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Storyteller is just as funny as I remembered. I do think it's one of the funniest episodes they ever did. And then the ending with Andrew realising, "this is how Jonathon must have felt" *sniff* Buffy/Wood were a bit more flirtatious than I would prefer mind you *g*

Lies My Parents Told Me was awesome of course. I did feel Spike was really harsh on poor Wood when he said his mother never loved him though. But then I prefer this more ruthless Spike, after getting the subdued version earlier on in the season. I enjoyed crazy Spike in the basement, and wish they had done more with the whole split personality thing from BY. People complained about basement Spike, but I loved that. How we got just little teases of him each episode and it was all the boards were mostly talking about after :p Once the writers had him as more part of the gang, and drifting round the Summers house, I felt his role started to blend in too much. So glad GID gave us back bad ass Spike. I remember on FF I was gasping just at the spoiler that he was going to drink from Wood, so it's nice that the show still makes challenging decisions with the characters, and can surprise us to the end.

And I don't think Buffy would have killed Dawn. She tells Giles she would, when he's pushing her, but I'd say the show immediately disproves that when she can't see Spike be murdered. And the episode ends with Buffy checking on Dawn and stroking her face.

Dirty Girls was just awesome! That episode is so underrated! Season 6 is the season of character driven drama, where a lot of episodes seem to drift along without much happening. And season 7 is the more plot driven season with some people upset at their favourite characters being neglected. Overall I do prefer season 6, but DG is definitely an example of what season 7 does best! It kicked ass! Faith's reunion with Buffy was perfection. Andrew's flashbacks of her *squeals* The whole war theme. I was gripped from beginning to end, even when having seen it all before. Casual viewers must have loved it. Xander's speech about Buffy was just adorable. And I love Caleb as the villain, and how it tied up everything that happened all season.

The only downside was the decision to have Spike lounging around topless like a porn star. It takes you out of the episode because it feels so forced and overdone. Otherwise I enjoyed Spike's scene with Faith. (There was no sexual chemistry there though, let us be clear on that). Oh and Buffy's hair was just er bad. Other than that! I was only planning to watch some of it before pausing, but from beginning to end I just couldn't stop watching.

I miss Buffy...

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So glad someone else did! On the boards I posted at, everyone seemed angry about it and talking of Spike being forgotten by the writers. But I loved all his crazy rantings. His intro in Lessons was fabulous, with the flashes of William coming through. STSP when we see he's being talked at by different people at the same time. Help when he's all needing a hug, hutting himself and saying William is a bad man, can Buffy help him be quiet *cuddles* And Selfless with The First appearing as comforting Buffy, and his reaction to real Buffy arriving. Ooh and his mention of Dru would see things that weren't there, and now he knows how it feels *misses Dru* That's what I would have liked to have seen more of. When he's all hugging himself at the end of Lessons and The First appears to him. That ruled!

They pretty much decided it was all just the basement, and made him sane again after a quieter period in Him. Pfft. I used to love reading Dori's Spikefeed at the beginning of season 7. Spike would just have a couple of scenes, but they were always so good.

When he was moping around Buffy's house in First Date, it wasn't quite the same somehow.

Oh god nononono! Crazy Spike drove ME nearly crazy! Felt like throwing the tv at Joss. AWWWWWWWWFUL! ::shudders at the memory::