... to puzzle out the problem from Holden. He does what a good shrink does: teaches her to look at her inner problems dispassionately, from all angles, and work through them. The big inner ...? The chat just doesn't really say that much about Buffy to me, no more so than any of the many other looks at her being alone or singular. Although it's interesting reading, I have to say that I can...
... confusing, with massive fight scenes between, say, Xander and A Thing that Looks Like Joyce, or Dawn and A Thing ...good countersubverting evil. Personally, I might have liked a season that looked a little more like that--and it would have been given Giles (and in some ways .... He does what a good shrink does: teaches her to look at her inner problems dispassionately, from all angles, and work ...
...is good - and probably accurate to a point. But I don't think the concept of the First is that singular. If you look at the greater power metaphor, and it's connection to feminist theory, then yes, granting ... its core concept of internal battles manifested as physical monsters that can be slain. Secondly, as explained a few ways above, there's an important external component to this ...
... of a mood-piece episode. I get more from this part. Perhaps I like it so much because it's just plain good writing and good acting. Holden isn't as overwrought as many guest stars on BTVS (frex, Caleb, one of my least favorite performances in the whole run). His quiet, laconic style is eye- catching, and he was clearly written by someone with firsthand knowledge of the way a shrink can ...
... am not much interested in rewatching and commenting on, with the dark cloud of the potentials about to descend on BtVS, and AtS taking half a season off for the characters to run around doing nothing to any purpose, so I should be able to keep up with commenting on the episodes that are worth another look - and how many of them can there be? -- Apteryx
...> foundation for coming conflict with the Scoobies. At the same time - in the very best of a BtVS tradition that has always amazed me - it is spot on for the moment and the immediate ...to. [Dawn's cheerleading] It's also possible that the viewer is meant to be cringing out of sympathy, but BTVS usually does that by playing for realism and universality. Whereas this scene ...
...while the slayer army tries to survive. All in all, I rank this as my second favorite episode of _Buffy_, finishing behind ... it. It's also possible that the viewer is meant to be cringing out of sympathy, but BTVS usually does that by playing for realism and universality... Evil (not yet identified as such) for a second. In my hazy recollections of Season Seven, I was sorta...
...This is a Slayer, doing what she sees as the thoroughly unpleasant job that no one else can. All in all, I rank this as my second favorite episode of _Buffy_, finishing behind only "Innocence... of theoretically beloved characters? It's also possible that the viewer is meant to be cringing out of sympathy, but BTVS usually does that by playing for realism and universality. I've ...
... Writer: Drew Goddard Director: David Solomon And BTVS gets into itself again. Unlike "Beneath You," this isn't... Slayer, doing what she sees as the thoroughly unpleasant job that no one else can. All in all, I rank this as my second favorite episode of _Buffy_, finishing behind ...way to avoid that. Rating: Decent Additional comments on S7D2: In an interview not too long ago, James ...
