(Season 2, Episodes 15-18)

A major development for Oz, one of the lighter episodes we’ve seen followed immediately by one of the most tragic. There’s a reason this show resonates so strongly still with its legions of followers. And I don’t think it has anything to do with Buffy’s penchant for animal prints.

Seth Green is so much fun as Oz, it’s nice to see the writers finding more to do with him. On the opposite end of the spectrum, wheelchair bound Spike is almost no fun at all. All that screen presence he commanded is virtually gone with him bound down like that. Angel and Drusilla certainly make up for it, and the banter between the three is great fun, but I think I need Spike back to his bad self before too much longer.

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If you’re following our series of Blowing the Hatch posts, then you saw last week that Keith talked about Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The fun part of the Blow the Hatch moments is that they make for great debates. Keith thought that when Angelus popped back onto the scene in season two of Buffy the show took off, and my Blow the Hatch moment isn’t too different.

I think even the most ardent of Buffy fans will admit that the series really came into its own during the second season. I certainly have a fondness in my heart for a lot of the episodes from the first season (I still think I’m the only person who likes “The Puppet Show”), but the show kicked into gear during season two.

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