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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fourth Season

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fourth Season

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Many Extra's!
Review: Season 4 of Buffy was more of a transitional season for the show, making the episodes different from previous season's. But episodes such as "Hush" "Restless" "Something Blue" "This Years Girl and Who are You" made the show still completely great and worth the watch. As far as I know the following at suppose to be on the S4 dvd's:

Disc 1:
Script for "Fear Itself"

Disc 2:
Commentary by Writer Doug Petrie for "The Initiative"
Commentary for "Wild at Heart" by Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon and Seth Green

Disc 3:
Commentary for "Hush" by Joss Whedon
Featurettes:
Hush
"Spike Me"
"Oz revelations: A Full Moon"
"Buffy, Inside sets of Sunnydale"
Script for "Hush"
Cast Bios
Still Gallery

Disc 4:
Commentary for "This Year's Girl" by Writer Doug Petrie

Disc 5:
Commentary for "Superstar" by Jane Espenson
Script for "Who Are You"

Disc 6:
Commentary for "Primeval" by Writers David Fury & James A. Cotner
Commentary for "Restless" by Joss Whedon
Featurette "Season 4 Overview"
Still Gallery

As you see there are plenty of extra's in this set more than any of the other Buffy DVD sets and I can't wait for it to be released! This includes an all new Joss, Marti, and Seth commentary never before heard, not even by the uk watchers!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: B fans only
Review: Basically, you are looking at the 2nd worst season of BTVS. while it is not bad, it is certainly not the best. (season 3 and 6 are) This si still a must have fro BTVS fans.
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Buffy : The College Years
Review: Things change. That pretty much sums up what this season is all about. Change. Things change. People change. It's because of this change that had many fans undecided about this season of the wonderful show. The departure from the world of high school where you knew your place and the world around you is hard on everyone. You leave to come to a new world and everything is different. I was kind of disappointed with it when I first saw it in it's original airing, but repeated viewings over the years has changed my thoughts and the season was much better than it first appeared. There is still plenty to love here with season four. Buffy Summers and best friend Willow are going to college at UC Sunnydale. It's a different life now. No more high school. Giles is no longer her watcher. Xander isn't going with them. Buffy, for the first time, is completely out of her element, but Willow is in hers. This season showcases just how lives and friendships can change when high school is over and you step into a completely different world. The season premiere, "The Freshman", pretty much sums it all up and shows how it's going to be. Buffy battles a clan of vampires who attack freshmen and then make it look like they left because they couldn't take college life. Buffy's more on her own than she ever has been before. She is sharing a dorm room with an incredibly perky girl named Kathy, who loves Celine Dion and spins Cher all day long. This is taken further in "Living Conditions". Spike returns in fine form in "The Harsh Light Of Day". He is searching for the gem of amara, which is a ring that will enable a vampire to be in sunlight. The conclusion of this episode is the 'Angel' season one episode, "In The Dark". Spike later returns and soon becomes a full time cast member. Buffy jumps on the Halloween theme with "Fear, Itself", a great follow up to season two's "Halloween". This one has the gang attending a Halloween party at a fraternity, where everyone's greatest fears come to life. It's also during the course of this season that we lose Oz(Seth Green). In "Wild At Heart", he is caught with a female werewolf named Veruca. She tries to kill Willow until Oz gets to her. He decides to leave and figure out who he is. He reappears in episode 19, "New Moon Rising", where he has controlled the wolf and wants Willow back. But Willow is now with a fellow wicca named Tara(Amber Benson). The realization of Willow being gay was handled so well and in such a respective manner. It wasn't made into a big deal and they didn't bang us over the head with it. Big kudos to Joss Whedon and company. Especially Alyson Hannigan and Amber Benson. The rest of the season is filled with ups and downs. The worst episode of the season is "Beer Bad". College jocks turn into prehistoric cavemen after drinking beer laced with a potion. It's so bad, but this is Buffy, and they are allowed to give us one bad ep since they give us nothing but good ones usually. Faith awakens from her coma and returns in two of the best episode of the season, "This Year's Girl", which also features an appearance from the mayor, and in "Who Are You?". The first one has Faith given a gift from the long dead Mayor that will allow her and Buffy to switch bodies. This is where the second episode goes. The conclusion of this arc ends in L.A. on two episodes of "Angel", called "Five By Five", and "Sanctuary". Two fabulous episodes. We are also introduced to Riley(Marc Blucas), a TA who befriends Buffy. We later learn that Riley is an operative for the government working in their headquarters under the college. He and the rest capture monsters and others and experiment on them. The organization is runned by one of Buffy's professors, Maggie Walsh(played by veteran actress Lindsey Crouse). The initiative thing never really worked for me. Riley never clicked. He had tough shoes to fill after Angel. This is by no means Blucas' fault. He just wasn't developed. Spike is also captured by the team and has a chip put into his head that will keep him from attacking humans by sending a shock thru his brain. The main villain, a monster hybrid named Adam, is first introduced in "The I In Team". His main plan is to overcrowd the initiative with humans and monsters and start a war to have corpses to use to start his own race of hybrid monsters. This is obviously the weakest story arc the show has had. Adam was introduced way too late and wasn't given enough time to develop himself or his plan. It just didn't work. It was a real disappointment. The real stand out of this season is the incredible and brilliant "Hush". Half of the episode without dialogue and also features some of the creepiest monsters the show has had. The best episode ever. "The Initiative", "Pangs", "Doomed", "Where The Wild Things Are",
and "Superstar" are all fine, but mostly are file and forget it episodes. "The Yoko Factor" has Spike trying to tear the scooby gang apart, which is something that has been slowly happening this season anyway. Angel also appears in this episode and we finally see him and Riley meet. "Restless", the finale, is a mind blowing episode. It's all dreams and it feels like a dream. A perfectly executed episode. Season four is not, by far, the show's best season. It has exceptional episodes, and some that aren't so exceptional. After such perfectly executed first three seasons, this one just feels uneven all the way through. It's not the weakest season(that would be season six), but it just doesn't gel all the time. The cast is still top notch and still shows that they are some of the finest assembled casts to be on television. It's hard to watch our friends in such a different environment and kind of lose the closeness they had. But that's what the show has always done. Tried to be true to life, and they always succeed. They do here, but it's kind of hard to watch. But even when it's not always clicking or at it's best, "Buffy" is still head and shoulders above most everything else. The good episodes here are just exactly that, and there are plenty. But the mediocre and uneveness of the season and some episodes get in the way, and keep it from getting the full five stars. It's a real good season, but not near up to par as the first three. Season five was a glorious return to form.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Not the Best Season but still Amazing!
Review: Many changes happened in the fourth season of Buffy. First, there was no Angel. Second, no Cordelia. Three: Introduction of Riley, Four, intoruduction of Tara. While Season 4 was not one of the best seasons of the series it gave us some of the shows best episodes including the emmy nominated Hush, which to this day still remains one of best episodes in television history.
Season 4 was basically about Buffy getting use to life in college. Its there she meets Riley who is part of an underground military operation called The Initiative. The focus of the season is Buffy fighting against Adam, who was created by Prof. Walsh, the leader of the Initiative and Buffys professor.
The season starts off strongly with the hilarious episode Living Conditions when Buffy thinks her new, annoying roomate is a demon and Fear Itself, when the scoobies are trapped in a haunted frat house. The show tends to slow down the pace a bit as it starts to revolve more about Riley and The Initiative, but things pick back up in Hush, when we meet Tara and we get to see Alyson Hannigans Willow evolve into a woman and powerful witch.
Tara, played by Amber Benson, is a nice addition the cast who has a big effect on Willow in more ways than one. Marc Blucas as Riley is very blah, but you get use to him, and actually start to feel sorry for him.
Things also pick up when Faith comes out of her coma and is intent on making Buffy pay for what she did to her. Who Are You? and This years Girl are two excellent episodes.
The season ends on a high note as we get to a glimpse as to whats to come in Season 5, the most exciting season of the series. Although one of the weaker seasons, Buffy still manages to make us laugh, cry, and keep us on the edge of our seats. Sarah Michelle Gellar remains the heart of the show, but in this season we finally get to see the character of Willow blossom into something very powerful.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wow
Review: If you ask any fan of Buffy they will either tell you that this is the worst or best season of Buffy. I've had a really love/hate realationship with this season, when i first watched it I hated it, but over the years I have grown fond of it. This is the lest dark season of the show and has the most comedy. This was the first season that did not feature David Boreanaz as Angel (except in a couple of episodes) and Charisma Charptenter as Cordelia. The episodes for this season are as follows...

- The Freshman (Buffy, Willow, and Oz start college; while Xander returns from a summer of Stripping)
- Living Conditions (Buffy starts to think that her new roomate is a demon)
- The Harsh Light of Day (Spike returns to Sunnydale looking the the Vampire Fountain of Youth)
- Fear, Itself (A Buffy Halloween Event!)
- Beer Bad (Buffy gets drunk and becomes a cave-women
- Wild at Heart (Oz leaves Sunnydale to found out about werewolves)
- The Initiative (Spike gets a chip in his head that makes it so he can't harm humans)
- Pangs (The ghost of Indians start to attack people in Sunnydale during Thanksgiving; **DAVID BOREANAZ guest stars)
- Something Blue (Buffy and Spike get Ingaged)
- Hush (A group of Demons steal the vocies of everyone in Sunnydale; *NOMINTATED for a Golden Globe due to its writting)
- Doomed (Another Apocalypse)
- A New Man (Giles wakes up as a demon)
- The I in Team (Maggie Walsh tries to kill Buffy)
- Goodbye, Iowa (Buffy and Xander break into the Iniative)
- This years Girl (Faith wakes up from her Comma)
- Who are you (Faith and Buffy trade Bodies)
- Superstar (Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan!!!)
- Where the Wild things are (Rileys House puts a spell on Buffy and Riley so a ghost can take over the house)
- New Moon Rising (Oz returns to Willow, but she choses to stay with Tara, and Oz leaves Sunnydale, forever...)
- The Yoko Factor (Angel *GUEST STAR DAvid Boreanaz meets Riley)
- Primeval (Buffy go against the seasons BIG BAD)
- Restless (Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles dream about what is to come, and Buffy learns some very important lessons about being a Slayer)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Season
Review: Season Four is one of my favorite season's. It also brought the spinoff "Angel". And, this season brought the very famous BuffyAngel Crossovers. Faith also wakes up from her coma in "This Year's Girl" and leaves Sunnydale in "Who Are You" and goes to L.A. to Angel. We also see a kinder and gentler Spike around town, now that he has the chip in his head. This season also forshadows Dawn(Buffy's sister in season five)in "Restless" when Buffy is dreaming, Tara tells her "Be back home before dawn" and when Buffy wakes up, she is looking at the spare bedroom, she hears Tara's voice, she says "You think you know. You have no idea what's to come, who you are" in season 5 that is Dawn's room. The Box Set Includes Such Episodes:

Episode 57: The Freshman:
As Buffy adjusts to college life, she realizes that classmates are mysteriously disappearing.

Episode 58: Living Conditions
Buffy finds herself at odds with her new roommate... and is troubled by a series of disturbing dreams involving a soul-sucking demon.

Episode 59: Tbe Harsh Light of Day
As Buffy has an affair with a handsome student, Spike searches for a ring that, according to legend, makes the wearer invincible.

Episode 60: Fear, Itself
On Halloween, Buffy and her friends find themselves trapped inside a haunted frat house...complete with real-life bats, zombies and a terrifying demon from beyond.

Episode 61: Beer Bad
Xander finds employment as a bartender at a pub where some of Buffy's friends metamorphose into terrifying Cro-Magnon creatures.

Episode 62: Wild At Heart
Oz finds himself unable to control his attraction to a ... singer...who just happens to be a werewolf.

Episode 63: The Initiative
Spike finds himself targeted by a group of commandos after he escapes from a futuristic lab located beneath the streets of Sunnydale.

Episode 64: Pangs
Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.

Episode 65: Something Blue
One of Willow's spells causes her every wish to come true...causing Giles to go blind; Buffy and Spike to plan a wedding; and Xander to become a magnet for demons.

Episode 66: Hush
A group of murderous creatures straight out of a fairy tale steal away the townspeople's voices.

Episode 67: Doomed
Buffy attempts to stop demons determined to bring about the apocalypse by reopening the Hellmouth.

Episode 68: A New Man
After being transformed into a demon, Giles attempts to track down Ethan Rayne in hopes of reversing the process.

Episode 69: The I in Team
Buffy teams with Riley after she is allowed access to the mysterious underground complex known as the Initiative; Spike is targeted by commandos.

Episode 70: Goodbye Iowa
Tension erupts between Buffy and an ailing Riley as they pursue Maggie Walsh's killer.

Episode 71: This Year's Girl (Guest Staring Eliza Dushku)
Faith awakens from a coma and seeks revenge against Buffy; Riley joins Buffy in the hunt for Adam.

Episode 72: Who Are You? (Guest Staring Eliza Dushku)
Buffy, having switched bodies with Faith, finds herself at the mercy of Watcher council members. Meanwhile, Faith uses Buffy's body to further her own ends.

Episode 73: Superstar
Buffy and her friends sense that something's amiss when a ubiquitous Jonathan becomes a hero to everyone in Sunnydale.

Episode 74: Where the Wild Things Are
Buffy and Riley's passionate lovemaking energizes supernatural elements inside a frat house.

Episode 75: New Moon Rising
Oz's return to Sunnydale leads to his incarceration inside the Initiative...and complicates the relationship between Willow and Tara.

Episode 76: The Yoko Factor (Guest Staring David Boreanaz)
After joining forces with Adam, Spike drives a wedge between Buffy and her friends; Angel's return to Sunnydale leads to a violent confrontation with Riley.

Episode 77: Primeval
Having gained control of Riley's mind, Adam sets in motion his plot to destroy the Initiative and create an army of unstoppable soldiers.

Episode 78: Restless
Buffy, Willow, Xander and Giles experience dreams in which they are pursued by a mysterious figure.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Buffy: Season Four
Review: Season Four is one of the best season of Buffy. They finally go to college and Angel leaves for L.A. But he did not leave completely, he still came back for a couple of episodes. Season Four is very different from all the other seasons, but that is what has made it one of the best! This season we find out that Willow is gay, and her girlfriend is Tara. They make a really cute couple. In the last episode of the season, Buffy, Xander, Willow and Giles get attacked in their dreams by the First Slayer! In Buffy's dream Tara tells her "Be back home before dawn." Which forsadowing Dawn, Buffy's sister in Season 5. And, in the last scene of the season, Buffy is walking in upstairs hallway, she is looking at the spare bedroom and hears a voice that says "You think you know. What's to come. What you are. You haven't even begun." The box set includes such episodes:

Disc One
Episode 57: The Freshman:
As Buffy adjusts to college life, she realizes that classmates are mysteriously disappearing.

Episode 58: Living Conditions
Buffy finds herself at odds with her new roommate... and is troubled by a series of disturbing dreams involving a soul-sucking demon.

Episode 59: Tbe Harsh Light of Day
As Buffy has an affair with a handsome student, Spike searches for a ring that, according to legend, makes the wearer invincible.

Episode 60: Fear, Itself
On Halloween, Buffy and her friends find themselves trapped inside a haunted frat house...complete with real-life bats, zombies and a terrifying demon from beyond.

SF: Script for "Fear Itself"

Disc Two
Episode 61: Beer Bad
Xander finds employment as a bartender at a pub where some of Buffy's friends metamorphose into terrifying Cro-Magnon creatures.

Episode 62: Wild At Heart
Oz finds himself unable to control his attraction to a sexy singer...who just happens to be a werewolf.

Episode 63: The Initiative
Spike finds himself targeted by a group of commandos after he escapes from a futuristic lab located beneath the streets of Sunnydale.

Episode 64: Pangs (Guest Staring David Boreanaz)
Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.

SF: Commentary by Writer Doug Petrie for "The Initiative"
Commentary for "Wild at Heart" by Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon and Seth Green

Disc Three
Episode 65: Something Blue
One of Willow's spells causes her every wish to come true...causing Giles to go blind; Buffy and Spike to plan a wedding; and Xander to become a magnet for demons.

Episode 66: Hush
A group of murderous creatures straight out of a fairy tale steal away the townspeople's voices.

Episode 67: Doomed
Buffy attempts to stop demons determined to bring about the apocalypse by reopening the Hellmouth.

Episode 68: A New Man
After being transformed into a demon, Giles attempts to track down Ethan Rayne in hopes of reversing the process.

SF: Commentary for "Hush" by Joss Whedon
Featurettes:
Hush
"Spike Me"
"Oz revelations: A Full Moon"
"Buffy, Inside sets of Sunnydale"
Script for "Hush"
Cast Bios
Still Gallery

Disc Four
Episode 69: The I in Team
Buffy teams with Riley after she is allowed access to the mysterious underground complex known as the Initiative; Spike is targeted by commandos.

Episode 70: Goodbye Iowa
Tension erupts between Buffy and an ailing Riley as they pursue Maggie Walsh's killer.

Episode 71: This Year's Girl (Guest Staring Eliza Dushku)
Faith awakens from a coma and seeks revenge against Buffy; Riley joins Buffy in the hunt for Adam.

Episode 72: Who Are You? (Guest Staring Eliza Dushku)
Buffy, having switched bodies with Faith, finds herself at the mercy of Watcher council members. Meanwhile, Faith uses Buffy's body to further her own ends.

SF: Commentary for "This Year's Girl" by Writer Doug Petrie

Disc Five
Episode 73: Superstar
Buffy and her friends sense that something's amiss when a ubiquitous Jonathan becomes a hero to everyone in Sunnydale.

Episode 74: Where the Wild Things Are
Buffy and Riley's passionate lovemaking energizes supernatural elements inside a frat house.

Episode 75: New Moon Rising
Oz's return to Sunnydale leads to his incarceration inside the Initiative...and complicates the relationship between Willow and Tara.

Episode 76: The Yoko Factor (Guest Staring David Boreanaz)
After joining forces with Adam, Spike drives a wedge between Buffy and her friends; Angel's return to Sunnydale leads to a violent confrontation with Riley.

SF: Commentary for "Superstar" by Jane Espenson
Script for "Who Are You"

Disc Six
Episode 77: Primeval
Having gained control of Riley's mind, Adam sets in motion his plot to destroy the Initiative and create an army of unstoppable soldiers.

Episode 78: Restless
Buffy, Willow, Xander and Giles experience dreams in which they are pursued by a mysterious figure.

SF: Commentary for "Primeval" by Writers David Fury & James A. Cotner
Commentary for "Restless" by Joss Whedon
Featurette "Season 4 Overview"
Still Gallery

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: 4th season
Review: The worst season so far ONLY because it has the Inigitive,Adam and Riley.It does have it's good moment though like when Angel and Faith return in a few episodes,"Hush" was the most terrorizing episode ever,"fear Itself"on Halloween everyone's fears come true and "Living Conditions" was hilarious!This is the season when Willow Rosenberge relises she is a lesbian and finds her true soul mate,Tarah who is also a witch.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: SeAsOn 4
Review: A Great season compared to the outstanding 3rd season. While there is not much of an appearance by Faith, we get a small dose of her until the highly expected return of Faith close to the end of Season 7. I highly recommend this dvd boxed set. The Big Bad is great this season, but not as creative as the last season. Also the Buffy Seasons are getting released quicker as they go along. Expect the 5th Season of Buffy to get a release date some where between Oct 1, and Jan. 2004. I do believe Glory is the best Big Bad thus far.

Here Is A List Of The Episodes That Will Be In This Box Set:

The Freshman ­
Living Conditions ­
The Harsh Light of Day ­
Fear Itself ­
Beer Bad ­
Wild at Heart ­
The Initiative ­
Pangs ­
Something Blue ­
Hush ­
Doomed ­
A New Man ­
The I in Team ­
Goodbye Iowa ­
This Year's Girl ­
Who Are You ­
Superstar ­
Where the Wild Things Are ­
New Moon Rising ­
The Yoko Factor ­
Primeval ­
Restless

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Season 4
Review: Season 3 & 4 are by far the best seasons of BTVS! Season 4 is great, it has original story ideas, and its just a really great show and season.


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