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When She Was Bad

"Last season on 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer'" this is a very good recap for a season, even if it does pale in comparison to the season six opener
The game that Willow and Xander are playing is only one step away from the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Bitca and I played this game (only with Buffy quotes) via our work e-mail for about three weeks solid, just before we quit our respective very dull jobs
I think Willow really does wanna know about Xander’s man-urges.
That vampire just interrupted a very touching Willow/Xander moment – inconsiderate bastard.
That was a pretty good back-hander from Xander there
Yes Buffy, I have indeed missed you.
The new hair is so much better – I agree with Xander.
Xander gets points for noticing Buffy’s new hairstyle, but this could be a dig at the fact that actors always seem to change their hairstyles (or colours, in the case of Richard Dean Anderson) in season breaks.
Thank God Buffy gets her second season now-the-expense-and-effort-is-worth-it-as-we-haven’t-been-cancelled hair-do. A vast, vast, improvement. Poor Willow (as supporting cast) has to wait until season three for a cut and season four for a style
They probably did know she was coming
Are the robes completely necessary for magical rituals? Would they fail if the wizard turned up in jeans and a t-shirt?
The infamous Hank Summers makes his one and only appearance (Surely it's his second, he's in 'Nightmares'). Yet, anyway. What’s the betting that he’s involved in Season Six in some way? After all, now that her mother is dead and Dawn is still around, Buffy needs some kind of parental figure that isn’t Giles, as he won’t be around so much.
I don't think that any of us would call what Buffy does in school 'work'
People who loathe children are generally the best at keeping them in some kind of order, that touchy feely stuff just gets taken advantage of
So Giles is a hormonal time bomb as well. Nice to know it’ll still be happening to us in our forties.
Jenny’s hair however…
Kids have to be in school by 8:15 in America? That sucks. Although I think they do get long, long holidays
G-Man!!
8 minutes and 33 seconds. I don’t think he’s yet to beat that record.
Buffy's ready and willing to train, that's just unnatural
Ohh! Buffy exercising in sportswear, to rock music. For a male the show rarely gets better than this!
Is a library that is unaccountably full of rare, ancient and presumably valuable books really the best place to train a Slayer?
Someone's gonna have to build a new one of those clothes horses
I know he's possessed by big important demon and all, but they are still relying heavily on the planning skills of a ten year old
Nice snack food swap from Willow and Xander, during an official WEIRD dream.
You could tell that was a dream sequence because Xander, king of junk food, is eating an apple.
I thought that Giles was going to get a vamp face and was quite disappointed when he didn't (I haven't seen this ep since it first aired on the BBC at 6:45)
Buffy seems very alert for someone who's just woken up. I would probably have been able to make vague monosyllables for about five minutes then rolled over and gone back to sleep. That or Angel would have had to sneak into my room with a large cup of coffee and waited until the caffeine hit my system before I could make coherent conversation. Yeah, none of us are at our best first thing in the morning. You should see Bitca.
Angel really was at his prettiest in season two
It's not a social call, why are we not surprised? The beginning or continuation of a long trend
God, this is Buffy at her stroppy, petulant best.
The reason we never see Angel leave is because he doesn't actually fit through that window
Xander’s right: not everything’s about kissing, some stuff’s about groping.
Was I alone in trying (briefly) to assign the correct name to each of the "Three Musketeers"?
It was a good insult, if a little unsophisticated. Mind you, this is coming from the people who use obscure archaeologist humour in our insults
Why can't the vamps use gloves or even archaeologists tools to dig up the Master? If they didn't have any they could kill an archaeologist and steal his
Man in a skirt! The bass player of Cibo Matto is wearing a skirt, for heaven’s sake!
Did Buffy wait for the right beat in the song to make her entrance?
Angel has never contemplated getting over himself and isn't about to start now
Buffy's callous bitchiness coming to the fore
Okay, THAT dance – on behalf of males everywhere, jeeezus! Buffy’s turned into a cock-tease!
Short evening out
Seeing as they need the vamp’s bones it’s lucky The Master is the first vamp ever to leave some behind
Does nobody care that a 40+ man spends a lot of time hanging around with several teenage girls?
I know how to say trout in Danish, although if you mispronounce it slightly in a way that only people from Denmark can hear, it actually means 'beer'
"Why are you riding me" "Because I don't trust you" We always knew this was a twisted relationship...
"Should I say Undead American" please don't. Besides, he isn't American
Oh the joys of the English language again, and the joys of a third time translation
Ooh, Buffy is a nasty torturer. Although, I suppose that a nice one would be an oxymoron. And terribly conflicted.
Distractions Buffy-style, killing them all sounds reasonable to me
Thank God for the removal of Jeff Smolek as stunt co-ordinator. At last the fight scenes actually require a stunt team, instead of clever camera shots. This was Dean Ferrandino, and he was excellent, but the arrival of Jeff Pruit in the next episode should be treated as manna from heaven
I’m glad somebody remembers Cordy
Absalom’s a poet, but he doesn’t know it!
Buffy crying. Get used to it.
Not the most comforting comment but very, very accurate
Why is it suddenly in Season 2 that SMG becomes a good actress? Is it because she does angst better than carefree? Or is it the reverse of Samson? Cut off the soap opera big hair and take the crappy acting with it?

Some Assembly Required

Angel, the yodelling vampire. Oh dear, distressing thoughts involving lederhosen.
After 240 plus years you’d think Angel would be better at acting nonchalant
"Just a kid" well, so are you Angel
I’m sorry, but is it possible to fall into an open grave? Big hole. In the ground. Open your eyes, Buffy!
“Add it up and it all spells Duh!” As indeed so many things do with Buffy
And this is Darryl who we've heard absolutely nothing about before
Sunnydale High has gotten pretty blasé since poor Dr. Gregory. A recent crash and they have to look in the newspaper? My whole school would have gone into deep therapy
I do love Giles’ preoccupied “There, there” for Cordelia.
It means they snatch bodies Xander
Did Xander actually know that or was he just covering?
That tomb stone Buffy and Willow lean on is a fave for this sort of activity - Buffy and Angel use it in 'Choices '
A remarkably deep statement from Willow. Love does indeed make you do the wacky.
Ah, look, Angel is in a white shirt and a beige jacket. And a really horrible beige jacket at that. Angel wearing beige, the horror, the horror, preceded by a big geeaahh!
You'd have thought Angel would have tried the cemetery first
Three girls, not necessarily an army, but they could legally constitute a riot
I love this combined hate/respect Angel and Xander have, their curt greetings are so funny!
Got to love Xander’s ‘Karma’ cough.
“He joked!”
Angel gets a personality - you can tell he’s about to get a plot
How are they getting into these lockers?
Despite his poor choice of material, Eric has a rather nice singing voice
You can tell Eric is a geek - who else would have that much natural grease in their hair?
“Do I deconstruct your segues?” A very good question
Buffy has to not make single entendres at Giles when he's in no state to be sarcastic back
Does she say "Miss Calendar's my father" there?
Love Giles' bounce when he realises he's got a date
Considering this is Sunnydale, I wouldn't have thought they'd have to wait too long for an accident victim
Greenbacks? Thought they were the Razorbacks?
A heart felt ‘Hear, hear!’ on the mighty American Football comment . Although, considering he's from Bath, it's probably been a good few years since he's seen anything you could legitimately call rugby. (Sorry, it's a reflex thing, like the Angel insults, only much more long-running)
Apart from insanity, what’s Eric’s motivation?
I like Eric's reaction to Cordy's screaming, succinct
So it’s OK for Giles to go on a date and slay at the same time
Another deep statement, this one from Xander. I too feel like the world is just a huge game of musical chairs, and when the music stops I’m the only one without a chair. I on the other hand plan on being the person with their finger on the pause button of the stereo

School Hard

There’s the whole ‘Die Hard’ reference, but are any of the male leads in vests? I don’t think so. What a waste.
They get taught gardening at Sunnydale High?
I knew, from the first moment I saw Spike’s entrance, that he would be COOL!
Halleluiah! Praise the lord! If I thought that God would give me one of these if I pestered him for long enough then I'd turn to religion (enter Spike)
Even if vampires were at the crucifixion, surely they wouldn't be able to look?
Spike at this point, without question, is the scariest, hardest, baddest bad guy ever created for the screen because he is that rare thing in a baddie - efficient . From the remove of four years, the accent needs some work, and it's a damn sight better when he hasn't got the dentures in. Also the make-up on his game face is different, and he could do with brushing his fangs
Drusilla got on my nerves from the first time I saw this episode, and I’ve never changed my opinion. I second that. A lot.
The look on the Anointed One’s face, when Drusilla goes off on her ramble, it just says “What?”
“I’ll chop her into mezzin”? Ain’t love grand!
Actually, bringing a pen to class and being willing to absorb knowledge is invaluable in the classroom, and is a remarkably rare occurrence. Trust me, I’m a teacher.
Their French teacher's named after mustard
Scooby-Doo on Willow’s t-shirt!
It says a lot about the crusades that not only did they let a vampire join in with them, but they made him a saint for doing it
Xander and I have remarkably similar dancing styles.
Oh Spike is brilliant
Why are men so freaked by tampons? Little cylinders of rolled cotton wool really aren’t scary, guys.
He won't give you a hand, it's unlikely that he'll even sweep you into a pile
“Who do you want me to be?” - Spike does ‘Pretty Woman’
Well, he may not be modest, but he's got his facts right
He would possibly know what girls meant when they talk to him if he paid any attention to what they were wearing, as opposed to how much skin is showing
A collar with a bell - that would be funny
Cool! I want that crossbow
I would have thought that having the crap beaten out of you by vampires would actually be less painful and traumatic than a leg wax
Are Parent Teacher Meetings like bars? You turn out the lights and the patrons bugger off?
Buffy crawling in the ceiling reminds me of Bender in The Breakfast Club. But she’s nothing like Judd Nelson – like Jay and Silent Bob say, he was fuckin’ harsh!
Why doesn't anyone ask how Angel knows so much about Spike? And there are some fairly heavy Angel sire hints in this. Although both me and Lizard always thought that Dru was Spike's sire, which I don't think they ever actually tell us (until 'Fool For Love')
Spike surrounded by idiots, Angel on one side, lackeys on the other, there he is stuck in the middle with Xander (thoughts that Stealer's Wheel never had)
What was Angel’s plan for after Spike had fed on Xander? You're assuming Angel had a plan?
Weapons make Spike feel more manly, well, with that shirt he needs all the help he can get
Why the hell does Buffy drop the axe?
Spike has the worst stunt double ever!
Why does Spike leave? Is he too kind to traumatise Joyce by killing her daughter in front of her?
Wow! As far back as this there’s Mayor hints
The first signs of a government cover-up...Buffy meets The X-Files?
Cordelia's got a point, none of us are responsible for our actions then
It was nice to see evil Spike again, after having suffered through watching the virtual demolition of the character in seasons four and five.
I question Spike’s bad guy credentials. I mean, he kills the Annoying One. How bad can he be? Dru and the dolls, however, clearly point to a deranged and dangerous mind. And also he gets his ass kicked by Buffy's mum. so how tough can he be?

Inca Mummy Girl

Sorry, I really have nothing to say about this episode. It is just too boring.
What is he doing?
The look that Rodney Munson gets when Willow tells him there’s 103 natural elements...I used to have that look all the time at school, particularly in maths lessons.
Just for the record, I would take Willow. In the sense of, ‘take me’.
Do the teachers at Sunnydale High not count how many children they're bringing back from their school trips?
Poor Buffy, scuppered by the chance to think beyond her hormones and hitting people
And suddenly it becomes horribly plausible
How short is Buffy's skirt! Honestly
How does she know about Buffy's exchange student? Could she hear everything that was going on whilst she was in the coffin?
If you think Xander's lack of Spanish is a problem you should hear mine. I only know two phrases and both would get me into very big trouble if I said them to a Spaniard
Oz is sporting some unfortunate facial hair, even by my standards.
I admire Xander's stand against lederhosen
Where do the form-fitting jeans come in?
Why does someone with frog fear have a stuffed one? And more importantly, why has she brought it to school?
Poor Willow!
How does the guard know who she is? I'm guessing he wasn't around 500 years ago
"Our lives aren't danger and peril" hard sell there
I’ve had the same problem as Xander, with girls running away from me. Ditto the heart being crushed into the ground by a heel (cue weepy violins).
And, come to that, if she didn't pack lipstick, what's that she's smearing on her lips in the toilet?
I know it's supposed to be a rosy, healthy glow after she comes out of the ladies, but she just looks like she fell face first into an artist's palette
"The Country Of Leone" - peopled with Clint Eastwoods. And Lee Van Cleefs
Because of course you must have lipstick if you carry corpses around in trunks. Unless you have a proper license
Willow is so cute in her Eskimo outfit, especially her “sigh”.
Poor Jonathan, victim from day one. Also, it becomes clear why he has no girlfriends ("Your hands feel kinda rough")
Doesn't anyone think it's strange that the guard is found in the girls' toilets?
Poor, poor Xander
That's a mighty long discussion they have while she chokes the living shit out of Willow
"Gave up your life" thereby releasing evil incarnate into the world, sometimes the selfless thing is not necessarily the right thing

Reptile Boy

So bored that you turn to Hindi television for a diversion. Oh yeah, been there, done that. (See ‘The Light’ in the Stargate section for my remarks on curling) They are strangely hypnotic
Either Willow speaks Hindi, or she's paying attention
Good God, but OW! She ran straight through a glass window! And she’s not even bleeding!
That bastard!
Love the little "why does this always happen when I'm on duty" gesture the robed guy makes when the girl escapes
Men in robes are always bad news in programmes like these.
No, the vampire thing does not make him a bad person, it's the lack of personality, complete self-involvement and total disregard of other people's feelings that make him a bad person
Black bra under a white lace top? Oh, Buffy, please.
Does Giles have elbow problems? Because you have to push the arm much further up the back before it starts to hurt
"Nice car" nice highlights
Could he not start a conversation with "Hello"?
The difference in age is great, the difference in maturity is invisible to the naked eye
“When you kiss me I want to die”. Eh? Is that supposed to be romantic?
"Barely two words" probably all he can manage at one time
Giles twiddling about with the sword - his weight is all over the place and what he's doing with his feet I don't know. Either he's not concentrating, or he's just messing about, because he's usually very good at that
Oh dear, Richard said Argentinian, not Argentine. We all know that this is very wrong, don’t we? (Sorry, three years of brainwashing have me yelling this at travel programs on TV as well)
Willow asking the questions that we fringedwelling types would.
Hey, naked Xander. Very nice!
Very impressed that Buffy manages to fight and not smack herself in the face with the trailing ends of the chains
Cordelia's taste in men may leave a little to be desired, but you've got to admire her tactics
Nice catch Xander
That's actually a fine, fine moment for Buffy at the end there

Halloween

Vampires with video cameras. Now there’s a first.
Apart from the single piece of straw, Buffy's hair is perfect
Maybe not the stuff dreams are made of, but more interesting than nail polish
Why doesn't she just make up an excuse not to shepherd small children about? She does have a try, "carpal tunnel syndrome" but it doesn't seem to work much
Surely that's Xander's drink? He actually put money in
Never underestimate the complexity of the Guy Code.
He also spends his nights getting hammered on Scotch and listening to psychedelic seventies rock, but he isn't going to tell Buffy that
Ms Calendar is spot on
Is that just some random woman, or is it meant to be Darla?
For some reason I find the screaming pumpkin Buffy picks up in Ethan’s hilarious!
Ethan Rayne - charming yet dastardly villain he should have a moustache to twirl. I object violently to the suggestion that Ethan should have any kind of facial hair and/or 300 pounds of rubber prosthetics (sorry, 'Galaxy Quest' trauma, the only time I've mentally stripped a rubber alien of its rubber)
Buffy, the dress is supposed to be worn low and in your case with as many socks as possible stuffed down the corset as you can manage
Love Xander's pep routine
Did the wig come with the dress? I am also impressed that Xander even has dog tags with his fatigues, that's attention to detail. And why does the hairdo then come all undone? Were there no hairpins in 1775?
God what happens to the poor kid who's dressed as a sunflower? That must have been a distressing transformation
I never went trick or treating, possibly because I lived about a mile away from the nearest other house
Ethan is very sexy when he's doing magic and really that ought to be wrong. Wrongness in that spells like that should be performed naked and he isn't? And Ethan's sexy whether he's doing magic or not
Ethan Rayne bears a remarkable resemblance to the head of Janus.
Nice mention of Xena!
Cordy’s being chased by a yeti!
He really was cross-referencing
Who invites the vamp in? How did that vampire get in? He wasn’t invited...
Nice to know that overhearing the plot development thing works for the bad guys too
The completeness of Buffy's transformation is shown by her correct use of the word 'whom' in a sentence. But not by her appalling accent
What does Xander mean when he says he needs a "triage"? I always thought that was a way of dealing with large numbers of casualties to see who got treated first
I've had dodgy kneecaps for a while, but when Angel picks up Buffy I think they melted right off
Spike falls victim to the fallacy of the talking villain, Buffy also fails to stake Spike when she has the opportunity, Giles however efficiently kicks Ethan right in the kidneys
The best bit of the ep is the confrontation between Giles and Ethan
RIPPER!
Ethan has terrible handwriting

Lie To Me

My favourite episode of season 2, thought you’d all like to know.
How late is this mother?!
If she sang to Dru like that, it's no wonder Dru's mother unhinged her
Okay, Angel tells the kid to run home. At night. What’s the bet he runs into another vampire?
Dru calls Angel "dear boy", been picking up speech patterns from Darla
It must be really galling that she loses both Spike and Angel to the same slayer
Love Willow and Xander's reaction to Ford
It’s Max! Roswell High invades Buffy!
Poor Angel was practically bent double over that counter trying to look inconspicuous
"What? Whating a what?" classic reaction to the entire premise of the show?
I’ve seen “Diego” in something else, probably one of the vast amount of teen movies I own... ideas, anyone?
Ford, to stay pretty you have to start pretty
Gotta love Angel's seething jealousy
Angel's makeup has been slathered on with a trowel, and worryingly, looks great on him, even if he does look like an escapee from Visage
Giles thinks Ford is cute
"Wow, that baby is sore!" Aaaaah! I don't know why! I neeeeeed to know!!! Ok, for the people who need to know, a sore thumb sticks out away from the hand so it doesn't get knocked accidentally. It doesn't stick out because it's surrounded by fairy lights
I also have too many thoughts.
I usually call them vampires, it's shorter
Other viewpoints are valid - except when they are wrong
Yes, Angel is a walking vampire cliché
"Just being polite" what brought that on?
Points for use of the word "unconscionable"
Screw up her righteous anger riff - yeah, pretty much
The dramatic tension in this scene was completely ruined by the 'Countdown' music coming from the other room
You've got to admire Ford for standing up to Spike, repeatedly, although admittedly he's not got much left to lose
This is moving stuff, you have to admit. This is why the episode is my favourite of season 2... no surprises that Joss Whedon directed it.
Wow, and after all that he didn't even stay fresh
Buffy rarely gets big moral dilemmas, the bad guys are usually bad, and are easily distinguished by their pointy horns (and pointy teeth)

The Dark Age

How did Eyghon get to America in the first place? He doesn't seem like he could hold a dead body together for the duration of the plane flight
Please tell me it isn't Giles with the hideous flashback beard. In general don't the flashback people look very well-groomed for seventies rebels? Who, when they had beards, usually went more for straggly affairs that went down to their waist, not neatly trimmed goatees paired with a shoulder length bob
He's not bitter about there only being twelve grades, because he's British and we have 13 (14 if he had a reception year)
Can they actually make you attend school on a Saturday? I got weekdays off school to go to the rugby, I can't imagine missing a game due to class at a weekend
School on a Saturday? More Breakfast Club!
Giles and Jenny are wasting their time trying to hide their relationship from the schoolkids, if it's anything like every other school I know, the kids probably knew about it before they did. Or just make one up and plague you with it for months
Jenny making Giles squirm a lot
"Do you know what that is?" Well, my guess would be a tattoo
Why would a vamp bother with a delivery of hospital blood? It would be cold and stale and I thought that half the fun was the hunting and killing not just the feeding
Gosh, Angel is an acrobatic fighter isn’t he? He dives through the air with no regard for personal safety.
Giles resorts to the bottle surprisingly often, any kind of emotional distress and he flies to the whisky
Are Xander and Cordy the only two students in the entire school who had to have extra class?
One of my favourite ever Xander lines! “Huh? Did I fall asleep already?”
Doesn't Cordelia walk in after homicide is mentioned?
Breaking and entering would be a hard charge to prove considering Ethan probably walked through the front door
One of my favourite comedy villains... Ethan Rayne, ladies + gentlemen!
'Rupert' is at home with a hangover the size of Birmingham
It seem like Ethan is cowardly hiding behind a little girl, in fact he's hiding behind a slayer and is just very wise
Should slayer have a capital letter? I think so, it’s a title.
So Xander can't stop him but Cordelia can? Could they emasculate him some more? Considering where Cordy kneed him, they probably couldn't emasculate him any more
I do like Buffy's leafy top
Etruscan civilisation pre-dates Egyptian? Yeah, right, I think it post-dates it by a couple of thousand years
Rupert stubbly and rumpled. Mmmmm!
Taking advantage of her - oh I don't think so somehow
HEAD! Is that an actual photo of him? (Huge guffaw) the face is his, I think the rest belongs to Sid Vicious (or Johnny Rotten, I can never remember) which is strange, because he never struck me as a punk
Oh Buffy, you know he's a lying, cheating bad guy and still you turn your back on him?
One half arsed blow and she goes down like a sack of potatoes I would have thought it takes more than that to bring down the Slayer.
Deep sigh of irritation "Ladies first" honestly
"You're missing all the fun" when you aren't actually looking at the screen, Ethan sounds horribly like Spike here
Ethan is marvelous
Ethan's description of getting a tattoo is absolutely spot on
Xander vs. Cordelia... interesting. Bets, anyone?
"Only give it a change of scenery" yes, but it'll get it out of Ms Calendar and then they can decapitate it
God, Ethan has the most amazing biceps
I've had acid on my toe (don't ask) and let me tell you, it doesn't just stop after the tat's gone. It (painfully) eats through healthy flesh
Okay, these flashbacks/dreams are oddly Se7en.
Does Eyghon bring his own creepy green backlight just for dramatic effect? I have visions of the demon bringing it's own spotlight and then desperately having to search for somewhere to plug it in
Just love the way that Angel falls when he passes out cold
The Bay City Rollers thing is a joke, I'm sure of it. Isn't it?

What's My Line pt1

Buffy should look on the aptitude test as a test she can't fail and revel in its glory
How will she support herself when her mum finally kicks her out? Do the Watchers' council pay a wage to their older slayers? I don’t think they’ve ever had that particular problem before. Isn't all this academic? What to do for the next few years until her expiry date arrives?
Of course it's not right - a beef canoe wouldn't float and therefore would already be debased
Does he say "mucking about" there? It doesn't sound like it. No, he doesn't say "mucking" this is the late night version after all...
Personally I find pain quite distracting
Drusilla couldn't have told him this before they spend days failing to translate the book?
Bloody hell, that's a long pre-titles sequence
Again Buffy concentrates on the witty repartee when she should be staking
Lurking – an essential skill for any vampire.
Okay, so Angel must have broken into her room, rummaged through all her things, found out that she had skates, could skate and enjoyed to skate, then gone and found a skating rink to take her to... Surely this is treading the fine line between caring and dangerous obsession
"Whole nine yards of what?" Thank you, Buffy! You are not the only one who will be plagued by that for all eternity
They carefully avoid quoting from 'Highlander' "there can only be one"
Buffy doesn't want the responsibility of being a Slayer, that's fair enough, but you never hear the important qualification that she doesn't want to be a meek little girlie-girl who gets eaten by vampires either
"Bringing out the big guns?" Has Spike ever actually considered, you know, bringing out some big guns?
Actually, as it turns out it isn't enough kill, just or otherwise
"Highly selective" with those ties
"Tracking your movements for some time" not too freaky then
Oz is studying the canapes like he expects them to produce top hat and tails and dance. Then in true prospective boyfriend mode, he uses Willow as a food taster
I’ve always thought about being a cop, except I live in Barry, which once entered the list of 10 most dangerous places IN THE WORLD. I kid you not, it was right up there with LA!
Du Lac...as in Louis De Pont Du Lac? Interview With The Vampire, anyone?
Of course there is a key. What would be the point of writing a book no-one could read? It would be like making a silent movie for a colony of blind people
I find tea and pizza to be a vital part of my cognitive process.
Angel breaks into the rink when it's closed because he's too cheap to actually spring for the entrance fee and skate hire
Is Buffy's skating any good? I don't skate myself and don't know how difficult those moves are, but I do know from personal experience that usually when someone rides a horse for display they are so bad it hurts (my inner riding instructor gets very wound up sometimes)
Dead Guys On Ice, well it'll keep them fresh for their next performance
I love that Angel gets a lisp in vamp mode. Smaller dentures are required methinks
Unless of course, now she's killed the guy Buffy decides to wear the ring as a trophy and if she does wear the ring, does it make her a member automatically? And if she does become a member does it void the contract on her life?
What kind of jokes does Giles need to think?
Does Angel have a phone?
Would Willy recognise Angel in the light?
"The missing bloody link" Spike of course is referring to Angel
Okay, where does Dru get these cards from? And how come she has one appropriate to EVERY situation?
That's a very solidly constructed wire cage

What's My Line pt2

Kendra has the most annoying accent ever!
As opposed to non-deadly assassins - who inflict paper cuts then run away
Do the Watchers' Council tell Giles nothing? You would have thought the fact that there were two slayers would have at least made it into the quarterly newsletter
Angel has a little Gary Larson moment "Well thank God we made it out in time...Course, now we're equally screwed"
"I'll have your guts for garters" which Spike sounds like he actually means, but what the hell would he need garters for? To keep his stockings up of course. Oh thank you, cause I really needed that mental image
Yes, well French cuisine can be like that
I know Spike's always had the nail polish, but he's also wearing an inordinate amount of mascara in this episode
Buffy goes to school in the clothes she slept in
Didn't Giles or someone specifically say that there wasn't a hand book?
LOVE the music, doesn't everyone?
Oz isn’t kidding about E flat diminished 9^th... it’s a man’s chord!
Poor Jonathon
Oz isn’t bleeding very much. Cool reaction to being shot, though.
Oh, now careful, English soccer fan association please, the Scots have quite a good rep nowadays
Surely outrunning maggots is not that difficult?
Angel definitely needs to shave, and it's a good job he cleaned his teeth before they shot that scene
Buffy seems to be working quite hard to take the edge off that knife
Teen movies from the Ringwald oeuvre. I think the writers are in bed with John Hughes.
Would Kendra have been so approving of the Watcher regime if she hadn't been picked as the next slayer and they'd just kicked her out when she hit 25?
Angel rules at taunting Spike, although his best taunts are still to come when he turns evil again.
Spike has scars on his game face
Another case of Spike’s awful stunt double. Marsters gets up about 5 feet from where the double landed!
Shouldn't someone check to make sure that the organ has actually killed Spike and Dru?
Willow starts to wonder if she just imagined that line or if Oz actually said that
All monkeys are French. And so are the pteranodons in Jurassic Park 3. There’s a shot where one of them turns to the camera, and you just know it’s thinking “Bonjour!”
Cordy’s loving the Lavelle!
Why does Kendra need to travel undercover anyway, it's not like she's going to have 'Kendra the Vampire Slayer' stamped on her ticket, as long as that isn't how she signs her credit card slips...
Poor Danny Strong, he’s credited as ‘Hostage Kid’ and not Jonathan. I think Jonathan rules!

Ted

Is Joyce’s hair supposed to be getting more restrained?
Yep. Robot.
Wicked! Trash can lids to the head, then the vamp goes through a table. It’s like a WWF hardcore match!
Don't underestimate Freud, he was a nutter and could well have done the little dance
Miniature golf is quite clearly a metaphor for evil
Accelerated vampire healing really not doing the job here
I would have wiped off some of his tally marks
Isn’t it handy that Buffy bumps into the guy Neil, who just happens to have information about Ted?
You don't get to be salesman of the year by telling the truth either
I was so hoping he’d do that too
Does Joyce never question Buffy's fighting skills? I mean she pummels his arse!
Notice how the overalls always come out when they want her to look small and defenceless ('Helpless')
No, actually "he started it" is very often successfully used in adult court tas well
We can't have a Fascist society cause then Angel would have to have scary Nazi hair again (see Heroes)
She was sorry she killed him, but as he's back it's kind of redundant
Lesson for Jenny, save the triumphant one liners until after you've done the slaying. Honestly Jenny, you could have just handed him a stake
Tweed really is practically impenetrable, that's why so many outdoors people wear it
“Daddy’s here”? Sounds to me like Ted is wired funny
Ugh! The first 4? Imagine the stink!
So, cos he’s a robot the fact that she killed him thinking he was human is OK? Yep, I thought about that, they very nearly have an actual moral dilemma there, then because he's a robot it's all brushed under the carpet
Surely a juicy story like ‘serial wife killer murdered by potential step-daughter’ would appear in the National Enquirer at least?
You'd have thought that Jenny and Giles would have gone behind a bookcase

Bad Eggs

This is another crap episode. Why are the Gorch brothers here? What purpose do they serve?
The similarities between me and Xander continue...this is scaring me.
If it got Xander to put his hand up in class, I wouldn't dismiss it that lightly
The teacher detects some kind of subtext...
How can looking after an egg be that difficult? You stick it in a box and forget about it until the teacher wants it back
"Before they became vampires" but if none of the original person survives, (a demon sets up home in your body but it's not you) why would that matter?
It's only just hit me, but isn't a 200 year old guy (and then some) leching after a 16 year old school girl kind of icky?
Why is Buffy wearing her bra in bed?
What would you call your egg? I think I’d call mine Beethoven, after that bizarre cartoon about a violin playing egg that used to be on when I was a kid.
The eggs are coming for you, bwa haa haa...
Did early Americans often beat their red-headed step-children?
Yippee-ki-yay motherfucker...oops, I thought we’d entered Die Hard for a minute.
Those demony babies need to have a word with all the king’s horses and all the king’s men about how to put humpty together again, without a single crack
Top marks to Xander for hard-boiling his egg. Although what does his partner think about him boiling their baby?
Now we’ve got shades of Alien... Although the little baby demon doesn't leap out singing "Hello My Ragtime Gal" with a top hat and a cane, oh sorry, wrong movie...
Ooh, you know that parasite blood isn’t going to come out of the carpet.
2:30? Jammy bastards!
Have there been clinical tests to prove that eggs don’t emote?
I’ll call with a nyeehey!
This is the episode where the production team talk to the fans through messages on blackboards and library noticeboards.
What sort of satanic school is this? All those pick axes and stuff? Good Lord!
Pre pre-historic? No such thing
Poor Jonathan - he’s the real Sunnydale butt-monkey
I know Buffy usually flashes a bra-strap or two, but we can see the whole thing under that pink top
OK. The whole cast needs lessons in how to fall convincingly
Why can’t Angel just come in?

Surprise

MONKEY!
Angel died, ha ha ha!
Why when Angel is dusted do his rings fall off but his clothes disintegrate?
"I'm fine" and also naked for no good reason. What, there has to be a reason now? Also his tattoo has shifted high and right to the very point of his shoulder
But there wouldn't be a body. Just a bitty pile of dust, which, plus the fallen organ, would you find/notice it?
"Carpe diem" yeah and look what happened when Willow tried it last time
Saying ‘date’ is a huge first step.
I call my multi-personality guy ‘Cool Hand Bob, sex God’. Funny that I haven’t heard from him in years...
Get off my train!!! It’s the guy from 'Ghost'!
Jenny's uncle has a ridiculous hat, he should be an archaeologist
God doesn't Angel look short in that long shot
Oz's fantastic, fatalistic acceptance of the existence of vampires
The arm...it’s possessed!
Well at least it wasn't socks
Does James Marsters know what wanker means? Most Americans don't
Jesus, Angel has an awful stunt double too!
Xander's own mother doesn't recognise his voice on the phone
Ooh yes, that's just what I wanted as a present, a big blue demon. How many times has that gone on my Christmas list
After dying spectacularly as Luke, Brian Thompson comes back in the fantasy equivalent of a different hat
Daltons death is very cool
Buffy clearly plans better in her sleep
Does Spike have some kind of bizarre handicap that physically prevents him from drinking out of a glass?
Poor SMG. She has the most sausage like hands I've ever seen
Angel dresses very quickly for someone in immense agony, he even remembers his coat
Angel went from being naked to fully dressed awfully fast . . .
Buffy is a very sound sleeper

Innocence

When you're watching this having seen Angelus before, you can tell that David Borenaz has got the character from the moment he stands up, even his stance is different to Angel's
More to the point, he is already wearing the leather trousers, he quite clearly felt himself turning and put them on so he'd be prepared. Speaking of which, where did he get them from? Were they hiding in his closet just in case he woke up feeling all evil one day? Oh, everyone has something they bought in a fit of madness and would never usually wear. In case I turn evil (I mean really nasty, not just bitchy) I have a purple leather skirt waiting for me.
That trick with the smoke is way, way cool
ANGELUS! Now the fun’s gonna begin.
Angel in that Broadway dream, just deal with that image for a moment
"I'm back" and this time he's brought his Dad...
"Yeah baby, I'm back". The video is on pause while I melt through the floor. Let us list the merits of Angelus. He is witty not whiny, he stands up straight instead of stooping like a hunchback, and he smiles, which makes him so beautiful it makes my hormones go off like a klaxon siren. And all this whilst standing next to James Marsters whom I actually fancy (scar tissue not withstanding, I would be quite happy to peel off the prosthetics along with whatever else he was wearing) On the minus side of Angelus, evil, evil, evil (oh dear)
He's also really, really enjoying that first cigarette
"No weapon forged" have they tried just staking the guy?
Aww...poor Willow. And also Xander shows hardly any reaction to finding out that Willow likes him...what’s with that?
Naked Angel in leather. God I love that shot
Love Xander getting a thought, getting a plan
Comedy backwards walk around a corner by Angelus. How does he do it without looking at the camera?
We don't have cable either and look what we've done with our time
The original "getting it" moment, where even if you don't fancy Oz, you can suddenly see why everyone else does. Just for this moment every woman in the world wants an Oz of their very own
That was particularly childish of Giles to get rid of Jenny in that way
Could Buffy send the rocket launcher back cause she wanted it in the blue?
"What does that do" the last words of so many, but not what you'd expect from the greatest evil currently plaguing mankind
Do they sneak the rocket launcher back into the army base, or does Giles still have it in his weapons cabinet?
Oz wisely not touching the arm
Well, if they're trying to make us dislike Angelus, they're really going about it the wrong way. Getting him naked, then in leather trousers, then sopping wet, really is not the way to make us turn against the bad guy
"Made me the man I am today" as Buffy prepares to make him the eunuch he will be tomorrow
That was quite a kick, with Buffy's slayer strength I'm surprised his balls didn't come out of his ears. Although, that would stop the sex curse thing from being a problem, and is probably what started the rumours in 'Guise'
The lowest of blows!
Dear, dear Giles

Phases

Oz remembers the popcorn and therefore totally disproves his own point
I’m working on the triple entendre. Been there, done that, working on the quad.
Dropping anvils on or near prospective boyfriends never helps
Xander's number must take hours to dial
Willow uses the phrase "darn tootin'" we just feel you should be warned
I wonder what base Xander’s got to with Cordy? Sorry to bring that up, just something my housemate mentioned after wandering in while I was fringedwelling this episode.
What mix of students is in this self-defence class? Some seniors, some juniors, but not many of either...
Giles laughing at one of Xander’s jokes... weird.
Cain (or is it Kane?) has a great comedy laugh.
Actually a werewolf would be a person 25 days out of every lunar month
Are all the bass players of the bands that play in the Bronze freaks? This one (from Lotion) looks like a nerd!
Look out, Werewolf!
I love the petty, snarly face off between Angel and Oz
That's a very convenient fern
So on the first night the werewolf climbed into Oz's bedroom and into his bed so that he would have no clue in the morning?
Okay, what exactly does it take to get Oz to freak? I for one hope I never meet it
Xander’s rumbled about the hyena incident.
I am repulsed by the thought of Larry's excessive back hair
Xander killing Teresa the vampire...once again I leapt from the bed. Yeah!
Was Theresa just waiting for Buffy on the off-chance, or did she have a plan in case Buffy didn't show up at the funeral home?
Every time Buffy gives Willow advice, Willow ends up in mortal danger. I think it would be time to stop taking it
"Why do you have chains and stuff?" surely a valid question at the beginning of any relationship. More to the point, where the hell did he get them from?
Since when do you sink an elephant? It's not like they float all that well in the first place
A werewolf in love...poetic.

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

"A sweet D minus" It's nice that Xander has ambition
Surely Amy should have checked the room before working her mojo?
I like Amy. And not just because Elizabeth Anne Allen’s a babe.
In a strange way that heart is just so thoughtful. I think that's actually a real heart and not a rubber mock up, but presumably from a pig (it's not large enough to be from a cow) and not a shop girl. Oh the joys of a three year animal science degree, I can identify the species of animal hearts at a glance
Angelus’ taunting of Spike begins!
Do Angel and Spike share a bathroom? How big must it be to hold all of their combined hair-care products??
Buffy clearly has issues, cause she's dressed Xander exactly like Angel
Look at the size of Xander’s collar!
Now that’s harsh. Cordy really can be a bitch sometimes can’t she?
I love that guys attempt at sympathy "Dude, way to get dumped"
How does this blackmail thing work? I mean, what are the odds of anyone believing him?
Revenge is one of the purest emotions there is
Technically her ex-honey became the big bad thing in the dark not the other way around
Xander looks so much better naked, probably because he dresses like a geek, but he is kinda nice and ripply
Diana goddess of love? That's wrong isn't it? Especially considering she killed the only guy ever to see her naked Not really boding well, is it? Ripped apart by dogs ironically enough which is more or less what those woman wanted to do to Xander
Angelus nails a puppy to what?
Denied by Amy’s interference. If I were Xander I’d have them both. Ooh, what a thought...
Xander's comedy music is really annoying I like Xander’s music. Very comical.
Here he comes! Mr. Lover Lover...
You’ll have to excuse me for a moment - Buffy’s just walked in wearing only a raincoat, I have to pick my jaw up from the floor.
Yeah! Amy kicks ass!
Angel leans through the window to grab Xander whilst apparently hanging from the gutter by his heels
Does the rat still have the super slayer strength? Although it's sweet that the greatest danger the slayer has faced in two years is a mousetrap
Angelus is the master of the comedy backwards walk!
Xander and Cordy have a lot of quality time logged in that basement

Passion

Why doesn’t Angelus just kill her? I’m glad he doesn’t, but still...
I think Jonathan is the first other student we’ve seen in the library, isn’t he? Umm, Owen, was in there looking for Emily Dickinson I think
Angelus must have endless patience, catching aquarium fish is not easy, even with a net. And when did he get to sneak into Willow's room at night anyway? I can just about imagine him sketching in the dark, but there is no way he can catch ornamental fish in it, vampire reflexes or not. Still at least she didn't have Orfe, they would sling themselves down the back of the oven rather than get caught
That’s a lot of garlic.
The Spike taunting gets better and better!
Buffy is Little Miss Judgemental
Angel, you bastard. Yeah, well obviously, but nonetheless, that was low
Oh Jenny, do you never watch TV? 'I know something, but I'm going to wait to tell you about it until the big bad has had a chance to eviscerate me?' Next thing you know she'll be doing one last mission before she leaves the army...
Why would Angel need to be invited into the school, surely nobody lives there? (I know for some teachers it feels like they do...) and he's been in the school enough times before
Lessons for Jenny no.2, never tell the big bad demon that you've worked out a way to destroy him, it just screams 'kill me now'
Angel is obviously not a computer person, he's never heard about back-up discs
I love the fact that the BBC cut Jenny's death from the actual broadcast episode, then spent 22 weeks showing it as part of the titles for the next season
Ohhh! What a beastly death! Neck-snappings are the worst.
Odd flash of Jack O'Neill, "That never gets old"
Did Giles have the classical record hiding amongst his Pink Floyd or did Angel have to bring it with him?
How come Giles didn't twig? That's very distinctive paper Angel uses. Also, why doesn't he wonder how the hell Jenny got into his house? Did he give her a key at any point?
That’s incredibly harsh. What a way to find out she’s dead.
This is why Spike has killed two slayers and Angel hasn't even got one, Spike actually kills them, not paints their portraits
Ripper re-emerges! Go on, beat on Angelus! And Spike makes a WWF reference.
How come that fire doesn't set Angel's hair alight? You would have thought with that much spray on it, one spark and he'd go up like a firecracker. Or he'd shoot off like a potato bazooka. Oh yeah, turn him upside down, ram him into a pasta jar, (have to be a large pasta jar,) stand it on the stove, light it and watch as he is fired into the sky...
The first person of those that he's buried that he's loved, or the first he's loved full stop?

Killed By Death

Yeah! Xander gets himself some of Angelus.
Top Angel insult "Take a walk, overbite"
TV narrative imperative. Anyone in hospital must have a drip
What thing on Buffy’s face? What’s wrong with it?
Ooh, Poltergeist style music...
My those children were confiding
A particularly harsh taunt from Angelus to Xander, which Xander then kills with the best comeback I’ve ever heard.
Aren't those flashback sequences one of the most nauseating things you've ever seen?
Surely you can cry off the assignments if you're actually hospitalised?
Whizz at chess maybe, but he sucks at Twister
Children can see the real you? What utter bollocks! To quote W H Auden "Only those in the last stages of disease could believe children are true judges of character" Bloody hell, a literary quote from Bitca. Anyone would think she had an English degree or something.
Xander does watch Cordy’s back, too. All the way down the corridor
You can't have a vial of pure virus, it must be dissolved or diluted in something

I Only Have Eyes For You

Ooh... Buffy shoots down a guy called Ben. Should I be worried?
The cast names on the titles shrink as they appear, never noticed that before
Where did that gun go?
Why are all these people hanging round the school after lessons? All the kids I know couldn't wait to get out
SNYDER! His opinion of the vegan kid is hilarious!
Yet another student who mysteriously has chains handy. What kind of shops are there in Sunnydale that these things are so readily available?
Books floating off shelves...who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Willow's nerd joke isn't funny
Now didn’t Angelus trash Jenny’s computer? So how can Willow have found her lesson plans on them?
And here we have the beginning of Willow’s journey into witchcraft... If only she could see the trouble she’s gonna get into in season 6...
A 50’s flashback, so naturally we have girls talking about guys being ‘dreamy’.
DON’T WALK AWAY FROM ME, BITCH! Am I the only one who finds that line hilarious?
The school motto of Barry Boys was something along the lines of “Crush. Kill. Destroy.”
A locker monster! How cool!
Why has Xander got a little hanging figure in his locker?
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore" is a quote from 'The Network', Xander substitutes dead for mad
What a friendly janitor...
Got to feel sorry for that janitor. fifteen years to life for being possessed by an overly hormonal teenager. No real evidence though, since the gun vanished, he'll get off if he has a decent lawyer
"Roll with the punches" unnecessary Van Halen quote from Angelus there
How do they know that Angelus actually killed Jenny at school? He could have done it on the way to Giles’, for all they know.
Total Librarian denial, also what I'm thinking of adopting as my life motto "I am clearly right and you are clearly wrong"
If the poltergeist is manifesting the snakes, shouldn't they unmanifest when they are outside of the building?
Ooh, the conspiracy continues. And the Mayor gets a mention.
If people haven't figured it out in the past couple of hundred years, then they're not going to do it any time soon
The final solution would involve nuking the school. They have to wait a year and a half, but they get to do it eventually
Nuke the school. How many of us have thought about doing that?
Yes, the priest did indeed die. The power of Christ compels you!!
Note Willow's sticky gold stars on her map
Something sexy about Angelus crawling across the floor in the leather. Should I have shared that? Oh, don’t worry, we’re all there with you. The very fact it's me and you in the same place is just what's bothering me
Yet another superb Angel insult "all hat and no cattle"
Oh Angelus, you are so going to pay when Spike is healed!
So the snake-catcher people just left the cafeteria full of snakes...right.
I hate wasps. Little bastards. They don’t even die when they sting you.
Also good that none of the boys were shot
Buffy again being Little Miss Judgemental, about herself though
They don't have a taste for the living either, wasps sting, they don't bite
The Buffy/James Angel/Grace scene is extraordinarily powerful
And not the last time these two will have this conversation...
Nice use of soft focus and lens filters for the fifties scenes
Then Angelus freaks out bigger than disco, there's a song that starts that way I believe
Naked Angel incidentally, wet naked Angel to be precise. And the leather, the only way that shot could get any better is if it wasn't Angel...
Oh yes! The Big Bad is back!

Go Fish

Since when did Sunnydale have a beach?
Always wondered about 'The A-Team', was there a B-Team somewhere who didn't make the cut? They’re the ones that didn’t escape from the military prison, or who were actually responsible for the crimes they were accused of.
Sounds like Gage has walked right out of Dude, Where’s My Car?
Nice Jaws reference by Xander.
I get the feeling that Xander had a final comeback for Cameron that was cut out.
Can every single member of the Scooby gang draw?
Buffy really wouldn’t make a good spy, would she?
Buffy's subtle undercover work still leaves a lot to be desired
Xander's undercover work however, is everything a girl could possibly want
Look at Willow and Buffy, they’re loving Xander in his Speedos! You can tell Willow still wants him.
How is a fractured wrist symptomatic of steroid abuse?
This episode of Buffy is far superior to the B-movies with names like “Attack Of The Mutant Fish-Men” etc. that I’ve seen, mostly late at night on Channel 5. Surely most episodes of Buffy are superior to late-night B-movies on Channel 5?
To be honest, the demons looked more slimy than scaly
That’s the swimming pool from The Faculty...
Ooh, Buffy’s wet!
Gratuitous wet t-shirt shot of Buffy which contrives to show what cleavage she has as well
Lemon butter sauce won't cure anything, it'll just make him taste better after he's been lightly fried

Becoming pt1

Ooh, voiceover, so you know it's a serious episode
Oh dear, the Angel flashbacks have begun. Now we have to endure his appalling Irish accent.
The wigs! The accents!
"What's a lady of your station doing..." "Shopping for tenderloin"?
"With the exception of an honest days work..." I know a few people like this
It doesn’t take Darla long to decide she wants to turn Angel. How does she know he’s not gonna turn out to be a dickhead or something?
Sorry to point this out but look how big Darla’s boobs are! They must be being pushed up. Mind you, Angel doesn’t appear to be disliking this method of turning!
Angelus' makeup, they really have just dipped him in whitewash haven't they?
Fish-finger theatre
On one of our many discussions on who we'd be in 'Buffy', Willow being a teacher makes her even more like Tobin. Yeah, but I’m thinking that now she’s gay I should find somebody else to identify with. Considering your attraction to large broody vampires and your complete lack of feeling for Riley, Buffy would seem the obvious choice. If you weren’t one of my best friends I’d consider hitting you very hard indeed.
Xander teaching the language of love? I don't think so
How much does Snyder rock? "Just give me a reason to kick you out, Summers!"
"Spawn of Satan" is Dru's priest usually that harsh?
What is an act of contrition in the Catholic sense?
How do you get person out of your teeth? Do they have a special kind of vampire floss?
Love the way Angel casually clips Spike in passing. Watch Angelus slap Spike on the head as he walks in...
'Mysterious Obelisk'. Sounds like a prog rock concept album
Buffy holds her pencil like a six year old and then throws a tantrum, although I know how she feels
I'm fond of the gypsy who just comes to gloat
I’m sorry but how can Willow be more powerful magically than Giles already, given that she only started 2 episodes ago and Giles has all the experience from his Ripper days?
Perspective guy or not, every so often Xander is screamingly insensitive and needs to be slapped. Insensitive or not, I agree with almost everything Xander says
For the first time Xander crosses to the Dark Side, you think that he would know better. But he has a point.
Actually polite people don't usually jump out of bushes and attack you in the first place
Aagh, Kendra and her awful accent. Incidentally I saw an episode of Dawson’s Creek this morning with the actress that plays Kendra in it, and when she’s speaking normally it’s not much better!
Kendra's watcher is very selective in what he classes as a "very dark power". Why wasn't Kendra sent to help with the Judge, that was the Apocalypse too, and what about Angelus for that matter? If ever Buffy needed help it was then
Spike is the funniest! Yep, love that "they don't have a rock this big"
"He turned to stone as demons sometimes do" that's a bugger, I hope you get some warning before that happens, do you have time to be embarrassed about it?
How handy that Kendra has another sword blessed by the Knight that slew Acathla. Also handy that the knight carried a tiny little 3ft blade that's just suitable for a girl Buffy's size, it even looks small when Giles is holding it
"Everything that I am, everything I have done has lead me here" well yes. I know he's talking about fate, but still
Max Perlich was also also Christian Slater's friend in 'Gleaming The Cube' he fixes Christian's skateboard for him
The curtains aren't a bad look for him. Or wouldn't be if they were clean, or real
Much as I feel for Giles, having to be Buffy's first watcher must have been a nightmare (admittedly a very brief one)
Funny...Merrick doesn’t look much like Donald Sutherland any more . . . and oh my God, could Hemery High School look any more like the clock tower from Back To The Future? 88 miles an hour, Marty!
Why couldn't Angel have helped previous Slayers if Buffy had only just been called?
I have no particular wish to dress like Whistler either, but coming from the guy dressed in dirt and an anorak I think it's a bit rich
Someone wasn’t worthy!
Imolation-o-gram, wonder where you order them from, certainly not the yellow pages last time I looked. Interflora probably do them
Why does Buffy always dress up for the big fights? She's never going to get the mud out of that coat
Ah, the arrival of Mr. Pointy.
The phrase "they're heere" comes to mind
Angelus is right, she does fall for it, every single time
Boy, Kendra really needs glasses if she needs to squint like that to see Dru at that distance
Why does Dru not feed off Kendra? I know they're on a mission, but it wouldn't take that long, and blood of a Slayer...

Becoming pt2

Who called the police? They've had plenty of fights in the library before and nobody's noticed
I hate to ruin an emotional moment but when the bookcase fell on Willow it didn’t hit her on the head...she should have spinal trauma.
They didn't have chainsaws, or widely used electricity, but it's best not to give him ideas. The chainsaw - any torturer’s weapon of choice. I don't get that. I mean yes, there's a high fear factor, but they're not the easiest things to be accurate with, one slip and your torture victim's dead, then you won't be learning anything
"Nobody saw you coming"? Whistler bloody introduced them, he must have seen her coming
Whistler really was bugger all use there wasn't he?
Spike has clearly been taking lessons from David Lee Roth, legs just shouldn't go in that direction! I don't complain, I marvel
Absolutely Spike's 'getting it' moment. The noise when the people watching this upstairs suddenly got the Spike thing was truly fantastic (it would be hard to spell, but it was a kind of breathless, gasping monosyllable, from three people at the same time). Spike! But shame about the Man. Utd comment... (I’m Liverpool)
Drusilla, the first time I’ve heard mention of an undead Ho.
One of the most touching moments ever on Buffy. See, Xander does love Willow!
Poor poor Giles, ow just isn't enough
Spike and Buffy walking side by side, eyeing each other with expressions of mutual distrust
Hooray for Spike, even when he's helping he has to undermine people "She plays the...triangle"
Spike and Joyce, the original odd couple.
Poor Joyce, first her daughter is in a rock band and then she's a Slayer all in the space of 5 minutes
How do they know if you've got concussion or if your general knowledge really sucks?
For once in her life Buffy is completely right, she doesn't have the time and Joyce wouldn't understand, the fact that Buffy was rude and inarticulate notwithstanding
Ooh, Joyce, you’ll regret saying that...
I do like the way Buffy leaves the door open on her way out, plainly making it Joyce's choice about whether Buffy can come home again
For a second Angel very nearly bought the tutu suggestion, if Giles had been just that bit more convincing...
‘Sit and Spin’, one of Angelus’ better put-downs.
Librarian in the carpet - the toughest of stains!
Thorough job the police did in that library to leave that bag of weapons behind
Again poor Giles, this is heartbreaking
Although to break the mood "Ah Drusilla?" See, as someone who's sampled all three, Dru quite clearly settles for Giles. Yes, but she is insane. It's the look on Spike and Angel's faces that makes it so special though
Buffy has no idea even how to hold the sword. Whistler was right to say that she needed to know how to use it, I thought that was a given
Never ever say things like "I've got nothing to lose" it's tempting fate, there's always something
I've said it before, I'll say it again, Xander is the bravest person on the show. He shows up to prevent the Apocalypse with a broken arm and a rock. It might not be much but he's there anyway
Xander, resist the Dark Side! Never entirely sure about Xander's motivation here, perhaps he really doesn't want to distract Buffy from the fight by telling her about Willow, it's not just an anti-Angel thing
I think that’s the first vampire decapitation...am I wrong?
Spike has been waiting for so long for that...
Xander gets his wrist broken by a vampire in the library, yet here he socks a vampire in the jaw at the mansion with the same hand and doesn't even wince (Richard Davis)
"You're not real" Xander's so used to believing what Giles says that he has a moment of panic there
I'd like to point out for the record that in the long shots of the sword fight it is quite clearly the stunt doubles. And they also have no idea what they're doing
The fight is speeded up and slowed down again and all sorts to make up for the fact that they are not used to this kind of fight
And once again with the God awful stunt doubles.
How does Buffy know what's happening in the moment before Angel says her name? And why doesn't she kill him in the moment of weakness if she doesn't know? Or how does she know that he's not just faking it and hoping she doesn't kill him?
Surely it's only Angel's blood, not all of it, needed to close the vortex?
Every time a woman says "Close your eyes" to him it ends with him being killed (although not necessarily dying). You'd think he'd see that one coming by now. Well, no, obviously, because he's closed his eyes
As the most unashamedly girlie fringedweller I have to confess that I wept like... well, a girl at the end of this
What did they do with Acathla? Is he standing in the corner of Giles' house somewhere or do they smash him up?
How come 'Buffy' can manage to do a concluding two part episode, not split over the season break and yet still have a cliffhanger?
Aww...I need a hug too!

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