Making up with your Ex | Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2x22 "Becoming Part 2" | Normies Group Reaction! 

Well yeah but I didn't get to run him through with a sword during the breakup fight!

I'm still friends with my ex-fiance, 43 years after we broke up. We've hung out at a number of our high school reunions. :)

@thenormies why would she be angry at Willow? Xander is the one who lied to her about the plan

Even in a crowd that’s true.

I never noticed that parallel. Awesome that there are still new things to discover about the show.

@@rayswartz3378 I feel like the parallel between his Sire - Darla, and his Choice - Buffy is pretty blatant. He loved Darla because he had to, he loved Buffy because he chose to. And Darla, when confronted by an Angelus who couldn't be what she expected [because of curse - completely outside his control] IMMEDIATELY threw him away. While, Buffy, after everything Angelus did to her [because of actions outside of his control] could be expected to throw the past away & instead try to save Angel anyway [because he - in effect - had repented from his vampire/demonic ways]. There is an undercurrent, I think, but I can't quite vocalize about Humanity's ability to forgive awful past actions of someone in order to value their present actions and who they are now, while for the soulless, you're only what they know about you [no, actually they only value what they expect of you, and you damned well better not deviate from that expectation]. Humans [hm, maybe Joss is being a little too humanist and seeing a little too much nobility in people here] can see you for what you've become, the vampires can only see what you MUST be and if you fail that litmus test, it's instant rejection. Hmm. I still feel like I'm not articulating this exactly. But, I maintain that the Darla/Buffy comparison was there prior to being spelled out by BECOMING.

The parallel with the, ‘close your eyes is beautiful. Darla tells him that and then takes his mortal life, while Buffy says it before taking his immortal life. Classic Whedon.

I love Spike, Anya and Cordie. Honorable mention to Giles.

Just starting the full episode reaction now, and your comment has me extra hyped!

Did NOT disappoint. Fair to say they were surprised/impressed?

i can't wait for THAT episode.

@@RecoveringChristian are we talking about THE episode? 😢

@@Vale9118 gurl, you know 💅💅💅😭😭😭

Same, longest summer of my life.

Sarah McLachlan was used for two season finales: this and Season 6.

Same!!! And yes the song is Full of Grace by Sarah McLachlan.

Na, loved him from his debut, this just makes it better

Angelus wasn't a simple killing machine either. He loved tormenting people.

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

Agreed the Whistler is a bit convenient. I forgive it only because down the line, he was supposed to return in the Angel spin off, but they went with a different character.

To be honest I wish more shows would just let stunt doubles go wild and show off. Now it's all floppy boneless CGI people

Ikr

I’m hanging for Season 5, best season ever.

@@TheJayden3977 Ahhh a very Glorious season. Very good itself, probably my 2nd favorite. But season 3 is the one for me because it's still got some campy HS cheese to it. Season 5 just reminds me of becoming an adult & learning how much that sucks. Becoming an adult is a killer....literally.

@@TheJayden3977 yeah season five finale actually pays off the filler episodes! The Buffy Bot, the Troll Hammer, even Xander working construction all pays off!

Season 3 for me too. There's no weak episodes. Plus it has my favourite episode in "Dopplegangland" (Willow is my favourite).

Agreed but it would've even better had that not known of the Angel spinoff.

@@justyouravgjoe3962 at least they seem to not know when he spins off, at least at this point.😅

@@MsKimifer yeah seems they think it's terminator or something lol

I don't think there's anyone who doesn't think season 2 or 3 are the best Buffy gets.

@@ReXtion88 Season 6 is the best season, hands down.

@@ReXtion88 i actually think season 2 is the second worst season, my ranging is 4,5,3,6,7,2,1

@@Fatalbeast22 wow 4 is your fave? That's probably the least common I've heard haha. But to each their own of course 🙂

@@ebabilg spike stuff along with blank and xander stuff mainly, the villian is kinda weak tho I'll admit, depending on my mood season 3 and 4 sometimes beat it. Also I say blank, because spoilers incase the normies ever read this but we all know who I mean, the xander simp

Just had to scroll through and make sure Suraj's question got answered

Lies. Personally, he ruined the show for me when they shoved him into everything. He was a great recurring villain but what they did to him in later seasons was annoying and ruined a great villain.

@@lilywong9672 Outragiously disagree. While there are a few rough sections in his character arc (mostly s4 and s7 for me) all around I always found him engaging. My third favorite Buffyverse character. Only behind Wes and Illyria.

@@lilywong9672 hot damn are you in the minority with that opinion 😆

@@lilywong9672 You're just wrong. Sorry.

@@djsosonut Illyria is one of your favorites?! No shame, just extreme shock and confusion. But again, to each their own. Fred is top 10 for me, but I don't know if Illyria makes most people's list.

For a lot of us at the time watching it as it aired, this was peak. And from hindsight, it was peak. Rest got weird.

@@cheesehands3112 absouletely not.

@@cheesehands3112 Eh, agree to disagree. I watched live and 2-5 was peak for me. 6 is a weird and poorly executed mixed bag, and 7 just made me cry because it was the final season.

Facts.

Nah.

Yeah I did not notice the stunt doubles until HD and then it was really shockingly obvious lol

Five by five :)

I can't wait for them to get to the 5 by 5 saga!!! To this day those episodes are still awesome!!

Faith was such a great addition to the show. And The Mayor is such an awesome entertaining villain

Pats perfect woman. He's going to loooooove her. Calling it now.

@@MsKimifer of course Pat is going to love her! She's his type of woman! 🤣🤣🤣

Still want an animated alternative universe spin-off

Then there were those of us who didn’t have cable and recorded it off the air with our cheap VCRs onto streaky, fuzzy, badly synced VHS videocassettes. I watched those crappy tapes for years, tears streaming down my face

I figure Spike cut off the blood to her brain, which will make people pass out just as well and even faster than cutting off their air.

As Whistler said, no one is ready for the big stuff

hmm... wonder why... :)

I see what u did there

SKIRT GIRL!

I'm glad they don't read the RU-vid comments!

I saw what you did there.

@@Madbandit77 couldn’t help myself. I’m very excited for season 3 reactions lol

That feel when you think he's just a good storyteller... and then hindsight when *we* realize nope, man's a control freak with a hella cruel streak and poor sense of boundaries.