Anya (to the Scoobies, who are discussing The First): "Please...how many times have I heard THAT line in my demon days? 'I'm so rotten they don't even have a word for it. I'm bad. Baddie bad bad bad. Does it make you horny'? 'Or terrified'. 'Whatever'"
Aaaahh...but seeing Dru again -- even a Dru/The First hybrid -- made me realize how much I've missed her. "There, there, pet...soon as the moon comes you'll have your carnage. Little girls tear so easily; like pink paper. 'Til then we'll have our way with THIS one" (pointing at Spike).
Willow has a bad experience with magic.
Giles appears -- unannounced -- at Buffy's front door, with three Potential slayers.
Buffy's suggestion that somehow Spike will help tip the scale toward victory in the battle against The First seems -- how shall I put it? LAME?!!!!!!!!!
Dru/The First: "Tried to enlighten little Buffy, didn't you? Spilled, spilled, spilled our secrets like seed. (reaches down to touch her dress at thigh level, slowly starts pulling up her skirt) But you forgot, I say what you tell and what you know. I say when this is over. (lets go of her skirt and puts her hands behind her head) And I'm not done with you yet. Not nearly."
Buffy and Giles go to where Buffy had originally discovered the entrance to The First's underground lair back in season 3 ("Amends"). Buffy finds it by accidentally falling into it, then encounters a Turok-Han -- a Neanderthal vampire (a vampire even vampires fear, according to Giles). She spikes him, but nothing happens. He's really strong, and she just manages to escape. Ooooohhhh...it was Soooooo Scary!! (Not)
I know it's a bit of an oxymoron (that terms ALWAYS makes me think of a dumb bull), but the violence in this episode against Spike seemed unnecessarily excessive.
And then there were 2 Potentials...(buh-bye Annabelle. I feel like we hardly knew ya.)
And the Uber-Vamp has a chance to kill Buffy outright -- and then just walks away? Meh.
And Buffy's little monologue at the end? Yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn!
But the real fault of BtVS is that it attempts to tear asunder the most powerful, primordial evil from the most powerful, Omniscient good -- G-d. And the self-appointed saviors have separated themselves from G-d while attempting to fight that primordial evil. By doing that they are, without question -- doomed, regardless of how they choose to script the ending. All they have left is their own collective arrogance. What they keep butting up against, as a result, is the reality that collective arrogance, without a connection to the primary source, is fundamentally alienating and isolating. (That's why they feel so alienated and isolated, despite their best efforts and intentions to combat evil.)
It's quite easy to see behind the curtain of the writers and producers. They are merely peddlers of arrogance and despair. Not surprisingly those two traits often go hand in hand. The real beauty of watching BtVS is knowing exactly how the current puppet masters will fall. It's how they always fall -- by their own arrogant, desperate hands. The only question is: how many followers will they lure into their nets before it all goes up in flames?
Aaaahh...but seeing Dru again -- even a Dru/The First hybrid -- made me realize how much I've missed her. "There, there, pet...soon as the moon comes you'll have your carnage. Little girls tear so easily; like pink paper. 'Til then we'll have our way with THIS one" (pointing at Spike).
Willow has a bad experience with magic.
Giles appears -- unannounced -- at Buffy's front door, with three Potential slayers.
Buffy's suggestion that somehow Spike will help tip the scale toward victory in the battle against The First seems -- how shall I put it? LAME?!!!!!!!!!
Dru/The First: "Tried to enlighten little Buffy, didn't you? Spilled, spilled, spilled our secrets like seed. (reaches down to touch her dress at thigh level, slowly starts pulling up her skirt) But you forgot, I say what you tell and what you know. I say when this is over. (lets go of her skirt and puts her hands behind her head) And I'm not done with you yet. Not nearly."
Buffy and Giles go to where Buffy had originally discovered the entrance to The First's underground lair back in season 3 ("Amends"). Buffy finds it by accidentally falling into it, then encounters a Turok-Han -- a Neanderthal vampire (a vampire even vampires fear, according to Giles). She spikes him, but nothing happens. He's really strong, and she just manages to escape. Ooooohhhh...it was Soooooo Scary!! (Not)
I know it's a bit of an oxymoron (that terms ALWAYS makes me think of a dumb bull), but the violence in this episode against Spike seemed unnecessarily excessive.
And then there were 2 Potentials...(buh-bye Annabelle. I feel like we hardly knew ya.)
And the Uber-Vamp has a chance to kill Buffy outright -- and then just walks away? Meh.
And Buffy's little monologue at the end? Yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn!
But the real fault of BtVS is that it attempts to tear asunder the most powerful, primordial evil from the most powerful, Omniscient good -- G-d. And the self-appointed saviors have separated themselves from G-d while attempting to fight that primordial evil. By doing that they are, without question -- doomed, regardless of how they choose to script the ending. All they have left is their own collective arrogance. What they keep butting up against, as a result, is the reality that collective arrogance, without a connection to the primary source, is fundamentally alienating and isolating. (That's why they feel so alienated and isolated, despite their best efforts and intentions to combat evil.)
It's quite easy to see behind the curtain of the writers and producers. They are merely peddlers of arrogance and despair. Not surprisingly those two traits often go hand in hand. The real beauty of watching BtVS is knowing exactly how the current puppet masters will fall. It's how they always fall -- by their own arrogant, desperate hands. The only question is: how many followers will they lure into their nets before it all goes up in flames?