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Season 3, Ep 9 (Patreon)

Published:
2021-12-23 17:11:14
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2023-07-01 15:36:17
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okay so hear me out... like i don't *wish wish* this but also i kinda wish this, ya know?

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Buffy Season 3, Ep 9 - The Wish

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Tim Pierce

Buffy producers: "We're really sorry for faking you out and making you think we killed off Cordelia. No we're not in fact we'll do it two weeks in a row HAHAHAHA." Spoiler: Cordelia becomes the new Kenny. Just kidding.

Steveo

Most Buffy fans adore this episode, so you're in the majority!

Danie1Esq .

I’m in hysterics picturing a 7-year-old you singing, at the top of your lungs, “Reproduction…”. LOL

Tim Pierce

I never thought of this before, but I feel it was a mistake to have Giles be in the same apartment he was in. He's not Buffy's Watcher, he's only been getting by on a librarian's wage. Would he be able to afford a nice place like that?

Jessica Roth

And now for some, er, elegaic beauty. I know one or two people who hate this episode, but they're outvoted

Colleen

I see you, posting this at 11:11

Noah

As far as that demon at the start of the episode; Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean?

Melissa

POTN gives Marti Noxon her just due for writing this episode. Cordelia has essentially given a wish that lets us see what Buffy would be like without her friends. Cold, and without hope. The visual contrasts are done really well. It's a dark place but it's like you said, enjoyable for a one off of seeing what life could be like. Giles is definitely no alcoholic. I loved Oz in this episode, everything about him. I know Emma Caulfield (Anya/Anyanka) best as Brandon's girlfriend Susan in Beverly Hills 90210.

ghostofdurruti

"A Slayer with family and friends. That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure." --Spike in "School Hard", unintentionally foreshadowing one of the main themes of this episode: that Buffy's support system has made her an unusually successful Slayer, and without them she would be more like the others--lonely, jaded, and dead far too soon. So we've finally made it to the first of my three favorite episodes of the season (though I'm kind of cheating with the last of the three, which is a two-parter), and the only one that is a contender for my top 10 episodes of the show. (This season has a lot of very good episodes, in my opinion, but not many "great" ones on the level of, say, "Innocence" or "Passion".) The alternate universe--often called the "Wishverse" in the fandom--featured in this episode is wonderfully constructed. Vampire Willow and Xander make great villains, and I love the small details like the big social event of the season being the "Winter Brunch", classes being canceled for the "monthly memorial", and so on. I used to have an issue with the fact that despite the Master having risen, the Hellmouth does not appear to have opened like it was supposed to (either that, or the world being overrun by demons coming in from the Hellmouth is less of a civilization-ending scenario than we originally thought). There are plausible explanations for how that might have been prevented, though, so that doesn't bother me as much anymore. We only get a brief glimpse of this alternate universe, after all; we don't need to know exactly how everything from the moment the Master rose played out. That's actually my only real complaint about this episode, and it is an incredibly minor one: that we only get such a brief glimpse. It feels like there was easily enough material in this alternate universe for a second episode, and I kind of wish it had been a two-parter. (You hear that, Anyanka? I KIND OF WISH IT HAD BEEN A TWO-PARTER. ...Damn. Guess she really does only grant the wishes of scorned women.) That and the fact that, based on the final scene, no one seems to remember anything that happened in the Wishverse--even if only Cordy had remembered, those memories might have helped to repair her relationship with Buffy. Ah well.

Jessica Roth

Emma Caulfield (now Emma C. Ford) has kept working. "WandaVision" is a recent credit. Bye, new writers, the pros are back in town! As on "Bad Eggs", Marti Noxon does the character work, and David Greenwalt (directing) brings the sci-fi references. So much good. Puppy!Angel is my favorite Angel (I HATE regular Angel but this is the hero he was meant to be) and Vamp!Xander is a better Spike than Spike. Casually brutal in support of his girl ("I just love to see you go"). PERFECT.

Callumbo Heath

Buffy in this episode is like the combination of Kendra and Faith. What a way to spend my xmas eve-eve :P

cruzinbosco

One of my favorite episodes. Was thrilled to see your reaction to this one. <3

R J Walker (FumblesMcStupid)

Yes! Rupe is a hero in this (I love this episode sooooooo much 😍). Remember, he did want to be a fighter pilot (or possibly a grocer ;) ) when he was 10, very heroic in a ten year old boy's eyes 🥰 But the way he's still got a gaggle of teenagers with him is very cute and the fact he has the guts to get out of that car, go Rupe!! And Buffy is so great, I agree very Faith like but colder and less prone to hitting the dance floor I guess :D and her relationship with Rupe is just amazing in its complete difference from our universe. She's so cold without Rupe and her friends. Killing Xander with a stone cold expression on her face. Calling Rupe 'Jeeves' lmao I agree, Xander and Willow look WAY hotter in this universe. And Rupe too tbh, obviously stubble suits him :) I feel for Cordy though, what a lot of shit she goes through in this episode :'( Favourite line? "Because it has to be." Hits me every time :'(

Veronika

Such an amazing reaction to an amazing episode! I've just realized when you mentioned that we will maybe see Spike&Drusilla that we have not seen Darla at all this episode and she was Master's right hand in season 1... and without Buffy showing up in Sunnydale, Angel would not have probably killed her so she would still be alive as well as Luke...I missed her :( but it was great to see Willow&Xander kind of replace their roles.

charlie ray

about the demon at the begining..... its design seems to be based on lovecrafts "cthulhu " and a LOT of bands use the image of this monster (metalica ect) and spins on that creature are in popular culture....... anyway google "cthulhu" and you will see what i mean! xxx thanks for another great reaction

Claire Eyles

Not a faerie? Okay technically not a faerie, but have you seen the depictions of a Fachan, or the Bean Nighe, or Red Cap, or Jenny Greenteeth, or Peggy Powler (etc, etc). As a friend of mine once said, "I don't f*ck with the fae*" :D

Bud Haven

I noticed in this episode that the prophecy that Buffy would be killed by the Master was still fulfilled. She was defeated by him the first time too, and was only saved by Xander.

Evelyn

Guurrlllllll!!! This was a wild ride !!!! 😜 Had a blast hanging with you virtually 🤗🤗🤗🤗

Teresa Schultz

OMG! “Leave me alone, Cordelia”. That was exactly how I felt the first time I heard the “Payless” line. I love it!! This entire episode is a masterpiece…. The lighting, the shots, the acting. It’s all so good! One of my favorite shots is when he’s summoning Anyanka, and she just walks out of the shadows. It’s just so subtle yet so creepy! And yes, her voice is also creepy. Another great reaction. I always enjoy them and your sense of humor so much!!

Jordan Haddow

Such an awesome episode. Vampire Willow is a hottie, no doubt about it. Kind of a little too into S&M for my taste though. In this episode, I would say she's probably the closest a vamp has come to channeling Drucilla, without the whole vision thing going on. Of course, I just have to mention the Cordelia death that follows right after the Cordelia death fake out. I mentioned in the last vids comments how the death fake out was kind of good in that it forced fans to acknowledge just how much they now cared for Cordelia. Again, watching her die here was painful, although thankfully we were 98%ish sure it would be reversed as it happened in an alternative universe. Still, painful to watch. For me, the biggest element of this episode was the stark portrayal of why our Buffy is successful when most other Slayers fail. Sure, our Buffster is great and can fight very well. Still, the one thing that really differentiates her real successes are her friends. She would have died long ago without them. The Buffy we find in this universe is cold and cynical. She's cut herself off from everyone, including her Watcher mostly. In fact, the way she, without hesitation or planning, enters places where one could easily expect an army of vampires, proves that she is at the point of having a death wish. Her entire existence is fighting and the only rest she will get is death, and she appears to be looking for a vacation. This point was made previously with Kendra too. Kendra spent pretty much her entire life with her watcher, trained and learned nothing but slaying. Never formed any relationships with others. Then she promptly dies because she can't withstand Drucillas hypnotic stare. I mean, there was more to her death. Like, Buffy would have survived because she was better at using what's at hand to make a weapon, whereas Kendra was lost because she had given her stake to Buffy and couldn't manage to find a replacement. Still, I think Kendra's lack of connection to the world made her weaker. It will be interesting how this point, Buffy's connection to the world through her family and friends, comes out with regards to Faith. I think part of them focusing on this element of Buffy's slaying was to bring it to mind now that Faith is becoming part of the crew. At least, something to keep an eye on I thought when I watched it. Also, just have to say, kind of loving the play with the thumbnail pics, although it would be neat to add a couple of orange dots to Cordy's neck to signify her vampire bites from this episode. It's up to you. Man this season is fun. So looking forward to your next reaction.

SK Elkins

I'll take up Jessica's usual role as the contrarian here to say that I would like this episode so much more if they hadn't resorted to that incredibly cringeworthy slo-mo with overwrought instrumentation for all of the Oh-So-Ironically-and-Metaphorically-Appropriate killing sequences at the end. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it *ruins* the episode for me, but it does transform what otherwise might have been a favorite of mine into a "yeah, that was fun." Clearly other people find that sequence highly effective, though, so it's probably just me that finds my eyeballs rolling right out of my head during it. It doesn't help much that it's a Marti Noxon script, and therefore about as subtle as a brick to the head to begin with.* Further overegging it with that unnecessary slo-mo and music...I mean, good heavens, WHY? The thing that I like the very *best* about this episode? Nobody remembers the AU world, and as a result: nobody learns from it, nobody grows from it, nobody changes from it. I was all tensed up, waiting for the inevitable pre-Golden-Age-of-Television moralizing glurge to come out of the woodwork, and then it didn't. Good show, show! I also find SMG's acting as AU Buffy really enjoyable. I like how her portrayal seems to incorporate certain qualities from both Faith and Kendra, as well as from OG Buffy. It's a solid performance. * Don't get me wrong - I really do like a lot of Noxon-penned episodes. They are all very blatant with their literalized metaphors, though. Sometimes that works for me and I totally love it, and then at other times it annoys the heck out of me, and I honestly have never been able to figure out what determines which reaction I'll have.