Pulling a number out of my ass... and a spreadsheet, and using the Nillys to identify the episode starts (and bearing in mind that the time between episodes has a huge effect on posts) this information might help...

Trying this..
Episode Thread 1st post # Date # of posts Lessons Buffy 1 753 24-Sep 1439 Beneath You Buffy 1 2192 1-Oct 1231 Same Time Same Place Buffy 1 3423 8-Oct 841 Help Buffy 1 4264 15-Oct 796 Selfless Buffy 1 5060 22-Oct 1446 Him Buffy 1 6506 5-Nov 695 Convos with Dead People Buffy 1 7201 12-Nov 1368 Sleeper Buffy 1 8569 19-Nov 1185 Never Leave Me Buffy 1 9754 23-Feb 1720 Bring on the night Buffy 2 1474 17-Dec 1831 Showtime Buffy 2 3305 7-Jan 2721 Potential Buffy 2 6026 21-Jan 1834 The Killer in Me Buffy 2 7860 4-Feb 1253 First Date Buffy 2 9113 11-Feb 1623 Get it Done Buffy 3 736 18-Feb 1180 Storyteller Buffy 3 1916 25-Feb 3046 Lies My Parents Told Me Buffy 3 4962 25-Mar 1480 Dirty Girls Buffy 3 6442 15-Apr -

Anyone with the requisite skills, feel free to edit. I'm off to learn a leeeetle bit more about HMTL tables.

Okay that almost worked!!!

Wow! I just impressed the hell outta myself. Today was not wasted!!
Of course, I'll never remember how to do that again :)

Nice Julie. Thanks.

Julie! Excellent. So it seems that the better episodes generate more discussion. We have four episodes left - shall we estimate 3000 posts for each? And some more room for anticipation, natter, and speculation?

That means that the final episode might be discussed in the thread after next.

And because you've created a monster for comparison's sake

Episode Thread # 1st post # Date # of posts Deep Down Angel 1 566 6-Oct 704 Ground State Angel 1 1270 13-Oct 720 The House Always Wins Angel 1 1990 20-Oct 609 Slouching Towards Bethlehem Angel 1 2599 27-Oct 489 Sypersymmetry Angel 1 3088 3-Nov 364 Spin the Bottle Angel 1 3452 10-Nov 543 Apocalypse Nowish Angel 1 3995 17-Nov 1708 Habeas Corpses Angel 1 5703 15-Jan 1089 Long Day's Journey Angel 1 6792 22-Jan 887 Awakening Angel 1 7679 29-Jan 996 Soulless Angel 1 8675 5-Feb 1159 Calvary Angel 1 9834 12-Feb 3346 Salvage Angel 2 3180 5-Mar 2392 Release Angel 2 4383 12-Mar 1189 Orpheus Angel 2 5572 19-Mar 911 Players Angel 2 6483 26-Mar 1118 Inside Out Angel 2 7601 2-Apr 604 Happy Shiny People Angel 2 8205 9-Apr 560 The Magic Bullet Angel 2 8765 16-Apr 499

So it seems that the better episodes generate more discussion. We have four episodes left - shall we estimate 3000 posts for each? And some more room for anticipation, natter, and speculation?

That means that the final episode might be discussed in the thread after next.

I dunno, Elena. That seems optimistic. Conversations with Dead People was a great episode and it was, what? not even 1500 posts. I think that the time between episodes is a bigger factor than the quality of the episode. I'd be surprised if any of the next four generate more than 2000 a piece. It's the end, so people will have a lot to say, but then they're coming one after the other now, so they'll only have a week to say it.

So there'll be a lot of discussion in the wrap, and yes, that will create another thread. But before 7/22? I doubt it.

I always liked Oz's 4/22 line ".... and we're done".

"Grr Arrgh" is more like an exclamation mark after the show is concluded.

So it could work that way too.

But definitely "Grrr Arrgh" needs to get a chance to wear a title tiara, and flaunt its thready glory!

So it seems that the better episodes generate more discussion.

Um...

Conversations with Dead People, 1368.
Showtime, 2721.

But it does seem that my 400 posts guess was a wee bit off.

So it seems that the better episodes generate more discussion

Which, yes, was not entirely accurate, was it. Thing is, so many of the episodes have been entirely unmemorable.

There's a few S7 eps I can't tell apart -- Bring on the Night, Get It Done, Showtime. It's all like one big Uber-vamp episode.

I vote Big Damn Evil, Sir.

So, between the current Buffy thread and the upcoming one we have just under 12000 posts. Do we think that the last 4 eps will fit in there?

And, really, why am I so tied up with this? Because we should just wait to see what happens with the next episode. If it generates 3000 posts, then we might reasonably expect to have 2 threads between now and the last episode.

Or, we could name the next one, "Grrr Argh" and then, if there's one after that, name it "And We're Done".