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Bargaining Part I & II Date: October 2, 2001
Written by: Marti Noxon (Part I) - David Fury (Part II) Story: The new season starts on a new network. It's a few months after the last episode, and the gang is starting to try and get back to normal after the death of Buffy. But Willow has one more idea, to try and use her magical powers to bring Buffy back to life. Before this happens, Giles decides that he is no longer needed in Sunnydale, and hops a plane back to England (and his own TV series). In order to try and keep the bad guys in line, the gang has put the old Buffy-bot on the case, and she's going out on patrol. But once the bad guys realize that Buffy-bot isn't the real Slayer, a gang of demons who look like castoffs from the Hellraiser movies, decide to make Sunnydale their new home. Willow, Xander, Anya and Tara all head to Buffy's gravesite to try and bring Buffy back to life, but before they can finish, the Demons come and crash the party. The Scoobies think they have failed, but it worked. Buffy comes back to life. But is she the same person she was before? Or has something changed in her? My thoughts: A couple of things I noticed. Alyson Hannigan now has the "and" credit at the end of the opening credit sequence, which leads me to believe she's going to play a much larger role this season, and this episode certainly shows that. I also noticed Amber Benson is not in the opening credit sequence, and is still listed as a guest star, which makes me wonder how long she's going to be around this season. And I also think there's room for another male cast character since now it's just Xander and Spike, and Xander even mentioned he wished he had a male friend. |
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After Life Date: October 9, 2001
Written by: Jane Espenson Story: After Life takes place moments after last weeks season premiere. The gang is still worried about Buffy, and whether or not she's 'complete'. Something seems off but they can't explain what, and Buffy won't talk. It also appears as if a demon has come back with Buffy. Something is taking over the gang's bodies but no one knows what. Until Willow discovers that the demon didn't come back with Buffy, it was created as a quid pro quo for allowing Buffy to return from the dead. And finally, Buffy opens up to Spike about what happened to her when she died. She didn't go to Hell as everyone thinks. She was actually in Heaven. She was finally at peace with her world. And her friends, believing she was in trouble, brought her back from the one place she was truly happy. She wasn't in Hell before, but now, she is. My thoughts: As the episode came to and end, I thought the resolution came very quickly. Buffy was able to get rid of the demon presence (with an assist to Willow) very easily. But what happened afterwards was one of the most powerful moments in the history of the show. When Buffy is talking to Spike about where she's really been, how she was in Heaven, her words and his expressions were very moving. It makes you wonder if she's ever going to be able to truly forgive her friends for ripping her out of the happiest place she's ever been. It sets up a very interesting dynamic for the rest of the season. |
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Flooded Date: October 16, 2001
Written by: Douglas Petrie, Jane Espenson Story: Buffy is still coming to grips with being pulled from Heaven, and being placed back in Hell, or Sunnydale as the locals call it. Her biggest problem outside of all that is the fact she has no money, and as the title of the episode suggests, her basement is now flooded. But to her surprise Giles makes a return appearance, two weeks after he left the show. A demon robs a bank, and as it turns out, he's controlled by three characters from episodes past. Andrew, who released a bunch of flying monkeys in high school, Jonathon, who has appeared in numerous episodes including one where he hypnotized the entire town into thinking he was a superhero, and Warren, the guy who created the Buffy-bot for Spike. The three of them have plans to take over Sunnydale. My thoughts: First off the super villians (as the three bad guys like to call themselves) look to be around for a few episodes trying to take over the town. It'll probably make for a bunch of light hearted episodes, as the three of them aren't very deep bad guys, just more of the humourous kind. Second, Willow and Giles got into a serious argument about the rebirth of Buffy, and Willow made a serious threat towards Giles, pushing her more and more to the dark side. I like the way the writers are making her turn very slow and deliberate, but unmistakeable nonetheless. I also liked how on last night's Angel, they gang up in L.A. got word that Buffy was alive, while here in Sunnydale in this episode, Angel called Buffy and they run off to meet. Even though word has it the two shows will no longer have crossover events since they're on different networks, it still looks like Joss Whedon is trying to make parts of the stories cross in time so that each show doesn't go cold turkey on the other. A nice touch I think. |
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Life Serial Date: October 23, 2001
Written by: David Fury, Jane Espenson Story: The super-villians plan to try and find the Slayer's weaknesses. Each of them try in their own different ways. First off Warren puts something on Buffy that makes time speed up. It makes the rest of the world just happen, but to Buffy an hour can pass in an instant. Andrew send three demons to Buffy while she's at her new job at the construction site. She manages to kill them easily enough, but causes enough damage to get her fired. Lastly Johnathon puts a spell on her that makes her life go on an endless loop. This time Buffy is working at the Magic Shop, and until she satisfies a particular customer, a portion of her life just keeps playing over and over again. The last quarter of the show has Buffy getting drunk with Spike and watching him play poker for kittens. At the end of the episode Giles gives her some money, and she says it's nice knowing he'll always be around. My thoughts: We all know Giles is leaving the show, but according to the commericals for the special Buffy the Musical episode set for November 6th, he's singing along with the rest of them, so he'll be around for at least 2 more episodes. The supporting cast really didn't have a large role in this episode. Willow was around for a couple of scenes along with Tara, Dawn had I think only one scene, Anya and Xander were around for a couple scenes, and Giles and Spike also only for a few scenes. The episode was basically showing Buffy trying to find her way back into life. Not good at school, not good at construction or retail and hurting for money, Buffy is still trying to get re-adjusted to being alive. |
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All The Way Date: October 30, 2001
Written by: Steven S. DeKnight Story: It's Halloween in Sunnydale, and in seasons past the gang has been consumed by their costumes, and tormented by a very tiny demon. This year Dawn gets into the act, sneaking out with friends, and getting into trouble, while the rest of the gang celebrates Xander and Anya's engagement. Xander may have second thoughts about the whole marriage thing, but then again, what guy doesn't? Dawn ends up getting her first kiss. Unfortunately for her, it's with a vampire. But it also looks like Dawn might be interesting in joining the dark side, as she doesn't put up much of a fight once she finds out. Buffy seems lost in her world, looking at people in love around her. Maybe the non-crossover events with Angel that has been written about is just a story and the two will cross paths this season. And finally, Willow is using her magic a lot, even for simple tasks, making Tara very upset... until Willow erases her memory, just slightly. My thoughts: The Willow-turning-evil story continues. Using magic as an everyday thing is never a good sign, and erasing the memory of a loved one is even worse. No question that she'll be turning to the dark side this season. Giles is looking more and more haggered every day, and will soon be departing. Buffy and Spike's relationship is one of the more interesting story lines of the season, and that's another reason I think Angel will be making an appearance. We shall see... here's looking forward to Buffy: The Musical next week. |
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Once More, With Feeling Date: November 06, 2001 Written and Directed by: Joss Whedon Story: A Demon is summoned to Sunnydale, making everyone sing and dance their feelings away. The theory being that people are able to express themselves better in song. So the Slayer and the gang all break into song in an episode that raises the bar for television programming. Not only is this the long awaited musical episode, it's also an important one as far as story lines go. Buffy finally admits to the gang that they didn't pull her out of hell, they pulled her out of heaven. Tara finds out that Willow has been changing her memories. Giles admits that he's holding Buffy back, and that he needs to leave in order for her to become as strong a person as she can become. And Buffy and Spike share a passionate kiss at the end. My thoughts: An absolutely amazing episode. The songs were brilliant, and all the actors did great jobs singing and dancing. Amber Benson stands out in my opinion with her serenade to Willow at the beginning of the show. Her voice was beautiful. I also loved Anthony Steward Head's song to Buffy while she's training, and James Marsters' song to Buffy. Words can not describe how much I enjoyed this episode. Some of the dancing seemed forced and slow paced, but that's to be expected when you're handing out dance routines to people who have never studied dance. I did enjoy the Xander/Anya duet in the apartment. I honestly think it's one of the best hours (hour and eight minutes) I've ever seen on television. And it set up so many story lines. Buffy coming out to her friends, and then ending the episode kissing Spike. Giles getting ready to leave the show. Tara finding out about Willow, and also looking like she'll be leaving the show, which could finally push Willow over the edge. And with the previews for next week's episode showing Anya and Giles, well who knows what will come from that. This is by far the best episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer I've ever seen. |
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Tabula Rasa Date: November 13, 2001
Written by: Rebecca Rand Kirshner Story: Spike wants to talk to Buffy about the kiss they had at the end of the last episode. The group is still getting over finding out that Buffy was pulled out of heaven. Giles breaks it to Buffy that he's heading back to England, leaving Buffy feeling alone. Willow decides to try another memory spell to make her forget everything. Tara gives Willow an ultimatum: either stop using spells for a week, or I leave. Willow agrees, but the next morning goes ahead with the memory spell on both Buffy and Tara. Unfortunately the spell goes wrong, and instead the entire gang loses their memory. Which makes for some very entertaining situations. Giles thinks Spike is his son, and Spike thinks his name is Randy. Willow thinks she and Xander are going out. Buffy doesn't know her own name, and decides to call herself Joan. And Giles and Anya think they're married. The usual mayhem ensues, until the spell is broken. Tara leaves Willow, and Giles heads back to England. Buffy and Spike fight, but at the end of the episode are still making out. My thoughts: A very funny episode. Watching the group trying to figure out who they are and ending up in the wrong pairings was very entertaining. The Spike and Buffy dance continues, and I have no idea where this is going to lead. It looks like Tara and Giles are gone for good. While I am saddened to see them go, I am sort of happy that they are paring down a cast that was starting to get out of control. And the previews for next week show a returning Amy, a girl friend of the gang who a few seasons back turned herself into a rat (mouse?) to escape a witch burning (episode Gingerbread). At the time Willow couldn't turn her back, but now she can, and the two of them look like they're going to be getting into a lot of trouble together. I also loved the musical coda to the episode, featuring Michelle Branch's Goodbye to You. Her entire CD is absolutely amazing. And as an aside, Tabula Rasa happens to be the name of a college band I went to school with. |
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Smashed Date: November 20, 2001
Written by: Drew Z. Greenberg Story: The Supervillians make a return as they steal a diamond from the local museum (Sunnydale sure has a lot of stuff in it for a town that seems to have a lot of people die in it... airport, university, museum.) Slowly but surely the Villians are taking shape. Buffy and Spike's love-trip is getting stranger and stranger. We all remember Spike has a chip in his head that stops him from hurting innocent people, but for some reason, he can now hit Buffy. Is something wrong with the chip? Or is something wrong with Buffy? And then as much as I enjoyed watching them go round and round in their love-hate relationship, frankly I was a bit surprised to see them have sex near the end of the episode. Not as shocked as Spike was according to the look on his face, but surprised none-the-less. I'm frightened and yet strangely interested in seeing where all this leads. Willow ressurects her friend Amy from her rat life, and the two of them go off on a spell-trip before deciding they want something bigger. We shall see where this leads. My thoughts: I loved the re-introduction of Amy into the world. Her conversation with Buffy was priceless (Buffy: Amy. How you been? Amy: Rat. You? Buffy: Dead.) I'm paraphrasing of course, but it was rather funny. The whole Buffy/Spike thing is getting a little strange. I'm not sure I like the idea of them having sex, but hopefully it's all leading somewhere good. You know Buffy isn't going to tell her friends, which is going to lead to some bad situations, and it's a path a lot of shows have travelled before, but I have faith that the Buffy team of writers will come up with something new. Willow looks to continue her path into the dark side with the help of Amy next week, and the Supervillians are coming along slowly, but they're always good for a few laughs. |
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Wrecked Date: November 27, 2001
Written by: Marti Noxon Story: Dueling addictions this week on Buffy as Buffy deals with her Spike problems and Willow deals with her magic problems. Buffy and Spike apparently went at it all night as the episode picks up the morning after last week's show. Buffy, as with most of the episodes this season, starts the show saying she'll never see Spike again. Meanwhile, Willow is taken to a Warlock's den by Amy, and goes through a serious trip. Her second time back almost ends up killing her and Dawn as they are being chased by a demon. The episode ends with both Buffy and Willow fighting through their addictions. With sweeps over for the month, there is no new episode next week. My thoughts: This show is getting seriously dark and more adult. The comedy angle that the show used so well the entire run of the series is almost gone. Anya and Xander had almost nothing to do with this episode, and besides their engagement, nothing to do with this season. The episode basically started with Spike fingering Buffy in an attempt to get her to stay, and the Willow goes through a serious drug trip twice, and ends up in the shower once. There was no humor at all during the show, and the drug overtones are sort of being beaten into our heads. While I've enjoyed this season, I am starting to miss the comedy/drama mix the show used to have, and I hope it comes back soon. |
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Gone Date: January 8, 2002
Written and Directed by: David Fury Story: The Super Villains are back, this time creating an invisibility ray. Their planned use for it was to spy on naked women (a noble pursuit), but instead they accidentaly hit the Slayer, and turn her invisible. Buffy takes to the not-being-able-to-be-seen look, and wanders around town having some fun, before heading over to Spike's place, and having her way with him. But Spike realizes that once she's able to be seen again, she'll leave him like always. And Buffy realizes that running away from her life isn't what she wants. Meanwhile, Dawn is pissed at both Willow and Buffy for letting her get her arm broken, Anya and Xander are still making wedding plans, and Willow is trying to stay off the magic and succeeding. My thoughts: Well, Buffy did cut her hair off, and it looks pretty good. I enjoyed having the comical Super Villains make a return appearance. The show was starting to get a little too serious for my tastes. And is it just me, or is the Buffy/Spike on again off again romance starting to wear a little thin? Not having a new episode for over a month made it a little hard to get back into story lines, and there's another repeat next week. Thankfully, February sweeps are just around the corner so we'll have a bunch of back-to-back new episodes then. And again it might just be me, but are the Buffy girls looking really hot these days or what? |
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Doublemeat Palace Date: January 29, 2002
Written by: Jane Espenson Story: Buffy takes a fast food job at the Doublemeat Palace where their secret is some sort of meat process (which turns out to actually be vegetables mixed with beef fat). But something is strange there, as the workers keep leaving for no particular reason. Buffy soon discovers a strange creature living inside the head of an old woman that paralyzes, then eats the workers, because they taste to juicy. Meanwhile, Anya is starting to have second thoughts about Xander when one of her old Demon-mates makes a visit. And Willow is having a hard time keeping away from magic, and it doesn't help that Amy is around. Spike and Buffy have sex once again, and Dawn is just sort of around. My thoughts: Ahh, nothing better than coming home from a long trip and watching a new Buffy episode. Although I would have liked to have stayed away, having Buffy makes coming home a little more bearable. This episode was kind of cool. Kind of like a throwback to old time horror films (the burgers are people! they're people!) Buffy and Spike need to get their storyline moving, having sex every episode is starting to creep me out. Good to see the Xander and Anya storyline starting to move forward as well. Dawn has had nothing to do with this season yet, and Willow's putting away of magic seems too easy. I sense a return of Tara, and maybe another falling apart of Willow. |
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Dead Things Date: February 5, 2002
Written by: Steven S. DeKnight Story: Buffy calls on Tara to try and find out if the spell that brought her back from the dead changed her in anyway. She needs to know why Spike can hit her, even with the chip in his head, and why she continues to have sex with him. When she finds out that there is in fact nothing wrong with her, Buffy breaks down and seems to slowly be falling apart. Meanwhile, the Super Villains are starting to become more and more serious, as they conjure up a spell that can make any girl they want become their slave. But when the spell fades, and the girl (Warren's ex-girlfriend) comes to, she starts to go to the police, but Warren accidentally kills her. In order to protect themselves, they conjure up some demons to put Buffy into a strange time warp and make her believe she killed the girl. Buffy thankfully figures it out, but the Super Villains manage to get away with murder, and they like it. Not much happens with the other characters. My thoughts: Dear god, could Buffy and Spike do it more? Every episode now seems to focus on them having sex, although at least this episode seems to hint at the idea that either Buffy will admit she's in love with him, or that something is seriously wrong with her. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see Buffy off Spike some time this season. |
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Older and Far Away Date: February 12, 2002
Written by: Drew Z. Greenberg Story: Dawn is feeling left out of the world. She's a big kleptomaniac now, but she only does it because no one wants to hang out with her. She mistakenly makes a wish to a guidance counselor, who ends up being the same vengeance demon from the Doublemeat Palace episode a couple weeks back. So they have Buffy's birthday, complete with the regular gang, plus Tara, a new guy for Buffy, a friend of Buffy's from work, Spike and Spike's facially challenged friend Clem (he's so cute). But Dawn's wish to make it so people didn't leave her comes true, and all of them are trapped in the house. At the same time, a demon trapped in a sword comes back to life and threatens the entire house. Things get a little out of hand but by the end, everything is back to normal. Or as normal as they can be in this world. My thoughts: I enjoyed the episode mostly because almost all of it took place in the same location. I always enjoy it when they spend a lot of time in one place, and interact with each other. Spike is jealous of Buffy spending time with this other guy. Dawn finally gets something to do this season, even if it is the whining that most people dislike about her character. Xander looks like he's gained weight. And Willow and Tara seem to be on better terms. We shall see where that ends up going. The episode didn't do anything to evolve the Super Villain story line, and only slightly touched on the Buffy/Spike story. All in all a decent episode. This may be sacrilegious to say, but recently I've been enjoying the Angel story lines a bit more than the Buffy ones. |
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As You Were Date: February 26, 2002 Written and Directed by: Douglas Petrie Story: Riley returns! Yes that Riley... after a year away fighting demons in the jungles of South America, Riley has tracked a demon to Sunnydale, and comes to the Slayer for help. What Riley doesn't mention at first is that he is now married to a fellow demon hunter named Sam. Buffy is saddened by this turn of events, thinking that Riley would be the one to take her out of her funk. And he does, but not in the way she expected. Riley gives her a little talking to that shows Buffy that no matter how bad things look, Buffy is still the most amazing woman he knows. Buffy, her spirit rekindled by Riley's visit, breaks things off with Spike. This time she means it. And the wedding plans of Xander and Anya continue. My thoughts: I enjoy the fact that they still have Buffy working the Doublemeat Palace, and didn't make that into a one episode deal. I also enjoyed Riley's return, even though I disliked him when he was originally on. He wasn't as lovey-dovey weak as he was before. Buffy finally looks to be on the road back to recovery, and hopefully Spike will be able to go back to his nasty self. After all, for years all he wanted to do was kill the Slayer, and now since he can for some reason attack her, there's no reason for him to go back to his original killing state. And next week is the big wedding, with what looks to be a big brawl-for-all taking place. |
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Hell's Bells Date: March 5, 2002
Written by: Rebecca Rand Kirshner Story: It's the big wedding day for Xander and Anya. But someone claiming to be Xander from the future shows up, and shows Xander what his future will be like if he marries Anya. It turns out the guy is a demon who Anya sent to demon hell many years ago, and just wanted revenge, but Xander sees something in the visions that he sees in himself, and decides he can't marry Anya. The episode ends with Anya talking to her former demon boss, with him offering her the chance to go back to her old vengeance demon ways. My thoughts: A fairly straight-forward episode. Nothing too shocking happens, even with the wedding being called off. What makes it interesting is waiting to see what happens with Anya and her possibly becoming a vengeance demon again. Will she join up with the Super Villains and suddenly give them power they've never had before? |
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Normal Again Date: March 12, 2002
Written by: Diego Gutierrez Story: Buffy is out searching for the Super Villains when she is attacked by a strange (is there any other kind?) monster who injects her with some poison. The poison makes her believe that she is in a mental institution and that everything she's gone through for the past 6 years never really happened. The longer she believes this, the more she feels that maybe that is reality, and her life in Sunnydale isn't. Xander makes a quick return from his wedding exodus but finds that Anya has left town. My thoughts: Other than about 15 minutes of the show, I felt it wasn't that strong an episode. Having Buffy suddenly say that she in fact was in an institution years ago seemed very contrived and 'easy' to make the show work. It also didn't seem nice that knowing she was sick and poisoned, her friends and family still beat up on her. When did they start attacking Buffy when she was hurt? That didn't seem right. The only part of the show that really captured me was when Buffy went "Psycho" and started to beat up her friends to try and make her mental institution life her real life. That was truly bone chilling as you couldn't see any life in her eyes. Otherwise the episode didn't really cover any new grounds. I did though like the way the doctor kept coming up with explanations that gelled with what we know about the show. How she made up a sister out of nowhere, how she was lucid last summer (when she died), how each season there were bigger and bigger monsters she fought, but now she's only fighting some punk kids. That was rather humorous. So maybe the show wasn't all bad, but like the rest of the season, it seems to be lacking the spark it had in seasons past. |
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Entropy Date: April 30, 2002
Written by: Drew Z. Greenberg Story: The show opens with the Super Villains chasing down vampires because they need some disc for some reason. Anya is back in town (but now she's returned to her demon self in some respects). She's very hurt at what Xander did to her, and she just wants some revenge. But in order to get that revenge, she needs someone to wish something bad on Xander and none of his friends will say the words. But then Spike walks in and Anya thinks she has her man. But they start drinking and crying on each others shoulders, Anya about Xander and Spike about Buffy... the more they drink, the closer they get until they start having sex on the Magic Box tables. All of this is seen by the rest of the gang because someone has hidden cameras all around the town and Willow was somehow able to tap into their system (it was the Super Villains). Xander goes down there and gets into a huge fight with Anya, while Spike finally tells Xander that he slept with Buffy. Xander walks off in a huff. Meanwhile Willow and Tara are getting back together, first slowly, then ending the show with a huge makeout session, which should make most guys happy. And Buffy wants to hang out with Dawn and Dawn ends up figuring out that Buffy and Spike were together. My thoughts: I was going to bed last night and it suddenly hit me what was wrong with this season. I can't believe it took me almost all year to figure it out. This season had nothing to do with anything supernatural. It was all about relationships. Willow and Tara, Xander and Anya, Buffy and Spike, Buffy and Dawn... it was basically Dawson's Creek in Sunnydale. Every other season of this show, there was a big overall plot, some giant vampire or demon or God that was causing havoc in the small town and Buffy had to fight through it. This season it's all about people and their relationships. And frankly, I don't think it worked as well as the producers had hoped. Other than the Super Villains sometimes coming in and doing something, nothing else has really happened. Although the remaining few episodes should at least get the action started and set up a decent storyline for next season... Here's hoping... |
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Seeing Red Date: May 7, 2002
Written by: Steven S. DeKnight Story: The Super Villains are back again, this time getting the ability to be invinceable. At least Warren is. Spike tries to win Buffy back, first by reason, then by force. It doesn't work, but something clicks in his head, and he heads out of town, promising to be back. Xander is still working through his feelings towards the whole Buffy/Spike relationship, while Willow and Tara are getting it on every chance they get. Things really start to pick up (season-wise) at the end when Warren shoots wildly at Buffy, and ends up shooting her and Tara. The show ends with Willow headed on her trip to the darkside. My thoughts: Most of the episode was still straight out of "Dawson's Creek" with relationships taking the foreground. Spike's attempted rape of Buffy was a bit more than I bargained for, but it shows the route the show has taken all season. Ever since the show jumped to UPN it's been a lot more 'adult' than previous seasons. Whether you like that or not depends on you. I for one was happier when the show was about good vs. evil and not who likes who and why. But the last minute really changed things. Did not see that one coming. And it looks like Willow will finally head to the dark side, the only question is whether it'll last just the last couple of episodes of the season, or if this is the story line that'll carry over to next year. For the first time all season, I'm looking forward to next week's show. |
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Villains Date: May 14, 2002
Written by: Marti Noxon Story: The story opens where last week's episode ended. Tara and Buffy have been shot. Buffy is taken to the hospital but Tara dies. Willow tries to save her through magical means, but is told that it is all part of nature, and that Tara was meant to die. Willow goes on a rampage and fills her head with all sorts of black magic. She first saves Buffy's life at the hospital, but then goes on a search for Warren. It takes a while, but when she catches him, she tortures him with the bullet he used on Buffy, and then does the unimaginable, and literally skins him alive. Meanwhile, Spike is on a mission to get the chip out of his head and head back to the Slayer. My thoughts: Damn. Bad Ass Willow kicks some serious ass. Holy cow, when she stripped the skin off of Warren at the end, I actually yelled 'holy shit' out loud. If the rest of the season was rather Dawson's Creek, this episode almost made up for all of it. Action packed from start to finish with the long awaited turn of Willow to the dark side. And with Spike almost getting that chip out of his head, the two of them could make a formidable team. Next week's previews look pretty spectacular. |
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Two to Go/Grave Date: May 21, 2002
Written by: Donald Petrie/David Fury Story: The story picks up immediately after Willow's has skinned Warren. She's on a serious power trip, and her only goal is to track down Andrew and Jonathon and kill them too. Giles makes a surprise appearance and has almost as much power as Willow. It was given to him by a Coven back in England to try and compete with Willow, but she is no match for him. She steals his power, but ultimately, that is her downfall. Willow is attempting to blow up the world and end all the pain and misery, but Xander saves the day by showing her that no matter what she does, he will always love her. Meanwhile, Spike passes all the tests in front of him, and is granted his wish of being what he once was. The world is saved again... for now. My thoughts: I found most of this season not as entertaining as the previous seasons. I've already mentioned why I felt this way. But these last couple of episodes turned things around. Unlike Angel which was great the entire season, but the last couple of episodes weren't as strong. Seeing Bad Ass Willow was great, as I've always loved Evil Willow (when she turns into a vampire), and Bad Ass Willow takes that one step further. The entire episode was pretty good, with Giles making the big return and Buffy and Dawn finally working out their relationship. I think a lot of people are going to be annoyed with the ending, feeling that it was a let down. But I think it was probably the best way to end it all. I mean, what are they going to do? Actually kill off Willow? If love worked for Harry Potter, it can work for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That being said, I am a little confused about the ending. I thought it was a given that Spike would turn into his old bad self and next season would be an old school season with Spike vs. Buffy being the main event, but the creature at the end said something to the effect of giving Spike back his soul. Well as far as I know, there is only one vampire with a soul, and that's Angel. Did I mis-hear that ending, or does Spike now have a soul? If he does, what does that mean for next season? Only 4 months to find out. All in all, a disappointing season for Buffy, but one that picked up at the end, and is a nice base for next season... |
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