Top Five TV Villains: Mayor WIlkins

Where He's From: Buffy

Why He's Evil: He turned himself into a giant, immortal snake and planned to eat an entire town. Also, he's a politician.

Why He's Awesome: There were a lot of good 'Big Bads' in Buffy, the villains who took all season to vanquish, but the Mayor is my favourite. He's just so nice. The juxtaposition of impeccable manners and mass murder, of cleanliness and eating demon spiders, were played note-perfect. He's like a nice uncle whose jokes are bad but you don't mind because he means well. He really cared about Faith. When, at the very end of the season, there's a flash of rage, it feels real. It's scarier than immortal vampires and cyborg terrors.

The Mayor is also a nice little metaphor for the fear we all feel when we're finishing school, that the real world will be absolutely terrifying.

Best Moments: Buying clothes for Faith, talking with Buffy in the hospital, "well gosh", getting the box of spiders back, demanding cleanliness.

Honourable Mentions from Buffy: Glory, The Master, Angel, Druscilla, Willow.