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Rewatching Buffy for probably the 50th time *g* I've just finished the high school years. And I still like season 3 way more than season 2 and find it very underated, it's easily my favourite high school season and everything just feels more polished that year. Earshot may even be my favourite episode for representing the high school era. I loved it even more than I remembered on rewatch. Homecoming was also kind of perfect. And The Prom! And Lover's Walk! And The Wish! There so many excellent episodes that year, I can't think of a single real clunker on the level of season 2's Reptile Boy or Bad Eggs (I always remember Choices as being kind of a filler episode, but that too was actually pretty good). And Graduation Day was much better than I remembered too, the first half is still kind of slow, but the graduation scenes when the students all band together against the vampires really are pretty kickass. Even silly things like the lighting and how much more colourful the show felt made me happy, yes I know it's partly a horror show, but still I hated how seasons 1 and 2 had such dark graveyard scenes and bronze scenes that you could barely make out what was going on.

It's funny how differently some things are coming across to me compared to when I first watched though. ( Read more... )