it was always dumb to spend what seemed like a dozen episodes dealing with the first Uber
Haven't seen yet, but I want to make one point. There were only two Ubervamp eps.
Saffron: I'll die. Mal: Well, as a courtesy, you might start getting busy on that, 'cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.
'Trash'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
[NAFDA] We used to get Buffy the day before everyone else, now we get Angel a week after everyone else. And Firefly every Monday!
victor infante - May 19, 2003 9:40:12 pm PDT #2437 of 6793
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
ZeusGirl - May 19, 2003 9:45:30 pm PDT #2438 of 6793
"Angel and Spike, The Starsky and Hutch of the Netherworld" - Albert Einstein in his speech to the U.N. Security Council, Sept., 1955.
I didn't say that there were that many. I just said it seemed like it. It seemed to go on forever. To me.
A dozen Uber Eps, and a dozen SiT eps, and there's your season. And Storyteller.
brenda m - May 19, 2003 9:57:51 pm PDT #2439 of 6793
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh my.
I'm happy. The episode was good, it was solid. It wasn't Hush or OMWF, but it was satisfying all the same. And despite some flaws, there were so many little moments.
- the moment in the hallway with just the original four, even if the dialogue seemed a little forced.
- Dawn kicking Buffy in the shin and then no more being said about her return
- Angel being pissy about Spike but not going nuts about it. Spike being upfront about what he saw. (Enhanced vampire eyeballs, heh.)
- The cookie dough conversation
- Buffy turning the FE's own taunts against it and realizing how to win
- Anya finding her courage in facing the bunnies
- Wood turning the tables on Faith, more or less
- Spike going willingly to his end, eyes open all the way
- Kennedy. Joss actually made me like Kennedy.
Most of all, though, I loved Joss bringing it back to the nature of the slayer and recognizing that Buffy's greatest burden has always been the "one girl in all the world" bit. So in defeating the FE, she's also defeated the greatest obstacle to her ever being able to get past duty and into life.
(I'm fine with the not-so-UberVamps, partly because the first one was pretty silly anyway. And I can wank that if you're raising one at a time, you go for the biggie, but when you need an army of them, you have to take the C+ students.)
("fat grandchildren" Isn't that what Jenny Calendar said to Angel? He looked a little weirded out by the comment, too.)
Jon B. - May 19, 2003 10:15:11 pm PDT #2440 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
My girl Vi! She rocked! When she got Slayer-y, there was this subtle shift where she got all confidence!face.
Sad that the freaks and geeks girl bit it, though.
P.M. Marc - May 19, 2003 10:17:51 pm PDT #2441 of 6793
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My girl Vi! She rocked! When she got Slayer-y, there was this subtle shift where she got all confidence!face.
I was just telling P. that of all the new Slayers, Vi was the best.
Also? she's really hot.
The best moment? Seriously? That little drawing of Hairloaf.
brenda m - May 19, 2003 10:19:04 pm PDT #2442 of 6793
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I was totally cheering her on!
Megan E. - May 19, 2003 10:24:04 pm PDT #2443 of 6793
Best moment at the Haligonistas party was the D&D playing scene - that got a lot of laughs.
Jon B. - May 19, 2003 10:28:39 pm PDT #2444 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That little drawing of Hairloaf.
That was hi-larious. At least Angel is better than Spike at something.
she's really hot.
Totally! and I liked the hat
P.M. Marc - May 19, 2003 11:00:11 pm PDT #2445 of 6793
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
That was hi-larious. At least Angel is better than Spike at something.
It also broke the schmoop, because it was schmoop with FUNNY PICTURE!!!
Umm. I'm easy. Hi!
§ ita § - May 19, 2003 11:58:05 pm PDT #2446 of 6793
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I cried. Of course I cried! Girls! Killing things!
I can't believe it's gone.