Top 5. Not just Buffy, but ever.
Not sure anything beats Senor Chang in "Modern Warfare." EVER.
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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.
Steph L. - Aug 03, 2012 7:42:31 pm PDT #9548 of 10458
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Vortex - Aug 03, 2012 8:25:06 pm PDT #9549 of 10458
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
That was a great entrance, yes.
DavidS - Aug 03, 2012 8:36:52 pm PDT #9550 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't remember whether I yelled or what I yelled, but I can vividly recall watching that moment for the first time in my dorm room.
I remember watching it on my friend Chip's massive plasma TV when I visited him after the Chicago F2F. He had never seen Buffy before but gamely watched it with me, and I had to explain why I just yelled, "Giles!"
It's fun reading that thread because it's about 14 people in a row posing, "GILES!!1!"
Kate P. - Aug 04, 2012 4:37:49 am PDT #9551 of 10458
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I watched that episode with the Boston-area Buffistas -- the first time I'd met most of them -- and we ALL yelled "GILES!!!!!!" Still one of my favorite experiences of communal fannish glee.
JZ - Aug 04, 2012 6:28:24 am PDT #9552 of 10458
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I watched that episode with the Boston-area Buffistas -- the first time I'd met most of them -- and we ALL yelled "GILES!!!!!!" Still one of my favorite experiences of communal fannish glee.
Even better than that was when my BIL's cell phone rang right after the fade to commercial--he's a complete non-geek who had spent the day grilling a geeky co-worker for details about Buffy so he'd be prepared for the evening. We all screamed "GILES!!!!!!!", fade to black, his phone rings, and it's his co-worker saying, "I just realized that I forgot to update you on one very important thing, so I'm calling to explain to you why everyone around you just screamed GILES!!!!!!"
Jon B. - Aug 04, 2012 7:14:42 am PDT #9553 of 10458
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Where was that? Tom & Noras?
Nora Deirdre - Aug 04, 2012 10:20:20 am PDT #9554 of 10458
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
It was at EllenS's place, I believe. And I *think* Tom and I had just recently got together, too.
Jessica - Aug 04, 2012 10:25:39 am PDT #9555 of 10458
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can't remember if I was spoiled or not - I can't imagine I wasn't, because S6-7 was the height of my massive spoiler whoredom. But even knowing ASH would return by the end of the season couldn't take anything away from that moment. GILES!!!
(BTW, the librarian at Dylan's kindergarten? Last name is Giles. So I figure there's a good chance he has a Slayer in his class.)
Kate P. - Aug 04, 2012 10:27:31 am PDT #9556 of 10458
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
JZ, I love that story!
Nora, I think that's right. I miss Ellen! Anyone know how she's doing these days?
Nora Deirdre - Aug 04, 2012 12:37:41 pm PDT #9557 of 10458
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
She's still living in Somerville (not in the same place though), working for an investment firm, and trotting off to Italy when she can. (and other places.)
She's doing well!