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Lessons Date: September 24, 2002
Written by: Joss Whedon Story: Sunnydale High reopens and something is already terribly wrong. Dawn starts high school with Buffy looking out for her. They find some spirits that are being controlled by a talisman attacking some of the students. Xander is working on the construction project at school as well. Willow is out in England with Giles, recovering from her ordeal from last year. Anya is still in Demon form, but she's not really that bad. And Spike is back in Sunnydale as well, but with his soul intact. And someone else is there with him... but who is it? My thoughts: A nice set-up for the season. We get to see all the characters again and what they're up to. The show seems to be heading back to its original formula of comedy and humor going along with the vampires and demons. There appears to be a big creature to fight against, although at this point what that creature is has yet to be determined. I hope it's not some kind of existential Buffy vs. Buffy deal or something. Last season got rather boring with all the introspection and the like. Give me back my good Buffy from the first few seasons. Maybe add a cast member or two to fill out the Scooby gang and let them kick some ass again! I thought everyone looked pretty good. I like Spike's haircut, although I don't think that'll keep. Buffy looked good, Dawn looked real good, Anya looked a little frumpy but whatever. Xander was in cool mode. And Willow looked good, but I seem to remember seeing a picture of her recently with her head looking shaved, which makes me wonder what's going to happen to her this season. Anyway, good start, here's looking for next week's Buffy the Guidance Counselor... |
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Beneath You Date: October 1, 2002
Written by: Douglas Petrie Story: A strange worm creature is attacking people in Sunnydale. Well, not people, just one person... and her dog. Turns out Anya put a curse on the girls boyfriend turning him into this creature. So the gang (all three of them) have to put a stop to it. Meanwhile, Spike is slightly insane from his new soul being put into place. It takes him a while, but he finally comes clean to Buffy saying that he did it for her. Willow is on her way back to Sunnydale from England but isn't sure how she'll be received. Buffy's first day as a guidance counselor... well, nothing really happened. And for the second straight episode, the story started with a girl in a foreign country (last time Turkey, this time Germany), being chased by men/women/creatures in hoods and eventually caught and killed. Is Buffy dreaming this? Is it real? What does it mean? My thoughts: So Willow didn't actually make it back yet. Too bad. I'm glad they had Spike come clean quickly. I always hate it when they keep secrets like this and drag it on forever. Everyone in the show is talking about this 'big' thing about to happen, but no one seems to know the details. But it seems to be something bigger than anything they've faced before. At least I'm interested in finding out. |
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Same Time, Same Place Date: October 8, 2002
Written by: Jane Espenson Story: Willow's homecoming is more problematic than anyone anticipated, beginning with her reception at the airport. My thoughts: Stupid me... I go away for a week, set the VCR to tape a bunch of shows, but the one show I really want to see is the one show I screw up and set for the wrong channel. So yes, I missed this episode and have no idea what happened... anyone want to give me a run down? |
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Help Date: October 15, 2002
Written by: Rebecca Rand Kirshner Story: Buffy settles in at her job as guidance counselor. She meets a girl who seems to think she's going to die, but can't explain why she knows it. The gang gets into action to try and save her, but in the end it turns out that she was fated to die, and nothing Buffy or anyone else did was going to help. My thoughts: Missing an episode really sucks. Especially in a show like this where there's an overlying plot that goes throughout the entire season, and within every episode there's a little more of the story told. So I don't know what happened last week and how it fits into the story. This week didn't seem to do much for an overall story other than when the girl with the precog abilities said to Buffy that she was going to make a difference. Spike seems as insane as always and the rest of the gang was there. But it is nice to see Dawn starting to have more of an impact in the stories, rather than just being the whiner. |
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Selfless Date: October 22, 2002
Written by: Drew Goddard Story: Anya kills a dozen frat boys for picking on a girl. The episode basically shows some of her life before today and deals with the gang deciding what to do to her. Willow goes evil for just a second while fending off a killer spider and Xander and Buffy have words over Anya. In the end Anya lives and is no longer a demon, while her friend whose name I can't remember, dies for her. My thoughts: I love episodes that deal with the past of the characters. Every time we went into the past with Angel it was fun. And my one of my favorite episodes was the one where we saw how Spike killed the other Slayers. It was fun seeing Anya with the troll guy and what appeared to be the beginnings of her fear of rabbits. Her starting the Russian Revolution wasn't as entertaining, but then we got to see what appeared to be an edited scene from the musical episode. Or they went back and recreated everything for that one scene. Either way, that was fun too. And who'd have thought that the Xander/Anya relationship could be so touching? Definite lump in the throat ending. On a side note, shouldn't there be some kind of rule that redheads can't wear red? Is it just me? Am I the only one who doesn't think that looks right? Anyone else agree? Alyson is cute, very cute, but with the red hair and the red sweater and the red tights... didn't work for me. I should stop analyzing this shouldn't I... and next week they're already into repeats... wonderful. |
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Him Date: November 5, 2002
Written by: Drew Z. Greenberg Story: Dawn develops an unnatural crush on a boy. She falls head over heels for him and everyone thinks its a spell. And it is, especially when Buffy also falls for him. And before the night is over, both Anya and Willow will also fall for this lover boy. My thoughts: A pretty funny episode. It didn't have really anything to do with the major storyline for the season, but it was a good side show. Dawn got to step front and center for a while and it was humorous watching Buffy fall for the guy. I loved the ending when the screen was broken into four sections following each of the girls as they tried to win over his love. I guess you could call this episode quirky. I've also come to the realization I really don't like the way Sarah Michelle Gellar says the word 'OK'. Maybe it's just me. |
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Conversations With Dead People Date: November 12, 2002
Written by: Jane Espenson and Drew Goddard Story: Strange things happen in Sunnydale as everyone sees dead people. Buffy, on a routine patrol in the graveyard, runs into a guy she went to high school with. He of course is now a vampire, but instead of fighting, he turns into her psychologist. Buffy spills her guts to him in the humourous portion of the episode, before finding out that he was sired by none other then Spike. Meanwhile, Willow is visited by the girl from the October 15th episode "Help" who is supposedly talking to Tara. But it turns out that this girl was only trying to get Willow to kill herself. Dawn is alone at home and is visited by her mother, who seems to be being controlled by a demon. Dawn uses magic to expell the demon, only to have her mother tell her that Buffy won't be around when the time comes. And the Super Villains from last season pay a visit. One of them is dead of course, but in this episode, that doesn't matter and Jonathon is killed on top of some kind of Brahma Bull looking thing. Anya and Xander are no where to be seen in this episode. My thoughts: A rather nice episode. Had some lighthearted points, "I'm here to kill you, not to judge you" was a good line. What is Amber Benson doing with her career that she couldn't come back and they had to create this secondary way of getting her story? And where was Xander and Anya throughout all of this? And they really need to come up with better dialogue for Dawn. She's becoming more a part of stories but her speeches are tiresome. However the episode did do a good job of moving the plot along as the big evil from this season looks like it's the big evil of all time... the devil himself. |
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Sleeper Date: November 19, 2002
Written by: Jane Espenson and David Fury Story: For the third or fourth time this season, someone in a foreign country is killed by strange people in black cloaks. Meanwhile, in good old Sunnydale, everyone is dealing with the aftermath of last weeks visits from the dead. But the one everyone wants to know about is Spike. Is he killing people again? The answer unfortunately, is yes. But how? Someone, or something, is controlling him. But he's the only one that can see it. Buffy resolves to fight this big bad, but no one really knows what it is. And in what has to be the most shocking ending, the show ends seconds before Giles appears to be beheaded! My thoughts: Good episode that focuses completely on the main story line for the season, helping to move the plot along. We get more into these strange people in cloaks because now they're near Giles. And seeing two Spikes is always better than one. |
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Never Leave Me Date: November 26, 2002
Written by: Drew Goddard Story: The gang ties up Spike to try and get information out of him. He has some connection to what's happening, but they don't know what it is. Andrew, after killing Jonathon, still has work to do. He needs to get more blood to pour upon the thing in the ground he dug up last week. But along the way he runs into Willow who takes him back to Buffy's house. Spike's being controlled somehow by something and tries to kill Andrew but is stopped in the nick of time. But the strange people in cloaks that we've been seeing come to Buffy's place and kidnap Spike. Spike is taken to the charm in the ground and his blood is used to open it up, and the first evil is released. My thoughts: I was with this episode until the end. I was kind of expecting something a little more menacing than what I saw. After years of this show, what this ubervampire (as the credits called it) looked like, wasn't special. even the Master from season one was scarier. So I'm not sure where this is headed. The Watchers Counsel seemed scared of it. Giles, after ending the last episode about to be beheaded was nowhere to be seen. Buffy talked about the first evil like she knew something. And yet, I was left wondering if that was it. And with sweeps over, it'll probably be a month before the story continues... and we all knew that the principal was something evil... |
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Bring On the Night Date: December 17, 2002
Written by: Marti Noxon and Douglas Petrie Story: The entire story line is finally revealed... the First - the originator of all Evil - is in Sunnydale. The reasons are unknown other than the basic wanting to end the Earth kind of thing. It doesn't manifest itself visually, it only shows itself in the form of the dead, hence Dawn seeing her mother and Willow seeing that dead girl. The girls in the earlier episodes that were killed by the hooded creatures were slayers-in-training. The idea being to kill all of them and all the Watchers then go after the only two slayers still alive, Buffy and Faith. The creature that appeared at the end of the last episode was not the First but was an early race of vampire, so feared that even modern day vampires are scared of it. It is almost indistructable as it gives Buffy the whooping of a lifetime. Evil controls everything and when it finally decides to show its true self, all hell will break loose. Questions still unanswered include, who exactly is the principal and what role does he play? Why is Spike seemingly so important? At the end Buffy gives a rousing Patton-esque speech with what sounded like music from Braveheart in the background. Let the games begin. My thoughts: Fantastic episode. After a season of wondering what was happening, the entire show is laid out for us to ponder, but still with enough mystery to keep me coming back. What does Evil want and why has it picked now to show up? Will we finally see Faith get out of prison? Why do both sides want Spike so badly? And if Buffy really needs all the help she can get, are we in store for an explosive season-ending crossover event with Angel? Because as we all know, Angel is also fighting the Apocalypse over on his show. While the show was dealy serious it still allowed for moments of humor, most of it dealing with the captured Andrew. The entrance of new, attractive female characters is always a plus for me, and the highlight had to be the ghostly re-appearance of one of the greatest Buffy characters, Juliet Landau as Drusilla. For the first time in a couple of seasons, I am energized about the series. But it begs the question (amongst the others I have)... Evil will either win or lose. If it loses, there's no more need for a show, with or without Sarah Michelle Gellar. But if it wins, then the scenerio would have to be the end of Buffy and the emergence of a new slayer... if that comes to be, my money is on Faith leading a spin-off with selected Buffy members sticking around like Spike and Dawn. We shall see... |
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Showtime Date: January 7, 2003
Written by: David Fury Story: More and more would-be Slayers are arriving in Sunnydale so they can be protected by Buffy. The Uber-Vampire is still around kicking some serious ass while the First manages to infiltrate the group for a couple of days. The would-be Slayers are a scared and wondering why they're bothering to fight when they know they can't win. Buffy realizes that she needs to make a statement, a physical statement, to get the group on track. She gets the Uber-Vamp one on one in an empty construction area and in front of everyone manages to kill him. At the end she finally manages to release Spike from his captivity as well. And Anya and Giles visit an Oracle to see if it can shed any light on the subject and find out that the reason Evil has chosen now to come to Sunnydale is because Buffy was supposed to die, but was brought back to life which threw off the line of Slayers. My thoughts: Another great episode. Things and now rolling on the storyline and the action is fast and furious. And if I may indulge for a second... a bunch of hot girls, in pajamas? Damn. But I digress. Again the only things really missing from this story are Faith and Angel. At least Faith has to come back since they keep talking about her and she is one of two Slayers in the world. And you would think they would mention Angel at least once if only to say he can't come because he has his own Apocalypse to worry about. I liked the mental conversation between Buffy, Willow and Xander and how that played out. And I like seeing that the former Super Villain looks like he could be playing a big role in the finale. If this is the last season of the show, it looks like it's going to go out with a bang. |
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Potential Date: January 21, 2003 Written and Directed by: Douglas Petrie Story: There's a new potential slayer in town, but the problem is, no one's sure where she is. Willow concocts a spell to find her but the spell seemingly misfires. Or does it? Could Dawn be the newest potential? As it turns out, she's not. The spell worked, it just so happened Amanda was on the other side of the door when it happened, and she's the new potential, not Dawn. Dawn's a little bummed at being taken out of the inner circle, but Xander is there to give her some words of wisdom. Meanwhile, Buffy and Spike lead the rest of the crew on a little fieldtrip to teach them a thing or two about slaying. |
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The Killer in Me Date: February 4, 2003
Written by: Drew Z. Greenberg Story: Spike is having serious trouble with his implant and Buffy turns to the old Initiative to figure it out. Luckily they're all still listening and give her the option of either fixing his implant, or taking it out completely. She chooses of course to take it out. Meanwhile, Willow is having some serious problems of her own. One of the girls has taken a liking to Willow, but for some reason, this turns Willow into the man she skinned alive, Warren. Not sure why this is happening, she turns to the old college coven, only to discover her former friend (and rat) Amy. Turns out that Amy is a little jealous of Willow and hexed her. Willow is going to end up turning completely into Warren, until Kennedy (the girl with the crush) realizes that to save Willow, she's gonna need to kiss her. |
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First Date Date: February 11, 2003
Written by: Jane Espenson Story: As I was in India and missed this episode, the following is from Buffy.com: Giles finally explains how he managed to escape the ax-wielding Bringer all those months ago: his "exceptional instincts and years of training" saved his life. Or maybe it was luck, and a pair of squeaky Bringer shoes. He soon realizes that Spike is now chipless, since Buffy had the Initiative remove it and not repair it. Giles isn't pleased at all, worrying over the safety of the Slayerettes as well as Buffy herself. Buff trusts that Spike can be a good person, but he needs to be given the opportunity. Giles still senses the connection between them, and though Buffy denies any physical relationship, she can't write it off altogether. As Xander woos a woman, Lissa, over rope at a construction demonstration, Buffy decides to do some snooping in Principal Wood's office. His skeevy behavior of late (like the shovel incident in the basement) has her a little concerned. Robin catches her in his office, and Buffy comes up with a bad, yet somehow acceptable excuse. To her surprise, Wood asks her out on a date, and she agrees. After Buffy leaves, Wood lifts a wipe board to reveal a vast and very shiny collection of knives. Sharp knives. Buffy talks with Willow about her upcoming date with her boss, and comes up with three possibilities for his motivation. 1) He thinks she's hot. 2) He wants to promote her. Yeah, right. 3) He wants to kill her. Buffy waffles about her own intentions towards the Woodster, but decides that she could really like him. Andrew's trying to set up the new microwave when he's approached by the First in the guise of Jonathan. Playing on Andrew’s guilt over having killed Jonathan, the First urges him to get Willow’s new gun and kill the Potentials. After all, the First points out, Buffy's making Andrew pay for committing murder, but she doesn't give the same treatment to her other formerly murderous friends. Xander is proud he has a date with Lissa, and Anya's jealous as hell. Buffy's excited about her date, but Spike is...less jealous. In fact, he seems perfectly okay with it when he runs into Buffy as she's getting ready, but he still very obviously cares for her, and vice versa. Downstairs, Willow and the Potentials do some Googling on the Principal and are surprised to find absolutely no record of him at all. Spooky. That night, Robin is taking Buffy down a seamy back alley to a restaurant she's never heard of when they're jumped by a pile of Vamps. Buffy's convinced Wood set her up, but as she's kicking booty, she notices he's helping her out. When the Vamps are defeated, Robin leads a stunned Buffy into the restaurant. Buff is awestruck to learn that not only does he know she's the Slayer, but that his mother was the Slayer as well. Robin was four when she was killed, and he was raised by her watcher. He's been looking for revenge ever since, fighting evil and killing Vampires whenever he gets the chance. Back at the house, Andrew presents the gun to the First, then starts to clumsily grill it for information about its weaknesses. "Are you wearing a wire?" a suspicious Jonathan/First asks. Oops. Apparently Andrew IS wearing one so Willow can listen in from the basement. Andrew's afraid, but he stands against the First, even though it's verrrrry angry with him now. Poor Xander: he's fallen into a familiar trap of dating demonic chicks. His date, Lissa, is a baddie, and she hangs him up over the recently uncovered Seal of Danthalzar in the school. She's going to drain his blood till the seal opens and releases another Ubervamp. Terrific. Somehow, Xander manages to send a text message to Willow, and Spike heads out to retrieve Buffy from her date to rescue him. Spike finds Buffy at the restaurant and drags both her and Robin to save Xander. Robin's stash of very sharp knives comes in handy, and they all attack Lissa. During the fight, Wood recognizes Spike's undeadness as the Vamp valiantly tries to defeat Xander's demon date. Xander's blood starts the Seal opening, but when Wood cuts him down, the Seal slams shut just in time. They defeat Lissa, and as they regroup, Wood notices the romantic tension simmering between Buffy and Spike. At home, Giles berates the gang for focusing on romantic interludes instead of Evil. Later, Spike decides he's going to leave town, so as not to put Buffy in danger. However, Buff stops him, saying, "I'm not ready for you to not be here." Wood recovers from the fight at his own home, and is approached by the First in the guise of his dead mother. The Principal isn't even remotely willing to switch sides, until the First reveals that he met his mother's killer that night. It's Spike. |
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Get It Done Date: February 18, 2003 Written and Directed by: Douglas Petrie Story: Principal Wood is let in to Buffy's home for wayward slayers. One of the girls hangs herself because she can't take the heat, which leads Buffy to a big speech about weakness. They then learn the story of how they're supposed to defeat the ultimate evil, but in order to figure it all out, Buffy has to jump through yet another portal. In her place is a large, ugly demon that beats everyone else into a pulp before running away. Buffy meets the men who created the first slayer, and they tell her that in order for Buffy to defeat evil, she's going to have to have a little evil inside of her. Before they can send the evil mist into her, Buffy breaks loose and beats them all down, but not before one of them gives her a vision of the future which shows an infinite amount of demons ready to fight. |
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Storyteller Date: February 25, 2003
Written by: Jane Espenson Story: Andrew is creating a little video of Buffy the Vampire Slayer for his own enjoyment, and possibly to hand down to people after they all die. Things are starting to heat up at old Sunnydale High, and the Seal is acting up. The only person who might know how to stop it is Andrew, since he helped open it in the first place, but he's having trouble telling his real memories from his made-up ones. Eventually however, it's not his blood that is used to close it, but his tears. My thoughts: It's these kinds of fun episodes that made this show what it is. The ability to continue with the big story line of the year, but inject it with irreverent humor. I'll miss this show. |
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Lies My Parents Told Me Date: March 25, 2003
Written by: David Fury & Drew Goddard Story: Giles and Wood get on the same page with Spike. Giles is worried he's still dangerous, and Wood of course wants to kill Spike because Spike killed his mother years ago. Giles stalls Buffy while Wood manages to take Spike to his sanctuary. Back in the beginning of the season, Spike could turn into bad Spike when hit with a musical trigger by the First. Half of the episode is shown in flashback to when Spike was sired by the ever popular Druscilla. Turns out that Spike sired his own mother. Eww. Anyway, there was a song she used to sing, and that is what triggers Spike, because not only did he sire his mother, he killed her too. Wood uses the trigger to restart Spike, so he can kill the same Spike that killed his mother, but Spike overcomes the trigger and manages to survive, and kick the ever loving hell out of Wood. |
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Dirty Girls Date: April 15, 2003
Written by: Drew Goddard Story: There's a new player in town. A preacher-man who works for the First. He sends Buffy a little message by almost killing a potential. And guess who's back in Sunnydale? Good old Faith has returned for the final 5 episodes to help the gang kick some First ass. But this preacher man turns out to be a bigger bad ass that you might expect from looking at him. He gives the slayers a run for their money and manages to kill a potential. He also manages to do some serious damage to Xander by taking out on of his eyes. He could be trouble. My thoughts: Please let their be a spin-off series with Spike and Faith. I mean, did you see the two of them together? They have chemistry! I don't care if it's a song-and-dance variety show, put the two of them together and you've got gold baby, gold! I love Eliza Dushku. And did you notice how when the potential had her arm broken and when the other one died, it didn't affect you much, but when Xander had his eye taken out, it felt bad? Amazing how that works. You watch a show for years and get invested in the characters and when one of them gets hurt, it affects you more than watching someone you don't know that well die. |
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Empty Places Date: April 29, 2003
Written by: Drew Z. Greenberg Story: Xander is recovering from his eye-gouging and Faith decides the girls need a break so she takes them to the Bronze where a bunch of evil-infused cops try and take them out. Buffy doesn't like this and a power play ensues. The entire gang votes to kick Buffy off the island and send her packing, giving Faith the lead. Meanwhile, Spike and Andrew head out on a mission and find some info that might come in handy. My thoughts: Nice to see everyone out having fun, even if the world is coming to an end. Why in the world would they not want the Slayer around? Sometimes it amazes me how stupid they make people on television shows. Let's see, the end of the world is coming, and we don't like taking orders from the one woman with all the power in the world. *sigh*. |
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Touched Date: May 6, 2003
Written by: Rebecca Rand Kirshner Story: Buffy is out wandering the streets after being kicked out of the house. Needless to say, she's a little depressed. The rest of the gang (minus Spike) wonders if the decision they made was smart, but they're still on a mission. Of course before going out on their mission, there appears to be a need for a lot of sex. That lucky bastard Principal Wood hooks up with Faith, Kennedy finally seduces Willow and Anya and Xander go at it again. Buffy and Spike share a tender moment holding each other. Buffy gets a little pep talk from Spike and goes after Caleb and find what appears to be a sword in a stone. But at the same time, Faith and the gang stumble upon what they think is a special weapon, only it turns out to be a bomb with 8 seconds left on the clock. My thoughts: Too many pep talks. Not today, just in general. Buffy always seems to go into a funk and someone always gives her a pep talk. The sex was nice. How can you argue watching two women make out and Eliza Dushku going at it with someone? The ending was interesting and it sets up a 'who lives and who dies' scenerio for next week. And of course next week marks the return of Angel. |
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End Of Days Date: May 13, 2003
Written by: Jane Espenson and Douglas Petrie Story: Faith is seriously injured after the explosion. It seems as if a few of the other potentials died, but the ones that we recognize were all alive. They spend most of the episode lying in the house. Buffy manages to get the sword (or scythe) out of the stone which appears to make Caleb very afraid. No one is really sure where it came from, but Buffy finds a woman who sort of explains it to her. Honestly, I still have no idea where that woman came from or who she was. Thankfully, Caleb snaps her neck and stops her rambling. At that point Buffy and Caleb go one-on-one and just when Caleb has the upperhand, Buffy is saved by the man himself, Angel. She uses his strength and seemingly kills Caleb with the scythe, although I get the feeling he might not be dead. As Buffy and Angel kiss, Spike looks on with the Evil One goading him on to hate Buffy. Interesting setting up a love triangle for the final episode. Other goings on include Anya and Andrew raiding a hospital for medical supplies, and Xander drugging Dawn to use her as a plaything. I mean, to take her away from the action. Dawn turns the table and sticks a tazer in Xander's neck, turns the car around and heads back to Sunnydale. My thoughts: For some reason this episode didn't feel like it was heading to the final fight. There wasn't a big buildup or anything. Caleb is supposedly dead, but the idea that a final battle is on the horizon didn't appear. And this setting up of a triangle between Angel, Spike and Buffy seems like an odd time to start something like that. Assuming Spike will join the Angel crew next season and Buffy doesn't die (again) next episode, where does it lead? That being said, it's always nice to see Buffy and Angel together. The lack of crossover events since Buffy's move to UPN has been sad, but having Angel back for the last episode is fitting. Can't wait till next week to see who lives and who dies (because someone will die). |
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Chosen Date: May 20, 2003 Written and Directed by: Joss Whedon Story: Buffy has to kill Caleb again, but this time manages to do it. And instead of fighting side by side with Angel, she sends him packing, just in case she dies. She renews her bond with Spike, while he is given a charm of some sort; a charm which is supposed to go to a champion. Buffy comes up with a brilliant idea on how to fight the millions of vampires sent by the First. She uses Willow's extraordinary magical powers to make every potential slayer in the world, a slayer. No more, only one slayer per generation, now every woman who could be a slayer, is a slayer. And in the final climactic battle, Sunnydale ends up a large crater in the ground. Anya dies, a couple of the slayers die, Wood is injured as is Buffy, and Spike is apparently killed while helping to destroy the vampires. My thoughts: If there was any question before, it's been answer. Joss Whedon is brilliant. You can tell episodes that are written by him. This final episode had everything that made this show what it was. Drama, comedy, action... easily the best episode of the past couple of years. I did have some issues. Like what was the deal with the extra commercial break UPN threw in there? That wasn't nice. And we all know that James Marsters is heading over to Angel so did he really die? What's going to go on with him? On the other hand, I don't remember seeing a series come to an end so satisfyingly. There are now hundreds of slayers in the world so Buffy doesn't need to go on being The Chosen One. That last shot with Dawn asking, 'What do we do know?' and Buffy just smiling, was perfect. Sunnydale is no more, her destiny has been fulfilled and now, she can rest. There might be a spin-off at some point in the future (God willing) but for now, arguably the best series on television over the past 7 years has come to a conclusion in the best way possible. I only caught on to Buffy during a summer re-run a few years ago. It was the high school graduation episode. And from then on, I was hooked. Bought the DVDs, watched all the reruns on FX, created this site. When the show was great, it was the best thing on television. And even when certain episodes weren't that good, it was still better than most anything else that showed up the last few years. It will leave a lasting impression on the landscape of television. It created characters that will go down in history. Even people who don't watch the show know the names of Buffy, Angel, Spike, Willow and the rest. No other show of recent memory can claim that distinction. Tuesday nights will never be the same, but I'm glad I got to go along for the ride. Here's hoping we see them all again... soon. |
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