How would you top "Dark Willow"?
This doesn’t come from one of our proven sources, and I wonder if we’d even be posting this if ”Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator Joss Whedon didn’t keep yammering on about the theme of the show’s next (and perhaps final) season being “Buffy: Year One.”
But. Somebody just wrote us with a fairly convincing tale. The details of how this source learned have to remain hidden, but here are a few key excerpts:
But. Somebody just wrote us with a fairly convincing tale. The details of how this source learned have to remain hidden, but here are a few key excerpts:
Mark Metcalf has been contracted for next season.
[Mysource] didn't go into details as to how many episodes or anything.
I don't think [my source] realized what [he or she] had said to a Buffy Fan. [My source] didn't go into details about how many episodes or anything but it would explain in part to Joss calling season seven "Buffy Season One".
Anyway - I hope this is a fun little tidbit from a confidential source. It will probably be easy to confirm. Do what you want with it...
And keep up the great work on AICN. I look forward to your columns on many of my shows each week.
For those coming in late, the brillant Mark “Maestro Neidermeyer” Metcalf played The Master. He was “Buffy’s” season-one Big Bad, a very, very old vampire. Like all big bads, he was dispatched in the season finale.
In Herc’s considered opinion, the idea of bringing back the Master for what may very well be the final season certainly sounds like an idea strong enough to emerge from Team Whedon. (After all, we haven’t had a Big Vampire Bad since season two.) But just to point out the obvious:
1. This could be evil, vengeance-laden Team Whedon misdirection.
2. The Master has already turned up post-season-one in flashback and alternative-universe mode. Could be more of the same.
3. Even if The Master’s back, it doesn’t mean he’s back all season, and doesn’t mean he’s the Big Bad. (But they sure don’t get much badder than The Master!)
1. This could be evil, vengeance-laden Team Whedon misdirection.
2. The Master has already turned up post-season-one in flashback and alternative-universe mode. Could be more of the same.
3. Even if The Master’s back, it doesn’t mean he’s back all season, and doesn’t mean he’s the Big Bad. (But they sure don’t get much badder than The Master!)
3. Even if The Master’s back, it doesn’t mean he’s back all season, and doesn’t mean he’s the Big Bad. (But they sure don’t get much badder than The Master!)
