There are people who spend a great deal of time trying to figure out/arguing when he would have been born, based on astronomical events, and the habits of shepherds in first century Bethlehem.

Yup. My FAC placed him round about September, which would make him a Virgo.

Man, The Prom and Graduation Day is one amazing run of 3 episodes. I love the later seasons, but the symbolic power of the high school ending is so... symbolic and powerful, I guess. Not feeling very eloquent.

Fire bad. Tree Pretty.

And we're done.

I just saw the Smallville ep where they had their last day of high school, and I kept saying, "Blow it up!"

I spent Saturday evening and all of yesterday re-watching Season 6 of Buffy. We only skipped 2 eps - Wrecked and Doublemeat Palace. (Even though I think Doublemeat is a funny ep. Joe hates it.)

It was my first re-watch since it originally aired and I'd forgotten just how much I love it. I know I'm in the minority on that, but what can I say? It's my favorite season. The heart wants what it wants.

I think season 6 was a good one. It wasn't without its problems, but none of them were without their problems. It also improved for me on rewatch, and without the big gaps in times between episodes.

That was exactly it, Cindy. It's the first season I've enjoyed watching again. I could take or leave seasons 1-5. Except for a few choice episodes that are exceptional. Hush, The Prom, Graduation Day are the ones that stand out for me.

Scott and I re-watched the whole series, except for the second half of seaseon 7, last summer (well, the summer of 2005). I found it all did well in rewatch. I don't know if we had BtVS fatigue by the middle of season 7, or just season 7 fatigue.

I remember having conversations while season 6 was still fresh (maybe here) about how the big rerun breaks between new episodes hurt the whole viewing experience.

If you're reading a story and something happens in a chapter that leaves you sort of ho hum (or downright angry or disappointed), but you love the book overall, and you don't take off six weeks before moving onto the next chapter, and you don't keep dwelling on it. You read on, get back into it, and you're good You're not chewing over the less-than-satisfactory bits for weeks on end, before you get more of the story.

Season 6 is one of my favorites. Season 5 is also one of my favorites. I also really like 4. And 3. And it's hard to argue with Season 2 considering my Drusilla love. And then Season 1 is really fun, what with the witch and the hyenas and the Prophecy Girl. Oh, and the first 10 episodes of season 7 are great. And so are the last 3. And the middle 9 are pretty fun, too, with the aid of some well-placed fast forwarding anyway.

I can take or leave the rest, though.

I can take or leave the rest, though.

So, you're saying all the episodes that Tim wrote, right?

Yeah, that Tim Miner guy wrote total crap on Buffy.