Episode 17 - Reptile Boy
It's going to be a long day. So I'm just going to see if I can't power through a few of these.
Reptile Boy - or - The One with Buffy in Manacles
Synopsis: We open on the gang watching some Bollywood movie together. This cuts to boys in monk robes chasing a paniced and screaming girl. Satanic cult you say? No, no. As any college girl could quickly tell you... those are frat boys. Bad things happen. And in the end, everyone gets what they deserve. Including me. I get to watch Buffy hang there wearing manacles.
I am surprised given the long list of evil and demonic things that Buffy knows to avoid, how could frat boys not end up on her list? Evil. Evil. Bad. Their only redeemable point, the possession of a wooden paddle, is just another travesty of repression since they only use them on pledges... and not blinky blink little girls.
Speaking of repression... there is a lovely little scene with Angel and Buffy in the graveyard in this episode. During one of those 'No, don't love me. I'm too dark." speeches, Angel grabs Buffy to make his point. Grabs her. Hard. Grrr. Don't fall in love with me. I could hurt you. I will hurt you. Grrr.. so dark. So tortured over his pedophile tendencies. Rawr.
Best sappy exchange
Angel: This isn't some fairy tale. When I kiss you, you don't wake up from a deep sleep and live happily ever after.
Buffy: No. When you kiss me I wanna die.
Best snappy exchange
Xander: So, Cor, you printing up business cards with your pager number and hours of operation, or just going with a halter top tonight?
Cordelia: Oh, are we feeling a little envious? You could belong to a fraternity of rich a powerful men. In the Bizzaro world.
So later when Xander crashes the frat party. And they find him. And treat him like a pledge...
Xander makes one of the ugliest women I have ever seen. Just as Bobby made the creepiest ballerina. Ever.
All of this leads up to the sweet, sweet moment... of Buffy in manacles. It makes me forgive her for falling for the OLDEST trick in the book. The girl can kill vampires. She can fight demons. Mummies, no problem. But a frat boy with a roofie takes her out. Girls who aren't The Chosen One (tm) know to watch out for that shit. Come on, missy.
Moral of the episode: Frat. Boys. Are. Evil.
Reptile Boy - or - The One with Buffy in Manacles
Synopsis: We open on the gang watching some Bollywood movie together. This cuts to boys in monk robes chasing a paniced and screaming girl. Satanic cult you say? No, no. As any college girl could quickly tell you... those are frat boys. Bad things happen. And in the end, everyone gets what they deserve. Including me. I get to watch Buffy hang there wearing manacles.
I am surprised given the long list of evil and demonic things that Buffy knows to avoid, how could frat boys not end up on her list? Evil. Evil. Bad. Their only redeemable point, the possession of a wooden paddle, is just another travesty of repression since they only use them on pledges... and not blinky blink little girls.
Speaking of repression... there is a lovely little scene with Angel and Buffy in the graveyard in this episode. During one of those 'No, don't love me. I'm too dark." speeches, Angel grabs Buffy to make his point. Grabs her. Hard. Grrr. Don't fall in love with me. I could hurt you. I will hurt you. Grrr.. so dark. So tortured over his pedophile tendencies. Rawr.
Best sappy exchange
Angel: This isn't some fairy tale. When I kiss you, you don't wake up from a deep sleep and live happily ever after.
Buffy: No. When you kiss me I wanna die.
Best snappy exchange
Xander: So, Cor, you printing up business cards with your pager number and hours of operation, or just going with a halter top tonight?
Cordelia: Oh, are we feeling a little envious? You could belong to a fraternity of rich a powerful men. In the Bizzaro world.
So later when Xander crashes the frat party. And they find him. And treat him like a pledge...
Xander makes one of the ugliest women I have ever seen. Just as Bobby made the creepiest ballerina. Ever.
All of this leads up to the sweet, sweet moment... of Buffy in manacles. It makes me forgive her for falling for the OLDEST trick in the book. The girl can kill vampires. She can fight demons. Mummies, no problem. But a frat boy with a roofie takes her out. Girls who aren't The Chosen One (tm) know to watch out for that shit. Come on, missy.
Moral of the episode: Frat. Boys. Are. Evil.