Is Buffy's Third Season over-rated? NSR

Date: 01/07/2003
From: ThomasMalthus

How many times have you read this or some variation thereof? "Buffy hit its high point in Seasons Two and Three, but from there on out it was all downhill." For a person who has enjoyed the bulk of what "Buffy" Seasons Four through Seven has had to offer, I find such statements disheartening and closed minded. But that's not really the point of this post.

Why lump these two seasons together? If you're looking at the high school years, or when Angel and Cordy were on the show, why not include Season One? Because of perceived qualitative differences, mostly. The first season was perceived to be weaker than the other two creatively. Which brings me to a form of the title question: was Season Three as good as or better than Season Two? Does it deserve such accolades?

Now don't get me wrong. I like the Third Season. Faith was cool, the Mayor was funny, and it was the last time we had a truly enjoyable AND menacing season-long Big Bad. "The Zeppo" and "Earshot" would probably both make my top ten Buffy episodes list. Hell, the Third Season was what got me hooked on "Buffy". So why am I questioning its place in the upper echelon? One, because I don't think it was as good as Season Two, the best season so far and two, I think Season Five was clearly better.

I won't go into too much detail here, but here's my rundown of the three seasons, as a unit. Season Two not only mastered the monster-of-the-week format started in the First Season but also gave us the Angelus story arc, perhaps the best series of episodes in the show's history. The one-two-three punch of Angel going evil (thus saving the show's two leads and lovers from Sam and Diane syndrome), Jenny Calendar's murder (the show has rarely been as bold since) and Angel being sent to Hell by Buffy took the show to new heights of creativity.

Season Five is less spectacular, getting off to a slow start from trying to repair much of the "damage" from Season Four, if you believe such a thing existed. The first ten episodes are the weaker part of the season, although they do produce some good 'uns: including the very funny Dawn-introducing "Real Me", "No Place Like Home" and "Fool for Love", it's the final twelve that set this apart from the remaining seasons. There's nary a weak entry in the bunch (OK, maybe Weight of the World, although that does have a certain psychological allure to it). Also, we get the instant classic "The Body" where Buffy's mother dies of natural causes and then "The Gift" where Buffy herself dies to save the world. (Both moves bold enough to rival Ms. Calendar's death.)

However, Season Three is much more of a mixed bag. It doesn't get off the ground creatively until "Band Candy" (up to which point we endured the worst season premiere in the show's history, "Anne", the preachy "All Men are Beasts" and the horror that was Scott Hope). Despite some solid entries from that point on, including "Lovers Walk" and "Helpless", the show faltered down the stretch, particularly after the aforementioned "Zeppo" episode. Only one ep not penned by Joss was very good after that point, and that was Marti Noxon's "The Prom"*, which was a tad angsty, but not by Noxon's standards.

But if the show had one major problem over the season, it was Angel. What to do with a character who you brought back, thus cheapening the previous season's finale, just so he can have his own spin-off show next year? Answer: have him skulk around doing precious little and playing a pivotal role in very few episodes. "Amends", "The Prom", the list pretty much stops there, doesn't it? What other episodes would have suffered without him in it? And if the Angelus arc allowed the show to dodge Sam and Diane Syndrome, Season Three had the pair wallow in it. Their scenes were overwrought, overplayed and underwhelming, so much so that "The Zeppo" took perhaps its best pot shot (and there were many) at their dwindling relationship.

There are other things I could get into (the longterm irrelevancy of the Willow-Xander-Cordelia-Oz 'romantic quadrangle', the poor treatment of Cordy after said quadrangle ended, the lack of anything to do with Mr. Trick, etc.), but I don't want to lambast the show during this period too much. After all, every season has its flaws, while every year of "Buffy" has been enjoyable on the whole. Still, I'm too much a fan of the entire series' run not to point out that Season Three wasn't as perfect as a lot of people think. When you're watching your Season Three DVDs (released today here in the U.S.) see if you can catch what I mean.

ThomasMalthus

*Thinking I forgot "Earshot"? It's a distinct possibility, but let's not forget that this episode didn't air until September, thus making it almost more a Season Four episode than a Season Three one. Like the finale, "Graduation Day, Part 2", it was postponed because of the incident at Columbine. Such network mismanagement (and the incompletion of the season until months after the season was scheduled to be finished) is not lost on me as yet another reason why this year doesn't deserve to be conjoined with S2.

Third in a walk

Date: 01/07/2003
From: Recall317

Five isn't even close.

That's my gut reaction. Maybe I'm just fan of the Sunnydale High setting and maybe I really like the Mayor. The third season was fantastic, and that doesn't discount a somewhat weak beginning. I didn't see the let-up as the year wound down. Not as extraordianry as S2's back 9, but still very enjoyable.

Fifth season? Eh. It's OK. I liked the 4th season more.

R317

S3's back nine weren't pitch perfect.

Date: 01/07/2003
From: ThomasMalthus

I don't think I'm off base here. But BT is.

I suppose "Bad Girls" was decent, although it certainly was no "Surprise". The choice of Noxon to write the script for "Consequences" is a little baffling; one would think the 'turning point' of the season would be scripted by Whedon, particularly since he wrote the next episode, "Doppelgangland" (a sequel to an episode initially written by Noxon). At any rate, the decision didn't work well: Noxon's Consequences was clunky and Whedon's Doppelgangland, though entertaining, felt a little insubstantial.

"Enemies" is pretty hokey, particularly considering we know Angelus isn't going to make a permanent return (because of the Angel spin-off). "Earshot" I've already dealt with: great, but not technically part of the line up if you watched the season real time. "Choices" treads water and tries to sell Willow's kidnapping as a moral dilemma when nobody really believes Buffy will let her die just so they can hang on to the Box of Gavrok.

The last three are good, but not great. The hellhounds are a little lame and the breakup between Buffy and Angel is well executed. Also, the final fight between Buffy and Faith is great. Grad Day, Part 2 was also delayed, thus disrupting the flow of the season.

We can differ about which of the later seasons is the best; my point was that S3 is not of the same caliber of S2. Seasons Four, Five and Six are being knocked roundly for S3. Given the similarities in quality, I don't think that's fair.

ThomasMalthus

My point of view...

Date: 01/07/2003
From: Informant

I don't even try to look at the seasons in terms of "best" or "worst" or rank them in any way like that. It's just not something that works for me. In my eyes, each season has a different feel to it, setting itself apart, but also makes a worthy addition to the bigger picture. So even the year or years that aren't as much fun to watch are still as interesting because they still add a lot to the bigger picture.

Season 3, in my mind, doesn't stand above or below any other season. They're all equal. Season 3 has a lot to say about what it means to be the Slayer, and that's interesting because we got a really good look at Buffy and what makes her tick. Which can be said for the rest of the gang too, in other ways. Season 3 set up a lot for the future, but also provided an interesting, well written season in it's own.

And why am I the only one who seems to like "Anne"?! I think that episode rocks!

I have to agree about Angel. He didn't really bring a lot to the table (did provide a good intro to season 7's baddie though). I wouldn't have minded if he died in season 2.

 

In your reply, you sound like "Doppelgangland" wasn't a huge episode. Which is true, in terms of season 3. But watch it again with season 6 Willow in mind, and suddenly it's huge. Joss had to set up Willow's mental state carefully, which is probably why he did that one himself.

some vague thoughts

Date: 01/07/2003
From: Slider_Sarah

Yes, vague cos I barely know what I'm writing 9no, I'm not drunk, I've just been working stupid hours).

Season 3. Hmmm. Well, first of all I liked it and continue to like it, but now you mention it, I find Angel a somewhat boring character. He becomes predictable, at least in my memory and generally just dull. (Unlike the season 6 Spike)

Honestly, I couldn't tell you which ones were season 2 and season 3. They have sort of moved together in my mind, maybe that's what every one else has done? ithink I mix them otgether though, because they ran together on BBC2, and that was when I started watching I believed.

In comparison, season 4 was lacking something. The initiative never interested me, and I found the character of Riley to be underdeveloped. Plus I always thought it struggled with Xander oonce they were out of school, ANd i found the American college life so different from the one here (is it relatively accurate? I really am curious0

Season 5 I felt got a lot stronger and I loved season 6. The way things stand at the moment, I might well consider rating either of them above season 3, but then I haven't seen most of season 3 for some time.

Earshot and Graduation Day were shown in the intended order here (in fact, I seem to have an inkling that we got Earshot before the US, but I could be wrong), so I will always consider season 3. There were some very good episodes in season 3, like with most series, and some bad. I wasn't overly fond of the mayor, but thought the faith arc was fantastic, and I enjoyed the quadrangle stuff. And Doppelgangland thing

Maybe I'm just weird and random.

Sarah.
slider_sarah@hotmail.com

Each season is so very distinct

Date: 01/07/2003
From: Grizzlor

that is the beauty of the show! You can't rate one higher than the other. I personally have enjoyed much of some of them over others. My CLEAR least favorite though is the Fourth season, where they are college freshman, Willow becomes gay, Buffy and Riley, the phantom military group what was it? I can't even remember it stunk so bad. Oz leaves, no Angel, Giles stunk, I just didn't like it as a whole. Season 1 was great, 2 was more serious yet a lot of fun, 3 was cool too. Five and Six were pretty good. Seven (this year) has been ok. Again, I think each year has had many great moments, but as a whole "ARC", season 4 was really dumb.

"Buffy hit its high point in Seasons Two

Date: 01/07/2003
From: Stax_

and Three, but from there on out it was all downhill."

As some one who believes that to be true and can make a perfectly sound argument as to why, I'd like to see why the statement is 'disheartening and closed minded'.

Your description of S3 seems really flippant. 'Faith was cool'. Yes, she was also textured, sympathetic and charismatic. She had an emotional connection to the Scoobies as well as a being a distorted magnifying glass through which we could examine Buffy. And Dushku is a scene stealer.

'The Mayor was funny'. And a nifty metaphor for the kind of corrupt authority one needs to rebel against to avoid becoming a mindless automoton. And we could care about him because he cared about Faith. And Groener could turn on a dime.

Trick I'd put on a par with Glory. Both got funny lines.

I like Glory more than most but that's because I'm a dialogue man through and through and she had snap. Unfortunately she's an totally incompetant villain. She was allowed ONE scene of menance and she only seriously began to pursue the Key LESS THAN 24 HOURS before the its deadline for use in the ritual. It's hard to be scared by some one than dumb. She offers nothing metaphorically, fits no real life situation and because she was eeeeeevil and distant Buffy experienced no internalisation of conflict as she did with Angelus, the Mayor and Faith. But Glory was only a small part of that arcs failings.

Q. Why has the S5 arc more holes than a colander?

A. Because if it hadn't, where would the plot flow?

I can think of 20 gaping plot holes in the S5 arc off the top of my head. S3 had some inconsistent Faith characterization in 'Enemies' and er, that's it.

Season Two mastered the monster-of-the-week format and yet still managed to give us 'Some Assembly Required', 'Inca Mummy Girl', 'Reptile Boy', 'The Dark Age' and 'Killed by Death'? It wasn't until S3 that they nailed it.

Couple those clunkers with the decidedly underwhelming 'What's My Line' two parter and the putrid pile of excrement that is 'Surprise' and the first half of S2 becomes really shaking looking. Sure factoring in the corker 'When She Was Bad', the quirky character study 'Halloween', the wonderful entertainment 'School Hard', the mini-masterpiece 'Lie To Me' and some well-contructed, highly competant dramatic pieces like 'Bad Eggs' sturdy it up but it still feels ... bitty. The quality really ebbs and flows.

S5 feels the same, except (save for 'The Body', the only bona fide work of genius either show has produced) the highs are lower and the lows are lower. 'Real Me' and 'Fool For Love' WERE good (FFL moreso) but 'No Place Like Home'? The word 'inert' springs to mind. 'Buffy vs. Dracula' had a fluffy camp value and 'Family' worked in an 'inept magician's trick' kind of way. However, the bad episodes in S5's first half were awful. 'Out Of My Mind' was very poor, 'Listening to Fear' has the weakest first half of any 'Buffy' episode and 'Into The Woods' is S5's 'Wrecked'. It ruins a character but you're too busy laughing to care.

The episodes of the second half are substantially better but the overall effect is less than the sum of its parts. As the Glory arc crumbles, S5 reveals itself to be little more than smoke and mirrors when compared to S2 or S3. IWMTLY has a strong final act but not much more. 'The Gift' is dishonest and cowardly. And TWOTW is boring.

S3, on the other hand, is pure consistency. 'Enemies' may be dishonest, 'Dead Man's Party' may be undisciplined, 'Gingerbread' may be over the top but I can't bring myself to not like them. They have charm. They also make their points in spite of their bluntness. You feel Buffy's isolation in DMP and righteous indignation in 'Gingerbread'.

'Anne' is solid stuff and comes in between the superior WSWB and 'The Freshman' and inferior 'Bargainings' and BvD in the premier stakes.

Their are plenty of episodes to support Noxon's man-hating sadism but 'Beauty and The Beasts' isn't one of them. I'd consider your "All Men are Beasts" meaning as a serious misreading of the episode.

I will never understand the Scott Hope hate. He was entirely inoffensive and only around for three episode. And unlike characters like Clem he had a purpose in each. In 'Faith, Hope and Trick' he highlighted Buffy's emotional fragility, in B&tB he provided a connection to the MOW and in 'Homecoming' ... Faith made fun of him. All good stuff.

I'll post more later.stax

If anything...

Date: 01/08/2003
From: Slidemania

S4 was the most overrated.

S5/S6 rocked!! S1 was better than either S2 or S3, but I prefer S3 over S2.

My rundown of Buffy's seasons:

Season 6 - The best of them all, since everything gelled so well together. Willow's descent into evil was phenomenal, Amy's return was long-overdue, Buffy's resurrection and the reality of Buffy and Dawn having to adjust to life without Joyce were well-done.

Season 5 - The introduction of Dawn saved what was previously a HORRID fourth season, Anya becoming a regular was awesome, Glory as a maniacal, pseudo-indestructible deity was a welcome twist, and Joyce's death was extremely powerful and unexpected. One of my favorite moments in this season was - - after Glory kidnaps Dawn and then Willow enters Catatonic Buffy's subconscious - - when Willow recognizes the Aborigine Slayer from S4 and asks her, "How've ya been?" LOL!!

Season 1 - A much more innocent time, with some lively, funny episodes.

Season 3 - Overall I thought this one was better than S2 because the ensemble was stronger. Oz was a major player, and Willow finally began to find a strong identity as a character. Still, there were some parts of it I didn't care for...The Possessed Mask episode, the gingerbread episode, Amy turning into a mouse and staying that way...but it more than made up for it with the Alternate Evil Willow episodes (I apologize, I don't have each episode's name memorized).

Season 2 - Didn't really like it...Jenny Calendar's death was dumb, and the Spike/Dru storyline wore out its welcome. The only episode that I LOVED from that season was the one with the swim team turning into fish-monsters.

Season 4 - Bottom of the barrel. Let's see, where to start...they portrayed college life in the most stereotypical tacky way possible, made Buffy a virtual punching bag for the first part of the season, the Willow and Tara storyline got off to a rocky start, I didn't like the Adam storyline or Oz's departure, the Buffy/Faith body-switching episode was STUPID!!!...the only good parts of this season were the return of Anya, Spike's implant, and the episode "Hush." But overall, those elements couldn't save a drastic drop in the lack of quality.

Second Season is how it should be done

Date: 01/08/2003
From: Recall317

Not just Buffy, drama in general

To me, Buffy's second season is the model, a template for good work. You start your season with a re-establishing ep, one that brings old viewers up to speed and introduces new viewers to the characters and concepts. Then you fall it up with a flurry of quality, non-arc eps. In this case, Buffy worked the monster-of-the-week eps. There's character development (Willow-Xander, Xander-Buffy, Buffy-Angel, Giles-Jenny, Spike-Drucilla), but the season arc isn't all that present. Throw in a high impact two-parter around ep 8 or 9 (you may not have liked the ep, but a second slayer is high impact). A couple more good eps and then boom, into the big back 9 arc, which is a tremendous arc (Angelus). The only out of place ep in the season was "Go Fish", which occurred a little too late in the season for my tastes (20th, I think.) Still, that's the way I like my series. And Buffy has used that template ever since, albeit to varying levels of success. I think it worked best in year two, worked equally well in year 3, a little bit off in year 4, worked in year 5 (I just wasn't as interested in its big bad), and then they strayed in S6 with a new format. S7 looks like a return to the S2 template.

Stax, you don't like "Surprise"? I'm...er, surprised by that.

R317

Agree with Recall on that, plus more...

Date: 01/08/2003
From: ThomasMalthus

...with Keeling! Keel over, BT!

I pretty much knew I was going to get a buzz of different opinions on this, but wow! Info: it really depends on what sort of mood I'm in. The series is fluid enough that it's hard to evaluate it strictly in terms of seasons, but sometimes that's still fun to do. Most seasons have themes and characters that are exclusive to them.

I'm not really moving around topics in any order here, but on the subject of Faith, I don't think they really worked very hard to put her in with the Scoobies. Xander and Willow dug her big time in "Faith, Hope and Trick" and Faith and B bond easily in "All Men are Beasts" after being at each others throats the previous ep. Then "Revelations" changes all that, all because of Angel issues and a watcher gone bad. Faith is portrayed as the outsider from there on out.

I'm sorry you were miffed by my tone in calling Faith "cool", Stax. It wasn't supposed to be an in depth character portrait nor an off hand dismissal; Faith was indeed key to the season's dynamics. Unfortunately, from "Bad Girls" through "Graduation Day, Part 1" nothing much interesting happened to the character. Her betrayal had nowhere near the impact of Angelus. Also, I must disagree on your assessment of "Some Assembly Required" (lame Frankenstein villain, good dialogue), "What's My Line?" (Sunnydale High Career Day, lots of great lines, Angel thrown in a cage for the first time, the Spike-Dru-Angel triangle showing itself for the first time, Kendra's bad Jamaican accent, what more could you ask for?), "Surprise" (although not as good as "Innocence", it did set up most of the relationship arcs for the next season and a half), and "Bad Eggs" (good start, boring ending).

Also, I'd like to comment on Season Four. I don't think it's overrated, simply because so much of what I've read from fans around the net is generally negative about it. If it were rated highly, I would agree. As it was, the fan reaction was pretty tepid. S4 had a lot of good, solid episodes but a villain that was a tad lame and poorly executed (in both meanings of the term).

Otherwise, pretty much agreeage all around. Again I'd like to stress I *like* Season Three, I just don't think it's of the same caliber of Season Two and definitely not of the Angelus arc.

ThomasMalthus

Post more later

Date: 01/08/2003
From: Stax_

Angel worked fine for me. I don’t subscribe to the belief that regulars should have huge screentime by virtue of being regulars or that because you had a pivotal role the previous season you need to have one this season. Tell me an interesting story about Buffy and use Angel or Willow or Percy to whatever degree is necessary to do that.

I’m quite fond of the Buffy/Angel romance of S3 and I’m in no way relationship inclined. The neither here nor there nature of it was very true to life. Some of stuff in ‘The Prom’ was self-indulgent and the end of ‘Lovers Walk’ is kinda flat but otherwise it was lovely.

‘Helpless’ to ‘Graduation Day 2’ is the greatest run of episodes ‘Buffy’ has ever produced.

‘Bad Girls’ sparkles. The best set-up episode of ‘Buffy’ par none. It lays ESSENTIAL thematic groundwork for the rest of the year and the ‘Faith as Buffy’s dark side’ conceit wouldn’t be half as resonant without it. Its structured like a hook, onto which the meat of the episode can be hung. The dialogue is razor sharp, the pace is relentless and it’s totally involving (Everything from Buffy’s quiet shock at being arrested to Willow’s isolation is transferred to the audience) . Very few plot twists can make you rise from your sit in glee at the fittingness of it all and Faith killing Finch is one of them. And the vampire nest/dance sequence bit is one of the most layered, potent visuals of the series, all carnality and raw power. Any episode emphasising the ‘slayers as lesbians’ subtext with Eliza Dushka and the When She Was Cute Sarah Michelle Gellar is fine by me.

‘Consequences’ is overly segmented. It also ties up the first half of S3 in the neatest of packages. It makes explicit Faith’s reason for being and makes sense of Buffy’s growing irresponsibility. It’s as much a reflection as it is a turning point. It addresses issues that need to be addressed and has conversations that need to be had and does so with panache. Yes, the plot is driven by Angel and Wesley ex machinas but it still feels natural and unforced and the individual scenes range from merely good to best ever. The Buffy/Giles/Xander/Willow scene in the cafeteria is a masterclass in writing and one of the best scenes ‘Buffy’ has ever produced (And that’s saying something)

‘Doppelgangland’ is hilarious. It’s also the best examination of Willow we had had up to that point. It tells us bucketloads about her inferiority complex, her view of her place in the order of things and VampWillow is a neat insight into her darker impulses. It’s her BBB but with more polish. Also it compliments themes.

‘Enemies’ has a cheat ending and sags early on but it entertains.

‘Earshot’ is funny, smart and poignant. But we agree on that.

‘Choices’ treads water but it treads water interestingly. It wasn’t deriving it’s drama from Buffy’s moral dilemma, Buffy makes it explicit from the moment her options become clear that she’s going to trade off. The argument scene is dramatic because of the conflict between Wesley and Buffy, not because of a conflict within Buffy. ‘Choices’ could be a strong standalone. Instead of a MOW they used the recurring villains, people we were invested in. It allowed The Mayor and Faith’s bond to be solidified and foreshadowed the ‘return of Faith to the good side’ non-event. It also has a theme that comprehensively covers the nature of choices, the motivations that inform them and the unforeseeable consequences of them. Like ‘Doppelgangland’, it can take its place in S3’s Wall O’ Central Theme.

‘The Prom’. Noxon likes the character’s love lives. She doesn’t like monsters. And you can tell she isn’t even trying to integrate the two here. Some of the lines are dodgy and the break-up scene doesn’t pack much of a punch, I kept wishing Angel would choose his words less carefully or that Buffy would get angrier. But they’re overshadowed by a strong beginning and end and great moments from almost all the characters. It’s hard not to love that group of people.

‘Graduation Day pt 1’ The season finale of the year. If you ever want to sell ‘Buffy’ to some one on the grounds that it’s more than a guilty pleasure, forget the metaphors, ‘Buffy’ is a drama about moral choice. S1 was the orientation. S2 asks ‘How and why do I have to make decisions I don’t want to make?’. S3 asks ‘How and why do I have to make decisions that I don’t know are the right thing to do?. S4, S5 and S6 don’t bother with any of that stuff. This episode is the culmination and consolidation of the entire year, linking seamlessly into everything from ‘Revelations’ to ‘Doppelgangland’. It’s layered, loaded with subtext and doesn’t drop a ball in the process.

‘Graduation Day pt 2’. The coda and Whedon’s summation of the past three years. So what does he say, besides “I’m a frickin’ genius”? That young adults need a strong sense of morality and independence leaving school or they’re dead meat. It’s no coincidence that was that for Harmony. It’s epic while remaining personal, visually gorgeous and packed with metaphor. The best season finale? I think so.

I agree with you on Cordy and Trick but not on ‘Earshot’. You seem to be trying to bolster your argument by pointing out it was ran out of order ONCE in ONE country.

3 things. S3 knows what it wants to say, says it well and always remains true to ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. In S4 they begin a 180 degree turn that by S6 sees the show having successfully turned its back on everything that made it special.

Why else is S3 the best season? It has the best directed episode (‘The Wish’), the most underrated episode (‘Bad Girls’), the best pacing and structure of individual episodes, the best sense of tone, the sharpest dialogue, the most interesting and diverse group of second-string characters, some damn fine cast chemistry, the clearest sense of purpose, action derived character development, a strong but not overriding central theme, the writers recognising they’re working in a visual medium, Chris Beck still scoring, SMG still giving nuanced performances and the finest fight choreography of the show to date.

I'll post more later.stax

The last post I made...

Date: 01/08/2003
From: Stax_

was before I had read the replies.

I just find the majority of MOWs of S2 underwhelming. Alot of them are solid but lack real dramatic flair. I'm going to go with the prohibitiveness of using rigid metaphors as my reason for that.

I'm wouldn't get miffed over this. I'm just enthusiastic about discussion and this is my only place to vent. Buffy fandom scares me.

I agree Faith hadn't the same effect as Angelus but she was better drawn character and a cleverer conceit.

Faith slept with Xander in 'The Zeppo' who took more from it than he should have and was hanging out with Buffy enough for Willow to have felt sidelined in 'Bad Girls' and 'Consequences'. She had connections to the Scoobies.

'Surprise' to me is, far and away, the worst episode of S2. It's just an out and out BAD episode. It's a flailing, wasteful, rambling monsoon of plot inconsistencies, character assassination, daft romanticism and mawkish insincerity. It plays like the first draft of some gothic fantasy a thirteen year girl wrote drunk.stax

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