Let's Fold Scarves

Faith is such a dynamic character: the energy level of the show shoots up when she is on screen. Angel does the opposite for me and mine: Adam can hardly wait for him to get his own series.

I did like Trick's meta-commentary about the whiteness of Sunnydale: it's a pity nothing was really done about it though.

Scott Hope was actually rather cute but so, so, not suitable for Buffy.

And one of my favourite quotes from Buffy:

The girl’s not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.

I've said all I care to say about the dreadful parts of this so Giles shines and zombie cat is amusing.

Rewind

I love everything Buffy-related in this episode. The stuff with the other Scoobies was irritating: why didn't just tell Cordelia that Xander missed her? The tiny scene between Joyce and Giles was deliciously fraught: that woman should be rightfully furious.

I love what happens to Buffy over the course of the programme: she can't help but do the right thing and when she she does it is magnificent: starting with the offhand reply to the nurse's question  ("Breaking into your office and going through your private files") to wielding that hunga munga in one the best fight sequences so far in Buffy.

However, it is Sister Sunshine/Chanterelle/Lily/Anne who makes me tearful. She is so pathetic but there are glimmers of inner strength notably when she pushes Ken-demon off the ledge and knowing she later administrates a shelter for the homeless (in Angel) it is good to see just how much good Buffy does despite her mistakes.

Rewind

This is awesome - just chock full of great stuff - Spike switches sides, Joyce finds out, Spike and Joyce sit in silence, Giles gets tortured, Giles gets tricked, Willow gets magical, Xander lets Willow down, there is a great sword fight, Buffy stops a sword, and Buffy sends her be-souled boyfriend to Hell which makes her one of the bravest heroes ever.

Rewind

Why is Willow still teaching? I know nothing about the US education system but it doesn't seem particularly likely.

This episode tells us all about Angel and that is as interesting as that sounds.

Buffy falls for an old trick and as a result Kendra dies. That's going to cause Buffy some mental anguish.

There is something deepy icky about Buffy sucking on that lollipop.

As I peruse Screencap Paradise (who are the best) I am reminded that sometimes Buffy's hair is rather horrible; there are unexplained occurrences that surely have nothing to do with poltergeists (snakes, wasps, etc); there is lot of emoting; Drusilla is highly irritating; and that I don't like this episode at all.

Rewind

I don't really have much to say about this. I'd be happy never to see it again but on the other hand it has loads of great Cordelia moments from banging on about Buffy's thing on her face to annoying Giles while doing research and saying one of my favourite lines: "Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass." so if I was obsessed with Charisma Carpenter  it would be great!

I hate the attitude of the Scoobies at the end, just who do Xander and Willow think they are to behave like that to Joyce?

Rewind

Oh for the days when I wasn't spoiled for Buffy because back then Jenny's death was a genuine shock. Unlike Joyce's and unlike Tara's.

This is a creepy and terrifying episode although I was distracted when Adam pointed out that SMG has baby hair on her forehead.

It's not without its hilarity: the image of Willow and Buffy in their pyjamas surrounded by garlic bulbs is a classic moment.

I liked Robia LaMorte as Jenny and I liked Jenny as a character (though I'm not sure why she was buried in Sunnydale and under a pseudonym) so farewell, Janna.

This is fun though I am still discomforted by the women's behaviour under this spell while at the same time I love the performances of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robia LaMorte and Kristine Sutherland while they are possessed. I am such a fan of Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia and she is great in this: I love how she manages to insult Xander even when she is doing the right thing at the end.