Here's what I thought of the final Buffy episode:

Loved - the Buffy cookie dough analogy of life; Angel's little jealous tyrade about Spike copying his vampire w/a soul "idea"; the core four chatting about what they're going to do after they save the world... again; Anya getting her courage to fight by channeling her still mysterious hatred/fear of bunnies; Giles, Andrew, Xander and one of the potentials playing that dungeons & dragons type game; that Spike & sunshine saved the world; that Buffy didn't die; that she finally figured out they could just get rid of that stupid "chosen one" rule that's been bumming her out since day one; that Giles agreed w/her even though it went against history & tradition & blah blah blah; that Buffy (literally) chose fashion over function when heading into hell; that Willow got to "go all Goddess-like" for a minute; that Giles says there's another hellmouth in Cleveland :-)

Hated - that the episode was only an hour; that Anya & Spike died; that at least one of the following people didn't die: Dawn, Faith, Principle Wood or Kennedy; that the First didn't manifest into something solid so that Buffy could really kick it's ass; that everyone (except Andrew) was all nonchalant about Anya's death; that there wasn't more core four interaction; that some of those whiny-ass potentials actually get to be slayers now... and speaking of that, does this mean that there are even little baby slayer girls out there in the Buffyverse? And I know the whole slayer thing is all about girl power but would the world really benefit from the trailer park slayer, especially one who looks so out of shape? Just wondering...