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> BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
> Season Seven, Episode 1: "Lessons"
> Writer: Joss Whedon
> Director: David Solomon
>
> Rating: Good
This is one on which we broadly agree (for a change), although I would
only
go as far as Decent. There are some good one liners, and some nice touches
with Dawn starting at new Sunnydale High, but the "manifest spirits" and
mad
Spike are clunky, and the Willow scenes are understandably disjointed from
the rest. It is my 91st favourite BtVS episode, 10th best in season 7
(last
time was 89th and 9th).
> Season Seven, Episode 2: "Beneath You"
> Writer: Douglas Petrie
> Director: Nick Marck
>
> Rating: Decent
This is a rare instance of an episode this late in the series that I like
better than you. The monsters are fun, the main characters get a good
workout, and even though mad Spike is generally tiresome, I love the
ending.
That's enough for a Good, for me and in fact it has improved on this
watching to 57th best BtVS episode, 5th best
in season 7 (last time was 76th and 8th).
> Season Seven, Episode 3: "Same Time, Same Place"
> Writer: Jane Espenson
> Director: James A. Contner
>
> Rating: Excellent
Only Good for me. But it is a clever concept, well executed, and then
there's posable Dawn. Mixed feelings about Gnarl. He's a creepy monster
(more so before we see him) but I do think the literalism of the
punishment
is a bit clunky. And having a demon around that eats the skins of victims
and leaves the body is pretty hard to not notice for 7 years of BtVS.
Perhaps my biggest disappointment is the fact that they have discontinued
the Potential of the week getting slain at the start by the Bringers - if
only they had continued that for a few more weeks they might have thinned
the ranks before the herd descended on the Summers house, maybe even got
Kennedy. Still, it's my 54th favourite BtVS episode, 4th best in season 7
(last time was 52nd and 3rd).
> Season Seven, Episode 4: "Help"
> Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
> Director: Rick Rosenthal
> Rating: Good
Only Decent for met. Part of the reason is no doubt that I find Cassie
just
as annoying as any real-life doom-laden teenager, and the heavy hand of
Fate
is just too easily and cheaply realised when you have heavy-handed writers
It's my 95th favourite BtVS episode, 11th best in season 7 (last time was
91st and 10th).
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Apteryx
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