BtVS: "Dirty Girls" / series-end speculations and hopes

[heresluck]

While watching it, I thought this ep was great: creepsome, funny, flirty (Faith! Faith!), heartbreaking... and all with continuity! Hey, I'm watching BtVS! See Vonnie's review, whose enthusiasm covers pretty much everything I had to say on that front

Comments

[vonniek]

Heh. My post reads like 700+ words-long squee!. Thanks for doing a review with actual ideas, and stuff

[heresluck]

His role at this point of the arc reminds me of that of Joel Grey's Doc in S5 somewhat, only on a larger scale--as a tool of the main villain, who then turns around and manages to make himself a lot more threatening than the actual Big Bad itself.

In terms of role, yeah, this makes sense to me; I'm with you that the creepiness of the FE has waned of late, and Caleb added a much-needed jolt. Note to Joss & co.: human villain = much scarier than prosthetic-y pre-speech super-vamp.

...how to put a different spin on it so that it doesn't feel like a retread of early seasons.I actually have no worries about this. Seasons 3, 4, and 5 were all pretty explicitly about the ways in which communities are more effective than just individual effort, but they handled that theme in very different ways. Season 6 was less about community and more about pairs of people connecting, but still thematically related -- and, again, different. So at this point I have faith that they can pull it off

[lenadances]

Just a wave-- I don't know you, but we cross paths occasionally and you seem to be full of smarts. I like smarts, so... hello!

[heresluck]

Ah, and you know how to flatter a geek where it counts! Right back atcha, by the way. *g*