Say it with me now, a FOTE is a “Friend of the Episode.” That’s just in case you’re new here. And also, just in case you’re wondering, yes, I’m just a really quick typer…typist? Typist makes it sound like I’m against typewriters and computers. I don’t know. Mavis Beacon didn’t teach me the nomenclature.
Okay, so the truth is that on Saturday, I didn’t have a life (much needed), so I stayed in and watched a ton of Netflix. And then it hit me and I was all, “Wait, I should just watch Buffy. Nah, I can’t do that. I’m supposed to wait for Monday. But, if I watch now, I can just write the post tomorrow and not have to worry about it all week. Plus, I just want to watch.” So I just ended up watching. I’m sorry! However, I may have turned someone into a Buffy fan — my sister, who said both “Damn, Angel was baaaad” and also “Damn, Buffy was a baaaadaaaasss.” You’re welcome.
So I’m not going to lie to you and say I liked these three episodes. The truth is… I LOVED THESE THREE EPISODES. I don’t know if it’s because I just watched it when I wanted to and not scheduled, but I very, very much enjoyed this week’s three. I’m beginning to feel as though the writers created three episode story arcs.
Hey remember when Buffy the character lost her virginity. It seems that Buffy the show did as well. We’re delving much deeper into the complexities of teenage, well, hormones, but also life issues as these episodes dealt with the ideals our culture has placed for women and their involvement in society as well as the male burden (and the ideology of what men deserve). But we’ll get to that. For now, let’s break up these three episodes. I’m going to try to be as short as possible.
I’ll warn you, however, that the following is just a lot of text. Not much funny stuff to note. (Except that werewolf costume was HILARIOUS.)
Alternate title: “Werewolf; Where, Wolf?”
So the funniest thing happened on Saturday. I was watching Teen Wolf (which I’m also watching from the beginning for the first time) and thought how the werewolves there are portrayed as likable beings, somewhat, when they turn back to their human state. And I thought, that would never happen on Buffy. And then I turned on to “Phases.” Coincidental.
In this episode, we learn that Oz is a werewolf which made him a million times more interesting. But he’s not the only one who gets some depth, in fact, FOTE Larry returns (as well as Amy in the next episode, but to be fair they’re the only ones who didn’t die) and reveals that he’s overcompensating for being gay, which also made him much more interesting. Everyone else, by the way, was just REALLY horny. It was ridiculous. These kids would hump tree stumps if it were socially acceptable. Thank goodness that stuff is socially acceptable here in Miami; it’s how we let go of our frustration.
By the end of it, Oz has harmed zero people and he and Willow are on their way to becoming a bonafide couple.
One of my favorite aspects of this and the following episode (and you know, the series) dealt with how women are supposed to act in our society…even if it’s laying it on thick. However, unlike “Halloween,” I wasn’t turned off by it.
We begin with Buffy and the self-defense class where she’s reminded by Willow that
Which we all know Buffy is not. Let’s not even mention the fact that the only people actually learning in this course are the girls, who keep getting the roles of the attacked while the guys are apparently just supposed to know how to defend themselves?
But all throughout the episode, Buffy is met with some werewolf hunter who just cannot possibly believe she is capable of getting the job done. Of course, she doesn’t on the first try and is burdened with being the reason why someone might die that night. But as we all know, Buffy’s got more kick-ass in her finger than the lame hunter.
Meanwhile, Willow is feeling particularly…uh…frustrated since Oz isn’t progressing much in the physical department. She wants “smoochies,” et all. And even though Willow makes an offhand comment about being a slut if she makes the first move, for the most part the episode is quite nonchalant with the idea of a young girl’s sexual awakening. (But hey, you know what DOES make you a slut, Willow? That Halloween costume! Ha, I kid. But no seriously, no one got it.) So much so, that instead of going to Oz’s and asking him what’s wrong, she sort of just demands that he feel her up. How such a conversation would be perceived if a guy were saying it, is beyond me. The same is true for Cordelia, everyone’s favorite damsel in distress, who’s annoyed with the fact that Xander won’t make out with her more (for the most part).
I’d like to say that the episode hit the nail on the head with these issues, but something I always find that stories fail to tackle is the double standard. As I’ve mentioned, what would happen if the tables had turned. Why does a girl’s desires come off as warranted, in this given situation, and a guy’s as sleazy, in the same situation? Fourteen years later and that stigma is still ingrained within us all.
Sure, if someone acts like a Larry, it’s most definitely gross. But when the roles are reversed, as it happens in the next episode, it’s just…funny. Somehow we’re all just supposed to believe that guys are okay with it and want to continue in this, ahem, arena. So much so, Buffy and Willow compare a savage, animalistic werewolf to a typical male.
We’ve got three sets of males in this episode that perfectly showcase levels of masculinity. For one, there’s the werewolf hunter, who very obviously holds a traditional view of…everything. The second and third, of course, being Xander and Larry. Xander, who’s stuck on thinking about what everyone else has except for himself, and, as we have seen and will see in the next episode, for the most part falls into some spectrum of male who believes he’s entitled to all the women in his life.
And, very obviously, we’ve got Larry, who we now know was trying to cover up the fact that he’s gay, which he believes will not allow him to even play football anymore (for little more than the fact that it’s a macho sport). And getting this piece of information adds a lot more to how he felt once Buffy (a girl of all people) was able to put him in his place, physically (y’know, the only thing that should matter to men, anyway). Louie had a fantastic episode most recently, “Miami,” about the heterosexual burden and while I understand Xander’s reaction (it is high school, after all), I don’t know how comfortable it must have been for people to watch with him equating Buffy’s speech about Oz still being human to Larry. Then again, it was 1998.
Thus far, however, I know that Buffy is a show about female empowerment a lot of the times but sometimes men get the short end of the stick.
You can even go as far as saying that Oz turns into the kind of beast Willow and Cordelia want in their men, and of which they just can’t live up to. But we’re not going to go there.
My favorite tidbit this episode was Oz looking at the trophy in which Amy’s mother is trapped in and realizing that it’s almost as if her eyes stare at you. Fantastic.
Elsewhere, Xander believes he can get in the head of the werewolf because he remembers being a hyena, to which Buffy thought he forgot. “Remember that time I tried to rape you? Heh heh heh.” Awesome. Maybe Xander and Daniel Tosh can share some laughs over a round of golf or something.
(I have to mention this because someone will yell at me: NO, Xander did not say that.)
The Grade: I really did enjoy this episode a lot, in fact as the night went on, I liked the episodes more and more. And of course, the added depth in this one was a splendid surprise. Good job! OH AND HELLO BADASS WILLOW SHOOTING STUFF. AWESOME.
We’re back for another Xander-centered episode here. If you remember, the previous episode dealt with Xander feeling as though he was entitled to all three women in his life equally — he wanted Cordelia only when he wanted her, he was also yearning for some Buffy action, and he didn’t believe anyone was deserving of Willow once she began to get attention. This episode is more of the same, with Xander sort of not realizing what he has until he loses it — and then feeling as though he is deserving of Cordelia’s affections just because. We’ve seen this side of him before, back when he was a hyena. And it’s scary, y’all. Once Cordelia breaks up with Xander, because she wants her friends of the episode to like her, he goes to Amy and asks her to whip up some spell. (To be fair, all women in his life sort of pushed him aside. He didn’t feel wanted or needed in any which way. Devastating.)
Let’s not even mention that Amy could have just spelled him or something instead of taking the blackmail, but that happens and it’s quite glaring.
The spell goes wrong, and every girl but Cordelia is now interested (and obsessed) with Xander. Including Jenny and Joyce…which was…well, it happened. In the end, Giles saves the day and everything’s fine (including Xander/Cordelia).
Oh, my goodness. All this episode really did was solidify that Xander/Cordelia are THE BEST. Why didn’t you guys warn me about this? And why did you guys tell me Cordelia leaves? Now I know there’s a countdown and it makes me sad.
I think it’s official. I ship it.
So, I’ve talked about grammar. But now we need a vocab lesson, guys!
Dramatic irony is like knowing the killer is in the closet when the character doesn’t. Irony is like rain on your wedding day…except it isn’t, which is the one Xander meant.
Besides Amy being a total witch, here’s another perfectly immaculate student sign.
The Grade: Of course, I found this episode to be hilarious — which is sort of a problem, as I mentioned. I can’t help it, that’s how we’re wired. It was very entertaining. But I also found it to have a lot of gravitas, and who doesn’t like a Xander/Cordelia episode?
Also, let me just put this here:
Speaking of, according to a quick Twitter poll where I asked which was more seductive (A) Buffy’s shoulder move or (B) Buffy eating her hair, #TeamShoulder came out on top.
Imagine my dread when Angel was narrating the entire episode. Oh, goodness, as soon as his whisper voice came on, I was like “Ah, dangit.” But, hey, you know who makes a totally awesome villain? Angel. It’s true! He’s like the best villain. And this episode absolutely killed me in the most delightful way.
In this episode, everyone’s looking for a way to keep safe from Angel. Buffy decides she needs to tell her mother something (oh god, at least they acknowledged it, y’know? but seriously, just freakin’ tell her). Cordelia thinks she needs to spell her car. And Jenny is trying for redemption by getting Angel’s soul back.
The heartbreaking thing is that she does figure it out, but ultimately sacrifices her life in the process. Ugh, and how saddening and disturbing was the date that Angel set up with a dead Jenny in Giles’ bed? Just awful.
Let’s actually recap this episode. Towards the beginning of the episode, we realize that Angel doesn’t own a camera.
Angel could REALLY save a lot of time if he bought a disposable Kodak or something. I mean, I bet a one hour photo place would develop pictures quicker than this. And he wouldn’t have to just stand there and draw whilst Buffy perhaps moved around. Also, WHERE was he drawing this stuff? Did he bring a chair and a desk? This seems to be a lot of trouble.
Anyway, so it’s creepy and Buffy is creeped out for obviously creepy reasons. So she goes to Giles and is all “Dis is effed up meng. DO SOMETHING.” So when he’s going to go look for some book that will help, we have another Friends moment.
Tell me this moment DOESN’T remind you of Friends episode “The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy” where the gang goes into Central Perk and finds other people sitting in their usual spot.
And while Buffy is talking to Giles about perhaps telling her mother the truth, there’s a self-defense class sign behind them.
HOLY CRAP, FOUR BUCKS??? For that I could self-defend myself twice over and STILL have money left to spare.
Anyway, they stupidly decide not to tell her the truth while Giles looks for a spell. Giles can’t find anything so he ends up going to Calendar, who’s all:
That was easy.
Giles is all “you betrayed me and it HURTS.” But I’m like, didn’t you get a demon to possess her? Can we just call it even here?
So it’s night time, meaning vamps can come out, and Buffy’s having dinner with her mom. I should add that Joyce definitely redeemed herself AGAIN in this episode because she was being a good mother. Not that hard, Joyce! Anyway, so Buffy is thinking of what to tell her mom, and she settles for “Don’t invite him in” even though HE CAN ALREADY COME INSIDE THE HOUSE and even though that’s not “Hey…whenever it’s nighttime RUN FOR YOUR EFFING LIFE BECAUSE THERE ARE VAMPIRES AND THEY WILL KILL YOU OMG MOM SERIOUSLY.” That’s what I would have said, but that’s ME.
Meanwhile, Willow is feeding her fish. And then she realizes that there’s an envelope in her room full of dead fish. So, basically, she didn’t realize she was feeding zero things in her fish tank. It was weird. And she already invited Angel in once, so now she’s sleeping at Buffy’s.
Willow, however, doesn’t give two shits about her parents, either.
Anyway, moving on, Spike doesn’t want to eat this puppy:
But OMG who would!? I don’t use the word “cute” often, but c’mon. Not eating the dog definitely raised Spike a few notches in my book.
Also, seriously, where’s PETA? They would not approve.
Meanwhile, Dru makes a loud noise because Jenny is buying some crystal ball thing that will help bring Angel’s soul back. It was weird.
And then Buffy and Calendar had a lil’ conversayshun.
And Calendar was like “k cool.”
At this point, Giles has found a ritual to revoke a vampire’s invitation into your home. And now I’m wondering why they haven’t come up with this over on The Vampire Diaries AKA “Magic is Our Plot Device.” Seems like they would have gotten to this one sooner.
Anyway, they do the ritual. And while at Willow’s house, Buffy receives a second drawing…in Willow’s room, Cordelia weirdly noticed and thought “Hey let me just pick this up and offer it to Willow.” I don’t know. This second picture, however, was of Joyce. So Buffy’s in full panic mode.
Joyce is coming from the supermarket and fumbles with her keys trying to unlock the door. By the way, she has more keys than a custodian who works in the Empire State Building. Geez, Joyce, how many doors do you need to open!? And then Angel lets out this little ditty:
Nicely played, Angel. Nicely played.
Then a lot of stuff happens: Calendar and Giles make a date that night, Buffy and Joyce have the talk, and so on. But basically, here’s what’s important: Jenny finds a way to bring Angel back, except he ain’t okay with that. So he breaks her computer.
And she, very obviously, decides to run away. But, at first, she decided to run towards him. Anyone confused by this? Regardless, she runs away. And this is me the entire time:
Ugh, but it was to no avail. Angel catches up with her. And, I hate to say this, he gives her the ultimate turn face.
And here’s where Angel really wins me over as a villain: the date he sets up for Giles. Oh, my goodness, it was one of the most disturbing things ever. And I LOVED it. Which makes me a little messed up, perhaps. But whatever. Great use of DRAMATIC IRONY here.
Humor is how I deal with things.
I had zero idea Jenny would die and so I’ll admit that I literally gasped when he twisted her neck and she fell to the floor. And I was also sad. Sad episode, man.
Giles gears up and goes after Angel, but thankfully Buffy and Co. are wise enough and go after him, saving the day. While I wasn’t a fan of Giles pushing Buffy and she punching him (like AT ALL, seriously, I’m deleting that from my brain), the creys they shared were so heartbreaking. Heartbreaking creys.
Evidence it’s the ’90s: All of the valuable information that Jenny found is saved on a floppy.
Wow.
The Grade: Um, the best? Yes, I believe this might be the best. I like when shows kill people off that aren’t FOTEs we’ll never hear from again…and seeing how everyone deals with Jenny’s downfall will certainly be interesting. Most certainly, it pushed Giles to the edge already. But how will it keep them determined going forward. And what will happen when the…floppy…is found? Also, how do I not love an episode that reminds us of the shoulder move?
Thank you. Please always dance together, Buffy and Xander.
Okay we NEED to do a poll to see if we can change the time of Buffy Rewatch beginning next Monday. I just realized that beginning August, I may not actually be able to watch live because of early Tuesdays (so much so, I think I’m even advocating to finish sooner, by adding more episodes). This is why I want to ask if you’d be able to make it to Buffy Rewatch if we move it up to 8pm EDT.
And if we decided to add another day, or perhaps change, which day would you like the most?
And finally, how many episodes a night is ideal for you?
I’m probably not going to change the schedule that much, but it helps to gather the info! Join us next week, and make sure to look out on Twitter or look at the Buffy Rewatch page for update info.
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I'm cool with the move to 8 (7 my time) if we could add short breaks between eps.
Yep. Passion is the episode that shows exactly Why Angel is dangerous.
Till now he was playing, leaving gag gifts, flowers, harassing people. And then he decided that enough is enough and with one quite swift set-up managed to ruin lives of at least three people.
For other vampires its about survival, or acting on their emotions(like drunk people would).
For angel death is an art. it has to be appreciated. Killing someone, just merely killing is not enough. The act of killing, the epilogue of it it all has to be perfect, induce the maximum amount of damage. For him its not even about hate or primal urges. Its calculating, cold artistry with the pain of victims and their relatives as reward.
Also, Buffy referenced the time she could not kill Angel in the mall as the reason on why Jenny is dead.
As for floppy disk well frankly, its basically two pages of text.The floppy is most likely half empty considering that.
The Death of Jenny Callender at those times was litterally one-of-a-kind
situation, because Whedon basically killed off THE fan favorite
character, pretty much saying - "Any of them, any time, any place, can
die".
Its sort of a trend with Buffyverse - one might KNOW that character will
die, but the death will always come in some unexpected way, in
unexpected moment in a way that hurts viewer the most. The only clear factor is happiness. Happiness - not good.
As for Giles punching Buffy and Buffy punching Giles, well, it frankly
fits - he was very adamant that Buffy "would stay out of it" in "Dark
Age" events and both of them have that quite easily provoked kind of
character.
Giles was angry that Buffy did not allow him to die and Buffy was angry
at even the thought of Giles wanting that and "deserting her", since he
is essentially her father figure. I doubt it would be possible for them
to just hug and be happy.
Now as for the first two episodes. While I frankly am so-so on
"Phases"(the werewolf hunter was meh, but otherwise episode was all
kinds of enjoyable), "B,B&B" is all kinds of perfect. Its where the
hardcore referencing of the show starts with character actually, le
gasp! remembering what happened to them season ago, unlike other
shows(*cough*tvd*cough*). And it never stops. Characters do not just
pull out something out of nowhere, a lot of times its all about using
their own experiences that we HAVE SEEN happen to them, as a source of
knowledge and reasoning for their decisions.
As for Cordelia leaving...well, she is basically THE main character of
Angel, so I'd say that worked out fine for her, screentime-wise.
Hahaha about the floppy disk: It's just a joke about how old the show is and nothing more.
AHHH I agree with you about loving the fact that Angel kills Jenny. Even though I was sad about it, I loved that the writers had the balls to kill her off. I also absolutely LOVEEE Evil Angel. I think most good characters show some small hint of mercy if they go evil but that doesn't happen with Angel, which is amazing. Most writers don't have the guts to do that.
Whedon is pretty much merciless in terms of what happens to various characters, both in terms of death and other plot twists.
he is pretty much the opposite of "doesn't have the guts". He might not have supporting cast die every episode like certain other shows, but BECAUSE OF THAT, when a major character drops, it IS major and it impacts entire show.
Even in this case, Jenny's death is not something that is forgotten. the very next episode :)
Don't even get me started on a certain show's villain…
But yes, I love that they killed someone off that they will actually mention again. Unlike Eric Balfour.
I effing love Passion and this is where I mean that season 2 is when ish got real for our Heroes. And yes this was dark and I love how Whedon set this up as Shakespearean play. Stefan's version of this was killing Andie which meant nothing other than to make Damon stans feel bad for him (when they shouldn't as he treated her like crap and try to kill her, so whatever) and he was over it by the next episode. I not going to tell you Whedon has pattern when it comes to death, I went to see the Avengers and did not see that coming. Damn he is good. Next our two of my favorite episodes of the season 2: Killed By Death and I Only Have Eyes For You.
I'm extremely eager to see Cabin in the Woods. I know that's random, but you brought up The Avengers, so… xD
I have yet to seen that film but I've been told it is actually pretty great film.
It is amazing, and that's coming from someone who doesn't like horror films or parodies.
Also, I love the use of O Soave Fanciulla in Passion. Goosebumps every time, truly. (If you google it, look up Pavarotti's performance, because I believe that's the one they used. Perf.)
I've noticed quite a few UKers are in on this rewatch on Twitter, so if we move it up to 8pm EST, then that's still 1am their time. Should we consider them as well?
Yes please!
Gah! Sorry I got to this comment late. By the same vain, it's 5pm pacific which is probably too early for most Americans. We try but we just can't please everyone /: However, once the rewatch is over it'll be interesting to see how the community keeps it going (if they do).
Also can I just say how much Angelus is better than "eviL" Steffie?
For one, TVD utterly failed at even portraying any sort of dark side in Steffie. it was a giant waste of episode space.
For second, ANGELUS ACTUALLY DID stuff that one can't just undo, like the whole "Passions" situation.
There have been no real lasting consequences of Steffie's filler plotline, while Angelus already managed to do something that, no matter how his story ends, will keep affecting the show and him and everyone around hi,
Then again, nothing really has any consequences in TVD.
TVD's moral compass is all crapped out at this point, anyway.
angelus is definitely the best villain and always will be. it makes angel so much more interesting knowing that he has something so incredibly evil in him. it also just occurred to me that, although the backstory's not there yet, to kind of get spike's deal you could think of him as a sort of little brother-type trying to live up to angelus' evilness. he never quite can, but it's all very endearing.
I do not think ti feels like "little brother spike". The way Angel/Dru/Spike was set up this season, its more like Spike trying to "live up" to what Angelus represents for Dru.
He clearly does not like Angelus nor want to be like him. He wants to fill that void for the woman he loves.
I actually disagree with the whole Spike not liking Angelus. He does but the Drusilla thing bugs him to no end. I kind if do think he wants to be somewhat like Angelus because Angelus has control over people and events that Spike does not at times. I would even go and say he admires Angelus, hence he was actually excited to Angel when he first appeared. But again most of their relationship is not explored until Angel the show. I would say in flashbacks Spike does have a younger brother vibe against Angel and their banter is more brotherly than the Salvatore brothers most time. But you are right Angelus loves to torture Spike mentally and it works.
Spike might have a "brotherly" connection to Angelus, but ultimately he really does not like Angelus modus operandi, character or the tendency to manipulate stuff behind the scenes.
For Spike its all about living in the heat of the moment, being who you are, having no regrets and no holds barred.
Angelus/Angel is opposite of that. He is all about creating a scene, paying attention to how he appears to others, planning first and acting latter. Its all about paying attention to details, manipulating others.
So yeah, while Spike did have a good time and does feel connected to him(well, duh), there's a sense of rivalry because of them both being those opposites - one is driven by knowledge and preparation, the other - by emotions and sheer force of will.
So while they might feel like brothers and there's a certain amount of respect, they will never be friends or true allies. Spike feels like he is in shadow of great Angelus and always seems to long to prove to be his own man, instead of just another puppet in Angel's play.
Spike hates Angel's methods, he hates how Angel behaves, he hates Angel's approach to the whole vampire shtick and the way Angel views killing as a form of art. And Angel "taking away" Drusilla from him like Angel is doing now, only makes that hate burn brighter.
I am going to say based on future flashbacks I don't think Spike hates Angelus as their only issues were about Drusilla which was more Spike's issue than Angelus's issues outside of that Spike has no qualms with Angelus as like he hates Dracula's guts for being a showboater. If anything Angelus was more annoyed by Spike's methods than Spike being bothered by Angelus's methods (cause like I said when Spike was introduce he seem happy to be with Angel again and was happy when Angelus came back). I actually don't think Spike hates Angel at all. He just hates the control Angel has over Drusilla, he really could care less about the rest of that stuff. But hey Buffy fans can have a difference of opinion on the relationship. Yes they are rivals but they do have that mentor and mentee thing. I guess the whole problem is Angelus don't care about nobody which must be the most frustrating thing for the people around him.
As of now, no one can come close to Angel. He's done more damage than anyone else has even attempted. I don't know where the story's going (obviously), but I sort of just want Angel to be bad forever (and that's not exactly going to happen).
just remember, as long as there is an angel, there is an angelus. the threat of him will always be there.
Firstly, I approve of your watching things ahead of time! You're less likely to have us spoil you out of excitement or stupidity (I am guilty of both excitement and stupidity), AND you probably got to enjoy the episodes twice! Win-win :)
This was SUCH a good week for the Rewatch! We're getting to that point where it's just one stellar episode after another. I think you'll see fewer monster-of-the-week eps, but they still show up here and there. Around now is when we kick into the mythology and full-season arcs. And it's brilliant (in my opinion, obviously). I think after Surprise and Innocence, the show really matures and becomes the show it had the potential to be.
Phases:
The werewolf costume in really is awful. (It changes in the future, gets a little freakier.) But I love the plot of the ep and the Larry-as-red-herring. Plus the whole idea that Oz's cousin with his new teeth is the cause of his plight is just...so Joss Whedon.
RE: the women wanting affection - I think on Cordelia's part, it's a pure jealousy of competing with the "other" girls in Xander's life. She's sick of feeling like she comes in second to Willow and Buffy. I don't think it's so much a need for more physicality, just a need to have him be there with HER. Willow, however, is just bursting with sexual frustration. Oz needs to get on that.
BBB:
Harmony et al arrive! I swear we saw her once last season (didn't invisible Marcy throw her down some stairs?), but she was more memorable this time. Harmony is fantastic and I love her forever. She's ridiculous and the writers know it. Please embrace her.
I love your love of Sheila and her signs.
Passion:
So. Many. Feelings.
Everything in this episode was so intense. Angel as a fully disturbing villain. Jenny as a badass trying to help fix what her people "undid" in a way. Joyce and Buffy's mother/daughter time. "Sorry Angel. Changed the locks." BAM! BAMF alert!
But...Jenny. Oh my god. It's so awful. And it gets even worse AFTER she's murdered. The whole scene with Giles finding her is just....ugh, it's so twisted. And I love that Giles goes after Angel hardcore. He had every right. But then when Buffy tries to keep him from getting killed....SO MANY TEARS.
The ultimate face turn. So cruel. Yet, so accurate.
Wow, I had a lot to say. I'm so glad I was on board this week!
Agreed on what you are thinking about Cordelia/Xander.
Cordelia feels like she is the "last choice" - that since Xander can't "get" the other choices, he chooses her, the most obvious unachievable choice being Buffy. Its a mix of jealousy and self-respect. She does not want Xander be with her as last choice. If he is with her, she wants it to be because it IS his choice, which essentiallyw hat "B,B&B" episode is all about - them both ending up choosing each other.
And yep, we met Harmony in "Out of Mind, Out of Sight".
We also saw Harmony in The Harvest, though she remained nameless.
WHOA. Okay, let's digest.
1) Hahaha someone DID warn me that something ominous was going to happen in Passion before it aired so I'm glad that I watched it beforehand. I would have just been thinking about it constantly. But to be fair, I would have been focused on Willow, thinking maybe something would happen to her. xD
2) Willow WANTS IT. Get to it, Oz.
3) Hahahah everyone keeps telling me that Harmony fell down the stairs. I stand corrected!!!
4) The signs in Sunnydale High are SERIOUS.
5) Passion = the best.
6) JENNY'S TURN FACE :'(
Sorry, this is just how I truncate things!
I didn't put this in the post but was Angel ever invited into Giles' place? I don't remember and if not, it's pretty glaring right now. How did he get in!?
No eres el único siempre pensé cuando lo hizo????. Algo que adoro de los episodios que has visto fue la temática de San Valentín, fue manejada también que no sentías que estaban en la época. Dios no notaste los pezones de Jenny en Pasión en serio me quedé está mujer no usa sujetador????....... Con referente a TVD diré Stefan le ha robado el look de Angel. El cabello por dios es el mismo
its implied to have happened behind the scenes. Buffy mentions that Willow should go and do Giles place next this episode
"Passion" has always been my second favorite episode in the entire series. ("Once More With Feeling" being my first favorite.) How can you not love the episode??? That episode was when it started to become very real, that no one was safe and Angel is VERY dangerous. The actor, David Boreanaz, did such a fantastic job of making Angel evil. He made me really hate Angel, and I love him for that.
I love when villains can make me love to hate them. That's exactly what Angel is doing, except it happened backwards, but still!!!!