Buffy the Vampire Season 8: The Long Way Home.

Dear Lord, if you do in fact exist, what the hell is up with you?

Sex and the City gets a movie but not Buffy? What the fuck, dude? Not cool.

Please stop falling asleep on the job. Amen.

Okay, for what we got, which is a series of comic books for Buffy season 8, this compilation is very entertaining.

Joss has not lost his sense of humor or his ability to surprise us. He has an amazing ability to follow a story arc, not just through a single season, but through the entire series.

His gift for foreshadowing without disappointing in the payoff is staggering. Yes, I would rather have more episodes to watch or even a movie, but Joss is a master storyteller and at this point, we’ll take what we can get.

The story here for season 8 is very compelling, moving, frightening and funny.

Plus, bringing back Warren, the one villain we have absolutely no fascination with (Adam, the First, Gloria) or any affection for (the Mayor, Faith) sounds like a bad move, but in fact, it is a master stroke.

The only thing we have ever wanted in Buffy’s dealings with Warren is for him to die and die horribly. Whatever is in store for us, it's bound to be fun.