Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Oh, man. No more full copper re-pipe STILL owns my home owner's ass.
What about your favorite small moments? Sometimes no bigger than a pause for breath between larger scenes, character-revealing, relationship-defining, and/or perspective changing moments?
Illyria falling to its knees at its kingdom lost.
At which point, I found myself with a deadly blue woobie.
What about your favorite small moments? Sometimes no bigger than a pause for breath between larger scenes, character-revealing, relationship-defining, and/or perspective changing moments?
Xander and Buffy braiding Willow's hair while they watch Bollywood movies and speculate about the characters. That will always be the key scene for me in seeing their friendship.
Oh, I forgot about that scene! What episode was that in?
For me, the best moment was in "Dead Man's Party" when Giles goes into the kitchen to make tea. That one look so distilled his feelings for Buffy.
Ginger named mine.
It's so hard to choose just one...
Willow telling Harmony and Cordelia that they needed to hit "deliver" to save their computer programs, knowing full well which button they'd pick.
The scene in the Bronze with Xander saying "Angel, Angel, Angel. Does every conversation we have have to come around to that freak? Hey, man, how ya' doin'?"
Cordy's words exactly mirroring her thoughts seconds later in "Earshot."
The horrified look Angel got in "Rm w/a Vu" when Cordy mentioned the possibility of roaches hitchhiking in her luggage. And how anal-retentive he was about her messing things up later in her stay.
Heh. And his unspoken "Antlers?" during her monologue.
Oh, and the new clothes dance! Aw.
Heh. And his unspoken "Antlers?" during her monologue.
That was great too. And in retrospect I like that scene even better than I did on airing, because it has Cordy—in her shallowest of the shallow phase—reacting to a wet and nearly naked Angel in exactly the same way that she would to a pimple-faced bellboy if she were checking into a hotel.
All time favorite is probably Giles listening to Tales, or his making tea, but otherwise these are my favorites.
Oz saying something like "actually, that explains a lot" when finding out that vampires are real. Also, his "who is that girl?" in Inca Mummy Girl.
Cordelia's goodbye to Wesley in "You're welcome".
Lorne's "Oh lord, don't go in there. That's where he keeps the full time Crazy."
When Buffy is standing guard over her mother's grave, alone, (waiting to see if Joyce arises as a vampire?), and Angel comes into frame behind her. Buffy reaches her hand back, and he grasps it.
One of the few moments in season 7 that I actually liked -- after Buffy and Xander rescue Willow from Gnarl, Willow is sitting on the bed meditating, trying to heal. Buffy climbs up on the bed, and offers her essence. "I've got so much strength I'm giving it away."
I am old school's Spike's Bitch.
As such, him bandaging Buffy's hands after her return from death. Golden. Him tossing her the knife in the snot monster episode -- magic. Him falling to his knees after she dies in The Gift.
Huh. I sound like a Spuffist. Still, he used to have quiet moments.