March 24th, 2010
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 wearing her nasty-pants. She calls Cordelia a moron, is mean to Angel, comes on to Xander in a you-can-look-but-not-touch way, and tells the Scoobies that she can’t keep an eye on them while she’s trying to slay.
They baddies dig up the Master’s bones to bring him back. Turns out they need the blood of the people who were physically close to him when he died. They set a trap for Buffy and round up the rest of the gang. Buffy tortures a vampire, saves the day with the help of Xander and Angel, then pulverizes the Master’s skeleton with a sledgehammer (which is weird, because when Giles’ hand brushed it earlier, it totally looked rubber).
Buffy deals, but is nervous about how her friends will react to her since she was kind of being a jerk. They forgive her, because that’s what good friends do. I give the episode a solid B.