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

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Soozy-18 said:
I really do feel that Series 5 was quite a let down. I wasnt and never have been keen on "whiny" Dawn, and all folks seemed to do was cry, cry, cry, then die!

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I completely do NOT agree with you. Season 5 was a good season. The key issue, the fighting a God issue, and I'll tell you right now, little siblings ARE whiny and annoying, so dont give me that hooplah. It was a well done season. And "The Gift" was a SPLENDID season finale.
 
Season 5 was the best. along with season 2. and season 3. and 4. and 6 and 7 and 1... wait... season 1 wasn't that good. I love all the season, I love this series so much! and season 5 rules!
 
This season as a whole was not my favorite season, but it had some of my all tiem favorite episodes like The Body and Fool For Love.
 
I must admit that "The Body" was a decent episode, but that was about it. The whole season wasnt the best effort from the producers!

BOO to Season 5!!
 
I loved this season. It was much better than season 4. I was sooo glad the Riley left! I hated him! Spike feel in love with Buffy and there began the best couple ever!!! It's not my favorite season but i still love it. There were great episodes like Fool For Love, Intervention, The Gift, Family and The Body
 
i really like this season i thought it was great and i liked dawn yes she did have a lot of problems going on in her life why don't u just think about that her mom dies..she finds out she is the key and she has sister problems... she might have screamed alot but in my opinion that is a normal teenage response to all that stress... and grief plus before all that her mom was sick and she had to live with that everyday when she came back from school.. u really can not blame her for being ticked off about her own life... we notice in s6 when she sings she say does anyone notice her u can see right there that she feels alone.
 
I actually really liked this season. It has to be one of my favorites!!

So many great things happened. Glory was a great baddie, Tara's larger role in the group, Buffy's mother dying, Buffy sacrificing herself to save Dawn.

I thought this was a really emotional season and I loved it!! :smile2:
 
Soozy-18 said:
I really do feel that Series 5 was quite a let down. I wasnt and never have been keen on "whiny" Dawn, and all folks seemed to do was cry, cry, cry, then die!

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I pretty much thought that too. Dawn was whiny, everything was falling apart, Giles was going, Joyce gone. It was a let down, okay. But when I saw Season 6, I actually realized that Season 5 was to be an alright season. It was better than three seasons I can name; Season 4, 6 and 7. Of course it can't beat Season 2 or 3, but nothing can. Ehem.
 
This wasn't my favourite season but it most certainly wasn't the worst. I mean, of course...there are let downs in almost every single season but you have to give this season some credit. It was an overall good season but it wasn't my favourite.
 
I like the seasons that keeps the scoobies busy and this is one of them. Season five was awesome! Glory kept me layghing. We got to see yet another change in the storyline. Getting itno more depth of the characters.........
 
I think season 5 was really good. This was one of the most intense season of the whole series in my opinion. The bad part was Dawn being so whiny, I must agree with that.
 
I think season 5 was great. It had a lot of drama and great episodes. I agree that Dawn was whiny but she was a young teenager who obviously got babied by her mother. I cut her some slack.
 
Season 5 was my favourite season. There was so many good episodes, and so many beautifully done episodes (IE The Body) So, I thought season 5 was good.
 
I really do feel that Series 5 was quite a let down. I wasnt and never have been keen on "whiny" Dawn, and all folks seemed to do was cry, cry, cry, then die!

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... are you serious...?

A let down..? season five had more amazing twists then any other season of Buffy. Yes even more than season two. And how could you say there is too much crying? Buffy's mom died.. of course theres going to be crying. Did you think that everyone was going to have a huge party and forget about the apending apocolypse? If so, then I think your watching the wrong television series. and I hear everyone complain about how Dawn was "whiney" well let's see how you feel when you find out that you're just a mystical ball of energy and that every memory you had isn't real. And then, on top of that, her mom, pretty much her only and best friend, died. I think she has all right to be whiney. And then there's Glory. The first chick ever in the whole series that was more powerfull than Buffy (excluding Adam, but he was killed in a matter of seconds anyways.). She beat the crap outta her, on multiple occasions. For the first time on Buffy, there was an almost unbeatable opponent that had a legion of minions on her side that would die for her cause. Buffy beating Glory was amazing all on it's own. And then the finale.. can you honestly sit there and say that you weren't in tears after that performance?

Sorry if that sounded bitter and rude, It wasn't aimed to be.
 
It's always hard to answer the "favourite Big Bad" question but I think that mine is Glory. Somehow she seemed so appropriate a foe for Buffy. Great scene in "Checkpoint" where Glory suddenly shows up in Buffy's living room. I was taken aback to see Spike openly having a crush on Buffy. Nevertheless, the relationship that he and Buffy had built up by the end of the season-mutually supporting but not lovers-was, I think, as fine as anything they had in Season 7. Definitely much finer than their relationship in Season 6. Anya was really good in this season too-really becoming part of the gang although she remained cluelessly undiplomatic. Tara too, really became part of the gang with the episode "Family".

One thing about Season 4 was that the Scooby gang was kind of homeless after they lost the Sunnydale High School library as a meeting place. Dorm rooms, Xander's basement, Giles apartment, they all didn't quite add up to the same thing. In Season 5 this was remedied when they set up in the Magic Box.

I couldn't believe it when we lost Joyce-such a vital part of the Buffy world. Just when it seemed that she was going to make it. I've never seen a more powerful depiction of losing a parent, I think "The Body" easily merited an Emmy award.

I felt that the flaw of Season 5 was that they couldn't quite establish the bond between Buffy and Dawn which lies at the core of the main story arc. There just wasn't enough time for me to really get used to having Dawn in the picture before the high powered finish at Glory's tower. Nevertheless, I think "The Gift" is the best crafted of all the season finales, and that's saying a lot.
 
i really liked season 5 it was a good season with many cool plots
 
I didn't like season 5, i think it was the worst season of Buffy 🙁
 
Soozy-18 said:
I really do feel that Series 5 was quite a let down. I wasnt and never have been keen on "whiny" Dawn, and all folks seemed to do was cry, cry, cry, then die!

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It was my favorite season to be honest. There was a deeper character development with Buffy, Spike, Joyce, Xander, and even Anya. I enjoy it. To me, season six was a bit dry but that's just me.
 
I think the season had some good episodes... a lot of them in fact. That being said, it is probably my least favorite to watch due to the DEPRESSING tone it sets for the whole Scooby Gang life. I find it stressful to watch!
 
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