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Release Date: 09 December, 2003 Retail Price: $59.98 OUR Price: $44.99 You SAVE: $14.99! Cast: |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fifth Season Reviews
The beginning of the end
On first glance Season 5 seems like an awesome season, and while it IS good, there are some problems. Buffy The Vampire Slayer has always tried to maintain a good continuity but that falls apart here.
In the season premiere we are introduced to Dawn Summers, the newly-arrived younger sister of Buffy, the show's heroine. The fact is, however, that Dawn is not real. Dawn, we learn, is actually "The Key".....a mystical ball of green glowing energy that will open the doorway between dimensions and ultimately bring Hell on Earth. While that sounds like a great plotpoint that could make for an impressive story arc, it falls apart when we learn that this "energy" was made into human form from Buffy's blood so she will be given a viable reason to protect it from this season's "big bad" Glory (or Glorificus, as her minions refer to her). The problem with that is, where did the monks who made Dawn acquire Buffy's blood? This is not explained.
Another problem with Season 5 is the amount of "goofiness". The third episode "The Replacement" was just plain dumb. It didn't leave me on the edge of my seat as previous episodes have. What was with the episode where Willow and Anya accidentally create Olaf the Troll God and the film strip-like flashbacks? Were they really running out of money and had to use that cheap film tactic to do a flashback scene? While Sarah Michelle Gellar is a wonderful actress who can range from drama to comedy in the blink of an eye, I also didn't like her portrayal of the Buffybot. While having Warren come in with his Aprilbot made for a good episode, and showed how a person can be hurt and their reaction when they realize that someone they love doesn't love them back, extending that storyline with Warren creating the Buffybot for Spike was pathetic.
While not the worst season of Buffy, Season 5 was certainly not one of the best. If I had to put the seasons into three categories (Great, Good, and Awful), this season would certainly be in the Good but not Great category.
5th season?
The fifth season was the most exotic. It shows Buffy growing up. In the beginning of the series Buffy likes to go to parties and liked to be with men but in the fifth season its like a 1000 pound dummbell of responsibility toppled over her. She has a new sister and is forced to take care of her when their mother dies. Reily leavs and she is without a boyfriend to comfort her. She ends up sacrificing herself for her sister and that shows that she knew what her gift meant and she wasnt afraid to die for someone who was less important than her, that shows a lot of responsibility too. Over all this season was good but it is one of the saddest.
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