I just posted the first part of my S7 episode reviews (or ramblings more like) that I have been meaning to write since I saw S7 for the first time last November.
From "Lessons" to "Help".
I've earlier written reactions to watching S6 -
Part 1 and
Part 2 - that might also be of interest.
I was rather hesitant about S6 when I first watched it - in retrospect, I think it was mainly because I had been spoiled of the events of "Seeing Red" (though I didn't actually know in which episode the attempted rape would take place) and I couldn't really enjoy the episodes because I was trying to prepare myself for the one that could very well make me hate my favourite character. Of course, in the end I rather liked "Seeing Red" and Spike is still my cuddlebunny, and when I rewatched S6 a few months later, I enjoyed it quite a lot.