ALL RIGHT!!! THAT CUTS IT!!!!!!!

You know, I can't believe that there are even 111 (that's right, the count is up to 111) people out there who support the drivel Here. (Thank you to Brian for finding this piece of trash.) I mean how stupid can anyone be?

My own personal opinion on this (and as that I am not fan enough of anime to know the source material that those people are referencing this may not count for much) is that there are very few 100% original ideas nowadays. My earlier rant on ANGEL vs. FOREVER KNIGHT and CHARMED pointed to as much. In that rant, or as was at least my intention, I felt that none of those shows (while containing simliar characters) was ripping off another. And let's be honest, shall we? It's not the originality of the idea that counts, so much as the originality of how it is handled and developed.

Conversations With Dead People or Being Dead in the New Millennium

This episode will probably work better in the larger scheme of things than as a standalone episode. My favorite scenes were with Buffy and Holden. I think maybe because they were the safest.

I knew from early on that Jonathan was not long for this world. The moment I saw Warren, I knew it. And I was sad. Legitimately. It's like the Ikea commercial where a couple is getting intimate in the dining room, and the woman decides to 86 the Cow Creamer in favor of her beau. Granted, the hook to that commercial is that you're not supposed to feel bad for a stupid creamer, but that's the point. Like that cute creamer that you would never think twice about passing up in the local thrift shop, Jonathan used what little time he had to ingratiate himself in our consciousness and so it was sad to see him go. The worst part is that his death will go unavenged until the very end, if at all. Since I wasn't here for Brian's moment of silence, I will have one of my own. Join me, if you will.............................................

Willow's visitation was awkward to say the least. I admit that I was roped in by Azura Skye's character's explanation. Like Brian, I think it was her assertion that Willow shouldn't use magic that tipped me off. Why? Because of my faith in Giles, which Willow also shares. I have to admit, though, that I was a bit taken aback by the fact that Willow did not use her magic last night.

Spike has now become an even bigger enigma to me. I suppose that it is possible that Spike really sired no one and that the Spike that we saw was really our Big Bad stirring the pot again. After all, as Brian pointed out, we spent the entire episode without Xander and Anya. I think it would be a really interesting twist of Xander was able to prove Spike's innocence. Then again, maybe I'm just forgetting that Spike is just a big ball of evilness.

But the one I feel most sorry for in all of this is Dawn. She did everything she could to save "her mother" only to not have it be her. Now, it did occur to me that maybe it really was Joyce, but I didn't believe that for a second. After all, I don't know why she would write messages on the wall, in blood no less, like "Mother's Milk is Red Today." It is, in my opinion, quite possible that the entity that Dawn banished was Joyce, disguised by our big bad.

As to whether or not Dawn's mistrust will serve her through the season, I think it depends on her involvement in what is to come. I doubt that Willow will keep her experience quiet, she may even tell Giles, so I think I'll just have to keep an open mind about this.

That sounds like enough from me for now. I thought the episode was OK, but like another episode I talked about recently, I'll reserve final judgement until I see how it fits in with the rest of what's happening.

  posted by J @ 09:37