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Summary: The Best
Review: Nothing else to say but that this was the best TV Series ever made. And this was the best season.
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Summary: Awesome Season!
Review: I dont understand why everyone is so down on this season. I think that it is an excellent season. Once More with Feeling and Normal Again are arguably two of the best episodes of the whole series. The extras for Once More With Feeling are excellent. Joss Whedon's commentary is definitely worth listening too. And the behind the scenes is also very interesting. You see all of the work all of the cast and crew put into this episode and it is really amazing. An interesting fact from Whedon's commentary - Something to Sing About was originally a song with Buffy trying to convince Sweet to take her instead of Dawn. The only dialogue Joss kept from "I'm Your Girl" was the part where she reveals to her friends that she was in heaven. I thought that was very interesting. Although the feature on the Doublemeat Palace menu "Buffy at work" was very dull. It's the writers of Buffy talking about their old jobs.There is an hour long Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Panel Discussion with James Marsters(who's introduced as James Marster), Michelle Trachtenberg, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Joss Whedon and Marti Noxon that was also very interesting. James was the most talkative of the bunch. The funniest part was when he said that SMG was usually fully clothed during their sex scenes where as he was always wearing a little sock. He then corrected himself and said it was a big sock. He seemed very outgoing. Michelle Trachtenberg kept talking about how she wanted Dawn to be less whiny and more mature. She wanted to wear high heels instead of sneakers, and kick more butt. It does get pretty racy this season with the whole Spuffy sexcapades. But when has Buffy ever been a kids show? It has always been directed more toward the mature audiences. So I dont really see how anyone can complain about it. I, myself don't like Buffy and Spike together this season. But I understand why she does it. She just came back from heaven and she needed some comfort. I dont like their relationship(if you can call it that) this season, but I love them together in 7th season even though I am and will forever be a B/A shipper. This season has the death of my favorite character which leads another character to turn evil. A lot of people hated that story arc, but it is one of my favorites, and it is very inventive. I love the last scene of Grave where Spike gets a little surprise. It was just the story twist I was waiting for. Go Buy This Now!
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Summary: Growing Up Is The Hardest Thing Of All
Review: This is the season of surprises. You either liked season six, or you hated it.
So much is happening all at once that it's hard to keep some story lines straight ( thank goodness for the DVD.)
One of the many reasons I LOVE this season is because there was no real BIG BAD.
The enemy in this season was real life and the characters themselves. Season six made a lot of people angry and held a lot of controversy. However, it's one of my most favorite season ever.
The writing is at it's best. The musical is stunning. All the actors had another talent to share in it.
"Hell's Bell's" other wise known as " Poor Anya!" is defiantly a hard to watch episode.
Jonathan and the rest of the trio are back to cause chaos and weirdness
No one has any thing to blame. No demon, no curse, and no spell. Just themselves.
Just trying to live in this world and coming out alive.
Selective commentaries are great. Make sure to watch the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Panel Discussion and a lot more. Very hysterical and the six season over view is also very interesting.
A very well made set for the Buffy universe.
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Summary: NOT the worst season - possibly one of the better ones!
Review: This was not the worst season. I'm not even sure if I could begin to find one that was the worst. Each season of Buffy hits on different topics, with each season getting into more and more serious subjects. Season 6, which I didn't like the first time through, makes perfect sense now that I'm watching it again. At first, I didn't like how dark it got, especially with Buffy's fling with Spike. It seemed like the sex was just thrown into our faces and that's what turned me off to it. It was a side of Buffy many of us had never seen before and didn't like. We all looked at Buffy as something pure. Well, she's human and humans make mistakes and that's what part of the underlying theme for this season was trying to tell us, amongst other things. In Season 5, Buffy begins to learn that even college is tough. Harder due to the fact that Willow and Oz are taking accelerated courses that Buffy has a hard time dealing with. This, in many respects, show's how college begins to seperate friends, especially when they go to different schools and follow different courses of study. Then, Buffy has to deal with a sister and then her Mom dying. Season 6 brings in to play the idea of friends growing further apart as their lives begin to take form outside of the friendship circle. Plus, parents are no longer around to help them out with problems. Hence, Giles decides that for Buffy's sake, it's best that he leave and allow Buffy to handle the situations on her own. Otherwise, she will always depend on someone else doing the "dirty work" outside of slaying. In many respects, her slaying is the easy part. But, when it comes to handling finances, keeping a house clean, paying the bills, raising a kid sister, etc., Buffy finds that all the little things she took for granted that her mother did are a lot harder to deal with. Then, with Giles leaving, Buffy turns to Spike. With the added responsibility of taking care of everyone at home and being pulled out of "heaven", Buffy is at a point in her life where she's going to do what makes her feel good, no matter how "bad" or "inappropriate" it might be. She even realises this later on when she tells Spike that she's using him, even though Spike has feelings for Buffy and he sees the relationship in a different light. Willow, with no parental guidance, is becoming more and more dependant on magic (ala drugs). She starts out not even noticing it until Giles and Tara tell her. And, like a typical addict, she denies it, even to the point of threatening them that she is powerful and they best not tick her off. In the end, her addiction affects everyone around her, which includes a serious injury to Dawn and losing Tara. Xander is coming to grips with an upcoming marriage and how it's forever and wants to make sure it's the right thing to do. But, he's also realising he has a steady income and has his own apartment. These are things he didn't have before when he lived with his parents and now that he's living on his own, he's kind of enjoying it and now he's not sure if he wants to settle down. Dawn is at that stage where she feels noone is paying attention to her due to them being wrapped up in their own issues. Xander and Anya are wrapped up in wedding plans and the issues that come along with it; Tara and Willow have a relationship along with the magic addiction; Giles has left and still treats Dawn like she's 10 and all she wants is to be treated like she's 15; Buffy of course is dealing with her own problems, especially being pulled out of "heaven" and not wanting to take the responsibilities of raising a kid sister; so Dawn resorts to stealing and being a rebel outside of school and home. Many people thought this season was too dark and they wanted Josh to go back to the "innocence" that was in the first season or two. Unfortunately, life is not about innocence and life doesn't get easier as you get older. As you get older, more responsibilities come with it along with tougher choices that adults must make. Mommy and Daddy are no longer responsible for you and the Scoobies are learning this the hard way. Hence, Buffy's "fall from grace" with Spike; Dawn's klepto phase; Xander and Anya's wedding fiasco; Willow's addiction to magic and how she'll do anything to keep it. And through it all, Giles sees this and makes the hardest decision he has ever had to make: leave Sunnydale and the Scoobies behind to deal with their problems on their own. But, like a parent, he is available when he is really needed, and in the end, he comes through. He isn't the primary reason that the world is saved. Rather, indirectly through his leaving Sunnydale, the Scoobies begin to learn how to deal with situations that come up by themselves, rather than turning to Giles for help and making him take care of the situation. Each season to me seems to get better and better. Seasons 4 and 5 were two of the seasons I didn't quite like as much as 1, 2 and 3. But, after getting the DVDs for them and watching those seasons again, I must say they are much better than I first realised. And this is the same for season 6. This season is worth it. Not just for the musical episode, but to see how the Scoobies are growing up and learning that life out of high school is not as great as they probably thought. It's a rude awakening into reality and this season is all about that and the consequences that occur when young adults make poor choices. In the end, it isn't a big fight with a supernatural demon that ends the season. Instead, it's a fight with inner demons and how friendships are more powerful than many might think, including something as insignificant as a yellow crayon (watch this season if that doesn't make sense). Just like the end of season 2, the end of this season is a tear-jerker, but in a much different way. Of course, seeing Willow as the Big Bad is awesome too!
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Summary: A 5 Star Season on a 5 Star DVD!
Review: Well, I love this show and the sixth Season of BTVS is one of my favorite seasons and The DVD set is good and seems to have better extra features than the DVD sets for seasons 1-5. I recommend the sixth season of BTVS very highly and I can't wait til the seventh season comes out on DVD and than my collection will be complete so hopefully the seventh season will be coming out soon!
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Summary: Once more with feeling!
Review: Yes, I confess the first thing I did when I received it in the email was Amazon.com was watch "Once More, With Feeling". Then I watched it again...with subtitles and sung my little heart out... twice!
Rating: 
Summary: Dissapointing
Review: Season 6 was a fantastic season but I just have to point out that this box set is pretty dissapointing. There are many glitches in 3 of the discs and especially during the amazing musical episode "Once more with feeling"- which is letterboxed, not anamorphic widescreen. I don't understand why the US sets are done poorly then the R2 ones. Also there are plenty of spoilers spread throughout the artwork so if your watching this season for the first time, you might not want to look at the designs and quotes- especially the cover.
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Summary: Buffy Lives
Review: The switch to UPN infused the series with a new look and style that I liked a lot. Buffy returns from the grave and starts a compelling and believable relationship with Spike (In his best season). The three nerds are the best villians in the series in my mind, they are hilarious. Spike interigating them with a Boba Fett action figure is priceless, as is the Millenium Falcon painted on the side of their covert ops van (With a horn that plays the Star Wars theme). Buy this season for the brilliant musical episode, "Once More, With Feeling" and stay for the evil Willow story arc which ends the season. A must have for all fans and another good starting place for newbies.
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Summary: A departure and I mean this in a bad way
Review: I am all for trying new things and taking the show and characters in new directions but it was the execution of all this that made this season the worst of it's seven year run. The darker the better as far as I am concerned and that's what makes the spin-off Angel so rich, but with Joss Whedon off doing other projects the creativity here suffers in a big way. Buffy comes back from the dead and she mopes the rest of the year, has a abusive relationship with once evil Spike and (gasp) works at fast food restaurant. Willow starts to go down the dark road of black magic and instead of treating it as a compulsion to use magic as a crutch the writers treat it as a drug addiction metaphor (oh brother). Let's see, what else, Dawn whines all year as they can't figure out what to do with her after her plot revelation of last season, we get more doomed relationships (nobody lives happily ever after in the Buffy verse) and the presence of Giles is sorely missed as he is gone for most of the season. The worst part, we get crappy sub par villains that aren't funny or the least bit entertaining that we are stuck watching all season. The only highlight of the season is the Musical which is amazing and the only reason I give this season 3 stars instead of 2. Joss should have either left the show in more capable hands or finished while he was ahead with season 5. I have all the box sets but this will be missing from
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Summary: Season 6: The Descent into Darkness & Dealing with Real Life
Review: Writing a review for this season of "Buffy" is not the easiest of tasks. Many people seem to be under the impression that those who don't find season 6 amazing, simply don't "get" it or don't like the darkness of it. I happen to be one of those people who watched "Buffy" right from the beginning and know what a wonderful masterpiece it really is. I also know that the best episodes of this show are the ones that cover the very basic of human experience, are deeply emotional and yes, dark in content. However, there are several flaws in this season that are to major to overlook. The season starts with the revival of Buffy, who died to save the world from destruction in the season five finale "The Gift". Being brought back to life is a very disturbing and emotional ride, indeed. Especially when one considers where Buffy has been. Her friends believe it to be hell, but we, the audience, unfortunately know better. Buffy's struggle to once again find her way into her old life is made even more difficult when "real life", with all the trouble that entails, pushes in. Buffy gets a job, tries to care for her sister the best way she knows how while still not knowing quite how to relate to her friends. Then comes "Once More With Feeling", the musical episode. Possibly the most poignant and remarkable episode that has ever been made. However, since it is from the mastermind of Joss it stands against some very strong competition, to say the least. "OMWF" is where it all unravels and it is so beautiful, so heartbreaking and so amazing that it really defies all description. This is where the difficulty of reviewing comes in because this episode deserves all the praise it can possibly receive, while the rest of the season does not. Following the events of this episode Buffy continues to spiral downward, throwing herself into an unhealthy relationship and sinking into depression. Although, this being Buffy she does her best to hide this, even from herself. "Dead Things" sees her finally breaking down and confiding in Tara that there *has* to be something wrong with her. This also, is very well done. So then, wherein lies the problem? Well, for one thing, the storyline with Willow and her addiction to magic, as a metafor for doing drugs, is one I could have done without. The introduction of the Troika, while giving us much needed comedy, seems somewhat out of place and one can't help but wonder why Jonathan would ever try to hurt Buffy the way that he does. "Hells Bells" is another episode that fails to deliver, mixing demons with humans at a wedding with poor excuses like "skin care problems". "Seeing Red" has one scene in particular that is very shocking and upsetting and one that sets the tone for the episodes to follow. With that said, I do love the very comedic episode "Tabula Rasa" in which Willow casts a spell that makes everyone forget who they really are. Enter confusion and hilarious scenes. The ones with Giles, Anya and the bunnies are hysterical! The final episodes, "Villains", "Two to Go" and "Grave" are an oppurtunity for Alyson Hannigan to stretch her acting abilities as Willow turns to the dark side. The *very* dark side.
In the end though, the season ends in the most fitting of ways, with Buffy coming full cirkle and realizing that maybe life is worth living after all. For those of you who have not yet seen "Buffy", season six is perhaps not the best way to start watching but for those of us who know and love this show there is an understanding that even when "Buffy" is somewhat flawed it is still the best darn tv series you could ever hope to experience.
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