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The Buffy musical episode? Totally worth watching the entire rest of the show for. ZOMG LOVE. Funny and cute and touching and awesomely singable. Seriously, Joss Whedon should just be writing musicals. (Okay, so I'm biased, as I love Sondheim and Rent and clearly Joss does, too. But he's very good at them! And horrible soul-crushing angst is so much more entertaining when it's being sung about...)

6th season of Buffy's been all over the place - halfway through it, I think I like it better than s5, but then Willow is suddenly starring in a ridiculous anti-drug PSA (Kids! Don't do magic!) and Giles has left (Noooo~!). OTOH, loving the Spike/Buffy.

And oh man do I love the musical. Especially Spike's song, Giles's song, Buffy's songs (I do wish SMG was a stronger singer, but the songs themselves were great) and of course the preparing-for-battle marching-on-evil ensemble piece, because those are nearly invariably my favorites of any musical and this one doesn't disappoint. Also the plot was hee and it followed through on the character arcs beautifully and really, I'm willing to forgive Joss a lot for it.

Meanwhile Angel season 3 has been...equally all over the place, because the team/family stuff has gotten even more adorable what with Lorne moving in and having a baby around (even if it is a really fake plastic baby sometimes), but the splintering into love triangles is as frustrating as gnine said. It's not even that the triangles themselves are that annoying - well, I'm sorely disappointed to lose Angel & Cordy's platonic friendship (siiiigh) but the Fred/Wesley/Gunn thing so far has been handled with a minimum of angst, which I like. And I do like Fred, she's sweet and fun. But the focus of the show has shifted to accommodate the romance, with the character interactions getting split along pairing lines to the detriment of other relationships. So far the team itself is still strong, but the show is showing more of the pairings and less of the team. Phooey.

But I'm still liking it enough to want to see more. Also River Tam turned up as a Russian ballerina, and before that John Winchester was hunting vampires. Hee!


*wanders off humming "Walk Through the Fire"*

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Hmm, yeah...I like Spike either way, but I can see how he could be more appealing as the incompetent baddy (zomg SO pathetically incompetent XD) than as the angstier figure he's becoming. I'm kind of disappointed he's been as angsty as he has been; I liked that he was one of the few consistently amusing spots before. Still think he's hot as anything, though, and I like Spike/Buffy a lot (I have a thing for antagonistic, dysfunctional het couples...) Also I'm...not exactly opposed to angst. (see: Angel. Even if I like Angel best when he's being a doofus. XP)

And yup, saw Tabula Rasa (it's right after the musical ep)! Much fun, though not my favorite for humor (that still might be the Evil!Willow ep of s3. oh man I loved that ep!)

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I loved the evil Willow ep too; for some reason, though, I was thinking about Spike's "Bloody hell, I'm British!" the other day from Tabula Rasa and totally cracking up. XD

(Tabula Rasa, in general, was an episode that I thought should've been either angstier or funnier than it actually was; parts of it were a lot of fun, and the comedy potential was through the roof, but in general I remember being vaguely disappointed that they didn't use all the potential to better effect, either to explore the characters or just to do flat-out hilarity. On the other hand, Spike thinking he's Giles' son from the accents is probably worth the price of admission all by itself. *g*)

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(Tabula Rasa, in general, was an episode that I thought should've been either angstier or funnier than it actually was; parts of it were a lot of fun, and the comedy potential was through the roof, but in general I remember being vaguely disappointed that they didn't use all the potential to better effect, either to explore the characters or just to do flat-out hilarity. On the other hand, Spike thinking he's Giles' son from the accents is probably worth the price of admission all by itself. *g*)

A big YES to all of this. Especially including "Randy Giles"'s accent, and the assumed familial connection...HEE. Spike & Giles is one of my favorite things in the entire show (I loved the whole s4 bit where Spike was rooming at Giles's house for no particular reason except that he knew they were the good guys and morally obliged not to stake a helpless vampire...)