Yeah, but there was also the "magic = drugs" metaphor.

I totally get that, Frosstbyte. I hate Season 6 for that very reason.

I'm pretty sure it's canon that Spike topped Angelus once.

To be fair, I do enjoy the empowerment spell, though wish it had been handled differently. There should have been some clue as to how Buffy knew that was possible, and some hints at the consequences. But still, overall that was one part of the ending I thought was fitting.

You're talking about Television Without Pity, aren't you?

Ugh.

I agree it was more fun to watch then the rest of the season, and works when you turn your brain off. But that's not how I like to enjoy my Buffy.

It's especially annoying when people act like Anya was too good for him.

I feel like fans lose all proportion when it comes to Xander. He's as bad as a mass murderer? Really?

Was it really, though?

I can't even bring myself to blame Xander as a character for that, since everyone else and their mom was equally out of character that entire season.

That seems extreme to me. For one thing, Buffy didn't find out about that lie until Season 7, in the middle of a heated argument about whether she should kill his girlfriend (which was really stupid—everyone just forgot they could destroy her amulet?).This was long after Buffy had moved on from Angel. It was also…

Meh. The plot contrivances drive me crazy. The villain is defeated not by Buffy, but by Spike, by standing around wearing a piece of jewelry given to him by the villain of another show who has never been referenced on this show before. I'm not even sure what to call that—"Deux ex Machina" is too kind. Especially since…

For me, it's 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, then 6/7 tied for worst.

It's really amazing that ending doesn't end up on more "Worst Finales Ever" lists.

And yet her character growth in the first two and a half seasons is amazing.

They were ON a BREAK!

I'm pretty sure RTD has said at one point that Rose was basically "What if Buffy was a companion?"

I don't even OWN a Buffy!

I don't follow any wikis, but basically, the gang gets the Vampyr book from the first episode, which turns out to be the book in which all the rules of magic are written. Since the gang destroyed magic (in the S8 finale) and then rebooted it (S9 finale) they now get to rewrite the rules.