On the whole I found a lot more to like than dislike. Bottom line, I liked the concepts but not so much the execution. A few too many annoying details.

The Spike drowning business was just plain weird. Drusilla wasn’t herself, but that makes sense. FE Buffy wasn’t herself with Spike either. Guess Dru doesn’t know the lyrics to the song to get Spike to do what she wants.

Loved the Principal Wood and Joyce scenes. Like how they are both being presented as possibly being on either side. Hit all the right notes for me in those scenes.

I found the leaving the question of Giles being dead or alive being left open more blatant. No doubt in my mind that it is a deliberate fake out and he is quite alive. Which of course means he is probably dead.

The heavy handed music has been bothering me for a while and I always hate the preaching scenes. Buffy’s scene at the end was way too much for me.

Agreed on the out of nowhere proto-slayer jumping ship. Sloppy.

Annoyed by the details, but I really liked the arc progression.

Of course I am hours late for the AC discussion, stupid car shopping.

Chatty McChattersons, you are.

Megan, I won't be downtown again until Friday 7pm - but if you want the postcards let me know.

Giles didn't touch anyone - Buffy was interrupted by the protoSlayers when she went to hug him. He didn't knock. He didn't carry. He didn't give her a hand up when she was struggling to get out of the pit.

I think that he's dead.

Chatty McChattersons, you are.

That's cause of us mock-Haligonians (who probably can't even spell).

I think that he's dead.

Although, the point was made in the main thread - how did he get across the Atlantic without handing someone a passport or ticket?

He's non-corporeal, what does he need with a stinking passport? The CoW sent the girls to Sunnydale (Quentin ordered that before he went all extra-crispy) and 'Giles' met them at the airport.

I totally think he's dead. There is no way that he could have survived that beheading from the Harbringers. The guy was in full swing so unless Giles has a metal head, he was definitely a goner.

then again, I could be totally wrong.

My kittens are on dead but a good guy. Same with Joyce.

I agree. I don't think he's the First Evil. I think the Coven from Devon have helped him manifest on Earth in order to help fight the slight apocolypse.

Megan, I won't be downtown again until Friday 7pm - but if you want the postcards let me know.

Elena, I do want some. I'll come see you Friday evening. Did you go see LoTR:TTT last night?

I'm standing in the fakeout dead denial corner for now.

I feel all pathetic. Can I whine at you for a bit?

I'm having trouble finding things to eat because of this stupid lactose intolerance, I'm still kind of sick, I have a big canker right where it rubs against my lower eyetooth, and the wisdom tooth on the same side has started growing again. I hate today.

I'm going to buy a bunch of groceries this evening, which will help with the food thing. Hopefully that will make me feel better in general. I'm seeing a doctor on Friday too. I just really hate it when I have a canker when I'm already feeling miserable, because it stops be from treating the pre-existing miserableness with chocolate. It's just no fair.

I also want to issue a correction: it was Nora, not Joanne who said "And now the house blows up" during Buffy's speech. Now I'm kind of wishing it had - it would certainly have livened up the speculation!