What I like about it: It was a really fun idea to wipe the slate clean and see how the characters then got on with one another. I particularly enjoyed the Giles/Anya pairing, the Giles and 'Randy' scenes, and the Joan and Randy scenes of course. Plus Spuffy kiss at the end <3
What I don't like about it: They could have used blankslate Xander and Dawn in a more imaginative way, personally I found the moment when Buffy and Dawn realise that they're sisters a bit on the cheesy side. The show was having so much fun with the other characters and their connections, so it was a shame they didn't come up with much for Dawn and Xander
Favorite line: 'Stay away from Randy!'
Best performance: They were pretty much all great, but Giles and Anya were probably the ones that stuck out to me the most in this one, they were really fun together
A scene/idea from it that's particularly interesting to me: I thought it was interesting that Xander and Anya were the only ones of the main couples to show absolutely zero interest in one another after their minds were wiped
Something I would have changed to make the episode better: I don't know that it would have made the episode better, but I wouldn't have portrayed Dawn as running off and rejecting Tara, even though she knew that Tara was only moving out to guard her mind from Willow. I know that Dawn was only 15, but that scene made her look pretty self-centered
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Date: 2017-02-04 08:35 pm (UTC)What I don't like about it: They could have used blankslate Xander and Dawn in a more imaginative way, personally I found the moment when Buffy and Dawn realise that they're sisters a bit on the cheesy side. The show was having so much fun with the other characters and their connections, so it was a shame they didn't come up with much for Dawn and Xander
Favorite line: 'Stay away from Randy!'
Best performance: They were pretty much all great, but Giles and Anya were probably the ones that stuck out to me the most in this one, they were really fun together
A scene/idea from it that's particularly interesting to me: I thought it was interesting that Xander and Anya were the only ones of the main couples to show absolutely zero interest in one another after their minds were wiped
Something I would have changed to make the episode better: I don't know that it would have made the episode better, but I wouldn't have portrayed Dawn as running off and rejecting Tara, even though she knew that Tara was only moving out to guard her mind from Willow. I know that Dawn was only 15, but that scene made her look pretty self-centered