What a richly detailed, sympathetic look at Robin pre-Sunnydale. I like that he can look at himself and recognize that others have it worse than he did, and then he does something about it. He really is fighting the good fight, and the rewards are hard fought and deeply satisfying.

His intersect with the Gunn family worked in this context, and I like that he has no idea the supernatural was involved. I wonder how many students Robin had to lose before he decided to take that cushy job in Sunnydale.