I agree. Dawn is actually a lot stronger here than in most episodes and =
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always thought Joyce was the real Joyce and the evil was an agent of the =
First trying to block her from appearing to Dawn. Will probably never =
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for sure, but that was always my take on it.
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Buffy.
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> On Apr 6, 9:43 pm, malspera...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I disliked the haunted house for two reasons. Dawn is at her most
>> childishly screechy and helpless; that song has been sung once too
>> often. And the gore and monsters and broken glass are mere
>> distractions from what should have been truly interesting and
>> terrifying: the return of Joyce as an instrument of evil. Alas, with
>> all the blood dripping on walls and whatnot, there isn't much doubt
>> that this is Evil!Joyce. Her attempts to drive a wedge of distrust
>> between Dawn and Buffy are lame, and never amount to much. (Would =
that
>> they had: it might have provided more plausible motivation for Dawn
>> later agreeing to evict Buffy from the house.)
>
> Well, I had a different take on both counts. I'm not a huge fan of
> Dawn screaming so continuously (although Trachtenberg is indeed a good
> screamer), but she's not at her most helpless here. She's the one
> walking over broken class and throwing hurried spells around. The
> other disagreement is about Joyce; I don't think it's at all clear
> that Joyce is the First, although we're meant to consider it as a
> possibility without being certain (much like the characters do in
> "Sleeper"). I think there's a large amount of doubt, to this day.
> Within the context of CWDP, I think Joyce's contribution is meant to
> be minimal and, above all, mysterious, rather than terrifying. No, it
> never amounts to much, but I don't think this episode can be blamed
> for any pof that.
>
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