In a simple phrase I never get tired of hearing "What the HELL is that thing?" I think that sums up my feelings about Caleb, the newest, upcoming addition to the First's dark army. This guy sounds like trouble beyond. Way worse than the Ubervamp that Buffy slew in "Showtime." I was reading Spoilers on his first appearance (an episode away). He arrives the same time as Faith. Apparently the guy blew up the Watcher's council, will inevitably kill potential Slayer Molly, take Xander's eye, and render Buffy, Faith and Spike unconscious all in their first encounter. There's been some reference to Cain and Abel made by Caleb himself. Don't know much about Cain and Abel myself, besides the whole first murder thing. The real question I have is "What is he?" I mean the only other thing I can think of that could take out Buffy, Spike and Faith at once would be the Hell goddess Glory. So Caleb could be very much like her. Some kinda dark deity type that has aligned with the First. Either way "can hardly wait to see how it turns out."

I hear he's showing up for the finale 5 episodes. So there being only 6 eps left, he should show up in the next few weeks that contain new eps. All signs point to the episode in which Faith arrives, which is episode 18 I believe. Haven't a clue what the episode will be entitled though. A new tid bit I just heard is that Caleb is the leader leader of the Harbingers (the bringers, wacky eyes, etc) and that they've been doing his bidding and not that of the First. I originally thought they were the First's men, but I guess they really work for Caleb, of course Caleb serves the first, so I guess in a round about way they do work for the First. Oh and by the way FAITH'S ON ANGEL TONIGHT!

Just heard a casting rumor that Natham Fillian will be playing Caleb. I heard he used to play the Captain or something like that on Firefly.I never watched Firefly so this is all just speculation. I saw a picture of the guy, not exactly who I pictured playing Caleb, but I'm sure Joss knows what he's doing.

Caleb is supposed to turn out to be the leader of the Bringers.. or something like that.

He's also supposed to be in possession of something that belongs to the slayer. Sounds a lot like the weapon present to Fray in the comics, but I guess we'll see in the next few eps. I'm not closer to figuring out what the hell the guy is. I've seen pictures of him and he looks like a very human priest. But is clearly stronger that Buffy, Faith and Spike combined, seeing as how he's gonna kick the crap out of all three of them at once."Here comes trouble" folks and it's "not a fan of quick deaths."

Little late but...no. The next ep he'll arrive right before Faith.

He came, He saw, He conquered. Buffy better get it together cause Caleb is certainly a take no prisoners type. Anyone else think Faith's getting tired of getting her ass kicked? I mean first the Beast, then Angelus, and now Caleb. It's no wonder the girl went to the dark side, she must have known deep down that she couldn't cut it up against a big bad. But I got a feeling her day is coming. It was nice seeing her and Buffy converse tonight. Was also very cool seeing the chosen two on the same side again. Next weeks a damn repeat. Grrrr Devil!

I liked having Faith back on the show. Her scenes with Buffy and Spike were great. I hated what happened to Xander at the end. Xander has always been my favorite. That Caleb guy is creepy. I wonder what he is exactly.

Susan

Who else thinks that Caleb is just a male version of Glory? Although Glory didn't kill anybody, she sure injured Tara, just like what Caleb did to Xander. Not to mention, both Glory and Caleb beat Buffy's ass the first time. Also, both of them TALK a lot during fights and stuff.

First off...He's not dead. It was clear from the previews that Caleb is indeed present in the final battle. I'm kinda wondering what the hell all the black stuff on his face was... maybe blood? I loved tonight's ep when the first merged with him. Was pretty damn cool, but if the biggest baddest evil merged with him then why didn't he kill the hell out of Buffy? I mean I expected some kinda super-powered throw down, but all I got was hand to hand combat. I realize Caleb is human and has his limits, but it's the FIRST EVIL! It should have made him produce red eyes, scales or something. He should have been able to toss Buffy aside with a look instead of actually having to throw down like that. Also the First mentioned that they merged before and that Caleb's energy was waining, so it's beginning to look like Caleb is just your everyday human sadistic serial killer that just happened to make nice with the mother of all evil. It's been the First empowering him all along. I honestly thought when Buffy struck him down the First died with him (silly me, there's still a whole battle to fight). I figured they were connected and maybe destroying Caleb would take down the First as well. This is clearly not the case, seeing as how the First was whispering sweet nothings into Spike's ear mere moments after Caleb's "demise."Maybe when the final battle comes the First will truly join with Caleb (maybe to bring him back from the dead?) and that may be Buffy's chance to take the First down. The thing I was thinking about while watching the episode for the second time tonight...yeah I'm a loser, was that they haven't yet explained what event the First seized upon that has allowed it to take out the line of the slayer. I realize it had something to do with Buffy being dead then alive again, but that didn't explain it that well. There had to be more to it than that. Plus if Buffy can't stop the First as Giles said she could not before, then Buffy will have to switch tactics and reshape the events that have allowed the First to attack the line of the chosen. Because if they win this battle and the First escapes then it'll just come back again and again and again till it conquers. It's finally here guys. The end of an era.Nothing to do now, but sit back and pray it ends well for our favorite chosen one.