The Top 5 Sci fi and Fantasy Show Seasons

Now, as many nerds and geeks (such as myself) will confirm, a sci fi or fantasy show is often defined by how good each of it's seasons were. One bad season among 5 great ones can really drag a show down in fandom, as can one good one among two lousy ones. So, i've decided to do something different: pick the top five best individual seasons of shows of the genre to set them apart from the rest of the show. If you're wondering why this isn't a top ten list like usual, that's because i realized it would get redundant pretty quickly. So, here we go: the top five sci fi and fantasy show seasons:

5. Supernatural: Season 1
Before any of you say anything, let me first establish that i am literally just now starting to watch this show. My friend is huge fan, and he tried and succeeded to get me hooked by loaning me his box set for the first season. I loved it, and now i'm on season 2, which so far i like, but i haven't seen it enough to put it ahead. Anyway, the show chronicles the demon hunting Winchester brothers Sam and Dean as they road trip cross country in there Chevy Impala hunting down demons, spirits, and anything else that happens to be evil. They find it, they kill it. Why do they do this? When they were little, a demon killed there mother. After that, there dad became obsessed with finding it and killing it. He didn't, but he found quite a lot of other evil stuff and killed that. He trained Sam and Dean to be hunters as well. The road trip aspect of this show alone is awesome, plus the often hilarious dynamic between Sam and Dean (they spent most of this season not liking each other very much) and, obviously, the kick-ass action when they shoot, impale, exorcise, or torch demons. Throw in an awesome classic rock sound track and some genuine scares and you've got the first season of Supernatural.

4. The X Files: Season 1
I do love this show. First off let me say that this was the best season of the show, hands down. I'm not saying seasons 2-7 were bad (but i will say that about seasons 8 and 9) but, as a whole, I like this season best. The iconic adventures of FBI Agents Mulder (the believer) and Scully (the skeptic) follows them assigned to the X Files, the FBI's unsolved, unexplained cases, which, naturally, resurface and involve what Mulder calls extreme possibility. Translation: they end up with cases involving mutants, physics, bizarre creatures, and, of course, the alien conspiracy theory that would be present throughout the show. The monster of the week with the occasional story arch episode made fans keep watching and just made it flat out GOOD. Add in the best pilot episode i've ever seen, great special effects, and of course Mulder and Scully desperately trying not to make out with each other, and you've got something truly excellent.

3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3
I know what you're thinking: is this guy even capable of getting through an entire list WITHOUT talking about or even referencing a Joss Whedon show? Answer: Probably not. Season 1 launched the show, season 2 showed what it was capable of, but, at least in my opinion, season 3 is where it peaked. Once again, i'm not saying the following seasons were bad, just that, this one was probably the best. After returning to Sunnydale following some reflection in LA, and finally reconnecting with her mom and the scoobies, Buffy meets another slayer: Faith, as well as encounters something very interesting indeed involving the town mayor. There honestly weren't any episodes this season i disliked, not to mention so many classic episodes like The Wish, The Zeppo, Dopplegangland, Earshot, Bad Girls (i could on but i won't) that made it the most consistent. And other then maybe season 5's central story, the mayor arc was probably my favorite. Throw in every character we would ever come to love on this show except Tara (though fans of show acknowledge why having Tara and Oz around at the same time doesn't work) plus the usual hilarious comic relief and huge and kick ass action scenes and one of the best season finale's ever, and you've got season three in a nutshell.

2. Doctor Who: Season/Series 2
Any and every whovian knows that this was hands down the best season of new who (though i think season 5 came pretty close). The 9th doctor has regenerated into the 10th Doctor, who is the favorite of most fans. Plus, you've got Rose as the companion, also regarded as one of the best companions. The continue there adventures through time and space, dealing with old enemies like Cybermen and Daleks, plus new ones like, oh, i don't know, maybe a WEREWOLF! And SATAN! Plus new and old friends like Sarah Jane and Pete. From there, throw in an amazing central story involving the an alternate universe (before Fringe was even on, I might add, so don't go saying they ripped off JJ Abrams) and the mysterious Torchwood Institute. Once again, this season had so many classic episodes like Tooth and Claw, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, School Reunion, and the Christmas Invasion. Despite two total bombs (yes, i'm talking about Love and Monsters and Fear Her) the rest of the season, including it's amazing finale, was awesome enough that most fans are willing to forget that. Series 2: it was awesome.

1. Torchwood: Season/ Series 3 (AKA Children of Earth)
Now, in general, i prefer Doctor Who to any of it's spinoffs (and there are a lot of them) BUT, most fans of both shows will agree that this season was five of the finest hours of television ever produced. That's right, this season was a five episode long mini-series. So, it's no secret among Torchwood fans that season 1 was, at best, mediocre and, at worst, horrible. Season two was good, but not incredible either, save for A Day in the Death. Children of Earth, however was AWESOME! So, season 3 begins, Tosh and Owen are dead (spoilers) and Gwen finds out she's pregnant. Jack and Ianto are being Jack and Ianto, if you catch my drift. And then, one morning, every single child on earth stops. They literally stopped moving, talking, everything, right there, but it wears off after a few minutes. Then, a few hours later, it happens again, but this time they speak. What do they say? "WE ARE COMING." A group of aliens called the 456 are controlling them, just letting them know that they intend to stop by to take 10% of the earth's children, by force if necessary. The catch? They've been here before, and Jack's dealt with them once. This season was everything all at once: action packed, a political thriller, and full of comic relief and even further development and some closure from the characters we had gotten to know over the past two seasons. Granted, a lot of that closure and the bittersweet ending (i won's spoil that) are undone by the dreadful fourth season (we will not discuss that) but either way, this amazing, and that makes Torchwood: Children of Earth the best season of any sci fi and fantasy show.

Alright, guys, thanks for reading, be sure to comment and subscribe, and, oh wait, it's time for HONORABLE MENTIONS! The seasons that were good, but not good enough for the list:
Doctor Who season 5
Torchwood season 2
The X Files season 2
Buffy season's 2 and 5
Angel season 3
Firefly (only one season of the show was ever made, so yeah)
Warehouse 13 seasons 2 and 3
Smallville insert season here (and with that i give you all permission to hate me)
Star Trek Enterprise seasons 3 and 4