A review by zianeu
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine, Volume 1: Freefall by Jane Espenson, Andrew Chambliss, Joss Whedon

3.0

I had a mixed relationship with Season 8, and Season 9 started hitting some of the notes I hated most-- in particular Angel and Giles. My family-centric self really hurts and hates over what they randomly did to Buffy and Giles' relationship and that Giles was RICH and let Buffy and Dawn SUFFER before the end of the series and that he left EVERYTHING to Faith galls me, and really soured me on the series right off. Add to that the way Xander and Dawn (Xander and Dawn, ew, sorry-- that's just how I feel) treat Buffy and I almost gave up.

Thank a Dark Horse sale, later in the year, and I catch back up. For now.

I liked that Spike and his bug-ship were still around to lend some grounding (ironically, and yet not, enough). I can't help but hope that this goes on, because I really felt by the end of Season 7 that they were going to be able to help one another grow up. I want to see it.