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Two to go
It’s a stinking hot night here in Melbourne, Australia…… No sleep for the wicked and If I can’t go out on patrol for Vampires I might as well finish off Season 6 of Buffy and other than a handful of episodes, this has been a brilliant season.
Well lets not dilly dally any further and dive into the appropriately named episode entitled two to go (double meaning warning, see there are two nerds left to face the wrath of Willow and there are two episodes left in the season, ant those folks at mutant enemy clever…..)
Previously on Buffy…… Buffy was dead and Willow brought her back but she was in heaven and was torn away by her friends…… Giles goes home back to England….. Buffy discovers the Nerds are trying to be a pain in her ass….. Tara breaks up with Willow for using too much magic …….. Willow has an addiction to magic …… Spike and Buffy get it on….. Buffy dumps Spike after using him for her own needs ….. Anya and Xander announce they are getting married ……. Xander leaves Anya at the Alter (idiot!) …… Anya returns to becoming an vengeance demon ….. Anya and Spike get it on!!!!! …….. Xander sees the show and at the same time finds out about Spike and Buffy …… Dawn is a little thief ……. Willow and Tara kiss and make up ……. Spike tries to rape Buffy in what I see as one of the most disturbing scenes I’ve seen in this show to date…. Spike runs off…… Warren wields a gun and fires wildly hitting Buffy …… OH MY GOD THEY JUST KILLED TARA!!! …… Willow tries to resurrect her lover to no avail …… Willow absorbs Black magic and does a little surgery on Buffy to get her back on her feet (and keeps the bullet she took out of her.) …… Willow goes after Warren ….. Spike makes a deal with the devil to get rid of the chip in his head ……. Willow skins Warren alive……. Willow ends the episode with the line “One Down!” which naturally leaves us with TWO TO GO……
FEW I think that is the BIGGEST RECAP EVER!!!
Buffy, Xander and Anya are chasing after Willow as they know that she is after Jonathan and the other guy, what’s his name indeed. Anya teleports out of there, will we see Anya Vs Dark Willow? are Willow’s actions justified? Buffy and Xander discovered that the car has been destroyed, so naturally Buffy leaves Xander and runs off in super pace, leaving the powerless Xander to catch up and feel inadequate.
Down in the holding cells I REALLY DON’T WANT TO BE JOHANTHAN or ANDREW right now. I can’t believe that Andrew is still hoping that Warren will get them out of this jam but you have to give props to anyone who can quote a comic book plot that relates to their situation, even if he has to be corrected by Jonathan. Andrew finally admits that Jonathan is out of the loop. Anya arrives and warns the two clowns that they are in trouble and let them know why, by getting straight to the point! Anya lets them know that Warren is dead and they are next. The warden is surprised that Anya is in the cell and that he needs to let them out.
Cut to the Jurassic Park water in the cup vibrating scene and the awesome arrival of Dark Willow, Whoah with one word Willow puts the cop to sleep and breaks down the cop shop to get at the boys. I hope Andrew dies, he is so annoying. Anya can’t help them and the police as usual are useless. I don’t think pointing the guns are going to help against the witch. Buffy breaks them out to Willow’s dismay, she takes out the voice of reason in Anya and Xander steals a police car to save the two. Willow is really scared.
It’s an interesting point, Willow doesn’t kill them straight away because she wants them to suffer. Johanthan remids us that there has been a change from the innocent girl we once knew, now she is a homicidal witch with the power to take over a big rig truck to chase down the car. Great effects and action by the way. It seems that this had taken too much out of her as she blacks out leaving the car to get away.
Back to Dawn in Spike’s lair and his droopy buddy is rating the chips like I rate these episodes…… I wonder who James Halloway is? (name was on the tombstone behind them.) Dawn convinces Klem to let her out. Cut to a topless Spike for all the ladies watching the show, (he has NO REASON NOT TO WEAR A SHIRT!!) His trials begin as Dawn is trying to find the Magic pusher to find the where about of Willow. Dawn is finally stepping up.
Anya is still not talking to Xander as they retreat back to the Magic Box to find away to stop Willow. Buffy lays down the law to Jonathan, they seem to be in a no win situation as Willow goes to the pusher for a recharge which she takes directly from him. (she has become really blinded by hate and rage.) Dawn has this really bad habit of finding dead bodies this season. As Willow freaks us ALL out!
Willow is now the embodiment of magic and I doubt Dawn can talk her out of this. Willow is not the same person but she has a point about not wanting to hear the whining anymore, ah man Buffy stops her. Anya and Xander are trying to figure out how to stop Willow and Andrew is talking nonsense to try to get Jonathan to turn on them. Jonathan finally grows a pair and shuts him up. Ah man too many Star wars references to mention in Andrews speech, but I do appreciate each one!
Xander still has faith in Willow, yet Anya doesn’t agree. Xander is wondering if Anya will turn on him, Xander is admits that he feels that the situation is his fault.
Buffy vs her most challenging opponent yet, Dark Willow. Willow is talking in the third person as she descends into madness. Buffy is trying to get through to her about not going down this path, all that does is allow Dark Willow to point out the hypocrite that Buffy has been this season, and while we are doing that let’s just teleport to the magic box while we are there. Willow tries to attack the boys but they are being protected by a shield constructed by Anya. Yeah, the swords are not going to help.
Back to the Spike vs fire fist guy. (how long have these two been fighting for?) Spike gets the win. Back to Willow who is not doing the killing she wants to do. She hasn’t figured out that Anya is protecting them. Plan B, Soup up the power and do it the old fashion way, however she has to get through Buffy first. I never thought I’d see those two fighting…… (in this reality anyway before you harp on about vampire Willow). Oh this is great! Willow Vs Buffy, the witch vs the slayer and the winner is the fans! (get off Super Bitch!! I love that line.)
Xander and Dawn try to get Andrew and Jonathan to safety, only to have Andrew turn on them (man I hope he dies!) Back to the brawl, Willow discovers that Anya is still there and is the reason her magic is not working. Back to the standoff and Jonathan continues to become a man. Willow knocks out Anya as she now has the clear advantage as she blasts Buffy across the room. GILES IS BACK!!!!!
Oh Boy, What an episode!!!! I can’t wait to see how this one ends!!!
10/10
Grave
Previously on Buffy …….. Spike goes on a mystic journey to get the chip removed from his head to get revenge on Buffy, (even though he can kind of hurt her anyway) Warren Kills Tara and shoots Buffy….. Willow hunts down and kills Warren. Anya and Xander spring Andrew and Jonathon from jail. Willow has gone mad with power and blows Buffy away, only to be stopped by a returning Giles!
Anya is happy to see Giles and Willow teases the fact that “Daddy is home.” Giles is not going to get through to her with words and it’s amazing how powerful he is. Dark Willow is cool! Her eyes are not so black but she is not listening to him at all. "BUCKLE UP RUPERT, BECAUSE I'VE TURNED PRO!!!" OH BOY!!!!
Giles hits her with a ring of flubber of some sort (or a binding field) That is so cool that with all this chaos going on he still notices that Buffy cut her hair. GROUP HUG!!!!
What to do with Willow, I doubt he can hold her forever, as she lets him know that. Giles reassures Buffy that this trip is not council sanctioned. That he is hear because of the great disturbance that was felt. Buffy fills Giles in on everything that has been going wrong with everyone and when she mentions that she has been sleeping with Spike, Giles breaks out laughing which makes Buffy laugh, and so do I!
Willow is playing mind games with Anya, SO MANY STAR WARS REFERNCES! and they are still laughing about the whole season. Giles shouldn’t of left but at the same time it wasn’t like he could of done anything to change the situation. These character moments are really well written as Buffy questions why she is back. I think Willow was different from at least season 4 onwards, this was a long time coming. Willow gets free and as the magic battle begins, (it’s kind of funny how this battle is better than anything I’ve seen in all the Harry Potter movies!)
Xander is trying to figure out where they are going to hide, and Dawn once again tries to put things in perspective. Why would Xander tell Dawn that other than to give us a reason to flash to a topless Spike! (again I have to protest the whole objectifying men as sexual objects bit in this show!) EWWW! Bugs.
Dark Willow is getting the upper hand as the battle rages on. Giles is starting to struggle with the fight, but he is playing the “what would Tara say about this” card so Willow tries to send him to her. Buffy saves the day and can’t anyone remember Andrew’s name? Fire ball time and Buffy is about to be toast, nope, it’s for Jonathan and Andrew. “Fly my pretty, Fly” Buffy is off to stop the orb as Dark Willow is ready to finish Giles off. Absolute Power Corrupts absolutely. Dark Willow tries to get a charge out of Giles and the power is too much for even her to handle as she wakes up to the realization of her actions or does she?
The group have run to the cemetry as Buffy dives to save the group from the fire ball, only to have the after shock cause some serious damage knocking out Xander and causing the Summers Girls to fall though the ground into the cave below. What are wanted nerds to do but to run away to Mexico. Anya finds Giles as it seems that he is now connected to Willow in some way. He sees that Willow is now not after a couple of nerds but the whole world!!!
Buffy is trying to get out of the situation that she finds herself in to no avail. Dawn confronts Buffy about the rape attempt, Dawn has a point she is not a child anymore and Buffy needs to, oh wait here comes Xander to kind of save the day. Anya lets Buffy know of Willow’s plan as we cut to her resurrecting an old Satanic temple. Anya gives us a quick history lesson and the point is that Willow can not be stopped by magic, oh and Giles is now in real trouble of not making it out of this season alive.
Willow is now letting everyone know the plan as she is about to kill Buffy via lobster roots monsters. Buffy hands a sword to Dawn as they fight together as Willow continues her chant that causes the quakes and Anya lets Giles know how she feels. All that stands between Willow and the end of the world is XANDER????
WE ARE ALL DOOMED!!!!
Dawn has some wicked sword swinging skills! Xander still refuses to lie down, and he lets Willow know that he still wants to be with her. Maybe her destroying the world is because of the crayon braking in kinder garden. Xander is getting the snot beaten out of him but his love is keeping him strong and Love is what saves the world. (I want to get back to this point in a second)
The demons are gone and Giles is fine other than the bump on his head but what is new there? Giles lets Anya know the magic that Willow had taken was engulfed in power of rage and vengeance, where as the power that she took from him was the link to humanity that was needed.
Buffy is overjoyed and finally wakes up to herself, apologizing for how she has treated Dawn and the others since she returned. Now all they have to do is figure a way out, they climb out of the grave to see the sunlight. Xander is comforting Willow and Anya helps Giles out. As for our nerdy friends, they are hitching a ride with a really scary looking truckie. (Prison would be a better option I think.)
We end the season with a beaten and battered Spike, who has gone through what he had to……. to get HIS SOUL BACK!! WHOAH DID NOT SEE THAT COMING…..
What a season finally,
10/10
just on Xander’s Final stand. It got me thinking about how much love God has for us and no matter what we do He is still there taking it and saying that He loves us, in the end He does save the day though love!
WHAT AN AMAZING SEASON!!! there will be a short hiatus before we get into the final season (as report writing is coming up for me,) but as soon as I’m done we will be back to wrap up this 2 year journey which has been THE BUFFY CHALLENGE!!!!
