Buffy 7x17
Added 2025-04-04 20:00:06 +0000 UTCCAN THIS SEASON GET ANY BETTER?!
This episode is 100% pure brilliance. It's episodes like this, AND the last one, which make Buffy such a stand out show for me. I adore it. I love it. I always will. I'm endlessly grateful I decided to watch it. Better late than never, and maybe it was at just the right time.
I love it so, so much....
YT edit: https://youtu.be/hIZi5OaezS0
Comments
While I absolutely love this episode I do believe that the writers focused too much on the Buffy/Spike/Robin “triangle” not to mention the potentials during the second half of season 7. This would take away precious time in the last 2-3 episodes IMHO which could have been structured differently without going into details to avoid spoilers.
Daniel
2025-04-05 20:47:19 +0000 UTC100% agreed! One thing that just came to mind though, do we know if Spike would have been able to attack the bringers with a chip? We see in the last episode that the bringers can be made from humans and we never see Spike try to fight them while he still had the chip.
Lime Pie
2025-04-05 15:54:53 +0000 UTCThis is a somewhat controversial opinion, but I'm pretty much on Giles' side in this episode. He's right about the trigger still being active. He's also right about them not knowing whether the chip was working when the First used Spike. Logically, having the chip re-activated would've been the right choice. And now, freeing Spike when he's clearly not de-triggered is just dangerous. It's only blind luck and, ironically, principal Wood's meddling, that de-triggered him. On the other hand principal Wood is clearly in the wrong here. The result of his actions may have been good, but his intentions were purely selfish revenge. Buffy, finally, is blinded by feelings. She claims she needs Spike as a fighter, but that's a flimsy excuse. Spike could've fought demons with the chip too. And in this episode she just frees him without giving the de-triggering process time to work. And we know Spike's soul isn't stopping the triggering. That all said, I don't agree with Giles going along with Wood's plan. Giles knew that Wood was acting out of a desire for revenge. And I believe he should've known it was the wrong way forward. He should've found another way.
zerofk
2025-04-05 07:14:22 +0000 UTC
