Top 20 Buffy Episodes

[littlewilly]

here is my top20 episodes (not in order)

1: Welcome 2 the Hellmouth, Angel, Prophecy girl

2: School Hard, Innocence, Passion, Becoming pt2

3: Lovers Walk, The Wish, Helpless, Doppelgangland

4: Harsh light of Day, Initiative, Hush, Who are You?, Restless

5: Buffy v Dracula, Fool For Love, the Gift

6: Bargaining 2

Although 6 and 7 are good seasons, the fact is the episodes themselves are not as good.
its more about the characters and the overall theme of where they're at.

[Spuffy is true love]

1. Welcome to the Hellmouth, Nightmare, Prophecy Girl
2. Passion, Becoming Pt 1 & 2, Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
3. Graduation day Pt 1 & 2, Dopplegangland, Helpless
4. Hush, Something Blue
5. The Body, The Gift, Family
6. Once more with Feeling (how could you forget that one?) Tabula Rasa, Seeing Red, Grave
7. Chosen, Conversations with Dead People

Those are my 20, really broken down by season. But Im very surprised you didn't have the greatest episode ever in OMWF and 2 other amazing episodes in The Body and CWDP

[littlewilly]

once more wf, is a great episode but it would probably be in my top 25. the body is a big episode but its too slow moving.

[The Ferg]

I don't know about Top 20 but I can give you my favorites! :)

1. The Pack, Prophecy Girl
2. Halloween, Ted, BB&B, Passions, Becoming Pt. 2
3. Homecoming, Band Candy, Helpless, The Zeppo, Grad. Day Pt.1
4. Living Conditions, Beer Bad, Wild at Heart, Hush, Goodbye Iowa, New Moon Rising, The Yoko Factor, Primeval

6. Once More, With Feeling (Why didn't you put that down!!!!!), Tabula Rasa, Normal Again, The whole Willow Trilogy thing (Villians, Two To Go, Grave)

(Well... I narrowed it down to 26...)

[littlewilly]

its definetly tough to choose. no matter what if you pick a top 20 you got to leave loads of good ones out.

[LeadGentleman]

2. Passion, Innocence, Becoming Part 1&2
3. The Zeppo, Graduation Day Part 1&2
4. Hush, Superstar, A New Man, Primeval
5. The Gift, Buffy vs Dracula
6. Once More With Feeling, Tabula Rasa, Grave, Bargaining Part 2
7. Lies My Parents Told Me, Chosen, Storyteller

[Crazy Flakes]

1. Witch
2. Passion, Innocence, Becoming pt. 2
3. Doppelgangland, Lovers Walk, Earshot
4. Hush, Who Are You?, Restless
5. The Body, Tough Love (highly underrated episode), The Gift
6. Once More, With Feeling, Villains, Two to Go, Grave. Tabula Rasa is completely overrated, and I can't understand why everyone is obsessed with it. I mean, it was kind of funny, but it was a far cry from one of the best episodes ever.
7. Selfless, Conversations With Dead People, Storyteller. In fact, the only ones I liked after the Potentials came in were Get It Done, Storyteller, Potential, Touched, and Chosen.

Well, that wasn't really my top 20 episodes, but it was my top few from each season. I'd have a few more episodes from seasons 3 and 6 in there if I was just listing my top 20. And I wasn't too fond of season 1, which is why I only added one episode from it.

[The Ferg]

1. The Pack
2. Halloween, BB&B, Passions
3. Homecoming, Band Candy, Helpless, The Zeppo
4. Living Conditions, Beer Bad, Wild at Heart, Hush, New Moon Rising, The Yoko Factor, Primeval
6. Once More, With Feeling (Why didn't you put that down!!!!!), Tabula Rasa, Normal Again, The whole Willow Trilogy thing (Villians, Two To Go, Grave)

Ok, now I got 21. I just can't choose which one of the Dark Willow trilogy to knock out...

[b]Spuffy is true love[/i]: What's wrong with Beer Bad. I thought it was hilarious. (Someone really needs to explain to me how to do the "Reputation" thing)

[Crazy Flakes]

1. The Pack
2. Halloween, BB&B, Passions
3. Homecoming, Band Candy, Helpless, The Zeppo
4. Living Conditions, Beer Bad, Wild at Heart, Hush, New Moon Rising, The Yoko Factor, Primeval
6. Once More, With Feeling (Why didn't you put that down!!!!!), Tabula Rasa, Normal Again, The whole Willow Trilogy thing (Villians, Two To Go, Grave)

Ok, now I got 21. I just can't choose which one of the Dark Willow trilogy to knock out...

[b]Spuffy is true love[/i]: What's wrong with Beer Bad. I thought it was hilarious. (Someone really needs to explain to me how to do the "Reputation" thing)


You add rep by clicking the little scales in the upper right corner of a person's reply.

Also, Beer Bad is unpopular because of the ridiculously obvious, beat-you-over-the-head-with-it message (which is "BEER IS BAD, DON'T DRINK IT!) I personally didn't think it was terrible, but it's definitely not one of my favorites.

[Tranquillity]

This is today's favourite episode list (if you asked tomorrow, it'd probably be different), straight off the top off my head, in no particular order...

1. fool for love (S5)
2. once more with feeling (S6)
3. afterlife (S6)
4. selfless (S7)
6. tabula rasa (S6)
7. chosen (S7)
8. checkpoint (S5)
9. restless (S4)
10. what's my line (1&2, but i'm counting it as 1) (S2)
11. Bargaining, part 2 (S2)
12. bewitched, bothered and bewildered (S2)
13. lover's walk (S3)
14. the wish (S3)
15. dead things (S6)
16. smashed (S6)
17. pangs (S4)
18. something blue (S4)
19. touched (S7)
20. intervention (S5)

[Canon]

This is gonna be hard, and like others, this list will probably have changed by tomorrow...

Season 2 - School Hard, Becoming Part II
Season 3 - Lovers Walk, Helpless, Doppelgangland
Season 4 - Something Blue, Hush, Who Are You, New Moon Rising
Season 5 - Triangle, The Body, Spiral
Season 6 - Bargaining, Once More With Feeling, Tabula Rasa, Smashed, Wrecked, Grave
Season 7 - Storyteller, Chosen

[The Kinslayer]

I don´t know if I would call them the best, more like personal favorites. And sometimes just a single moment can make me love an episode even if the rest of it was mediocre( by Buffy-standard).

Season 2 - Passion
Season 3 - Band candy, Doppelgangland
Season 4 - Hush, Restless (but I really hated it the first time)
Season 5 - Family, Fool for love, The Body, Intervention
Season 6 - Once More With Feeling, Tabula Rasa, Seeing red
Season 7 - Conversations with dead people, Storyteller, Chosen

[angelchick182]

I'm actually getting ready to re-watch all my DVD's again, in my spare time, from beginning to end, so my list may change since I'll be watching it with fresh eyes. As of now, here's how my Top 20 stacks up:

20. School Hard
19. Lover's Walk
18. Graduation Day, pt. 1
17. Graduation Day, pt. 2
16. Bad Girls
15. The Prom
14. The Killer In Me
13. Passion
12. Fool For Love
11. The Body
10. I Only Have Eyes For You
9. The Gift
8. Amends
7. Enemies
6. Seeing Red
5. Once More, With Feeling
4. Prophecy Girl
3. Chosen
2. Amends
1. Becoming, pt. 2

[Joyce Summers]

Hmm.....have to think about this one.
Now bear in mind, I'm doing my own favorite top 20 (or so) because well, I don't know what would be the actual top 20- they all seem to match in quality, dammit.

Season 1: The Witch, Nightmares, Prophecy Girl
Season 2: School Hard, The Dark Age, Ted, Bad Eggs, Surprise/Innocence, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, I Only Have Eyes For You, Becoming
Season 3: Dead Man's Party, Band Candy, Gingerbread, Helpless, Earshot, Graduation
Season 4: Hush, Something Blue, This Year's Girl/Who Are you?, Superstar, Restless
Season 5: Buffy vs Dracula, Real Me, No Place Like Home, Listening to Fear, Into the Woods, Checkpoint, Blood Ties, Crush, Intervention.
Season 6: Hell's Bells, Normal Again
Season 7: Him, Help, Chosen.

I know that's way more than twenty- but shut up. I tried to so hard to narrow it down and I did. A little. It just ended up that my definition of narrow was impressively wide....whoops.

Passion, The Body, Forever and The Gift are also in there because they are just amazing episodes but waaaay too sad to put in my top 20. Haha.

[The Ferg]

1. The Pack
2. BB&B, Passions
3. Homecoming, Helpless, The Zeppo
4. Living Conditions, Hush, New Moon Rising, The Yoko Factor, Primeval
5. The Body, Spiral, The Gift
6. Once More, With Feeling, Tabula Rasa, Normal Again, The whole Willow Trilogy thing (Villians, Two To Go, Grave)
Okee, dokee, there's 20! HAPPY NOW!!!! :)

[Buffy obsessed fan]

I had 32 favourites...I couldn't leave any out XD


32 Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight.
31 I Robot, You Jane.
30 Lie To Me
29 Killed By Death
28 The Wish
27 Choices
26 Fear, Itself
25 Pangs
24 Dooplegangland
23 Something Blue
22 Who Are You?
21 Becoming Part 2
20 Passion
19 Band Candy
18 Hush
17 Restless
16 Triangle
15 The Killer In Me
14 Tough Love
13 Help
12 Potential
11 Storyteller
10 Help
9 Grave
8 Conversations With Dead People
7 Same Time, Same Place
6 Tabula Rasa
5 Chosen
4 Once More, With Feeling
3 Tabula Rasa
2 Family
1 Selfless

:D

[SC7 Fan]

i have to say my top 5 fave episodes would be: fool for love, once more with feeling, tabula rasa, earshot and nightmares.

[littlewilly]

My top 5 are, Fool For Love, the Wish, Who are you, Innocence, Becoming pt 2

[Monty]

1: Prophecy Girl, Never Kill A Boy On the First Date
2: Innocence, Surprise, Halloween
3: The Wish, Earshot
4: Something Blue, Goodbye Iowa
5: Crush, Fool For Love, Intervention
6: Tabula Rasa, Wrecked, Life Serial
7: Help, Touched, Chosen, The Killer In Me, Dirty Girls

[LorneyTunes]

I love them all but from the top of my head i would say


1 Prophecy Girl
2 Out of Mind, Out of Sight
3 Lies My Parents Told Me
4 when she was bad
5 school hard
6 Chosen
7 Restless
8 The wish
9 Same Time, Same Place
10 Passion
11 I Only Have Eyes for You
12 Grave
13 Doppelgangland
14 band candy
15 Storyteller
16 Triangle
17 The Body( just because ive been there)
18 Life Serial
19 Once More, with Feeling
20 Smashed

[Hello Cutie]

1: Nightmares, The Pack
2: School Hard, Becoming 1, Becoming 2, Surprise, Innocence, Halloween
3: Band Candy, Doppelgangland, The Prom
4: Hush, Something Blue, Beer Bad
5: Buffy v Dracula, Fool For Love
6: Once More with Feeling, Tabula Rasa
7: Storyteller, Chosen

[Starlet]

Ok, so here's my list. I tried to short is as much as I could but still there are26 episodes, not 20.
season1: Prophecy Girl
season2:School Hard, Becoming, Bewitched,Bothered&Bewildered, Phases
season3:Band Candy, Doppelgangland, Earshot, Graduation Day
season4:Something Blue, Hush, Restless
season 5:Real me, Family, Fool For Love, Triangle, Spiral , The Gift
season 6:OMWF, Tabula Rasa, Older& far away, Life Serial
season 7:Potential, Storyteller, Touched, Chosen

[skcbuffyfan87]

This was tough but here it goes!

Season 1: The Harvest

Season 2: Innocence, Passions, Becoming 1&2

Season 3: Prom, Dopplegangland, Amends, Earshot, Graduation 1&2

Season 4: The Harsh Light of Day, Hush, Something Blue, Restless,

Season 5: Into the Woods, The Gift

Season 6: OMWF, Hells Bells, Normal Again

Season 7: Conversations With Dead People, Touched

[marukisu]

(in order of which i think is the best, starting from number 1)

Top 20 BTVS Episodes

1 The Gift
2 The Weight of The World
3 Once More With Feeling
4 Restless
5 The Body
6 Chosen
7 Hush
8 Prophecy Girl
9 Primeval
10 Living Conditions
11 Life Serial
12 Selfless
13 Nightmares
14 Earshot
15Tough Love
16 The Harsh Light of Day
17 Normal Again
18 The Prom
19 Help
20 Normal Again

Other Notable mentions: Gingerbread, Graduation Day pt. 1, Graduation day pt.2,The Harsh Light of Day, This Year's Girl, Superstar, Spiral



And for the heck of it (in order of which i think is the best, starting from number 1)
Top 20 Angel episodes

1 Shells
2 A Hole In The World
3 Smile Time
4 I Will Remember You
5 Youre Welcome
6 Waiting In The Wings
7 Time Bomb
8 Are You Now or Have You Ever been
9 Room With a View
10 Billy
11 Birthday
12 Origin
13 Harm's Way
14 Over the Rainbow
15 Through the Looking Glass
16 Theres No Place like Plrtz Glrb
17 Orpheus
18 Shiny Happy People
19 Peace Out
20 Home

Other Notable mentions: To Shanshu in L.A, That Vision Thing,Fredless, Salvage, Release, The Magic Bullet, life Of The party, Soul Purpose, Not Fade Away

[JCC]

Top 20 Buffy Episodes:

1. Passion
2. Fool For Love
3. Once More, With Feeling
4. Tabula Rasa
5. The Body
6. Band Candy
7. Hush
8. Innocence
9. I Only Have Eyes For You
10. School Hard
11. Restless
12. Conversations With Dead People
13. Life Serial
14. Pangs
15. Storyteller
16. Something Blue
17. Beneath You (James Marsters' amazing performance at the end of this episode is why it's here)
18. Superstar
19. Prophecy Girl
20. The Puppet Show

[spark]

god this is so hard and will probably have changed by tomorrow but here goes...
(and in no order - 'cos that wouldn't be possible!)

halloween
becoming (both!)
innocence
the wish
doppelgangland
something blue
superstar
the replacement
intervention
the gift
bargaining
life serial
once more with feeling
tabula rasa
nightmares
normal again
grave
seeing red
lies my parents told me
touched

[DeadButStillPretty]

Season 1-The Harvest,The Pack,Witch,Prophecy girl,Nightmares,The puppet show
Season 2-School hard,Bewitched,bothered+bewildered,Becoming,Innoce nce,Suprise,Ted,When she was bad,Halloween,Whats my line?
Season 3-Anne,Faith hope and trick,Band Candy,The wish,Doppelgangland,Homecoming
Season 4-Freshman,Harsh light of day,Living conditions,Restless,Who are you,Hush,Something blue
Season 5-Crush,Fool for love,Buffy vs Dracula,The Gift,Spiral,Real me,(the one with buffybot and spike getting beat by glory forgotten the name!)
Season 6-Bargaining,the 3 part finale,Smashed,Once more with feeling,Tabula rasa,the halloween eppy
Season 7-Lessons,Conversations with dead people,Storyteller,the one with anyas past

[perrycareyrocks]

1. Never Kill A Boy on the First Date. Prophecy Girl.
2. I Only Have Eyes For You. School Hard.
3. Band Candy. Graduation Day pt 2. The Wish.
4. Hush. The I in Team. This Years Girl. Who Are You.
5. No Place Like Home. The Body. The Gift.
6. Tabula Rasa. Normal Again. Hells Bells.
7. Conversations With Dead People. Help. Chosen.

[NympHadorA]

once more with feeling
fool for love
touched
the gift
chosen
innocence
the hush
bargaining 1&2
the wish
restless
entropy
all the way
smashed
wrecked
lies my parents told me
beneath you
prophercy girl
lessons
bad eggs
potentials

[The Ferg]

Aright. This is my OFFICIAL Top 20 Episodes. I have to admit. I'm seriously kinda excited about making this! I've finally seen every single episode, so... here goes:
Oh, btw, I'm putting two-parters as 1 episode. OK:

Season 1: Welcome to the Hellmouth-The Harvest; The Pack; Prophecy Girl
Season 2: Passion; Becoming
Season 3: Helpless; The Zeppo
Season 4: Hush; New Moon Rising; The Yoko Factor-Primeval
Season 5: The Body; Spiral; The Gift
Season 6: Once More, With Feeling; Tabula Rasa; Normal Again; Villains-Two To Go-Grave
Season 7: Him; StoryTeller; Chosen

Alright. There it is. It's kinda cheating, but... wtf.
This actually probably isn't "official" because I'm gonna watch through every single episode again, so this will quite possily change.

[Superstar]

Season 1
The Pack
Prophecy Girl

Season 2
Halloween
What's My Line
Passion

Season 3
Band Candy
The Zeppo
Earshot
Graduation Day

Season 4
Beer Bad
Hush
Superstar
Restless

Season 5
The Body
The Gift

Season 6
Bargaining
Once More, With Feeling
Tabula Rasa

Season 7
Conversations With Dead People
Lies My Parents Told Me

[Buffanator]

Ok, cool then.

S-1: 3 = Angel, Nightmares, Prophecy Girl

S-2: 3 = I Only Have Eyes for You, Becoming Part I & II

S-3: 3 = Revelations, Lover's Walk, The Wish

S-4: 4 = Pangs, Something Blue, This Year's Girl, Who Are You

S-5: 3 = Fool For Love, Crush, Intervention

S-6: 2 = Once More with Feeling, Smashed (runner up: Hells Bells)

S-7: 2 = Conversations with Dead People, Lies My Parents Told Me

Man, that was harder than I thought it would be! To keep it at 20, I had to keep going back & deleting certain eppys! Whew! Toughie. :D

[Crazy Flakes]

Now that I'm looking at my list, I'm noticing that the whole season-by-season thing threw me off...here's my plain old top 20 list. Only the first 10 or so are in order.

1. Once More, With Feeling
2. Restless
3. The Body
4. Doppelgangland
5. Grave
6. Two to Go
7. Villains
8. Hush
9. Passion
10. Seeing Red
11. Lovers Walk
12. Innocence
13. Earshot
14. Choices
15. Gingerbread
17. The Wish
18. The Gift
19. The Weight of the World
20. Intervention

[Angel's Avenger]

1: Angel, The Puppet Show, Nightmares
2: School Hard, Halloween, The Dark Age
3: Band Candy, Dopplegangland, The Wish, Graduation Day
4: Hush, A New Man, Who Are You?,
5: The Replacement, Shadow, The Body
6: Once More With Feeling, Tabula Rasa, Gone
7:--

IMO, season 4 and 5 are hard to get through.