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3.17 Enemies Giles: "Demons after money. Whatever happened to the still-beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards any more." Dan and I had a bet going during this episode. He thought that Angelus was really back (and was pissed about it), while I was certain throughout that Angel was faking it to expose Faith. I simply couldn't believe that Angel's first act upon losing his soul again would be to kiss Faith; kill her, yes, but not kiss her. It also felt to me that David Boreanaz' Angelus was just what it should have been -- like Angel playing a part very well, but not perfectly. I liked the scene at the beginning, when Buffy and Angel came out of what must have been an extremely erotic movie and they were actually talking about their problem. Rub your nose in it? When Angel was pretending to be Angelus, he talked about thanking Buffy for sending him to Hell. Fruit basket? Evisceration? Was there truth in that? If they've talked about what she did to him, we haven't seen it. Now we know that the Mayor is behind the creation of Sunnydale, and all of the bad stuff is going to come down on graduation day. Sounds like this year is going to go out with a bang. The Mayor and Faith make an interesting couple. I sort of didn't know how to take his constant fatherly attempts to interest her in the more wholesome aspects of life, like milk, miniature golf, and getting to bed at a decent hour. The scene in the Mayor's office was like a parody of a girl bringing her boyfriend home to meet her parents. "Try to have her home by eleven." It was sort of funny, but not, if you know what I mean. Bits and pieces: -- "The girl makes Godot look punctual." Good line; perhaps a little literary for Buffy, though. -- Oz is blond again. Better. -- Willow has gone through books Giles didn't think she's ready for. Funny to think of Willow as disobedient. -- It was fun the way Whedon used Wesley to get Cordy back into the Scooby gang. -- When the demon was trying to sell the books of ascension to Faith, he mentioned the spines and the "slight foxing." "Foxing" is a rare books term that I first heard when I started working with the old stuff. It's those stains you see on the pages. -- This week's dog reference was Faith's: "See, when I was a kid, I used to beg my mom for a dog." This wasn't the first time Angel was equated with a dog. It seems to happen all the time. Quotes: Buffy: "I'm sorry. I just, I don't like getting you worked up like that. We can't actually do any of those things. You'd lose your soul. Besides, I don't even own a kimono." Cordelia: "I have a paper to write for English and you're English, so I thought ... What? Is it so wrong to be getting an insider's perspective? I study best in a good restaurant, around eightish? Think it over?" Xander: "And on the day the words 'flimsy excuse' were redefined, we stood in awe and watched." Wesley: "Find anything?" Giles: "Six course banquet of nothing with a scoop of sod-all as a palate cleanser." Wesley: "Wait for Faith." Buffy: "That could be hours. The girl makes Godot look punctual." Xander: "Well, actually, let's just say I applied some pressure. Or more accurately, that I asked politely, and then, uh, okay, I bribed him." Buffy: "How much?" Xander: "Twenty-eight bucks. Does the Council reimburse for that kind of stuff?" Giles: "Did you get a receipt?" Willow: "No way. I know what you're thinking and no way!" Buffy: "You're right. Faith would never do that." Willow: "Faith would totally do that. Faith was built to do that. She's the do that girl." Buffy: "Comfort, remember comfort, here?" Willow: "I mean, please, does Angel come up to Faith's standards for a guy? Let's see, is he breathing?" Buffy: "Actually, no." Faith: "You want to listen or you want to die?" Angel: "As long as you're there, I mostly want you to wriggle." I enjoyed this one -- how about three out of four stakes, Billie |
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