I thought this episode was great. Really started moving things forward.

Things I liked:

Spike telling everyone off. Go Spike! That's exactly how I felt at the end of last week!

Spike/Buffy screen-time. Great stuff. Loved Spike's speech and Buffy opening up/thawing a little.

Andrew. Not only was he still funny this week, I thought he did a great job "channeling" the Bringer.

Faith/Mayor. Nice to see Wilkins again.

Buffy non-fighting Caleb. Love that she thought of that. And I loved her smile when she saw that weapon. Also liked Caleb's comment about the First being confusing by always being Buffy.

The ending was cool. Very shocking. Hope some of the SIT's die. But not in a sociopathic way. :)

Things that were okay:

Sex scenes. I think that if the world were ending in RL, sex would be a top priority for me. :) So that was totally believable. I thought Xander/Anya hooking up again was great. But I don't like the chemisty (or lack of) between Willow and Kennedy (mostly cause I hate Kennedy's guts), so I thought their scene went on WAY too long.

Things I didn't like:

Really dark fight scene at the end. What the hell was going on? I'm all for using the lighting as a mood-enhancer, but I would also like to see what's going on.

So, all in all, great ep. Nice set up for next week. Can't wait for the final two eps.

X

I've been watching Buffy the last few weeks since it was winding down and because of Faith's appearance. I finally got around to watching this episode last night, and my only reaction is when did Buffy move to Friday nights on Skinamax? ;) They've taken the g/g action way beyond kissing over on UPN. I couldn't believe my eyes but I'm not complaining.