the World's Foremost Authority on Wasting Time on the Internet Talking About Buffy.

If Joss himself and the people who actually worked with him on the show are excepted, wouldn't Nancy Holder be the next logical claimant for that title?

In my experience, writers and actors and designers and suchlike are not experts on their own work, because they work hard making it but then it's over. Most of them don't rewatch shows they've worked on because they already gave what they could to it so there's no need going back, or they only see the flaws. They don't rewatch and they certainly don't study--too busy working on the next project.

I think Robin just had the last, irrefutable word.

This may be a Buffistas first.

Never, there's already two posts after hers.

But no refutations.

She won. She's scrappy.

So what you're saying is that last post != last word. I'm hip.

I just finished watching Waiting in the Wings. Joss was commenting on it and points out a place where he set up a beautiful shot of David's reflection. The crew had to remind him.

He also told us that he wrote the episode because Amy Acker was a dancer. He had to cut the sequence of her (and Alexis's) dance sequence, but it is shown on the DVD. Hilarious.

You all knew this, but I had forgotten that Summer Glau was the ballerina.

sfmarty! I was catching up on Alias episodes yesterday and every time Katya Derevko was on the screen I was reminded of you. I can't say it is her looks, or her voice, but something about her manner. I kept saying to Brendon how she made me think of you. Are you a bad ass spy and not tellin'?

I finally put my nose to the grindstone and rented some of the Angel DVDs last week now that they're available. So here, a mere 15 months late, is the 5-minute recap for "Soul Purpose":

LINDSEY: What's a champion like you doing in a seedy strip club like this?
SPIKE: Sorry mate, you're not my type.
RECAPPER: Show him a surveillance cam photo of Angel choking you and see how long that lasts.
SPIKE: You brought me back from the dead?
LINDSEY: Yep. With no ulterior motives whatsoever. Say, wanna buy a bridge?
SPIKE: Who are you?
LINDSEY: Name's Doyle. I'm on a mission from God.

WESLEY: I say we attack now.
GUNN: I say we let his flunkies do it for us.
WESLEY & GUNN: Angel! Tell him we should do it my way!
ANGEL: Yep, probably just as well that I missed out on that whole raising kids thing.

VICTIM #243: Help! Eeeek!
VAMPIRE: Piss off, pal.
SPIKE: Pardon? I didn't hear that over the sound of you dusting.
AUDIENCE: This seems strangely familiar...
VICTIM #243: Oh, thank you! He was going to kill me!
SPIKE: Pinheaded bint, why not play blind man's bluff in traffic while you're at it?

FRED: We could totally nuke the site from orbit. If, y'know, we were evil.
ANGEL: Calgon, take me away!
WESLEY: Who better to set off your insecurities about betrayal and irrelevance than I?
LORNE: Oh, I can think of a name or two.
GUNN: Word.

SPIKE: This double dusting move is wicked.
AUDIENCE: Wow, it's deja vu all over again.

EVE: I'd stop to smarm at you longer, but I need to speak to Angel.
WESLEY: Long coffee break. Perhaps I can help you?
EVE: Maybe you can figure out this little diver—er, I mean mysterious tablet.

FRED: Angel? You look like death warmed over. Let's play "operation."
ANGEL: What are you doing?
FRED: Just seeing what makes you tick. Look—Gunn was right about your heart being a dried up little walnut. Oooh, a pearl necklace.
AUDIENCE: This is just disturbing on so many levels.
FRED: Raisins! Yummy.
RECAPPER: Between the porn symbolism and what his heart looked like, you might want to take a pass on eating those.
FRED: Huh. Your soul is like a neglected household pet, floating dead in the water. Thank you, Bear.
SMOKEY: Just glad to be of service, since most of the flaming on this show can't be put out with dirt and a shovel.

LINDSEY: Welcome to the Pratcave.
SPIKE: I'm not entirely comfy with being set up like someone's mistress.
LINDSEY: You're just being paranoid. Now take this money and buy yourself something pretty to wear.

SPIKE: Oooooh...
BUFFY'S STUNT WIG: Aaaaah...
ANGEL: When did my bed get switched with Hef's?
BUFFY'S STUNT WIG: Every time I say the word "prom," you get grouchy.
ANGEL: You're taking Buffy to the prom? We are so breaking up!
AUDIENCE: If this is Angel's dream, why does it give him a better view of Spike in bed with him than of Buffy?
SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR: Because Bill Gates doesn't have enough money to get me back for this scene, nevermind Joss.

ANGEL: I'm all unkempt and sloppy. Either this is a nightmare, or Hell finally put in that ice rink I requested.
LORNE: Quiet down, you're making us miss the Apocalypse.
EVERYBODY: Hooray for Spike!
SPIKE: Aw shucks, tweren't nothing.
FRED: You saved the world and turned it into a beautiful happily-ever-after candy mountain place where all our dreams come true. Look, the Blue Fairy is here to turn you into a real boy!
LORNE: Stop stealing my limelight, Smurfette!
EVERYBODY: Let's hear it for Spike!
ANGEL: Mr. Lumbergh told me to talk to payroll and payroll told me to talk to Mr. Lumbergh and I still have not received my paycheck and they moved my desk to storage room B and there was garbage on it.
LAWYERS: We have one more gift for you. A trademark infringement lawsuit from the Walt Disney Company.
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