I was of two minds of where to post that tidbit.
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
I've been rewatching Buffy, and I just got up to the "mom?...mom?...Mommy?".
I'm not sure I'm ready for what comes next.
That line always kills me.
Me too.
I've also been rewatching Buffy, and I confess that I skipped "The Body." My father died a little over 10 years ago, and it still reawakens too many raw emotions.
I've progressed to the season 6, "I'm so annoyed, I just want to throw things at the screen" stage.
I had to fast forward through the Buffy performing CPR scene, but I will probably watch the rest.
Maybe.
I still don't feel strong enough to rewatch, and this is me being within an hour's drive of visiting both my still-living parents. I can't even imagine how hard the episode hits someone who's lost one or both.
I made it through the whole thing with only a teensy bit of fast forwarding, but not without some tears. It was a good ending to my weekend o' wallow.
I love that episode, but it is so damn hard to watch. It's a great one for getting the tears out when you feel the need but can't otherwise perform (hee.)
The scene that really got to me was when Buffy tells Dawn what's happened, and you see Dawn collapse out side the classroom window. It makes it more heartbreaking, somehow, that you don't hear anything Buffy says.