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4.9 Something Blue

Buffy: "I'm getting married! Can you believe it?"
Riley: "I don't think 'no' is a strong enough word."

Poor, blue Willow continued to mope about Oz and it only worsened when she discovered that he came back and didn't tell her. (Just like Angel! What is it with those supernatural boyfriends?) Maybe her misery made her more powerful because that was one heavy-duty spell she cast. It was also a lot of fun. Okay, it was silly, too. Silly can be good. This silly was very good.

Riley is nice when he isn't running around in camouflage. So is something missing when the guy you like is nice and easy to be with? Does the pain come from the fire, as Willow said? At least Riley is perceptive enough to realize that Buffy is mysterious as well as beautiful. And he's nice to lesbians. He gets more points.

Buffy thinks she wants Riley, but interestingly enough, this episode proved that she has tremendous chemistry with Spike. The bathtub scene at the beginning was just full of sexual sparks. Every single Buffy/Spike scene had me laughing out loud; I particularly liked that "honeymooning with a big pile of ashes" exchange, and the two of them criticizing each other's names. Riley said something at the end about this episode being just another piece of the Buffy puzzle. What is that piece? That deep down, she's hot for vampires?

Bits:

-- Spike was starving at Thanksgiving, but this episode had jokes about food that Spike likes. Did he just start liking human food when he got the chip and couldn't have human blood any more?

-- Hair! Hair! Buffy has gone fluffy, while Anya is still searching for a style.

-- Giles' apartment seems to be turning into the new gang gathering place. It's still not the library.

-- Those manacles just won't go away. Who hasn't been in them by now?

-- I'm glad poor Rat-Amy hasn't been forgotten.

-- Spike is actually rather perceptive, isn't he? When he isn't trying to kill someone, that is.

Quotes:

Buffy: "I really like being around him, you know? And I think he cares about me. But I just feel like something's missing."
Willow: "He's not making you miserable?"
Buffy: "Exactly. Riley seems so solid. Like he wouldn't cause me heartache."
Willow: "Get out. Get out while there's still time."

Giles: "A truth spell, of course. Why didn't I think of that?"
Willow: "‘Cause you had your hands full with the undead English patient?"

Spike: "'Passions' is on! Timmy's down the bloody well, and if you make me miss it, I'll..."
Giles: "You'll do what? Lick me to death?"

Buffy: "No big? Anyone remember when Buffy had the fun beer-fest and went one-million years B.C.?"
Xander: "Sadly, without the fuzzy bikini."

Riley: "Who is this guy? Does he go here?"
Buffy: "Spike? (Laughs) Oh, no. He's totally old."
Riley: "Old."
Buffy: "Well, not as old as my last boyfriend was."

Anya: "Giles is blind? (waving her hand in front of his face)
Giles: "Please stop whatever you're doing. You smell like fruit roll-ups."
Spike: "This is the crack team that foils my every plan? I am deeply shamed."

D'Hoffryn: "You have much anger and pain. Your magic is strong, but your pain ... it's like a scream that pierces dimensional walls. We heard your call."
Willow: "I'm sorry. I'll try for a quiet rage."

D'Hoffryn: "That is your answer?"
Willow: "It is."
D'Hoffryn: "I'm sorry to hear that. Oh, well. Here is my talisman. You change your mind, give us a chant."

Hilarious. Fabulous. Four out of four stakes,

Billie





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