Season 6 Missed Opportunites

[PChazzman@xxxxxxx]

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I'm still trying to figure out why they thought we would enjoy this last 
season. Possibly the creator's have developed the X-Files syndrome, wherein 
they forget that the entertainment of the audience is the reason for their 
presence on TV.

Anyway I've been running through my mind a number of things that they 
could have done to have improved the season.

Magic = Drug theme. Fine, how about introducing a real drug story 
parallel. Maybe say give Dawn a life with some friends her age and have them 
getting into drugs instead of the lame 'Dawn is a secret klepto because she 
is crying out for attention' plot line. Here's an idea, Sunnydale supposedly 
has a big PCP-gang problem (vamps); What if a REAL gang came to Sunnydale and 
was pushing drugs. Buffy can't kill them because they are real. 

This leads to the problem of the lack of a true villian. The TRIO were 
never interesting or believable. A gang threat would maybe have brought a 
sense of danger to the storyline, not to mention the use of guns. Was it 
just me or did Warren's sudden use of a gun to try to kill Buffy seem 
completely out of character and forced? 

Buffy could capture some of the gang members and turned them over to the 
cops. The gang members get out of jail by posting bail/technicality, then the 
gang could have do a drive by shooting at Buffy that ended up killing Tara . 
Willow could have then gone nuts, and first kill of the gang members, then go 
after the defense attornies, police, judges, etc...not the hokey 'I need to 
end the world by being completely out of character'.

Another missed opportunity was the lack of any further study of Dawn's 
true nature. I think they should have worked on developing this mystical Key 
business and give the viewers a reason to be glad that Buffy saved Shiny 
McWhiney last season, rather than instilling in everyone the desire to go 
back and push the damn brat off that tower before Buffy got there.

There have been a number of comments about how out of character Willow was. 
Frankly, I'd say that all the characters were out of character this whole 
past year.


Chazzman