I liked a lot of aspects in season 7. The villain was right, Nathan Fillion's priest was demented, the tone was appropriately dark and dire, Giles had a few badass moments (throat slicing), Xander was toned down. But then they had the over the top cornball ending, the slayerettes, a lame death of a longtime character, a forced romance with Willow, a supposedly new Buffy weapon that looked like it was made in a high school metal shop class, and many other annoying little factors. I'd say keep your expectations low and still watch it, then hike over to Angel for the better series finale.