Season 7 - the final season, stumbles to a close and while the show will be missed, this finale left a bad taste in my mouth. So much is wrong with this episode - from the impromptu intro of the Guardian and the scythe to the unnecessary deaths of two major characters. Then the fact that one ubervamp came close to killing Buffy but now, we have the whole gang of Scoobies blithely hacking away at a horde of them. The entire resolution feels like it was hastily patched together with little thought given to all that had come before. This resulted in a lot of wasted opportunities throughout the season.
However, the last 10 minutes are as good as any of the previous season finales and, had this not been the final season, it may not have been quite so disappointing. Willow's spell and the battle with the ubervamps are well done but ultimately, the inability to kill off the seasons big-bad, a plot device that was unfortunately built into the story arc, under mimes the hoped for finality of the story.
Finally, Buffy's run on the tops of the collapsing buildings, after having been stabbed, has to be one of the dumber ideas in the series history.
However, the last 10 minutes are as good as any of the previous season finales and, had this not been the final season, it may not have been quite so disappointing. Willow's spell and the battle with the ubervamps are well done but ultimately, the inability to kill off the seasons big-bad, a plot device that was unfortunately built into the story arc, under mimes the hoped for finality of the story.
Finally, Buffy's run on the tops of the collapsing buildings, after having been stabbed, has to be one of the dumber ideas in the series history.