The one thing I wish they'd done differently with Giles is not to show the Bringer about to chop off his head at the end of Sleeper. Four episodes wasted on debating whether he's gone to the bathroom while ASH was doing some of his best work acting the man in virtual shell shock.

Interesting though that Wes, who has a tendency to see the women he's involved with in madonna/whore terms, never does really get much chance to learn to relate to an adult woman on equal footing.

I liked the way Wes got on with Cordy before she got all saintly in S3 but I doubt they could have got Charisma back even if there had been a 6th season. Lilah too, he relates much better to women after they've broken up/died.