what kind of accent was the proto-slayer Molly supposed to have?

Sounded like bad Cockney to me. Not DickVanDyke!Cockney, but pretty bad nonetheless.

I thought Cockney in the first scene, and then I thought maybe she was supposed to be Austrailian in the next. It was bad whatever continent she was from.

The episode felt a bit underplayed by most, except Dru and the neanderthal vamp. Might have been to emphasize the nastyness of the nasties or maybe the next few eps are gonna be big and they wanted to maximise on the impact.

Either way the pace was odd, but not exactly bad...

Hey, I totally forgot Buffy was on last night until 8:00 and had a frantic tape switching incident. Good thing YTV reruns on Saturday.

I didn't have as many issues with this episode and mostly enjoyed it. I did think the Spike drowning scenes were totally rediculous because of the non-breathing and Spike has endured much worse torture. That was badly conceived.

I liked the Willow possession scene a lot. It showed just what kind of power they are dealing with, though Willow shouldn't be such a wuss and refuse to use her powers.

Giles being dead is supported by the fact that he didn't touch anything and he had the proto-slayer carry the Watcher's council books and papers. I wonder if the proto-slayers he brought with him are aware of his being dead, if he is indeed no of the living. Would that mean he's a ghost or poltergeist?

Principal Wood remains a mystery - but he likes mysteries.

Oh, and Giles' line "It's like nothing we've faced before" was so very Restless, only without the singing.

Oh and did I mention that I'm losing my sense of smell and taste? I couldn't taste my dinner last night. *sigh*

Oh and did I mention that I'm losing my sense of smell and taste? I couldn't taste my dinner last night. *sigh*

Oh no! Call that ENT post-haste!!!!

Hey Herb! Are you the Herb that's one of the admins of Whedonesque? Welcome!

I liked the Willow possession scene a lot. It showed just what kind of power they are dealing with, though Willow shouldn't be such a wuss and refuse to use her powers.

That was a good scene!

I also thought the fights were shot strangely...It was like the person on the steadicam wasn't so steady. Or they really needed a steadicam.

Giles being dead is supported by the fact that he didn't touch anything and he had the proto-slayer carry the Watcher's council books and papers.

But does that mean he's working for the first? So he's really trying to screw Buffy up? Or is he possessed by good forces?

I won't believe Giles is dead until I see it.

Dru felt off to me too. When Spike made the comment that the real Dru was crazier, I thought "that's it!" So I'm fanwanking that the reason Juliet's performance felt "off" to me is that it wasn't really Dru she was portraying, but someone pretending to be Dru.

I'm reaching...

Oh and did I mention that I'm losing my sense of smell and taste? I couldn't taste my dinner last night.

NO!!!! I just knocked on several (wooden) desks for you. Get to the doctor!

I enjoyed the ep, but was really annoyed by the Spike drowning thing. Maybe he just doesn't like getting water up his nose? Very careless of them. I also felt like a scene had been left out - there was no explanation of why Annabelle would run out. She and Molly were v.v. irritating, but I liked Kennedy, the American one.

I really like how Principal Wood is being presented. He's sinister, but I still have no idea if he's good or bad. Yay!

I also found the end of the episode really confusing. I thought Buffy was giving up and then suddenly she wasn't. I didn't liike the heroic music in the background during her up-and-at-them speech, either. Towards the end of it, Joanne said "And now the house explodes," which made me laugh - it was very reminiscent of Quentin Travers' annoying speech.

Towards the end of it, Joanne said "And now the house explodes,"

Bwaaaa!

Oh no! Call that ENT post-haste!!!

I'm going on Friday so I'll monitor my progress/decline until then.

I liked Molly's T-shirt.

Sue, I don't think Giles is bad, I think he's a good ghost.