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I've been randomly watching S6 eps over the weekend, mostly Trio eps, and... really wondering how in the hell I became so enamored of this show that year. I mean, there's so few episodes here that are really worth noting.

Some stuff that I used to like that I really don't now:

- The interminable tower scene from Bargaining Part 2. Used to make me weep like a little girl. Now? Would like it to end now please.

- Flooded. Slight episode, nothing really accomplished that couldn't have been done (and, really, was done) in Life Serial.

- All the Way. Still amusing in places, but certainly one of Dawn's more annoying hours.

- I never liked Wrecked and I freaking hate it now.

- For some reason, I used to really like Dead Things.

- I never understood why nobody ever seemed to like Sam. Now I don't understand why I never saw why.

- Older and Far Away. Dawn's most annoying hour. And Xander actually asking Willow to perform magick? What the hey?

- Hell's Bells. The last stop on the Xander Character Assassination Express. Also, no Giles, which is pretty inexcusable.

- Seeing Red. Completely misses the point of the whole show.

- Villains through Grave. A - Spike was so getting that chip out. If he wasn't, he was acting grossly out of character. B - They completely failed to earn Evil Willow. Dark Willow, maybe, but not Evil Willow. C - Xander's awfully whiny. I don't care if he saves the world, it's annoying.

Life Serial, OMWF, Tabula Rasa, and Normal Again remain the only four episodes that I really truly like in that season. And I maybe have a soft spot for Gone (which I didn't like so much the first time I saw it).

Date: 2005-01-10 10:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com
Yeah. Totally there with you. I don't hate S6. I just have far better reasons to watch S1-S5. I'm still deciding which I like least - S6 or S7. S7 had some positive moments that didn't seem forced, but it had an arc with holes you could drive a Balrog through. And it was, as [livejournal.com profile] liz_marcs notes below, All About Spike. I like Spike as a character. I think he's multi-faceted and interesting and I wish I had more opportunities to write him.

But sacrificing the core four for peroxide-loaded drama? Pah.

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