As the years have gone by, I have wished more and more frequently that BtVS ended at The Gift. Parts of that finale were tacked on, but there were a lot of good moments. It ended with a tragedy, but it had the most important element of all-- hope. Real hope that life would continue. Dawn would mature and live the life she wanted, perhaps even parts of that life would have been what Buffy wanted for herself and never got to enjoy. Spike would mourn, but he would continue forward. Willow and Tara's relationship would be all the stronger for what they'd been through. Xander and Anya would have gotten married and been weird together into happy, awkward old age. Giles would have gone back to England and would have found new purpose somewhere. Instead, Season Six happened, and everyone started to make me hate them. Hope is what Season Six and Seven lacked, and without hope, there's no reason to fight. Hope is probably why Angel's finale worked better than "Chosen" for me as well. ... Sorry, I've rambled. I got caught up in too many feelings.