Some guy was on NPR talking about how his name, exact spelling was used in a murder mystery set in a town where he lived (smallish town if I recall) and when he wrote the author about the randomness, she snipped that it happened frequently.

The character also was from his neighborhood. I loved that piece and his little existential crisis.

Got the DVDs Saturday. Finished them all yesterday. I only have commentary to look forward to.

Kat, do you mean the awesome ambulance scene where the murderer is run over by the ambulance? Because that really was awesome. But I don't think it quite makes up for the quick fix because I didn't care about that storyline nearly as much as I cared about the others .

Also, did the ending of "Totem Mole" kind of bother anyone else?

I realize I'm being really critical. I really did love them, just to be clear.

If I remember correctly, from the discussion in the "Lovesick" thread, "Safety Canary" and "Totem Mole" were the least favorite episodes of several of the Buffistas.

Haven't gotten around to my discs yet, dammit. But they are mine. MINEMINEMINE!!!

Thanks, Frank.

I liked the ending to Totem Mole, although I think that the it could have been stronger. It's bits of the middle that I properly disliked. Well, apart from the krav, of course. That was perfect, if mispronounced.

What was it that people disliked about it? It wasn't one of my favorites, but I did like that, unlike what would've happened on some shows, Sharon didn't best Littlefoot. Littlefoot didn't get some comuppance for being such a wench.

Discussion starts about here: Kat "Lovesick, my Ass!" May 3, 2004 7:03:21 am PDT, Heather.

Assuming I'm going to like Caged Bird, which I'm about to watch. (Farewell, sweet Wonderfalls), then Barrel Bear and Safety Canary will go down as my least favorite eps. Totem Mole was all right, I thought, and Safety Canary was fine except for a few bits, but Barrel Bear drove me batty.

Lying Pic and Cocktail Bunny are winning in my brain. I love everything about Heidi's appearance, I think.

I can see being twigged by the mystical Indian thing, I wasn't, but I can see it. As far as the correct tribal stuff, I'm too ignorant of those things for it to have bugged me at all.

Littlefoot didn't bother me at all. Taken out of the setting, I could point you to a number of people I know who are a lot like that. Personal achievement even or sometimes especially at the expense of others. When Sharon said they were both at the top of their class, it wasn't enough for her to point out that she was number one, but also that Sharon was not in the top 5. I'd be willing to bet, that were she an actual person and not a character, that the reason she'd quit the big firm wasn't so much to come back and better the reservation, but becuase she couldn't be top dog at a big prestigious firm, but could rule the roost at the reservation.

I don't remember people disliking the fact that Littlefoot was a super Type A -- just that she was all MilitantNative with it.

I found the episode way heavyhanded, and that there was opportunity to be way more clever (not in the bad way) with the ending -- having it that they needed a casino cracked me up, and the mystic light she walked in on also made me laugh -- but it was way too weak, and for the cleverness we know Tim has, so much more, so much less typical could have been done.