Re: A Second Look: BTVS S7D2

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:13:32 -0400, "LAB Enterprises" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>I agree. Dawn is actually a lot stronger here than in most episodes and I

>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
know 
>for sure, but that was always my take on it.

Well, we do know the author's intent, for what that's worth.  Jane
Espenson
(who wrote the Dawn Home Alone part) has said unequivocably in interviews
that the Joyce in CWDP is The First.



-- 
.... and my sister is a vampire slayer, her best friend is a witch who
went bonkers and tried to destroy the world, um, I actually used to be
a little ball of energy until about two years ago when some monks
changed the past and made me Buffy's sister and for some reason, a big
klepto. My best friends are Leticia Jones, who moved to San Diego 
because this town is evil, and a floppy eared demon named Clem.
(Dawn's fantasy of her intro speech in "Lessons", from the shooting
script)