Top 20 of BtVS and Angel

[patxshand]

This can be a place to list and discuss your top 20 episodes/story arcs of either show. Here is mine

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
1. Once More With Feeling
2. Becoming Part II
3. The Gift
4. Fool for Love
5. Passion
6. Amends
7. Chosen
8. Graduation Day, Part II
9. The Body
10. Help
11. Forever
12. Selfless
13. Hell's Bells
14. The Zeppo
15. Wild at Heart
16. Surprise
17. The Prom
18. New Moon Rising
19. School Hard
20. Innocence

ANGEL
1. Not Fade Away
2. After the Fall
3. Shells
4. A Hole in the World
5. Lineage
6. Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?
7. You're Welcome
8. Home
9. Tomorrow
10. Lullaby
11. I Will Remember You
12. Eternity
13. Reprise
14. Waiting in the Wings
15. Sleep Tight
16. Hero
17. Apocalypse Nowish
18. Destiny
19. City Of
20. In the Dark

[holypotatoes]

In no particular order really besides Enemies being my number 1.

1. Enemies
2. Becoming Part 2
3. Gradutaion Day Part 2
4. The Body
5. The Gift
6. Innocence
7. The Wish
8. Hush
9. Who Are You?
10. Listening to Fear (I know I like the cheesy episodes. You don't need to tell me.)
11. The Weight Of The World
12. Tabula Rasa
13. Two to Go
14. Him (my only season 7 fave)
15. After Life
16. Checkpoint
17. Helpless
18. When She Was Bad ( Buffy the bitch!!!)
19. Prophecy Girl (fantastic finale for only being the 1st season)
20. Anne (I really like when Buffy's alone)

[patxshand]

Hmmm some of those I expected. Others are... surprising lol

[holypotatoes]

Which ones?! I am an odd one though you shouldn't be surprised. My opinions don't alway reflect what other's think. I was going to put Where the Wild Things Are in for After Life but just decided to leave it as is. But if you want the top 21 then add WtWTA to that and there you go.

[patxshand]

I was really surprised that Enemies was your winner. I love the episode, but it never really stood out to me. The next few choices, I totally agree. Amazing episodes. Some of the more surprising episodes were Listening to Fear (as you may have guessed lol), Two to Go, Him in a big way, When She Was Bad, Prophecy Girl, and especially Anne.

List your top ANGELs!

[holypotatoes]

1. I Will Remember You
2. Sanctuary

I don't watch Angel. Those are the only two I've seen repeatedly and have taped other than that I never got too invested into the show to go and buy all the dvds. I did watch it when it was still on tv though.

I was really surprised that Enemies was your winner. I love the episode, but it never really stood out to me. The next few choices, I totally agree. Amazing episodes. Some of the more surprising episodes were Listening to Fear (as you may have guessed lol), Two to Go, Him in a big way, When She Was Bad, Prophecy Girl, and especially Anne.

Enemies is just the one episode I can watch repeatedly without ever disliking it. Other episodes get old after awhile. It's like watching The Gift for the millionth time. It doesn't have that umpf to it like it did the 1st time you saw it. Enemies has that mostly because it isn't a major episode. Plus it just has that sweet ending with the best dialogue ever! I don't know what it is with all those other episodes but I just love them. Although Him kind of gets thrown all over the place. Some days I love it some days I hate it. Listening to Fear is just my favorite Joyce episode. I her line: "I wish someone would've let me know there was tennis being played. I just didn't know." That's just too good. If I had a little more time thinking about it instead of you guys just randomly asking me out of the blue about my top 20, my list may be a little different. IDK if you've been on here awhile you would've seen me explain plenty of times why I love them. Like I said, I'm odd. If you're really curious though, go to the Episodes Explanation style and just start reading.

[ShinyFirefly]

Buffy (no order):

1. Restless
2. Passion
3. Innocence
4. Becoming II
5. Primeval
6. Surprise
7. Who Are You?
8. Hush
9. Fear, Itself
10. Halloween
11. After Life
12. Seeing Red
13. Entropy
14. Villains
15. Anne
16. Prophecy Girl
17. Becoming I
18. Once More, With Feeling
19. Two to Go
20. The Wish

Probably obvious what my 3 favorite seasons are...

Angel (no order):

1. Not Fade Away
2. A Hole in the World
3. Reunion
4. Reprise
5. Epiphany
6. Dead End
7. Salvage
8. Lullaby
9. Forgiving
10. Belonging
11. Through the Looking Glass
12. Damage
13. To Shanshu in LA
14. The Prodigal
15. Habeas Corpses
16. Release
17. You're Welcome
18. The Magic Bullet
19. Shiny Happy People
20. Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

[LRae12]

Well, I just did the buffy ones in another thread recently, but the Ats ones would be:

1. A Hole in the World
2. Origin
3. Lineage
4. I Will Remember You
5. Five by Five
6. Sanctuary
7. Not Fade Away
8. Fredless
9. Parting Gifts
10. City Of...
11. Forgiving
12. Billy
13. Soulless
14. Release
15. You're Welcome
16. Time Bomb
17. Life of the Party (I found this eppy HYSTERICAL!)
18. Shells
19. Damage
20. Destiny

Yep, there's definitely a S5 theme going on there...

[buffyholic]

I?m just gonna post my Buffy top, because I still haven?t seen all of Angel.

1. Becoming II/The Gift
2. Once more with Feeling
3. The Body
4. Hush
5. Restless
6. Fool for Love
7. Innocence
8. Passion
9. Selfless
10. Chosen
11. Dead Things
12. Graduation II
13. Conversations with Dead people
14. Lies my parents told me
15. After Life
16. The Wish
17. Villains
18. Doppelglandand
19. Who are you?
20. Normal again
21. Storyteller
22. I only Have eyes for You
23. Earshot
24. Something Blue
25. Get it Done

Doing a Buffy "top episodes" is pretty hard.

[OkinawanSteel]

I feel compelled to do this. I have a truly awful memory, so there's a more than likely chance I might have forgotten certain episodes that should be on the list. I did it off the top of my head, thinking that if I could choose only 20 episodes to watch ever again, these are the ones I'd pick.

In No Order:

Angel

• Not Fade Away
  City Of
  A Hole in the World
  You're Welcome
  Five by Five
  Sanctuary
  Fredless
  Darla
  Salvage
  Release
  Orpheus
  Reunion
  Lullaby
  Damage
  Shells
  Waiting in the Wings
  The Trial
  Redefinition
  Epiphany
  Smile Time

Buffy

• Restless
  The Gift
  Becoming, Part 2
  Graduation Day, Part 1
  Graduation Day, Part 2
  The Body
  Hush
  Band Candy
  Prophecy Girl
  Conversations with Dead People
  Faith, Hope & Trick
  Earshot
  Bad Girls
  Revelations
  Who Are You?
  Passion
  Innocence
  New Moon Rising
  The Wish
  Helpless

I think I got most of 'em. Who else is completely bloody grateful that they don't actually have to pick just 20 to watch ever again?

[Nina]

Just like OkinawanSteel, I probably forgot some of my favourite episodes. But let's try.

Buffy:

01. Innocence
02. Passion
03. Becoming, part 2
04. Graduation Day, part 2
05. Amends
06. Hush
07. Prophecy Girl
09. The Prom
10. Forever
11. The Gift
12. What's my Line, part 2
13. Restless
14. Suprise
15. When She Was Bad
16. Intervention
17. Becoming, part 1
18. Homecoming
19. Graduation Day, part 1
20. The Body

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Angel:

01. Reprise
02. Not Fade Away
03. Orpheus
04. Reunion
05. Orgin
06. Soulless
07. Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been
08. I Will Remember You
09. to Shanshu in LA
10. Deep Down
11. 5x5
12. Epiphany
13. Dear Boy
14. Lullaby
15. The Magic Bullet
16. Smile Time
17. Spin the Bottle
18. A Hole in the World
19. You're Welcome
20. Shells


Funny, I had a hard time finding my favourite 20 episodes for BtVS. The first 7 were without a question my favourite episode's ... but after that it became difficult. And that my favourite episodes are in the first seasons. The difference between my love for #1 and #20 is really big, where the difference between #1 and #20 of Ats, is less big. I love the best episodes of BtVS more as every Ats episode ever made, but almost all the 20 Ats episodes are above the last 10 of my favourite BtVS episodes.

[buffyholic]

Nina, by your list, I guess you?re not a big fan of the later seasons, mostly 6 & 7.

[Nina]

That's right, I love the first 3 seasons, I enjoy the next two seasons. But the last two seasons I try to forget. (But I like the first 6/7 episodes of season 7, but the rest of the season is awful IMO, which made me sad, because the first 7 episodes had potential.)

[skinless]

Buffy episode- The Order will proly change as I watch the seasons Over
1. The Gift
2. Tabula Rasa
3. Hush
4. Prophecy Girl
5. Family
6. Fool for Love
7. Chosen
8. Grave
9. Two to Go
10. Spiral
11. Doppelgangland
12. Graduation day Part II
13. Angel
14. Band Candy
15. Help
16. Villians
17. Seeing Red
18. Halloween
19. No Place Like Home
20. Becoming Part 2

Angel- The Order will proly change as I watch the seasons Over
1. A Hole in the World
2. You're Welcome
3. Birthday
4. Shells
5. Not Fade Away
6. Spin the Bottle
7. Fredless
8. There's No Place like Plrtz Glrb
9. Hero
10. Orpheus
11. IWRY
12. Parting Gifts
13. Sleep Tight
14. Smile Time
15. Why We Fight
16. Bachelor Party
17. Time Bomb
18. Apocalypse Nowish
19. Lullaby
20. Origin

[buffyholic]

I have to say that a lot of different list show up. And I?m sensing a trend of episodes concerning more the early seasons. And that?s good. That?s another reason I like Buffy, a lot of people pick different episodes or seasons, have different tastes.

[BuffyForever86]

Since I never really got into Angel, I'll only be listing my Top 20 Buffy episodes (and this was hard!)

1. The Body
2. Once More, With Feeling
3. Hush
4. Chosen
5. Graduation Day I & II
6. Doppelgangland
7. Becoming I & II
8. Restless
9. Innocence
10. The Gift
11. Prophecy Girl
12. The Dark Willow Trilogy: Villains/Two To Go/Grave (I couldn't choose between these three!)
13. Passion
14. Earshot
15. Conversations With Dead People
16. Surprise
17. Who Are You?
18. The Wish
19. Primeval
20. Fool For Love

[buffyholic]

Buffyforever, your list is pretty good. You have a lot of interesting choices.

[Pandora's_Box]

Oh another Chosen/Grave lover!!! That's good, go to the game section from time to time!!

[Serafir]

I was never a Buffy fan, so my attempt has to resolve around Angel. Sadly, I wasn`t able to list my Top Ten. It`s actually impossible to list them in that way, however - I have one favorite:

Are you now or have you ever been.

This is for me the best episode ever made trough all 5 seasons of Angel. It`s such a gem, the theme, the writing, the acting, the choices made by both photographer and director.

[blue_peroxide]

At the present moment my Top20 in BtVS:

School Hard
Becoming (Part 2)
Lover's Walk
The Initiative
Something Blue
Hush
Goodbye Iowa
Fool for Love
Crush
Intervention
The Gift
Bargaining (Part 1)
After Life
Once More, with Feeling
Smashed
Older and Far Away
Sleeper
First Date
Lies My Parents Told Me
Chosen

(and I was rather surprised that it was actually really hard to pick just 20 )