Average Rating: 
Rating: - The season that brings the mayor, Faith!
At the end of the 1st season, Buffy dies for about one minute, bringing up the next slayer, Kendra, who gets introduced in season 2, 10th episode. Then, she comes back in the 21st episode and is killed by Drusila. So, here it goes: Anne: 9/10 Buffy is in LA, scoobies fight vamps in Sunnydale! Great starting episode! Dead Man's Party: 9.5/10 Buffy returns and Snyder sticks to his guns about her being expelled. Faith, Hope and Trick: 10/10 While Buffy has her own vamps to fight, scoobies to protect, things couldn't get any rougher. Unless you through in the next slayer, Faith! Awesome! Beauty and the Beasts: 9/10 Angel is back as a strange animal, Buffy debates if he's evil or good! Good one! Homecoming: 9.5/10 Buffy and Cordelia battle to be Homecoming Queen. Meanwhile, Mr. Trick(K. Todd Freeman) has other ideas for them. He captures Buffy and Cordelia(thinking it's Faith), and tries to kill them in the bush. Funny ending, Awesome episode! Band Candy: 8.5/10 Mr. Trick puts something in the band candy that makes grownups act like childs, Snyder is awesome in this episode. And Giles is so funny! Revelations: 10/10 Xander finds out that Angel is back, and he reports it to the scoobies. Faith sets out to kill Angel, because he holds the hand. Meanwhile, Faith gets a new watcher, only she turns out to be something completely different. Buffy tries to stop Faith from killing Angel, and Xander always held a grudge on Angel, so he's no help to Buffy, but to Faith! Excelent episode! Lover's Walk: 10/10 Someone else who hates Angel is back, Spike, and he wants revenge! Mostly, he just wants Drusila back, he's a complete wreck without her. He goes to Willow! They end sad, but then you get to see Spike bash his head to music in his car, and you know he's a true punk/rock vampire! The Wish: 9/10 Someone to become a main character in Buffy is introduced here, when Cordelia wishes that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale, Anyanca! Amends: 10/10 One of my favourite episodes! Angel tries to kill himself, Faith gets invited to Buffy's for Christmas. She says she has plans, but then shows up at Buffy's house at the end! First episode I saw of season 3! Gingerbread: 9.5/10 Joyce(Kristine Sutherland) picks a bad time to visit Buffy. She discovers the bodies of 2 dead kids, then gets a group of adults and start a witch-hunt, leading directly to Willow and Buffy! Must see! Helpless: 9.5/10 Buffy loses her powers and must defeat a powerful vamp. to prove to the council that she can pass the test! Giles is totally against it! The Zeppo: 9.5/10 Faith is out battling Vampires and Demons, Xander comes to the rescue and end up at Faith's place. Meanwhile, a threat to end the world leaves Buffy, Giles, Ozz, Angel, Cordelia and Willow to beat it again! Great episode!! Bad Girls: 10/10 The new watcher, Wesley Wyndham Price(Alexis Denisof) is introduced to Faith. Buffy and Giles are sure that he's a demon, or something evil. But, obviously not! Faith just goes, "Whatever!" Then, Faith and Buffy head out battling vamps. Faith punches a guy and then stabs him, thinking he's a vamp. Buffy doesn't reliaze it's a vamp. until it's too late. The guy dies and Faith realizes after, that she doesn't care. Only to find out after that she does! Faith's the best, Eliza Dushku rocks! This episode was the best!! Consequences: 10/10 At the end of episode, comes a rather shock! Buffy meets Faith at a boat, Faith comes down and just as she was about to get hit on the head by a box, Buffy pushed her out of the way and Buffy got nailed. Four vampires come after them, including Trick. Buffy finally get out and they nail two of them. Faith fights one, and Buffy takes Trick, mistake. Buffy loses her stake and is just about to get bitten. Faith kills her vamp., and then all you here Trick say is,"Oh No!" He's dead. And guess who's there, Faith of course! Next scene, Faith meets the mayor, and here's her speech, "You sent the vampires to kill me" Mayor, "Yes!" "They're dust now!" Mayor,"I figured!" "So, you have a job opening!" Awesome episode, watch it! Doppelgangled: 9.5/10 Willow is faced with her vampire, great one! Enemies: 10/10 Faith get Angel on her side, only he pretends and Faith gets mad at the end! Awesome!! Earshot: 9.5/10 Buffy is able to hear thoughts, someone says he's going to kill. She runs up and finds, guess who, Jonathan(Danny Strong) and ends surprisingly! Choices: 9.5/10 Now, with Faith on the dark side, Angel tells her she doesn't have to go this way! She does anyway! She poisins Angel and gets away! The Prom: 9.5/10 Jonathan is back and gives Buffy an award for saving lives. Anya also returns. At the end, Angel shows up to get a dance with Buffy! Graduation Day Part 1: 10/10 Buffy finds out only the Slayer's blood will cure Angel, she sets out to kill Faith. Succeeds, but only to a certain level! Graduation Day Part 2: 10/10 Buffy is left with no hope for Angel but her, Angel sucks her dry, and then both Buffy and Faith are left in the hospital! Buffy finds out the mayor's weekness in her sleep from Faith, and then when she wakes up, kisse's her in her coma and then sets off to kill the mayor! Great season~
Rating: - Joss' baby turns 3....
Overall, I love Buffy, which means I was going to love this set. Buffy is one of the most well thought out shows on television, cleverly disguised as a bubblegum-fluff. Third season, as the show was just hitting its stride, we meet Faith and the Mayor, two classic Big Bads who I can love to hate. Still, I can be objective. Here's what you get:The media:
The images is very crisp and clear, an improvement over the last 2 seasons which showed their roots in the lower tech filming process. In contrast, every episode of Season 3 is sharp with amazing sound. The case is fold-out, instead of the lower quality clamshells. I would have liked to see the episode titles printed on the DVDs themselves (with their numbers) to make it that much easier to find a particular episode. Some discs have 4 eps each, some have 3, so you have to refer to the table of contents each time. The episodes:
Season 3 is the last "high school" season, before Buffy and the Scoobies head off to college and the real world. As the show gained more popularity, it also expanded its budget, as is evidenced in the special effects and writing. We meet Faith, the second slayer and see her drawn over to the "dark side". We also see Angel and Buffy's relationship finally draw to a close, as Angel moves off to his own show for Buffy's fourth season. There are a lot of very allegorical coming-of-age episodes, where Buffy and the gang have to learn the realities of growing up, facing parent and heartbreak. This season is full of very deep, moving, thoughtful episodes. The extras:
This is the only area in which I found the DVDs lacking, but I won't reduce my rating because I believe the season itself is a worthwhile purchase. There are fewer commentaries on this set than the previous. I felt like the producers, seeing the popularity of the previous two DVD releases, felt like they had to do less to keep the fans happy. There is no commentary by Joss himself, which is a huge disappointment, especially considering some of the strongly allegorical storylines included in this season. In fact, the first commentary, but writer David Fury for the episode "Helpless" was fairly lame because it was only the second episode that he had written for the show. I think that he wrote a great episode, but I felt very much like he was second string, both in talent and in history with the show, especially compared to Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon, and David Greenwalt. There are several featurettes, which are quite interesting. I especially liked the "Season 3 Overview", which showed the depth of planning for the season. There were also several interviews with Joss, but I would have liked a full length commentary by either he or one of the main actors. The conclusion:
Yes, this is a fantastic set, as you can see by others' reviews. I give it a 5+ for content. For the special features, I'd like to see more, but I'm a Joss Whedon fan, and I expect the very best.
Rating: - Slayer Rules
Buffy Anne Summers is there to save the world.Trained as the Slayer of this generation you would thik she would be more...Secretive.
However with her modern aproach to life and kick back wanna be a normal teenager additued more people know who she is then should.Not only having to worry about her mother Joyce she also has to protect her friends;Willow,Xander,Oz,and Cordellia...Well more of a tag a long.Along with some -help- with the new Slayer Faith Buffy and her watch Rupert Giles and the soon to be new watcher Wesely Whyndem Price they try to save the world...Again.
When Angel returns from the dead he trys to figuer out why and seeks for some peace.
One of my favorite seasons I find it humorus,dark,sad,gorry,and alot more then what meets the eyes.SEASON 3
Anne Buffy, working as a waitress under an assumed name, foils a demon plot to enslave marginal LA youth. Ep035 (3.1)
Dead Man's Party Maurauding zombies crash Buffy's welcome home party and ease Scooby/Mom vs Slayer tensions. Ep036 (3.2)
Faith, Hope & Trick New Slayer Faith comes to town, followed by the revengeful Kakistos & his associate Mr. Trick. Ep037 (3.3)
Beauty & the Beasts Oz-wolf falls under suspicion when an abusive dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde starts mauling people; meanwhile Buffy stumbles across a wild beast-like Angel running lose in the woods. Ep038 (3.4)
Homecoming Cordelia & Buffy vie for the title of Homecoming Queen while Mr.Trick organizes Slayerfest '98. Ep039 (3.5) Band Candy Ethan's cursed band candy causes Sunnydale adults to revert to teenage-hood. Ep040 (3.6)
Revelations Faith's New Watcher (Gwendolyn Post) arrives; meanwhile the gang discovers Buffy's been hiding Angel. Ep041 (3.7)
Lover's Walk Spike (dumped, depressed & drunk) roars back into Sunnydale, stirring up trouble in all the gangs' love lives. Ep042 (3.8)
The Wish Bitter Post-Xander Codelia's wish that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale is granted by Demon Anyanka. Ep043 (3.9)
Amends The First Evil takes credit for Angel's return, prodding him to kill Buffy. Ep044 (3.10)
Gingerbread Sunnydale citizens (lead by Joyce) embark on a witch hunt after 2 children are found murdered. Ep045 (3.11)
Helpless The Watcher's Council imposes a birthday challenge on Buffy by neutralizing her Slayer powers & releasing a crazy vamp. Ep046 (3.12)
The Zeppo Xander deals with a rowdy undead gang while the rest of the Scoobies concentrate on averting an impending apocalypse. Ep047 (3.13)
Bad Girls Demon Balthazar comes to Sunnydale looking for his amulet. Ep048 (3.14)
Consequences Faith tries to elude responsibility for her accidental murder of Finch. Ep049 (3.15)
Doppelgängerland Anya's attempts to get her powers back bring Evil Vamp Willow to Sunnydale. Ep050 (3.16)
Enemies Faith's attempts to turn Angel evil give away her switch to the Mayor's cause. Ep051 (3.17)
Earshot Buffy's infected with demon telepathy & overhears plans for a school massacre. Ep052 (3.18)
Choices Buffy must return the box of Gavrock to the Mayor in exchange for Willow's life. Ep053 (3.19)
The Prom Hellhounds threaten the Prom; Angel breaks up with Buffy. Ep054 (3.20)
Graduation Part 1 Everyone prepares for the ascension. Ep055 (3.21)
Graduation Part 2 Buffy cures Angel with her blood & The Mayor ascends. Ep056 (3.22) Cast List
Sarah Michelle Gellar ... Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon ... Alexander 'Xander' LaVelle Harris
Alyson Hannigan ... Willow Rosenberg
Charisma Carpenter ... Cordelia 'Cordy' Chase (1997-1999)
Anthony Head ... Rupert 'Ripper' Giles (1997-2001, 2002- )
David Boreanaz ... Angel/Angelus/Liam (1997-1999)
Seth Green ... Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne (1997-1999)
James Marsters ... Spike/William the Bloody (1997-)
Marc Blucas ... Riley Finn (1999-2000)
Emma Caulfield ... Anya Emerson/Anyanka (1999-)
Michelle Trachtenberg ... Dawn Summers/The Key (2000-)
Amber Benson ... Tara Maclay (1999-2002)
Kristine Sutherland ... Joyce Summers (1997-2001)
Mercedes McNab ... Harmony Kendall (1997-2001)
Robia La Morte ... Jenny Calendar/Janna Kalderash (1997-1998)
Juliet Landau ... Drusilla (1997-1998)
Eliza Dushku ... Faith (1998-1999, 2003)
Armin Shimerman ... Principal R. Snyder (1997-1999)
Harry Groener ... Mayor Richard Wilkins III (1998-1999)
George Hertzberg ... Adam (2000)
Danny Strong ... Jonathan Levinson (1997-1999, 2001-2002)
Adam Busch ... Warren Meers (2001-2002)
Clare Kramer ... Glory/Glorificus/The Beast (2000-2001)
Thomas Lenk ... Andrew Wells (2001- )
Charlie Weber ... Ben (2000-2001)
Alexis Denisof ... Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (1999)
Iyari Limon ... Kenendy (2002- )
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