OK, season 2. What can i say about season 2. Well for a Start it has some of THE best episodes of the entire series, look at the likes ofg Passion, School Hard, Halloween and the wonderful Ted to name a few. But adversely, for me it also has THE worst of the series too, Reptile Boy, Some Assembly Required, BAD Eggs anyone. but over all as a season it's defniately one to watch. The stand alones on the whole either work well or just work(*baring the few exceptions..obviously). The few tow parters are really good, and the overall last half arc of Spike, Dru and ANGELUS are rivetting to watch.
The show starts with When She Was Bad, and i must say, when i first saw it, i liked it, but now i don't like it. It just seems so weak, especially with what we have seen from Whedon who wrote and directed this epi.
Some Assembly is one the few i have as dire, and ok its giving Cordy a chance to shine a bit, but i just find the story poor and the execution a bad, i would rather have had a couple of Scoobie centric episodes before Cordy, THEN bring in this one.
School Hard is a fantastic opener for one of the verse greatest characters, Spike...NOT Souled Spike, not Do-Gooder Chipped Spike...But Evil, Ruthless Spike.
Inca Mummy Girl was a bit of an iffy factor for me, though we get some Xander time, it was already starting to get annoyingly predictable with the Xander - Male, Demonic Presence - Female....Make the connection.....
Reptile Boy was just poor. I liked the whole idea but the execution stank, I mean Secret Societies and demon worship, very Illuminati i just didnt like this attempt.
Halloween for me possibly one of the greatest, if only for the scene of Willow trying to convince Cordy who she is, as opposed to the possible cat, also a great introduction to a Villain that i loved everytime he appeared, Ethan Rayne was marvellous.
Lie to Me i loved the idea of the Vampire worshippers, even Billy was a plausible character, looking for a way to live....totally believeable, in the sense that, well i'm sure at our most desperate we would consider anything......though not necessarily go through with it.
The Dark Age, Ripper and Ethan Rayne....do i need to say anything else...nope...its really good.
What's My Line, Part One and Two. I liked this, Kendra is awesome, would have LOVED more time with this Slayer, something about her being a Pure Slayer seemed great. Alsoi love Willie the Snitch.
Ted - THE Funniest Actor in THE funniest Episode....Ted is one of my favourite episodes and its all thanx to John Ritter you think i'm wrong...'Beg to Differ!'
Bad Eggs pooh....pooh...though i did like the Gorch Brothers
Surprise pt1 and Innocence pt2 this is a great episode, things dont look like they could get worse, Spike, Dru and this 'Judge' that is obviously gonna be reassembled....oops how wrong...lets have Angelus...marvellous.
Phases was an episode that i liked simply because it gave us Oz time, plus a chance for a good werewolf story.
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered i liked this, ok i wasnt crazy about it but i loved the Idea of Dru wanting Xander from the spell....though Joyce was disturbing..a bit.....
Passion my personal favourite of this season(unless i watch one or two of the others). This has everything i want from an episode. Suspence, Drama, a bit of comedy, Angelus killing, Giles intent on revenge, and tears....great.
Killed by Death, wasnt too keen on this one, its just a bit blah, with everything thats going on, i know they need to break it up a bit, but i just didnt feel it felt right here.
I Only Have Eyes For You, this one again, i wasnt overly keen, but it was perfectly placed, and did have some great Buffy/Angelus time.
Go Fish... Fu.......off one of the worst epis.....i could not have been more bored if the power had gone and it was dark and i had no candles...
Becoming, Part One and Two, this is a fantastic season ender....though its sad that the only person who died was Kendra(Angel was sent to Hell), i loved those few final moments.
Ok so over all a really good season, with some very great but at the same time some really bad points. Along with season 3 its the season i recommend people MUST watch.
sorry for the ramble again.