Buffy 7.2 - Spike on the cross

[tefnut]

I've watched the first two episodes of the seventh season of Buffy for the first time tonight.

James Marsters was already my favourite actor. His performance in this episode floored me. It felt like watching a great performance of a  Shakespearean play.

It may sound silly, but... I'm shaking. I was so moved, I had to sit on the ground for a minute.
First time I experienced anything like that through this media.

Comments

[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

That scene always makes me cry. It's just so powerful. It is my favorite scene in the entire series, and that's saying quite a lot.

*Non-too-subtly pimps her meta about the scene* :)

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

I was floored by more than one episode of that show. The ones around grief and grieving were remarkable because I was left going "What, you mean that *wasn't* just me? Other people go through the same stupid things?"

If you haven't seen Firefly yet you should. Tremendous substance there too.