Jul 09 2008
BUFFY WEEK, DAY THREE (TV on DVD You Should Already Have #11)
Three words and one number:
Mayor
Richard
Wilkins
III
….
annnnnnnnd, GO:
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - SEASON THREE
” After the perfection of Season Two comes another great addition to the saga of Buffy Summers. While it isn’t as emotional or dramatic as Season Two, it definitely does not disappoint.
I believe that Season Three was all about challenges. I mean, everyone assumed that Buffy and Angel would live happily after once he came back, soul in tact… Wrong. Everyone believed that the Buffy and Giles dynamic would remain as it was… Wrong. All Slayers are good and fight evil? WRONG. Now, we all knew this one–Xander will remain a virgin forever… WRONG. The thing that kept this Season alive was a lot less corny monsters (Ms. Praying Mantis from Season One, anyone?) and a lot more real drama. The focus of the Season was pretty much on the antagonistic relationship between two Slayers, Buffy and Faith, and how one of them plunges into the darkness to help a demon “ascend” to it’s true power.
And that demon was the bad guy that this Season needed: Mayor Richard Wilkins III. This guy was on the surface a warm man, a nice fellow, and that made his true evil so disturbing. His relationships and actions seem so human, and it truly shows that villains have hearts too: Which is a scary thing. We’ll have a lot of treats in this season. A slayer fight, a love square (no, not triangle, but square in the very LEAST), a betrayal, a false betrayal, a death or two, and a reappearance from Spike.
Amazing season.
PS: Don’t let Spike’s picture on Disc Six fool you. He’s only in one episode in the season.
PPS: At this point, this season would be rated a 10/10 compared to other television shows. From Season Two and on, every BtVS season is a 10/10 compared to other shows and will be ranked in relation to other Buffy DVDs.
9/10″
VERDICT: Buy it, noob.
NEXT TIME: Season Four of Buffy… in which the slayer goes to college. It’s a happening that killed many, many good shows. Can BtVS survive?
*static*
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