Dang, when did he get those cheekbones?

I think I'm a terrible Buffy fan because in my stressed out state of trying to move from VT to here I may have given away my buffy and angel dvds. I'm pretty sure my rationale was "they are always available on streaming" I have to look in the basement to be sure. I know that I limited myself to one box of dvds

That's a perfectly reasonable decision to have made, askye.

Buffy is currently available on Hulu.

At some point I'll get them back in a physical media. But I have hulu still (so I can watch things that are on when Mom watches things) and I'll catch up.

I've decided to start watching Restless, and if I feel like it, move in to Season 6 & 7 which I haven't rewatched either. Or maybe that is a mistake...

I have discovered it is hard to watch and post without commercials, but my streaming was disrupted! Nick Brendon looks SO YOUNG in the credits. The others have aged since, but he looks younger in the credits than I remember him in Season 5, 6, & 7! And SMG is so pretty-- I remember wondering at the time why everyone thought she was so attractive. Also Riley's hair is awful.

ETA: If this gets annoying please let me know!!!

I don't think I saw the beginning the first time I watched this- it was my first episode and I was channel switching. It somehow reminds me of Thanksgiving.

I was caught by Tara's back, for real-- that's why I watched the show. And there were red curtains, like Twin Peaks.

I adore Willow's drama dream- Tara seems so mysterious- I remember thinking this was foreshadowing for Tara, but really it is for Willow. It plays on a double level- everyone know that Willow is just the softer side of Sears, and is laughing at her, but it also plays with the rest of her arc--- from being "very seldom naughty" to facing her inner power and darkness, to ultimately controlling it. That resonated with me, because I too, was very seldom naughty and fekt that no one knew what Iu was capable of inside. It was of course derailed by the actual drugs and car crash, but they brought it back around. As a middle aged person, Willow resonates with me less, but her bad side is sort of still my bad side.

Also, when she gets bitten, the effects look very dark willow.

So-- Xander's dream-- it is complicated-- dealing with manhood- is he a conquistador or a comfotador? or neither. What is manhood- is it being a soldier or a watcher or the heart. He really can't be the comfortdator until he stops objectifying every woman in his dream (although his interaction with Buffy is non-sexual in a very final way (big brother). Also-- he can;t escape the basement until he escapes the basement. I think Wash is a much better realized idea of Xander.

OK- moved on to OMWF- I just loved how the costumes became "musical" costumes and still kept their feel. I am particularly in love with Xander/Tara and Anya Willow colr coordination in the end.