Every Buffy The Vampire Slayer Holiday Episode Ranked From Worst To Best

6. 'All The Way' (Season 6, Episode 6)

Halloween is said to be a time when ghosts and ghouls take a holiday in the Buffyverse, finding it all a bit gauche and OTT. Nonetheless, there still often seems to be something afoot when the 31st of October rolls around in Sunnydale.

Buffy's sixth season brought a significant change of tone to the show, following the titular slayer's death at the conclusion of season five. It eschewed some of the magic and monsters in favour of dark, human-driven drama, and All The Way -- this season's Halloween episode -- is no different.

Rather than the wacky hijinks that seasons gone by have played host to, we are treated to the murder of a kindly old man and Dawn's (Michelle Trachtenberg) first, full-flavour make-out sesh with Justin, one of the town's most handsome jocks. Oh, and by the way, he's a vampire.

The episode finds its fun in Anya (Emma Caulfield) and the Magic Box, with money, frivolity and costumes that include a foreshadowing eye patch for Xander (Nicholas Brendon). But none of this can save All The Way from ending up at the bottom of the holiday pile.