3. A Lot of Potentials Die and Buffy is a Super Hero Again
One of the biggest complaints of Season 7 of Buffy was the potential slayers (and for good reason). Though I like the overall arc of the series and the message of female empowerment, added to the entire series long arc of Buffy wanting to be just another girl, and finally getting her wish- no longer one of two, but one of thousands a lot of the potentials simply couldnt act, or were too brattish and unlikable. (And as a fellow Brit who loved the bad ass-ness of Giles and Spike, Mollys terrible cockney accent made me die inside). Also, the potentials kind of took a little of the coolness away from being THE CHOSEN ONE (emphasis on the ONE). If everyone on earth suddenly had all the same powers as Superman, would Superman still be cool? Buffy suffered from this. Thankfully, for all you haters out there, a lot of the potentials are murdered, down from thousands to hundreds, and *major spoiler* magic disappears from earth, meaning that no new potentials can become slayers again (The Whedonverses version of M-Day). Also, whether you like the end result or not (me- not really), Buffy briefly gets some cool Superman- like powers that are interesting for a while At least it makes her powers briefly cooler than the potentials.