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1.11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight Giles: "It's a bit of a puzzle, really. I've never actually heard of anyone attacked by a lone baseball bat before." Xander: "Maybe it's a vampire bat." Interesting premise; weak episode. I wish it had been better because I like the idea of someone being ignored to the point of actual invisibility, but the plot kind of fell down in the middle and only partially recovered with cool "X-Files" ending. The best part of this episode is the beginning of a change in Cordelia. She is Marcie's main target, and is smart enough to go to Buffy for help. Even though Cordelia is so self-centered that it borders on burlesque (complaining that Mitch will have black eyes in their prom pictures), we get our first, brief hint that she might be a human being when she talks about being alone, and says that being popular isn't the same as having real friends. She even thanks the gang in the end, but continues to maintain her distance. Angel drops by mostly to skulk in the shadows, pine for Buffy, and rescue the Slayerettes while Buffy is otherwise occupied. The most interesting scene is the Giles/Angel conversation in the library (their first scene together), which is a set-up for the finale. They appear awkward and uncomfortable with each other. Angel reveals that it is hard for him to be around Buffy, and Giles says, "A vampire in love with a slayer. It's rather poetic, in a maudlin sort of way." Bits and pieces: -- In a transparent literary comparison, Mrs. Miller talks about Shylock, and the anger of the outcast. -- Harmony is back, basically for the sole purpose of giving Cordelia someone to do dialogue with. She has a name now. -- Xander says he would love to be invisible so he could "use my powers to protect the girl's locker room." Marcie is indeed in the boy's locker room when she clubs Mitch; maybe she had the same idea. -- "Look, listen, learn" sounds like a railroad crossing. I like "Crush, kill, destroy" a lot better. -- Xander has actually begun acquiring research skills, much against his will. -- This episode was originally called, "Invisible Girl." It is possible that the name was changed because of the invisible Buffy episode "Gone" in season six. -- A codex is an ancient, handwritten manuscript, which fits the "Pergamum Codex" "lost in the fifteenth century" deal. No wonder Giles was almost drooling. -- Books all over the library are tumbled about and on slants, and some of the call number labels are at the top. In a real library, there are book holders on each shelf to keep the books upright, and the call numbers are all on the bottom. It looks like they bought a bunch of library books as props, but didn't realize how a library really looks. Okay, I'm done now. -- The page of the textbook we see Marcie open at the end has the lyrics of the Beatles' song, "Happiness is a Warm Gun" as the text. Foreshadowing: -- I know it's a coincidence, but Alyson Hannigan later on plays a character who plays the flute and goes to band camp in the movie, "American Pie." -- The fact that Angel does not need oxygen is most likely a set-up for a scene in the next episode, "Prophecy Girl." Inconsistencies: -- How did Marcie get drugged Buffy and Cordelia to the Bronze? Did she carry them? Quotable quotes: Snyder: "There are no dead students here. This week." Xander: "Well, yeah, I would give anything to be able to turn invisible. Well, I wouldn't use my powers to beat people up, but I'd use my powers to protect the girls' locker room." Willow: "Oh, my God! 'Have a nice summer. Have a nice summer.' This girl had no friends at all." Giles: "Once again I teeter at the precipice of the generation gap." Buffy: "'Have a nice summer' is what you write when you have nothing to say." Xander: "It's the kiss of death." Giles: "You know, I don't recall ever seeing you here before." Cordelia: "Oh, no. I have a life." One out of four stakes, Billie |
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