Never Leave Me
I’d just like to start out by commenting on my fellow reviewer’s top ten list. No doubt everyone everwhere is around water coolers debating this polemical list as we speak, and before you all condemn her for her heretical choices and her denial of the great earlier seasons, I would like to defend a few of her choices. The musical episode was really funny and action-packed at the same time yet I agree that the final shot prevents it from being numero uno. That asylum one was good too, from what I remember. I’d love to get the choice that Buffy gets.
As for the earlier seasons, they all kinda fade into one big mush in the background. Season 1? There was that one with the .. uh … nope. Season 2? I saw 7 hours worth in a marathon but I’ve repressed the memory for health reasons so nothing there either.
As for flashbacks… it is impossible to state how cool and exciting they are. Background info, memory refreshers; I barely remember what happens between ad breaks, let alone between episodes, so those at the start of the episodes are life savers for me. “What show is this? Buffy? hmm, Buffy. I’ve heard that name before somewhere. Oh yes, thanks to these handy flashbacks it’s all flashing back to me.”
Speaking of flashbacks, there was a distinct lack of them this week. Not a good start. It’s about time they moved the Buffy/Spike storyline on a bit. That’s been dragging on and it’s about time it was resolved. The whole Andrew part was great despite the fact that he’s a loser. Killing pigs, they want to kill him, people don’t know his name, good cop/bad cop, being used as a shield. I guess only diehard Buffy fans know the significance of Buffy’s dramatic statement about the First and the rest of us will have to wait until next week for the flashbacks to refresh our memories.
This First guy didn’t make an issue over where Jonathon’s body went so I can only assume that he and the principal are in cahoots.
“Do you want me to kill Anya?”