Renouncing my ways...
POSTED BY: deepgirl187
UPDATED: Thursday, October 19, 2006 08:18
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I have to say, season five was the best one I've seen so far. Not only was the plot amazing, but the acting was top notch. The only weak point I can think of was Glory. She just wasn't that frightening (or serious, or intelligent).
Season six already looks like a good one. Though I'm not too happy about Giles not being a regular character anymore. On the other hand, I like the idea of Jonathan, Andrew, and Warren as big bads. Kind of ironic, isn't it?
Watching the episodes in order is going to be a pain. I've already screwed up once (watched "Flooded" before "Carpe Noctem"). It's hard waiting for the Angel discs in the mail. I never was good at being patient. 
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"So long and goodnight."
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Originally posted by deepgirl187:
Watching the episodes in order is going to be a pain. I've already screwed up once (watched "Flooded" before "Carpe Noctem").
Well, luckily that's the only thing that even passes for a x-over this season. For the rest of the year, watch 'em in whatever order you want...
Next year, tho (7/4)... That takes a lot of juggling and careful planning if you want to make things match up...
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Originally posted by deepgirl187:
Season six already looks like a good one. Though I'm not too happy about Giles not being a regular character anymore.
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Don't worry, he'll be back.
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"She is the one, she's such wonderful fun
Such passion and grace
Warm in the night when I’m right
In her tight--embrace"
"You know,
You got a willing slave
And you just love to play the thought
That you might misbehave"
"I wish I could say
The right words
To lead you through this land
Wish I could play the father
And take you by the hand"
Musical-y goodness.
Very well done by all. The dance scene for "I'll Never Tell" was great to watch. And I loved the singing, though I have to admit Tony, Amber, and James were my favorite. Now if they only could have put Lindsey and Lorne in the episode...
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"Oh, listen to Mary Poppins. He's got his crust all stiff and upper with that nancy-boy accent. You Englishmen are always so...bloody hell! Sodding, blimey, shagging, knickers, bollocks, oh God! I'm English!"
"Welcome to the nancy tribe."
Another great episode, but sad too. It'll be hard to adjust with Giles gone. Further down the rabbit hole we go...
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This has been a hard season to watch.
You want to support the characters, but the majority of them keep making such bone-headed choices, it gets really hard.
The worst of them is Buffy. I don't know if others have mentioned this before, but she is severely abusive towards Spike, emotionally and physically. And Spike can't defend himself. It's like he's missing some component that lets him fight back against the things she does to him. In "Dead Things", she beats the holy hell out of him, and in the next episode, still covered in bruises, he goes to her birthday party as if nothing happened. Buffy can call him a "disgusting thing", and yet he still involves himself with her. Her actions make it hard to have any kind of sympathy for her once so ever, even when she does something right.
At least Willow has addiction as an excuse for her behavior (well, some of it). I have give my props to Alyson Hannigan; she's done a very convincing job of playing an addict. The scene in "Wrecked" where she's on the ground begging for forgiveness was hard to watch.
Looking back on the first three seasons, it almost seems like we were watching a different show. The characters, their environment, everything's changed so much. I wonder if Firefly would have gone through similar changes had it remained on the air.
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Darth Rosenberg. Officially has my vote as scariest villian ever.
Like I said before, this season was hard to watch. But it's all worth it for the conclusion. Seeing Willow in a showdown between Buffy and Giles was the s**t. While Angelus was more fun, Willow was way more dangerous. When you don't care about living or dying, you are definitely a force to be reckoned with.
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"Let me tell you something about Willow: she's a loser. And she always has been. Everyone picked on Willow in junior high, high school, up until college with her stupid mousy ways and now - Willow's a junkie."
"The only thing Willow was ever good for...the only thing going for me - were those moments - just moments - when Tara would look at me and I was wonderful. And that will never happen again."
That's one of my favorite quotes from this season. It really sums up how far Willow had fallen at that point, and just how much Tara meant to her. I've always liked Willow, but I think this season helped me to appreaciate her character the most. And major kudos to Alyson Hannigan, who acted her butt off.
One other character I have to give props to is Xander. Yes, he did really screw up this season. But he also saved the world. Not Buffy, not Giles, but him. And it wasn't through some brilliant strategy, or fighting skills, or magic. It was love. I think that by the end, he was the only person that hadn't given up on Willow. I may not always like the guy, but that showed true bravery.
And last but not least, Buffy and Spike. That takes the award for most screwed up relationship on television. You start to wonder who did the most damage to the other, but the truth is they're both to blame. The scene in "Seeing Red" was hard to watch. Anything to do with rape is repulsive for me, but so is emotional and physical abuse, which Buffy is just as guily of. The best thing they could ever do for each other is stay away (but of course that's never going to happen). Considering the content, it's a wonder Joss got any of that through the censors.
It's hard to believe I'm finally on the last season. Watching the Scoobies in high school seems like a lifetime ago. And to pose another question, what the hell am I going to watch once I'm done?
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Actually, you go back and watch them all again. The 2nd time almost has more poignancy than the first time because you already know the characters and what happens in their future. Plus you start to catch all the foreshadows and other small brilliant Joss touches that may have gone unnoticed the first time.
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For your next tv show to watch, I nominate Wonderfalls. Tim Minear produced it and Jewel Staite is in several episodes. There aren't very many episodes unfortunately, but it had a perfect arc so it seems more like a mini-series than a cancelled tv show. It's very snarky and cynical as well as crazy and even totally sweet all at the same time.
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