Did we ever get a sense of how much time was passing during Season 6? I know that a lot of the time, it seems like a season takes less than 9 months for the characters, but I can't recall if there was something specific in that season that was that way.

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All I recall is that Season 6 felt like an eternity to me.

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I'm trying to think...I can't remember any specific mentions of time having gone by (i.e. "it's been four months since...). The first few episodes (Bargaining 1 and 2 and After Life) took less than three weeks, just lasting for a few days, as did the last few episodes (Entropy-Grave was a few days at the most by my reckoning...heh...reckoning...it's a fun word). I think the season took 9 months at the most.

I watched "Consequences" last night; great episode, and really the final word on the Willow/Xander relationship (love the brief scene of her crying in the bathroom). Apparently, Faith was originally meant to kill Wesley as she escaped from him and the CoW thugs; imagine how different things would have been if that had happened. There are also some "really interesting in retrospect" moments with Angel and Wes.

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Yeah. It was a very long season to watch. Ok. Thanks.

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Did we ever get a sense of how much time was passing during Season 6? I know that a lot of the time, it seems like a season takes less than 9 months for the characters, but I can't recall if there was something specific in that season that was that way.

Older and Far Away was s6's Buffy Birthday episode. It was originally broadcast on 2/12/02. I can't remember a mention of Buffy's birthday in season 5. The Buffy birthday episodes were originally broadcast as follows:

S6 02/12/02 Older and Far Away
S5 02/06/01 Blood Ties
S4 01/25/00 A New Man
S3 01/19/99 Helpless
S2 01/19/98 Surprise (with Innocence on 01/20/98)

But I think, during season 6, at least a few episodes picked up right where the episode prior left off.

edited to include the s5 birthday episode

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I can't remember a mention of Buffy's birthday in season 5.

Was it in "Blood Ties"? I feel like S7 was the only time they skipped it entirely.

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Lyra, I checked a synopsis, and you're right. I can't remember that part at all, but the synopsis began with something like "As Buffy and friends celebrate her birthday."

That episode aired 02/06/01.

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I thought it was established somewhere that Buffy's birthday was in January?

Other time-points: Willow and Giles are said to go away for the summer after Willow's breakdown; S7 opens in September with Dawn's first day of school. "Conversations with Dead People" is in November and after that all the timing went to hell in some way I can no longer recall.

I think S6 was supposed to cover more-or-less the schoolyear, as is typical for BtVS seasons, but the jury's out on BtVS S7 and AtS S5.

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I thought it was established somewhere that Buffy's birthday was in January?

Buffy quips that she's a Capricorn on the cusp of Aquarius, at some point.

In some episode-- I Robot, You Jane, maybe, Buffy's school records show on the screen, but the birthdate is different in two different shots. I *think* it's the year that is changed, but I'd have to find it.

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I *think* it's the year that is changed, but I'd have to find it.

I remember this and I think the date changed completely. There are a bunch of screen shots for buffy at: [link]

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