Buffy the Vampire Slayer Talk || s6e01+02 "Bargaining: Part 1&2"
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Tbh Xander wanting a limited edition Backstreet Boys lunchbox actually improves my opinion of him.
Am given that there's one that's worth a few grand $.
Haha. I can't be too hard on Xander he had a very abusive and neglectful upbringing 😢
That would sell for high four, maybe five figures these days. The boy has good taste!
Alley's caption on the video: "I'm not ready for another sad season"
Me: 😬😬😬😬😬
(she's on season 7 so not a spoiler!)
@@jaycievictory8461 She actually recently finished season 7. 😁 She just started Angel season 5.
"Hold my Doublemeat Medley."
@@firegaze21 Is she continuing the channel? I noticed she hasn't posted a video in 4 months but it's still season 3 Angel/Season 6 Buffy.
@@joefriedman9843 I’m not sure what her plans are. She’s continuing to post new things on Patreon regularly, though life things also happen sometimes. She’s watching Veronica Mars S2 and I think Arcane(?) now. (She might be done with that one? I didn’t watch it.) I know editing is very time consuming. But I also haven’t kept up with what her plans are.
Pure Dawn Summers supremacy in these episodes. All the scenes between her and Buffy are perfect, her goodbye with Giles manages to have more emotional depth than his interactions with characters he's been on screen with for years longer and that scene when she cuddles into the charging Buffybot is heartbreaking.
Welcome to season 6, the darkest season of Buffy, and probably my favorite.
Not just the darkest season of Buffy but the darkest out of both Buffy and Angel
@@spikejr3113jr Indeed.
@@spikejr3113jr - Angel s4 was kinda dark... though Buffy s6 was less gross.
I dislike seasons 6 and 7. There are moments that are good. I will be honest I have t watch this since they aired except a few. I like to know how I react to these as well. I think I won’t like that.
Same!!!
More importantly, she's getting closer to THAT episode. You know which one.
YES WE BLOODY WELL DO
I just have to add… Sarah did such a great job at making Buffy Bot really feel like it’s own separate character. I was devastated by what ends up befalling her…
Still one of my favorite scenes in the whole show is in S5x18 Intervention: SMG acting as Buffy pretending to be a robot that is pretending to be Buffy ☺👌
@@evatesche She's the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude
Might I add that way back in season one, episode ten, entitled 'Nightmares'; Buffy literally says out loud that her worse nightmare is that of being buried alive. That she had 'seen it' in one of her prophetic dreams. So, when she actually wakes up, buried alive..... Plus, the coffin would actually be completely dark, no light at all. Buried alive, essentially blind, slowly suffocating.
I didn’t remember that it was in one of her prophetic dreams but it makes sense…
Imagine being traumatized by your future death, then experiencing it once because some kid in a coma that sucked at kiddy league baseball decided to go all astral and then again when you actually experience the prophetic vision…
Her friends often seem to have no actual clue as to who she is as a person. They didn’t notice the body switch, the robot, the worst fear of being buried alive. God knows how many other moments i can’t think of right this second. They were all incredibly stupid so many times.
I don’t think she had a vision of it and that’s why she was scared of it, it’s a pretty common fear for a lot of people.
Welcome to my favourite season of the best show ever. This season is controversial, problematic, and at times kinda awful. I adore it even so.
It’s my favorite too
Honestly I'd have very little problem with the season if it weren't for one mishandled early plot setup and one absolutely abysmal later story decision.
Great season with terrible episodes. Season 4 was terrible season with great episodes.
@@troikas3353 I know exactly what you mean, and agree entirely
@@troikas3353I know you can’t spoil it but give me a hint. I’ve seen all of S6. And the writers making that DUMB ep that even the actors hated it was a low for me. But of course I blame the writers..not the characters..
Honestly the Grrrr Aaargh always kills me. I was so tense about the possibility of a Buffy return, that brief moment of levity had me weeping buckets.
Is anyone making sure Alley watches that upcoming really great episode up to the very last "Grrr. Argh." moment?
I really liked the fact that it was Tara who did it. She is pointing out the fact that they are not their own characters, other people own them and make their decisions for them. It feels on brand for her.
I always assumed the full spell was going to materialise Buffy above ground or something, but because the Urn got broken mid ritual, the spell only part worked and brought her back where she rested, which was a surprise to them
That was always my assumption too
Oh, good shout!
Same. I just assumed the spell outlined how it would bring her back to them and it didn't require her body in front of them and the urn shattering interrupted it. But many fans of the show seem to always assume the absolute worst behind basically every action the characters take in S6. To the point you start to wonder if they even ever liked the show. Like the incredibly tedious complaint that all the scoobies were just welching off Buffy's money despite the show itself never saying or even implying that, and 5 seasons of show clearly showing none of these people would ever do that even at their worst.
Yeah, this was always my head cannon as well.
@@shocks8457it makes for a decent headcanon, but nowhere in the actual show was it ever mentioned or implied 🤷🏽♀️
"Giles, this is why you don't leave them unsupervised."
Season 6 in a nutshell.
The "as willow" credit is to show she has been elevated from mere supporting character to more or less the co-lead of the show in place of Giles
This was also around the time Joss Whedon was developing "Ripper" the Giles spinoff for the BBC set in England.
Alyson Hannigan's fame from the American Pie movies was probably a factor in why that decision was made (along with obviously Anthony Head going back to the UK).
From what I remember, TV shows would give the 2nd star the last credit. And as said, with Tony Head stepping out this left Alyson Hannigan as the 2nd star after Sarah Michelle Gellar. Makes sense with Willow being Buffy's BFF and Hannigan was pretty popular due to her tales of band camp.
There’s no “supporting characters” in the credits. Everyone credited all throughout the show is main cast. There’s only one leading main cast character and that’s Buffy. Beyond the core 4, there’s season regulars which is probably what you mean. But Willow was never a “supporting character”. She was always main cast ensemble.
@@Girl4Music if you're not the lead you're supporting. The series revolves around 1 main character, Buffy, and those in her life. Those are the supporting characters.
I'm curious as to whether this episode reframes Doyle's death for you. When Angel demands that the Oracles bring Doyle back, one of them asks, "To what end? To nullify his noble death? To leave his atonement unfulfilled?" It sounds to me like Doyle is probably in some sort of Heaven, in large part because he died heroically.
Doyle was just starting a relationship, though and would've been brought back immediately. He didn't have a calling like Buffy.
@@alicequinn505
"On if they let you go,
On if they know enough to know
That when you bow
You leave the crowd."
I both love and hate that it's Dawn needing to be saved that brings Buffy back to herself. Love it because Buffy loves so deeply, and their bond is kinda beautiful. Hate it because Buffy is right back where she was in s5, the place she was so desperate and relieved to escape: with impossible burdens laid upon her shoulders and feeling locked in a cycle where she has to save Dawn and the world again and again without rest.
Of course she has to save Dawn! It's Tuesday!
8:10 yeah, what an absolute mind-screw it would be to have had your sister die (soon after losing your mum) and then have someone who looks identical to your sister - who you have to pretend to everyone else outside the Scoobies *is* your sister, including your own dad - in your face every day, reminding you so much of what you most want and coming tantalisingly close to it, but it's just off and can't fill the hole and leaves you even more hollow and alone in your grief. Poor Dawn.
When Buffy died the 1st time it activated Kendra as the new slayer. So Faith is the "current" slayer. Another slayer won't be activated until Faith dies.
Yep, Buffy is no longer in the Slayer line up. BUT she proves there can be more than one active slayer. Which might be a big deal.
I think they started off the episode with Buffybot because (Just a guess) the writers had a problem. They knew people would see Sarah Michelle Gellar in the opening credits but they didn't want to spoil the resurrection. As a result, they had to have Buffybot early on so vewers would say, Oh, it's just Buffybot, that is why Sarah was in the credits.
Smart
I love that Buffy has a resurrection with actual consequences.
honestly the best resurrection storyline on anything, probably.
I mean it’s not HER fault she got resurrected. Anyone brought back from the dead would have immediate PTSD..
@@lessismore8533 That’s what I mean. I love that she got brought back from the dead and everything doesn’t just go back to the way it was. I love Buffy, but there SHOULD be consequences for bringing someone back from the dead. At the very least, that person should be traumatized. I love the way it’s handled.
42:22 I think Tara was okay with bringing back Buffy because she had died a "mystical death", unlike Joyce, who died as a result of her tumour. I think that's how she squared it as okay in her mind
As well as the assumption that Buffy was suffering like Angel did in a hell dimension.
Yeah, Tara was always completely against it if it goes against the natural order. Bringing someone back from a natural death was something she was dead against. Hence her reaction with Dawn wanting to resurrect Joyce.
Which is likely how Willow was able to convince Tara in resurrecting Buffy.
@@Girl4Music
that and neglecting to tell her some parts, like killing bambi
@@sirmoonslosthismind Oh yes. If Tara knew about how truly dangerous it was, she’d have absolutely said no. And even if Willow wanted to carry on without her, she’d make it damn obvious that she was not okay with it.
17:23 buffy's soul crossing over
I forgot just how prescient you were after this one, vampire Buffy aside 🤣 Where do we go from here indeed…
I saw what you did there lol
those words are forever ruined for me. i will never not respond by singing them.
Welcome to Season 6! Been eagerly waiting for you to get here! Welcome to our collective pain!
If you remember, when Joyce was resurrected by Dawn's spell she had also been buried but she was walking back to the house before Dawn tore the picture. So I think she didn't have to dig her way out so they probably thought it would be the same for Buffy.
Well her nightmare of been buried alive came true,Giles nightmare in the season 5 finale too 🤠👍
EXACTLY! I said this too!..
A new vampire slayer is called when the previous one dies, but that only works the first time it happens. A slayer can die a second time (or third, fourth, etc.), and that would not cause a new one to appear. So, if Faith dies - another slayer would be called; but Buffy's death would not work.
I seem to remember that Joss himself confirmed that, but I don't have a link.
yea the Slayer line went to Faith, she was the active Slayer. Also, Buffy's death wasn't natural, it was mystical, that is why Willow was able to bring her back
@@Nexusofgeek I still say hitting the ground and going splat is pretty natural.
@@mikechappell4156 But she went through that mystical mist before going splat.
But Buffy didn't stop being a Slayer, she didn't come back from the grave without Slayer powers. The Slayer line thing doesn't make sense. I think it makes way more sense for the council to keep the next Slayer that was called a secret from Buffy.
@@TheMrsWatcher Um, yes, she did not stop being a slayer. So? She only lost one thing: ability to activate a new slayer with her death. Why doesn't it make sense?
"Is that Bambi?" ------------ Hello darkness, my old friend 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Who Killed Bambi?
@@haydn60 13.57
I think Alyson Hannigan got the improved billing because of the success of the "American Pie" movie. I'm sure they needed her to sign a new contract when Buffy switched networks this season.
Great guesses for where this season goes!
Everyone had to sign new contracts. The reason for the move to UPN was because the WB contract renewal offer was pretty abysmal, and UPN came in with a bigger offer for two full seasons.
I feel like she was the one who sorta deserved it the most. she was the oldest remaining cast member behind Sarah and Nick, and those two being at the front makes sense.
@@jmwild1
"abysmal" is being overly dramatic. wb understood that everyone's contract was up and they were going to demand more money and wb was resolved to the fact that the show was going to cost more. the negotiations over season six were only about how much more it was going to be. but then yeah upn offered more than whedon was even asking for.
@@sirmoonslosthismind Their offer included minimal pay increases for the cast, so yeah, pretty abysmal. ADDENDUM: Other networks were bidding, people thought Fox would get it. WB wouldn't offer more than 1.8 mil per episode, while Mutant Enemy wanted at least 2. UPN offered 2.35 mil per episode for a guaranteed two seasons, 30% more than WB's offer. This included substantial increases in pay for the cast.
@@jmwild1
it's called an opening offer. you act like you've never negotiated something before.
If Buffy got turned into a vampire it wouldnt be Buffy. She'd still be dead. There would be a demon walking around in her body with her memories and mannerisms, but it's not her
It kinda is actually. A lot of people try to separate the vampire side of characters with the human (or the "with-a-soul") side, but they're not, not really. The mind that does the deeds is the same.
@@ChevaliersEmeraude Yeah. Even in the show when they talk about how the vampire isn't based on the person they then pretty much immediately disprove that. They did it with Angelus and his obsession with Buffy, and they did it with Wish Willow groping normal Willow and prompting the "I think I might be gay" comment, and they did it with Harmony being exactly the same person as a vampire that she was as a human, and so on.
It really seems like the only actual difference between them is the lack of a moral compass and inhibitions. They're not shy and reserved, and they don't have a conscience holding them back.
@@ChevaliersEmeraude Both Buffy and Angel (who's in a real position to know having been human, a soulless vampire and a soulled vampire) outright say that when you die at the hands of a vampire, your soul goes and you're gone, and what's left walks and talks and looks like you, but you're gone (episode Angel in S1 and Lie to Me in S2). Giles also says it in Angel episode, too
@@xyex It's very clear the memories of the dead person helps shape the demon that takes up residence in their body, but unless their soul is restored, it's not the same person
@@jaycievictory8461 Angel also implies how close a vampire version of someone is similar to their real world being. Also, I don't want to bring Angel spoilers into the discussion, but early season 5: "We're both going to Hell", or something.
Basically, they're still responsible for who they are, despite their lack of soul. I recognize it's a bit confusing of a concept, but that is usually what they try to say.
IDK if anyone considers this a spoiler, but ever since the end of season 1 when Buffy briefly died the Slayer line no longer goes thru her. Kendra was called, and then when she died it was Faith. Faith is *"the"* Vampire Slayer. It is her death which would create a new Slayer.
"Is this hell" gives me about the same chills as "will it hurt".
I never expected Buffy to become a vampire at any point. But I did absolutely expect them to eventually do a Slayer Vampire. Seemed like such an obvious concept.
It's in one of the tales of the slayer books
It happened in Season 1 episode 10 Nightmares. Tho it wasn’t real..
Who knew, that when 'Ted' happened, the same type of robot would be so intertwined with the Buffy plot?
"I thought Buffy was going to die again!"
Season six took a weird turn on its new network, becoming a dark comedy where Buffy dies every episode and the Scoobies get increasingly exasperated at trying/failing to stop her then bringing her back.
Oh my god, they killed Kennedy!
The next episode is one of my favorites, and season 6 is my absolute favorite season. Can’t wait to see your reactions to come!
Don't worry, it's all uphill from here! Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows, everything that's wonderful, that's how you'll feel in season six.
I have watched the whole of Buffy (and Angel) every 2 years since they first aired on TV. The end of Season 5 and the beginning of Season 6 still gets to me.
Alley: "Now there is going to be three vampire slayers, Buffy really F'd it up for everyone..."
Idk, three slayers sounds good to me
@@godmagnus I think there may be potential for that.
Not her fault. Her best friend knows CPR and her other best friend doesn't believe in the natural order.
@@mikechappell4156 lol, Good point. Although you may not be "The First" to figure that out. :) (I am playing a dangerous game of chicken here)
@@RICHIEV333 ok. Let's see how this ends.
It originally aired as one unbroken (except for commercials) 2hr episode. For rebroadcasts they put out a slightly edited version that rearranged a couple of scenes in the middle to give it a sensible break point (just as she wakes up) and removed a couple of scenes to recover the time for the additional set of end and opening credits.
I have a recomendation for you that will blow your mind. Anthony Stewart Head is most famous in the UK for Adverts. There was a series of Adverts in the late 80's early 90's about two neighbours going to each others for coffee that played out like a rom-com. They were so popular that they were on the TV guide in the UK so people could know when a new one in the series was on and they could catch up with the story
I love how you're so spot on about a lot of things. A true fan.
Seeing Buffy’s soul returning to her body as Willow hit the ground…I always replay it so many times 🤯🔥
Of all the cgi from the show that aged abysmally that scene always holds up imo
Yeah. There’s quite the poetry between Buffy and Willow this season.
1. With two successful American Pie movies under her belt, Alyson was the most prominent star after SMG. With ASH stepping down to spend more time with his family, Alyson was upgraded in the credits.
2. After losing Buffy, the WB were kind of jerks about crossovers. They share a universe and have to reflect each other, but WB made it problematic.
The urn was broken. Willow didnt seem to think she was finsihed casting. This is why she figured Buffy was gone.
RE: Anya's hair: Enjoy it for these two episodes - She got a ton of shit from the producers and it resulted in a lot of backstage drama because she didn't tell anyone and just showed up with that hair - which they felt was too close to Buffy's, which is why it changes after these two episodes.
Too close to Buffy?? Lol. What a dispoticism. There can be only one blonde or the audience will be confused who is who or what. Spike also had blonde hair. It's amazing the audience still was able to tell them apart. 😄
One thing I don't like about this season is that the traditional final badass shot of Buffy in the credits isn't Buffy - it's the Buffybot in the season 5 finale
*sulk*
Yeah, this episode hits a bit differently the second time around.
Those were certainly some… interesting guesses and insights. I am pretty impressed; you did much better than I did.
Willow's spell got interrupted by the demon bikers so maybe she would have been brought back differently if it hadn't been. The main reason they had to keep the Buffybot around was so Dawn wouldn't be put into the foster care system and lose her house as well.
It makes sense that Buffy would also ask if this was hell if she had been in a hell dimension and her behavior is very much like how Angel behaved when he came back.
"Where is this going to go now?"
Yes.....only a great/classic piece of art can bring things up to such a high level.
Where you think the story and experience can't go any higher.
Well...like they say when flying...keep the seat belt on!!!.
Yes, in retrospect, Willow knifing a baby deer should have set off a few alarms in my head.
Death was supposed to be her gift. And now its been taken away from her.
Season 1 ep 10 “Nightmares” with Buffy being buried alive must’ve been foreshadowing lol
I've been a Buffy/Angel fan since the show first aired in the UK, when I was a very young lad. It's good to see the appreciation for these shows (and their awesome characters) continue. 27:38 It's great that you didn't just go along with Willow's assumption and see this as a win for Buffy. You put yourself in her place and came to some interesting conclusions. Need to add, Anya & Tara are my favourite Buffy characters. Spike isn't far behind. Sad how I can still quote most of his lines from his debut in School Hard. I'm glad they rewrote the show to keep Marsters on.
Ya around this time Anthony Stewart head left the show 2 spend more time with his family because he was living in the United States full-time to work on Buffy while his wife and daughters still resided in the UK he felt like he missed out on half of his younger daughter's life by not being there 24/7
You are the first reactor I've seen to do this as one reaction.
6x01 and 6x02 were the first episodes the crew did without Joss. He was on the East Coast writing 6x07. However he led the storybreaking for the 6 first episodes of Season 6 before he left for vacation/writing. Then he flew 1-2 times and gave notes to the writers (Dawn and Buffybot scene was Joss's input). Greenwalt and Minear also flew to the East Coast to talk about Angel Season 3. Of course Joss enlisted Marti to run Buffy and she did a pretty fine job during the first episodes. Also it was the first time she ran the set. Fury was her second in command.
The end of part 1 is Buffy getting resurrected inside the coffin.
David Fury really passed mustard here!
“Is this Hell?” Under some interpretations of what we learn in Angel, it is!
And welcome to Buffy season six, the pain, happiness, weirdness and darkest emotional rollercoaster that I have ever seen that í actually enjoyed watching.
I love what they did with Buffy's hair too. Because our hair still grows after we die.
34:06 it also means when the real Buffy comes back they don't have to explain to everyone else how she's alive now.
Yet she still had a grave and a headstone
@@sk70091 Away from any other graves in the woods, So I'd guess the gang did that themselves.
If I remember, it was a 2 hour premiere in the new network because it went from WB to UPN. Good times
I'm excited to get to see you react to my favorite season of Buffy. I just watched @TheLexiCrowd finish season six. You guys used to be almost neck and neck in the video uploads.
Going all the way back to your first review, you were warned that your expectations would be cast aside, that the plot, writing, and acting will cause you a rainbow of pain, that this journey will immerse you in the forge and test your mettle. And yet, you persist in trying to second guess where the show will go next. You have stayed true to your quest, young one. You should be proud. (And I can't wait for you to try and handle what comes next.)
"rainbow of pain"
"Painbow" as they call them in another show. (They're like rainbows, but they turn you inside out if you look at them!)
26:08 yep. Joss gave Marti the Executive Producer credit in Feb 2001 in order to co-run the show with him starting Season 6. Joss did it because he was tired but, at the same time, Marti already was in charge of the show when Joss wrote, directed or was over at Angel so she deserved it. For Season 6, with Joss busy writing 6x07, then doing the Angel ballet episode and then Firefly pilot (Dec'01 to Mar'02), Marti did all Joss's duties he did before: she led the writers room, gave notes and rewrites (she did it before), was on set sometimes and oversaw production. Joss was still there but on and off. He still kept control of the overall story and came up with stories (like Tabula Rasa) and red/rewrote scripts as well. Marti was, probably one of the first female showrunners of TV.
Marti, 2001: "I'll be co-running 'Buffy' with Joss. Now, I'm sort of second in the chain of command. But next year, we're going to be more equals, although there is no equal to Joss," Noxon laughs.
5:00 "43 is my comfort dimension" I thought you were talking about some weird multiverse numbering scheme here:)
Very impressed that you figured out she was in a heaven dimension just from "Is this hell"
Yes! I’m always amazed more people don’t figure that out, tbh
39:17 Buffy's eye and ears won't messed up from decomposing, They were fine in the coffin. it was digging out of her coffin getting dirt in them that messed her up.
4:45 No a new slayer is only called when "the slayer" dies. Buffy stopped beign the slayer when she died, Kendra got called, then Kendra got killed and Faith was called. A new slayer will only be called if Faith should die. Which is why the council tried to hard to kill Faith when she went rogue.
The "as Willow" is what they do when they have to make a choice between who gets second billing and who gets final billing when two actors have been on the show the same amount of time and their characters are equally as important. Second billing is prestigious, but final billing with an "as" is also prestigious. So Nicholas got second billing, but Alyson got final building with the extra "as" added on to balance the scales. This was done a lot back in the old days of television. Not so much anymore.
29:00 They thought the spell failed, they were going to dig her up but then they were interrupted.
_Alley McBeal_ (Fox) and _The Practice_ (ABC) had a crossover once, maybe twice. Both shows were produced by the same company.
Allyson Hanigan got And because her profile was coming up in Hollywood, having starred in the _American Pie_ films.
If you'll notice, the final shot in the opening sequence isn't Buffy it's the Buffybot from when she confronted Glory, implying for viewers that the show will now star the bot and not the real Buffy.
Spike became either a big brother or maybe uncle to Dawn.
I always think back to Nightmares when she wakes up in the coffin. Being buried alive was one of her worst fears
I think because the urn got ran over and smashed they assumed it didn't work and left, whereas if it all went uninterrupted they would have dug up her coffin I think
7:42 Tony Head was getting homesick for family and the UK. So he was given the "special guest star" status.
If I woke up from the dead underground be as traumatized as Buffy
I believe Marti " parking violator" Noxon is also Sarah's stunt double.
The look on Buffy's face at the end of the episode 🤌🏼 by SMG (Sarah Michelle Gellar) one doesn't get any type of tell in regards to what Buffy is feeling, that blank expression is a physical representation of Summers' arc in the Sixth Season.
“Willow, you good?” Excellent question.
Posting my BUFFY REWATCH recap for ‘Bargaining Part 1&2’. May contain spoilers.
In the wake of Buffy’s death, the Scoobies have made arrangements for their lives to play out without her. This includes: taking over patrolling and staking vampires whenever they rise in the Sunnydale graveyard; Willow and Tara moving themselves into the Summers household to become guardians of Dawn, the only Summers family member left; fixing up Buffybot to perform like ‘The Slayer’ as a stand-in for the real Buffy so no one else but them knows that she’s dead. It’s not exactly a functional system, but it’s getting them by for the meantime. They ultimately know that they need the real Buffy Summers, so they (and by ‘they’, I mostly mean Willow because everybody else is apprehensive of going through with it - as they should be) have a plan to bring the real Buffy back to life. In resurrecting Buffy they have a few things to consider: who amongst them should and shouldn’t know, to which they’ve decided is Dawn, Giles and Spike, lest they don’t understand and try to stop the event of Buffy’s resurrection from happening. Of course, none of this would even be possible without Willow’s forever-evolving magical powers and rather advanced computer technology engineering skills She’s the leader of the Scooby Gang now. By unanimous vote and - let’s be honest - the fact that she’s the only competent one among them who can or should lead, as she’s done it before. Several times, in fact, just not to this degree. But that’s certainly not without it’s consequences.
Willow’s magical powers have clearly gone to her head - evidenced by the fact she never really stops using them, (as proven in this scene alone with her telepathically communicating with everyone, which is intimidating to say the least), and that she’s arrogantly confident in her Wiccan abilities enough to do the impossible: perform a mystical ritual to resurrect Buffy. She achieves it. Of course she does - because she’s the most powerful Scooby member of all the Gang. So it goes without saying that she’s running the whole operation whether the rest of them like it or not. That being said... pretty much everything that happens in the 2-part starter to Season 6 are the result of Willow being an extremely powerful witch and computer technology genius. This includes: resurrecting Buffy, programming Buffybot to perform not-exactly like-but close-enough-to the real Buffy, planning and executing patrol sessions, killing innocent creatures and using their blood for her spell ingredients (I believe this was supposed to be Shamanism - could be wrong), and just all around being a bad ass who possesses the power and control to do anything she wants. Risks and consequences be damned. It is the most frightening side of the character that we have seen yet, and it doesn’t get any less frightening as the episodes go on.
The evolution of Willow Rosenberg is immense. From the good-natured girl we know from the very beginning of the show to the ill-natured girl we see now. A lot has definetly changed and - as a lover of art/entertainment that educates me - it’s very exciting to watch. I LOVE that Willow gets a power corruption arc!
24:20 Makes sense that Buffy thinks this is hell, after all in one day she's
1 Woken up in her grave and had to climb out
2 Saw her town on fire filled with demons
3 Saw herself get ripped apart.
Not a great day for her.
Wait why didn’t I receive this notification for this episode can’t wait to watch it
Dont forget season 1 nightmares buffys greatest fear was being buried alive and to be woke up in biggest fear....
Alyson Hannigan had just done American Pie. That's the reason for "as Willow"
BEST season of Buffy! You are in for a treat
Osiris = Egyptian God, responsible for both fertility and the dead, he has the power to passage souls from the beyond back to their bodies...but that is very dangerous magic and asking him for anything in itself puts the user at great risk...osiris does not grant requests lightly.
words that warn us from Season 5 about what is coming:
Buffy: The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.
Tara: i'm scared of how powerful you're becoming (to willow)
Spike: i know you'll never love me...but you treat me like a man.
Season 6 is actually my favorite. It's very divisive and polarizing, but I love how ambitious it is and what it wanted to talk about.
This is one of my favourite Buffy premiers, along with season three (and Angel season one).
It's taken a while, but we're finally here. Nice to know I don't have to worry to much about spoilers. Now that Alley's gotten through the whole series.
Incidentally, I wonder if Alley could gives us just a teaser of how she felt about the series final.
She is through?
Well. I guess I don't really want to watch those reactions anymore.
OK, maybe OMWF.
Why is TH-cam over a year behind patreon?
@@kirielbranson4843 because editing and getting past copyright strikes can be a nightmarish amount of effort sometimes, and some reactors have lives too. Recording a reaction and posting to patreon is way easier, so the longer a series, the further ahead patreon can get...
@@kirielbranson4843 Here's a taste of what making an edited reaction for TH-cam is like, not including prep, social media plugs, uploading to/writing posts on Patreon, technical problems, etc.
1. Record reaction, 1 hour
2. 1st editing pass to remove non-reaction parts, 3 hours
3. 2nd editing pass to add things like sound clips, text notes, and double check for mistakes and anything that could also get cut out, 2 hours
4. Export video, 10 minutes
5. Upload to TH-cam, 45 minutes
6. Delete video blocked for copyright, cut more, modify audio/video, 45 minutes
7. Repeat steps 4-6 until TH-cam stops blocking the video
So each video is at least an entire 8 hour day. And don't forget that she's watching two shows at the same time, that's a minimum 352 hours for 44 episodes each season both shows are on at the same time.
Yay! Finally a new Buffy reaction!
Another Slayer wasn't called when Buffy died in season 5 because she's already died and had her replacement called. As far as whatever power controls that is concerned, she's not supposed to be there.
This is my favorite season and I’m excited to see you discover some of my favorite moments.
I don’t think it’s the best season, that goes to either Season 3 or 5, but subjectively it’s my favorite.
Does anyone know how many times my favorite character Anya change her hair color and style, she is iconic
Definitely mark your words 27:55 . Have to take note🎵or face the music there
See it starts as a creepy spike obsession but really its a clever plot ❤buffy bot
I can't wait till youbwatch ep 9 of this season!! Your heart will skip beats!!
This is from Marti Noxon and David Fury the writers of this episode: Alyson Hannigan had a real issue harming that deer, even though the thing she was actually stabbing was a fake creature. Hannigan was in tears.
I think this season is the most controversial and the most polarizing with fans, good or bad. It touches into some deep, intricate storytelling that will make you go through a gamut of emotions. Moreso than any other season, imo.
Remember the ep where a kid's nightmares trapped the Scoobies and subjected them to their fears and Buffy was vamped? Well, she has now had the digging oneself out of your own grave to add to the experience.😮 19:34