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Episodic Analysis
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Welcome to Episodic Analysis.
I look at a season of television, and essentially analyse how it contributes to an overall narrative.
Videos aren't on a schedule, they'll be out when they're out.
I look at a season of television, and essentially analyse how it contributes to an overall narrative.
Videos aren't on a schedule, they'll be out when they're out.
Top 10 Buffy Monster of the Week Episodes
Marking the end of the channel hiatus, today I count down my Top 10 Buffy Monster of the Week episodes. Let me know what your picks would be for your lists in the comments below and enjoy the video!
#buffy #btvs #top10
0:00 Intro
0:49 Number 10
1:47 Number 9
3:10 Number 8
4:32 Number 7
6:16 Number 6
7:32 Number 5
8:51 Number 4
10:13 Number 3
11:38 Number 2
12:35 Number 1
14:39 Outro
#buffy #btvs #top10
0:00 Intro
0:49 Number 10
1:47 Number 9
3:10 Number 8
4:32 Number 7
6:16 Number 6
7:32 Number 5
8:51 Number 4
10:13 Number 3
11:38 Number 2
12:35 Number 1
14:39 Outro
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season One - Episodic Analysis
I'm currently rewatching Buffy and this season is my least favorite that's why I'm skipping watching us and just watching this video instead. Thanks
👉Joy gave Buffy the ultimatum that if she leaves the house 🏠 then she can't come back home! 👉100% Joy's fault!
The issue with the bathroom scene in Seeing Red is that Spike isn't pure evil. He's done selfless things despite having no soul, Tara says herself that Spike has done good. The writers didn't seem to know what they were doing with him tbh. They can't suddenly be like "hey, remember Spike is pure evil!" when theyfe given us evidence to the contrary.
@@whenthepawn99 It’s a valid point you’ve made. The only issue is that a lot of Spike’s good actions are a result of his obsession with Buffy, and his want to impress her rather than doing them simply because they’re good. The writers had to give Spike motivation to change himself and make it so his good actions are done because he knows they’re right, and not just to make it seem like he’s a good person.
@@episodicanalysis I understand that but I'm thinking specifically of the scene where he let's himself get tortured by Glory and, when speaking to who he thinks is the Buffybot, says something along the lines of he protected Dawn because he didn't want Buffy to suffer that loss. And then after Buffy died he still cared for Dawn. He didn't know Buffy would ever come back. He did that with no soul.
@@whenthepawn99 Ah right, I understand where you’re coming from there. My interpretation of that is although there is some good within Spike, like you say, at the end of the day he’s still soulless. For every good thing he does, there’s a bad thing. But the point is that you’re supposed to like him as a character, and that’s why the shower scene is so shocking for viewers. It was a very big risk for them to do, and controversial for sure. I personally think the scene was a bold idea, although executed excellently by SMG and Marsters. If the writers’ aim was to convince me Spike was a soulless character, they succeeded, and it makes his redemption by the end of S7 all the more great.
@@episodicanalysis OK so that's where we diverge I suppose. For one, it doesn't make sense that there's any good in Spike, following the shows logic. This is why I say that the writers messed up his characterisation. In my opinion anyway. Angel had no good in him whatsoever when he was soulless. And secondly, the scene in Seeing Red was a step too far for me personally. The Buffybot pushed it but that scene was the end of Spuffy for me. For the writers to walk it back and have her forgive him made me upset. I think, in the larger scheme, that's a bad message to send to young girls. That a man can assault you and still be a good guy who you just need to believe in. He did good things when soulless and he also tried to rape her while soulless. That's the reality of the shown, as written. Personally, I don't think they should have written that scene but they did and (again, personally) they didn't handle well at all. Xander and Dawn treated it with the gravity necessary but the show undercut it by having Buffy fotgive him. Watching it, it definitely feels like the writers are trying to say "look he's EVIL! DID YOU FORGET??" And its like, well yeah a lot of us did forget because you wrote him to be good kind of a lot 😂 I understand whatever side people fall on because the writers messed him up! If someone thinks he's irredeemable, I get it. If someone thinks he truly loved Buffy, I agree. Etc. Because the writers could never seem to decide themselves.
@@whenthepawn99 I think you’re right when you say that’s where we diverge. We can discuss what the writer’s intentions were for eternity without really knowing. At what point do we stop viewing every scene or line of dialogue intended as a message to a specific demographic, or what point we view it as what it simply is, and that’s art. At the end of the day, art is subjective, vampires and demons don’t really exist and whatever stories are told using made-up entities have to be taken with a pinch of salt anyway. But that’s part of the reason why I made these videos; and why I enjoy having discussions like this one about the show. There are so many different ways to interpret each character and storyline, and each person’s experience is different as a result, and that fascinates me.
The only thing I'd say I didnt like about The Body (at the time I watched it) was the vampire fight at the end. At the time, it felt a bit shoehorned in, like someone said 'well, it's called buffy the vampire slayer, she has to slay a vampire'. It's been about ten years since then (I got into buffy long past its original airing) and I do feel differently about it now. It still feels wrong and like it doesn't belong, but I can see that's on purpose. Losing someone like that can feel like time has stopped, but it hasn't - Buffy doesnt stop being the slayer because Joyce died, and vampires aren't going to take a week off for that reason either.
WTF is wrong with the audio? It was so quiet that I had trouble hearing with headphones on. This is just unacceptable.
Excuse me Wesley is your favourite Buffy character!!!! Is all I took away from this (very well made, thank you) video. :P
Anya being a petty bitch/holding a grudge against Buffy (delete as per bias) is in character.
The SMG approaching the show runners for a Buffy/Xander romance is bs. NB said it she's contradicted it.
I hate how the show is called into question in Normal Again - you don't do that at least not to me. It's a residual effect - eff that writer.
Don'tmake anti vax jokes you don't want to run the risk of being identified with those jokers.
I dont think Lawson was empty as a vampire because he was partially ensouled but because a vampire is a dark reflection of a human and Lawson as a human was defined by duty aka. conscience and function of the soul. He couldnt derive satisfaction without a soul. The dog being decpitated isn't the best scene in Smile Time it's puppet Angel vamping out. I actually own a puppet Spike my daughter took into school at Halloween once.
As somebody who lost their mother to cancer (quite suddenly too, she was doing ok, got an infection and was gone within a week) the episode where Joyce dies and they deal is just so fucking real. I can't watch it without crying.
I think Angel also destroys the Gem of Amarra because he just knows that while he has it all the other vampires will be angling to get it off him including very dangerous ones like Marcus and Spike.
This is definitely when the show got stupid.. angel was definitely the better show..
As for Dawn, she is exactly how a teenager acts. They never like to be called a kid, but as soon as something bad happens or they are out of their depth the first thing that comes out of their mouths is "Hey, I'm just a kid." So she is not the most annoying character of the show for doing this by any means.
Willows descent into addiction is 100% how fast it happens. We've had so much build up with her going too far, and being too eager, even when she first started. So with all of the emotional stress she was under, all a person needs is the release and the permission to let go and a full out of character slide into degeneracy is going to happen. Especially with an addictive personality, as a reformed alcoholic and drug user, I did things I never thought I would and the build up was slow, but once that spark was lit it was a fast an very noticeable change. So for me I can relate to her struggle and it was exactly how I experienced the world of addiction.
Andrew comes out as gay in the best comic season 10 and Xander's lying finally is actually called out when he decides he knows best at the end of the 9th season yet again and it bites him in the ass when it becomes clear that attitude, the lies he told and his blaming Buffy for everything almost destroys everything. He promptly does what he should have done years ago and starts seeing a therapist.
Hated that they added spike..
Hated the character of Conor!..😒😒😒
Rip Andy aka Lorne,your so missed
Bervane the character in season 5 whats his real life name?
The flashback to Anya’s song makes the scene so much darker. I actually loved it.
I thought Spikes return was a masterstroke in season5
Crossbow MISS KITTY FANTASTICO!!! I have seen that episode 65438768 times AND HAD NEVER HEARD THAT LINE! I have for years always wondered what happened....now I finally know!
they did cancel angel after season 4. the average season 5 ratings were higher than the average season 4 ratings but it still wasn’t enough to save the show.
Fred was a total waifu 😂
Fred was a western waifu of sorts 😂
Please do a Top 10 of the best main villain eps 🥺
Doyle, Lorne and Faith were wonderful characters for this show, then Spike Glad Elizabet Rohm left much preferred her on Law and Order
Great video! Will you ever review movies like you used to earlier in this channel.
I’ve actually thought about talking about the Bond movies, maybe doing a video on each individual movie in a more review-based style like this video, as opposed to the previous reaction-type videos I used to do.
I don't give a damn what anyones says. Angel lived.
The ending was a Black Adder Goes Fourth ending.😮💨
My favourite season, by far.
This show could have easily gone on for another two seasons if Joss hadn't been so forceful about getting it renewed early.
We don't actually know how the slayer line works by this point in the show. Yes, the line initially moved from Buffy to Kendra after Buffy's brief natural death in Season 1. Then from Kendra to Faith after her death. But since they say here that Buffy's mystical resurrection caused an imbalance which The First is taking advantage of, it would make sense if Willow's spell reinstated Buffy in the line, thereby guaranteeing there would always be 2 slayers. That's my head canon.
Oh boy here we go!
I never lost faith, I always knew one of these days you will return with some Buffy knowledge to drop on us. I been eyeing up the audiobook and been watching several deep dive analysis series on both this and Angel thanks to this channel, you'll always bee remembered in my book.
No tiny, Halloween, fear-demon?
Another great episode and solid choice, the reason why I didn’t include this one was because of its similarities to “Nightmares” from S1. It’s a better episode than “Nightmares”, in my opinion, but it just narrowly missed out on the list for that reason. Same goes for “The Replacement”, which has similarities to “Doppelgangland”.
BACKGROUND MUSIC made this unpleasant to watch. People differ in musical preferences, which change as their musical sophistication grows. I usually listen to background music while listening to voice, but _I_ choose the music, which is usually different from what others would prefer. A video with its own background music makes this impossible.
Hi, sorry to hear that. The background music is a new addition to the videos, simply to not make them feel as empty as the older ones. Most of it was either easy-listening jazz or the actual soundtrack from the show, which I thought fit the vibe of the video personally.
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I’ve been becoming obsessed with your analysis videos. I’m in the middle of Season 7 Buffy/ Season 4 Angel in my most recent rewatch and these shows are still so incredible
Thank you so much for this video! Missed hearing you talk about Buffy and Angel! Speaking of which, will you make a similar list for the Angel series? :)
I may do just that, thanks for the kind words!
Omg we're back 😍
I’m so happy! You’re back! I was just talking with friends of mine about how much I miss 21-episode seasons. And it’s for episodes like these, that build character, relationships, and further feeds into the final arc of a season. You just can’t fall in love or hate a character as intensely, a story can’t have as much impact, over 6-10 episodes. 😔
Been awhile. Glad to see you back. Great list, by the way
All Love Buffy the Vampyrslayer very much alsow and Forever
The final scene between Wesley and "Fred" at the end broke my heart. It was some brilliant acting on Amy Ackers part.
I agree with you 100% about Wesley I've said all that stuff you said about him many times.