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Summary: Faith, the Mayor and Vampire Willow!
Review: As someone who was way past high school when Buffy premiered, I was one of those who derided the show just from the title alone. But Sarah Michelle Gellar's stint from All My Children made me tune in occasionally just out of curiousity and I got hooked forever during the Halloween episode from the second season.If you could only buy one of the Buffy DVDs, I would give the 3rd season of this show a slight edge over season two. I think Whedon, Gellar and the rest of the cast and crew really hit their stride and peaked during this year although they would show more than a few flashes of brilliance in subsequent seasons. Still in high school, the Scoobies were still very much a cohesive unit with a gamut of personalities. Plus, in a show with such quirky villians, we have the Mayor (the quirkiest), Faith (the most complex) and Vampire Willow (definitely the funniest). The storyline during season three involved Faith, a renegade slayer, starcrossed romances...Buffy and Angel, Willow and Oz, Xander and Cordelia not to mention a mayor with aspirations of snake demonhood. During the 22 episodes we are introduced to characters such as Tricky and Anya. There is also Vampire Willow who provides more than a hint of what is to come for the Scoobies in future seasons. Despite it's title and premise, Buffy is/was one of the most clever shows to hit the small screen ever with it's practice of using monsters as metaphors of real life. Even the mediorce episodes and seasons often surpassed the best of other television shows. Though it declined somewhat in it's later seasons, I am already in mourning with just one original Buffy episode to go. Thank goodness for DVDs.
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Summary: Buffy at its height
Review: Great season as was season 2. Anne - 4/5 - Good opener Dead Man's Party - 3/5 Faith, Hope, and Trick - 5/5 Faith is introduced Beauty and the Beasts - 4/5 Homecoming 4/5 - Buffy and Cordelia battle it out for not only Homecoming Queen but for staying alive while Mr. Trick plans Slayerfest. Band Candy - 4/5 - All the adults eat the candy and start acting like teenagers Revelations - 5/5 - Faith's new watcher Gwendyln Post comes Lover's Walk - 5/5 - Spike is back! The Wish - 3/5 - Sunnydale without Buffy Amends - 5/5 - THe First Evil torments Angel Gingerbread - 3/5 - People are accused of being witches after two children were found dead with a symbol of an occult. Helpless - 4/5 - Buffy's birthday and her Slayer powers are gone! The Zeppo - 3/5 Bad Girls - 4/5 - Faith and Buffy are bad and having a blast until Faith accidentally stabs a man. Consequences - 4/5 - Faith is apathethic of what she did and ends up secretly siding with the Mayor Doppelgangland - 4/5 - Evil willow! Enemies - 5/5 - Faith tries to steal Angel's soul so they can kill Buffy Earshot - 5/5 Buffy can hear everyone's thoughts and thinks it's great until she hears a plot of mass murder. Choices 5/5 - The mayor captures Willow when Buffy and Angel were trying to steal a box vital to the Mayor's ascension. The Prom - 5/5 - Angel breaks up with Buffy :( Graduation Day Part 1 - 5/5 Faith shoots Angel with a poision arrow. The cure: blood of the slayer. When trying to kill Faith, Faith falls into a garbage truck where she lies in a coma. Graduation Day Part 2 - 5/5 The Ascension
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: Season 3 of Buffy was, for my money, the best. It had it all: the contrast of the two completely different slayers and their outlooks on life in general, the coming of age that comes with approaching your last days in high school, and, of course, the most delightful villain Buffy has produced: Mayor Richard Wilkins III.
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Summary: Buffyriffic!
Review: Another great addition to your buffy library of DVD's!
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Summary: Buffy fan rides into the sunset
Review: I think Buffy's season 3 was my favorite. While dark with its offbeat humor, we were introduced to very interesting new characters (the Mayor, Faith) and David B (aka Angel) doesn't have his non-eating, too much eye makeup problem from the previous seasons. Willow really starts to come into her own as a witch, and the cast continues to flesh out and deepen their characters so well, it's hard to remember sometimes (save for the vampires, demons, etc.) that it isn't real. Doesn't hurt that Giles & Xander remain my hunks of choice (in that order). :) I'm really sorry Buffy is ending, but it's been a great 7 seasons and I'll be sure to get the rest of the season collections on DVD to re-visit the Scooby Gang.
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Summary: now this is a true horror movie!
Review: very scary, how do people take this seriously, oh and she cannot act! and has the dumbest one liners in the world. call it what you want, add some gothic touches to it, but when you melt it down into what it really is, all I see is a night time soap opera. The guiding light!
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Summary: The Masterpiece Continues!.....
Review: The third season of "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" is another exciting, witty season. It still holds the basic formula of horror, humor, and emotion, with a very important new character -- bad-girl slayer, Faith. Faith adds a mix of daring danger for Buffy, which proves deadly. Season Three also lives up to the shows' ever-occurring baddies; this time it's the Mayor of Sunnydale. He plans to destroy Sunnydale on Buffy's most important day -- graduation. Season Three's episodes foreshadow what's to come for future seasons, especially Season Four, which make it an essential element to your collection! As for the DVD set, it couldn't have gotten much better! Containing 6 discs and all 22 episodes, the layout was also nice. It folds out six times, each side containing a memorable Season Three quote and photo. Each disc has a character photo printed on it and contains many, many extras. For your benefit, I've compiled a list of Season Three episodes to assure you that this set is worth it without spoiling it for you! ~ Anne ~
Now living in the Los Angeles, Buffy helps a woman whose boyfriend has mysteriously disappeared. ~ Dead Man's Party ~
Buffy's mom acquires an African mask that resurrects the dead. ~ Faith, Hope & Trick ~
A new slayer is in town named Faith and quickly wins over Buffy's mom and friends. ~ Beauty and the Beasts ~
Buffy fears that Oz killed a man during the full moon, which proves to be the least of her problems when she finds Angel alive. ~ Homecoming ~
Buffy and Cordelia compete for Homecoming Queen as they are targeted by a group of killers for "SlayerFest '98." *One of the best episodes of the season* ~ Band Candy ~
Sunnydale's adult population begins acting like teenagers after eating the high school's candy bars. ~ Revelations ~
Faith's new Watcher comes to town and appears to be helping Buffy destroy the Glove of Myhnegon before a demon named Lagos gets to it. *One of the best episodes of the season* ~ Lover's Walk ~
Spike returns to Sunnydale and kidnaps Willow so she can conduct a love spell to get Drusilla to love him again. ~ The Wish ~
When Cordelia tells her friends Anya that she wishes Buffy had never come to Sunnydale, her wish comes true, with a deadly out come. *One of the best episodes of the season* ~ Amends ~
As Christmas approaches, Angel is tormented by visions of his past victims, who wish to lure him into killing Buffy. ~ Gingerbread ~
After Buffy's mom discovers two dead children marked with an occult symbol, she begins campaigning to rid Sunnydale of witches. *One of the best episodes of the season* ~ Helpless ~
As Buffy's eighteenth birthday approaches, she begins losing her strength and agility just as she has to face a crazed vampire who kidnaps her mother. *One of the best episodes of the season* ~ The Zeppo ~
Xander involuntarily becomes friends with corpses that plot to blow up the high school. ~ Bad Girls ~ Faith coaxes Buffy to loosen up, which causes them to act recklessly and take a life. *One of the best episodes of the season* ~ Consequences ~
Buffy's guilt begins piling up as new information on the death of the Deputy Mayor surfaces. *One of the best episodes of the season* ~ Doppelgangland ~
Willow and Anya accidentally summon Willow's evil vampire-twin from an alternate dimension. *One of the best episodes of the season* ~ Enemies ~
Faith and the Mayor plot to steal Angel's soul and get him to kill Buffy. *One of the best episodes of the season* ~ Earshot ~
Buffy acquires mind-reading powers from a demon and hears someone plotting to murder Sunnydale students. ~ Choices ~
The Mayor imprisons Willow after Buffy and Angel steal a box containing demonic energy needed for the Mayor's Ascension Day. ~ The Prom ~
Buffy battles three hellhounds, which another classmate has programmed to, attacked students during the senior prom. *One of the best episodes of the season* ~ Graduation Day, Part One ~
To distract Buffy's attention away from the Ascension, the Mayor and Faith hit Buffy where it hurts the most - Angel. ~ Graduation Day, Part Two ~
The season finale in which Buffy and the gang prepare to battle the Mayor during his Ascension. Overall, the third season DVD box set is worth it. Awesome storyline, awesome episodes, and (as always) awesome, believable characters. A must-buy for Buffy fans. Also, with the show coming to a saddening close on May 20th, it makes this set that much more memorable. PLEASE BE SURE TO READ MY REVIEW OF SEASONS ONE & TWO, ALSO! - EXTRAS INCLUDE:
* Season Three Overview
* Five Featurettes
* Episode Scripts
* Photo Gallery, and much more!
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Summary: What you would expect...
Review: One of the best seasons of one of the best television shows. A must have.
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Summary: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Complete Third Season
Review: Buffy the third season shows and foreshadows many good parts of Buffy as a whole. Willows witty comment in Doppelgangland 3x16 turns out to be actually true. Spike and Buffy's unlikely alliance in Becoiming proves to be the beginning of their long-lasting "friendship" i guess. Sadly, at the end of the season Angel and Cordelia depart for Los Angeles, City of Angels. This was overall, a great season which set up the premise for future seasons 5-7. Season 3 was full of good moments, especially episode 3x11, Gingerbread! I loved it. If you like the future seasons of Buffy, you need to see this and would love it.
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Summary: Keeps getting better!
Review: I didn't ever watch this show until I was stuck in a hotel room for a few weeks and caught some reruns. After I got back I convinced the wife to let me buy the first 3 box sets. I have to say that each season is better than the one before it. I haven't seen any beyond the 3rd season yet because I'm trying to stay away so I can watch the box sets without knowing what will happen. The 3rd season though was my favorite for 2 reasons. First because it signalled Angel finally leaving. I always thought he was kind of annoying on the show and that Buffy's obsession with him distracted from some of the more interesting plot ideas. Second though is the appearance of Faith. Faith is also a slayer but a bit of a rogue. That puts an interesting spin on some of the reused plotlines to make this all in all a great season.
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