Season 11 takes the happy Scooby Gang from the end of season 10 and throws a literal tsunami at them. And stays brilliant throughout the dark turns of Buffy, Spike & Willow’s misadventures in the magical creatures internment camp.

Jordan the Slayer is an interesting new villain. I do wonder about Riley’s take on all this, but also what came of the Magic Council from the end of season 10? There’s a throwaway line about Buffy having been on it, but shouldn’t it have still been functioning? And how could that dragon just show up with the portal restrictions? Hoping some things get answered in volume 2. I will say, I’m preeemptively disappointed at how short this season is.