Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2 (1997-1998)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2
Season 2 reviews:- Episode 1: When She Was Bad 9/10
- Episode 2: Some Assembly Required 4/10
- Episode 3: School Hard 8/10
- Episode 4: Inca Mummy Girl 3/10
- Episode 5: Reptile Boy 4/10
- Episode 6: Halloween 8/10
- Episode 7: Lie to Me 9/10
- Episode 8: The Dark Age 8/10
- Episodes 9 and 10: What's My Line? 7/10 and 8/10
- Episode 11: Ted 8/10
- Episode 12: Bad Eggs 6/10
- Episodes 13 and 14: Surprise/Innocence 8/10 and 10/10
- Episode 15: Phases 7/10
- Episode 16: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered 9/10
- Episode 17: Passion 10/10
- Episode 18: Killed by Death 6/10
- Episode 19: I Only Have Eyes For You 7/10
- Episode 20: Go Fish 6/10
- Episodes 21 and 22: Becoming 10/10
A brief glance at the scores for each episode should reveal that, by and large, Season 2 was a major improvement on Season 1. Season 1's combined episode scores resulted in an average rating of 6/10 (rounded up from 5.7), which, by and large, I agreed with. Adding up Season 2's score and dividing them by 22 gives an average of 8/10 (rounded up from 7.5), which I guess is fair, although the problem with this sort of formula is that it assumes that all episodes are of equal value. As I'm sure most people are agree, a handful of standout episodes can make up for a number of mediocre ones and lift the season up, making it more than the sum of its parts. I very much feel that this is true of Buffy's second season, and, while, on reflection, I wasn't quite so wowed by it as I was when I first watched it, back in 2003, it still strikes me as a pretty decent achievement in television and one of a very small number of serial-based shows that I actually give a damn about.
I'm now looking forward to getting on with Season 3, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is a step down from Season 2, but still very good.
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