Hellmouth Podcast

Hey podcast listeners. It has been an interesting week for me, the Hellmouth Podcast episode for “Ted” has been out for about a week and I am suddenly receiving emails and voicemails which come to a bit of a halt for the past couple of weeks. Who would have thought that a podcast about one of my least favorite Buffy episodes would have sparked such interest. You folks continue to surprise me.

What is even more surprising is the people who are emailing me telling me that either Ted, Bad Eggs, or both are some of their favorite episodes from season 2. I am bewitched, bothered and bewildered. However, this did lead to a very interesting conversation I had with Kellie who said that Ted was one of her favorite episodes even though she couldn’t quite put her finger on why. The more I thought about that, the more I realized that we probably all have those episodes throughout the series that are not the strongest or most popular episodes but for some reason, they rank at the top of our lists.

You know what list I am talking about. I am talking about that list you keep in your head of your favorite 5 or 6 episodes that goes beyond the Chosen 5. When I say the Chosen 5, I am talking about The Body, Once More With Feeling, Hush, Prophecy Girl, and Normal Again. These are the five episodes that I have seen that consistently pop up as peoples favorites or the most defining episodes of the series. Fans often have their own list of 5 episodes besides the Chosen ones that they hold dear to their heart. For some of our listeners Ted and Bad Eggs are on that list or are perhaps on their top 10 list. They don’t know exactly why, there may not be anything particularly special about the episode in terms of the overall series, but for one reason or another they love the episode.

So here is my question to you, name one or two episodes that are on your list of favorite episodes that may not be considered one of the Chosen episodes but for you at least deserves classification as a Potential.

I will start things off, and I am going to give you three episodes, in no particular order…

#1 – Homecoming, In this episode Buffy and Cordelia compete for the title of homecoming queen while Mr. Trick has organized Slayerfest and hired a bunch of bounty hunters to take out the slayers. I love this episode, I think the two competing plotlines here are hilarious and this episode entertains me greatly.

#2 -  Living Conditions, for those of you who have ever had a horrible college roommate then you probably agree with me that this episode holds a special place in your heart. (While we are at it, if you had a horrible college roommate share a funny story in the comments. I will if you will.)

#3 – A New Man, in this episode Ethan Rayne turns Giles into a Fyarl demon, nuff said.

So let’s fill up the comments folks, tell me what episodes you hold dear. Maybe you have a specific reason why, maybe not, but I want to hear from all of you about which episodes in this series you love and why.

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