I can't do watch and post while it's going on. And a lot of the fun of watch and post (at least when I read through it) seems to be the surprises. For most of us, we're not going to have that with Buffy and Angel. We could start a rewatch thingie though, and do it right in this thread, and whoever wanted to could make it a watch-n-post experience, too.

I think that's a great idea!

Maybe once a month?

I'm sorry. I was falling in love with your tag. Did you say something?

Assuming SMG were available.

Why? She wasn't in the ep.

She wasn't in the ep.

Which, to me, was a contributor to the suckage.

Hell, just knowing it was the back of her head would have eased my eye-rolling.

A little.

Which, to me, was a contributor to the suckage.

Oh, I agree. But her presence isn't necessary just to move the ep up in the season.

Since several people mentioned liking the TGiQ subplot with Illyria & Fred's parents... could someone elaborate on that? I know my feelings for the characters involved didn't make me terribly receptive to that story, but I'd like to at least understand what other people got from it, even if I can't feel it myself. For me, those scenes were far more unpleasant to watch than the Italian hijinks.

There was the cool shock value, and getting to watch Wesley's pained response, and seeing the wheels turning in Illyria's mind as it started exploring opportunities to manipulate and influence people that didn't rely on overwhelming brute force.

I thought that AD and AA knocked it out of the park, and it was just harrowing for me in general.

What Matt and ita said.

Also, Burkles! The one pair of sane, loving, non-dead parents in the entire Jossverse!