Home | Show Index | Blog | Movie Reviews | Site Updates | About Me
Cast photo


5.21 The Weight of the World

Willow: "I think we already deja'd this vu."

Okay, that was some great Ben/Glory morphing as their personalities began bleeding into each other-- very well done, especially that long scene in the alley when they were arguing with each other. And I enjoyed the continuing joke about no one remembering them being the same person ("Is everyone here very stoned?") which of course explains why Dawn didn't tell anyone that she had seen Ben turn into Glory several episodes back.

I'm still confused about the "death is your gift" thing that kept coming up during that loop Willow was visiting in Buffy's head -- but the next episode is called "The Gift," so I guess I won't have to wait long to find out what it means.

Speaking of Willow -- what's with her? In the beginning of this episode, it was almost like she was possessed. She's so different than she used to be. We've come a long way from high school in a short time. I think I'm missing the high school stuff.

Didn't someone mention in an episode awhile back that there was a hell-god triumvarite in Glory's dimension? I had originally thought that Ben, Glory, and the character played by Joel Grey were the three hell-gods before we found out that Ben was Glory's human prison, poor guy -- so who or what is Joel Grey? I'm confused! And I don't believe that Ben is ready to sacrifice Dawn in order to stay alive himself; he's too much of an altruist.

Hey. Do Spike and Xander make a cool team or what?

Bits:

-- That red robe thing with the black pajamas looked really good on both Ben and Glory during all that morphing. Much better than Glory in intern scrubs or Ben in a slinky dress with heels, hmmm?

-- Buffy's father, Hank, is back... sort of.

-- Loved Spike lighting up under a "no smoking" sign in a hospital.

Quotes:

Xander: "How you doing?"
Giles: "It only hurts while I answer pointless questions."

Willow: "Hey ... I know you. You're, you're the first original Slayer who tried killing us all in our dreams. How've you been?"
First Slayer: "Death is your gift."

Young Buffy: "(giggles) You talk funny."
Willow: "Yes, as you'll tell me again when we're older and in chem class."

Two stakes out of four,

Billie





Home | Show Index | Blog | Movie Reviews | Site Updates | About Me