Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Even if a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode isn't as fantastic as something like "Once More with Feeling", "The Body" or "Hush", there's still normally redeeming moments and things I enjoy. Even in the episode I picked there are a few things I like but I feel this is one of the few BtVS that really really doesn't work: "Beer Bad"
Really? An episode that demonstrates that when college kids drink they regress to cavemen? Really?! This has to be the most unsubtle "metaphor" that BtVS ever tried to pull off. Thanks for the anvil of a metaphor! And did we really need all those extended scenes of these guys being cavemen? Really?! Really?!
Sure I enjoyed the Xander parts and Cave!Buffy was kind of adorable, but was this really the best they could do with the concept?
For a show that so poignantly illustrated how first love can go horribly wrong and the man you love can become a monster, this has all the subtly and deftness of an episode of Charmed. At least they didn't dress Buffy up in a skimpy cavewoman outfit, but really is that how low my expectations are about this episode?! Also, the whole fake-out conversation with Willow and Parker just annoys the hell out of me. hahaha, apparently talking about this episode brings out my crankiness!
So, okay, that wasn't very hard to write about after all!
Upcoming tomorrow: A show everyone should watch
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