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No, they did Firefly first. Actors from Firefly were cast in roles on Buffy and Angel because at that point Firefly had been cancelled and Joss, I guess, was doing them a solid and helping them get more work.
I also loved the way Angel ended; not everyone who's a fan of Buffy/Angel agree with me and Chilli. You've watched it to this point, don't abandon Angel yet with only one season to go. The last season has some of the most heartbreaking moments the show's ever had.
Yes, all of Sunnydale was evacuated by the time of the destruction of the town; they showed the mass exodus in a prior episode.
The reason Anya died is because the actress who played Anya specifically asked for it.
Andrew questioning his survival was supposed to reflect on the moments earlier in the season, particularly his conversation with Anya in the hospital when they were getting supplies, in which he had begun to assume that because he was as weak of a person that he is that he would die.
And if you do watch Dollhouse, I hope you enjoy it; I certainly did. And if you do watch, please post your thoughts about it as you watch. It's only two seasons, and both are shorter than normal, so it's not too much to watch. Personally, I love Dollhouse and wish it had gotten more time. There is one particular revelation in the second season that's rather jarring, though interesting, that had they had more time they could have made a smoother transition for in terms of the story. The first season starts with a handful of episodes that have a sizable portion of stand-alone-ishness to them, though they all do advance the seasonal plot in some smaller degree. A lot of people had a problem with that stand-alone-ishness. I personally think it's needed to help the viewer grow accustomed to and understand how the universe of the show works.
Joss Whedon, a fan of Law & Order, wrote Gunn's court scene using made-up legal jargon. However, when the scene was sent to a legal consultant they only made a few tweaks. "We didn't often know what to do with J.'s character," Whedon confessed. "He had a real sense of feeling out of place, so I wanted to show something from J. that people hadn't seen. Plus he looks really good in a suit."
Dang. That commentary cut pretty deep, and may well have gotten to the heart of the problem with Season 7. I've definitely noticed that the season really stalled between "Conversations With Dead People" (which I love) and Faith's return -- and with Faith's return, Spike would have to be sharing the spotlight.
The shirtless confession scene they lambasted as being Shatner-like, however, is fairly close to my heart for fairly painful reasons, however, so I have to disagree there -- emotionally, if not rationally.
The First Evil is all talk, but we see how dangerous that can be. And I love the notion of a villain that Buffy can't fight, period, who is also played by Gellar.
So: some of that's right, and some of that's right but not fun, and some of that is just snark for snark's sake.
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