Opinions on The Killer in Me?

[quillandfang]

I'm not a big fan of this episode, but I feel like conceptually it had a lot of potential (no pun intended). I dislike how it was used to push Willow into a new relationship she wasn't ready for, but there's a lot to be said about her working through her guilt while wearing Warren's face: both her guilt over Tara's death and her previous actions.

Even though Warren is incomparable to Willow in terms of his shallow, downright evil goals and intentions, I could see how she would compare herself to him in her own self-hatred. She panicked and hurt people when she felt desperate, and she took away the agency of her friends (raising Buffy, the memory wipe etc.). Also, as shown in the episode, she blames herself for Tara's death since it wouldn't have happened if they weren't together that day. I already had the opinion that Willow's arc in season 7 should have been about self-reflection and connection to the greater good, but thinking about this episode makes me see just how well that storyline would have fit if it was expanded upon or given more depth. Thoughts?

(Sorry I know I just made another Willow thread, but I've been having a lot of thoughts about her the last couple days.)

 

[Mott1]

This was one of those episodes I watched a few times to try to connect with it, not normally a problem I have with Btvs in general (particularly the Willow stories!) I'm rewatching the whole run, so I'll be interested to see how it comes across this time: I didn't feel Willow showed much, if any, remorse for Warren's death, which made me sympathise less with her for the first time.

True, Warren became as unpleasant as any character in the show, but her partner's death was technically an accident, and, for the first time, I felt the Scoobies were being tolerant of a mindset they perhaps shouldn't be.

 

[wolfheart]

This was one of those episodes I watched a few times to try to connect with it, not normally a problem I have with Btvs in general (particularly the Willow stories!) I'm rewatching the whole run, so I'll be interested to see how it comes across this time: I didn't feel Willow showed much, if any, remorse for Warren's death, which made me sympathise less with her for the first time.

True, Warren became as unpleasant as any character in the show, but her partner's death was technically an accident, and, for the first time, I felt the Scoobies were being tolerant of a mindset they perhaps shouldn't be.

@Mott1 i think you are right in this matter