For Eleni: Jump the Shark - the defining moment when you know a TV show has peaked, and it's all downhill from there. Taken from the episode of Happy Days wherein Fonzie literally jumped over a shark. However, I vote to replace that phrase with the more contempory (and much more bitterness inducing) phrase, "screwed the robot."

I figured I'd have more to say about Buffy after I slept on it, but really, I don't. Everything I would have pointed out has been done in a much more coherent fashion by Eleni.

Except that, all of you Anya haters out there, you just shut your traps. Don't ever let me hear you disparrage her again, or I'll have to come over there and mess you up. Damn. I've always been impressed with Emma Caulfield's comedic timing, but the chick also knows her way around a dramatic monologue. I started bawling last night the moment Buffy ran to the couch and started trying to shake Joyce awake, and I didn't stop until they got to Willow's dorm. By then I thought I was all cried out, but Anya proved me wrong.

As for Angel, I think one of my favorite scenes in the entire series is when Bubba Bo Bob Lindsey goes all Jealous Good Ol' Boy on Angel with a pickup truck and a sledge hammer. You know, I think Lindsey and Darla really are a good match. After all, they do share that Southern white trash background, and neither of them seem to be able to get over it.

If you've sent me e-mail at the office and haven't received an answer, it's because I'm not there. I called in sick. Last night I felt bad enough that I thought I was coming down with something, but really, I think I just needed some sleep. After 13 hours of it, I feel a lot better. Besides, it's snowing off and on, so it's probably a good thing I stayed home.