Season Two Discussion

[Matt]

Season One seemed to win most of you over, so with promises of a darker, more character-driven S2 let's open up the floor for your thoughts on Slayer Academy...

[Raul Bloodworth]

Has Slayer Academy improved since its last season? Let's find out:

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Season One was disappointing. I'm just gonna go ahead and throw that out there. It had too much cast to handle, and at times it was truly mediocre. Season Two is an improvement - more Buffy Season Six than Season Seven. It definitely has bad parts - like the occasional criminal misusing of Xander Harris - but there's finally enough good to distill the bad and make for a more enjoyable series.

My first major complaint: Don't. Leave. The. Academy. The girls should just stay there - that's where the better episodes happen. My second major complaint: Sofia has become less likeable. We don't necessarily need a hero that we can completely root for and love undyingly. Just a hero we like, and this time Sofia isn't it. My third major complaint: Greg. Love Bradley Cooper and love continuing the Giles legacy, but he's just not interesting and I didn't care for him. My final major complaint: Roland, who is to Slayer Academy what Adam and the Initiative were to Buffy - the worst Big Bads around.

Major pluses: Skye. Frickin'. Underwood. Arguably the best character in the Jossverse that wasn't created in the original show or official spin-offs. Dana Wells, one of the most delightfully twisted Slayers in the continuity. I'm definitely glad she was used in Slayer Academy - she's a delight to read about - psychos are much more fun! Another major plus: The final episode. This is something Slayer Academy never fails to get right, the finales - great battles, wonderful cliffhangers... it's the major reason I continue to read onto the next season.

And The Cabal. Having not read Season Three yet, I don't know what will happen, but I can already tell they're going to be better villains than Roland.

The major seasonal arc - the death of Heidi - was well played. Not at a Veronica Mars level of mystery excellence, but still very well done. Another reason this season triumphs more often than it's predecessor.

So, in conclusion: Better than the previous season, but still retaining major flaws. With the plotlines set up for next season and at the rate this show is improving, Season Three could prove to be very entertaining.

[Alden Caele]

To kickstart this board in the new forum, what was everyone's favourite episode(s) of S2? I'm gonna say 'Trick Me Once', which to date is possibly my favourite SA episode. However, S2 had some really great episodes and blew S1 out of the water - see 'Blink', the Heidi's death arc ('Another Mistake', 'Trust', 'Climb the Walls', the aforementioned 'Trick', fan-favourite 'SNAFU'), the epic battles ('Pulchritude' and 'Ask Me Again')... It was just a fantastic season.

Plus, it was the season where I officially penned my first SA work: I co-wrote 'Pieces' with Brian Lamkin, whose work on the last few episodes with Lee impressed all of us. I have to say Pieces is one of my favourite of my SA works; I loved the character-centric pace of it.

[Vinny]

'SNAFU', no doubt. That final revelation that Erica was working with Kyra was jaw-dropping. I'm glad she was working as a double-agent, though, 'cause I'd really have hated to see her become one of the bad guys. I'm a huge Erica fan to this day. ^_^

[Fhithich]

'SNAFU' was definitely my favourite episode, with 'Blink', 'Pulchritude' and 'Ask Me Again' being the runners up. Epic, epic season, probably still one of my favourites.

[Monster Zero]

I think S2's probably been the best overall so far, even though from a production viewpoint S4 was much tighter. We just went balls to the wall with this one and did some really great stuff as a result. Lots of good standalones and a huge arc. Shame we kind of messed up next year really!

[Carey]

SNAFU was the best episode this season. With all the betrayals, deaths and everything else, it rules! It couldve failed so easily but didn't and its this very episode that really got me enjoying the series.

[Dan Loach]

SNAFU still ranks as the best episode of any series for me.

[Lukey]

I wasn't gonna write on the board until I had finished the season but just had to after reading SNAFU!

I was blown away.  Deaths, betrayals and Kira.  And I never would have guessed that Kira was going to leave with them.  My favourite SA episode so far.

Just finished reading Slayercake now and I'm not ashamed to admit that I had tears in my eyes during the last scene.  Am I the only one who really likes Frankie?

[Monster Zero]

Nope, plenty of people love her - and we do too ^_^

[ChrisH]

I think we all pretty much heart Frankie on the show. Hence why we give her troubles ^_^