In "End of Days", after discovering a powerful scythe, Buffy tries to figure out its origin. She uses it to rescue Faith and the Potentials. Spike and Buffy talk about the night they recently shared together and how much it meant to each of them. Buffy asks Xander to kidnap Dawn and take her out of town and out if danger since the final battle is now coming soon. Armed with the scythe, Buffy tries to find its maker. She finds an ancient witch who gives her some info before Caleb shows up and kills her. Buffy and Caleb duke it out. It appears that Buffy is toast but suddenly Angel shows up to lend a hand. Buffy fights back, slicing Caleb with the scythe and ostensibly killing him. Buffy and Angel reunite with a passionate kiss as Spike secretly looks on with the First Evil.
I don't mind Angel coming back for the series wrap up, he's been an integral part of the show for many years so it'd be weird not to include him in some capacity. But the romantic tension between these two should be fully over by now! They've both moved on with their lives. Buffy's seen Riley and Spike romantically since then; Angel's been playing will they/won't they with Cordy. They haven't seen much of each other lately and I figured the romantic angle would have been dropped by now. But apparently we're bringing it back to make Spike fly into a rage in the series finale? I don't know... It feels forced.
Anya & Andrew are two secondary tier characters that the writers could have easily written off the show but for whatever reason continue to be involved. But their scenes don't really add anything to the plot's arc. They feel like leftovers that the writers don't know what to do with.
Into the final episode we head... It's been a long ride!
I don't mind Angel coming back for the series wrap up, he's been an integral part of the show for many years so it'd be weird not to include him in some capacity. But the romantic tension between these two should be fully over by now! They've both moved on with their lives. Buffy's seen Riley and Spike romantically since then; Angel's been playing will they/won't they with Cordy. They haven't seen much of each other lately and I figured the romantic angle would have been dropped by now. But apparently we're bringing it back to make Spike fly into a rage in the series finale? I don't know... It feels forced.
Anya & Andrew are two secondary tier characters that the writers could have easily written off the show but for whatever reason continue to be involved. But their scenes don't really add anything to the plot's arc. They feel like leftovers that the writers don't know what to do with.
Into the final episode we head... It's been a long ride!