Great continuity. The previous episode ended with the clock to the case of C-4 ticking down. This episode starts with the ax in the rock, then eventually moves to the area in which the explosive device has apparently already detonated. What a mess.
Removing the magical ax from the rock. Gee...where has THAT been done before? King Arthur, maybe -- proving that he was the rightful heir to the throne? Disney's "The Sword And The Stone?" "Excalibur"? Yeah...clearly...this has never been (over)done before.
Surviving an explosion of a case full of C-4? Yeah...riiiiiiiiiight.
Buffy...wielding the newly acquired magical ax...killed 3 Uber-Vamps, then issued the order: "Get the wounded. We're leaving."
Summers-Central is now a M.A.S.H. unit.
Many attempts at humor. (The key, operative term...attempts. Even Anya doesn't get her usual killer lines in this episode.)
Buffy to Xander: "You're my strength, Xander. You're the reason I've made it this far". (Huh?) Right before she asks him to dope Dawn (LOL) and get her out of harm's way.
(Anyone else think, after Willow picked up the ax, she'd turn to Giles and say: "Hey, Giles...LOOK...it says right here...'Made In China'?" I mean...everything ELSE is.)
Buffy talking to Faith. (I'd rather watch Uber-Vamps eviscerate each other.)
Buffy & Spike = Ozzie And Harriet from Hell. See...here's the thing...for years now they have been the ultimate dysfunctional couple. Now...because the series is about to draw to a close...we're supposed to believe all this warm/fuzzy stuff? Sorry...not buying it. And it's not that it's out of character from castrated Spike. It's because Buffy is still self-absorbed, mopey Buffy. Consequently, all the warm/fuzzy sentiment just turns into meaningless, empty words.
The only humor in the entire episode: The old woman asks Buffy her name. Buffy tells her. The old woman says: "No really." Buffy shrugs.
And then Angel appears out of nowhere like Indiana Jones to save the day.
This episode = cheesy, hokey, boring, stupid, insulting, mindless, awful, excruciating. It would have been better if the writers had told the public that their dogs ate this episode.
Removing the magical ax from the rock. Gee...where has THAT been done before? King Arthur, maybe -- proving that he was the rightful heir to the throne? Disney's "The Sword And The Stone?" "Excalibur"? Yeah...clearly...this has never been (over)done before.
Surviving an explosion of a case full of C-4? Yeah...riiiiiiiiiight.
Buffy...wielding the newly acquired magical ax...killed 3 Uber-Vamps, then issued the order: "Get the wounded. We're leaving."
Summers-Central is now a M.A.S.H. unit.
Many attempts at humor. (The key, operative term...attempts. Even Anya doesn't get her usual killer lines in this episode.)
Buffy to Xander: "You're my strength, Xander. You're the reason I've made it this far". (Huh?) Right before she asks him to dope Dawn (LOL) and get her out of harm's way.
(Anyone else think, after Willow picked up the ax, she'd turn to Giles and say: "Hey, Giles...LOOK...it says right here...'Made In China'?" I mean...everything ELSE is.)
Buffy talking to Faith. (I'd rather watch Uber-Vamps eviscerate each other.)
Buffy & Spike = Ozzie And Harriet from Hell. See...here's the thing...for years now they have been the ultimate dysfunctional couple. Now...because the series is about to draw to a close...we're supposed to believe all this warm/fuzzy stuff? Sorry...not buying it. And it's not that it's out of character from castrated Spike. It's because Buffy is still self-absorbed, mopey Buffy. Consequently, all the warm/fuzzy sentiment just turns into meaningless, empty words.
The only humor in the entire episode: The old woman asks Buffy her name. Buffy tells her. The old woman says: "No really." Buffy shrugs.
And then Angel appears out of nowhere like Indiana Jones to save the day.
This episode = cheesy, hokey, boring, stupid, insulting, mindless, awful, excruciating. It would have been better if the writers had told the public that their dogs ate this episode.