PRIMEVAL; there goes the budget!

[Saturn 5]

PRIMEVAL
The Good;
The Scoobies get back together and have a stonking great battle. What's not to love?
The Bad;
Adam's mingun arm looks pretty stupid.
Best line;
Adam; 'You can't last much longer'
Possessed Buffy 'We can. We are FOREVER'
Women good/men bad;
The female power of the Slayer overcomes the male power of Adam.
Jeez!;
Spike stubbing his cigarette in Forrest's eye. Riley cuts the chip out of his own chest.
Kinky dinky;
Xander sleeps naked, Anya doesn't think that the unemployment office will accept him nude (really depends what job he's going for? the fabulous ladies nightclub?)
Calling Captain Subtext;
Buffy and Willow have great big girly hug and tell one another they love them, awww! The writer/director also comment on the Willow/Xander/Buffy sandwich. Oddly Xander wants Giles to join in.
Guantanamo Bay;
The Initiative ends (at least in it's familar form and the cover-up begins).
Scoobies to the ER;
Riley seems to recover from his wounds fast although he does have Walsh's drugs in him.
Where's Dawn?
Missing scenes;
Apocalypses; 5,
Is this really an apocalypse? A couple of hundred Adams running around would be a bad thing but not the end of the world?
Wheldon Cliches (with kind permission from Boo)

Scoobies in bondage:
Buffy: 8
Giles: 4
Cordy: 5
Will: 3
Jenny: 1
Angel: 4
Oz: 1
Faith: 3
Joyce: 1
Wes: 1

Scoobies knocked out:
Buffy: 16
Giles: 10
Cordy: 6
Xander: 8
Will: 5
Jenny: 2
Angel: 6
Oz: 3
Faith: 1
Joyce: 2
Wes: 1

Kills: Buffy kills Adam and Riley kills demon-Forrest
Buffy: 79 vamps, 28 demons, 6 monsters, 3 humans, 1 werewolf, 1 spirit warrior & a robot
Giles: 5 vamps, 1 demon
Cordy: 3 vamps, ½ a demon
Will: 4 vamps
Angel: 3 vamps, 1 demon, 1 human
Oz: 3 vamps, 1 zombie
Faith: 16 vamps, 5 demons, 3 humans
Xander: 5 vamps, 2 zombies, ½ a demon, ½ a demon
Anya: ½ a demon
Riley; 12 vamps + 7 demons
The end of Adam (thanks Christ!) but he crops up again in the comics

Scoobies go evil:
Giles: 1
Cordy: 1
Will: 2
Jenny: 1
Angel: 1
Oz: 1
Joyce: 1
Xander: 2

Alternate scoobies: Buffy as the uber-Slayer
Buffy: 7
Giles: 3
Cordy: 1
Will: 2
Jenny: 2
Angel: 3
Oz: 2
Joyce: 2
Xander: 3

Recurring characters killed: 10-bye-bye Colonel McNamara and Forrest
Jesse, Flutie, Jenny, Kendra, Larry, Snyder, Professor Walsh
Total killed;
I figure about 80 dead in the series so far?

Total number of scoobies: 7
Giles, Xander, Willow, Buffy, Anya, Tara, Riley

Xander demon magnet: 5
Preying Mantis Lady, Inca Mummy Girl, Drusilla, VampWillow, Anya (arguably Buffy & Faith with their demon essences?)

Scoobies shot: Adam has a Predator style minigun but it's no match for Buffy's magic. The Colonel orders his men to get to the armoury which seems sensible. Xander zaps at least one demon with his taser.
Giles: 2
Angel: 3
Oz: 4

Notches on Scooby bedpost:
Giles: 2; Joyce & Olivia, possibly Jenny?
Buffy: 3; Angel, Parker, Riley
Joyce: 1;Giles, possibly Ted
Oz: 3; Groupie, Willow & Verucca
Faith:2 ;Xander, Riley
Xander: 2; Faith, Anya
Willow: 2;Oz and Tara
Questions and observations;
The end of the Initiative and it's a great battle, rather reminds me of The Spy Who Love Me. I don't think the season 4 storyline was all that good, the show still finding it's feet outside High School and having lost CC and Angel but still the best thing on TV.
Marks out of 10; 7/10, good enough ep but glad this wasn't the season finale

[Tea - Total]

I love the battle scene it was entertainingly exciting.
The magic in Buffy was well done.the death of Adam was awesomeness lol.
But i do agree glad this wasn't the finale episode.
Restless gives you More of a success of a season finale , very imaginative finale .