So what was the title of the Buffy episode where she strengthened her resolve and then decapitated the Übervamp with barbed wire? "Showtime"?

wow, that was an exciting little thing to turn into at the end of smallville. Mayhaps I should have been watching. Julian?!?!

yay, the Jesus guy in the previouslies. Okay, i'm going for the ice cream and a blanket.

I think so, Matt.

Wait, Mercedes McNab vamp was Mercedes McNab?!

*checks IMDB*

Damn. She needs to pay her plastic surgeon a late-night visit. And WOW this episode had a lot of footage for "Women's Work 2", didn't it?

I'm sure there were plot holes and techical glitches and socio-political incorrectnesses, and you know what? I don't bloody care.

There was nothing about this ep that I didn't love. I thought Harmony (Mercedes) completely sold the character's belief that she'd taken a drug and wasn't coming down from it. The slow reluctant conviction that it was something far worse was well done, I thought. Plus it was fun to see her again.

I've loved Gordon Walker--even with all the social and racial baggage he brought--as a character, even as I had a visceral dislike of him. He's the character I loved to hate. Brown inhabited Walker, gave him a wonderful solidity, and I'm going to miss him. I'd have loved to keep him as a recurring nemesis, because I think he's just that strong. And, you know, maybe one day we'd have gotten to the shirtless part.

But the confrontation! The talk! The throwdown between the brothers! Meat, finally, after a lengthy wait and enough evasion to be more than annoying. Both actors shone, these are the characters I know and have been waiting to see since M7. JP knocked Sam's appeal out of the park. He's getting more across by doing a lot less. And JA's response was similarly restrained, soft, gentle. Considering the deadly import of the subject and the emotions involved, this is a wonderfully toned-down way to play this out, and it makes me so happy I'm giddy to see it.

Handing over the wrench to Sam, passing the torch, heartbreaking. Sam understanding and accepting, just as wrenching. And then Dean sitting down so as not to hover. And still, still Dean: "Put your shoulder into it."

Oh boys. Oh show.

There was nothing about this ep that I didn't love. I thought Harmony (Mercedes) completely sold the character's belief that she'd taken a drug and wasn't coming down from it. The slow reluctant conviction that it was something far worse was well done, I thought. Plus it was fun to see her again.

I'm only this far into it yet, but--wow Dean. That was way harsh. She said, "please."

Also, just an aside--this was the ep being filmed when several of the LJ girls visited set on a Friday evening and got to watch the alley scene.

Oh cool.

Even though I'm only 20 some minutes in, it's already a GREAT episode. Really enjoyed experiencing Gordon's POV after changing. Liking Bela/Lilah even more. Just everything is quality tonight.

Okay, the "just 'cause" -- best of JP's career to date. Nice job kiddo.

I stayed up with the West Coast... anyone here?