s.htm
Joss Whedon's 10 favorite Buffy eps 
Show's creator takes a stab at 10 favorite episodes 
Here are creator Joss Whedon's 10 favorite episodes of Buffy the
Vampire Slayer. With each show is its original airdate, a description
by USA TODAY's Robert Bianco and a brief explanation from Whedon.
(Unless otherwise noted, the episodes were written and directed by
Whedon.)
1. Innocence (Jan. 20, 1998)
Every girl's nightmare, and one of the show's most sly yet most
powerful uses of metaphor. Buffy has sex with Angel, who immediately
turns into a monster. Though devastated, Buffy realizes that her
mission is more important than her feelings.
* Why? ''It's a mission-statement show, and one of the ones where I
first found out what we could do.'' 
2. Once More With Feeling (Nov. 6, 2001)
The musical episode, in which a demon causes everyone in Sunnydale to
burst into song. The songs are comic and romantic at first, but they
get darker, until, at the end, Buffy reveals that she would rather be
dead. Oklahoma! it's not. Whedon also wrote the well-regarded score.
* Why? Whedon was given a chance to write an original musical for TV,
an opportunity that few series writers ever get. He loved it: ''What
am I going to say?''
3. Hush (Dec. 14, 1999)
The (mostly) silent episode, and one of the series' most traditionally
scary. A group of floating demons, The Gentlemen, steals the voices of
everyone in Sunnydale -- a prelude to harvesting their hearts. 
* Why? See below.
4. The Body (Feb. 27, 2001)
A particularly haunting episode built around the death of Buffy's
mother and the way death transforms a person into a body. Joyce's loss
is one of the few natural deaths in the series, and it provoked one of
the show's most serious episodes. 
* Why? On some series, ''Hush'' and ''The Body'' would exist solely to
show off some gimmick. Whedon is proud of the episodes precisely
because they aren't stunts; each advanced the season's big story, and
each made perfect sense in the Buffy universe. 
5. Doppelgangland (Feb. 23, 1999)
While casting a spell, Willow accidentally brings forth her
alternative-universe vampire double, whom viewers first met in ''The
Wish.'' It turns out Vampire Willow is very hot, very bad and, as
Willow says, ''kind of gay'' -- a sign of things to come. 
* Why? ''Because one Willow is certainly not enough.''
6. The Wish (Dec. 8, 1998)
Anya the Vengeance Demon grants Cordelia's wish that Buffy had never
come to Sunnydale, creating a universe where The Master's vampires
rule. Buffy arrives and is killed by The Master. Written by Marti
Noxon; directed by David Greenwalt. 
* Why? ''Very bleak, very fun. It went to a dark place, and that's
really exciting to me. That's where I live.''
7. Becoming, Part II (May 19, 1998)
The second-season finale, as Buffy rushes to stop the soul-free Angel
from destroying the world. Willow does restore Angel's soul, but not
before he opens a vortex that will suck the world into hell. The only
way for Buffy to close the vortex is to kill the man she loves --
which she does. 
* Why? ''Buffy loses everything. Also, it had a sword fight. I love
sword fighting.''
8. Restless (May 23, 2000)
The fourth-season finale. Having saved the world again, Buffy and her
friends plan to spend a peaceful evening at home. Instead, they're
sucked into a dream world where they are hunted by the First Slayer. 
* Why? ''Most people sort of shake their heads at it. It was
different, but not pointless.''
9. Conversations 
With Dead People (Nov. 12, 2002)
Buffy, Willow and Dawn chat with the dead: Buffy with a vampire, Dawn
with her mother, and Willow with Tara. But Willow isn't actually
talking to a dead person at all; she's talking to The First, the
season's ''Big Bad.'' Written by Jane Espenson and Drew Goddard;
directed by Nick Marck.
* Why? ''I'm very fond of 'Conversations With Dead People.' I just
thought structurally and tonally it was very interesting and had a lot
to say. And I got to write another song.''
10. Prophecy Girl (June 2, 1997)
The first-season finale. Shaken by a prophecy that she will die at the
hands of The Master, the series' first ''Big Bad,'' Buffy resigns as
Slayer. But when she realizes that she's the only one who can stop The
Master from taking over the world, she returns to face him -- and
dies. Briefly. 
* Why? ''Because that was my first time, besides telling directors
what to do, that I actually got to direct. And it was the first time I
got to kill Buffy, and the first season ender, and it was the first
time I realized I could take everything we did in the season and tie
it in a bow.''

10. Prophecy Girl (June 2, 1997)
:-(
Non ha citato il mio episodio preferito, "I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU" :-(((
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 >1. Innocence (Jan. 20, 1998)
è anche il mio preferito!!!
^_^
--
*Hell_Mouth*
Ange: Let me worry about the neediness. I can handle it.
Buffy: I told you. You better go.
Angel: I'm sorry.
Buffy: No. I'm so grateful that you came, Angel. I didn't think I was gonna
be able to make it through the night.