I'm glad that Buffy is still working at the Doublemeat. It always vaguely annoyed me that she suddenly just - didn't.

Me too. I'm sure that advertiser pressure was probably the reason why she stopped, but story-wise it didn't feel fair to just drop it. Plus, she looked so cute in that cow hat.

On where I'm going, if I think of this story like a virtual "season" I figure this is about the end of episode 1, and now we'll be moving on to the second part of a two-parter, if that makes sense. In other words, all should become clear very shortly. (*sinister cackle*)