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Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Six Review

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Six Review

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After making the ultimate sacrifice to save the world last season, Buffy's back from the dead thanks to Willow's magic. But with with no money and no prospects, being alive doesn't seem much fun. Meanwhile, Willow begins to believe magic can solve every problem . . .

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Final score: 
 
3.0
Palmer Reviewed by Palmer    May 23, 2011
Last updated: May 23, 2011
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"I'm pretty spry for a corpse"

Season six sees Buffy the Vampire turn dark - perhaps too dark. Buffy's back from the dead, but it soon becomes clear that she hates her life so much she'd rather be in the grave. Meanwhile, Willow becomes "addicted" to black magic, in a clumsy drug abuse metaphor.

It could have worked - after all, Season Five sees Buffy dealing with the death of her mother, which is about as bleak as it goes - if the show still had that Joss Whedon humour and flair. But for whatever reason, Whedon's touch appears to be absent, perhaps because he was off doing other things and left season six in the hands of colleagues.

It's all rescued, to an extent, in the final four episodes, when the gang's problems come to a head in dramatic fashion.

But overall, season six doesn't live up to the high standards of what's come before.

Verdict

The Good:
The final four episodes are gripping television, and before that we get the famous musical episode, Once More with Feeling, which lives up to all the hype.
The Bad:
Even Alyson Hannigan's superb performance cannot save the corny storyline in which Willow becomes a junkie. The story would have been fine without the drug allusions - we all know that Willow is insecure and lacks self control, so her increasing dependence on magic to solve every problem makes sense. Heavy-handed suggestions that magic is actually a metaphor for crack were unnecessary.
Conclusion:
Some fans love season six but it's just not Buffy at its best.
 

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