{"id":3027,"date":"2004-12-23T15:08:31","date_gmt":"2004-12-24T07:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/23\/the-end\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T15:02:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T23:02:41","slug":"the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/23\/the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"The End"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9471,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20&amp;path=tg%2Fstores%2Fseries%2F-%2F738%2Fref%3Dpd_sr_ec_ser_d&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9472,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.buffyguide.com\\\/episodes\\\/oncemore.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251211050356\\\/https:\\\/\\\/buffyguide.com\\\/episodes\\\/oncemore.shtml&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 20:13:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 13:36:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 13:36:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9473,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.buffyguide.com\\\/episodes\\\/body.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250501000438\\\/https:\\\/\\\/buffyguide.com\\\/episodes\\\/body.shtml&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 20:13:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 20:13:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9474,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.buffyguide.com\\\/episodes\\\/hush.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260107061607\\\/https:\\\/\\\/buffyguide.com\\\/episodes\\\/hush.shtml&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 20:13:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 13:36:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 13:36:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20&#38;path=tg%2Fstores%2Fseries%2F-%2F738%2Fref%3Dpd_sr_ec_ser_d\" title=\"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2004\/12\/graphics\/buffy.png\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/then_i_have_to.html\" title=\"Then I Have To Go\">A year and a half ago<\/a>, I started watching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20&amp;path=tg%2Fstores%2Fseries%2F-%2F738%2Fref%3Dpd_sr_ec_ser_d\" title=\"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\">Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/a>. At the time, I&#8217;d never seen any of the show &#8212; though I had rather mercilessly teased my dad about being a fan. As of tonight, nineteen months and a lot of DVDs later, I&#8217;ve seen every episode, from Buffy first arriving in Sunnydale to her final look forward into a new, changed world.<\/p>\n<p><em>Damn<\/em>, but that&#8217;s a good show, and I&#8217;m glad I overcame my initial trepidation and decided to give it a shot.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s good to know that every so often, there actually is a good show on television. I&#8217;m impressed.<\/p>\n<p>My personal top three episodes, just off the top of my head, in reverse order (there really should be a way to make an ordered list in HTML that counts down rather than up&#8230;but anyway):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/oncemore.shtml\" title=\"Once More, With Feeling\">Once More, With Feeling<\/a> (Season 6)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/body.shtml\" title=\"The Body\">The Body<\/a> (Season 5)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffyguide.com\/episodes\/hush.shtml\" title=\"Hush\">Hush<\/a> (Season 4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBattle, Hinton\/Caulfield, Emma\/Gellar, Sarah Michelle\/Head, Anthony Stewart\/Marsters, James\/Brendon, Nicholas\/Orchestra%2526albumTerm=Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, With Feeling%2526songTerm=Walk Through the Fire%26partnerId%3D30\">Walk Through the Fire<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBattle, Hinton\/Caulfield, Emma\/Gellar, Sarah Michelle\/Head, Anthony Stewart\/Marsters, James\/Brendon, Nicholas\/Orchestra%26partnerId%3D30\">Battle, Hinton\/Caulfield, Emma\/Gellar, Sarah Michelle\/Head, Anthony Stewart\/Marsters, James\/Brendon, Nicholas\/Orchestra<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBattle, Hinton\/Caulfield, Emma\/Gellar, Sarah Michelle\/Head, Anthony Stewart\/Marsters, James\/Brendon, Nicholas\/Orchestra%2526albumTerm=Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, With Feeling%26partnerId%3D30\">Buffy the Vampire Slayer &#8211; Once More, With Feeling<\/a><\/em> (2002, 3:44).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year and a half ago, I started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. As of tonight, nineteen months and a lot of DVDs later, I&#8217;ve seen every episode, from Buffy first arriving in Sunnydale to her final look forward into a new, changed world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[1481,8],"class_list":["post-3027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-buffy-the-vampire-slayer","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}