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Welcome To The Hellmouth

Ah, the memories! I remember when I first saw Buffy, when it was first shown on Sky, and I knew I’d found something amazing.
The guy breaking into school with Darla looks suspiciously like the undead mental-case that Xander ‘befriends’ in 'The Zeppo' in season 3. He’s not much brighter here, anyway.
Ah, the first ever glimpse of the loveliness that is Buffy herself...
Buffy's wearing full make-up in bed?
Oh dear, Xander on a skateboard. I wonder why that idea got dropped? (CLANG) Ah, that’s why. Classic skateboarding cliche. I did that once with a Welsh Pony and a low-hanging branch
And our first Willow-glimpse. She’s always been lovely too. Okay, this is starting to get fluffy, for people starting their fringedwelling reading here, don't worry, the bitter, twisted, cynical. bitchy remarks you've been promised will kick in soon. Mostly as soon as the girls start making some comments...
Do books actually live in libraries? I mean, do they have parties and stuff when no-one’s around?
Flutie completely fucks up his repair-job of Buffy’s transcripts!
Surely Buffy would have a bit more practice at not saying "vamp-" before correcting herself
“Can I have you?” - not the best first line, Xander.
I still love "The fun part of the Black Death"
Germ warfare? What?!
Wow, Buffy actually looks like she’s trying to learn. Doesn’t take long for that to stop, does it?
I agree with the James Spader comment
Who’s John... Tesh? Why is he the devil?
That is definitely a tome. Now that’s a BIG book...
The only time we ever see Aura. She rings Cordelia in 'Rm w/a Vu'
Shouldn't someone have taken that body away by now?
“Slayer is wilful and insolent.”
The whole 'let's get the whole mythology of the show out of the way in one conversation' would have worked better if it hadn't been done between the two characters who know the most about the subject
Giles is very sweet and excited
"Not just vampires..." how much of that was Joss Whedon's pitch to the WB?
How can Giles prepare Buffy? He isn't even prepared for Buffy
Why the pool of blood entrance? Overly dramatic and unnecessary
Go with the slut look Buffy, pleeease...
Why on earth did she buy either of those dresses?
How could Angel have missed Buffy dangling there?
The first appearance of Angel wearing a white shirt and looking beautiful, but only in this season
"Did he fire six shots or only five..."
Why would Angel think she'd be taller? Surely he's already seen how tall she is?
I like the idea of a total stranger stalking you to give you jewelry then buggering off
"I didn't say I was yours" -a definite contender for worst line ever. Poor Angel, this is the best bit of dialogue he gets!
For some reason the Bronze is actually playing decent music
“He stole my Barbie!”, one of the cutest lines ever from Willow. I’m amazed Willow’s feminist mother let her play with Barbies. Barbie, by the way, is responsible for all the evil in the world.
Who the hell has a cup of Bovril?! Only truckers drink Bovril, and it's always out of a mug
"You need a personality" and look who's saying that...
Oh bollocks, now I have Giles/Angel back-story plot bunnies
Or if you’ve seen the film, the Slayer can use her PMS to detect vampires too...
Poor Willow, she seized the moment for once in her life and the moment contained a vampire. So sixteen years of put-downs and shyness and Willow overcomes it all after one pep talk from Buffy?
Oh dear, awful special effects. The Master rising out of the water is hysterical!
How come everyone but the Master can move through that forcefield thingy?
Crappy cut on Darla's change of face
Considering the extra evil vibe and the number of graveyards (12 I think) in Sunnydale, isn't it lucky Xander chose the right one?
Why oh why don't the fuddy duddies read the warning label? "Violence, strong language, adult content". You have been warned. If this is going to bother you don't watch!
If Buffy hadn't gloated and farted around she wouldn't have got caught up with Luke and Jesse would probably still be alive
Darla is such a simpering witch in this episode, so no change there then...
I always assumed this speech was the beginning of 'The Harvest' not the end of this episode (until Tobin gave me the box set I'd only ever seen these episodes as a single hour and a half).

The Harvest

The first appearance of Giles’ globe. Look for its cameo in 'Phases' in season 2.
"Waiting for the old ones to return" that's an interesting idea that's never been fully explored
For a vampire that’s older (and presumably stronger) than Angel, Darla sure doesn’t act like it. Now Luke - there’s a bad-ass vampire.
Can I also direct everyone’s attention to possibly the greatest comedy villain seen on Buffy (except for Ethan Rayne) - The Master, everyone!
Well, he's so good at it
"There may be another way" that usually precedes some daring rescue, not an heroic accessing of the web
Saddle up! The first of many John Wayne references heard on Buffy.
No, it was just a bit pompous, and no, they aren't the same thing. Although I have always referred to the hated word processor as 'the dread machine'
It would probably be clever of Buffy to move out of Flutie's direct line of sight before she jumped the fence. Does this school not have a back gate? There is always a way to actually sneak out of school without getting noticed
Or in Hogwarts when something is a secret, naturally the whole school knows. If anyone doesn’t know what I’m talking about, shame on you!
Angel in broad daylight, the beginning of a 7 season long trend.
Where the hell did Angel's flattering dress sense go? If you can pull off that black and white, silk and velvet look, you should stick with it
David Borenaz could have delivered the "Because I'm afraid" line like he meant it
Angel is a pussy. Why doesn’t he go with Buffy and help her? Oh that’s right, say “good luck” to her after she’s gone.
And how the hell did Angel get in there? One locked passage. It’s sunny outside. How?
Nice edit from sewers to library
Harmony really doesn’t get any brighter as the series goes on, does she? She isn’t exactly the most clued-up girl in the world in this episode, mind.
Actually she was kicked out because she was a psycho-loony
I sympathise with Cordy's computer trauma, no matter how big a bitch she is. Also completely impossible in today's idiot proof computer age, but worth it to see Cordy's face. As someone who has accidentally pressed Ctrl instead of Shift and proceeded to delete entire web pages, I can honestly say that computers aren't as idiot proof as they should be. I seem to remember a certain Bitca at university deleting two thirds of an essay due in the next day because she highlighted and clicked the wrong button
For some reason Buffy’s more interested in closing the door than dealing with Jesse the vampire.
How can Buffy climb about on heels that big? But I suppose she has to reach the vamps somehow
The shot of the vampire’s arm being pulled into the sunlight is straight out of The Lost Boys. And I noticed that Xander is sporting one of those chains on his jeans - normally reserved for moshers or skaters. You can play a game as the season goes on, see how many times you can spot A) Xander’s skateboard B) his chain.
Ouch! Fingernail in the eye!
If Luke and The Master are one, why doesn’t The Master die when Luke does? Apart from it would be a boring season otherwise?
Jesse becoming a vampire has made him, well, cool!
That "cause for alarm" speech is fanastic
When Buffy stakes the vampire off-screen with the pool cue how come it doesn't dust? The cue stays stuck horizontal and then swings up as if the vamp's body had fallen over backwards. Maybe she missed
Beast! The first vampire decapitation, I stand corrected. And if you look quickly, after Xander says “Heads up!” SMG is laughing!
Oh God, listen to Darla’s scream! It’s the same one used on the titles of 'Scream' and a million other things.
Democratic slayage- all the new scoobies get to see off a vamp
Nice touch with the sunrise trick
The pan up onto Buffy after she’s killed Luke, the one used at the end of the titles, is just so cool.
Load of bloody good Angel was there, and he's surprisingly cool and collected for someone supposed to be in love with someone in constant danger
God knows they have an assembly for everything else
Unfortunately when they do blow something up, they do it to late for her to get kicked out
“The Earth is doomed.”

The Witch

No Buffy, the colour is good. And so is the skirt...
Buffy could always wave the pom-poms at the vampires
Glad someone else recognises the evils of cheerleading
Ooh. I’m getting a spooky Blair Witch kind of vibe from the witches lair.
Once again the similarities between Xander and myself emerge. We both have the same attitude towards cheerleading. Imagine my delight the first time I saw 'Bring It On' - 90 minutes of Kirsten Dunst in a cheerleading outfit . . .
Ah, Amy . . . sorry, I kinda have a soft spot for her.
I don't know if it's because I'm British (sort of) and know nothing about it, but Amber's cheerleading routine just looked naff. But then, behold cheerleading. Why does Buffy look so amazed and threatened by Amber's gymnastics, we know she can do better
Amber the Human Torch, our first Marvel comics reference. Flame On! Sorry, that expression will probably be lost on you if you haven’t read any Fantastic Four comics.
The faith Joyce has in Buffy is just jaw-dropping.
Amy's dad never made any money?! How do rich people in Sunnydale live?
Aw, poor Amy. But is she still Amy at this point?
Cordelia, you bitch!
Any other cretins in the house? Worship before Xander, our King!
Love the hung Barbie dolls. The best thing you can do with them , if you ask me. Barbie, and all of her evil blonde minion dolls, have done more to retard the minds of generations of girls than any other kind of evil male=superior propaganda
I didn’t think anyone else knew about the Invisible Man Syndrome. And nice comedy bomb sound by Xander.
Cordelia isn’t acting short-sighted, she’s acting stoned. And I could make comparisons between her driving and Tobin’s, but that would be just cruel... Make all the comparisons you want, I’m the one with the car and you aren’t. Have fun on the bus.
No, no the other right!
There's a last hurrah/cheer pun in there somewhere
Giles has an attack of TV research. Oops! The book was open on the exact right page! How lucky!
Oh it's Willow's computer beeping, for a moment I thought my laptop was about to go belly up
That's not a newt, that's a frog
Buffy took far too long getting Amy’s hair.
HyperBuffy, scary, and sounds like a sci-fi term
Nice catch Xander when he shuts Buffy up
First Buffy in a cheerleading outfit, then Amy. I like this episode.
Buffy hits a low wave
"One of the girls" that's it Buffy, you totally crush Xander's last vestige of self esteem
Why all the fancy revenge spells? Couldn't she just give them all flu or something? It'd be a lot less suspicious
Schrodinger's cat
Giles doing witchcraft, oddly compelling
Does a girl who can't do a cartwheel seem like the natural choice for the apex of the pyramid?
Amy didn't raise a hand, she barely raised an axe
Look how Catherine summoned that axe from Amy’s hand - the Force is strong in this one!
Did Joyce take 'crappy parenting' classes or is it just a talent?

Teacher's Pet

This opening Xander dream sequence is without a doubt one of the funniest things ever seen on Buffy! Is it just me or is Xander kind of sexy in his dream sequence?
That stake Xander throws was nowhere near the vamp's heart (maybe this is accounted for by the whole dream thing)
That slide was not an ant
Amazingly I think Xander’s trickery worked, those guys seemed impressed.
I love Xander’s running commentary on the Buffy/Angel exchange.
Is Angel completely bloody incapable of standing up straight? He's slumped right over on the base of his spine, and with the head ducking forward, he must be ripping his upper back muscles apart
Having said that, me and Lizard were on the phone watching this episode and we he took his jacket off we stopped, not just mid sentence but mid-word. Where did this nice season one physique go to!?
Did Giles just crack a joke?
About the Earth swallowing you, I know exactly how Xander feels
I’m sorry but I don’t find Miss French attractive. The She-Mantis has no power over me!
To quote Jay: “What the fuck happened to that guy’s head?!”
Do I really need to make the Freddy Krueger analogy?
Powerful laxatives?! So that's the path to mental health!
Are there people out there to support the crisis counsellors after dealing with the totally un-freaked kids?
Notice the drama and feeling of impending doom when Buffy says that she's going to do her homework
Bill and Ted style “Excellent!” air-guitar sequence from Xander - I was in tears laughing!
Salad Creme and crickets, yum. But why does she need to label the box "food" surely she'd know?
"By and large woman shaped" what an appropriate phrase
Possibly in the insect world the Praying Mantis is the only thing that can turn it's head all the way round, but what about owls? Although a owl would not have decapitated it's victims, it would eat them whole and cough up the bones and skin
"Screams predator" and slut
Giles get an attack of the Bart Simpsons "wasn't here, didn't see it, couldn't have stopped it"
I’m waiting for Xander to say “Shaken, not stirred,” in response to the offer of a martini.
Well, yes, technically, you would have to be in the same room
How does Giles know about the Pekinese?
Surely Xander could run faster then that from a Praying Mantis?
No time to bang on doors but time to search the town sewers
Another funny colour-commentary, this time from Blaine as Xander gets ready to be munched.
Is this bat sonar thing true? And human ears can't hear bat sonar, so I'm not sure what they've got on the tape
That'd make Dr, Gregory a virgin! Well, I mean he is a science teacher...
Shouldn't Giles have known to check for eggs?

Never Kill A Boy On The First Date

Why does the tomb in the background have my name on it? I am mildly freaked by this
It’s a ring, for Christ’s sake. Giles doesn’t even know that?
Love the Master's petulance "and one of the bretheren..."
Here endeth the lesson...did it also starteth?
Would you confess your security blanket to a school librarian?
That is not an abuse of sarcasm, it's just a very fine example
Buffy came in a box? That explains a surprising amount
Okay, you’re an immortal vampire, and being hit by a bus isn’t gonna kill ya. But OW!
He certainly does have an Owenosity! (v.v. similar in style to an Angelosity you'll note. "He's solitary, mysterious.... He can brood for 40 minutes straight..." Sound familiar?)
Xander’s response to Owen’s ‘joke’ - priceless!
I know I'm not high-fashion girl, but shouldn't you decide what you're wearing before you pick a lipstick?
Wouldn't you know if the Apocalypse came and not need to be beeped?
Oh, bad pun on the sign of the funeral home.
I have to agree with Cordy on Angel
Angel sizes Owen up and dismisses him in one glance. He also leans casually so it doesn't look like Owen is taller than he is, the theory being 'well, you may be taller, but that's only because I'm standing at an angle'
"Bite me" and Angel is actually considering it. Yeah, this isn’t really much of a taunt for a vampire, really. Although, she doesn't know he's a vamp here, so why the suspicious glance?
What would Giles have done if it wasn't Buffy in the morgue?
Does Xander think the paper lampshade will be a useful part of that barricade?
You know a wussier vamp would have used a chair to break the glass, not this guy, he just rears back and nuts it. Fantastic
What’s with the pork and beans? Psycho vampire! Reminds me of Mary’s brother in There’s Something About Mary who chants “Franks and beans!” although in quite a different context!
Told about who? A girl in a pink coat at his funeral home? Buffy has whaled on more experienced vamps who still haven't twigged who she is
Nice tactical decision from Xander
Can I just say that as a guy, I know Owen’s pain. When a girl tells you she just wants to be friends, that’s just the worst.
Spooky little kids are the scariest. The twin girls in The Shining - yeesh!
The Anointed One is called Colin, and what a prophetic hardass bad guy name that is

The Pack

Buffy wouldn't beat them up, but maybe she should
While I personally wouldn't get that excited about mating Zebras, I do think that "the heimlich with stripes" is a top description
I agree with Xander, field trips are about not being in class and should be treated in a manner appropriate to their glory
Check out the monkeys! When Kyle says “Lance”, one of the monkeys looks up and says “Huh?”
Hyenas learn human speech...like Predator.
Why does the zookeeper share this totally pointless knowledge? What else are you supposed to do with it? Besides, aren’t you just waiting to tell the world how to sex a millipede?
That's a really stuffed hyena
Again with the dangers of not cleaning up your occult symbols after you
What’s with Kyle’s hand gesture as they walk into the Bronze?
Nick Brendon being distressingly good as a bully...and tasty!
Herbert is a she
I sympathise with Xander about the maths
Dodgeball...like the coach says, it’s brutal. I am so glad that Dodge Ball never made it to our school, we did have a gym teacher very much like that though. We had a version, called benchball. I actually quite liked it, because it was very easy to do nothing. All you had to do was make a suicide run towards the front at the start of the game, and get hit by one of the foam balls. Then you went and stood on the bench behind the opposite team until a charitable member of your own team threw a ball to you. However, if you failed to catch the ball, you had to stay where you were. Can anyone see how I spent my PE lessons? Yep, we did that too, until I cunningly gave up PE in order to take Latin
This is the episode where Buffy's bra-straps make their first infamous appearance
What a bastard! That’s the first time I’ve wanted to put Xander through a table, WWF style.
Kyle in that brown top with the stupid collar: Phwaaaa!
They don't find the sniffing suspicious?
Xander possessed by a puppy would do a lot of chewing damage, and some ducks, he would quack with many different voices and make a terrible mess of the yard, on both counts
Quality joke from Evil Xander! “I’ve been waiting for you to jump my bones!”
Willow gets in a couple of sneaky kicks on Xander's prone, unconscious form
Xander's comment on Buffy's reaction to every crisis, "Punch 'em out, knock 'em down, love to see what she would do if someone was really sick". The answer is stick a knife in their guts (see Graduation Day). The whole series in a sentence
Giles is out of practice as a tough guy
6 episodes in... How many times has Giles been knocked unconscious?
The first, but not worst of Buffy's hats
Giles reading up on his animal possession, shutting the door after the horse has bolted anyone?
I love Giles' little consoling pat

Angel

I don’t see why Angel gets an episode named after him. C’mon, it’s not as if he’s that important...tee hee!
What is the Annoying One doing at the start here? Feeding the fishes?
The Three - what an original title.
Xander showing early signs of psycho dancing
Another fine example of me + Xander’s dancing styles. Although I only look like that when I’m drunk.
Angel shows off his lurking skills in the Bronze.
Notice how Buffy never asks how an injured human keeps up with a healthy Slayer
If it can't come in how did it get most of its hand through the doorway?
Hmm...that one of The Three shouldn’t have been able to get his arm around the door, not having been invited and all.
Naked Angel, we also get to see the tattoo. It's a lovely tattoo, but it does have a tendency to move around his back quite a lot. It's very low down on his shoulder here
Very impressed that the first thing Buffy does when she gets Angel in her house is get his shirt off
I'm trying to see what kind of pendant Angel has on his chain, but it's just below the bottom of the screen and (surprisingly) leaning over further doesn't help
How much sleep would you actually get with that crashed out on your floor?
Xander is right (how ever jealous) about it being the oldest trick in the book. Although which book as there are many oldest tricks?
Empathy with Willow never knowing stuff, witness my life
The Master has some great one-liners.
Quarterstaffs are definitely not basic weapons, it's much, much harder to hurt yourself with a crossbow than it is by swinging six foot plus of solid wood around your head (and also much easier to hurt somebody else)
What reason did Angel give Buffy for not leaving during the day?
Why does Angel vamp out here?
He’s a vampire! I knew it!
Nice catch Xander
Turn of which century exactly?
"Is there anything better than a natural disaster?" I said yes, of course, and then couldn't think of anything, unless of course it's a disaster meticulously planned and executed with military precision
Joyce in the kitchen...knives close at hand...funny noises...I’m waiting for the phone to ring. What’s your favourite scary movie?
Well done Darla
Oh Angel, you are such a blithering fool...
Buffy's mother is bleeding to death on the carpet and she takes the time to slowly and clearly threaten Angel, and then panics and tries to rush the ambulance...
Y’see, I like Angel in this episode. He’s good, but he’s got a bit of evil in him too. He loses it after this episode, becoming “Buffy-whipped” to quote Spike, and it’s a shame. You're right, Angel was so much less of a twat in this season
Woah, woah, woah! Nice shootin’ Tex!
Evolution and Devolution, Buffy has a crossbow, Darla has two automatic pistols, Angel stabs Darla with an arrow, dismissing the whole projectile weapons idea
There’s nothing funnier than an angry rage, this one supplied by The Master. Did anyone use to watch Dark Skies? It was awesome! In one episode the main guy John Loengard went berserk with a stool after finding out his wife Kim had an alien in her head, I pissed myself laughing! I loved 'Dark Skies' but yes, that was hysterical.
Yes, she is weak, and no we don't need her, so why the hell did they bring her back!?
The cross Angel gave Buffy burns into his chest while they kiss, this is so romantic in a sick and twisted kind of way
The cross is hanging round Buffy's neck, so surely with the height difference it should have burned Angel somewhere around his stomach. And how come Angel never gets burned by his own cross? Is it actually a cross? I know he has something around his neck, but I’ve never seen a clear picture of it. Surely he wouldn’t be wearing a cross. I don't know if I've ever actually seen it, I just assumed that was what it was, it's definitely not just a plain chain
In that last scene she isn't standing on a box. She must be standing on two or three
Is it me or is Buffy's chest more...well...padded in season 1? Let's be honest, she doesn't really have much there in any season

I Robot, You Jane

Moloch looks similar to Giles as a Fyarl demon
How come Moloch, a boy demon, is mostly snapping boy necks?
I would like to join with Giles as a technophobe and book lover and refute the philosophy of Fritz and all his works We are aware of the irony of making this statement on the net
I love Xander’s ‘porn star’ T-shirt.
Check out Willow's shirt. I am at a loss to know where the costume department finds such hideous patterns
I would be worried from the moment I found out he was called Malcolm
Why does Willow have a picture of her and Giles in her locker?
Why does Jenny look so strung out when she walks into class?
Okay, we see two different birth dates for Buffy and they’re both wrong!
Yes, whether or not a prospective lover has a hairy back is very important. Or if he's a murdering demon psychopath? No, I'm more worried by the excessive back hair
Love Xander's idea of a good night out, if only I could successfully predict my wittiness this way
Elderly Dutch chatroom, there really is something for everyone online isn't there. If I make a joke about that I'm going to get complaints from Elderly Dutch people aren't I?
"People meet on the net, they talk, they get together, they have dinner, a show, horrible axe murder" and people think this show is a bad influence on kids encouraging them to act out their hedonistic desires. Not true, in the face of the above comment I think I'll spend the rest of my life in my room, alone, with big banners hung from the windows encouraging others to do the same. If you’re trying to cut yourself off from humanity, surely by communicating with the public you’re not doing what you intended to do?
Yes over reacting is fun
Buffy is making comments on the normality or not of other people's lives?
If it makes you feel any better, almost all of my user profiles are a crock, except actually this one, which I think my sister set up, and she didn't lie on it. I don't want evil Microsoft knowing all my personal details
Oh, come on Giles, even you should know about Spider-Man!
Whereas to speak makes our writing English bad.
Why is Willow talking and typing at the same time?
Surely it's easier to access a book than a web page? And at least with a book you know that someone's checked the information enough to publish it
You'd think if you were typing a suicide note, you'd actually start Word, instead of using the scratch pad
Could they not just unplug their modem? Then he wouldn't be able to go anywhere and they could defeat him by running a magnet over the hard drive
Kahless? As in the Unforgettable Klingon?
Robo-Moloch is actually quite funny!
I shouldn't laugh, but Xander's ignominious fence vaulting is very funny
Poor boy! Xander is limping
For once could someone just play along with the demon "yes of course I'll love you for all eternity" and then stab it in the back when it isn't looking? Good old Jael, wife of Heber could teach Willow a thing or two
Slight over-acting from Anthony Head. Demon COME!!!
I bet Giles startled Jenny with that yell
Well done Willow
I love the resounding 'clang' Moloch's head makes, unfortunately it doesn't also bounce
Rupert Giles logic, definitely approve
What is Giles' tie?
It's not where she dangles it? The mind boggles. Well, Giles' does
We're Doomed. But we seem to be less depressed by it

The Puppet Show

I’m sorry to lower the tone but the gymnast stretching at the beginning seems to be suffering from camel’s foot.
Giles’ expression when Cordelia is singing is priceless.
From the remove of years and TV, I feel Giles' pain
I would have refused to do the talent show no matter what
Buffy is way too smug about Giles' hideous misfortune, and Giles is not nearly smug enough about Buffy's
Snyder almost nailed that joke - almost.
Xander is not the only one terrified by the peripheral mime - why doesn't anyone suspect him? I mean mime! A clear sign of an evil mind
It's Amy from 'Sunset Beach'
Why anyone in Sunnydale still wants to be alone in a locker room is beyond me!
He already is. Surely it would be "I shall stay flesh"?
I've heard worse jokes than Morgan's. Some of them on these very pages. My God. I keep telling you, my head hurts if I don’t say them!
I'd frightening quite how often I agree with Snyder
“That’s the kind of woolly thinking that leads to being eaten.” Synder has some of the best lines!
Poor Xander, he always gets the dud assignments
Talking ventriloquist dummies rate high on the freaky scale. Top of the scale are small children, particularly laughing ones.
"Get along home, it's late" Snyder quotes Ricky Nelson, scary
Buffy The Vampire Slayer gets her Mum to check under the bed for monsters. Something wrong there
Well done Giles, and well done Xander on Cordy's hair
How many teachers would let a student sit with a dummy on their desk?
Nice homage to the The Shining...Red Rum! Red Rum!
Coming over all 'Phantom Of The Opera'
Giles gets his affronted Watcher look
I've never understood how that imagining the audience naked thing works. Either I'd be repulsed or I'd get a fit of the giggles, neither of which would help my performance, or if I was lucky be far too distracted to think about the show
There’s something really funny about a horny dummy.
Comedy brain
Any number in the mid 800s has 29 as its integer square root, it's not like Willow actually worked it out on the spot (occasionally I too know mathematical stuff)
That blade would take half your brain with it. Presumably he does need it in one piece
Ow, rope burn
Snyder has developed an attitude to school kids which is obviously the product of being exposed to them. A lot
SMG developed into an excellent actress as the seasons pass but even Bette Davis couldn't pull off looking distraught over a dead dummy
It's OEdipus, not Edipus

Nightmares

Random question, whose voice is it doing the pre-titles exposition-y bit?
I'm not afraid of spiders personally, but I would have a fit if they suddenly crawled all over me. I fucking hate spiders. What do they need all those legs for, anyway?
Giles falls prey to the vagaries of L-Space
It's a mistake of the uneducated
The tale of Wendell's spiders makes me worry, since Lizard is looking after my fish during the week...
Wendell nods off often in class does he? I wish I could get away with that. The trick is to keep your eyes open, that or to do it when you've already read the book so you can answer if the teacher springs questions on you. Or in my case do it in Geography where the teacher didn't give a damn and just let me sleep
Blind luck has seen me through many a sticky exam. That and the ability to argue with the teachers about the answers
Has anyone seen the awesome film Disturbing Behaviour? The basement of Sunnydale High looks identical to the basement of the high school in that film. I think the film’s awesome, anyway. It’s got James Marsden, Katie Holmes (schwing!) and the legend that is William Sadler!
The three guys in leather jackets are giving off a T-Bird vibe.
The tough guys mum is absolutely fantastic, as is muscle-y naked Xander
The loss of that shirt, even for nakedness was a blessing for all concerned
Again Buffy is accused of thinking about nothing but herself, but because it's a nightmare, or being said by someone in anger, or who dislikes her, we are supposed to dismiss it as untrue. It's not
Is Hank short for something?
Hit him, Buffy! Hank does get some top insults in there though, I particularly like "you're not nearly as bright as I thought you were going to be"
Nice recovery there from Willow.
It's a good job I wasn't there, or the town would have been demolished by a Tyrannosaurus (I have dinosaur fear, there were some in a dinosaur park in Colwyn Bay when I was little and they moved and roared when you walked past them. I've never quite gotten over it)
The Master has seen 'Cinderella'!? I mean, I know he was stuck in a ruin for however long, but there must have been some better way to spend the time
For any fellow WWF fans, The Master chokeslams Buffy into the coffin.
Ah, they’ve gotten Buffy’s birthdate right on her gravestone. The right year, anyway.
Well done Xander for facing his fears
And hey, why isn't Willow running from frogs?
It's perfectly natural for Buffy to dream of becoming a vampire
Okay, 2 qualms about vampire Buffy: 1) Why does she still have her soul? 2) How did they get her to the hospital when it’s sunny outside?
Wizard of Oz moment when Billy wakes up.
I was about to tell Xander that it's alright for him to fancy Buffy as a vampire, because it's a personality thing. But then I thought, it's Buffy's personality... He was right the first time, he's sick, he needs help. I still dug vamp Buffy too. Do I need help? I’ve been saying that since you were born.

Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight

You would have thought the Slayer would have better co-ordination than that
Cordy plumbing the shallows in an astute way. Cordy is hilarious sometimes, isn’t she?
You're meant to have points in an essay that contradict each other, shows that you see both sides of the argument
Okay, the invisible girl is also a pervert, hanging out in the boys locker room. I'm with Marcy. If I was invisible, the locker room is where I'd be too
No, they'll associate her with bribery, which may well gain her a few more votes. Although Cordy shouldn't underestimate the voting power of the lunatic fringe, there are a lot of us out there
Yes that was the lamest comeback of our times. “There are no dead students here...this week.”
Nice one Willow, threaten litigation
‘The Beast’ - that’s the name of my wrestler on my WWF game.
"Vampire bat" is it just me or is that the funniest pun of the entire show? I love that pun! The vampire bat joke was quality!
Hooray for Marcie, she tried to kill Harmony. Not that big a hooray though, since she fails and damns us to Harmony's presence for the next four years
Look, it’s the MIB! Jeez,
Xander’s still clutching his skateboard.
Marcie is not petty for a god, especially not classical gods, they were much pettier and spiteful than she is
Giles has got that spot on "rather poetic in a maudlin kind of way", a fair description of Angel by himself as well as Angel and Buffy's relationship. It can't be poetic in a cheery sort of way, because then it would have been written by Pam Ayres and would have to be read out loud in a west country accent. "Oh I wish I'd looked after me teeth..." (for Angel), or "My name is Clamp the Mighty Limpet, I am solid, I am stuck, I am welded to the rockface with my superhuman suck" (I just like that one)
Does Giles ever leave the library? He’s there when it’s dark outside and then back first thing in the morning...
Did everyone recognise Clea Duvall? She does look a lot different here than when she’s Stokely in The Faculty, mind.
This is going to sound bizarre, but if she vanished because nobody ever noticed her, how did anyone know she'd disappeared?
Giles also stuck with the fact that we don't usually have yearbooks
After three or four goes I would just have quit putting my hand up and taken a book
Why the hell is she still hanging around the school, the source of her pain and isolation?
Being alone surrounded by people is much worse than being alone by yourself
Buffy sure does find herself crawling through the ceiling a lot. There isn't a school in the world that has an actual ceiling behind those plastic tiles, that's how you get to spend half your lesson time chucking things at them to see if you can knock them back into the gap. That or trying to get pencils to stick in them
Buffy goes through a table! She’s not gonna get up from that!
Wouldn’t Cordy technically be unable to talk if her face was numbed? Or at least talk funny?
Invisible school must be weird, surely you'd be bumping into people all the time How does Marcie know where to sit? Can invisible people see other invisible people?
Are we witnessing the start of the Initiative? Or possibly something under the same kind of authority

Prophecy Girl

This is my favourite episode of season 1.
Aww, the look Willow has when Xander’s practicing on her . . .
Slow-motion. Cool!
Oh God, listen to the corny music as the earthquake happens and The Master yells in triumph! He then cracks a cool joke too.
"Whaddya think 5.1?" so cool
I'm using this opportunity to (mis)quote 'The Ratties' "measured 5.1 on the Richter Scale, which bothered Mr Richter as he was trying to weigh some apples at the time." This is why I ended up like this, the result of tragic exposure to Spike Milligan as a child. I just dread to think what will happen to the generation raised on 'The Rottentrolls'
I love how that guy just leaves when Xander tells him to.
Once again Xander is denied, I really don’t think girls realise destructive their use of the word “no” or “let’s just be friends” can be.
Harsh, but true
That must have been deeply unpleasant for the cat
Can the end be trivially nigh? Or comically nigh...
All-time classic line from Xander: “On a scale of one to ten, it sucked!”
"Country music, the music of pain" Yeah. In that it causes it
Oh bugger...
I remember the first time I saw this "I'm only sixteen, I don't want to die." It was one of the most powerful pieces of dialogue I've seen on TV because it was so unexpected in what was, in this season anyway, a fluffy show
I like that. “Think of something cool. Tell him I said it.”
"It's okay I know who you are" Buffy breaks the Prophecy "and she shall not know him"
He has way more hair than Locutus of Borg (p.s. Resistance is futile)
If the Master is the oldest vampire on record, what about Kakistos?
Great scenes with Xander and Angel
If Buffy had just quit, none of this would have happened, no Kendra, no Faith
Feeble banter is important to any fight.
Damn it, why don't prophecies tell you everything?
“Oh God! The power!” ranks up there with “Fools! I’ll destroy them all!”
"No breath" he says, panting heavily
Besides which, we know he can move his chest in and out, the fact that he doesn't use the oxygen and would be breathing pure air into Buffy's lungs would make him the ideal person to do CPR
If Angel has no breath how does he talk?
Who got billed for the damage Cordy does driving into the school?
Buffy feels strong, different, there must be something in the water
They must have re-hung the library doors between now and 'Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered', because the barricades actually work. Although the vampires might not be bright enough to actually try pulling at the doors
Didn't Buffy's hair dry well? And the dress - instant dry clean effect
It's the Sarlacc. I’m sorry but the Hellmouth tentacle demon looks pathetic. And it’s making the same noises as the raptors in Jurassic Park.
Giles is using an axe as a bookmark
Angel performs a powerslam on a vampire there.
In 'The Harvest' Giles says that the Master is holding the Hellmouth closed like a cork in a bottle. Once he's released, the monsters can come out to play. So how come once he's killed the Hellmouth closes? It's not like the jammed him back in the bottle opening is it?
The Master does crap against Buffy, considering he kills a much more battle-hardened version of her in The Wish in season 3. And what kind of death is that - why does he leave a skeleton? It’s the same thing when Qui-Gon Jinn dies in The Phantom Menace - why doesn’t his body disappear like other Jedi?
Buffy also doesn’t have a bite wound on her neck at the end...
Angel is such a suck-up

It was a very pretty dress
It's a good job nobody goes in the library isn't it?

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