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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #5: Slayer Interrupted.

First up, you know the big reveal at the end. Buffy is up the duff. I was vehemently against this story line when first theorised (well, guessed would be more accurate I suppose) by fans. But ya know, as it turns out, I’m okay with it. It’s like, you don’t want you’re teenage daughter to come ( Read more... )

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 9 #1-4: Freefall

I haven’t really been that inspired to write about the comics in season nine but #5 may have fixed that. So I thought I’d better start at the beginning and have a look what’s going on. The first arc is called Freefall and throughout the first four issues we see Buffy do just that - not that her life ( Read more... )

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Angel 5.19 - Time Bomb

Written by Ben Edlund
Directed by Vern Gillum

A time bomb, as any of us who’ve watched cartoons or action flicks would know, is an explosive device that is designed to go off at a particular set time. It is also a colloquial saying that is used to describe a person (or situation) that is expected to explode or go pear-shaped ( Read more... )

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Origin
Written by Drew Goddard
Directed by Terrence O’Hara

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Okay, so Angel has been told that he’s batting for the wrong team, he now knows the senior partners want him working for them just so they can keep him busy while they get on with business. His blinkers have been taken off, he knows where he stands and that he’s been played, big ( Read more... )

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Episode 5.17 - Underneath
Written by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain
Directed by Skip Schoolnik

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Secrets lie…underneath
Below the surface
Layer down deep
Away from pretence, facades,
What you really think is
Underneath
The soft chewy centre
Hidden from view
Plans and schemes and things to do
Memories stolen, things unknown
Where fears creep…
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