"It's not always about holding hands" is how I remember it.
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.
The first season of Angel, I often clicked away in the middle -- I forget what else was on, but yeah. And then I drifted away at the end. I have never seen the puppet episode! I should (re)watch.
Smile Time! Still on my Tivo. Always makes me smile.
So, I watched season 5 in its entirety and jeezy pete, The Body is one of the most agonizing but best hour of television. It is so gut wrenching but SO PERFECT. I am in awe of everyone involved in that episode.
Watching the Gift was heartbreaking, to see Buffy with that look of contentment and determination and relief while running off the platform.
Then Bargaining (and the rest of the start of season 6) was heartbreaking too. Poor Buffy. Poor Dawn. Poor Giles.
I remember laughing at Buffy's line, "Full! Copper! Repipe!" at the end of Flooded the first time I saw it, but it made me so sad to see tonight.
Got back on the Season 6 train (it's hard to marathon that season, so depressing.) I listen to the Once More With Feeling soundtrack every once in a while, but forgot how awesome the episode it around the songs. The visual aspect of the musical numbers is so amazing to watch.
On to Season 7. Man, I forgot this was the Season of Many Speechifying Speeches. SOOOOO MANY SPEECHES.
I still think they should have revealed that it was the First Evil giving all those speeches while wearing Buffy's face.
That is a very evil yet banal plan, to bore everyone to death.
Finished Season 7, which started strong and finished with much action, but was just waaaaaaaay too long in the middle. My solution: Go straight from "Never Leave Me" to "Dirty Girls."