{"id":85,"date":"2003-05-03T04:01:29","date_gmt":"2003-05-03T12:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2003\/05\/03\/joss-whedons-top-ten-buffy-episodes\/"},"modified":"2003-05-03T04:01:29","modified_gmt":"2003-05-03T12:01:29","slug":"joss-whedons-top-ten-buffy-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Joss Whedon&#039;s Top Ten Buffy Episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joss Whedon, the creator of <em>Buffy<\/em>, gave USA Today a list of his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/television\/news\/2003-04-28-buffy-top10_x.htm\">ten favorite <em>Buffy<\/em> episodes<\/a>. (Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msmagazine.com\/blog\/recommended.asp?id=237\">Ms.Musings<\/a>). Not bothering with false modesty, eight of the ten episodes he selected were written and directed by himself. (And rightly so &#8211; Whedon is by miles the best <em>Buffy<\/em> writer. Sometimes I wonder if the show wouldn&#8217;t have been better off as one of those BBC shows, with only 8 or 12 episodes a season, but all of them written by the series creator).<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, Joss&#8217; list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/innocence.shtml\">Innocence<\/a> (the one where Angel turns bad)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/oncemore.shtml\">Once More With Feeling<\/a> (the musical)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/hush.shtml\">Hush<\/a> (the silent episode)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/body.shtml\">The Body<\/a> (the episode dealing with Joyce&#8217;s death)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/doppel.shtml\">Doppelgangland<\/a> (evil vampire Willow)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/wish.shtml\">The Wish<\/a> (Cordy wishes Buffy had never come to Sunnydale)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/becoming2.shtml\">Becoming, Part II<\/a> (the season two ender, Buffy vs. Angel)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/restless.shtml\">Restless<\/a> (the season four finale, featuring everyone&#8217;s dreams)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upn.com\/shows\/buffy\/episodes\/season07\/show_07.shtml\">Conversations with Dead People<\/a> (like the title says)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/prophecy.shtml\">Prophecy Girl<\/a> (the first season finale; Buffy vs. the Master).\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of these are good episodes, but not all of them would be on my personal &#8220;top ten&#8221; list. Speaking of which&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Amp&#8217;s ten favorite <em>Buffy<\/em> episodes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/oncemore.shtml\">Once More With Feeling<\/a> (the musical)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/hush.shtml\">Hush<\/a> (the silent episode)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/body.shtml\">The Body<\/a> (the episode dealing with Joyce&#8217;s death)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/becoming2.shtml\">Becoming, Part II<\/a> (the season two ender, Buffy vs. Angel)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/restless.shtml\">Restless<\/a> (the season four finale, featuring everyone&#8217;s dreams)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upn.com\/shows\/buffy\/episodes\/season07\/show_07.shtml\">Conversations with Dead People<\/a> (like the title says)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/zeppo.shtml\">The Zeppo<\/a> (Xander suffers from a mid-life crisis).\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/eyesforyou.shtml\">I Only Have Eyes For You<\/a> (a ghost haunts Sunnydale high)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/earshot.shtml\">Earshot<\/a> (Buffy become telepathic)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/whoareyou.shtml\">Who Are You<\/a> (Buffy and Faith switch bodies)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(That last one I&#8217;m not sure of; I might prefer &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/innocence.shtml\">Innocence<\/a>&#8221; instead, or maybe &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/family.shtml\">Family<\/a>.&#8221; Or &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/somethingblue.shtml\">Something Blue<\/a>.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Why is listing things so fun?<\/p>\n<p>USA today also has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/television\/news\/2003-04-29-buffy-apocalypse_x.htm\">an article listing<\/a> all the times Buffy has &#8220;saved the world&#8221; (or at least, sizable chunks of southern California). Well, sort of; because they discussed only season-enders, they missed three mid-season world-saves, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/innocence.shtml\">Innocence<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/zeppo.shtml\">The Zeppo<\/a> and the exceedingly forgettable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/doomed.shtml\">Doomed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration:none\" href=\"\/index.php?p=cialis-oral-jelly-price-safeway\">.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy, gave USA Today a list of his ten favorite Buffy episodes. (Via Ms.Musings). Not bothering with false modesty, eight of the ten episodes he selected were written and directed by himself. (And rightly so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=85\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buffy-whedon-etc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}