It has a lot of possibilities and a lot of potential ... if it lasts long enough to find it. I wouldn't care which road they took, as long as it were interesting.
I don’t know, I think it was more supposed to be like the place in Hellboy (having never seen Beauty and the Beast, I have no idea what you’re talking about there), albeit not run by the government and not used for supernatural crime-fighting purposes... and a bit like a prison/zoo for any creatures that might kill lots of people if let loose.
Oh, and that’s season 4 of Buffy =P