Oh see, I liked Out of My Mind this time out. I've only gotten that far, I think. I've found S5 pleasantly surprising. I know the arc falls aparet, but I've enjoyed the episodes, themselves. I put off watching it for a while, too.

Scott--so far--won't watch the Firefly DVDs (that he bought, for heaven's sake).

Do the DVDs frighten him? Does he think that Tim Minear retroactively killed him off in some episode?

I'd be worried about that, myself.

I had a promise from Tim--dammit--in writing. Narrator, get on that, will you, please?

(Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and where the holy heck have you been?)

No, he just doesn't care anymore. He bought them for me, for Christmas. He liked FF, but was never as into it as I was. Then Out of Gas really grabbed him, and once he saw Serenity, he thought it was a damned shame the show didn't make it, but he's not a fanboy where FF is concerned.

1. Wait and see about "Wonderfalls" (or whatever that is called). Perhaps someone named "Scott" will die in a grusome manner and you can attribute it to Tim Minear.

2. I've been around. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too.

3. See, if Tim had killed a "Scott" off, then your hubby would have been hooked.

Wow, you were right three times in a row. I need to sit down.

I loved early Dawn. She and Buffy cracked me up with their sibling interaction.

Okay, I just watched FFL and I was wrong (I can admit it). It's a good ep. Certainly not the worst ep of S5. I mean, Buffy vs. Dracula was S5 after all.

While I don't think the latter was a work of Jossian excellence on par with the prime Season 1-3 episodes, it was cheesy good fun. Season 5 is the one that gave us "Into the Woods" and "Spiral," after all.

I got the feeling during season seven of Buffy that the writers were positioning D'Hoffryn as a baddie in league with The First Evil but then the thread seemed to be dropped, perhaps in favor of focusing on Buffy and the potentials. Even after his last appearance in Selfless he was sending demons after Anya. I always thought he would appear later in the season and Anya would be the one to defeat him, coming full circle. I had an idea that she could discover D'Hoffryn's plan to sacrifice his vengeance demons to The First and decide to confront him in his vengeance HQ. Anya tells all the girls the truth and just before D'Hoffryn tries to attack her, she wishes him a most painful death. At once all the vegeance demons jump him. Once he's dead the girl's are released from his thrall and return to human form. The message would be that women don't need men tormented by supernatural means anymore, they are empowered enough to deal with them by human means. Hell, that would have paired nicely with the sharing of the Slayer power as a feminist theme. Part of me wishes Joss and the writers would deal with him in the future on Angel but it may not be as meaningful without Anya there. What do you think?