Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book, Season Three, Volume 1

The seventh in Pocket Books' collection of complete Buffy scripts brings us to Season Three, widely regarded by many fans as the show's best-ever season. For several years now Buffy the Vampire Slayer has showcased the best of the television scriptwriters art. "Writing as good as Hill Street Blues, The Simpsons, or...Alan Bleasdale at his best" said The Guardian when the show first aired in the UK in 1999. "The dialogue unvaryingly slick and witty...the storylines brilliantly laid out" said The Independent in 2002. "The series has hardly wavered in the calibre of its scripts", affirms the Evening Standard. Season Three was a pivotal period in Buffy's development, introducing a major new character, Faith, the rogue Slayer; taking the show in a new and more adult direction; all the while maintaining a sublime balance between darkness, humour and angst. The seven episodes featured here run the full gamut of drama and comedy, from 'Anne', 'Dead Man's Party' and 'Faith, Hope and Trick', to 'Homecoming', 'Band Candy' and 'Revelations'.