Buffy The Vampire Slayer: 10 Most Hated Episodes

10. Into The Woods

Into the Woods came mid-season five, and while it's very dull, it should be remembered for doing the best thing in Buffy history: It got rid of Riley Finn. FINALLY!

The worst part of this episode though, and the thing that makes it so hated is the way Buffy chases after Riley at the end. She's a strong independent woman and she doesn't need him. Riley blamed Buffy for every single thing that went wrong with their relationship but she had her own life to deal with - her mother is ill, she's suddenly got a sister who magically appeared and there's a big bad God terrorising the town. Meanwhile Riley is being all dark and moody and sneaking off to vampires behind Buffy's back to get his blood sucked.

Riley was only ever rebound from Angel and audiences mostly could never relate to him and hated Buffy being with him so this episode was a catch 22. It was good to see him go, but also broke Buffy's character by having her chase after him like she did. It's a very good job she was too late to stop him.

The way he didn't even look back proved that he was never worthy of her attention in the first place. Bye Felicia!