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Xander has undergone a definite upgrade this season. He's project manager of the construction site that is rebuilding Sunnydale High, quite an elevation in pay grade. Alas, the producers did not get him a personal trainer or place him on a fitness and diet program and his figure suffers.

No mention is made of Buffy's resurrection after being shot dead last season. If like a cat she has nine lives that makes six to go if you're counting. I suppose it wouldn't be Buffy without Buffy. The new school is rebuilt on top of the Hell Mouth where the old school was located and things heat up when Buffy takes her sister to her first year at high school. The new, young, black principal hires Buffy as a special counselor in effect sending her back to school.

Spike still hovers around the dark edges. Willow, after her melt down last season has been taken by Giles to stay at a Wiccan Coven in England, a sort of retreat centre for witches. Her return to Sunnydale is marked by strange occurrences.

As potential slayers gather at Buffy's house for training the estrogen level builds and builds. Tensions mount as Sunnydale heads toward an apocalypse. With the place a ghost town the bad guys get defeated and the town disappears into a cavernous void.

Ho hum. Seems like we've seen it played and replayed a few time too often. And so ends Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It probably hung around a season or two too long.