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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: S2, Episode 1 (When She Was Bad) - Patreon Version

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David Harvey

Hi Chandra and Jordan - Your Buffy reactions also make my Mondays! Season 2 started with a Banger in this one. Just think back to the first episode of Season 1. It was good at introducing Buffy and the other characters and setting the World of High School in the Hellmouth, but look at how much better the scripts are, the cinematography is so much better, and the Character development so much better. We not only get the action, the creepy stuff, and the funny banter, but starting in this Season we get really deep issues, like PTSD in a teenager, which was a big issue for many back in the late '90's, but very few TV shows explored for younger audiences back then. The Episodes will keep getting Better! Cheers! Dave

Todd Bolton

I adore this episode (though it’s uncomfortable to watch it, no matter how many times I’ve seen it). It’s really part two of Prophecy Girl. Chandra: “Cordelia was being nicer than Buffy was”. That’s the problem in a nutshell. Fun fact: The actor who played the Master in season one, Mark Metcalf, was unavailable, so David Boreanaz (Angel) played him in this episode. By the way, there was a new cast member during the opening theme music that I don’t know if y’all noticed.

David

Xander and Angel were guarding the base of the stairwell to the roof when Buffy threw The Master down into the library.

Abby

If you two don’t Binge and Post All the episodes of All the seasons within 24 hours I’m gonna freak! 🤣 I’m so addicted and Thrilled you two are watching this Classic 90s Show!!!

Abby

Right? It’s the First time we really appreciate Cordelia as a good human.

Hans Engelen

Man I still can't believe we lost the actors for Xander and Giles this year. Watching these episodes just doesn't feel the same.

Jontor11

Great stuff guys! Yeah, I really like the atmosphere of this episode. And the music. The group that played at The Bronze was the cult group Cibo Matto with Sean Lennon (son of John Lennon from The Beatles). That scene with Buffy dancing with Xander was strange and eery, but also it fit to the music.

Abby

heartbroken!

Mondo Spieler

Another great reaction to a great episode! And yes with Cordelia, as much as things change, they also stay the same.

Phil C.

Xander and Willow have been best friends since preschool. Of course he would kill anyone who hurt her. That does not necessarily mean he has romantic feelings for her. People never seem to remember how young these kids are, even if they do look like they are in their mid-twenties!

Ari

I like that even when Buffy was being belligerent toward Angel and pretending that she no longer cared for him, she was still wearing the leather jacket that he gave her.

Garrick Smalley

I said it at the time and I will say it here Xander's plot armor in this episode is very strong. loving your reactions.

M.G Davenport

Just joined your Patreon - gotta say that's a lot of fun content for six Australian dollars! With the episodes, I take it I'm supposed to sync up my own copy of each ep? I'm new to this

Maplenuts React

Welcome!! Yes you'll need your own copy. We're watching the DVDs, but the widescreen versions on streaming should also sync up!

Ixaala

When you think about it Buffy is 16, although she's been the slayer for a little while, the incident with the Master makes it very clear to her that she is not guaranteed to win a fight, but also that she has no choice about fighting. There was a prophecy saying she would die, and she did. Rather than being a helped Giles was suddenly the face of this whole slayer world that bound her without choice to a violent, chaotic life that has caused rifts with her family, forced her to change her whole identity- she became a conscripted soldier who couldn't avoid the fight or the suffering. That's a lot of trauma to deal with. And to process the fact she can't say no to this nightmare, but that others depend on her too, her friends almost become a burden. They can't understand, they can't do what you do, and they get to have emotions about it and if you don't protect them you're the bad guy, when to protect them means putting yourself at risk of dying, every time. I love how the show doesn't shy away from the real human side of the 'superhero' style character.

Tyler ✨

My love for niche music honestly started with Cibo Matto playing "Sugar Water" at the Bronze. "La, la, laaaa... La, la, la, la, la, laaaaaa". So iconic!

Ross43

Why was PTSD a big issue for many back in the late '90's? Was it not a big issue before or since?

Ross43

You should watch the official video for the song. I haven't seen anything like it before or since.

David Harvey

Ross - PTSD became an official psychiatric designation in the late 1960's in the Vietnam War replacing "Shell Shock". So the public knew it applied to War Veterans. In the '90's that was still the perception of it and awareness was just beginning to filter in that it had wider manifestions. It was still called "Trauma" by a majority of people, and most high school kids back then had little sense that what they were experiencing was PTSD. So that's why this episode in the Buffy series was important. The Series did some remarkable things in raising awareness in their young audience of many of the real things they were experiencing in high school and later as young adults.