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4.6 Wild at Heart

Willow: "What if the girl wants to, and the guy doesn't? That's a bad sign, right?"
Xander: "Could be. Or the girl caught the guy in one of the seven annual minutes he's legitimately too preoccupied to do it."

So the writers had to find a way to write a popular character out of the show and they had no way of knowing if it was temporary or permanent -- and they still did a hell of a job. It was heartwrenching and intense, but open-ended at the same time so that from here on out, anything could happen. And they even finally dealt with the wolf thing, which had to happen eventually.

I have to commend Alyson Hannigan on some amazing tearduct action, and I don't mean that sarcastically; the profuse tears were tremendously effective and very much in character. I almost cried myself. It was painful watching poor fashion-challenged Willow coming to Oz's place in leather pants to seduce him; it was even more painful to see Willow actually turn to the black arts, although I knew she'd stop before committing herself. Seth Green was very good, too. Having his character's trademark stoicism fall to pieces not once (when he yelled) but twice (when he almost cried in the car) was quite effective.

So did Oz have a good reason to cheat on Willow? Yes, absolutely. To prevent killings is an extremely good reason. But did he enjoy it? I think he did, or he might have found another way to deal with the situation. Pheronomes, shneromones -- he could have just lured Veruka into a cage and locked her up without him, right?

So what happened to Spike and the commandos? I'm getting really curious about those commandos. And by the way, I thought when Buffy and the commando collided that their rifles got switched and that Buffy would end up killing Oz. Dan thought so, too.

Bits and pieces:

-- Giles is no longer ever-present but he is even more delightful than ever. Going to the Bronze? Watching game shows? I'll bet Giles would kick ass at Jeopardy.

-- Buffy's hair has gotten longer while Willow's has gotten shorter.

-- I've decided that that prof who gave Buffy an A no longer deserves to be a Spike Happy Meal.

-- Maybe it's time now for Willow and Xander to get together. I hated it last year when it involved cheating on Oz and Cordy, but now...it's a thought, isn't it?

Quotes:

Giles: "It's ages since I've been to a gig. Well, don't look that way. I'm down with the new music. And I have the albums to prove it."
Buffy: "Yes, but it's your cutting edge 8-tracks that keep you ahead of the scene."

Willow: "Well, things with Oz are weird. And I talked to Buffy about it, but I think we're in guy-ville here. I need a translator from the Y side of things."
Xander: "Well, last time I checked, I had the creds. Hit me."
Willow: "What does it mean when a girl wants to... you know."
Xander: "If you're doing it, I think you should be able to say it."
Willow: "Make love."
Xander: "Wild monkey love, or tender Sarah McLachlan love?"

Buffy: "Giles, I've never seen her like this. It's like it hurts too much to form words."
Giles: "You've felt that way yourself. And you got through it."
Buffy: "Yeah. I ran away and went to hell and then got through it."

Three out of four stakes,

Billie





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