"Buffy" ended on a "Dawson's Creek" note, says philosopher

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"The shallow, 'liberating' storyline had more the feel of the romantic world of Dawson than the noir world of Buffy," says Thomas S. Hibbs, a Boston College professor and "Buffy" expert. "Joss Whedon, the creative brains behind 'BtVS,' has repeatedly said that his ideas for the show come from a dark place. With predictably disastrous results, Whedon tried to visit a happy place for the finale. The entire episode was flat. It had the feel of an early episode in a series, perhaps even a pilot, before writers and actors have developed chemistry and a sense of what the show is really about. The show lacked both memorable dialogue and the pacing characteristic of the great battle episodes in the series."

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