Is it me? Or was Series 5 really not that good?

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I was never keen on season 5. I thought it was one of the weaker seasons. It wasn't as poor as season 7(but not much is). I just didn't understand why they expected the viewer to be concerned by the possiblity of Dawn dying. Especially since she was so damn annoying. I would have preferred if they had made the key someone that viewers were familiar with(someone the audience cared about). Perhaps Tara. She was relatively new. They could have kept her key identity a secret and had the group also looking for her, only to find out the key was in their midst all along. I don't think it would have been that difficult to alter the story to suit Tara as the key. Buffy sacrificing herself to save the love of Willow's life would have been the ultimate in selfless. Though, I'm not sure how they could have set up Buffy being able to do this. Hell, anything would have been better than littlemissI canmakeyouwanttostabyourearsbecauseofmyirritatingvoice...Otherwise known as Dawn.:banghead:
 
Making the key someone that they all particulary loved ie Xander, Willow, Tara, even Giles.. would/ might have made the season more interesting, rather than bringing in this new character and acting as if nothing had happened. Dawn was far too whiney for my liking, and the episode where she cut her arm with a knife annoyed me! Cos she is realyl annoying, instead of getting all hormonal about being a key, she should have at least asked about what the key was about and why she was the key, before starting to get all "im the key, boo hoo, no one loves me"


Season 3 is the best!!
 
I've got no real problem with season five. It falls somewhere in the middle of the order of favourite to least favourite season for me.

There was nothing incredibly bad about season five but it did fall short in some areas, such as some of the basic details of the Key and Glory's relationship with it (well discussed elsewhere on the Boards) but it also held some of my favourite episodes, such as Spiral, Triangle, Checkpoint and The Replacement, so it can't all have been bad.

Not to mention, Spike started to get centre stage, which is always a good thing in my opinion. 🙂
 
Ok!!! Everyone cant jump on Dawns case!!! She was only in middle school. If in season 7 she was in the 9th grade then in 5 she was in the seven. Dawn deserved alot of crying.....learning that she was a key, that she had fake memories of everything, and that she was only alive for a few months.....then her mother dies, she feels left out by her sister, and is wanted by a crazy hellb*tch.............so crying alot is ok in my book. I love Dawn! I was made she wasn't a potentail..I would of wanted her to take after Buffy........
 
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Maybe no one likes season 5 because Buffy's hair looked like it did? Hmm, maybe not.

I don't know, it's not my least favorite (that would have to go to season 1, unfortunately), but it's not the best either. I liked Dawn okay, and Glory was cool. I just think some of the episodes weren't my cup of tea. Besides the obvious The Body and The Gift, I just wasn't awed by the episodes themselves. Good arc, mediocre filling.
 
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Buffy was not annoying. As some people tend to believe or see it. I think Spike, Anya, Dawn and Giles were annoying.
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like you said its all how people see it, those are actually my favorite Buffy characters. (I get the rest, But how could you hate GILES)
 
I actually liked season 5 heaps. Probably my second favourite season after s3. Yeah, Dawn was annoying at times. Every time she screams "Get out! Get out! Get out!" I just wanna smack her in the head. But I love the way she comes into the series and you go, "Buffy has a sister, wtf?" Then all is revealed a few eps later. I think it's clever and well done.

S5 has the most complete seasonal arc, a great villian, a plethora of sensational episodes (Fool for Love, The Body, Triangle, Intervention, The Gift), Riley messing up and leaving. It all hangs together so well. The only weakness I find when watching it is the ep The Weight of the World. But even this has the comic values of Spike having to explain the Ben/Glory thing time after time.
 
Seasno 5 is one of my favorites...I like the continuity they have in that Season and Glory was a fun baddie. Some of my favorite episodes are in that season too...minus Buffy vs. Dracula. I mean Intervention, Checkpoint and The Gift are three of the best Buffy eppies ever.
 
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Ooh, I like Checkpoint too,
Actually I really loved Season 5. It is one of my favourite Seasons, Season 6 was my ultimate favourite. I liked the storyline with Dawn even if I did hate her and thought she was too whiny, and I liked how Buffy dealt with her mothers death.

I also loved the last episode, and I thought Glory was just great!
 
It was better than season four. I hated Adam, or whatever that frankenstein guy's name was.
 
what season 5 ruled !!!!!!!! go willow and tara

merry x mas to all

i liked the ending with adam....buffy turning the missiles into birds
 
I dont think that seris 5 was all that either because the only thing buffy did was barely beat up glory!!!!!!
 
I didnt care much for Season Five at all. I couldnt stand Dawn, and I disliked her character almost as much as I disliked Riley... The storyline wasnt too bad, seeing as how I have never personally heard anything quite like it before. The only good part about it: Glory. ^^
 
I must agree, there are some characters that really annoyed me; Anya, Faith, Cordelia to name a few, but Dawn is my ultimate pet hate... is it me, or are people always goin to see her as "Harriet the Spy"?!
 
Soozy-18 said:
I must agree, there are some characters that really annoyed me; Anya, Faith, Cordelia to name a few, but Dawn is my ultimate pet hate... is it me, or are people always goin to see her as "Harriet the Spy"?!
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Whaaat? Ok haven't seen Harriet the Spy, but understand why Dawn annoys people (although personally, I have really started liking her).. But Anya? And Faith? That I do not understand at all, gah! Especially Anya in season 5 (since well, Faith isn't there), she's just wonderful, could not love her more 😀
 
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