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4.16 Who Are You?

Buffy: "Giles, Faith has taken my body, and for all I know, she's taken it to Mexico by now. I don't have time for bondage fun."

This episode had a ton of fun moments. Excellent acting by Sarah Michelle Gellar -- she did Faith's mannerisms, speech patterns, and even Faith's accent perfectly. I especially liked the mirror scene. Eliza Dushku also got in some good Buffyisms. I especially liked the thing about Giles being a stevedore during sex.

I am really enjoying the development of Willow's relationship with Tara and the "Yours" scene was touching. But (I'll bet you could hear the "but" in there) I'm finding it difficult to accept that Willow has already told Tara about Buffy without telling Buffy first. It seemed like a huge betrayal to me. I mean, would Buffy tell Riley about Willow being a witch or that Oz was a werewolf? She hasn't even mentioned Angel to Riley yet, and Angel is gone. And what was with Tara sabotaging that spell of Willow's a few eps back? Is Tara a demon? Is she bending Willow's mind?

Another "but." Buffy (in Faith's body) captured by nasty Watchers subplot was a bit disappointing, because I was hoping that she would get to do more with the gang and with Spike. I absolutely loved when Faith (in Buffy's body) cornered and freaked out Spike in the bar -- it may be one of my favorite scenes of all time -- but I was longing for a Buffy (in Faith's body) encounter with Spike, too. Ah, well. At least Faith is still alive, and I still think she and Spike would make a fascinating couple. And maybe The Buffy Powers That Be were setting something up there. That's what it felt like.

And here's the big "but." I just don't think Faith would reform so quickly. This is the woman who was ready to torture Buffy to death with sharp objects and who has been killing innocent people without even a twinge of conscience. So she saved that girl outside the Bronze and went to bed with the Clean Marine, and suddenly she was ready to give up her chance of escaping clean and went off to save innocent churchgoers from vamps? Perhaps it happened because Faith was influenced by being in Buffy's body.

Bits and pieces:

--Riley, on his way to church, looked like Fox Mulder. Late for church? He's like a parent's wet dream, isn't he?

-- Cool vamp dissolve in the church scene.

-- Here's a question: if Buffy's soul had been transferred into the body of someone who wasn't a Slayer, would her powers have gone with her?

Quotable quotes:

Tara: "I am, you know."
Willow: "What?"
Tara: "Yours."

Willow: "What's wetwork?"
Xander: "Scuba-type stuff."
Anya: "I thought it was murder."
Xander: "Well, yeah. But there could be underwater murder, with snorkels."

Xander: "We kind of have a romantic evening planned."
Anya: "We were going to light a bunch of candles and have sex near them."
Faith: "Well, we certainly don't want to cut into that seven minutes."
Anya: "Hey."
Xander: "I believe that's my 'hey'. (to Faith) Hey!"

Willow: "I can't believe you've never been here. The Bronze is the coolest place in Sunnydale. Of course, there's not a lot of competition. I think the vending machine at Bergen's came in second."

Faith: "So you guys been hanging out a lot lately, huh?"
Tara: "Yeah. She's, um, she's really cool."
Faith: "So Willow's not driving stick anymore. Who would have thought?

Spike: "You know why I really hate you, Summers?"
Faith: "'Cause I'm a stuck-up tight-ass with no sense of fun?"
Spike: "Well, yeah, that covers a lot of it.

Faith: "I could have anything. Anyone. Even you, Spike. I could ride you at a gallop until your legs buckled and your eyes rolled up. I've got muscles you've never even dreamed of. I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you'd beg me to hurt you just a little bit more. And you know why I don't? Because it's wrong." Wow.

Buffy: "Oh, oh! When I had psychic power, I heard my mom think that you were like a stevedore during sex. Do you want me to continue?"
Giles: "Actually, I beg you to stop."
Buffy: "What's a stevedore?"

Even with my buts, I still loved this one. Let's give it a four,

Billie





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