Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
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But he was really impressed by the guy who brought in a chainsaw.
Crap, now I really want a Bruce Campbell autographed chainsaw.
I'd only bring in the blade. The whole saw? Classy but it could get you ejected. "Have you seen what Ash *did* with one of those, dude? "
"Have you seen what Ash *did* with one of those, dude? "
"Yeah, dude, he autographed it safely from the other side of the room using his evil hand. Sign here, please."
I'm awful at remembering episode titles. What was the name of the episode where Spike sees Buffy crying on the steps and puts down the rifle to comfort her? Who wrote it? I think I know but then, I keep second guessing myself.
"Fool for Love" by Doug Petrie.
Fool for Love, and I think Joss wrote it.
Ah! Thanks. I thought Petrie wrote Fool for Love.
Yeah, Fool for Love was Petrie.
Excuse me while I go get my gun and kidnap AH and take her away to my isolated mountain cabin to be my wilderness bride. (Hey, after awhile she'll like it; there will be racoon meat and badger burgers.)
Watched Doomed. Still can't decide if I'm amused or annoyed they got the quote from the episode wrong on the season 4 DVD box.
Howdy. Just leaping over for the first time from UnAmericans, because season 7 just finished a few days ago, here in New Zealand. I have spent those few days reading some 3000 posts you guys have written since Chosen screened in the US (puff, pant), just so I know what you all thought. Neglecting my children while doing so. (The Australians have two or three episodes to go, I think.)
A few thoughts:
My season rankings: 5 3 4 2 6 1 7. I agree totally with Wenda a few weeks back who said the best run of episodes was Blood Ties through to Tabula Rasa. Yes, yes, yes. (I'm right with you on the whole ``using'' argument too, Wenda, though perhaps the rules get a bit bent the night before an apocalypse.)
I was only converted to Buffy in November last year and watched S1-6 more than once between then and April. So Season 7 is the only one I have watched on a proper weekly basis. In NZ we never get gaps and reruns in the middle of a season -- it all just runs straight on. Anyway I was in love with the show and prepared to give series 7 my all. But was desperately disappointed for many of the same reasons expressed here. Only three episodes really redeemed it for me -- Conversations with Dead People, First Date and Chosen. The finale I cannot even rewatch yet (only showed here last Wednesday) because I'm afraid of getting all weepy and pathetic again.
On one level, Chosen brought everything together and made emotional sense to me in a way the rest of the season failed to do. On the other hand, I actually don't like the idea of a ``hero's journey''. I much prefer Buffy when she's trying to be normal and be the slayer at the same time. Setting her up as the big leader in a big apocalypse just leaves me cold and the First Evil didn't work for me as a metaphor or a Big Bad. And I hated Spike ending up as a big sacrificial hero -- hated it with a big hatey hate hate. Hated him having a soul. Thought he would have made the perfect consort for the slayer as an evil boy trying to be good. He was JUST what she needed on a deep and visceral level, and I find it hard to forgive Buffy and the writers for not seeing that. And I'm a sensible girl, not one of those mad fangirls who threaten writer's lives, but I find David Fury quite disingenuous -- it was his episodes that made me love Spike the most.
Aside from these gripes, finding BtVS has been a huge thing for me, and reading -- over the last few months -- years' worth of your fascinating, brilliant, absolutely spot-on, irritating, highly-educated, super-informed, totally wrongheaded and bizarre thoughts on this strange and wonderful TV show have been an enormous pleasure.