That episode ranks with "Fish" and "Beer Bad" as one of the worst ever!
Possibly even worse.
The story was poorly presented, jerky and reminded me of a collection of scenes just thrown together with no real attempt at continuity.
Buffy acted downright weird. More like a simpering girly at first, then hysterical and then pathetic as she stood and waited to be paralysed.
Where was the edge, the Slayer reflexes or the angst she is supposed to be feeling. Was it Sky cutting out bits?
Or basiclly filler that was just poor?

I thought this episode was quite funny. LOL at Anya talking about her wedding plans and her conversation with Halfrek.
I liked Buffy's uniform. Grrr Argh to Amy for giving Willow an unwanted birthday present.

It was very much an episode in which several of the season's plot points were advanced (anya + xander, spike + buffy, willow + magic, buffy + life, etc) and the ep simply provided an environment for these to happen in. Disappointing, though it had quite a few nice scenes.

I agree with Red. That was pants!

Not the greatest for sure

Made me wonder about what's *actually* in a McDonalds though - I always thought the texture was more like TVP than meat

They have leaflets in every 'restaurant' (if you can call it that) telling you what's in everything.

very very silly.

liked the halfrak bits and the willow/amy interaction.

the rest was kinda pointless and after the finger bit i never ever want to eat fast food again

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by Rae
the rest was kinda pointless and after the finger bit i never ever want to eat fast food again

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Well, there. Maybe that was the point

Seems to me that Joss et al suddenly thought "Heck, we haven't had a filler/stand alone ep in *ages*. Let's throw one in before we return to the arc"

Definitely the worst of S6 which, on the whole, has been excellent so far.

I think sky one did cut a bit from this, because in the shooting script it mentions buffy and spike having sex. I can't recall seeing this at all. It wasn't particurally important to the story but explains why it was so weirdly cut. I have another complaint - the timing of the adverts. Too often sky one will cut to adverts as someone is saying something as exciting as "we need to work this out" and then after the break we blackout and then fade back in on the same scene. It happened here which is why it is so annoying.

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by TinnionA97
I think sky one did cut a bit from this, because in the shooting script it mentions buffy and spike having sex. I can't recall seeing this at all.

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No, they did show it briefly. When Buffy went for a break, she saw Spike walking past the restaurant. They looked at each other. Then, the next shot is Spike, er, doing the 'business' with her up against the wall outside with Buffy looking far from happy and more than a little distracted. Only lasted for a few seconds though, so, no doubt they Sky cut a bit out of it.

Nope, this one sucked for me......

The lamest excuse for an episode I've seen for a long time...

seems it was a no-good ep for most people then

I'd been warned about this ep by a mate in Canada...

I'd agree that the advancement of the plot was good in this ep, and that there were some good scenes, but the overall plot was lame and jerky. It was a standard story and there was nothing that kept me wanting to watch it.

Saying that though, every season has the odd bad ep...keeping my fingers crossed for the rest of the season.