The 10th episode in season 5, just because Riley left ! Lol.

I also love "Once More with Feeling" because the songs are so beautifully written, plus it's so clever how they wrote the singing into the plot, as opposed to most musicals where people just sing for no reason. a few others I like are "Hush", "The Body", and "I Only Have Eyes for You" from season 2 where Buffy and Angel get possessed by the ghosts of the student and teacher from the past.

i do agree that OMWF is a great episode. The cd is on constant loop in my car. But my favorite episode is Hush. Scared the sh*t out of me when it aired the first time. I was watching it alone.

The Grand Finale of the show where Buffy tells Spike she
loves him for the first time, perhaps giving him the fortitude
by the power of love, to close the portal to the underworld
thereby becoming the unlikely hero of the whole story which
I thought was brilliant writing ! Was that goose bumps on
my arms ? Haha

Becoming Part 2.

I love Bangel and I also love angst. To me it's the best season finale.