25 November 2004 05:54, by deborahc
S7 is my least favorite season, for many, many reasons. The reviewer touched on some of those reasons, but I take issue with his criticism of Spike. I didn’t think that he was used too much, I thought he was used too much in isolation from the core characters other than Buffy, and to some extent Anya. S7 was notably bereft of direct interaction and conversation between Spike and anyone else.
I was particularly eager to see how the Scoobies and Giles would react to the news that Spike got back his soul, because he wanted it, went after it, and fought for it, in contrast to Angel who only (...)