Nou, I think they wanted Darla and Dru back, and couldn't get either Julie or Juliet (I forget).

I'm a lot less sympathetic to smokers than drinkers as far as being restricted by those who don't partake goes. So far as I know, there's not much chance of me getting cirrhosis from people at the next table having wine with their meals.

No, but there's a much better chance that someone will smash into your car because they've been drinking, not to mention beat the shit out of you.

Both of which are reasons why I can't understand why the hell pot is illegal, btw.

"Willow didn't raise or plan to raise Buffy because of the demon biker dudes, though. The Scoobies had planned on resurrecting Buffy all summer."

Cindy, true indeed. Those demon bikers may have aggravated the timeline in a way. I didn't clarify that in my initial post. I think if it wasn't for the demon bikers, the Scoobies would have had more time to flesh out the implications (such as reanimating Buffy in the coffin).

WildDemon: Having the entire Angel cast for "Chosen" would have been entertaining only from the perspective of having the entirety of the principal characters of the Buffyverse occupying the screen at the same time. But logistically and in terms of storyline, it would have gotten out of hand. Because Cordelia was in a coma, and Connor has, at best, a tangential relationship to the Buffy characters.

I think if it wasn't for the demon bikers, the Scoobies would have had more time to flesh out the implications (such as reanimating Buffy in the coffin).

They didn't even know about the biker demons when they went to resurrect Buffy though. The Scoobies' first inkling was at her grave, which they didn't dig up, prior to starting the spell. The biker demons showed up (and as far as the Scoobies were concerned - out of no where) mid-spell. The best we could have hoped for is it dawning on them that they may have resurrected her in her coffin, at some point after the spell, while the poor thing was gasping for breath and clawing her way out.

Well, I prefer to think that if the cermony hadn't been interrupted they would have thought about digging her up, like this:

"If the spell worked, why isn't she here?" asked Xander, confused.

"I don't know! It finished! It should have worked!" replied Willow. She was baffled.

"Oh dear god." Xander said, blanching as a thought crossed his mind. "you don't think she's...down there? Alive?"

Willow felt faint. "I - I - oh god! Oh god! The shovels! Are they..."

Anya was out of the clearing, running to Xander's car. "In Xander's trunk! I'll get them!"

"Hurry!" cried Tara, as she joined Willow and Xander tearing away the loose sod that covered the grave.

They imagined they heard a pounding deep inside the earth. Or was it imagination? Xander stood up and found a dead branch on a nearby tree. It yielded quickly to his powerful grip. Even as his mind was on Buffy he felt thankful for the strength given to him working construction during the past year.

Seeing that they had started digging by hand, Xander told Tara and Willow to stand back. He plunged the large jagged end of the four inch branch into the soft earth near the headstone and began dragging back the dirt.

Again and again he dug, taking chunks of earth out of the ground, flinging it every which way, making some progress. By the time Anya returned with the two shovels, The adreneline was coursing through his body and sweat was dripping out of his shirt sleeves.

Whipping off his shirt, Xander wiped off his brow and chest, and grabbed one of the shovels. Anya stared for a second at Xander's intensity and started in at the foot of the grave.

Tara consoled Willow, who was starting to fall apart. "My fault," she cried, "it's all my fault. I should have known."

"Shhh," conforted Tara, "We all should have thought of it. You missed it. I missed it. We all did."

In the distance, the sound of motorcycles grew closer.

Xander kept digging.

Whipping off his shirt, Xander wiped off his brow and chest, and grabbed one of the shovels. Anya stared for a second at Xander's intensity...

Anya: "Soon he'll be sweating. I'm imagining having sex with him again."

Buffy: "Imaginary Xander is quite the machine."

Yeah, I threw that in for those who like that sort of thing. :)

That's why you're our favorite!!!

Clearly I need to see the S6 premiere again. I keep mixing things up.

That's why you're our favorite!!!

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