Btw, you got everything right as far as I can tell. Tara was just a borrowed figure since she's someone they all know and trust. And this all happened because of the spell they did to combine their essence last episode. The First Slayer is SO intriguing to me. Maybe it's the music they added to the scene but she has a really sad vibe to her. I really want to know more about her. This episode is so wonderfully weird and it paid off at the end. Giles ROCKED that song. I'm so friggin excited for s5, which is MY favourite season of the whole series. S3 is better to me plot wise because I'm not as into the whole Initiative thing as I was the whole Faith and the Council thing. But Tara, Anya and Spike did elevate s4 quite a lot.