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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: S1, Episode 10 (Nightmares) - Patreon Version

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David Harvey

Chandra and Jordan - Loved seeing your reaction to the "Nightmares" Episode. Just remember that evil vibe of the Hellmouth manifests most of what Buffy and her a Scooby Gang encounter. It's the premise that the Series when Creator and Executive Producer of Buffy, Joss Whedon, told the writers, "Take your best Horror Ideas and put them in High School". I'm also glad to see that you picked up on the fact that a big part of what made the Buffy series impactful is that they often encounter and explore darker issues like child abuse, awful parents, etc. that no other series was doing in the late 90's, but that were facts to many high school kids at the time. This episode was also so effective because they captured that feeling when you're having a nightmare that you can't get out of it until you suddenly wake and take a big gulp of air. The Episodes keep getting Better! Cheers! Dave

Todd Bolton

Sarah Michelle Gellar’s acting, in that scene with her father, shows how incredible she is. And much more to come. I think of this as the first truly great episode of the series. There will be many, many more. Been looking forward to the reaction. Didn’t disappoint.

David

Even Cordelia's nightmares are superficial.

Temujin

In case you didn't know the year before Sarah Michelle Gellar was cast as Buffy she won a Daytime Emmy for her portrayal of teenager Kendall Hart on All My Children. She is the real deal for a dramatic actress. Also she already had a Brown Belt in Taekwondo and during the shows run earned her Black Belt. She also studied Kickboxing and Streetfighting but production severely limited what stunts she was allowed to do so most of the fighting is her stunt double

Ari

The emotional scene with the teary-eyed Buffy is just a sample of how good of an actress Sarah Michelle Gellar is. She really honed her acting skills when she played the role of the deceitful and conniving Kendall Hart in the soap opera All My Children from 1993 to 1995. She also won a Daytime Emmy Award for that role. You can also see her play a manipulative callous villain in Cruel Intentions (1999).

Mondo Spieler

Another great reaction to a great episode! And a reminder that not all monsters are supernatural, even in Sunnydale.

David

I don't believe the martial arts stuff. In a late season they show her punching a heavy bag in slow motion and her technique is horrible. Risking injury horrible. Whatever martial arts training she had, they somehow never taught her the basics of throwing a punch.

Temujin

Your free to believe whatever you want but this has been known for decades

David

I've heard it for decades. That doesn't mean it's actually true.

Thadman

I think it was easier for Buffy to shake that idea of her nightmare father because that fear was already in her. When it was exposed to be not her real father and that it was a manifestation of what she already feared (and probably had nightmares about), she could put it in the "not real" category, like Xander's clown and Willow's opera singing. Probably the most traumatic lingering thing, I'd think, is Xander being virtually naked in front of the class because the rest of the class saw it and, as far as we know, would remember that. I think the kid had the power to do it because of the trauma, coma AND the Hellmouth energy. I don't think it's something he has innate. Once he confronted his trauma, it went away AND he woke up, so maybe the Hellmouth energy was actually keeping him in a coma because he was stuck in his trauma. He was hiding. Chandra kept asking if something was real or not, but it was all MADE real, so none of them were dreaming that stuff. Their nightmares/fears were actually being made real. They weren't hallucinating or anything. That girl actually got put in the hospital, so it's not like A Nightmare on Elm Street, exactly, because all those kids fell asleep and Freddy came for them. Everyone here was awake and their nightmares physically manifested.

Temujin

She talked about it in interviews many times so you're calling her a liar. I'll choose to believe the actress

Tim Pierce

The Master is stuck in a buried church. Hence the giant cross.

Dan Harris

I do get emotional when watching the nightmare scene between Buffy and her father. My parents divorced when I was a teenager just starting high school. I was lucky as was my sister. My Mom and Dad never demeaned one another to us. There was a large age difference between my Dad & my Mom, and they just wanted different things at that point. But to be told you were the reason your parents split up, and that you were a disappointment to one of your parents is a fear that every child of divorce harbors deep inside. Kudos to SMG for her acting in that scene. Remember she was only in her early 20's in season 1.