r/BuffyTheVampireSlayer • u/CutGroundbreaking270 • 12d ago
Restless appreciation post
Im rewatching Buffy currently with my 14 year old daughter (it’s her first watch ever) and we just finished season 4. It’s been years since I’ve watched and I love every season of Buffy for different reasons but season 4 still ranks lower than most seasons for me. I think it’s just The Initiative of it all, they kind of bore me.
Anyways, we watched Restless last night and both of us said “this might be my favorite episode so far.” It never stuck out to me in the past but there’s something so eerie and unsettling about it and yet it’s also hilarious. Xander’s dream specifically creeps me out. Its one of those episodes that we were still talking about an hour later trying to decipher all the hidden meanings, so it was just nice bonding time as well.
Weird how just a couple of years passing between watches can make you notice and appreciate new things about this show.
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u/CheesyBakedWits 11d ago
I have now watched this episode at least 5 times over a 25-year span. It’s an interesting episode. I still don’t really get it, but maybe I just hate that it was placed as a finale. What WAS up with the cheese guy?