I love both these episodes, Becoming part 2's one of my faves - makes me cry everytime. It just has so much heartbreak - expulsion (well ok thats not heartbreaking lol), getting kicked out of her home, her best friends badly injured and then killing angel. And the music over the end scenes fits so well, when shes on the bus its just like 'oh god'
The flashbacks in part 1 were amazing, i love getting buffy history, and there are some classic lines in it. Oh and i like Whistler despite his wardrobe lol, specially his closing lines:
"Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are. You'll see what I mean."