Becoming Part Two has held the top spot for so long - I'm curious if a deathmatch could unseat it.

If Becoming, Pt. 2 loses a deathmatch to anything in S6 or S7 then I quit. (I know that will break a lot of hearts.)

Becoming Part Two has held the top spot for so long

Remember in the TT deathmatches? When we didn't even nominate Spike's "love's bitch" speech from "Lover's Walk", and when it was put to a deathmatch against "death is your art" from FFL it lost? We can be surprising.

joe, don't quit - you just so recently came back.

Fool for Love is one episode that I didn't really love and everyone else seemed to always rank in their top 20.

I know we're not done yet with quote deathmatches, but I might be willing to run said episode deathmatches if they are desired by a significant number of Buffistas and become server-ly possible.

Unless, of course, said deathmatches would have a high probability of having nothing but pain come out of them, in which case I never said this, as I wish to be associated with nothing pain-inducing to Buffistas.

I just stumbled upon a link on slayage.com that said Smallville was the new Buffy. I agree to a sense that they have ripped off some very similar plot lines for monsters of the week and are all about the angst. But then they go on to say that Smallville is starting to hit its stride as Buffy did in S3. While I think this is when Buffy started to fire on all cylinders(somewhere between S2 and S3) I dont know so much about Smallville. They are starting to get away from the monster of the week occasionally, and the show is at its best when it does stray from this. It also says that it mixes humor, drama, and action like Buffy did. A point to which I totally disagree. It does great mixing drama and action, but terrible on working any good(or any at all) humor. The show needs more of it, unlike 24 which is actually better without any humor seeing as we find Kim plotlines as laughable enough. No need for any more.

I am actually a fan of Smallville. It ain't no Buffy. It's not S3 Buffy, it's not even S5 Buffy. Hell, it's not even the movie.

However this weekend's O.C. marathon gave me TV joy that was as close to Buffy heyday viewage joy as I have ever gotten. But it's not Buffy either.

I saw NKABotFD last night on Fox. Laughed my ass off. I miss my show.

I just stumbled upon a link on slayage.com that said Smallville was the new Buffy.

ummm, no. Maybe _trying_ to be the new Buffy, but so not there yet.

It also says that it mixes humor, drama, and action like Buffy did. A point to which I totally disagree. It does great mixing drama and action, but terrible on working any good(or any at all) humor

I COMPLETELY agree. The only times that I laugh at Smallville are not intended by the producers. (like, say, when Clark and Lex try to pretend they're "just friends")

My main distinction between Buffy and Smallville would be that Buffy was good.

Although I watch and enjoy Smallville, where's its Suprise/Innocence? Where's its Prophecy Girl? And Buffy had more than hit its stride by S3. S2 kicked ass.

Yeah, Smallville can sometimes come up with a good idea -- but it doesn't follow through. I don't know whether this is because it is hampered by a high number of beginning actors who don't seem to be catching on -- or if it's the writing or direction or what.