Yeah, this one doesn't line up with season 6 of magic itself as a drug. That's more like of what it should be like, of magic turned into a drug and used, which had different effects than shown in season 6.
I very much disagree with this because, to me, it seems like you don't understand it all the way because Giles, Ethan, Randall, Deidre, Thomas, and Philip develled into the black arts for pleasure and gain as well. The group got a high from the pleasure and gain. That is what Willow was doing in Seasons 5 and 6, and she was encouraging Dawn do to the same in Forever. This is why Giles scolds at Willow for bringing Buffy back the way he did. He knows from experience of what happens when a person starts becoming really liberal with the black magics. He wasn't being mean to Willow, he was just stating the facts. Plus he must've been concerned for her and his Slayer. It's what parents do because they don't want to see their descendants go through the same thing they went through. Willow, in return, was being an annoying, bratty, pain in the rear. When Ripper and his crowd started out lightly with the black magics, they develled deeper each time, and summoning Eyghon was the heaviest Giles reached. After awhile the group lost control, which made most of the group to a different direction in life. Ethan continued on the dark path. This means that Giles knows what it's like to get out of hand with the black arts, and Willow was thinking that he didn't know what he was talking about. Giles knew exactly what he was talking about when he yelled at her. He also knew that Willow must've gotten a high during her "trip" bringing Buffy back from the grave. She did in fact butcher a deer. Towards the end of the season, she sucks Osirus into her.
The other thing I took note of this episode is that some of the characters are wearing long sleeves and two of the characters are wearing shorts and tank tops. Does it really get that cold during the day in California that Jenny, Xander, Willow, and some of the students wear winter clothing?
Willow is more or less in charge in this episode just like in Halloween, which happens later in the series.
There is definitely sexual tension between Xander and Cordelia in this episode because it looked like they were about to kiss each other in that library. Too bad Willow stopped them from fighting because if it weren't for that, I can see XC kissing in front of Willow there.
Xander putting his two scents in about his Uncle Rory was pretty funny. Even though he wasn't really helping in that scene, he did have a point.
We hear about Giles being into dark stuff when he was younger, but that never seemed to happen with Wesley. I guess Giles's dad wasn't much of a pr*ck like Wesley's dad was.
There is no way in he** that Buffy would've been that naive about going ahead of Ethan in the costume store. For one, she wouldn't be as trusting over Ethan's "nice" gestures. Two, she should've known that people can be added into the group because of the fact that 6 people had the tattoo marked on their skin. Ethan can be deceitful.
Why is it that Ethan can really be that weak? He never thought of protection outside of magics?
I, too wonder how much was in Buffy's allowance to get that tattoo removed, and how spendy those pair of shoes that she was going to buy.
I used to think that this was a weak episode, but as I've watched it more and more it's not that weak. I mean, we could've used a second part of the episode. I would've liked to see some flashbacks to Giles's past. They could've made Season 2 into 23 episodes instead of 22 just because Season 1 had 12 episodes.
Some people out there got The Mark of Eyghon tattoo. Plus, there's a Mark of Eyghon phone cover, duvet cover, shirt, cups, wall hanging, etc......
It does say that Eyghon returns in the comics, but I find that hard to believe because Angel's demon clearly destroyed Eyghon, and why would Ethan leave a dead rat in a shop where he sold cursed costumes? I would think that OSHA would get on him about that. Even if it's a closed store, it's still unprofessional. That would give me another reason to not fully read the comics.
I understand that Jenny fears for her safety now, but she isn't a good person herself now because she is keeping secrets from Giles and the others at this point. She can still be cautious with Giles without acting that coldly towards him. She's in fact stalking Buffy&Angel's relationship because of her loyalty to her family. She comes across as being too harsh with Giles because she isn't taking a good look at herself.
I would think that there should've been more students in Saturday school.
Also, about the beginning, if I were Philip, I would be running someplace else that wasn't just pounding on the door. I would be running to my car and flooring it, or find the janitor a demand to go into the building to take a better way to the school library. Just slamming onto the door isn't going to cut it. .