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Summary: The fifth season is as stunning and original as any
Review: One of the most extraordinary things about BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER is that in Season Two they managed to produce one of the greatest seasons in the history of television, and then managed to pretty much equal it for the entire run of the show. Amazingly, each year they did this by taking the show in completely different directions. In the season opener Buffy meets and defeats the most famous of all vampires, Dracula, but the show demonstrated its willingness to take extraordinary risks by ending the episode with the startlingly revelation that Buffy has a sister. Buffy, of course, is an only child, but the brilliant thing was the way the show continued for several episodes as if Dawn, Buffy's new sister, had always been a part of the family. Moreover, Dawn isn't just a part of her immediate family: all Buffy's friends have their own relationship with Dawn, and she is clearly completely integrated with everyone in the community. There are Buffy fans who like and dislike nearly every aspect of BUFFY. Some did not care for the addition of Dawn to the cast, but I loved it, partly for the virtuosic manner in which they integrated her in the cast, and partly for the astonishing story line that developed out of who she truly was. Dawn, an entity of pure energy that is a key to a demon portal, was created by monks as a real human being, a real sister to The Slayer, in order to guarantee that Buffy would protect her with her life. I love the way that all the Scooby Gang completely accepts her, and the profound questions it raises in Dawn herself, as she desperately attempts to come to terms with the knowledge that she isn't who she remembers herself to be. Old subplots are resolved and new ones emerge. Buffy's romance with Riley, nearly universally loathed by Buffy fans, thankfully ends. Giles takes over the ownership of The Magic Box and Anya becomes his enthusiastic assistant. Spike, still harmless due to his implant, is horrified to realize that he is in love with Buffy. Joyce is stricken with a brain tumor and eventually dies of a brain aneurysm, which leads to what is in many ways the most remarkable episode in the entire history of the show, "The Body." Most of Buffy is shot employing a quick, fast moving pace. But this episode intentionally slows down time, intensifying and emphasizing every nuance of Buffy's overwhelming grief and panic at discovering her mother's body. In my opinion, it is the single best representation in either film or TV of human reaction to the death of a loved one. Season Five's primary story arc is, however, that of the hell goddess Glory and her attempt to recover The Key (Dawn) that will allow her to reenter her hell dimension. Glory is, with the possible exception of Angelus, the best villain in the history of BUFFY and ANGEL. She is a goddess portrayed as super consumer (her nice shoes and pedicures causes Dawn to remark, "She has really nice feet"), going on spending sprees to placate her sorrows at being trapped in a dimension not her own. Her whacky wit and (for a goddess) naive stupidity combined with her considerable power creates excitement nearly every second she is onscreen. In a season of many highlights, I especially love the episode where Glory's minions wrongly assume that Spike is The Key, and bring him to Glory, who tortures him to find out who The Key truly is. Despite beating him badly, he refuses to tell. Buffy's intense and heartfelt gratitude signals a change in attitude on the part of the Scoobies, and hints that behavior and compassion are as much a mark of someone becoming good (despite being a vampire) as having a soul (in the case of Angel). The final episode, "The Gift," is one of the truly epic moments in the entire series, and yet another of the classic moments that BUFFY left us. The final shot of the season is simply heartbreaking.
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Summary: Great Season..But didn't need Dawn
Review: I have been a major fan of Buffy since the first season it aired. Seasons 1,2,3,and 4 are by my favorites. I did like season five but i did not like the introduction of Dawn, buffy's "sister". Although the season is based on Dawn and where she came from i think the writters could have gone a different way. I personally think that Dawn is an annoying addition to the Buffy series. Many people will tell you it was a great addition but once Dawn was introduced i thought the series started to slip. The last 3 seasons were great but not as great as the first four.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: Season 5 is when Buffy the Vampire Slayer starts to get GOOD. Dawn is introduced which makes the plot take a sharp twist. Spike, the vampire we love to hate, finds a soft place in my heart when he falls head over heels for Buffy. I dub Tara an official Scooby; she really starts to grow on me. In this season anyway, I don't think I'm crazy about Anya (what with the way she is so brutally honest), but if Xander loves her, I for one am willing to give her a chance. Somthing totally unbeleivable happens to Joyce... and to Buffy?
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Summary: "The Hardest thing in this world is to live in it..."
Review: "She saved the world...a lot." So goes Buffy's gravesite at the end of season 5. For many, season 5 was almost like watching the later years of Buffy. I personally love season 5 and all it had to offer. To me, season 5 marked the last truly spectacular season of "Buffy" although seasons six and seven were outstanding and I loved every episode, season 5 was exactly like season 2 in the fact that it changed everything about the show and would effect seasons 6 and 7 like season 2's events affected seasons 3 and 4. The introduction of Dawn was iffy to me, but she grew on me by season 7. Also, Tara's character gets some more play, but isn't truly defined as she is in season 6, where Amber Benson just struck gold. Besides that, buy this DVD. Buffy still rocks!!!!
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Summary: Buffy's 5th Season
Review: I, like many others, watched every Buffy episode covering 7 seasons. Although they were all excellent, I personally found season 5 to be the best. It's cinematography wasn't as dark as some other seasons, and the Glory character added a nice "kick" to the overall storyline. All the characters were well defined and entertaining. I also thoroughly enjoyed the love story that began to blossom between Spike and Buffy.
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Summary: Emotionally Moving
Review: Season Five is often in competition with the third season for the title of the best season of the show. The choice is a hard one to make. Buffy's third season exploited the emotional turmoil of the second season so well that people are often left in awe. In fact I often use season two's finale, and season three together to introduce new people to the show. Yet as much as that emotion grabs us and takes for a ride never to be forgotten season five edges out. Season five hits you with one twist, and then another in a beautifully constructed season story that was impossible to live up to. Season Five begins with the oldest cliche in the history of horror, Dracula. The episode is funny, and filled with laughs. A typical stand alone Buffy episode, but its ending throws us a curve we didn't expect. The arrival of Dawn. Dawn is not explained. The scoobies believe she has been there the entire time, and like season two when we learn Angel has returned to being Angelsus we can watch the scoobies unknowingly walk into harms way. The suspense and twists of the discoverying of Dawn's origin, Glory, and the meaning of family build as the scoobies become caught in the middle of war. At the same time we get to see Spike addmitt he loves Buffy, and Tara and Willow continue to grow. This season offers us the first answers about the meaning of being a slayer, and a hero. The end of season five is the only other season ending ever to catch the emotion of Becoming part two. Buffy fights against the odds till she is strained, and about to break but refuses to give up. When D.C. comics killed Superman they had a line that said how the people watching Superman's final fight would remember it to the day they died. For those who have seen Season Five's conclusion you know it will stay with you.
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Summary: Josh Sabbagh
Review: Season 5 of buffy is very interesting! it has to do with buffy having a sister who is really a key sent by munks to hide her from an evil female god named glory!Buffy will not find this out till later. Buffy will encounter dracula and the buffy and riley relationship will change, you'll learn a little of taras past, spike will fall in love with buffy, buffy wants to seek more knowledge about slayers and we will see the first slayer again. Buffy will have to battle glory and a surprise will happen to Joyce you never would guess! and an ending that will leave you shocked! With a guest appearance from David Boreanaz
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Summary: The Best of the Best
Review: Buffy Season 5 was a season of brilliance!!! It did so much for the show and where it went in the last two years. My favorite part was without a doubt the introduction of Dawn, and how she affected the lives of the Scoobies. Overall, just a great season front to back.
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Summary: The Best Season
Review: OK Here goes... Ive been watching Buffy since i was in 2nd grade when it premiered nad fell in love with the characters and storyline. Seasons 3,5,6,& 7 were by far the best seasons of the show.. In 5 Buffy gets her little sister Dawn played by Michelle Trachtenberg and she was a great addition into the show. Willow finally becomes a very powerfull witch and kicks some [butt] for a couple of mins. The Body was an amazing episode and showed the excelent acting abbilities of all the actors. I think everyone should buy this because its amazing and shows great demons and vamps. If only Faith had appeared in this season it would have been even better. The Tara and Willow storyline evolved and we all quickly accepted her into the show. The Gift was by far the best episode of the season where Buffy tells Dawn that they share the same blood and she was created out of her and sacrafices herself to save her sister and the world. BUY THIS DVD!!!
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Summary: Information for VHS People
Review: YOU MUST GET A DVD PLAYER. Buffy seasons on DVD is one of the best investments I've ever made. No commercials, you can pause, and best of all, watch Buffy whenever you want! And for all of you with concerns about widescreen, the Buffy seasons are presented in full screen. So you get the real effect of it being on television, without the annoyances. What more could you ask for?
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