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2.2 Some Assembly Required

Buffy: "Sorry, but I'm an old-fashioned gal. I was raised to believe that men dig up the corpses and the women have the babies."

Love does indeed make you do the wacky, and this doesn't just apply to the lame Frankenstein monster plot. Everyone seems preparing to couple: Buffy is slowly succumbing to a taciturn Angel, who can't stay away from her, while Giles is drooling over Jenny, who is fortunately doing all of the chasing since he can't seem to remove his foot from his mouth. Willow and Xander are even acting couple-y, while Cordelia is actively panting after Angel.

I've never understood why mad scientists cut the bodies up and sew mismatched pieces together before flipping the switch. Wouldn't they have more luck with reanimating a complete dead body, like Chris did with his brother? Wouldn't it be a lot less work, and hey, no annoying seams?

My absolute favorite of the many witty lines in this episode is Buffy giving Giles advice on how to talk to Jenny: "She's a techno-pagan, right? Ask her to bless your lap-top." I also liked Xander's "Do I deconstruct your segues?" although that is probably too literary for his character.

All the screaming that Cordelia has done up until this point is nothing compared to what she does here. Did they cast Charisma Carpenter based on her ability to scream convincingly on cue? Cordelia also joins the gang in the library, although she doesn't do any research; and she does some serious clamping onto Angel, who just looks helpless as it's happening. (Cordelia: "Why are these terrible things always happening to me?" Xander: *cough* "Karma.")

Bits and pieces:

-- The "Into every generation" intro is back, and for the first time the voice is that of Anthony Stewart Head. The intro is used only sporadically throughout season two, and then dropped.

-- The football team now seems to be the "Greenbacks" (Cheerleaders say, "Go Greenbacks, go"). I thought they were the Razorbacks. Their uniforms certainly aren't green.

-- Jenny and Giles discuss football; i.e., Giles' scathing comment about strapping on forty pounds of protective gear to play rugby, with Jenny's retort that he is dissing our national pastime. Isn't our national pastime baseball?

-- Buffy and Xander tease Giles about dating. A "little Gene and Roger" must refer to Siskel and Ebert, since they're reviewing Giles' technique.

-- Giles says that zombies don't eat the flesh of the living.

-- Angel states that he is 241 years old.

-- Chris' creepy friend Eric wasn't doing it for love or science; he was really into it. He needs life in prison more than "industrial-strength therapy." Too bad Giles and Willow saved him.

-- What's with Angel's new outfit? It makes him look more like a college boy than a creature of the night.

Quotable quotes:

Angel: "'Danced with' is a pretty loose term. 'Mated with' might be a little closer."

Giles: "Grave robbing? That's new. Interesting."
Buffy: "I know you meant to say gross and disturbing."

Cordelia: "It is not fair that they're making participation in this year's science fair mandatory. I don't think anyone should have to do anything educational in school if they don't want to."

Buffy: "Sorry to interrupt, Willow, but it's the bat signal."

Willow: "This shouldn't take long. I'm probably the only girl in school who has the coroner's office bookmarked as a favorite place."

Xander: "So, we're set then. Say, nineish? BYO shovel?"

Buffy: "Anyway, he was being totally irrational."
Willow: "Love makes you do the wacky."

Willow: "By the way, are we hoping to find a body, or no body?"
Xander: "Call me an optimist, but I'm hoping to find a fortune in gold doubloons."

Angel: "Well, what I saw didn't add up to three whole girls. I think they kept some parts."
Buffy: "Could this get yuckier?"
Willow: "They probably kept the other parts to eat."
Buffy: "Question answered."

Xander: "And speaking of love..."
Willow: "We were talking about the re-animation of dead tissue."
Xander: "Do I deconstruct your segues?"

Buffy: "She's a techno-pagan, right? Ask her to bless your laptop."

It's hard to rate this one. The horror plot was only so-so, but I laughed out loud several times. Two out of four stakes?

Billie





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