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The Great Buffyverse Rewatch 2015

Feb 16, 2015 21:19

Thanks to everyone who commented on last week's posts. This week we plan to do roughly the same - today's post reminds you of the episodes in question, and on Thursday and Friday there will be fuller recaps with some possibly leading questions.

So, this week we move on into Season One with:

Teacher's Pet

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104 teacher's pet, 106 the pack, 105 never kill a boy on the first date, rewatch

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shapinglight February 16 2015, 21:54:08 UTC

As usual, my thoughts are pretty shallow, but re the three questions - worst dressed Scooby is Xander (though I may think this because I can't remember what Willow was wearing. Also, I just...don't understand Buffy's weird hat in The Pack. I also don't understand Joyce letting her go out in those mini skirts).

Angel is 10 on the annoyance scale, and that's just for the ridiculous scene where he suddenly takes off his leather jacket and gives it to Buffy.

I don't think Xander should be held accountable for his actions. On the other hand, I think, since he does remember what he did, he should be a lot more upset about it.

gillo February 16 2015, 22:16:19 UTC

It's very close - none of the Scoobies look very good in this ep.

Angel is very annoying, I agree. But I do think Xander should be held accountable for his pretence that he has no memory of what he did and tried to do. And Giles colludes with him, which shows neither of them take it very seriously. Of course in S1 a lot of things are handled more lightly than they are later, but even so. Xander shows he is ready to do more or less anything to save his own skin.

shapinglight February 16 2015, 22:28:26 UTC

When you say Giles colludes with Xander, we don't actually know what Xander told Giles, do we? I think it's highly unlikely that Xander flat out said to Giles, "While I was under the hyena's influence, I tried to rape Buffy."

Xander shows he is ready to do more or less anything to save his own skin.

I think that's a little harsh. NB may not look it, but Xander is only sixteen. It's not surprising if he can't cope with what he's done and prefers to repress it - especially when Buffy seems prepared to just let it go.

I'm not saying it's acceptable, of course, just that it's understandable.

gillo February 16 2015, 23:28:26 UTC

Hmm.

GILES: I've been reading up on my, uh, animal possession, and I cannot find anything anywhere about memory loss afterwards.

XANDER: Did you tell them that?

GILES: Your secret dies with me.

Is definitely "blokes must stick together", and he knows Xander was feral. He may not know there was an AR, but Xander does. OTOH, Buffy is prepared to accept it wasn't "really" him.

shapinglight February 17 2015, 08:04:13 UTC

OTOH, Buffy is prepared to accept it wasn't "really" him.

Well, it wasn't.

gillo March 5 2015, 22:06:04 UTC

Really? Surely it's him but with the brakes off?

shapinglight March 6 2015, 09:21:10 UTC

That's one interpretation. However, the hyena spirit, like the vampire demon is also an outside influence that's been imposed on him.

Either way, I think Buffy accepts that the hyena spirit made him do something he would never normally do, and gave him the benefit of the doubt.

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shapinglight February 17 2015, 08:03:15 UTC

And it was ridiculous for Angel to give her that jacket, and also for her to keep wearing it. In reality, she would have been swimming in it.

Yes, there's a lot of shrinking outerwear in the Buffyverse, isn't there? I mean, Spike's not a big guy but there's no way Nikki's coat should have fit him so well.

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