quick Buffy review: good episode. good vampire and leper hobbit butt kicking. Spike gets his butt kicked. sweet ending. tantalizing teaser for next week. but why is Dawn pilfering earrings?

quick Angel review: such a sad start. One-handed Lindsey can't tie his ties or play his guitar. very sad. Cordelia sees something terrible and spends a couple of days crying. very sad. definitely not the madcap Evil Hand adventures i was expecting. Angel has grown a sense of humor, though he's not very good with it yet. Lindsey can sing. very well. but instead of pursuing a career touring the great demon karaoke bars of LA, he left town. adios.

also: what she said. (Spike did look good with his hair all mussed up).