That's been my big question on this finale- how the heck was this just going to be a season finale.
I love shows that turn my world upside down. Agreeing that the WB's "Thank you" was too much. Am in fact broken by tv. But good broken. In a horrible way.
Joss, as expected, you've paper-cut me, poured salt in the wound, gave me an indian burn, paddled my ass, and pushed me face down in the mud.
Thank you sir, may I have another?
Gunn seriously rocked in this episode. Between the scene with Anne and the stakes out of his sleeves.
And again, fighting the dragon, ref. to saints and that original martyr hero, Beowulf. (I don't really consider that a spoiler since I'm guessing most people would realize that if you were in one of the first bits of fiction in the Englishy world you're probably not still alive unless you're a vampire, but then it'd be Beovamp and AP English would have been a lot more interesting.)
So....is that it? Are we done?
And how fucking creepy is it that Fred and Wesley got to die in each other's arms?
It had to happen. I'm thwapping myself in the head for not seeing the symmetry
before
the episode aired.
Joss loves symmetry. Of course they had to die in each other's arms: it seems so obvious now.
I can't really form words at the moment. I so knew it was going to be Wes, and I so didn't want it to be. While the ending wasn't closure, I'm happy with it. Not really happy about the death of Lindsey (not just on a liking the character level, but on a "I don't get the reasoning behind it" level.) I mean I guess Angel was expecting to die and didn't trust Lindsey to not help undo what the MoG had done afterwards, but it still seemed excessively harsh.
(Latter part x-posty with quester and others)
I flashed back to the Buffy episode and Giles telling Buffy that you can always tell the good guys by the white hats, the bad guys wear black and nobody ever dies.
That's "Lie to Me". How apropos. Off to watch the end of the basketball game. Thanks everyone. Show's been great, you've been great. Au revoir.
So....is that it? Are we done?
I was just going to say that. All I know is that the fight goes on...