SPOILER ALERT
Wolf, Ram & Hart are using a genius Wash/Season 6 Buffy villain and a bunch of watchers to wield an army of Rivers despite interference from Angel (who was dating Tara), and Spike has just come back for Druscilla after attacking Simon.
No wonder I'm not sure I want to buy the DVD of this show (again).
All snark aside, this is actually something I'm loving. It feels like I can peer a bit more closely inside the process. I know I do this in my own writing, so seeing that it's actually part of someone whose work I admire assures me it isn't a defect. Every time we write, we write a variation on the stories we love and write best, and every time we use something we found before as well as something new discovered on the way.
Every time I learn something more about the writing process not just by memorization but by peering into it and thinking 'that sky really is blue, isn't it?' is another moment I grow more secure as a writer. Maybe better, maybe not, but a lot less like I'm crashing the party.