I'm gonna get really pissed off about this.
So I’m watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Not the campy and excellent movie, but the T.V. show. I tried it about a year ago, watched the first DVD of the first season, and was totally unimpressed, so I gave up. But, you know, I love Firefly with all my heart, and there are so many folks who just worship the show, that I thought I’d give it another try. A friend who’s a fan said that the show really does start kind of slow, so maybe I shouldn’t start at the beginning. He suggested Season Three.
Well, he was right. I did enjoy it, and so from there I went back to the beginning. The first season starts off rocky, but it gets better, and I dug it second time around. Then I got the second season, and that’s when I really fell for it. In the first place I had always hated Angel. I mean, I really and truly hated Angel, so from that perspective Season Two was definitely for me. But the best thing that happened is that Spike and Drusilla came into my life. I LOOOOOVE Spike and Drusilla. Together, they make one seriously cool bad guy.
That’s the thing, though; you need them to be together. Spike is nowhere near as cool without Drusilla. I already knew this from his lone solo appearance in the third season. You need their chattering back and forth in their fake British accents. You need their morbid sexuality. You need his arrogance, but to balance it you need the way he always tempers it in deference to her instability.
So I put in the first disc for the fourth season, and there’s Spike right on the menu, and I’m very excited. And then out comes Spike with his girlfriend… HARMONY?!?!? I mean, at least he’s treating her bad, but come on, Harmony? Really?
I swear, if she doesn’t die, and Dru doesn’t come back, I’m giving up on this series for good.
UPDATE: Not dead yet. This series is in bad trouble.