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Interesting read - a novice to Buffyverse who calls himself Arbitrar Of Quality reviews old BtVS episodes (thanks for MBangel for a tip!)
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unaired pilot
"Welcome To The Hellmouth"
"The Harvest"
"Witch"
"Teacher's Pet"
"Never Kill A Boy On The First Date"
"The Pack"
"Angel"
"I Robot You Jane"
"The Puppet Show"
"Nightmares"
"Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight"
"Prophecy Girl"
"The When She Was Bad"
"Some Assembly Required"
"School Hard"
"Inca Mummy Girl"
"Reptile Boy"
"Halloween"
"Lie To Me"
"The Dark Age
"What's My Line (Part One)"
"Bad Eggs"
"Ted"
"Surprise"
"Innocence"
"Phases"
"Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered"
"Passion"
"Killed By Death"
"I Only Have Eyes For You"
"Go Fish"
"Becoming (Part I)"
"Becoming (Part II)"
"Anne"
"Dead Man's Party"
"Faith, Hope, and Trick"
"Beauty And The Beasts"
"Homecoming"
"Band Candy"
"Revelations"
"Lovers Walk"
"The Wish"
"Amends"
"Helpless"
"The Zeppo"
"Bad Girls"
"Consequences"
"Dopplegangland"
"Enemies"
"Earshot"
"Choices"
"The Prom"
"Graduation Day (Part One)"
"Graduation Day (Part Two)"
"The Freshman"
"Living Conditions"
"The Harsh Light Of Day"
"Fear Itself"
"Beer Bad"
"Wild At Heart"
"The Initiative"
"Pangs"
"Something Blue"
Hush
Doomed
A New Man
The I In Team
Goodbye Iowa
This Year's Girl
Who Are You?
Superstar
Where The Wild Things Are
New Moon Rising
The Yoko Factor
Primeval
Restless
"Buffy Vs. Dracula"
"Real Me"
"The Replacement"
"Out Of My Mind"
"No Place Like Home"
"Family"
"Fool For Love"
"Shadow"
"Listening To Fear"
"Into The Woods"
"Triangle"
"Checkpoint"
"Blood Ties"
"Crush"
I Was Made To Love You
The Body
Forever
"Intervention"
"Tough Love"
"Spiral"
"The Weight Of The World"
"The Gift"
"Bargaining"
"After Life"
"Flooded"
"Life Serial"
"All The Way"
"Once More, With Feeling"
"Tabula Rasa"
"Smashed"
"Wrecked"
"Gone"
"Doublemeat Palace"
"Dead Things"
"Older And Faraway"
"As You Were"
"Hell's Bells"
"Normal Again"
"Entropy"
"Seeing Red"
"Villains"
"Two To Go"
"Grave"
"Lessons"
"Beneath You"
"Same Time, Same Place"
"Help"
"Selfless"
"Him"
"Conversations With Dead People"
"Sleeper"
"Never Leave Me"
"Bring On The Night"
"Showtime"
"Potential"
"The Killer In Me"
"First Date"
"Get It Done"
"Storyteller"
"Lies My Parents Told Me"
"Dirty Girls"
"Empty Places"
"Touched"
"End of Days"
"Chosen"
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Ratings by season:
Average rating: ["Good minus"]
Quality Percentage [% of episodes ranking Good or higher]
S1: Mean = 3.67, 50% quality
S2: Mean = 3.55, 64% quality
S3: Mean= 3.86, 68% quality
S4: Mean= 3.5, 55% quality
S5: Mean = 3.55, 50% quality
S6: Mean = 3.68, 62% quality
S7: Mean= 3.68, 64% quality
Complete series: Mean = 3.64, 59% quality
"Dirty Dozen" of episodes that spawned the biggest discussions
Fool For Love - 717 posts
The Gift - 705 posts
Seeing Red - 628 posts
Grave - 602 posts
Primevil - 420 posts
Dead Man's Party - 349 posts
The Initiative - 342 posts
Triangle - 318 posts
Wrecked - 314 posts
Lessons 312 posts
Crush - 303 posts
Dead Things - 300 posts
Just in case - spoilerish comments to AoQ's reviews at avt.tv are enciphered; to read, copy and paste them here then click "cipher" button.
unaired pilot
"Welcome To The Hellmouth"
"The Harvest"
"Witch"
"Teacher's Pet"
"Never Kill A Boy On The First Date"
"The Pack"
"Angel"
"I Robot You Jane"
"The Puppet Show"
"Nightmares"
"Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight"
"Prophecy Girl"
"The When She Was Bad"
"Some Assembly Required"
"School Hard"
"Inca Mummy Girl"
"Reptile Boy"
"Halloween"
"Lie To Me"
"The Dark Age
"What's My Line (Part One)"
"Bad Eggs"
"Ted"
"Surprise"
"Innocence"
"Phases"
"Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered"
"Passion"
"Killed By Death"
"I Only Have Eyes For You"
"Go Fish"
"Becoming (Part I)"
"Becoming (Part II)"
"Anne"
"Dead Man's Party"
"Faith, Hope, and Trick"
"Beauty And The Beasts"
"Homecoming"
"Band Candy"
"Revelations"
"Lovers Walk"
"The Wish"
"Amends"
"Helpless"
"The Zeppo"
"Bad Girls"
"Consequences"
"Dopplegangland"
"Enemies"
"Earshot"
"Choices"
"The Prom"
"Graduation Day (Part One)"
"Graduation Day (Part Two)"
"The Freshman"
"Living Conditions"
"The Harsh Light Of Day"
"Fear Itself"
"Beer Bad"
"Wild At Heart"
"The Initiative"
"Pangs"
"Something Blue"
Hush
Doomed
A New Man
The I In Team
Goodbye Iowa
This Year's Girl
Who Are You?
Superstar
Where The Wild Things Are
New Moon Rising
The Yoko Factor
Primeval
Restless
"Buffy Vs. Dracula"
"Real Me"
"The Replacement"
"Out Of My Mind"
"No Place Like Home"
"Family"
"Fool For Love"
"Shadow"
"Listening To Fear"
"Into The Woods"
"Triangle"
"Checkpoint"
"Blood Ties"
"Crush"
I Was Made To Love You
The Body
Forever
"Intervention"
"Tough Love"
"Spiral"
"The Weight Of The World"
"The Gift"
"Bargaining"
"After Life"
"Flooded"
"Life Serial"
"All The Way"
"Once More, With Feeling"
"Tabula Rasa"
"Smashed"
"Wrecked"
"Gone"
"Doublemeat Palace"
"Dead Things"
"Older And Faraway"
"As You Were"
"Hell's Bells"
"Normal Again"
"Entropy"
"Seeing Red"
"Villains"
"Two To Go"
"Grave"
"Lessons"
"Beneath You"
"Same Time, Same Place"
"Help"
"Selfless"
"Him"
"Conversations With Dead People"
"Sleeper"
"Never Leave Me"
"Bring On The Night"
"Showtime"
"Potential"
"The Killer In Me"
"First Date"
"Get It Done"
"Storyteller"
"Lies My Parents Told Me"
"Dirty Girls"
"Empty Places"
"Touched"
"End of Days"
"Chosen"
*******************
Ratings by season:
Average rating: ["Good minus"]
Quality Percentage [% of episodes ranking Good or higher]
S1: Mean = 3.67, 50% quality
S2: Mean = 3.55, 64% quality
S3: Mean= 3.86, 68% quality
S4: Mean= 3.5, 55% quality
S5: Mean = 3.55, 50% quality
S6: Mean = 3.68, 62% quality
S7: Mean= 3.68, 64% quality
Complete series: Mean = 3.64, 59% quality
"Dirty Dozen" of episodes that spawned the biggest discussions
Fool For Love - 717 posts
The Gift - 705 posts
Seeing Red - 628 posts
Grave - 602 posts
Primevil - 420 posts
Dead Man's Party - 349 posts
The Initiative - 342 posts
Triangle - 318 posts
Wrecked - 314 posts
Lessons 312 posts
Crush - 303 posts
Dead Things - 300 posts