The Wish

I'm watching this again years after the first viewing, and it's as good as I remember it. It is sad, yet hopeful. It is serious, but with humor, dark humor. It is poignant, and shows what could have been. And it is joyous.

Some shows aren't as good years later when you watch them again. Some episodes of Buffy, like many in the second season (besides the obviously pivotal ones, aren't as good as I remember them. But this episode shows two worlds without rushing through either. It is fast-paced, yet deliberate.

It is perfect.

Just when you think Cordelia who isn't even part of Buffy's group could get more selfish and stupid. She decides to wish for a world without Buffy the girl who has been keeping Cordelia alive! Anyanka is a demon who can give people a wish and Cordelia has her wish come true. The world is terrible with a past villain who Buffy barely managed to kill in the first season is back. He is doing something very awful to people. Xander and Willow are vampires and luckily this is just a what if story because they are terrible acting as vampires. Cordelia really shows off her lack of intelligence. Buffy has saved her life at least 4 times not including saving the whole world 2 times now so really stupid. The main villain from the first season, who people didn't think was that interesting is back and taken over since Buffy wasn't there to stop him. She finds a group of students trying to fight off the villain and gets attacked. This is a what if episode so it doesn't stick, unfortunately.

Best buffy epiosed classic. Good monster exlecent epiosed favourite. Demon anynka better demon than human.

This is the Worst Episode for many reasons. Basically all of the possible reasons. It's basic, stereotypical, overly overtly sexualised (which makes it borderline paedophilic considering the age of the main trio), badly written, bad storyline... You name it.

Prostetics were mostly good, the acting as good as the directing and writing allowed. The rest you can throw in the trash