Last night’s episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” was the first one this season that could genuinely be called gripping. The Buffy-gets-shrunk sequences worked largely due to the chemistry between Buffy and the vampire; there was more pop to their interaction than I’ve seen between her and any of the regulars this season. The absence of Amber Benson hurt, but clever writing made the sequence work well. And the double gut punch of the two twist endings was a genuine jaw-dropper (which we also haven’t seen a lot of this season.)
It’s looking more and more likely to me that the First Evil from season 3 is behind this. Here’s another nutty notion: What if the Watcher’s Council is evil as well…and perhaps has been all along? What if they were formed, not to aid slayers, but to keep them reined in so no slayer would ever reach her full potential? What if the reason the First’s henchmen were able to kill what I think we all assume to be slayers-in-training, was because the Council knew right where to point them? Imagine if the Council were governed not by altruisum, but by the philosophy that one should keep friends close and enemies closer.
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