Buffy Season 6, Episode 8: Tabula Rasa
Thank goodness it showed Buffy and Spike kissing at the end and had some sort of gain. Otherwise, that episode almost ruined Michelle Branch - Goodbye to You for me, and that would've been very sad. This was a simultaneously fun and sad episode. It's funny how those seem to work out. The scene where they are "figuring" out their identities was pretty classic, and the interactions between the matches were very funny. The best part, in my opinion, was the jab at Angel and the whole vampire with a soul thing. I gave a couple hearty laughs to that. Ahh but good things come to an end and things take a sharp turn for the depressing when "Alex" steps on that crystal and everybody realizes what happened. I think it really helps that I already knew the song. I should listen to it now. I love Michelle Branch's singles.
I'm curious as to what they are going to do with Tara here. Do they just have her disappear, or will they do some fallout? I assume there will be some fallout. They won't just have her disappear, especially with Willow's looming heel turn. Also, I'm very curious as to what they are going to do involving Buffy and Spike. It's just an odd relationship. Good further setup for many of the plot points that have been set up this season. There's also the Giles leaving bit, which I know won't last, but am still sad to see because bad things happen when Giles isn't around, as has been proven many times over the series. Plus, he's the best character on the show, so there's that too.
And no, I didn't catch the Restless reference or foreshadow that I was told would be present.
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