I'd say Faith counts as a crossover too ;)
Too bad we didn't see Snyder again. That would have been awesome. Either way, great season.
I don't like Kenedy and I think Willow could do better ... but to be fair: Lightning struck twice with Oz and Tara. What were they supposed to do?
G. Smith
2021-05-02 08:51:45 +0000 UTC
Thanks for all the time you put into this in addition to the time it took to simply watch the show. I hope you have a chance for full rewatches at some point. The number of stories woven into seven seasons is pretty amazing. The writers who wrote them, the characters and the actors who portrayed them and everyone who played a part in putting it all together just worked so well, IMO.
I love how the writers didn't explain it all but left things for viewers to figure out. (For some reason I even love how long it took me to understand the main point of the show and even longer to actually see some of the stories they were telling.)
I love the big things like dueling themes stretching across multiple seasons and the little things like Giles returning to Sunnydale in โBring On The Nightโ with mini-me versions of Buffy, Kendra and Faith. And how I could keep on listing things that I love.
Bruce Trogdon
2021-05-02 00:56:52 +0000 UTC
Yeah, Tom Lenk. Played Andrew. Liam. & Yeah sad about Johnathan, but I liked Andrew's addition to Buffy's Scoobie Vibe. Comedy relief with Spikey. Gonna cry๐ต๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฅnot cool, Spikey. ๐ฅ๐๐ฅHe really ๐ถ๐ง๐ผRests in Peace, now. ๐ฅ๐๐บ
Melissa Amato
2021-04-28 17:28:45 +0000 UTC
Last line in Buffy, after the sign falls one last time, Giles:"Who did this?" Buffy:"Spike..."
๐ฅ๐๐ฅAhh, Ohh, my heart, ๐Rumplestilkin just crushed it!
๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ผ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐บ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐บ๐๐ฅ Seriously Dude be careful out there, best of luck finding a safe place, to lay your Talented top hat my friend
โจ๐๐ ๐๏ธ๐ฉ๐ถ
Thank you Dr. 2021๐ง๐ปโจ๐ญ๐บโ๏ธ๐โจ๐๐๐คฒ๐ผ๐๏ธ.
๐ฉ๐ป๐ถLei & CC. ๐
Melissa Amato
2021-04-28 17:22:50 +0000 UTC
She deserves, it. Yeah go to the Hellmouth for Holliday. Hope she is just Happy. Giles??? I love Anthony H. But again, Wht the ***!!? With his own Punk ATTITUDE. At least he remained there for everyone, at the end. The iconic, THE WORLD IS DOOMED.
Melissa Amato
2021-04-28 17:11:06 +0000 UTC
Thank you Liam. Best of luck with your future move. Can't wait to see you, & please stay safe. Be well. & Take care of yourself!! Love your Thoughts, & take on Buffy, & other series like my fav OUAT๐
๐โ๐ผโจ๐ฒ๐ปโจHenry & twisted fam, he's a HERO! Someone tell Jared that. Sometimes he forgets it. Hard to be in a lead Cast, in grow up like that, & not have Faith in his work... Sad. โจ๐ฒ๐ปโจRegina, ๐๐Captivating
CaptainSwan.
๐ โโ๏ธโ๐
Thee Charming's so Amazing too. Zelina i killed Poor Marriann, Great bat sh**Crazy Villain.Sc***** RobinHood, & Regina, her own Sister? Wow, Peter Pan level Villainy. Snow Queen, wanted a Magiqed fan at all costs, Wht** Not my favorite, & she told Gold to take Killian's heart & crush it again?! Leave him alone... Rumple. ๐ต Season 5 most fans are split, but I loved it, seeing not boring Emma, as a Darkone, but incredible,
DARK HOOKโโ๏ธโ๐๐ง๐ป๐EMMA BETRAYED HIM. He rather have been a dead Hero then a possessed Darkone. Emma did him wrong, I can understand Killian not wanting to return to the darkness, of his Villainous day's. Emma his heart๐ is only selfish. I do feel bad for him, no one is trying to save him, from the Darkness, even Charming turned on him. ๐ฉ & Thanks to Emma the love he believes in, turned him after he died, he's been hanging out with everyone, a Walking Dead guy, & a very fun yet Darkone, Good job Emma!! ๐ฒ๐ตโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ฅ๐ Please, Liam when you get back to Reacting, could you please get back to OUAT๐โ๏ธ๐โ๐ผโ๐๐ง๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐๐ช๏ธ๐๐โต๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐บI adore these Series!! ๐โจ๐ง๐ผโจ๐๐บ.
๐ฅ๐๐ฅyikes, Take care of yourself, dude, thank you for the Review of Season 7Buffster I also Adorded Faith most unlikely Hero she's an Anti Hero, you never know with her which road she was going to go down. Spikey too, but I Adore Spikey. Annual made me So sad, she deserves more. ๐คฒ๐ผ๐๏ธShe lost her best bud, Hallie, her choosen man turned on her, used her like a disgaurded toy, Anya, Giles don't die?!" Ugh. Owch. I love Emma C. She's too good to be killed off. So was Spikey, Omph!!ยฟ? ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ผ๐ฅ๐๐ต Buffy... Please, be happy Daring Darling. ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐บ
Melissa Amato
2021-04-28 17:02:16 +0000 UTC
I had to vent about that !! It Blowed Terror โ๏ธ๐ฉ๐โ๏ธ๐ฅ My fav Shipp was Spuffy๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ง๐ผ๐ Because the Arc is so exciting, & eclectic. Spike really redeemed himself, he new that souless Spike did Buffy wrong. So soulful tortured Spike an amazing acting choice for JM. But the end he Sacrifices himself, to make everything right. & Completely free Buffy, his love for her as he tells her to leave him... Ugh. Ohh my Spuffy feels,
๐ฅ๐ง๐ผ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ผ๐WHT***Noo!! She does love him, he was in her Heart, ๐๐๐While Angel can wait for cookies๐ฉ๐ผโ๏ธ๐ช๐จ๐ป Really?ยฟ Spikey...
๐ฅ๐ง๐ผ๐ฅ Let's have a moment of silence for an Amazing Hero ๐๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ. ๐ฒ๐๐Liam the Buffy rollercoaster is so tretchous, questionable Potential problems. ๐ฉWhahh!! BLAH BLAHH, BLAHH, COUGH! GEEZE COULD WE HAVE A WILLOW GODDESS SERIES'? GOD I MISS HER, & Tara๐ฅAlso a Hero, 4 EVER!๐ฉ๐ป๐ฉ๐ผ๐
Melissa Amato
2021-04-28 16:19:37 +0000 UTC
I found your reactions and this Patreon in the middle of season 5, and it has been such a joy to rewatch my favorite show โwithโ someone watching it with a fresh set of eyes. I have discovered or rediscovered things about the series by experiencing it with you, which is amazing because Iโve probably seen Buffy beginning to end somewhere in the double digits. A decade long relationship with my now-ex started because of this show (and our friendship continues in part because of it, too, Iโd wager.) I was a young boy scared of my sexuality and weirdness when I found Buffy in 2001 or so. I found my voice, sense of humor, passion for justice, and a self reliance because of this show. So to experience it all again with you has been a delight - thank you, Liam!
2021-04-28 16:06:11 +0000 UTC
You are Amazing, Liam. You're too giving at times, but appreciated!! Love of Buffy, is a double edge sword, Ohh look Tara is so sweet, can't wait to see Willow & her~WHT**!! %ฯโยฟ!!
Melissa Amato
2021-04-28 15:57:42 +0000 UTC
I have been listening in sections so I might have missed it somewhere but did you include anywhere like a final favourite episode list? Coz I'd really love to hear that ๐
CeNedra
2021-04-28 13:34:08 +0000 UTC
โI feel sorry for her fictional parentsโ ๐คฃ
Lostmyshoe22
2021-04-28 07:47:26 +0000 UTC
Whahahaha! Liam, you did it again. I knew you were going to do something at the end, similar to that "Am I done?" at the end of season one of Angel. I wasn't sure what it was going to be, but I knew there would be a gut punch at the end. And as soon as you said "Goodbye to you," I cried. LOL
Love these reviews. Love, love how insanely long they are, love in depth and passionate you are about this show. I watch so many reactors, and there are new ones all the time, so I imagine that if the shows you are doing aren't my favorite I will eventually have to leave purely for budget reasons, but when that time comes, I will be sad. I will hold on for as long as I can.
I agree with what you said about The First as the end of series villain. It always felt profoundly right to me as well that The First Evil was the Big Bad for the final season of the show. It always came across as this brilliant masterstroke. What's really interesting to me is how well they pulled it off, not just because of how intriguing and scary it was, but because, as an all powerful, limitless villain, in the hands of less experienced writers, The First could have come off as a completely generic, mustache twirling villain with no real weight to it, and instead, it was terrifying and cool and so interesting. I think that worked so well, in large part, due to the acting abilities of those who The First impersonated. When The First took on all those villains from each season at the start, I loved how each person who showed up sounded exactly right. The Mayor WAS the Mayor. Glory WAS Glory. Adam WAS Adam. The Master WAS the Master. Dru WAS Dru.
"Of course she won't understand, Sparky. I'm beyond her understanding." - Warren
"You know, I honestly don't think there is a human word fabulous enough for me." -Glory
"I can be patient. Everything is well within parameters." - Adam
"The soul is slipperier than a greased weasel. Why do you think I sold mine?" - Mayor Wilkins
"You'll always be mine. You'll always be in the dark with me. Singing our little songs." - Drusilla
"Look at you. Trying to do what's right. Just like her. You still don't get it. It's not about right. It's not about wrong." - The Master
"It's about power." - Buffy
Aside from obvious things like stellar dialogue and unbeatable characterization, I think that one of the show's greatest strengths is its ability to take characters to some incredibly dark places, sometimes pushing them to where they seem to go almost too dark, and then still bringing them back so that we love them again. They did it with Willow. They did it with Spike. They did it with Andrew. They did it with Faith. This show may not have been perfect, but it is one in a million, and that is why it has stood the test of time. That is why, over twenty years later, it is still loved the world over. There will never be another show like it. Ever.
Thank you for giving us the chance to share this journey with you, Liam. Know that you are wonderful. You are loved. You are special. And you are epic. Until next time...
Goodbye to you.
Raven Dark
2021-04-28 06:16:25 +0000 UTC
"It wasn't perfect because Kennedy didn't die" LOL
Miah
2021-04-28 01:07:29 +0000 UTC
Oh Liam, it's 1.45am ๐คฃ I'm never going to sleep now ๐คทโโ๏ธ oh well ๐คฃ *presses play*
CeNedra
2021-04-28 00:47:47 +0000 UTC
Very bittersweet but it was such an amazing ride. So happy to be here for it :)
Jenn Rose
2021-04-28 00:39:49 +0000 UTC
My heart is heavy going into this one.
Thank you for bringing us along for the ride.