I really loved the girl-potential slayer who was getting hit and then rises up and stops the hand. Go you! Kick ass and take names!

I adored this--I loved seeing all the potential slayers awakening to their power, esp. the little girl playing baseball and the heavy girl. This is the first (but not last) time I teared up in this ep. Oh, and tearing up again now.

Liked the handicapped one coming out of her chair especially.

?? Clearly I missed a lot--must rewatch again tonight! My attention to details was not at its height tonight, due to the wine and the tears.

I want that picture of Angel from the punching bag.

That was Angel?! HA! I missed that.

Other favorite bits: the gang playing D&D (Andrew in the red cape; Giles with the strength of a doily); Willow the White; Andrew wondering why he's still alive; "no way you're prettier than me"; "That's my girl, always doing the stupid thing"; okay, I could just quote about 20 lines just off the top of my head...

But I have a question pertaining to next year's Angel (casting spoiler): Spike?! What the fuck? Is that intentional misinformation, or will he really still be on Angel next year?

Am I the only one who felt that the Core Four moment in the hallway ("let's go shopping!") felt really forced? I mean, I liked it, and the continuity nod made me very happy, but to me it just underscored how far they've all come, and how much they've changed, since the first episode, and I didn't really believe that they were those characters anymore.

I really can't believe that they're all (the Core Four) still alive!

The slayers awakening around the world was too awesome.

I was covered in goosebumps.

Seriously, Scola was sitting right here and I'm wearing a tank top and shorts-- there's a witness.

Kate, I read it completely as them drawing upon their memories of themselves, of who they were, of where they started from for an extra measure of...well, them.

OH MY GOD THEY KILLED ANYA AND ALTHOUGH I SAW IT COMING I WEPT AND MY SISTER WHO WAS WAITING FOR SMALLVILLE TO COME ON MADE FUN OF ME

NOW I TAKE MY KRAKATOA CAPS AWAY AGAIN

THAT IS ALL

Hi Lizard!!!!

RIO IS INFECTIOUS AND SOMEONE SHOULD NOTIFY THE W.H.O ABOUT IT!

RIO SPREADS LIKE A SPREADY THING WITH A BUTTER KNIFE!!!

Lizard! Hi! How's it going? Besides the devastation over the end of Buffy, I mean?

sarameg--that makes sense. Maybe I'll see it that way on rewatch.

BUT NOT A SPREADY THING LIKE SPIKE AND FRED?

Well, that was fun, and sad, and good.

Totally goes against my original series-ending scenario that I imagined a few summers back, in which, after the big-bad battle that narrowly averts another apocalypse, everyone is dead other than Jonathan (like I said, this dates back a few years--I was so bummed when Andrew knifed him!). But, I have to say, this was better. Seeing Buffy actually smile--well, that was just about perfect. Reminded me of how much I love seeing her have her belly-laughs, which were so rare in seven years.

OH MY GOD THEY KILLED ANYA

YOU BASTARDS!

Well, someone had to do it.

But I do miss RL from my lurky days - come back!