I thought speakr2customrs might be interested...

Listening to the House to Astonish comics podcast, and they start talking about the upcoming Buffy Season 9. And Paul O'Brien says that what finally won him over in the last issue of Season 8 was the text page where "Joss Whedon basically says 'You know all those things that didn't work in Season 8? I know! They won't be in Season 9!'"