I think that's the episode I most dislike. Except possibly Bad Eggs.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
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.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 12, 2010 9:42:54 am PDT #7548 of 10469
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Vortex - Oct 12, 2010 9:50:25 am PDT #7549 of 10469
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Except possibly Bad Eggs.
but that has the terribly unconvincing, yet amusing bit with Giles and the "gas leak". Yes, it's 2 seconds out of the show, but it made me laugh.
Shir - Oct 12, 2010 9:53:06 am PDT #7550 of 10469
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
We MST3Ked Doublemeat Palace here, as 3 lawyers from W&H, watching surveillance tapes from Buffy's life as punishment for screwing up minor things in the company. I also remember "Donna Martin Graduates!" getting in there, somewhere. And a lot of 12 year olds humor. And the Dead Parrot Sketch.
That was a good thing wrt this episode.
JZ - Oct 12, 2010 9:53:28 am PDT #7551 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.
I can usually think of at least one good thing to say about every Buffy episode, but nothing is coming to mind on that one.
I did manage to convert a friend with that one - he was himself a recent fast food hell veteran, and the creepy, depressing orientation video they made poor Buffy watch had him simultaneously laughing, crying and screaming.
ChiKat - Oct 12, 2010 11:34:03 am PDT #7552 of 10469
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
The Doublemeat hat is good for a giggle. As is Xander's face when he thinks he ate people.
§ ita § - Oct 12, 2010 1:24:43 pm PDT #7553 of 10469
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How did I just now learn that Halfrek actually was Cecily? I am so ashamed.
erin_obscure - Oct 12, 2010 1:35:05 pm PDT #7554 of 10469
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I thought it was just the same actress...was Cecily really a vengeance demon? That puts a whole new spin on Spike's creation story.
Typo Boy - Oct 12, 2010 1:35:58 pm PDT #7555 of 10469
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Spike said "Cecily?" as a throw away line. Not a plot point, but canon. Fan service.
erin_obscure - Oct 12, 2010 2:18:29 pm PDT #7556 of 10469
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
so if she was a vengeance demon on assigment while spike was lovelorn William, that was just a coincidence that they met? I mean, didn't she lean towards vengeance for children? What was she doing hanging out in high society having embarring poems written to her? Or did Joss just like the actress, re-cast her as Halfrek, and then have so many fans notice that he had to either confirm or deny them being the same character?
Trudy Booth - Oct 12, 2010 2:37:30 pm PDT #7557 of 10469
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I believe it is the latter.