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25 Years Later, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Best Quote Is Still the Most Inspiring Line in TV History

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25 Years Later, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Best Quote Is Still the Most Inspiring Line in TV History

Buffy’s story has always revolved around death. Throughout its seven-season run, Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) has wanted to escape from it or, boldly, return to it. Upon a rewatch, death is one of the clearest themes of the series — this wasn’t the case on my first time watching, when I reacted in disbelief every time the series brought up the possibility of Buffy dying. Surely, they wouldn’t go there. But they did.

In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 5 finale, Sunnydale is collapsing, and Buffy’s allies have nowhere to go. Her little sister, Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg), is the reason why a dangerous portal has opened, and she tries to jump in to close it. But Buffy stops her. “The hardest thing in this world is to live in it,” she tells her. “Be brave. Live. For me.”

The two share the same blood, so Buffy is capable of closing the portal on her own. She jumps in and dies. It’s a moment that closes out an arc that had been teased since season 1.

Season 5 is one of Buffy’s most emotional seasons. It’s also one of its boldest, committing to a new central dynamic: Buffy and Dawn. Maligned series creator Joss Whedon shared that he introduced Dawn as a way of giving Buffy an intense dynamic that wasn’t based in romance. After seasons of Angel, Riley, and hints of Spike, it feels like a breath of fresh air to see Buffy get mad, angry, happy, and distraught over a different type of relationship.


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