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   Buffy The Vampire Slayer: 10 Worst Episodes (According To IMDb)   
   BY NICHOLAS HOW   
      
   With 145 episodes under its belt, a spin-off, and many comics, Buffy the   
   Vampire Slayer is a cultural phenomenon. Being well-received, the show has   
   had an enduring success even after its cancellation in 2003. While it might   
   be hard to believe for superfans, the show wasn’t always great.   
      
   As blasphemous as it may seem, it is true that some episodes were just not   
   good. Some people may have liked them, but overall, they are panned by the   
   viewers. Here are the ten episodes that are truly the worst of what Buffy   
   and the gang had to offer the viewers based on their ranking on IMDb.   
      
      
   10 GINGERBREAD (6.8)   
      
   When two children are found dead in a park alongside some witchcraft like   
   symbols, the town goes mad. Most affected is Joyce, Buffy’s mom, who   
   spearheads a campaign against the occult under the name Mothers Opposing the   
   Occult or MOO for short. After Joyce Summers joins MOO, Sunnyvale turns into   
   Salem.   
      
   At this point in the series, Willow had just started looking into the occult   
   and was found to have witch symbols in her locker. Giles also loses all his   
   books due to their inherent occult nature. Magic-users Amy, Willow, and   
   Buffy are set to be burned at the stake, but they escape, allowing Buffy to   
   kill the demon that was manipulating everyone. Also, Amy turns into a rat   
   and stays that way.   
      
      
   9 SUPERSTAR (6.7)   
      
   When Jonathan takes over Buffy’s place, her central role is dearly missed.   
   Buffy and the normal gang take a backseat as a former side character and   
   sometimes villain Jonathan is front and center as the hero of Sunnydale. He   
   is suave, strong, and better than everyone else in every way.   
      
   Buffy notices things aren’t what they seem, especially after a demon bearing   
   the same mark as Jonathan attacks Sunnydale. Willow discovers that Jonathan   
   performed an augmentation spell which also created the creature. The gang   
   learns that the only way back to normal is for the creature to be destroyed.   
   Rather than keep up the ruse, Jonathan ends up killing the demon and ending   
   the spell.   
      
      
   8 LISTENING TO FEAR (6.7)   
      
   The truth about Dawn and Joyce’s sickness comes to light in this episode   
   about a space demon that gravitates to the mentally ill. Joyce is due to   
   have surgery in two days so Joyce, Dawn, and Buffy have some family time. A   
   man in the hospital points at Dawn and says that she has nothing inside of   
   her. The Queller, the demon, begins attacking people with mental illnesses.   
      
   As the time for surgery draws near, Joyce goes into a craze and is targeted   
   by the Queller. During a fight with Buffy, and Spike, who happens to be in   
   the house stealing pictures of Buffy, the Queller is killed. The episode   
   ends with Joyce finding out the truth about Dawn and asking Buffy to take   
   care of her if something happens.   
      
      
   7 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (6.6)   
      
   Buffy and Riley's intimacy sparks the appearance of ghost children which   
   attack the gang. Buffy and Riley beat some demons then head back to Riley’s   
   room. The house responds by giving the classic checklist of haunted clichés,   
   such as a leaking faucet.   
      
   Xander, who is now driving an ice cream truck, tells Anya they should get   
   together, but there is a line of children outside who hear him.   
      
   The gang finds out that Riley’s house used to be an orphanage and that the   
   old caretaker was a horrible person who accidentally created poltergeists in   
   the house. Anya stops Buffy and Riley from being intimate in the house and   
   the poltergeist is stopped.   
      
      
   6 GOODBYE IOWA (6.6)   
      
   A Frankenstein's monster-esque creature kills Riley and Buffy’s boss at the   
   Initiative. Buffy, having been secretly working for the Initiative, spills   
   her secrets to the gang. Later, Professor Maggie Walsh is found dead,   
   causing a lot of problems for the Initiative. While investigating, it is   
   learned that Maggie had been secretly drugging all of the soldiers,   
   including Riley, who is now going through harsh withdrawals.   
      
   The monster, Adam, made of human, robot, and demon parts, tries to relate to   
   Riley by calling him a brother, but that causes the two to fight. Adam kills   
   a lot more people but escapes. Spike also has a side story where he is   
   hiding from all sides of the conflict.   
      
      
   5 GO FISH (6.6)   
      
   The members of the swim team make perfect monsters that can swim. Buffy and   
   the gang attend a party for the swim team and meet various members. Buffy   
   gets flirted with, Jonathan gets dunked in an ice bath, and Xander gets   
   jealous. Also, the skin of one of the swim team boys is found with nothing   
   inside.   
      
   The swim coach was actively turning his students into Gill Monsters and they   
   begin attacking students at the school. While investigating, Buffy is   
   captured and thrown into a hole where she is almost eaten. Xander saves her,   
   then is attacked by the coach who falls into the hole and does get eaten.   
   The monsters return to the sea, never to be seen again.   
      
      
   4 DOUBLEMEAT PALACE (6.4)   
      
   Buffy gets a job at a fast-food restaurant and has a bad beef experience.   
   After getting a job at Doublemeat Palace, Buffy investigates the contents of   
   a new sandwich, which is too good to be true. After finding a finger, she   
   comes to believe that employees are being turned into burger meat and   
   attempts to find the truth, which leads to her being fired.   
      
   The human meat plot turns out to be a red herring and the true problem was a   
   customer who happened to be a lamprey. Willow and Buffy kill it before it   
   can eat anyone else.  Buffy gets her job back after revealing she knows the   
   real secret ingredient, processed vegetables.   
      
      
   3 BAD EGGS (6.4)   
      
   Worried about teenage sex and pregnancy, a teacher gives out prehistoric   
   parasites for the gang to look after in the form of eggs. They get the eggs   
   and begin caring for them, but at night the eggs end up taking care of   
   themselves. Buffy and Angel are on the hunt for two murderous vampires, but   
   get distracted by each other’s lips.   
      
   The two weirdly talk about children and Buffy finds out she can’t have any,   
   which somehow surprises her. The eggs hatch and begin controlling people   
   including Willow and Cordelia. Buffy kills the mother creature from the   
   inside and leaves covered in goo. She also gets grounded.   
      
      
   2 AS YOU WERE (6.4)   
      
   Riley shows up in town with a mission and a wife. Still working at   
   Doublemeat, Buffy is met again by her ex Riley, who needs her help with a   
      
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