From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   http://decider.com/2017/05/18/today-in-tv-history-buffy-the-vamp   
   re-slayer-graduation-day-part-1/   
      
   Today (May 18) in TV History: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Delivered an Epic   
   Slayer-on-Slayer Battle   
      
   IMPORTANT DATE IN TV HISTORY: May 18, 1999 THE PROGRAM ORIGINALLY AIRED ON   
   THIS DATE: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Graduation Day, Part 1” (Season 3,   
   Episode 21)   
      
   WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: The second half of the two-part Buffy season 3 finale   
   gets a lot of the attention, and for good reason. For one thing, it was the   
   climax of the first three seasons of the show, with Buffy and all her   
   friends standing up to the Mayor’s ascension as a group and saving the day   
   (while blowing up the high school). It was also the episode that got delayed   
   for weeks at the last minute because of network concerns over high-school   
   violence.   
      
   “Graduation Day, Part 1” is less heralded, but undeservedly so. This   
   wasn’t   
   just some extended setup for the events of the finale. It was, in fact, the   
   culmination of season 3’s best mini-arc, which pitted Buffy against   
   dark-slayer Faith. The psychological juxtaposition of both slayers was one   
   of the best arcs Joss Whedon ever pulled off. And when Faith poisoned Angel   
   with a toxin-tipped arrow, the only way to get him well was to feed him the   
   blood of a slayer. Cue up the showdown of a lifetime.   
      
   The Buffy-Faith brawl goes down as the single best fight sequence on Buffy   
   and one of the best fight sequence on all of television. Scored by   
   Christophe Beck’s high-stakes score, Buffy and Faith go toe-to-toe,   
   destroying Faith’s cushy penthouse pad and everything inside it. By the end,   
   Buffy gets the upper hand. She’s proved herself to be the superior Slayer.   
   But still perhaps not the most cunning, as Faith back-swan dives to her   
   (possible) death, taking away Buffy’s chance to save Angel in the process.   
   Even at the end, Faith kind of ruled.   
      
           [All of the Buffy/Faith battles were the best battles in the series   
   ... IMO]   
      
      
   David   
      
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