Why is everyone bitching.  This was the first episode in the series that blew me away.  No surprise, it's a Jane Espenson episode.  So many great bits packed into forty minutes.  The acting was somehow better than usual.

Why is everyone bitching.  This was the first episode in the series that blew me away.  No surprise, it's a Jane Espenson episode.  So many great bits packed into forty minutes.  The acting was somehow better than usual.

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correction: Buffy warns Willow that her spells are 50/50, not Oz

You missed the most striking resemblance of all - Caroline resurrected into a coffin. It was practically a straight homage to Buffy (season 6 premiere), though it didn't bug me - it made me smile and laugh. Which, now that I think of it, was probably not what Joss wanted for that traumatic scene. Nevertheless, I…

Season 2 Buffy:
- started with a bang in the season premiere, with Buffy paying for not fully processing her experiences in season 1 finale, and the infamous sexy dance with xander
- Spike's debut (ep 3)
- Surprise/Innocence two-parter finally turned the show up to 11
- Passion was evil, evil art
- the finale…