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

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Am I the only one who didn't find Dawn annoying? When was she bitchy? The times I can remember her storming off and doing something stupid (and I watched s5 just a couple of weeks ago) were in Real Me (running outside when Buffy is telling her friends that Dawn is an idiot), Blood Ties (sneaking off and breaking into the Magic Shop, cutting herself, burning her diaries and running away from home after she finds out she's only been alive for six months) and Forever (Trying to resurecct her mother after she died). Buffy's done a lot more stupid shit on the show, and whined about a lot pettier stuff, yet she doesnt catch nearly as much flak for it as Dawn does.
 
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i dont find dawn annoying, and when she was, i think that that was the POINT. she was SUPPOSED to be! i really like dawn.
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raniE said:
Am I the only one who didn't find Dawn annoying? When was she bitchy? The times I can remember her storming off and doing something stupid (and I watched s5 just a couple of weeks ago) were in Real Me (running outside when Buffy is telling her friends that Dawn is an idiot), Blood Ties (sneaking off and breaking into the Magic Shop, cutting herself, burning her diaries and running away from home after she finds out she's only been alive for six months) and Forever (Trying to resurecct her mother after she died). Buffy's done a lot more stupid shit on the show, and whined about a lot pettier stuff, yet she doesnt catch nearly as much flak for it as Dawn does.
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in my opinion, and as some people have said before me, when dawn was annoying it was because she was supposed to be. she was meant to be this annoying teen sister who bugged buffy out of her mind sometimes, cause that's the way sisters can be. she was also supposed to be realistic. there are people out there, mostly around dawn's age, who can be annoying with the storming off, spoiling things, and whatnot (as in s5) and who feel that no one cares they exist (as in s6). also, by her being annoying, we can understand buffy's perspective and how she felt about her. yet buffy still loved her, despite the things she did. we should be able to like her too.
 
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Buffy from "Blood Ties": "You are my sister... There's no way you could annoy me so much if you weren't." Enough said.
Ha! and I thought I was the only one who wasnt a huge fan of season 5. lol. Its not that it was bad at all (it had some awesome episodes in it). I just wasnt feeling this season as i did the rest. I cant stand dawn, she definitely ruined it for me. I think thats one of the biggest reasons why i wasnt into it as the others.
 
This is actually my favourite season, so far 😉. I used to think it wasn't that great, but now it's the season I watch the most of, think I find Buffy easy to relate to in this season more then any other. Plus it has so many great stand alones like season 4, but it also tied the arc together really well. Dawn wasn't too hard to stand, much more so in season 6, but they always give her so much to whine about.
 
I personally thought that Season 5 was one of hte best seasons of Buffy, it is actually my favorite season in the whole series. It had a great storyline, and the acting was great not that the acting was bad in the earlier seasons or later ones for that matter. Yes, Dawn was annoying but that was how she was supposed to be an annoying teeanger sister that always was in Buffy's hair, and always caused some type of trouble. Buffy never whined once, she cried yes, because her mom died and because she blamed herself for Dawn getting taken by Glory.

Loved the season 🙂
 
I thought season five was one of the better seasons too. Way better than the awful season 4...my two fave seasons are three and five.
 
raniE said:
Season 5 is definitely my favorite season of Buffy. Although it did have it's weak points (The Knights of Byzantium, the chumping of Riley) it had so much godd stuff that I can just ignore the weaker parts. Glory was a great big bad, and the seasonal story arc was really great. There were some really great episodes, like The Body, The Gift, Family, Real Me, Blood Ties and Fool For Love, and none that were really bad.

The characters were almost uniformly great, I really liked dawn from the first time she appeared onscreen, and really don't get all the hate against her. also, Spike finally found a place in the series (as opposed to "just being around" in season 4) and it was fun to contrast how bad he used to be (as seen in Fool For Love) with how pathetic he had become. Willow and Tara were great, and I really liked their relationship. It was great fun to see Xander and Giles pick themselves up from their season 4 slumps and get new senses of purpose, and Joyce was just really really great.

Anya unfortunately seemed to simply exist as comic relief, and Riley was changed from the promising character he had been in s4, to an idiot. Also, Glorys minions were way too incompetent, and The Knights of Byzantium were totally lame. But it's still my favorite season.
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Season Five is my favorite Buffy Season by far. I loved Glory's minions hence my screename! There quotes always crack me up!
 
I was really impressed with season 5, i don't thin k it was flawless, but I do think a lot of the things that annoy people about season five are the exact same things that make it such a great season. For example: A lot of people think that dawn was to "whinney" and she should have been stronger as a character, where I think that the fact that she was so immature and wheepy all the time just made the end of seaon five where Buffy died for Dawn for dramtic. Dawn needed her big sister to look after her, and she did by making the ultimate sacrafice to keep her safe. I have a little sister myself, who is as annoying as hell (like dawn) and she relies on me to do everything for her, because I am her big sister, like buffy was to dawn.
 
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that's nice but just promise us you won't go jumping off towers into mystical vortexes, though...
Season 5 is one of my favourites.I really like the stroy arc and I think Glory was a great big bad.I agree Dawn was annoying but she was supposed to be. I was happy when Riley left.And Willow and Tara were great in this season.Also this season was more realistic and I liked that.
 
i really liked season 5.. especially when glory showed up. she was so cute it almost made me not miss the mayor so much. almost.

i wanted to kill dawn at first but i guess she just played that annoying sister bit a little too well.
 
Season Five was my least favorite. But it did have it's redeeming episodes (The Body...)
 
This isn't my favorite season but I still loved it! They had a lot of good episodes that I would watch over and over again. Yes Dawn was annoying at times as well as Glory, but I think some of the episodes made up for that. I also liked the season finale episode. One of their best's.

The season I didn't think was all that good was season 7.
 
I just started s5 again last week, raced through it and watching the final 3 eps tonight! I think it's brilliant, personally.
 
I really liked this season! Probably my second fave season after season 6!!! Although i agree, Whiny dawn- accchhh annoy-ing! sometimes i just wanted to smack her but over all, it was VERY well done!😀
 
Season 5 twas my favorite season from the moment I saw it, mainly because of the storyline and Glory!! :thumbs_up The bestest villian ever!!! She was bitchy and more powerful than Buffy! Tis rare!

I loved pretty much everything about the season...except for them god awful knights. I mean, c'mon! They just show up out of nowhere, often knowing exactly where Buffy and the gang are. like in Spiral, how would they know that the gang was in THAT camper, in the middle of the desert! please, so lame!
 
I don't mind season 5 personally.

There are some great Willow/Tara moments and possibly their best moments together in "Family".

Joyce's arc, "Shadow" and "The Body" in particular.

Spike's slow descent into the murky world of Spuffy.

Riley is kept to the background and eventually leaves (yay).

Olaf and Anya, one of the funniest episodes of the season and possibly the series.

Drusilla returns and wreaks havoc on Sunnydale again, a brief glimpse of the good old evil Spike.

Space monster! I mean come on, the one and only outer space Demon. Ok not such a bog deal when all the others come from other universes altogether but still.

The little Leper guys (and gal) are funny, some of the better minions on the show.

"Fool for Love" is a brilliant episode, other than Spikes past we learn more of the lore of the Slayer and the execution of the story is good.

Dracula himself turns up to claim Buffy for the undead. One of Xanders most memorable performances.

Buffybot!

And the most emotional finale of the show, I dare you not to at least get a little teared up when "Sacrifice" starts playing.

And probably quite a few other things I'm forgetting but those stand out as Season 5's best moments to me.
 
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