Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 4

Pros: Rich character development for some characters...
Cons: Some characters have little to do--or leave entirely

800 Reviews. I can't believe it. And yet...it doesn't surprise me. Seven months ago I first visited Sunnydale, and met Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'd been encouraged to check out the adventures of Buffy for years and years by friends and neighbors, ...

Pros: Hush is brilliant. Faith comes back for a couple of episodes.
Cons: I didn't like the Initiative thing and did Willow really need to turn lesbian?

The fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is right in the middle of the series that ran seven seasons. It has some of the most drastic changes in both the stories and the cast. From what I’ve read in other reviews, this appears to be the ...

Pros: The episode Hush
Cons: Goodbye, Oz...

At the end of S eason 3, the graduating class has just defeated the Mayor’s Ascension and blown up the High School in the process… so that makes it convenient that the Sunnydale crew we’re most interested ...

Pros: Cool archvillain, Spike gets some real character development.
Cons: The whole military angle gets unsettling, Riley takes some getting used to.

Season Four marks a huge turn in the life of Buffy and her friends. In many ways aside from the mathematical, it is like a "midpoint" of the series -- the first three seasons take us through high school, the last three are more or less Buffy's ...

Pros: lots... this is Buffy after all
Cons: I miss Oz

Recap Season Three of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended with our title character (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and her friends defeating the demon Mayor (by utterly destroying their high school -- fortunately, this was after they'd already ...

Pros: Generally quality story arc, some brilliant episodes
Cons: A few filler episodes, slightly expensive

This is my entry to the Pride write-off, hosted by Psychovant, ed_grover, and SurgRn911. Basical ...

Pros: "Hush" and "Restless" are TV classics. Many other excellent episodes.
Cons: The main story arc is weakly handled. A few out-and-out duds.

Please Note: Despite being tagged for spoilers, this review makes reference to significant plot developments from Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Season Three. Introduction The transition to college life and more adult-focused ...

Pros: Home of one of the best episodes, Hush
Cons: Oz...gone (sniffle, sniffle)

"Into every generation a Slayer is born..." Nowhere in the books does it say the Slayer goes to college. But, as any avid fan (or superfan) would know, Buffy defies all that is set in front of her, and this season, the Scoobies go to College. ...

Pros: Though not the best Buffy season, it acts as a transition for the latter seasons.
Cons: Not the best by a long shot. And again almost zilch commentary from the cast.

In many ways, Buffy Season Four is a new beginning for the show. The new hot spot for supernatural ...

Pros: Amusing, Occasionally Clever, Social Realism, Acting
Cons: Wandering Focus, Some Character Choices, One or Two Performances

When it returned for its fourth season, "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" had a tough task. How to come back from a season finale where the apocalypse is averted and the High School is literally destroyed in a fiery battle? How to come back to the town of ...

Pros: Despite a few weak stories, season four is a good transition to adulthood for Buffy
Cons: There are some weak stories, and the Big Bad isn't really all that bad

I should, technically, be doing a review of Buffy Season 3 first, but it's on loan to someone else right now so I couldn't watch it and have all the details fresh in my mind. However, season 4 is sitting here, looking all inviting so I started watching t ...

Pros: “Hush” & “Beer Bad”
Cons: as a whole, a bit awkward

While Joss Whedon receives full marks for not keeping his characters in high school for eight years, their transition into adulthood is awkward – although that might have been the point. Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and friends graduated ...

Pros: James Marsters is a permanent fixture.
Cons: Sad to see Seth Green go.

It's the first year of college and Buffy is having trouble adjusting. Willow is in her element and it doesn't hurt that Oz is by her side. Buffy faces off with a vamp named Sunday with minions on campus. It was a shame that she was only on for one ...

Pros: It is astounding
Cons: Buffy always has relationship trouble !

This season has the best episode of Buffy yet !The Gentlemen: In the middle of the night, the town o ...

Pros: The addition of Amber Benson as Tara and James Marsters as Spike.
Cons: Riley-why was this character ever written? Also, the departure of Oz (Seth Green)

Season four of Buffy is by far the weakest season of Buffy. Marc Blucas was introduced this season as Riley, a frat boy who is the leader of a government agency called the Initative and eventally goes on to become Buffy's new boyfriend. Nothing against ...