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3.19 Choices Snyder: "You. All of you. Why couldn't you be dealing drugs like normal people?" The spiders in a box subplot was just that -- subordinate to the real action, which appears to be moving toward a big climax, a big split, and almost incidentally, commencement. UC Sunnydale, huh? Dan and I have been wondering all year what would happen to the series after most of the cast graduates. Who knew there was a University of California campus right there in town? It's been three years, and no one has mentioned it before. Most college towns (and I've lived in way too many of them) hardly keep the college hidden under a bushel. But I'm happy with any way that they can keep the series going and the gang together. Joss Whedon just spent three years satirizing high school. I'm ready to see what he can do with college. The Cordelia/Xander insult exchanges have gotten nastier and nastier. I thought that Cordelia seemed a lot more bitter and depressed than usual, and bingo -- we got the payoff at the end -- she's now working in a dress shop. Daddy had a reversal of fortune. Does that mean she's not going to UC Sunnydale with the gang? Willow is gaining confidence and strength as a crime fighter in leaps and bounds. I absolutely loved that she finally made use of her floating pencil trick. Even a year ago, she would never have hung around searching the Mayor's office; she would have dived for the stairs. And that red dress! Hubba hubba. I thought the Mayor's speech to Buffy and Angel about how they don't belong together was sort of bizarre. It was like something the writers needed to get into the episode but they didn't know whom to give it to. Yes, the Buffy and Angel's relationship has nowhere to go, like we didn't know that. The two of them seem to be using slaying as a substitute for sex. Definitely in a rut, and moving toward spin-off. During the showdown scene at the end, was Faith just looking longingly at her new, pretty knife, or was she looking at the spiders and wondering what was going to happen to her? I've been wondering if Faith just might turn on the Mayor at the end and die in a redeeming blaze of glory. Bits and pieces: -- Buffy and the Mayor finally met. It seemed odd that they haven't before. -- Oz knocking over the bowl was very Oz. He's so understated and calm all the time, but he can make a loud, definitive statement when something really matters to him. -- Faith killed the guy at the airport with a bow and arrow. -- Buffy and Angel did "Mission: Impossible" in the Mayor's office. -- Mayor's language with Faith is always parental. Will I have to separate you two? Faith, you can play with your toy later. -- There were about fifty billion spiders in the box. That's a lot of spiders. -- UC Sunnydale is too far to come home every night? I thought Sunnydale was small. -- This week's dog: Mayor: "Ever have a dog?" Faith: "What?" Mayor: "I did. Rusty. Irish setter. Swell little pooch." Quotes: Buffy: "It's just... Do you get the feeling that we're kind of in a rut?" Angel: "A rut?" Buffy: "You never take me any place new." Angel: "What about that fire demon nest in the cave by the beach? I felt that was a nice change of pace." Buffy: "I mean, I can't believe you got into Oxford." Willow: "It's pretty exciting." Oz: "That's some deep academia there." Buffy: "That's where they make Gileses." Willow: "I know! I could learn and, and have scones." Cordelia: "Oxford? Whoopee! Four years in tea-bag central. Sounds thrilling. And M.I.T. is a Clearasil ad with housing. And Yale is a dumping ground for those who didn't get into Harvard." Willow: "I got into Harvard." Wesley: "But, you're a Slayer." Buffy: "Yeah, I'm also a person. You can't just define me by my Slayer-ness. That's ... something-ism." How about a three out of four stakes for this one, Billie |
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