So Mark got up to "Blind Date" on Angel, and exclaimed that Holland Manners is Bernard from Lost! Which made me laugh, because my reaction when I watched Lost was the opposite -- "Aaaaaaah! It's Holland! Eeeeeevil!"

Also, Mark's reviews of Buffy S4 got me re-watching the back half of S4 this week (my back is acting up horribly, so I've been lying down a LOT; thank you, laptop with a DVD player). And, honestly, I like Riley. I always did. S4 was my introduction to Buffy, though, and that may have influenced me. But really, I just like him. I don't like what happened with him in S5, but I really liked him in S4.

Also? "New Moon Rising"? On re-watch, it just ripped my poor heart in two. I love Willow and Oz SO MUCH. (Over-identify much, Teppy?) But then I love Willow and Tara. The episode just kills me. I hate to see Oz come back but then leave again. But I love Willow with Tara. TORN IN TWO, I am.

Is he going to do both "Restless" and "Shanshu" on Monday? That should be entertaining.

I always liked Riley a lot. I think they screwed up his plotline there at the end, though, too.

I always liked Riley a lot. I think they screwed up his plotline there at the end, though, too.

Again, I submit that it should have been Riley who was the Glory host and that his chip was blocking it, so the removal at the end of season 4 would have been the reason she came back. Ben should have been a red herring.

Giles smothering Riley would have been the HSQ of all time.

Oh, Frank. That's brilliant.

Mark has an entertaining typo in his review of the Yoko Factor: "Adam refusing to leave the room to give Buffy and Angel to talk, and Angel and Buffy deciding to just leave the room themselves. It’s both a sick burn and super hard to watch. I kind of love the show for this moment."

That would've been hilarious, Adam turns up just to observe all the awkwardness. "Tell me of this thing you call... jealous boyfriend crap." Plus, I would've enjoyed Adam calling Angel "Mr billowy coat king of pain". Better than his usual dialogue. Someone should put together a sequence of the many thousands of times he says "Yes."

And, honestly, I like Riley. I always did. S4 was my introduction to Buffy, though, and that may have influenced me. But really, I just like him. I don't like what happened with him in S5, but I really liked him in S4.

Totally with you there.

Giles smothering Riley would have been the HSQ of all time.

Oooooooooooh.

Frank,

what an awesome idea.

Happy birthday, SMG!

Top of my Head Favorite SMG Acting Moments:

1. "It's not enough time!" - I Will Remember You
2. "Giles, I'm sixteen years old! I don't want to die." - Prophecy Girl
3. "I walk. I talk. I shop. I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out, and I don't sleep on a bed of bones." - Restless
4. "But what else could I expect from a bunch of low-rent, no account hoodlums like you? Hoodlums yes! I mean you and your friends, your whole sex. Throw 'em in the sea for all I care! Throw 'em in and wait for the bubbles. Men with your groping and spitting, all groin, no brain, three billion of you passing around the same worn-out urge. Men! With your... Sales!" - Restless
5. Her staking motion during Giles slide presentation in Hush.

6. Pretending to be the Buffybot for Spike at the end of "Intervention."