I never got the impression that the Watchers would intervene to save a Slayer who was failing the test.

They have no use for her, after all. Buffy should pass, because she's good.

Agreed, but I always read Giles as having that impression, at least until it all went to hell.

I think that giles always had misgivings about what he was doing. After he administered the adrenaline suppressor, he couldn't look her in the eye.

Oh, yes. I think so too, Vortex. I think he knew he was betraying their relationship and her trust in him. I just think the CoW probably kept him in the dark as to the underlying, dark purpose of the cruciamentum which is to kill off an ineffective slayer, which clears the field, allowing for a new one to be called.

I just think the CoW probably kept him in the dark as to the underlying, dark purpose of the cruciamentum which is to kill off an ineffective slayer, which clears the field, allowing for a new one to be called.

That's the impression I got as well.

Vincent Schiavelli, the character actor who played Jenny Calendar's Uncle Enyos in Surprise and Innocence died today, at his home in Sicily. [link]

I watched Smile Time this morning for the first time in a long while. I have to admit, it's probably taken its place as my favorite episode of Angel.

It was the first ep I watched when I got my S5 DVDs. Sometimes when I'm feeling grumpy I'll watch it and sing along to the self-esteem song.

The line "I'm gonna tear you a new puppet hole, Bitch" just makes me laugh and laugh. Sometimes, thinking of it is the only thing that gets me through the million episodes of Sesame Street I have to watch every week.

I've always wondered how Wolfram & Hart spun one of its prominent lawyers recognizably appearing on the show's last episode (well, I'd assume it as such, anyway) hacking the puppet hosts to bits.

t meMeME Ignoring any ongoing conversation that may be taking place right now, in order to exploit the hivemind: What do you think about Angel's choice to join W&H, in retrospect? I mean, I think he had done it because that was the only way he could see to save Connor (much like ita pointed out way upthread), but I also think it was a big part in his loss-of-his-way all throughout the 5th season, but I also think that in a sort of "looking from the outside" way, it fit his being a vampire. He got his physical advantages, the skills he uses in his fight, from his vampirism, so for him the way of fighting evil by its own strengths, so to speak, is what he's been doing for a while. So joining the law firm and fighting the system from within is in a way continuing what he's been doing, only on a different scale. Of course, I'm wondering what you guys may think.

Also, regarding his decision at the end of the series. To me, it looks like trying to prove the "if nothing that you do matters, all that matters is what you do" theme, in the very sense of fighting in order to show that you can still fight, even if you can't guarantee a victory. But, again, I don't care about what I think, I know that already, I'm more interested in what other people may have to say.

Thanks, in advance!