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Saturday 8 July 2006, by angelusiredspike : I disagree. Bringing Buffy back from the dead was not the jumping the shark moment. The jumping the shark moment in the entire series of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and in Angel was the change in Spike’s sire from Angelus to Drusilla. That was not only jumping the shark but the shark shreadding both series and their storylines to bits. Spike and Angel were throw away characters that are now two of the most popular and beloved major characters ever from these shows. To dismiss the sire storyline and change it to a very unbelievable and uncomfortable mess completely jumps the shark in my opinion. To my knowledge the reason for the change has not been addressed. It is my hope and the hope of Spike and Angel fans everywhere that this storyline will be rectified in the books and comics. The return of Angelus as William’s real sire is what the fans need.Saturday 8 July 2006, by thingy : Joss didn’t want to kill off Buffy, he wanted to show the end of an era and mark the beginning of the new more grown up Buffy in a new network. People complain about season 6 but they don’t understand how incredibly difficult it is to change the direction of a heroin, who has been invincible and perfect for 5 years and make her human. Everyone goes through what she went through, the wrong guy, the feeling that you don’t want to take responsibility for everything, when you wake and feel you don’t belong and need a change...Season 6 gave everyone in the show the chance to fuck up and stop being perfect American students. I think some of the best writing, character development and relationships happened in season 6 and nothing that happened in the first 5 seasons would have been as meaningful. Joss and his team always say they wanted to have characters everyone can identify with and in season 6 he got the chance to allow his characters to make mistakes and find their boundaries and learn from them. Looking at Angel, Firefly and Buffy, Joss Whedon doesn’t seem like the kind of writer who will be satisfied having his Heroin die for the “greater good”. As for "jumping the shark", you only have to watch Charmed to know what the true meaning of that expression is.Saturday 8 July 2006, by Anonymous : This guy is obviously delusional. The show was all about female empowerment, and he seems to think that killing off the female heroine is the perfect ending for the show?! I don’t think so.Sunday 9 July 2006, by Matt : I’m surprised he didn’t credit the introduction of Dawn as the moment it jumped the shark. That seems to be the moment most people go for. It is the obvious choice, as not only does she just appear from nowhere, she is a REALLY irritating character. That said though, season 5 is my favourite season, despite Dawn. And I agree that they kind of jumped the shark with Buffy’s death, but not with killing, more the way they brought her back. They didn’t earn it. I know they said they did with all the Buffy being depressed crap, but that was just what made season 6 crap. The bottom line is, after a whole season leading up to her death, and a great finale moment, she was back after one episode. Also, when the hell did Fawlty Towers jump the shark? It ended purposely soon to avoid JUST THAT. And people to this day still say it should have gone on longer.Monday 10 July 2006, by Anonymous : This guy needs his brain-if he has one-examined! Buffy’s 6th and 7th seasons just got better and better. There was never any "shark jumping" with BTVS. And as for the person who’s all bent out of shape about Spike’s sire—Angel sired Dru, Dru sired Spike. It’s just like how Dru called Carla "Grandmum", Angel was Spike’s grandsire. Same dif-just a "generation" away.These comments are an anwser to this article : "Buffy" Jumped the Shark at the End of Season Five ?
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