Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3, Episodes 21 and 22: Graduation Day
Written and Directed by Joss WhedonGraduation Day is not of the same standard as Season 2's finale, Becoming, but all the same, it's better than I remembered it. At least they've finally had the decency to split Buffy and Angel up, ending that turgid little romance, but unfortunately they spend the duration of Part 1 gazing soulfully at each other. Yawn! Oh, and that CGI snake is so awful-looking it still gives me nightmares.
On the plus side, we have Buffy quitting the Council, Wesley getting knocked out, Cordelia staking a vampire, the entire school raising weapons to face the aforementioned awful-looking CGI snake, and a genuine sense of closure. It wouldn't surprise me if, when this episode was being written, it was assumed that this was going to be the last episode... but, then again, they knew the show was getting a spin-off in the next season, so perhaps that's not an entirely likely theory. In any event, this is the end of an era, and it feels like it. After this it's on to college for Buffy and Willow, and the flawed but intermittently brilliant Season 4 for us. Hope you join me there.
Overall rating: 8/10 for Part 1, 9/10 for Part 2.
3 Comments:
Of course, I am definitely going to join you there ;-)
I am actually very eager to know what you think of Season 5, my favourite.
But first I am awaiting the overall rating for Season 3 and the Episode-Reviews for Season 4.
By Kamyar, at 20:30
Agh! I haven't seen season four! Oh well...
By Baron Scarpia, at 21:16
>> Agh! I haven't seen season four! Oh well...
Well, it'll be interesting to do it the other way round this time. Also, as I'll be working through Angel Season 1 at the same time, you may end up catching up with me.
By Whiggles, at 22:06
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