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2.10 What's My Line (2)

Buffy: "I've had it. Spike is going down. You can attack me, you can send assassins after me -- that's fine. But nobody messes with my boyfriend."

When we last left our heroes, Buffy was battling Kendra, Angel was trapped in an impending daylight situation, and Cordelia was about to get icked by the Bugman, coo coo ka choo.

Angel goes almost literally from the frying pan into the fire, or vice versa, and is tortured with holy water before Spike nearly sacrifices him to restore Drusilla to health. Angel tortures really well, doesn't he? Three gorgeous vampires, twisted sexual references, male semi-nudity, what's not to love?

This is the episode where the Angel/Drusilla/Spike triangle really takes off. I particularly enjoy Angel taunting Spike by implying that Spike isn't satisfying Drusilla sexually. It is interesting that Drusilla is into torture but Spike is not; Spike just wants to kill Angel. One must draw the line somewhere, I suppose.

Buffy sees Kendra's advent as her chance at a normal life, but later, Buffy realizes that Kendra has much less of a life than Buffy does. Perhaps this is why Buffy is more accepting of her "job" at the end of this episode.

Fantastic ending. There is a wonderful melee, Angel is chained up with his shirt off, everybody does a little slaying, Buffy and Kendra bond, and Spike and Drusilla are left for dead. At least until the end, when we see a rejuvenated Drusilla carrying Spike's broken body out of the church. Gee... do you think they'll be back?

Lots and lots of bits and pieces:

-- Willow and Xander both have honeys now. Everyone is dating. Life is good.

-- Buffy calls Kendra rookie, honey, percepto-girl, John Wayne, she-Giles, and my favorite, Pink Ranger. Spike wins, though; he calls Drusilla "my black goddess, my ripe wicked plum."

-- Xander gets a little buggy revenge. "You and bug people, Xander, what's up with that?"

-- Oz takes a bullet for Willow, which is an amazingly romantic thing to do so early in their relationship. Their exchange about the cookie animals is adorable. "I mock you with my monkey pants."

-- Speaking of hair, loved Kendra's.

-- Spike and Dru each carried the other during this episode.

-- I really want to read that Slayer handbook. Either that, or get the t-shirt.

-- There are 43 churches in Sunnydale.

-- Kendra's watcher's name is Mr. Zabuta. (I'm guessing on the spelling there.)

-- Buffy looks rumpled in this episode. Beautiful, but rumpled.

-- Drusilla talks a lot about food. I wonder why? Does she really miss being human?

-- In this week's hair report, Oz's is now brown. Many of Oz's hair changes during the run of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" are due to Seth Green's various movie roles.

-- The character of Spike was originally supposed to die fairly early in the second season. Seems likely that this would have been the place.

-- Obligatory dog reference: Xander to Cordelia: "You licked his hand like a big dumb dog," Drusilla says to Angel, "Bad dog." And Buffy warns Kendra not to watch the movie on the plane if it's about a dog or Chevy Chase.

Foreshadowing:

-- During the big fight scene, Buffy and Spike switch opponents because they prefer to fight each other.

Quotable quotes:

Kendra: "We can return to your Watcher for our orders."
Buffy: "I don't take orders. I do things my way."
Kendra: "No wonder you died."

Xander: "Who sponsored career day today? The British Soccer Fan Association?"

Buffy: "Angel. He's Drusilla's sire."
Xander: "Man, that guy got major neck in his day."

Buffy: "When this is over, I'm thinking pineapple pizza and teen video movie fest. Possibly something from the Ringwald oeuvre."

Four out of four stakes,

Billie





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