March 23rd, 2010
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 be the Slayer and she doesn’t want to die.
Elsewhere, Willow and Cordelia are hunting down Cordelia’s man-candy of the week. He’s in the AV room watching cartoons…or is he? No, he’s dead.
Back at the Summers residence, Buffy tries on her wedding gown/prom dress. Joyce comes running up saying something has happened to Willow. Buffy turns into the Incredible Hulk and smashes… No, she just goes over to Willow’s house. However, she doesn’t take the time to change out of her dress. I love that. It shows how much Willow means to her. Yay!
Buffy slayers-up and heads out to kick some Master ass. Xander rounds up Angel and goes after her. He has a really great moment when he accuses Angel of looking at his neck. The Master kills Buffy, but only for a minute because Xander shows up to perform CPR.
There are some really clever moments in this episode. I especially liked the mutated Audrey Two that is hiding under the library floor just waiting to get out. I give it a B. Joss managed some really nice bits.
Now onto the second season…and Spike.