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Anya's Flashback episode is the Season 7 ep "Selfless," also one of my favorites.

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Loved the episode, though it's slightly handicapped because it never explains how Anya got her fear of bunnies. I so wanted to know why.

As for best villains, I'm gonna go with a tie between Spike/Dru/Angel and the Mayor. I think the first three seasons were the strongest due to good villains and stories. Season 1 was the beginning and The Master was a good first evil villain. He had that old-school vampire look to him, which was a good way to start.

As I said before, I absolutely loved season 2. Spike and Dru were such great villains because they were funny and cared for one another. It was oddly sweet and you liked seeing them. And, Angel turning evil was great. Throw in Xander/Cordelia, Oz/Willow, Jenny's death, and Kendra, it was an amazing season. One of the best season finales too.

Season 3 was also great. The Mayor was a great villain and the inclusion of Faith, a rebel slayer, was a new twist. She's Buffy's darker side. It's also interesting because it had episodes that were postponed due to it's potential school violence (Jonathan's attempted suicide and blowing up the school). While it obviously wasn't simple, they were so worried about the Ascension, and it was cool that the whole school got involved, but it almost did seem too easy. Oh, and Anya started, so it's all good there. Did she turn into an amazing character or what? Loved the sarcasm.

I did not really like season 4. I'm never a fan of shows when they go from high school to college. For some reason, in high school, having it be somewhat confined makes it better. I really wasn't a fan of Riley, The Initiative, or Adam. Also, I know they were getting rid of him and I adored Tara, but I didn't like the progression of Oz. He seemed to turn into a really big douchebag. "Hush," though, was amazing. Creepiest.looking.villains.ever!!!

Season 5 was odd. I didn't particularly like Dawn because she was really whiny and bitchy. Having Buffy fight a God was definitely interesting. It seemed like the final fight in that she couldn't really fight anything after that. I guess that's true because Joss said he wrote two series finales and that was before UPN picked it up. I'm so glad they didn't end the series with Buffy dead. That really would've sucked. I did like "The Body" because it was different. I wish they would've done more with Dawn as The Key. Maybe she could've had some powers. And, I think they could've done more with Dracula.

Season 6 was dark and depressing. There were some good episodes ("Once More With Feeling," "Tabula Rasa," "Hell's Bells," and others), but it was just too dark. The Troika were funny and were great comedy villains, but didn't match up. The evil Willow thing was also not my cup of tea. It was done pretty well, just not my thing.

I really enjoyed the final season. The First was a very interesting villain, and even though Sunnydale was destroyed, The First obviously still existed. Andrew was wonderful as the comic relief. I liked some of the Potentials towards the end (Vi - though she was really annoying at first, Chao Ahn, and Caridad). Faith's redemption, full circle, it was all nice. Caleb, though, was a male non-God Glory. I'm so glad they decided to only make Xander lose and eye and not kill as originally planned. While it would've been interesting and is like a horror movie where none of the main characters die (Scream 3, anyone?), it would've been depressing seeing any of the original 4 die. While some didn't like it, I liked Anya's quick death. It wasn't drawn out, and somewhat out of the blue, which was actually a nice touch for the finale.


And I apologize for my fan-girl like rant on the series. I'll probably have more in the future.

To be fair, there are many gay people who dated and had relationships with the opposite sex before they came out or met someone of the same sex. It's funny because I read that they were deciding between Willow and Xander as to which one would be gay. Xander may have actually made more sense if you go back to some of his scenes with Larry in seasons 2 and 3 (it's too bad Larry died at the end of season 3; I liked him).

I love the scene with Tara and Willow in the season 5 episode "Checkpoint." It's when the council comes to check up on Buffy before they give her info on Glory. They interview her friends and one asks Tara and Willow about their relationship (he means their relationship with Buffy, but they think it's about the two of them). I like the progression from friends, to good friends, to gay-type lesbian lovers.