I came late in the Buffyverse but I am completely hooked. My boyfriend and I go through whole seasons in two weeks. My current favorite season is the second, so season three had a lot to live up to; I didn’t like it as much, but it was quite good, too!

First of all, a deception: the Big Bad, aka the Mayor, was really really weird. I guess they were trying to get something radically different but the whole “fatherly good guy” really undercut the supposed evilness he had. The only interesting thing about him was his relationship with Faith, and even that I felt was more developped in Season 4. Also, the great big CGI snake at the end? Blah.

But the rest was all good. I loved the relationships mayhem with the Willow/Xander “affair”. It was also great to see all the characters being seniors! One thing I thought was weird was how they brought back Angel but didn’t explain how he came back (thought that might be further explored in future episodes, I don’t know!). This season also revolves a lot around Faith, an interesting character, but I actually like Faith post-season 3 more, like in her brief guest starring in Season 4 and in Angel. Some of my favorites were Lovers Walk (Spike cameo!), Band Candy (Giles badness!) and The Wish is possibly my favorite of the whole serie. I also liked seeing all the students coming together in Graduation Day. Fun times!!!

The DVD set is quite nice, again some pretty interesting bonuses and some very nice commentaries. My only pet peeve would be that many of the featurettes focussed heavily on Bad Girls/Consequences which weren’t my favorite episodes, but that’s a personal thing. The featurette on “Buffy speak” was particularly interesting. Also, I love the commentaries by Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie, they are great!