I was sort of in the middle on this one. I didn't think it was a classic, but it wasn't a bad episode for me either. I'm still iffy about whether Spike can really carry an episode; I'd like to see it happen, but (for me, anyway) it hasn't done so yet. This was a pretty decent episode by Spike-ep standards, though.

An extra, if unintentional, point for we Europonies is that the "medal count" subplot probably wouldn't have worked for us, given that here (and I think everywhere other than North America) one gold beats any number of silvers.