On the plus side, I expect him to geek out hard over "Family" which is coming up soon.

And he did.

I expect his review for "The Body" to be one sentence: "I just can't even."

And then maybe a couple days later he'll write a book about his father.

Well, he's got "Reunion" on Angel for 5/16, and "The Body" on 5/31.

He's not prepared.

Then he's got the Pylea trilogy of eps at the end of the season of Angel, and Buffy's "The Gift."

And Willow sitting there in the lobby.

I expect his review for "The Body" to be one sentence: "I just can't even."

I'm actually wondering if this will happen. Like he just will not be able to write about it. But I hope he can. I like it when he gets all analytical.

Like he just will not be able to write about it.

I don't think he'll be able to write about it immediately. Because it's not just the story (Joyce!) but how it intersects with his life. Or he could write a short, not-quite-processing-it review, which is also likely.

And I think he's going to get super excited for "Fool for Love."

I think he's going to have a bit of a Kitten-board reaction to "Seeing Red." ("Fuck you! Fuck this show! FUCKKK!!!! Fuck you Joss Whedon!")

I enjoy his reviews of the shows. I tend to skip his "And this is how this applies to my life!!!!" stuff. I'm sure he's a nice guy and his life has had its own slices of hell, and it's good he has a place to dump all this, but it's not something I follow.

I prefer to go read his "Dernhelm is Eowyn????" stuff.

Mark's posted "Fool for Love", and all the comments are coming up Spuffy.

Also? Kickpuncher is ON. A. ROLL.

The Halfrek pun was genius.

For once, Mark is prepared:

I am left perplexed and intrigued by the way this particular episode ends. I am dreading absolutely every second of Joyce’s future story line, and a huge part of that is because I remember going to my room and breaking down into tears for over an hour after my mother told the family she had lung cancer, and I remember having a similar reaction to learning that my father had brain and lung cancer on top of Alzheimer’s. They’re leading to some big moment with Joyce, I can tell, and I don’t want to see it. I know it’s going to hurt watching it. Plus, how are they going to deal with Dawn being a part of it? She has no idea that Joyce isn’t actually her mother and I am already overwhelmed.

That is shockingly prepared for Mark. I'm almost tempted to Read Mark Watching and not just Buffista Read Mark Watching.

I'm not so sure he's prepared. After all, it looks like Joyce recovers, she starts to date, and then...WHAM!

But there's also the "Is Buffy going to try to die" part. I think he's getting prepared for season's end....