Series Finale (Spoiler!)

I agree with Aleck. Completely. I would just supplement his observations with the suggestion that season 4 was about the emotional and power vaccuum created by the death of the mother and absense of Giles on Buffy’s own death. So whilst many people have complained that this season has tended to lack direction, focus or emphasis, I would urge that its wayward approach was grounded in the breakdown in emotional interdependence and resulting dis/orientation.. Consequently, the Big Bad was primarilly an internal threat along interesecting lines – not something projected onto some demon who wants to take on the world or collapse the border between moral worlds. The moral terrain was itself thrown into question and mapped out according to a vaccuum that no one could properly thrive in (scoobies) and others could take advantage of (trioka). The supernatural had its basis in the natural, and needed to follow a natural turn of events. The ending, then, was the culmination of an internal problematic, and needed to be resolved accordingly.

[ 05-06-2002: Message edited by: bonnee ]