"The Body"

I re-watched Buffy the Vampire episode 5.16, "The Body", this evening. If I had to pick the best episode from seven seasons of Buffy, this one would be a very worthy contender. I think it's the best single piece of writing that Joss Whedon has done so far, not to mention a fine piece of directing by him. It's just so brutally honest about how people deal with the sudden death of a loved one.