A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


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.


Sean K - Sep 20, 2006 4:25:48 pm PDT #3865 of 10469
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Well, I don't want to slap Faith, but that's about it.

.......

Not gonna touch it.


P.M. Marc - Sep 20, 2006 4:27:47 pm PDT #3866 of 10469
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Not gonna touch it.

Well, maybe a *little* slapping...


Amy - Sep 20, 2006 4:30:33 pm PDT #3867 of 10469
Because books.

I just wanted to slap everyone who wasn't Buffy.

I sort of understood their bitterness and resentment, though. She just poofed, and they didn't even know if she was alive. She was the center of their world, once she arrived -- she brought them all together, and they had a purpose they'd never had before she came. (Except for, you know, Joyce.) They were entitled to a little acting out, I think, but I'm glad they got it over with in one episode.

Which is my basic reaction to, oh, all of S7.

Well, I don't want to slap Faith, but that's about it.

Yes, this. And once in a while I wanted to slap Buffy, too.

That said, JZ convinced me that a marathon of S7 might not be a bad idea.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 20, 2006 6:28:07 pm PDT #3868 of 10469
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I just wanted to slap everyone who wasn't Buffy. I wanted to line them up against a wall, and let hand fly down the line. Flippa flippa flippa flippa.

I gave Joyce a pass for her behavior post-Buffy's return, though of course it was her ultimatum in "Becoming" that made Buffy feel she couldn't go home. But "freaked-out Mom who hasn't heard from her teenage daughter in months" trumps just about every other excuse for overreaction.


sj - Sep 20, 2006 6:30:02 pm PDT #3869 of 10469
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I gave Joyce a pass for her behavior post-Buffy's return, though of course it was her ultimatum in "Becoming" that made Buffy feel she couldn't go home. But "freaked-out Mom who hasn't heard from her teenage daughter in months" trumps just about every other excuse for overreaction.

This.


beth b - Sep 20, 2006 7:54:44 pm PDT #3870 of 10469
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Joyce gets a pass- there is so much she didn't know, and she still wasn't sure what she knew.


chrismg - Sep 20, 2006 8:49:48 pm PDT #3871 of 10469
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Ack! I missed the Sunday rebroadcast and the "Witch" rewatch!

*Bangs head penitently*

Something I didn't notice anyone comment on, was that a cheerleader named Amber has a coach named Benson.

Oh, and about "gimme the Spielberg," yeah, it's from the "Harvest" commentary. Joss says something about how he told his director that and got exactly what he wanted.

Edited for tagginess.


Topic!Cindy - Sep 21, 2006 1:47:42 am PDT #3872 of 10469
What is even happening?

I gave Joyce a pass for her behavior post-Buffy's return, though of course it was her ultimatum in "Becoming" that made Buffy feel she couldn't go home. But "freaked-out Mom who hasn't heard from her teenage daughter in months" trumps just about every other excuse for overreaction.

Oh, yes. I actually do give Joyce a pass. I can't blame her for not trusting Buffy once she's back. It's all new to her, too. In fact, I think Buffy was a bit of a crankybabyhead with Joyce.

I sort of understood their bitterness and resentment, though. She just poofed, and they didn't even know if she was alive. She was the center of their world, once she arrived -- she brought them all together, and they had a purpose they'd never had before she came. (Except for, you know, Joyce.) They were entitled to a little acting out, I think, but I'm glad they got it over with in one episode.

I don't know. When Buffy and Willow talk it out at the end, I want to slap Willow, even though we're at the making up part. Buffy was discovered by her mom, kicked out of her house, and had to kill her lover, and Willow's all, "I was going through some major stuff." Bitch, please.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 21, 2006 3:07:01 am PDT #3873 of 10469
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

First BtVS I ever saw. It confused the Hell out of me and I needed to watch another episode just to find out what was going on.

I'm trying to think of an episode that would be worse introduction to the show (great though I think the episode is), at least from the first few seasons. I mean, "Bad Eggs" was mine, which wasn't a good thing, but that was a case where it was a MotW ep., and a pretty bad one. I was intrigued by the Wild Bunch reference, though.

Hey, speaking of MotW eps. our first one of those is coming up (I don't think "The Witch" falls under that category due to lack of M)! I've actually got a few thoughts, even though it's not a particularly good episode, but I'll wait for the appropriate time.


DavidS - Sep 21, 2006 6:22:44 am PDT #3874 of 10469
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm trying to think of an episode that would be worse introduction to the show

I tuned in to watch naked Angel return from Hell. "Bwuh?"