This issue seems to be real opener of the season, the one where the plot and themes of the season are really introduced (which is something that happened in BtVS seasons 2,3,4 and 5, where the season premiere was character-driven and either dealing with fallout from the previous season, or it was s standalone hinting at future character issues ( Read more... )

So, finally, after a long wait, three preview pages, lots of craziness in the fandom caused by spoilers and a couple of weird early reviews and people's general tendencies to read their own preconceptions and obsessive peeves into the text and several really bizarre quasi-controversies with some things blown way out of proportion, I finally read ( Read more... )