Saturday, November 26, 2011

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Ratings Compendium

Continuing with our summary of the canons we cover at right fans...I give you the list for Buffy...this franchise is badly biased with most of the lousy episodes in the 4th season and most of the great episodes in 3rd and 5th seasons...but you'll see what I mean below.  I suspect I'll see a number of high ratings appear from the 6th and 7th seasons as well, FWIW.

Tier One: The Elite (A+/A)

  1. 5:22 - The Gift (10.0)
  2. 5:17 - Forever (9.9)
  3. 3:14-15 - Bad Girls / Consequences (9.8)
  4. 4:10 - Hush (9.8)
  5. 3:18 - Earshot (9.8)
  6. 2:17 - Passion (9.8)
  7. 3:12 - Helpless (9.7)
  8. 5:16 - The Body (9.7)
  9. 4:15-16 - This Year's Girl / Who Are You (9.7)
  10. 2:13-14 - Surprise / Innocence (9.6)
  11. 5:07 - Fool for Love (9.6)
  12. 5:21 - The Weight of the Word (9.5)
  13. 4:22 - Restless (9.4)
  14. 5:12 - Checkpoint (9.4)
  15. 2:08 - The Dark Age (9.4)

Tier Two: The Features (A-)

  1. 3:09 - The Wish (9.3)
  2. 3:02 - Dead Man's Party (9.3)
  3. 2:07 - Lie to Me (9.3)
  4. 3:21-22 - Graduation Day (9.2)
  5. 3:20 - The Prom (9.2)
  6. 2:21-22 - Becoming (9.1)
  7. 3:13 - The Zeppo (9.1)
  8. 5:19 - Tough Love (9.0)

Tier Three: The Best of the Rest (B+)

  1. 5:01 - Buffy vs. Dracula (8.9)
  2. 5:03 - The Replacement (8.9)
  3. 5:05 - No Place Like Home (8.9)
  4. 3:08 - Lover's Walk (8.8)
  5. 5:10 - Into the Woods (8.8)
  6. 5:20 - Spiral (8.7)
  7. 1:07 - Angel (8.7)
  8. 1:05 - Never Kill a Boy on the First Date (8.7)
  9. 3:17 - Choices (8.7)
  10. 3:10 - Amends (8.5)
  11. 3:16 - Dopplegangland (8.5)
  12. 5:13 - Blood Ties (8.5)
  13. 5:08 - Shadow (8.5)

Tier Four: The Solid (B/B-)

  1. 3:03 - Hope, Faith and Trick (8.3)
  2. 6:03 - Afterlife (8.3)
  3. 4:06 - Wild at Heart (8.2)
  4. 2:09-10 - What's My Line (8.0)
  5. 2:03 - School Hard (8.0)
  6. 5:06 - Family (7.8)
  7. 6:01-02 - Bargaining (7.7)
  8. 3:07 - Revelations (7.7)
  9. 5:18 - Intervention (7.7)
  10. 1:11 - Out of Mind, Out of Sight (7.6)
  11. 2:16 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (7.5)
  12. 6:05 - Life Serial (7.5)
  13. 1:10 - Nightmares (7.5)
  14. 1:12 - Prophecy Girl (7.5)
  15. 6:06 - All the Way (7.5)
  16. 1:01-02 - Welcome to the Hellmouth / The Harvest (7.4)
  17. 3:06 - Band Candy (7.4)

Tier Five: The Average (C)

  1. 4:09 - Something Blue (7.3)
  2. 2:19 - I Only Have Eyes for You (7.2)
  3. 5:15 - I Was Made to Love You (7.2)
  4. 2:06 - Halloween (7.2)
  5. 1:04 - Teacher's Pet (7.0)
  6. 6:04 - Flooded (7.0)
  7. 5:02 - Real Me (7.0)
  8. 2:15 - Phases (6.8)
  9. 1:03 - The Witch (6.8)
  10. 3:17 - Enemies (6.7)
  11. 5:14 - Crush (6.7)
  12. 4:02 - Living Conditions (6.7)
  13. 4:11 - Doomed (6.7)
  14. 3:01 - Anne (6.6)
  15. 1:06 - The Pack (6.5)
  16. 2:12 - Bad Eggs (6.5)

Tier Six: The Weak (D)

  1. 1:09 - The Puppet Show (6.3)
  2. 4:13 - The 'I' in Team (6.3)
  3. 5:09 - Listening to Fear (6.2)
  4. 5:11 - Triangle (6.2)
  5. 4:17 - Superstar (6.0)
  6. 2:02 - Some Assembly Required (6.0)
  7. 4:14 - Goodbye Iowa (6.0)
  8. 4:08 - Pangs (6.0)
  9. 3:05 - The Homecoming (6.0)
  10. 2:18 - Killed By Death (6.0)
  11. 4:18 - Where the Wild Things Are (6.0)
  12. 2:04 - Inca Mummy Girl (5.8)
  13. 4:01 - The Freshman (5.5)
  14. 3:11 - Gingerbread (5.5)
  15. 1:04 - I Robot, You Jane (5.4)
  16. 4:04 - Fear Itself (5.3)
  17. 4:19 - New Moon Rising (5.0)
  18. 4:12 - A New Man (5.0)

Tier Seven: The Insulting (F)

  1. 2:20 - Go Fish (4.5)
  2. 4:20-41 - The Yoko Factor / Primeval (4.3)
  3. 5:04 - Out of Mind (4.0)
  4. 2:05 - Reptile Boy (4.0)
  5. 2:11 - Ted (4.0)
  6. 4:03 - The Harsh Light of Day (4.0)
  7. 4:05 - Beer Bad (3.0)
  8. 4:07 - The Initiative (2.7)
  9. 2:01 - When She Was Bad (2.0)
  10. 3:04 - Beauty and the Beasts (1.7)
Fun to break these down by season since Buffy moves in seasons with one major plot dominating each year.
  • Year (T7 - T6 - T5 - T4 - T3 - T2 - T1)
  • Yr1  (00 - 02 - 03 - 05 - 02 - 00 - 00)
  • Yr2  (04 - 03 - 04 - 04 - 00 - 03 - 04)
  • Yr3  (01 - 02 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 06 - 04)
  • Yr4  (05 - 09 - 03 - 01 - 00 - 00 - 04)
  • Yr5  (01 - 02 - 03 - 02 - 07 - 01 - 06)
So in Year one, the episodes all gathered around average, in year two, the show was very uneven but showing potential, in year three, the season was HEAVILY weighted toward the well above average quality episode, whereas year four was the reverse, despite continuing to be brilliant when it was good and in year five, a strong body of well above average episodes is highlighted by the best material the show ever produced.

Interesting...

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