Buffy also didn't kill Harmony in that same episode when she had the chance, and Harmony doubtlessly went on to kill a bunch more people.  The writers will spare a lot of evil characters from the dust if they're entertaining or fan favorites, but that was a pretty blatant situation.  Some excuse for why Buffy couldn't…

Really?  I don't think he was important enough to sink anything.

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It's definitely like he's dating his mom.  In "Lies My Parents Told Me," Wood will look at Buffy with googley-mushy eyes and say "You remind me of my mother."  The guy's got some serious mommy issues developed over a lifetime of trying to exact revenge on the vampire who did her in.  My guess is that he's mentally…

I mostly agree with your complaints about the First, but I will say that following Andrew's murder of Jonathan, Jonathan may have supplanted Warren as the best person to manipulate Andrew.  He can more effectively play on his guilt (which, hey, look at that, Andrew actually has).

Oh, I dunno.  I thought the actors playing Faith and Wood developed a good amount of chemistry, especially when you consider that they really didn't have very many scenes together.  I remember liking them right from their first meeting on Buffy's porch in Empty Places.  They're both weathered warriors who have done…

To be fair, I thought Boreanaz got better at the Irish accent as the show went on.  By the fifth Season of Angel it was almost acceptable.  But in the early Seasons… damn…

I definitely remember being surprised when Cordelia was revealed as a baddie but I agree that in the long run it just didn't work, mainly cause Charisma Carpenter was pretty bad at playing bad.  It does make sense with everything that came before, though, in a really convoluted way.