THAT is the way you introduce Buffy’s supposed sister?!
Okay, so Dawn.
Do I like her?
But the biggest problem with that character, for me, is not the fact that she’s annoying.
I’ve written a lot about howBuffyseasons tend to strugglewith the larger big bad arc.
It’s whyseason 2 was so great.
Bad Angel was something we cared about.
Glory is a god!
And that’s something Buffy hasn’t dealt with yet.
The problem is that Glory’s central motivation is to find her “key.”
By the end of the season, we have to believe that Buffy would sacrifice herself for this person.
I was still getting used to her even existing when everyone else seemed to want to die for her.
(Also, to reiterate, she’s very annoying.)
And that brings us to “The Body.”
In terms of experimental episodes, this one worked.
Plus, I’m a little obsessed with that hour’s use of silence.
A couple other things about this season: The Riley-as-a-vampire-junkie story did nothing for me.
Spike, however, was the highlight.
everything else he did was pretty great.
And yes, Buffy kissing Spike when he thought she was the robot was a lovely moment.
(Although crazy Tara was even more annoying than Dawn.)
And now, some superlatives…
Worst marriage proposal:“Anya, you wanna marry me?”
Best meta joke/Passionsreference:
Buffy: “How bored were you last year?”
Giles: “I watchedPassionswith Spike.
Let us never speak of it.”
Line that broke my heart into a million pieces:“How’s forever?
Does forever work for you?”
