Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 7 Details

All the fun of the fair!

Ok so lets face it by series seven we're all truely fed up of the limpid eyes and trembling lips of Sarah Michelle Geller, however if you can stand her pouty lip-glossyness for another season it's worth it. They throw the lot at this season and it's truly rip-roaring, including some new original baddies and the return of all our old favourites (hooray for Faith!).

Spike continues to get all the good lines and be personally my reason for watching. Even if you're getting tired of the format it ties up the whole thing nicely and leaves you with that pleasant feeling of a job completed. Finally this series they stop pulling their punches and actually dole out some serious damage to some characters.

Good old mindless demon fun!

I've given this 5 stars because it's Buffy, and I love Buffy, but I have to admit I found series 7 disappointing. It's not as bad as some people make it out to be, but the elements that make Buffy such a delight are out of whack this year. Buffy turns away from her credo of "my friends are my strength" and becomes a lone-ranger superhero with very little time for those weaker or less competent than herself, Giles becomes distant and cold, Xander acts as if he aged 10 years over the summer break from series 6, and Willow's personality is MIA. The secondary characters get fewer storylines than usual while vast amounts of Buffy/Spike drama plays out. There are compensations. Robin Wood, The First Evil (especially when wearing a Buffy suit) and the return of Jonathan, Andrew & Faith make up for a lot, but this series just isn't as well written as usual.