FUFFFYYYYYYYYY!!! Just got to season 3 of my rewatch (skipped dead man’s party with NO shame). I forgot how crazy Buffy and Faiths chemistry is right off the bat and mannn is it good!
So I'm rereading the comics again, as I do...and this made me laugh so much. I remembered Willow asking Satsu what Buffy's like in bed, but I totally forgot that she says she's been wondering about it for a long time and wonders if she made her high squeal she makes for shoe sales.
I just...the way they teased a potential thing between Buffy and Willow was really awful because they knew they weren't going to do it, but they keep throwing little things like this in.
Like...Willow, that's the gayest thing to ever gay. If you spend years wondering what your best friend is like in bed and what noises she makes during sex...I'd say that goes a little past platonic. But maybe that's just me lol
i made this post in 2022 and then in 2024 i actually did make my rankings but never posted them! it is now 2026. so without further ado...
btvs episodes ranked by how central buffy and willow's relationship was to the story or how much buffy and willow were visibly in love with each other :-)
as an intro, i rewatched the show in its entirety in 2024 with the primary purpose of ranking each episode for its buffywillowness. this is obviously subjective, and a lot of it was vibes-based, but as a general rule of thumb, more shared screentime meant a higher rating, and key plot elements revolving around their relationship meant the highest rating. my rewatch document is 93 pages and 58k words long, so i also have THOUGHTS to back up these ratings, ok.
basic rating guidelines:
1: they literally don't interact in any imaginable way
2-3: they at least stand next to one another or think about each other at some point
4-5: they share scenes, but nothing integral
6-7: exceeds expectations, i'm happy to be here
7.5-8.5: i am standing up and clapping my hands !!!
9-10: i am crying on the floor and losing my entire mind (complimentary)
ok!!!! here we go
OVERALL SEASON RANKINGS:
i averaged out my rankings for each season and this was the verdict of shippiest to least shippy season:
1. Season 4 (average: 6.4)
2. Season 1 (average: 6.4)
3. Season 2 (average: 6.1)
4. Season 6 (average: 5.7)
5. Season 3 (average: 5.7)
6. Season 5 (average: 4.3)
7. Season 7 (average: 3.8)
(season 7..... truly abysmal for my girls communicating in any way, shape or form.)
FULL LIST OF EPISODES RANKED FROM LEAST TO MOST BUFFY/WILLOW-Y:
i am not going to go through the mental gymnastics of separating out different episodes from most to least shippy within a single ranking, so this is kind of a tiers-based thing. within each tier i am listing episodes chronologically.
1/10
144. 5x07 Fool for Love
143. 6x06 All the Way
142. 7x01 Lessons
1.5/10
141. 7x02 Beneath You
140. 7x07 Conversations with Dead People
139. 7x17 Lies My Parents Told Me
138. 7x20 Touched
2/10
137. 3x09 The Wish
136. 5x08 Shadow
135. 5x10 Into the Woods
134. 7x12 Potential
133. 7x18 Dirty Girls
2.5/10
132. 3x05 Homecoming
131. 5x03 The Replacement
130. 5x06 Family
129. 6x15 As You Were
128. 7x08 Sleeper
127. 7x09 Never Leave Me
126. 7x13 The Killer In Me
3/10
125. 3x21 Graduation, Part 1
124. 4x18 Where The Wild Things Are
123. 5x01 Buffy Vs Dracula
122. 5x05 No Place Like Home
121. 5x12 Checkpoint
120. 5x15 I Was Made To Love You
119. 6x07 Once More, With Feeling
118. 6x14 Older And Far Away
117. 7x19 Empty Places
3.5/10
116. 3x01 Anne
115. 3x17 Enemies
114. 5x11 Triangle
113. 6x05 Life Serial
112. 7x04 Help
111. 7x06 Him
110. 7x21 End of Days
4/10
109. 1x04 Teacher's Pet
108. 1x09 The Puppet Show
107. 2x02 No Assembly Required
106. 2x19 I Only Have Eyes For You
105. 2x10 Go Fish
104. 3x06 Band Candy
103. 4x12 A New Man
102. 4x14 Goodbye Iowa
101. 4x15 This Year's Girl
100. 4x17 Superstar
99. 5x17 Forever
98. 5x18 Intervention
97. 6x13 Dead Things
96. 6x18 Entropy
95. 7x05 Selfless
94. 7x16 Storyteller
4.5/10
93. 3x10 Amends
92. 7x14 First Date
5/10
91. 1x07 Angel
90. 2x04 Inca Mummy Girl
89. 2x13 Surprise
88. 2x16 Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
87. 3x12 Helpless
86. 5x02 Real Me
85. 5x13 Blood Ties
84. 6x16 Hell's Bells
83. 6x19 Seeing Red
5.5/10
82. 1x06 The Pack
81. 2x08 The Dark Age
80. 2x10 What's My Line, Part 2
79. 2x12 Bad Eggs
78. 3x22 Graduation, Part 2
77. 5x04 Out Of My Mind
76. 5x09 Listening To Fear
75. 5x14 Crush
74. 6x08 Tabula Rasa
73. 6x22 Grave
6/10
72. 1x03 Witch
71. 1x05 Never Kill A Boy On The First Date
70. 1x10 Nightmares
69. 1x11 Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight
68. 2x01 When She Was Bad
67. 2x10 What's My Line, Part 1
66. 3x03 Faith, Hope And Trick
65. 3x04 Beauty And The Beasts
64. 3x08 Lovers Walk
63. 4x01 The Freshman
62. 4x13 The I In Team
61. 5x22 The Gift
60. 6x09 Smashed
59. 7x10 Bring On The Night
6.5/10
58. 2x03 School Hard
57. 2x11 Ted
56. 2x18 Killed By Death
55. 3x07 Revelations
54. 3x18 Earshot
53. 4x03 The Harsh Light Of Day
52. 4x11 Doomed
51. 4x19 New Moon Rising
50. 5x16 The Body
49. 5x20 Spiral
48. 6x04 Flooded
7/10
47. 1x02 The Harvest
46. 2x07 Lie To Me
45. 2x14 Innocence
44. 3x13 The Zeppo
43. 3x14 Bad Girls
42. 4x02 Living Conditions
41. 4x09 Something Blue
40. 4x16 Who Are You?
39. 4x20 The Yoko Factor
38. 5x19 Tough Love
37. 6x12 Doublemeat Palace
36. 6x17 Normal Again
35. 6x20 Villains
7.25/10
34. 2x05 Reptile Boy
33. 3x15 Consequences
32. 4x04 Fear, Itself
31. 4x05 Beer Bad
30. 4x07 The Intiative
29. 4x08 Pangs
28. 4x10 Hush
27. 6x03 After Life
7.5/10
26. 1x08 I Robot, You Jane
25. 2x17 Passion
24. 3x20 The Prom
23. 4x22 Restless
22. 6x02 Bargaining, Part 2
21. 7x11 Showtime
7.75/10
20. 2x22 Becoming, Part 2
19. 3x02 Dead Man's Party
18. 3x11 Gingerbread
17. 4x06 Wild At Heart
16. 7x15 Get It Done
8/10
15. 2x06 Halloween
14. 2x15 Phases
13. 2x21 Becoming, Part 1
12. 6x11 Gone
8.25/10
11. 3x16 Doppelgangland
10. 7x22 Chosen
8.5/10
9. 6x21 Two To Go
9/10
8. 3x19 Choices
7. 5x21 The Weight Of The World
6. 6x10 Wrecked
10/10
5. 1x01 Welcome To The Hellmouth
4. 1x12 Prophecy Girl (I now have a post about it!)
3. 4x21 Primeval
2. 7x03 Same Time, Same Place
1. 6x01 Bargaining, Part 1
if you want Specific Thoughts about any episode feel free to shoot me an ask and i will consult The Document and let you know what i noted down during my rewatch.
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