He is an evil, evil man.

awwwww! How far have you gotten?

Buffy is one of my favorite shows, but Joss really did a lot of twisting the knife in the viewer in that one. And also, everything else he did. But you can see him honing the craft in Buffy

Yes. Lots of heart-wrenching moments. But I love how there is almost always two ways to "read" things in there. There is the obvious story that is entertaining in itself, and then there are the heavier themes

that are presented fairly, without sugar-coating - only hidden through the use of analogies.

I'm getting towards the end of season two. He just killed off Jenny Calendar.

And she was cool but what's really sad about it is Giles. UGH! He deserved to be happy! What. the. fuck, Joss.

Watching my way through it for the first time too, right now.

Watching Giles take a flaming baseball bat to Angelus was immensely satisfying, if short-lived, though. You want heart-wrenching, though, watch what Buffy has to do about it.

I love Joss but he really takes the SOMEONE MUST DIE thing too far for me. I'm pretty sure my heart strings can be tugged without him needing to pop surprise deaths out now and again

besides he does it so often now I'm expecting it to happen some time in anything he does so it's not a shocking surprise on the same level

I was crushed with Jenny's death too. But SUCH an amazing series.