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Buffy Fridays (On Friday... AGAIN)! Season 2 Episode 1 First Time Reaction! (Patreon)

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2022-11-25 15:20:37
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Hi guys! So sorry about missing last week. I completely ran out of time and wasn't able to make Buffy Fridays.  BUT we are back today with the start of Season 2! This one feels like a really good round-up of how last season ended!

I hope I have it right about what actually was going on with Buffy in this one! If not, please do correct me!

Be sure to review and rank this episode in the comments below!

Hope you have an awesome weekend!

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Saiyasha

Gonna be honest, i don't like a lot of first season episodes. But I also don't begrudge the series that, season openers are hard. You have to clean up from last season and setup the new... it's not an easy task. This one is decent, and ithighlights a very key part of Buffys Character: When she is stressed, she tends to shut down. She pulls up all her walls, spikes the fences with barbed wire and makes a little hedgehog ball in the middle. She becomes professional, but also cold and hurtful, because she has a hard time letting people in. The weight of the world rests on her shoulders, and no one can really take that away, and she has a really hard time trusting that there is someone she can actually confide in.

Jake M

I would say Merrick's death goes into the so-bad-it's-good territory though, it's my standout memory from watching the film once XD

Milku Grace TV

Wonderful reaction. THANK YOU! :D I'm glad they had Buffy deal with the events of last season fully instead of just being okay with dying. Thanks so much! I never noticed the apple and chocolate swap in the dream before. Wow, I'm so glad to watch it with you because I am still noticing little details of this show even though I've seen it over and over again. Wow. Can't thank you enough. :)

x_Rhi_x

recently joined your patreon and am loving your reactions so much! So my comments now will probably be irrelevant haha. when you talk about "non canon" episodes, mostly fans refer to them as either "storyline/plot" episodes or "monster of the week" MOTW episodes

x_Rhi_x

also,...love how youre basically swearing to your audience for the whole intro haha (Im also british)

Thom Purdy

Mark Metcalf was unavailable so, for this episode, The Master was played by David Boreanaz. Cibo Matto, the band at the Bronze, featured Sean Lennon, son of Beatle John Lennon.

Garfnob

would if it is vulgarer not depend on intent?

x_Rhi_x

It's intended to be swearing because he's mimicking spike, who is flicking the Vs to swear in the clip he's referring to. But it was only a joke pal, I didn't literally think Veggie was swearing at the audience with ill intent lol

x_Rhi_x

I didnt know David played the master here hahah!

Paul Maki

Late coming reply here saying the poem is by Longfellow, of all people. I had erroneously believed it was Ogden Nash, but for no good reason.

Todd Bolton

That you saw this episode as the continuation of “Prophecy Girl” is brilliant. Two very dark episodes, promising the change in the series from here on out. Still a roller-coaster ride of fun but lots and lots of darkness to come. And your appreciation that Buffy wasn’t possessed but it was a purely human reaction to what she had experienced: the show becomes more human as it goes on – despite most of the big happenings being supernatural. Good observation of Willow eating Xander’s chocolate and Xander Willow’s apple being dream logic. When Xander says “bitca” and “They’re going to cook her dinner?”, I see them as jokes by Xander that didn’t land with the characters. The first one landed for me, the second not so much, until Xander qualifies it with, “Pretend I didn’t say that”.

FandomReferenceHere

Wow, I haven't thought of this little poem in years! There was a little girl who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead And when she was good she was very very good And when she was bad she was horrid. Definitely an English thing, because with the right accent you pronounce "forehead" and "horrid" so that they rhyme: forrid and orrid! Joss spent some time in England in his teens, and I think maybe even went to a boarding school for a year? That's why he can write Giles so well and sometimes Willow says "miffed" :-)

Hanneli Norrgard

The Amish thing was just describing the movie "Witness". Willow is Jewish, but I don't remember if that's been mentioned by this episode. Her last name is Rosenberg, so I always figured she was Jewish before it was mentioned. Cordelia is probably my favorite because of what she said.

Michael Short

The buffy movie was one of the worst things I have ever seen in my entire life lol

The Ginger Historian

Can I just say that I love that you had a V-sign to camera for 3 full minutes?

The Ginger Historian

You are right - it is pretty much PTSD with pent-up anger that she's dealing with. It's masterfully done, both in the writing and the performance. The way it slowly bubbles up - she's a bit curt, but still seems like her old self (because she's trying so hard to be). And she gets gradually more sad and angry until finally she's in full "I'm gonna watch the world burn" mode, and it takes CORDELIA to snap her out of it. Well, not really, but she tried. And that nightmare... textbook PTSD. "I'm in terrible danger and everyone is just watching." It's awful, but it's real. In terms of the Buffy movie... I am a fan of a couple of performances. However, it's very dated (and not just in the fun 90s ways, but the... you know, gross 90s ways). But if you're a completist, it's not a true piece of garbage.

RavenLord

Good to see Buffy with you again! No need to apologize for real-life things getting in the way; we've all been there. Regarding the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, I'd say it's worth a watch at some time. It won't spoil a single thing for the series, as they are quite separate. The movie does take place prior to the series, and it has a completely different vibe/mood. The similarities are that the Slayer is a 16-year-old girl named Buffy who is blonde and....that's pretty much it, IIRC. No need to worry about watching the intro. The images are rapid and without context, so they spoil nothing. The exterior of the high school is a real school, Torrance High in Torrance, California. You can check out other locations here: https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_filming_locations but be warned it does give away some future episode titles and character names (without context). I don't think it's too spoiler-y, but I still want to caution you on that. Amusing little trivia bit is that Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy, of course) has a real-life phobia of cemeteries and being buried alive. She refused to ever film in a real cemetery. As for how they originally disposed of the Master, I'm thinking Giles did what he thought would work, burial in consecrated ground. Most Vampires, they turn into ash and nothing needs to be done with them, but the Master was so old and so powerful that he actually left behind a physical skeleton. Giles likely had no frame of reference for what to do with a Vampire skeleton because it was unheard of, probably the reason why he had never heard of a revivication ritual being successful. No bones if you're just ash.

Giorgia M

I think Buffy’s behaviour is so interesting. It shows how she is pushing everyone away but also trying to hurt them. In one move (or dance) she manages to hurt not only Xander by toying with him but also Willow and Angel because they are watching on and have feeling for either Xander or Buffy herself. As for the Buffy movie, I’ve never seen it but the events take place before the series and show Buffy finding out she’s the chosen one. Without spoiling, there are some flashbacks from the show to this period within the next season or so, I don’t know if it would be better to watch the movie before or after that. I think maybe after because what the show shows is better than the movie so maybe best to have that in your mind initially.

Giorgia M

Just to add, I’m a diehard Buffy defender and I don’t think this was strictly her fault!! The way she should do her job as slayer is alone (hence secrecy) but having support is part of her strength. It’s a theme that continues throughout the show. This season is amazing and has some very iconic episodes coming up!! Not to mention a number of great one liners in this episode alone lol

Garry (Not Jerry)

The boy’s name is Colin. But they always just call him “the anointed one”. The Buffy movie is bad…but I think you should watch it because I still love it. The dialogue is good at least. Buffy doesn’t really have any bad episodes in my view but this one is not one of my favourites. Buffy was a bit of a “bitca” and the line at the end is brilliant “I hate that girl!”. 6.2/10

Shiby23

I think you should watch the movie as soon as possible. You got a good taste of what she comes to be, but knowing what 90's movie buffy was comopared to the tv show will be neat. i don't think theres more than a few small cross over matters so now or after doesn't REALLY matter. You heard she came from the previous school and was a mischievous student. The movie basically introduces you to the thought of a vampire slayer. lookin forward to it :) HOLY CRAP. around 44:40 buffy shove a cross onto the vamps head. she's using the cruciatous curse on the vampire wtfff.

Frederique Gillespie

Personally, the movie is a chapter I'd rather forget. But it's campy fun if you're up for it. I love this episode. I think you'll find that a lot of seasons end on things that need to be resolved and so the next seasons usually open with a sort of resolution episode... And this one started that trend. I didn't appreciate Xander's attitude in this one. I'm a bit defensive of Buffy in that way. He did come up trumps in the end... but he also did react very meanly towards Buffy when she was caught unawares. "You could have stopped this if you'd been here." Is she always supposed to be everywhere?

FandomReferenceHere

I wrote this comment days ago and forgot to post it XD Oh well, better late than never. I love this episode. Such an interesting opener to focus on Buffy's trauma from the last season. I like how you said it felt like a "coda" to S1. And I really like getting to see Buffy, our Hero, make a whole lot of mistakes.... and that's OK. Her friends still love her. That's so reassuring. The Buffy movie..... well, yes, you should watch it, possibly as some sort of rite of passage or hazing ritual. It's sort of required reading for the Buffy canon. If you're going to watch the whole show, you gotta do the movie too. (Whenver you want to; there are no spoilers.) Now this is just my opinion, and your experience will be different, but it's so bad. It's hard to describe how bad it is. It's a tonal nightmare. It teeters on the edge of so-bad-its-good but NEVER GETS THERE. It honestly makes me angry because there is so much wasted potential in there! You can watch the intro; it's fun to see which episodes all the little clips come from. But try not to read the credits that show at the bottom of the screen after the intro. Eventually they get spoilery for characters we might not have seen in a while.