I recently had to wait two and a half hours in a doctor's office, just waiting to be seen. I literally was genuinely thinking 'Well, maybe this is a time loop.'

You embraced what was already on the page, worked with it, massaged it.

Mercy is the mark of a great man! (stabs defeated opponent) I guess I'm just a good man. (stabs opponent again) Well ... I'm alright.

I recently had to wait two and a half hours in a doctor's office, just waiting to be seen. I literally was genuinely thinking 'Well, maybe this is a time loop.'

It is possible to care too much. It is possible to believe that you will never be as good as anyone else. And it is possible to let these things take over.

I know I'm not great at structure and story.

The outside world is what kept Buffy and Angel from being together.