To be fair to Jane Espenson...
...most of the last season of Buffy was dull, inconsistently-characterised story-arc filler as well. Look, she wrote "Band Candy", she can't be all bad.
So here's something stupid and irrelevant to cheer us up. Which is best, Sutekh or the Decapitron? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_jD8vGlvzM&feature=related