School Hard It’s pretty obvious that I like this episode. It’s our first glimpse of the awesomeness that is Spike. Other than that, the episode is pretty average. Buffy and a true juvenile delinquent named Sheila are in Principal Snyder’s office. He tells them that they have to decorate the lobby for Parent/Teacher night, and [...]
Some Assembly Required This episode was not bad for a Bride of Frankenstein knockoff. Because it could have been bad…really bad. There are moments when I thought it was going to veer off into the Forest of Suck. Then it would pivot back to the Path of Not Bad. Buffy discovers an empty grave that [...]
I completely forgot about the awkward band placement! Xander’s all stoked about Cibo Matto playing at the Bronze. Instead of going, “Who?” Willow is all “Cibo Matto Rules!” Cibo Matto turned out to be okay, but any conversation about them that doesn’t include, “That’s the band Sean Lennon’s in,” seems a little unrealistic…Especially when Sean [...]
When She Was Bad I can’t tell you how pleased I was to discover this wasn’t the episode Anne. On top of that, Buffy is dealing with repercussions of things that happened last season – namely PTSD from being dead for a few minutes. I love consequences in a television series. Anyway, Buffy comes back [...]
Prophecy Girl The first season finale really isn’t that bad. Giles finds a prophesy about Buffy being killed by the Master. Buffy finds out and completely loses her shit. She decides not to be the Slayer anymore, which is the perfect way to remind the audience that she’s still a kid. She didn’t ask to [...]
Out of Mind, Out of Sight So…Um…This episode didn’t make me vomit. That’s good, right? It’s not really bad, per se. It’s just kind of lame. A flute player turns invisible because no one notices her. She has a nasty streak and, like most people who become invisible, she uses her power for bad. Marcie [...]
Nightmares The Scooby Gang is minding their own business at school when some kid is spontaneously covered in spiders. They run to library to talk about it with Giles, but he’s lost in the stacks. Things get weirder as their worst nightmares begin to come true. The best thing about this episode is that we [...]
The Puppet Show I should start off by saying that this probably my favorite episode from the first season. I like the new principal, the Scooby Gang seems really one their game when it comes to one-liners, and CREEPY DUMMY! The episode is visually darker than others, too. Even in a classroom with the California [...]
I, Robot…You Jane Oh. My. God. That was terrible. Terrible. There is so much wrong I’m not sure where to start. Okay, let’s just start at the beginning. It’s 1418. A demon with a neck-snapping fetish is terrorizing cultists in Italy. Monks trap him in a book. Then what do they do with that book, [...]
Angel The funny thing about this episode is that even though it’s very important to the whole BTVS and Angel mythology, it’s completely lame. And on top of that, the only good scenes are the ones with Darla. The Master sends the Three Stooges after Buffy. (Of course they fail. This show isn’t called The [...]