This issue also marks the return of Joss Whedon to the writer's chair. Brian Vaughan did a fantastic job of capturing the voice and mannerisms of all the characters, but there's still no substitute for the guy that created those distinctive voices in the first place. Whedon makes the wise decision to keep things simple this time around. While there are still a lot of "special effects" throughout the issue, they're there more to aid the storytelling, as opposed actually being the storytelling like some complained about in his first arc. The issue is a close examination of Buffy and Willow's relationship, which has been hinted at being very uneasy of late. There are a number of surprising revelations that will have repercussions going forward, and that's the best part things are now moving forward. Joss used his first arc to reorient us back into the world of Buffy, but now it's time to move. This finally starting to feel like a "season", just like all the other seasons I've en Read Full Review

"Here's a you bad thing" -- "Here's a bad thing you did." Some of the more casual Slayer Speak involves the simple shift of pronouns and the elimination of verbs that are understood. Read Full Review