By Chris Snellgrove | Published
Buffy The Vampire Slayer is a spectacle that has transformed pop culture forever while transforming some of its stars into familiar names. The show has actually marked history, as evidenced by the numerous prestigious prizes it has won, including several Emmy Arts Creative Emmy and 10 Awards satellite. However, a Buffy The episode made the story of the worst possible way: “The Puppet Show” was the lowest episode of the series NeverAnd to worsen things, he broke a franchise tradition by playing credits alongside the final scene rather than separately.
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It is normally there that we would make a summary of the episode in question, but for Buffy Fans, “The Puppet Show” is an episode that lives in infamy. It is a bit of a story of bait and switching in which Buffy and the scoopies first believe that they must fight a demonic puppet that works and speaking that seems almost as frightening as it looks. It turns out, however, that he is in fact a demon hunter who was cursed to live in the body of the doll until he performs a special task. Namely, hunt and kill each member of the brotherhood of seven demons.
While Buffy Fans think of “The Puppet Show” as (to say slightly) a lower episode, most do not realize that it is the weakest in the whole series. In this case, “the lowest” is not a measure of quality, although the episode do Having a reputation rightly terrible. For example, Roller Classified this episode as n ° 127 in their big list of best to fat Buffy Tales. It does not seem so bad until you consider that there are only 144 episodes, which means that it comes dangerously near scratching the bottom of the barrel.
In this case, “the least low” means instead that on all Buffy The Vampire Slayer episodes, “The Puppet Show” was the one who was seen less When it was originally distributed. According to Nielsen’s ratings of the show, only 1.9 million households were part of this puppet mishap when it was broadcast for the first time. The “First Broadcast” part is important because, as you can imagine, the reruns invariably reduce fewer viewers than their first -race counterparts.
Buffy Fans hate “The Puppet Show” for many reasons (including bizarre intrigue and clumsy dialogue), but it should be noted that he had less competition for a best rated episode than you think. As the show has become more popular during the following seasons, even very bad episodes (looking at you, season 6!) Would still have millions of viewers more than average episodes. The notes were the lowest for season 1, and “The Puppet Show” had a doubtful honor to be the least visible in these first tumultuous days.
Speak for a long time Buffy Fans, we are also annoyed that “The Puppet Show” made the story in another negative way by performing the end credits on the final scene via a shared screen. In a creative way, it was a bizarre choice that ruined the flow of what was already a very bad episode. Apparently, the network agreed: after the initial broadcast, this final scene was excluded from future WB broadcasts, but (for the best or for worse), you can now watch the scene restored on DVD, streaming and television.
You have it there, Buffy Fans: In terms of viewers, “The Puppet Show” is the worst episode of the franchise. And the strange choice to separate the credits meant that an already terrible episode failed to stick the landing. Fortunately, the subsequent episodes are only improving, which makes this pablum puppet something from the past for fans eager for more demons of hunting and less telling dolls.
