6x06 - All The Way

[Raven]

Written By: Stephen S. DeKnight

[Lior Knight]

Knowing this episode is such a weak writing and poor storyline only because ME were busy making the musical is basically what makes me watch this episode.

For a Dawn centric episode it wasn't that interesting because most of what Dawn did was pretty stupid considering what she's been through last season, and assuming she already learned what creatures lurk in the dark.

Overall, it has a few light and nice moments but mostly all I can say about this episode is "It's a filler...let's move on...".

5/10.

[stakey]

Boring and I never really re-watch this.

i love steven.deknight he writes amazing fight scenes (apocalypse nowish/destiny/spiral etc)but this episode was crapola.


3/10

[Afer]

I didn't find the episode as bad as Lior and James, but it isn't ranking very high in my list either

As Lior said, this was so Dawn-Heavy due to the rest of the cast preparing for the musical, so if you take that into account, it isn't that bad. I'm not a huge fan of Dawn, but i liked the storyline of the teenager growing up. Alot of people say Dawn is just annoying and is always breaking the rules and wanting attention, but aren't all teenagers like this? This is what Stephen DeKnight is trying to show here. I don't really get the old man? Was he really evil, or was it just a pointless opener? Or was the point so that we will never know what he had in plan for Dawn and her friends? I found it ironic that Dawn and Justin ended up in the cemetery, if your going to make-out with a girl i don't think a first place to go would be there- dead or alive, Halloween or not Halloween! I just feel Buffy and Giles slipping further and further in this episode and i get Giles' point of view. Season 6 was said to be the season of growing up, and everybody makes mistakes along the way of this process. This episode was filled with this basic plot. From Dawn and her late-night smooch, to Buffy giving into the authority rule and Giles' need for Buffy to find her own feet, Willow and Tara's major story arc set and Xander and Anya's marriage doubts. Although not a favorite, it was an average episode.

6.5