I still think Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest is a good intro to the show. The only character who is really off for how they will be going forward is Angel.
Gunn: You ready? Fred: Is no an acceptable answer?
'Lineage'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
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.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 01, 2008 3:32:42 am PDT #5803 of 10469
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Fred Pete - Apr 01, 2008 4:53:55 am PDT #5804 of 10469
Ann, that's a ferret.
If your friend is willing to sit for two eps, I'd recommend Something Blue and Hush. Or maybe two of Band Candy, Lovers Walk, and The Wish. Eps aired close together, but such completely different moods.
Wolfram - Apr 01, 2008 5:58:16 am PDT #5805 of 10469
Visilurking
Just watched Hell's Bells and I still don't get Xander's lame excuse for walking away. I guess what's really annoying is watching every episode from whichever one they get (finally) engaged in, to this one, and never seeing hints of what was to come. Was it always planned that they'd break up?
Sophia Brooks - Apr 01, 2008 5:59:43 am PDT #5806 of 10469
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
never seeing hints of what was to come
After watching Hells Bells, I though OMWF (I'll never tell) was a great big hint! Even though seeing them sing I'll Never Tell was actually the first time I believed they really loved each other.
le nubian - Apr 01, 2008 6:19:12 am PDT #5807 of 10469
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Wolfram, I think it likely was planned given the 2-4 eps that dealt with Anya as vengeance demon. Cool shit and very well handled.
Wolfram - Apr 01, 2008 6:22:46 am PDT #5808 of 10469
Visilurking
After watching Hells Bells, I though OMWF (I'll never tell) was a great big hint! Even though seeing them sing I'll Never Tell was actually the first time I believed they really loved each other.
See I had the same reaction after seeing them sing it - that they loved each other. But I can't see the song as a hint, because it was both of them singing about their perfectly normal fears so they cancel each other out. That Xander would pull a runaway groom? I don't know.
Wolfram - Apr 01, 2008 6:25:30 am PDT #5809 of 10469
Visilurking
Don't get me wrong, I think the aftermath was great. I've also gained a lot of respect for the sixth season as a whole, which i didn't appreciate in the first go-round. That's why the Xander thing niggles at me.
sj - Apr 01, 2008 6:30:17 am PDT #5810 of 10469
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I think it makes a certain amount of sense that given how awful Xander's parents are, that he would freak out at the idea of becoming them.
le nubian - Apr 01, 2008 6:31:28 am PDT #5811 of 10469
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I've also gained a lot of respect for the sixth season as a whole
I'm not quite there yet. I liked the latter part of the season a whole lot and of course OMWF, but "Doublemeat Palace" is a stain on my consciousness.
JZ - Apr 01, 2008 8:13:04 am PDT #5812 of 10469
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And, just to prove that someone's experience will always contradict that, "Doublemeat Palace" was the very first episode for a friend of mine who has been solidly, devoutly nerdishly obsessed with the show ever since. It helped that he had extremely vivid memories of his own working-his-way-through-college-in-fast-food-hell experience, complete with ghastly training/indocrination videos.