Because Joss never casually killed anyone before?

Yeah. Paul's just joined a support group in the afterlife where he gets to play poker with Tara, Anya and Wash.

I agree that there were so many arcs I'd have liked to have seen - not least Alpha's. How cool was the double take moment when we worked out he was good now?

Yeah. Alpha's reformation was alluded to in "Epitaph One," but we really didn't see it until now. And yet, it seemed much more natural than I would have guessed.

I thought Paul-in-Echo was creepy but maybe if I was Paul I'd be happy to be alive in any way at all.

When Echo told Alpha that Paul didn't make it I felt how closely Paul's death paralelled Wash's.

I started to cry when Topher told Adelle he would have to trip the bomb 1manually and then laughing on top of crying when Alpha asked if it was a bad time to request a favor.

Aside from the abrupt Grr Argh (was the show running too long?) I find it a fitting end to a show I grew to love.

Because Joss never casually killed anyone before?

Oh, of course he has. Ballard's death in the heat of battle with a bullet to the head just felt rather familiar is all.

My current takeaway from this is sweetly haunting, which is not really a place I expect Joss to leave me.

Yeah, it was a happier ending than I was expecting, even though I didn't really feel happy. "Sweetly haunting" is a good description.

Yeah, I wondered if that was a transmission error. Did that happen to West Coast people as well?

Yep. Weird.

Yeah. Alpha's reformation was alluded to in "Epitaph One," but we really didn't see it until now.

Was it? I do need to rewatch it.

then laughing on top of crying when Alpha asked if it was a bad time to request a favor.

Ooooh, now that line makes sense.

I was really hoping the bomb worked on Alpha... but then I remembered he was a serial killer before the dollhouse. Does he know that? Didn't Echo?

I didn't.

Was it? I do need to rewatch it.

Yep. Echo says they have Alpha to thank for Haven.

Ah! Interesting. At the time, we would have assumed that, like, he killed everyone there, so good for them.

I thought the abrupt end was an attempt to recreate the end to Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog. I have a vague memory that ended abruptly mid-note.

It did, but very intentionally, as it went from the song to a mournful last word. This felt like it was just cut off by accident, with no deliberate punch at the end.

Paul in Ballard is definitely the haunting part of haughtingly.