# What season of Buffy is this? Should I continue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448 "2007-08-22T02:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/1 "2007-08-22T02:02:03Z")
I started watching the Buffy DVDs in 2004. I stopped watching them during the middle of a season where Buffy left home and was working as waitress. I think the last episode I saw, she had told her mom she was a slayer and there was a party at her home crashed by vampires. Anyway, what season was this? Should I finish the rest of the DVDs? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/2 "2007-08-22T02:06:41Z")
I’m not sure where you left off, exactly. Buffy told her mom she was a Slayer at the end of the second season. The episode where she’d run away from home and was working as a waitress was the first episode of the third season, so I’m guessing you’re somewhere early in season three. IMO, season three was the best of the entire series, so yes, you should definitly keep watching. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/3 "2007-08-22T03:26:37Z")
Yes, you’re quite early in Season 3, and you have some awesome stuff ahead of you! Don’t give up now. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/4 "2007-08-22T03:53:59Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] Anyway, what season was this? Should I finish the rest of the DVDs? [/QUOTE] First question: Haven’t a clue. Second: Hell yes, but I’m not a Buffy Geek. _However_, watch the thing, no matter where you’re at. Maybe even backtrack There are some brilliant moments in that show. Deseved Emmys. The musical episode was hilarious and suprisingly good, The episode where the town loses there voices was brilliantly creepy, but still funny. And the episode where her mother dies was one on the most touching things I have ever seen on TV. It was a departure from the series, but it proves the point. Watch it because the writing is good. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/5 "2007-08-22T11:54:39Z")
**A Monkey With a Gun** , do you realize you just dropped a major spoiler? Not cool. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/6 "2007-08-22T12:41:30Z")
I added spoiler code to your post, **A Monkey With a Gun** , because yeah, that was all secret and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/7 "2007-08-22T14:27:22Z")
[QUOTE=A Monkey With a Gun] First question: Haven’t a clue. Second: Hell yes, but I’m not a Buffy Geek. _However_, watch the thing, no matter where you’re at. Maybe even backtrack There are some brilliant moments in that show. Deseved Emmys. The musical episode was hilarious and suprisingly good, The episode where the town loses there voices was brilliantly creepy, but still funny. And the episode where her mother dies was one on the most touching things I have ever seen on TV. It was a departure from the series, but it proves the point. Watch it because the writing is good. [/QUOTE] I think you mean the episode immediately after that one. But you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/8 "2007-08-22T14:39:31Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] I started watching the Buffy DVDs in 2004. I stopped watching them during the middle of a season where Buffy left home and was working as waitress. I think the last episode I saw, she had told her mom she was a slayer and there was a party at her home crashed by vampires. [/QUOTE] You’re conflating three different episodes. Buffy tells her mother she’s a Slayer in the last episode of season 2. We see Buffy working as a waitress in Los Angeles in the first episode of season 3. Buffy returns home at the end of episode 1 and has a party that’s crashed by zombies in episode 2. And yes, watch the rest of the series. Watch season 7 even though almost everyone will tell you it sucks. Some of it does but some of it is as good or better than what came before. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/9 "2007-08-22T14:46:55Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] You’re conflating three different episodes. Buffy tells her mother she’s a Slayer in the last episode of season 2. We see Buffy working as a waitress in Los Angeles in the first episode of season 3. Buffy returns home at the end of episode 1 and has a party that’s crashed by zombies in episode 2. And yes, watch the rest of the series. Watch season 7 even though almost everyone will tell you it sucks. Some of it does but some of it is as good or better than what came before. [/QUOTE] Some of the “true” Buffy fans–who watched the show from the very beginning–think the show jumped the shark at various points–beginning with graduation from high school. However, I got into the show later. Occasional re-runs confused me. He can’t be Buffy’s Lover–he’s a Blood Sucking Fiend! Or: He can’t be a Blood Sucking Fiend, he’s Buffy’s True Love! Some vacation time when 4 consecutive episodes could be seen on TV hooked me. Then the _Chosen_ set came out. For me, every season has its good shows. And I\* like\* “Beer Bad.” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/10 "2007-08-22T14:48:48Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Buffy returns home at the end of episode 1 and has a party that’s crashed by zombies in episode 2. [/QUOTE] **Giles** - “See my new mask? It raises the dead. Americans!” **Bridget** , you’re the only one! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/11 "2007-08-23T15:36:36Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] **Giles** - “See my new mask? It raises the dead. Americans!” **Bridget** , you’re the only one! 😃 [/QUOTE] This one (the mask the raises zombies which crash a party at Buffy’s house) is from Season **3**. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/12 "2007-08-23T16:08:30Z")
[QUOTE=Knorf] This one (the mask the raises zombies which crash a party at Buffy’s house) is from Season **3**. [/QUOTE] Which is indeed what I said. > [@me](#): > > We see Buffy working as a waitress in Los Angeles in the first episode of **season 3**. Buffy returns home at the end of episode 1 and has a party that’s crashed by zombies in episode 2. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/13 "2007-08-23T18:33:04Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] **Bridget** , you’re the only one! 😃 [/QUOTE] No she isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/14 "2007-08-23T18:40:21Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] No she isn’t. [/QUOTE] Yeah, there’s at least four of us. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/15 "2007-08-23T19:13:40Z")
The ultimate in Sub-sub-sub-genre cults: Those _Buffy_ fans who liked “Beer Bad.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/16 "2007-08-23T19:45:53Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Yeah, there’s at least four of us. [/QUOTE] Five. Come on, the episode is awesome if ONLY for Buffy’s response to what-zis-face’s apology at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/17 "2007-08-23T19:50:58Z")
A theory on another board I used to frequent pinned the “Beer Bad” hate down to the fact that some people didn’t want to admit that Joss may have had a point about beer being bad. And I liked Beer Bad for the most part. So six. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/18 "2007-08-23T19:53:08Z")
[QUOTE=Hamadryad] Five. Come on, the episode is awesome if ONLY for Buffy’s response to what-zis-face’s apology at the end. [/QUOTE] Yes! And for Willow’s mocking response to what-zis-face’s smarmy “I’m so sensitive” act. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/19 "2007-08-23T20:22:21Z")
_ **Giles:** “I can’t believe you served Buffy that beer.” **Xander:** “I didn’t know it was evil.” **Giles:** “But you knew it was beer.” **Xander:** “Well, excuse me, Mr. I-spent-the-sixties-in-an-electric-Kool-Aid-funky-Satan-Groove.” **Giles:** “It was the early seventies. And you should know better.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448/20 "2007-08-23T20:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] **Giles** - “See my new mask? It raises the dead. Americans!” [/QUOTE] **Joyce:** “I think it brightens up the room.” **Buffy:** “It’s angry at the room, Mom. It wants the room to suffer.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-buffy-is-this-should-i-continue/416448.md?page=2)