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Buffy 5x22 - full reaction (Patreon)

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2022-09-11 16:00:07
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2026-06
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x_Rhi_x

Omg I was just thinking "oh lexi is due to post today" and hopped on patreon and that second you uploaded ☺️

Bud Haven

When Buffy is in the alley with the kid. He says, "But you're just a girl." Buffy, "That's what I keep saying." After everything, she still longs to have a normal life. Also when Buffy turns to the rising sun. Her look is not one of fear or sadness, but of anticipation. Spike said to Buffy in FFL, "Part of you is desperate to know, what it's like, where does it lead you?" "Death is your gift" A gift to Dawn, but also in a way a gift for herself.

Markus E.

I‘ve just started watching your reaction and haven‘t finished yet, but your prediction that Dawn wouldn‘t die was definitely correct :-)

Raven Dark

God, I love this season so much. In the last reaction, I mentioned that there were reasons that season five is mine and so many other people's favorite, but there were some that I couldn't talk about until the season five finale. Part of the reason is how cohesive the season is, and how well set up everything is, and how well done so many of the episodes are, as I mentioned. But it's also in large part because of this episode. It's painful and sad, but it's also just so emotional and well done. Plus the stakes for this season, and especially this episode, feel so much bigger than they have been up to now. The reveal of the meaning "Death is your gift" is just gorgeous. Also, things like the way Dawn was set up, the twist of her, all of that. It feels as if this season is one of the most innovative and creative things I've ever seen on any show. Here's the thing. Season 7 is my second favorite, but only by a small margin. This is because, while season five only has one episode that is kind of meh (Triangle, the one with the Troll) season seven has three. If not for that, they would be equal, or the other way around. Also, huge amounts of season 6 is top teir for me, and there is a part of the fandom for whom season 6 is a favorite. So even though my favorite season is over, there's a lot of greatness still to come. As gut-wrentching as Buffy's death is, this episode could have been a lot more painful if they had gone with the original plan. Originally, Anya was supposed to die. When Xander was carrying her at the end, she was supposed to be dead, but she moved, so they kept her alive. And no, it wasn't supposed to be Anya dying instead of Buffy. It was supposed to be both.

zerofk

I love the intro. First the "previously on" showing the previous 5 seasons, then the "back to basics" of a simple vampire in an alley, and finally "It's what I do." "But you're just a girl." "That's what I keep saying." That's show-ending stuff right there. As it should be, for the 100th episode and Buffy's death. The St. Crispin's Day Speech is part of Shakespeare's Henry V. It contains the line "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;" which Spike parodies with "We band of buggered." Farewell Buffy. You will be missed.

Stargazer1682

"Which is a shame, because shows usually do something huge for their 100th episode, right?" Joss Whedon sits in the dark, laughing maniacally, while stroking a cat.

Stargazer1682

"Maybe they'll kill someone unimportant." Yup. I think you'll definitely enjoy the next two seasons of Giles: The Watcher's Chronicles.

Stargazer1682

The WB made, what I feel was the most A-hole moves, when this episode aired; because it had been announced *months* before the finale that Buffy was moving to UPN. The show's contract or something was up for renegotiation and UPN (back before the WB and UPN merged to form the CW) made a better offer on Buffy - not Angel the series, just Buffy - so a lot of people knew that Buffy was coming back for season 6, just on another network. So what did the WB do? They promoted the hell out of this episode as "the series finale". I remember watching it at the time, thinking, what a bunch of dicks. Because you know there were probably a lot of people who hadn't heard about the move or renewal, and saw that and legitimately thought the show was ending.

JenM

Joss Whedon had Buffy’s death planned regardless of whether or not this had been the series finale. If you go back and rewatch previous dream sequences now you can see the foreshadowing. The dream with Faith in episode 3.22 (Graduation Day Part 2) Faith says “counting down from 730.” 730 days is exactly 2 years, and this episode is exactly 2 years from this episode. In Buffy’s dream in episode 4.22 (Restless), Buffy looks at the clock in her room which says 7:30, she says to Tara “it’s late.” Tara replies “that time is wrong” (or maybe “that clock is wrong.”) At that point, Buffy has a year/365 days left to live so that’s another foreshadow. There are a couple of non-dream foreshadowing moments too. In the season 4 episode when Faith is in Buffy’s body and she’s using the credit card, the expiration date is 05/01. That’s when this final episode of season 5 aired. And the other moment is when the robot April says “It’s always darkest before the…” before she “dies.” Foreshadowing the moment when Buffy first realizes the meaning of “death is your gift.” She turns to see the dawn rising above the platform. And of course her sister is Dawn. There are probably other hints that this was coming, but those are the main ones I remember Joss and others talking about. These dreams foreshadowed Dawns arrival on the show too. It’s really amazing when you think about how much of this was mapped out.

zerofk

I love the connection you made between Buffy's "if those are the choices" and Spike's "every slayer has a death wish". It hadn't occurred to me that these could be related, but it does make sense in a way. Perhaps like you said, past slayers did indeed feel like Buffy did here; that the sacrifices are too much. It's an interesting thought.

Stargazer1682

James' reactions as Spike to Buffy's death arguably steals the scene - and for that reason, I kind of wish he wasn't in it, because I feel like the rest of the Scoobies deserved a stronger response of grief.

Ariel17

Just a couple details about this episode that after many rewatches I noticed and make me enjoy the ep more: 1) the music during Buffy and Giles’ talk in the training room, when she says how much she loved Angel and still knew it was the right thing to do to sacrifice him, we hear a very slow somber version of the Bangel love theme. And as soon as Buffy says she just wishes her mom was here, the music transitions to the Sacrifice theme of this episode. Very beautiful. 2) in the last scene with Buffy’s grave, you might not have noticed but they buried her under a willow tree......🥺😔😭 it’s like Willow is always watching over her

Adoreandu

You made it! Awesome! Let's cleanse our palate with some Angel now lol

Phoenix Dawn

Did you notice the dawn on the horizon?

Collinson

I love how Buffy has conditioned you to automatically think something bad must happen when anything happy occurs. Welcome to the club lol.

Corey

Seen this show multiple times but this time it hit me that Ben saved Giles only for Giles to kill him

FandomReferenceHere

Apologies if anyone else has said this, but the super weird lizard guy who cuts Dawn is played by Joel Grey! He is an incredible Broadway veteran, possibly best known for playing the Emcee in the 1970s Liza Minelli movie version of Cabaret. He won a Tony for that role on stage and a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the film. He's a truly incredible actor and I love that he gets this evil little role in Buffy.

Robin Davies

I thought I would just post a warning to make sure you get the correct version of the Season 6 opener. The first two episodes were broadcast (and released on DVD) as one feature-length episode. One reactor somehow got hold of two separate episodes which had bits missing. Alley Box used the correct, full version.

HuntingSwan

One thing I never thought of before - Ben saving Giles's life actually cost him his own! How crazy is it to be killed by the person you saved a few hours ago?!!

Angelina Jackson

I know I might be repeating but this was the series finale for those in it from the beginning. I graduated in 1999 and was and am a huge fan. I didnt know until the end of summer that buffy was back and on a new network.