You know, season 8 had it's ups and downs, but boy is it fun to look forward to a new Buffy story every month (or a new chapter of a story.) And the final issue of season 8 is supposed to be beautiful (it's just Buffy having conversations with all the characters -- something the comic has been missing has been more dialogue and the characters hanging out.) I am kind of looking forward to it, like, a whole lot. And yeah, the last issue was action packed and shocking and tragic...It was honestly up there with a lot of the great Buffy finales! And season 9 is supposed to be crazy. It's not just that you-know-who died...THERE'S NO MORE MAGIC on Earth. Demons, witches, the slayer line, any new vampires being created...it's all gone. No more supernatural.