# Buffy 5/22/01---What now?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 23, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-5-22-01-what-now/66294 "2001-05-23T14:09:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-5-22-01-what-now/66294/1 "2001-05-23T14:09:39Z")

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Now that Buffy is dead and buried, what happens next? There apparently is going to be a sixth season of BtVS on UPN, so I assume that Joss Whedon will resurrect her or retitle the show, “The Scooby Gang.”  
Looking back on the whole season, one can see that Buffy’s death was foreshadowed: in the episode where spike recounts killing two previous Slayers, he mentions that they both had a death wish; Buffy had mentioned in several episodes how hopeless her life was; and, of course, the First Slayer had said, “Death is your gift.”  
In aditon, an interview with Marc Blucas I read said that Riley would be back for the season ender, so where was he?