Perhaps everything was real but the kiss. The kiss was just what Spike thinks he's seeing because the first is messing with his head again. (?) Besides the kiss everything else seemed appropriate to me. A little feel-good nostalgia for the second last ep.

I can't believe Dawn zapped poor Xander though. Brat!

And I think I would like to see Willow get a little "dark in the roots" (paraphrasing) in the last ep, but in a good way, if that's possible...

And I think I would like to see Willow get a little "dark in the roots" (paraphrasing) in the last ep, but in a good way, if that's possible...

I sure hope this happens since they have been setting it up all season.

Loved the axe fighting, but that axe was not an ancient, pre-Christian relic. It was made by John Deere. I suspect it may be part of a tractor.

The Angel/Buffy kiss just seemed a little too lover-like to me. These two do love each other, and they have serious history, but they're not together or even involved in each others lives anymore. The last time we saw them interact was after Joyce's funeral, and we know they met up after Buffy's return. But the vibe just seemed wrong here.

Another questionable person: Giles. JaffaCake!Giles seemed right on to me, but when he was nudging Willow towards trying to use magic to get a read on the axe it seemed kind of ooky.

RahRah, you're totally right about that axe. Hee.

The music was cheesy all the way through. Just before Buffy's entrance into the sewer, she had similar champion music. Ick.

Completely spatially disoriented here. Where was Buffy? How did she know to go there? Spike followed Caleb there? And just hid?

Whuh?

Where was Buffy? How did she know to go there? Spike followed Caleb there? And just hid?

There was a line in the Buffy/Spike scene where she said something about a crypt on consecrated/unconsecrated ground that was just kind of thrown away. I didn't really understand if it was something she knew from what Spike learned from the Monks or where the info came from. I think the writers may have fumbled there a bit.

My thing was (one of them anyway): Why did they keep calling it a scythe when it looks like an axe? Is there a type of scythe that looks like that. It was bugging me.

I think the writers may have fumbled there a bit.

Yup. And she finds the one pyramid in Sunnydale.

I wonder if Fury had to write the Buffy/Spike scene?

On rewatch, I agree that the Buffy/Angel scene was a little off, but not enough to make me think that anything weird was going on.

Where was Buffy? How did she know to go there?

At the very end of the Willow/Giles scene, one of them says they need to find where the pagans of the ancient temple buried their dead. I guess they figured out where the (un?)consecrated was and told Buffy. I wouldn't be surprised if a couple of clarifying lines were cut for time.

I'd've like to have seen Buffy talk to Giles or Willow. It just looked like she took the axe from Faith and bumped into Spike on her way out. Very confusing.

I'm using "Wheelchair fight?" in everyday conversation from now on.