Did you know that the end of season 5 (5.22 ‘The Gift’) was written by Joss Whedon as a possible ending to the entire show? The contract with the WB was out, and as they did not want to increase the budget for each episode, which is standard after five seasons, they ended up not knowing if they’d get a new contract or not.
However, UPN stepped in and so the dramatic ending of season 5 was a bit undermined by the fact that fans by this point knew there would be a season 6!
Joss also wrote the end of season 1 (1.12 ‘Prophecy Girl’) as a possible end to the show in case the show was not renewed.
That episode made me cry so much even when it was obvious Buffy would be brought back from the dead…wouldn’t be much of a show without her :) But if the show had ended forever with Buffy dead I would have cried my heart out!
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