Normal Again

I'm just going to start off by saying... I can't stand books, movies, or shows that involve any sort of insanity/padded rooms. It freaks me out. I think it's because one of my biggest fears is that one day I'll wake up in a white room, and find out that my whole life has been imagined. (I had this fear before I saw this Buffy episode...) So needless to say, I despise this episode with a burning passion.

Anyways... onwards with the insanity theme.

I was in the group that was supposed to argue that the Governess was insane. (Given that she smothered the little boy at the end... I actually believe she was insane.)

Both Buffy and the governess fight to stay in their make believe worlds... however, in Buffy's case, the make believe world is the world that seems more sane. The governess fights to stay believing in the ghosts, and Buffy fights to stay at the insane asylum. They differ, however, in the choices they make at the end. While Buffy finally decides to go back to the real world, and help her friends, the Governess tries to maintain the false world, and cling to it by writing a diary of the events that occurred.

So in the end... it appears that Buffy remains sane while the Governess never fully recovers.

... I guess.