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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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Good little analysis. I agree with what you said, season 7 definitely had some good episodes even though I also liked season 6 better.

What?! You didn't like sexy Dirty Girls Spike?? And no chemistry?? What show were you watchin' girlie!? :~P

But didn't you love Buffy's look at them....priceless. Yeah, she can go on a date, but he can't sit and talk....

I really miss that show too. My older sister and I still have Buffy marathons on occasion and we both rate season 6 as our favorite. The one thing I miss was during the run of the show when we found out in conversation that we were both Buffy addicts, was calling each other and discussing the episode right after it aired. It was so much fun.

S7 I enjoyed quite a bit too. I know a lot of people rate it low but it's still one of the seasons I watch the most of. I'm glad you're enjoying it again too. :)

I loved basement crazy!spike. Too bad the show decided, "ok he's sane now". idunno mumblemumble.

yeah the shirtlessness/almost nudity got annoying. Hell, I'm a big advocate for topless men, but even I thought it was overdone and weird at times.

^_^

I agree that "Dirty Girls" is underrated. I remember when the spoilers came out, everyone was already declaring it the worst episode ever. I thought the spoilers sounded interesting, and the episode rocked.

And Spike naked is never a problem for me. It seemed a lot more natural to have him shirtless since that's how he always sleeps. But yeah, Spike/Faith had no real chemistry, and the writers were trying way too hard to make it sexy.

I've always thought Season 7 was underrated. There are many gems to find!

It's pretty late, so I'll just be lazy and say I agree with everything you said.
Which is pretty rare for two BTVS fans :D

I *love* the Spike/Faith scene *so* much.

Storyteller is probably my favourite of that season...

Dirty Girls was so bad that words can't encompass it. I so HATE that episode. That ep did its damnedest best to wreck the show. The only thing worse was Chosen. And Storyteller... yaaaa. Bloody monstrosity.

Hate Caleb, hate Andrew, hate Faith. Get them off my bleedin show!

And jeez, the whole Spike trigger thing was such a load of crap, like so much else they did with him that season -basement, chaining, tying him to a chair, torture by the first, control by the first, killing innocents, insanity, etc -all just ways for the show to avoid doing real stuff with him. Awful. Drove me up the wall. Total waste of time.

God I hate season 7. The only stuff in it I care about anymore is the Dawn stuff earlier on. Even the spuffy wasn't up to standard -it was so much less than there should have been and too little too late, an insult to spuffy fans.

Ok, I think that's enough ranting for now. :D