10 Weirdest Buffy The Vampire Slayer Episodes

These Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes took us to some weird places...

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For those who haven’t seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the premise can be pretty off-putting. A show about a high school student who slays vampires and demons sounds rather ridiculous, and it is.

Joss Whedon and his team of writers pushed the boundaries of television storytelling. Even Season 1 – which is much more formulaic than the other seasons – has plenty of twists and turns. Indeed, the unpredictability of the first scene is essentially a blueprint for many story beats throughout the show.

All seven seasons are rife with experimentation and peculiarities. But whenever you take risks, it isn’t always going to work. Some of the weirdest Buffy episodes are also amongst the worst. They’re so odd, they’re almost funny. Equally, however, some of the most experimental episodes are held in high esteem by fans and critics alike. And if it wasn’t for the outstanding performances and the stellar writing, such episodes could easily have been disastrous.

Despite the spectrum of quality, none of the following episodes are boring. Even when the execution doesn’t land, the Scooby Gang’s adventures never fail to be entertaining...

10. Conversations With Dead People (Season 7, Episode 7)

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‘Conversations with Dead People’ is one of the best episodes in the final season. It’s scary, introspective, and mysterious all at the same time.

Buffy, Willow, and Dawn are the main characters in this story, but unlike other episodes, they never actually interact. Instead, they each have their own unique adventure. Buffy spends the night having a therapeutic conversation with a vampire she used to know at Sunnydale High. Willow is visited by the ghost of Cassie Newton (who died earlier on in the season). And Dawn is haunted by the ghost of her mother.

‘Conversations with Dead People’ also follows Andrew and Jonathan for a brief time as well, and at the end of the episode, Andrew actually kills his friend after being instructed to do so by the ghost of Warren. To make matters even more strange, Spike murders a young woman after picking her up at the Bronze.

The First Evil (the Big Bad of the season) is behind a lot of these events, but it’s a weird episode to take in upon first viewing.

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