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3.6 Band Candy Buffy: "Giles at sixteen? Less together guy, more bad-magic, hates-the-world, ticking-time-bomb guy." I got a huge charge out of this one. Here we have a show starring teenagers that must deal all the time with super adult problems. They're sort of secret adults, in a way. It was really clever turning the tables and showing the adults acting like children so that the teenagers actually did become the adults. This wasn't just a role reversal episode; it was more like turning the roles inside out. Giles and Joyce were so much fun to watch together, necking, smoking, drinking, and looting. I'm going to say something I say a lot -- Giles is a great character. He has this fascinating bad boy past, and yet he is also the geek pinhead librarian in charge of study hall, and he does it all so well. "You're my slayer. Go knock his teeth down his throat." Joyce is also a good character (look at that great kitchen conversation she has with Buffy about drivers ed), and I've enjoyed the co-parenting conflict she's been having with Giles. Looks like they may not be fighting very much any more; they'll probably blush and avoid each other. Some of this episode was mildly lame, but I was enjoying it so much I barely noticed. For example, why enchant/poison all of the adults in town, when all you need is to get through the hospital staff? Most of the adults I know would buy the candy and their teenagers would eat most of it; two of the four babies were very obviously dolls; and where were all the vampires? On the assembly line? They should indeed have been getting out their spoons. Bits and pieces: -- It was fun to see Armin Shimerman get more than a few wry, nasty lines. What a troll he is. -- It was also great to see Ethan Rayne from "Halloween" again. This episode was even sort of like trick-or-treating in reverse, with the kids giving the parents candy. -- Buffy and Willow's reaction to the adult invasion of the Bronze was a hoot ("Let's do the time warp again," and "Maybe there's a Billy Joel concert in town.") -- So the Mayor probably isn't a vampire or a demon; he just sacrifices to them to get ahead. And he looks so fresh and clean cut. Maybe we've stumbled upon Ronald Reagan's secret. -- This Xander/Willow thing isn't going away. I don't like it. -- Gellar's blonde streaks moved into the neon range. -- "Ripper's" cockney accent sounded like Spike. That was Anthony Stewart Head's real accent; he coached James Marsters. -- Angel lost his shirt again. -- Wasn't it just a bit mean for Buffy to let Angel think she was still seeing Scott? Quotes: Buffy: "'B'. I'm going with 'B'. We haven't had 'B' in forever." Giles: "This is the SATs, Buffy, not connect-the-dots. Giles: "This isn't meant to be easy, you know. It's a rite of passage." Buffy: "Well, is it too late to join a tribe where they just pierce something or cut something off?" Mayor Wilkins: "I realize it is early for you, but I think you'll agree that this matter is urgent, also... delicate." Trick: "I'm a very delicate person." Mayor Wilkins: "So you feel you can handle this?" Trick: "It's a little out of my element, but I can get you what you need. I know a beast who knows a guy." Buffy: "And then I was being chased by an improperly filled-in answer bubble screaming, 'none of the above!'" Willow: "Wow. I hope that wasn't one of your prophecy dreams." Xander: "I hate they make us take that thing. It's totally fascist, and personally, I think it discriminates against the uninformed." Cordelia: "Actually, I'm looking forward to it. I do well on standardized tests. What? I can't have layers?" Snyder: "You will sell it to raise money for the marching band. They need new uniforms." Xander: "Yeah. Those tall, fuzzy hats ain't cheap, huh?" Oz: "But they go with everything." Buffy: "Why do I put up with this?" Giles: "Because it is your destiny. And because I just bought twenty 'cocorific' candy bars." Buffy: "They're acting like a bunch of us." Cordelia: "At first it was fun, you know? They seemed like they were in this really good mood, not like parents, and then..." Willow: "Badness?" Cordelia: "Mom started borrowing my clothes. There should be an age limit on lycra pants." Buffy: "It was just too much to deal with. It was like nothing made sense anymore. The things that I thought I understood were gone. I just felt... so alone." Giles: "Was that the math or the verbal?" Buffy: "Mostly the math." Four out of four stakes, Billie |
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