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Titolo: I 5 migliori episodi di BtVS

Ma dai... The Zeppo è un episodio stupido. Non sopporto nemmeno Fear,
Itself, bah. A new man è divertente, ma uno dei migliori 5... mah. Primo e
secondo, niente da dire, anche se io preferisco OMWF ad Hush. Poi, lo
sapete, al posto degli altri tre io metterei I only have eyes for you
(2.19), The body (5.16) e Superstar (4.17).
http://www.whedon.info/article.php3?id_article=19016
Y’know, I thought it would be a cool idea and all to let you in on what I
think are the top five episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, seeing as it’s
almost Halloween and all (and yes, I know, baddies find the day to be
boorish and cliché). But can I really sum up seven seasons of episodes
within a measly list of five? Well, I’ll do my best, and I’m sure no matter
how I order them or list them, someone’s going to disagree. Big time. So,
without further ado...
First, I need to have some honorable mentions here, because I just don’t
feel right at all not having them in the list. If I could, I’d have listed
’The Wish’ (3.9) and ’Tabula Rasa’ (6.8) among my favorites, but this is
’The Five’, after all. I know many will tell me I should have added ’The
Body’ (5.16) to the list, but sorry, it’s not one of my favorites.
5) The Zeppo (3.13) — This episode is better known to me as "The Xander
Episode". Finally the guy with no special powers gets his day in the sun,
except nobody’s around to witness it. Xander takes down a high school bully
zombie gang, saving the school and the rest of the Scoobs in the process.
Not only that, but the man loses his virginity to Faith. Faith! A nice
touch was how much the writers downplayed the battle that Buffy and gang
were calling the possible "end of the world," as we barely caught a glimpse
of what was going on during brief scenes when Xander was in the high
school. Cap it all off with the look he gives Cordelia. Perfect.
4) Fear, Itself (4.4) — I just loved Oz. I hated that he later left the
show, and I always dreamed up scenarios in later seasons when he’d return
for good. He plays a great part in this episode, where a "fear demon" takes
hold of a fraternity house during a Halloween bash, turning everyone’s
worst fears upon themselves. Oz’s worst fear was, of course, turning into a
werewolf outside of a full moon and then hurting Willow. And then there’s
Anya’s idea of a scary costume: a rabbit. In a classic ending, the gang
finally comes face-to-face with the fear demon, and we learn that the
heading next to its picture in Giles’ book translates to "actual size".
3) A New Man (4.12) — This had some great interaction between Giles and
Spike, something we hadn’t really gotten to see in the past. I also love
the Ethan Rayne character, who in this episode changes Giles into one of
the very things he fights: a demon (I always thought that the BBC’s Ripper
series should start out with Giles meeting Ethan, so we could learn more
about their sordid past, but I digress). Since Spike is the only one who
can understand the Fyarl demon language, Giles relies on his help. I didn’t
really care for season four all that much, mainly due to the featured
big-bad being a bit disappointing. Thankfully this (and one other) episode
brightly outshines what was a rather lackluster season.
2) Once More, With Feeling (6.7) — The famed musical episode had me a
little nervous. Could these cats actually sing? And could Joss put together
a story that made sense in a musical setting? Oh, why oh why did I doubt
the Whedonmeister. It’s evident that a lot of time and planning was put
into making sure this episode worked and worked very well. Not only were
the songs well done, but the lyrics made complete sense with the story and
the characters. Some of the songs were sung very well, too. Everything’s
explained in a very Buffyverse-believable sort of way, and we even get a
huge plot point for the series thrown in there for good measure: Buffy and
Spike’s first kiss. No list of Buffy favorites is complete without this
episode. None, I say!
1) Hush (4.10) — No brainer. If someone who had never seen Buffy
(blasphemy!) asked me to show them just one episode of the show to get them
hooked, this would be it. Joss and company pull off one hell of a stunt by
making an almost completely speech-free episode, and damn does it work.
Also, this is one scary-ass episode. Holy creepy on those ’Gentlemen’ and
the gimps that hurried after their floating bodies. And those plastered on
grins. Parents, do not show this episode to your young kids; they will have
nightmares for months following watching this. And once again, we get a
huge piece of the Buffy story added in the mix, as Riley finally finds out
that Buffy is a little bit "special".
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(2.19), The body (5.16) e Superstar (4.17).
  E "The Gift"? E "Graduation Day"? E "The Wish"? E "Amends"? Anche
nella seconda stagione ci sono altri bellissimi episodi come
"Passion".
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 Itself, bah.
Son carini entrambi, ma i primi 5? Non scherziamo! Direi 1) OMWF, 2) The 
Body, 3) Hush 4) Restless, 5) Chosen.
E prima di quelli lì ce ne vanno mille altri... The Gift, Tabula Rasa, 
Passion, Becoming, Something Blue, Lovers' Walk, Family, Tough Love, 
Intervention, Amends, Graduation Day e chissà quanti altri.
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"Passion".
Vero.
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Intervention, Amends, Graduation Day e chissà quanti altri.
Stravero.
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Belli! Ma inferiori a quei 5.
  Io li metto davanti a quei 5 tutta la vita...
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  Io li metto davanti a quei 5 tutta la vita...
Gusti. :-) Del resto a te piace più Michelle di Charisma ed Alyson! :-P
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Gusti. :-) Del resto a te piace più Michelle di Charisma ed Alyson! :-P
  Di Charmisma possiamo parlarne... ;-)
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Gusti. :-) Del resto a te piace più Michelle di Charisma ed Alyson! :-P
  E comunque a te piace la Mulgrew quindi dovresti stare solo zitto
sui gusti altrui! ;-DDD
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sui gusti altrui! ;-DDD
Nel senso che i miei sono incontestabilmente migliori? :-)
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Nel senso che i miei sono incontestabilmente migliori? :-)
  Nel senso che perfino Stevie Wonder ha gusti migliori di te in fatto
di bellezza femminile! ;-DDD
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