Pre-Episode Discussion Of "Spiral" (BBC2 - UK)

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Buffy explodes into action and takes the gang on the road once Glory discovers that Dawn is the Key. While on the run, things happen fast as Giles and Spike are wounded, Dawn learns she has the power to destroy the universe, and Willow stays close to an incoherent Tara.

Please feel free to speculate about the next episode! 😀
 
Well I thought this episode suffered from a second-rate storyline more than anything. As a jump backwards to some poor acting and mediocre writing against last weeks episode "Tough Love," I talk of Glory and her minions. I mean it just weren't convincing enough this week. The storyline followed and dealt with the scoobies moral dilemma's with a sense of ambiguity about them and in effect the writing simply tried to cram way too much plot into too little an episode. There also felt like there was a lack of emotion and the reaction shots... well don't get me started on them. (Count the amount of times the camera switched angles in some of the scenes!) But I guess the director was trying to convey action over emotion as the plot essentially advanced forward and I eventually had to forgive this noticeable downset in the end.

This episode did have its pleasurable moments though. Seeing Spike in those hideous goggles, heh. Would the Evil Spike have ever been caught in that kind of eyewear? I think not! The Scooby road trip was also fun until the Knights showed up. They were just stupid and a pathetic addition to what I already said was a far too crammed episode. It was nice to see Buffy take charge and Spike reluctantly be accepted as a member of the Gang though. As for Anya and her hilarious Spam and frying pan thing, lol. Hmm"¦ but I probably liked Tara better insane to be honest. She became way more interesting after that. Indeed, sometimes madness does make more sense to me. ::evil:: 6/10
 
I actually quite liked this ep, yeah, the knights weren't that good, but there were some very funny moments, like when Anya hit the knight with the frying pan, and the 'Truck' sequence, which did make me laugh.
 
i missed that episode * Jamie get's annoyed with her self *, i was going to watch it, could someone tell me what happened.

~* Jamie *~
 
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