OK, so I was watching tonight's Buffy.
I am stunned. I don't know what to think. I think that I may hate Joss Whedon right now, not for making me think--or making me not know what to think--but for not making this a 2-hour episode, or for not getting UPN to schedule next week's episode tomorrow, like they did with Surprise/Innocence.
Questions abound. Will Willow talk to Buffy and Dawn about her experience? (I hope so!). Was Joyce also part of the Thing Beneath? Will they make that connection? Will the house get put back together? Does their homeowners insurance cover demon invasion? Is there a Richter measurement for what happened? Did anyone else in the neighborhood feel the tremors? Will it be recorded as an earthquake? I hope so, cause then I'm sure they have insurance. What can I say? These are the things I worry about. But, back to the topic at hand--
Cemetery guy--real or Thing Beneath? Spike? Real or Thing Beneath? I mean, I think that Spike's chip is still functioning...so how did he turn those people? Unless we are just meant to think that he turned those people. Thing Beneath would benefit if Buffy and Spike were less than reconciled.
So, TBs agenda, as I see it: Buffy sad. Willow dead. Spike Dust. Dawn mad at and distrustful of Buffy.
I'm going on record. I do not like the Thing Beneath. It's goals run counter to my own, which are: Willow Alive, Buffy Happy, Spike not all dusty and Dawn all kick-ass slayery, not whining, and down with her sister.
And where the hell was Xander? I'm betting that he and the Real Spike, the crazy Spike, the Spike who didn't sire anyone, were home, watching reruns of DeGrassi High.
Now, I'm going to go watch Angel kick Riley's ass again, cause, you know..never gets boring. :)