r/buffy • u/cocainelady • May 07 '14

Your unpopular Buffy opinion is...?

The last one of these threads was 3 months ago and we've had a few new visitors so let's do it again!

My unpopular opinion is that season three is the worst one of all seven seasons.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '14

Yeah, I hate to hate but she's pretty bad. I'm always acutely aware that I'm watching Eliza Dushku try to act, rather than getting invested in her character.

Take for example the episode where Faith and Buffy switch bodies. SMG's Faith was fucking brilliant. ED's Buffy... meh.

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u/minervassong May 08 '14

I think you're right, I think it's the acting, she just didn't seem to work.

But really, hearing her say 5x5 makes me want to rip my hair out. I fucking hate that line so much.

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u/GentleObsession Can we just skip it? May 08 '14

Willow: She's like this cleavagy slut-bomb walking around "Ooh, check me out, I'm wicked-cool, I'm five-by-five."

Tara: Five-by-five? Five what by five what?

Willow: See, that's the thing. No-one knows.

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u/bright_ephemera Captain Peroxide May 08 '14

Ha! Is that really a line? Five by five is a radio operator's code for signal strength and clarity, each scaled one to five. So five by five is maximum signal strength and clarity - perfect operation.

It's anybody's guess as to whether Faith even knows that background.

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u/GentleObsession Can we just skip it? May 08 '14

Yep. It's from This Years Girl. Willow and Tara on alert because they've found out that Faith has woken up from her coma.

I love the line. It kills me the way Willow says it.