Season 3, Episode 3: Faith, Hope and Trick
And now we get introduced to one of the main villains, which is nice. Trick seems charismatic enough for me to enjoy him, though I still need to see him in action a little more.
I'm not sure how I feel about Faith. She rubbed me the wrong way here to start, to the point where I almost preferred Kendra. Almost. Her character seems a little forced, too. Hopefully Eliza Dushku will slide a little more comfortably into the role. Faith and Buffy create an interesting dynamic, and it's also interesting to see how Buffy was the immature one in the Buffy-Kendra pairing, and now Buffy is the mature one in the Buffy-Faith pairing.
Also, welcome back Angel, I guess. I'll look forward to hearing that one explained, and hopefully it's nothing along the lines of "your love brought me back."
I did enjoy the episode. Quality has been pretty consistent so far, which I like, and it's all been overarching, which I also like. Hopefully this doesn't mean a string of MotW episodes are coming up soon. I don't hate MotW episodes, but I don't like when I get really invested into the main plot and then it's segmented by a random monster. I don't blame the writers, though. These MotW episodes are necessary.
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