Love, Blood and Rhetoric

Yeah, it was enjoyable, but I just couldn't shake the feeling that it could have been so much better if they just sat down and plotted things out a little better (I liked the Axe thing because it tied into the Fray comic book)... it wasn't so much the plot points itself, it was things like "Oh the first evil is coming! So, let's spend 12 episodes just sitting around waiting for her to actually _get_ here while we deal with a couple pointless minions," and the fact that things were left dangling and unaddressed, or just not entirely thought through (like the fact that the Slayer line goes through Faith, not Buffy, as you said). It was a minor point, it didn't really effect any of the plots, but it's jarring to hear nobody mention, "Uhm, no, why would they want to make sure to kill all the potentials before killing _you_? You they can kill anytime, that doesn't activate a new slayer. It's Faith that's important."