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Season 5, Ep 5 (Patreon)

Published:
2022-09-27 15:59:05
Edited:
2023-07-01 15:23:43
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2026-06
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Content

ummmm hello?? a key?!?!

Files

Buffy Season 5, Ep 5 - No Place Like Home

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Comments

Ariel17

I know I'm like 3 years (!) behind and Darcie has definitely finished all this by now but I guess that means I don't have to worry about spoilers and this is definitely the episode to comment this. There’s some interesting details that I don’t think others have mentioned (maybe later episode comment sections idk). First, the title of the episode, obviously refers to The Wizard of Oz. While we might be inclined to think it has to do with Dawn being Dorothy-like figure who is in this reality or world out of place, I would argue that the character that is more identified as Dorothy is Glory. Her whole plan for the Key, as we learn much later in the season, is to go home. Like Dorothy repeats at the end...”There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home...”. Funny that Glory breaks one of her (red) heels at the end of the episode....but she doesn’t go home. Second, the spell that Anya told Buffy about, by the sorcerer Cloutier, was called “tirer la couvetoure”, which Willow translates as “pull back the curtain”. This is also a reference to the the Wizard of Oz, as at the end, Dorothy's dog Toto pulls back the curtain and reveals that it’s no wizard, but really just a guy operating a machine. Similarly, Buffy does the spell but there's no big reveal about Joyce's illness. Finally, although it’s noted that they never mention Glory’s name in this episode (despite it being in the script), it’s clear they were going to call her Glory because there’s a small throwaway line from Anya that hints at her name. In the scene at the Magic Box, when the Scoobies are exhausted from all the grand opening commotion, Anya is the only one who is peppy and standing at the cash register, and she offers suggestions to Giles about managing the store. Right before Giles interrupts her by offering her a job, Anya says: “and The Hand of Glory packs some serious raw power...”. Interestingly, she says this just as Buffy is currently being pummeled by the hands of (a yet unnamed) Glory.

Darrell Sisson

I don't think that Buffy is Dawn's sister. The monks sent Dawn to the slayer to protect. Buffy is essentially her mom.

Ashley

I’ve been waiting for you to get to this episode! I love when Ms. Beauty sneaks up behind Buffy 😂

Andrew Pulrang

I think they pulled off the whole Dawn mystery and eventual reveal thing pretty well, considering the level of difficulty they were going for. Except for one thing … I think they made a slight mistake in having Dawn seem like she was being knowingly deceptive as soon as Buffy started to get the idea of something going on. That I think was an unnecessary red herring. If she’d played it exactly like a normal little sister reacting to the way Buffy was behaving, instead of acting vaguely mysterious, it would have been better. But that aside, I love the basic idea of Dawn being totally unaware of her unique identity, and everyone else being totally unaware of it too, except now for Buffy of course.

ghostofdurruti

This is such a good episode. For one thing, it's chock full of hilarious character moments... Buffy and Giles' unspoken conversation about his... ah... shopkeeper's uniform? The "making money hand over fist" moment? Every single scene with Anya? Please. More than that, it really showcases SMG and Michelle Trachtenberg's chemistry--even though, as Buffy (finally) learns in this episode, they aren't *really* sisters, they sure do feel like they are. And that goes for both the many earlier scenes where Dawn seems to be going out of her way to annoy Buffy, and the much more tender scene at the end where Buffy apologizes for hurting her. You can *feel* Buffy's shift from "oh my god she's so annoying" to "I will protect her with my life." The opening scene in which the monks cast the spell to hide the Key and create Dawn just as The Beast (or Beauty? lol) bursts in is kind of evocative of the opening scene of "I Robot You Jane" from Season 1 (in which another group of monks cast a spell to bind the demon Moloch in a book). Maybe that's why I find the moment when "Two Months Ago" pops up on screen so weirdly funny; we're primed by that association to expect that it was taking place in like the 15th century or something. (As you said... "are we sure?" haha).

TheLoungingPotato

I've been looking forward to this one! For obvious reasons haha For one, the fact that you've been mentioning that you thought this wouldn't be revealed until the end of the season. Fantastic. Now I feel safe saying that I genuinely love Dawn. Yes, she's obviously a bit obnoxious at times but she has such little sister energy that I can't hate her. Plus, as seen by that final moment between Buffy and Dawn, it gives SUCH a phenomenal dynamic for the writers to work with. All of these main characters don't have any siblings so the sibling dynamic has been entirely absent. Sincerely one of my favorite additions to the show, to see Buffy have this new set of interactions and emotions with somebody who isn't a romantic interest or a potential friend.

Jayme

buffy: what are you doing here...five words or less! spike: out. for. a. walk. b*tch🤙 i actually have a pin with this quote on it...oooh gotta love spike hahaha

Scott Margeson

This episode, for me, is exactly where the fifth season begins and it all begins to start making sense. And seeing you crush/fangirl over the "Beast" is amazing. We love to see it.

Bud Haven

You see Buffy sensing Spike behind the tree as she is leaving the house. In episode 1 Giles tells Buffy to try to sense vampires in the Bronze crowd. But she finds one because its dated fashion. It's an ability she has but isn't very powerful in her case.