Buffy

amazing.

My s7 download is going faster than my s6 so I'm watching Chosen before the football. I forgot how PERFECT the cold open is. If only the season in anyway lived up to what was before its first credit sequence...

Willow and Giles in England! Harry Potter references that Giles rolls his eyes at. Oh man...

***********************SPOILERS KEVIN DO NOT READ**************************

Spike in the basement was stupid.

Buffy got pretty bad camel toe.

Having Mayor Wilkins at the end was really really fucking annoying. Getting rid of the MOTW kinda lame and anti-climatic. Could have been a classic but isn't.

CHOSEN- 7.

first big speech of the season (there are many, many, fucking hundreds of them more)- 9.

god fuck the speeches

SEASON 7-

BENEATH YOU-
Cold open- lol someones seen Run Lola Run. One thing that annoys me is how does anyone know who potential slayers are, do they not have any strength or power or anything before Faith dies? Are they just normal non-super girls? How the hell does the council then scower the world to find out that one non-super girl is special?

Some good LOLs, many about how trampy they all are. Anya and Buffy both great at being super vulnerable. Dawn is good when she isn't being a whiny teenager.

8.

SPEECHWATCH- Spike goes on for about 5 minutes at the end. 7.

ARGH......... first episode is called Lessons. The last episode is called Chosen.

SAME TIME, SAME PLACE- First off, no speeches, so yay. Also pretty funny (callback to Doppelgangland; Anya making Dawn salute). Gnarl eating Willow's skin also genuinely creepy. Spike stuff still not handled correctly and you can tell Whedon's stamp isn't on it- watching it you could tell, much like Beneath You, that it could have done with another re-write/edit. This is feeling that unfortunately happens too often in Season 7. 7.

HELP-

SPOILER-FUCKING-RIFIC SO KEV LOOK AWAY

Cold open- Ok so this is something I've never seen discussed when it comes to the Buffyverse but considering this starts with them breaking into somewhere, it seems as good a place as any. In Angel it is obvious that they make half of their money doing crime. Hell, Gunn is kinda introduced as a car thief. The second half comes from a rich benefactor who likes to roleplay. In Buffy it is less obvious. Giles opens the store but it burns the shit down. Anya didn't make enough at the store to live fancily. Buffy didn't make that much at Doublemeat Palace and it is left open whether she even works there after the episode. Xander can't support them all by being a bricky. Did Joyce leave them a ton of money? It's never mentioned. So... they live on crime, right? Faith was right all along.

HELP- Hey remember when google was new and you could make joeks about it? also LOL Willow Doogie Howser fanfic. <3 the continuing new Dawn direction.

Cassie is heartbreaking. 9.

Are these more cryptic summations or is my memory of season 7 just totally shot?

Would Buffy qualify for social security for caring for Dawn? I don't know how it works in the US really but she would in Australia.

Joyce left money but it was all spent on medical bills and house bills by the time Buffy was revived. Giles was pretty well off but I don't think he was around at the beginning of S7. S6 seems to have a lot of scraping by, I suppose Giles could be helping out financially from a distance in S7.

And the potentials, I think there must be a way of finding them, they usually get tracked down by watchers and trained years before they become slayers (It would explain what the hell the Watchers' Council are doing with their time when there's only one slayer to look after). My memory of S7 is patchy but I think it gets mentioned in one of the speeches that they're stronger than normal but nowhere near slayer strength.

Tim: Partial liveblogging obv going to be different to crazy memory of watching something too many times. Each episode has started w/ lol slayer being murdered. And other than jeeeez spike as crazy guy in the basement (he says in Lessons that he is there because he has always had a connection to it but ? don't think he's ever gone near the hellmouth ? not sure he even ever went into the old library) its all been a bit MOTW so if you don't remember the specific episodes I guess the clues would seem cryptic.

SEASON 7 CONT.-

SELFLESS- Best episode since Once More W/ Feeling. Possibly in my POX even. Making Anya the best character was such a terrific move, she breaks my heart every time. 10.

Selfless is my favourite ever Buffy episode - even taking into account the horrible CGI spider near the start.

So glad all of the seasons are going to be on Neflix on demand soon, a rewatch is in order. I don't feel like I gave seasons 6 & 7 much of a chance.

Eh, iirc S7's quality drops off dramatically any episode soon. Its not long until my liveblogging really just becomes SPEECHWATCH

Also forgot to say **********************kevin if you read this then well you know****************************** lol foreshadowing of xander getting freaked out when gnarl's eyes are gouged out.

Poor Xander, he's kind of become the Bonaduce of the Buffy cast.

HIM- Turning Dawn into lol kid sister mini-Giles was an inspired move. Shame they didn't have more time to play with it. also lol shins zach braff stop haunting me.

The episode is just a rehash of previous Buffy episodes without the juicy goodness of Witch, BB&B, The Zeppo etc.

BREEDERS! BREEDERS! OMFG I FORGOT THE DEAL SISTERS WERE IN THIS!

lol lusty aunt and uncle xander & willow having wrong feelings about dawn.

5.

Can skip it but BREEDERS.

Actually bump the score up to 7 for how Anya, Willow and Buffy try to win his heart.

Also explains my previous 'they pay for everything w/ crime, right?' questions.

the season 8 comics are actually a lot more explicit about that, haha

yeah but then i'd have to read comics and ew.

CONVERSATIONS WITH DEAD PEOPLE- If the First can't touch anything or whatever, why is Dawn's bit all hokey poltergist horror movie? <3 buffy w/ the new vamp and andrew/jonathon tho.

7.

SLEEPER- Hmmm. There is nothing wrong with this episode per se but something just feels off about it. Dialogue isn't as punchy or witty or exciting. The story could be made to actually scare but instead its just all a bit limp and 'oh poor spike has demons'. Aimee Mann was good though. 4.

NEVER LEAVE ME- Ok that is how it should be done. Spike-Buffy interactions convincing for the first time this season. Anya-Xander-Andrew was lol. The harbingers, the true vamp, principal wood all sufficiently creepy. OMFG THE COUNCIL. 9.

BRING ON THE NIGHT-

Firstly, speechwatch: this is the first big Buffy speech. If it was the only one, it'd be quite impressive. She doesn't really say anything but it is spoken like someone you trust to follow. 8.

Giles is back with potentials. One has a horrendous cocker-ney accent. One ***spoiler*** runs off to die for absolutely no reason after being the one who says they should trust Buffy. The other one is all dykey but we'll get to that later.

1st as Dru haunting Spike >>>> 1st as Spike or Buffy haunting Spike.

It doesn't make sense why the uber-vamp doesn't kill Buffy when he has the chance.

Andrew related LOLs only thing that isn't super depressing.

6.

SHOWTIME- Buffy has like a billion speeches here. I guess its saved by 'Welcome to the thunderdome'. The fight with the uber vamp and the first using dead potential is kind of cool, i guess, but in reality, if the uber-vamp wasn't wrapped up here I'd tell you to skip it. Andrew also really starting to be great comic relief, especially with the 'what happens when you tie a hostage to a chair too long without remembering toilet breaks' joeks.

5.

POTENTIAL- Really fucking annoying episode that could have been done so so so so much better. Buffy has two looooooong speeches within 5 minutes. Then the premise of the episode is Dawn thinks she is a potential but oh noes she'd have to see Buffy die to become a slayer. Not at one point is the existence of Faith mentioned and it all just seems beyond stupid considering all of the scooby's know better.

2. Skip it.

THE KILLER IN ME- About twelve stories at once, none of which have enough time to be told properly. The pacing of this season is all out of wack. 3. Skip it? Depends on how much you like Willow episodes. Also one very good LOL with Giles.

FIRST DATE- Hey guys, remember Ashanti? I liked Principal Wood, wish they did more with him. 7.

I hated the Ashanti episode so much. I wonder if it has gotten any better/funnier with time.

It didn't have many jokes, other than lol translation problems. I just like the Principal Wood story line. Wish they did more with it.

GET IT DONE- Meh. Some good Andrew jokes as per usual. Chloe bit is v. v. well handled. Buffy's speech after is kinda rubbish. Then she goes to see the people who made the first slayer only to beat the crap out of them. And then she sees hell. 3.

Getting really fucking annoyed considering all of this should be happening to Faith. They could at least occasionally throw out a reason why they treat Buffy as 'the one'.

STORYTELLER- Andrew, Xander/Anya and Dawn are really the only characters I care for anymore. This ranks up there with Superstar, Intervention and Earshot as one of the funniest episodes of the whole show. 10.

LIES MY PARENTS TOLD ME- <3 Giles here. Spike v. Robin Wood (lol at this name btw), equals an alright episode. 7.

DIRTY GIRLS- FINALLY! Faith shows up, Xander sees a big bad too closely. Downright fucking awesome episode, shows Buffy as all speech and no actual leading ability, which we've known forever. 9.

EMPTY PLACES- Mutiny! Except for that, nothing actually happens. Again, the pacing of the season is all wonky. 4. Skip it.

TOUCHED- See above, I guess. Nothing worth seeing that won't be in a future 'Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. Goes all 24 at the end. 3.

Gonna stop for a second before discussing End of Days to mention how fucking hacky the bullet-time fight scenes have been in this season. It's really fucking ghastly and they should know better.

END OF DAYS- Wasn't this the title of a shitty Arnie film? WHEELCHAIR FIGHT. EXPLOSIONS. BIG FUCKING SCYTHE THING. ANGEL. DAWN KICKING BUFFY. 9.

CHOSEN- Cookie dough speech good; end kinda lame. Inspirational montage of teenage girl getting abused when she suddenly turns into the slayer super lame; willow as goddess good. giles playing d&d good; faith suddenly talking like butters in that episode of south park where he becomes a pimp kinda lame. the end of caleb good; kinda lame cgi lols when buffy runs at the end. other good bits- dawn getting the last sentence i like, anya saving andrew and then andrew telling xander was kinda heart breaking. wish kennedy died. 6.

SEASON 6 JUST FOR COMPLETIONS SAKE-

BARGAINING PT 1- ;_; Goodbye Giles; Little Britain sucks btw. Watching her wake up in her coffin is suuuuuper creepy, kudos. 8.

BARGAINING PT 2- <3 Tara, she is so perfect here. I hate coincedental good timing in tv- omg its good that Buffy and Dawn escaped the tower from the gift JUST before it fell down even though it stood for months with no problem. Buffy's hands freak me out. 6.

AFTER LIFE- Whedon loves his 'earth = hell' shit don't he? YAWN. MOTW is lame. Again, I just want to give Tara a big hug, she's pretty much the only thing saving this episode. 3. Skip it.

FLOODED- Fucking hell, is there a hackier sitcom storyline than 'i'll fix this tiny leak myself oh wait now we are uber flooded lols on me'? 2. Skip it.

FLOODED- Ok this is why I don't do things on memory alone. Actually quite funny and also Giles! 7.

LIFE SERIAL- Spike plays poker with Clem for kittens! Buffy gets drunk! LOL retail just before I go to work for Tesco! The geeks are just hilarious! One of the 10 funniest Buffy eps. 10.

ALL THE WAY- Better than I remember. Plus the stuff with the costumes is funny. Willow break myTara's heart much? 7.

ONCE MORE WITH FEELING- Second best episode of Buffy obv. Forgot that Tara's song is beyond dirty. Downright fucking naughty. Can't believe I haven't seen this episode in about 2 years and can still remember every lyric. I most probably should have gone outside more as a teenager. 11.

Forgot that Tara's song is beyond dirty.

haha yeah last time i watched this i was like O_O i did not r this c

i don't know what r and c stand for hoosteen

"remember" and "correctly"

cf "iirc"

aha

TABULA RASA- [Xander laughs inaproppriately] "Sorry, just got back the memory of seeing King Ralph." Kinda lol, esp. all the stuff about kitten gambling and then the end with Giles leaving, Tara leaving Willow and Michelle Branch at The Bronze is downright ;_;. 8.

SMASHED- Better than I remember it. Amy is de-ratted. Tara is v. sweet and mum-like to Dawn. The geeks use a freeze-ray to steal a diamond. 7.

WRECKED- Bubbles is the only time TV has got an addict right, isn't it? This is so cliched and hacky. Amy dances around and Willow is so high she's on the ceiling. Yawn. Buffy and Spike have fucked so much that the house fell down. (This starts in SMASHED in a really disorientating fashion. Being a slayer and a vampire I guess they are super powered enough that they can have sex without adjusting their clothes in any fashion to reveal the reproductive bits? Or maybe BTVS directors really like the driest of dry humping?) Alyson Hannigon and the T-berg good enough actors to make the end effective, I guess. Felt this was stupid when I was 14 or whatever when it was made, still feel like it. Wish the makers weren't so busy jacking off the Matrix that they watched something else- had the Wire started yet? 2. I would say skip it but pretty fucking important episode, unfortunately.