I'm sure I would have enjoyed S3 a lot more if Angel hadn't been in it *magical snow? really? Pfft* I'd argue that too much of the season is taken up by the on-again, off-again relationship of Angel and Buffy with diminishing returns.

Faith was such a fascinating character and I would have liked to have seen more of her, and more Buffy & Faith interaction. As it is, Faith is missing from quite a few episodes, then Bad Girls happens rather late in the season (for some reason my memory placed it earlier than it is) so then there's this "rush" or intensification near the end of things.

I do enjoy the Mayor, though; and his relationship with Faith is almost as fascinating to me as that of Buffy and Giles.