15 years ago, on the 27th February 2001, the greatest episode of not just Buffy, but Television aired for the first time. Apart from being the most gut-wrenchingly sad TV experience I’ve ever seen, it’s also the most wonderfully crafted and carefully thought out hour of entertainment ever made, depicting grief in a realistic and thought-provoking way.
Joss Whedon certainly reduced us to a puddle of wet mush for this episode but it’s the details that make this the most brilliantly realised piece of TV ever.
Season 5 is in every way the shows best, part of that is due to the writers careful weaving of the storylines. Dawn/Glory, Riley leaving and Buffy’s Mom were all done with a deft touch and the story of Joyce becoming ill, discovering she has a tumor and getting surgery for it, are the shows most real and difficult to watch story arcs.
After a successful surgery, it’s all the more shocking when Buffy comes home one day to find her mother lying dead on the sofa. This brings us to The Body.
Season 5 would be still excellent if it weren’t for this storyline, yet with it, the theme of the season is nailed home perfectly. As Buffy struggles with the complex emotions of a Slayer, which constitutes an apparent death wish and lust for the kill, the sudden death of her mother, by natural causes no less, is the foundation for the emotional arc that Buffy takes over the course of the season, which takes her towards the greatest season finale.
Joss Whedon certainly reduced us to a puddle of wet mush for this episode but it’s the details that make this the most brilliantly realised piece of TV ever.
Season 5 is in every way the shows best, part of that is due to the writers careful weaving of the storylines. Dawn/Glory, Riley leaving and Buffy’s Mom were all done with a deft touch and the story of Joyce becoming ill, discovering she has a tumor and getting surgery for it, are the shows most real and difficult to watch story arcs.
After a successful surgery, it’s all the more shocking when Buffy comes home one day to find her mother lying dead on the sofa. This brings us to The Body.
Season 5 would be still excellent if it weren’t for this storyline, yet with it, the theme of the season is nailed home perfectly. As Buffy struggles with the complex emotions of a Slayer, which constitutes an apparent death wish and lust for the kill, the sudden death of her mother, by natural causes no less, is the foundation for the emotional arc that Buffy takes over the course of the season, which takes her towards the greatest season finale.
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