Have the Watchers' Council outlived their usefulness

I think that when Buffy thinks of the Watchers'Council, she thinks "What a bunch of twits." I don�t think she has any use for them, I don�t think they have any power right now. They don�t have a slayer, I don�t know what they�re doing in London, they�re just sitting around. I don�t think they have a lot of power, I don�t think Buffy thinks much about them.

A number of us writers find them very interesting, but there�s not a lot of opportunity for seeing them right now because they really aren�t that important in Buffy�s life. But aren�t they funny when they�re there?