Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fifth Season

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Exclusive Satisfaction Rating: 90% Based on 324 reviews. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Search eBay for this item. Release Date: December 9, 2003 Theatrical Release: March 10, 1997 Staring: Sarah Michelle Gellar Creators: Skip Schoolnik (Editor), Dan Vebber (Writer), Joss Whedon (Writer) Package Dimensions (in inches): 1.3 x 7.5 x 5.6 Package Weight: 1.05 pounds Running Time: 990 minutes Audio Tracks/Subtitles: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) Other Details Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Binding: DVD Brand: GELLAR,SARAH MICHEL EAN: 0024543089223 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Box set, NTSC Label: WB Television Network, The Manufacturer: WB Television Network, The MPN: 024543089223 Number Of Items: 6 Publisher: WB Television Network, The Region Code: 1 Studio: WB Television Network, The UPC: 024543089223

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Product Description: The adventures of Buffy Summers, a young woman destined to rid the world of vampires and other demons.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 9-DEC-2003
Media Type: DVD

Amazon.com: The fifth season of Joss Whedon's hit series started out in excellent form as slayer extraordinaire Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) did battle with the most famous of vampires (that Dracula guy) and then went on to spar with another nemesis, little sister Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg). Wait--Buffy has a teenage sister? Where has she been the past four years? And why is everyone acting like she's always been around? Turns out that young Dawn is actually "The Key," a form of pure energy that, true to its name, helps open the gates between different dimensions. To protect said key from falling into the wrong hands, a group of monks gave it human form and sent it to the fiercely protective Buffy for safekeeping, creating new memories of Dawn for everyone as if she'd existed... well, always. Why all the super secrecy? There's this very, very, very bad girl named Glory (Clare Kramer) who wants the key very badly, and will do anything to get it. Oh, and by the way, Glory isn't just a run-of-the-mill demon... she's way worse.

Some fans will tell you that Buffy "jumped the shark" with the introduction of Dawn, when in actuality this season was the pinnacle of the show's achievement, as there was superb comedy to be had ("Buffy Vs. Dracula," the double-Xander episode "The Replacement," the introduction of the "Buffybot" in "Intervention") as well as some of television's best drama. The Whedon-scripted and -directed "The Body" remains one of Buffy's best episodes, when the young woman who faces down supernatural death on a daily basis finds herself powerless in the wake of her mother's sudden passing. The first third or so of the season was a bit choppy, but once the evil Glory came into her own, Buffy was a television force to be reckoned with. Kramer was the show's best villain (after the evil Angel, natch), and the supporting cast was never better. But as always, it was the superb Gellar who was the powerful center of the show, sparking opposite lovelorn vampire Spike (James Marsters) and wrestling with moral dilemmas rarely seen on television. With this season, Buffy Summers became, like Tony Soprano, one of television's true greats. --Mark Englehart

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