Beer bad...Episode good

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Dia DeLa Muerte said:
Gotta say, i didn't like this episode.
I thought that one or two parts were cool, Xander and Willow(to name a couple) but over all not that great....mind you, give me this over Reptile Boy or Go Fish any day.....
What i mainly dislike about this, is i'm bored of how shows get really preachy about things.
Like here, if you drink bad things will happen.
Yeah we get it, the Whedonverse writers want to educate people, but come on, do they have to constantly ram down our throats that certain things are bad for us.....i'm sure that Whedon et al enjoy the occasional drinky-pooh.

You want to treat the fanbase as people in the real world, show them young adults drinking moderatelt and enjoying themselves.....
I mean in a later Episode they have Dawn say 'Drinking is for losers' or something, i mean get off the high horse people, i know a well functioning group don't make for great TV, but that doesnt mean you have to be preachy all the time!
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I agree completely. Maybe because I go out drinking alot, but you make a good point.
 
Actually I didn't find this episode preachy. More satire than sermon. The idea of people turning into cavemen when they get drunk. I laughed hard at the end where Xander has those bozos locked up in the van.
 
I loved this episode, it is one of my favorites. "i've got your number Id boy!" awesome. and come on, she whacks parker on the head...thats just great. I was so excited about all the fun psychology references that I overlooked any preachy-ness. it was just a fun episode. I loved it. it was funny.
 
It was just a plain funny episode. I doubt the writer's were trying to do anything special with it anyways. Also, watching CaveBuffy swivel around in a rolling chair ... priceless.
 
This episode wasn't that important, and it's rather funny. I enjoyed it but it certainly wasn't a favourite of mine. I couldn't really say I would re-watch it over and over, but it was enjoyable, mostly the first time you see it.

If you're in a depressed mood, this episode might cheer you up. It's not the funniest but it's quite enjoyable to watch.
 
i love that she kept hitting the butt head in the head with the big ol stick!
 
Never quite got the dislike for this ep. It's not great, but it's good fun. It's certainly infinitely preferable to Buffy VS Dracula (easily the worst episode EVER!)
 
buffy want beer. buffy like beer. beer good.
OMG i absolutley LUV this ep! Its sooo hilarious! It has no connection to the storyline but whatevs!
 
I hate this episode. Hate hate hate it. It does not feel like Buffy at all to me, and the storyline was just stupid. I haven't even been able to finish this episode after starting it three different times because I find it so excruciating I only make it halfway through. By far the worst episode and I pity anyone whose first episode is THIS.
 
I'm with the minority on this, I didn't like it at all. I thought it was a very pointless episode. Yea, the point was made that drinking was bad, but the episode wasn't the most entertaining 🙁
 
This episode let Buffy deal with the one who I shall not name. Fine, I'll name him 'Parker'.
It let her deal with what he did. Hitting him over the head and dragging his body to safety.
Hitting him was great! Really thought she was just going to leave him for a second. Thankfully she didn't.
It would have hurt her later on. But the end when she wacked him over the head!! hahaha That's why I enjoyed the episode.
Plus this episode not only allowed her to deal with Parker, it was funny, maybe over the top funny and trying to hard, but it was laughable.
 
I think it was just ok. I agree that it didnt feel anything like a buffy episode, though. I did find i pretty funny when they se her writing on the walls. But yeah, its a bit hard to get through.

Why did Xander need a fake ID to get the bartending job? It's 18 to be a bartender here in NYC (just can't drink the stuff, thats all). Is it different in cali? Because i thought he was 18 already.

And why is everyone so down on reptile boy? it was a fun episode. Not to get off topic. Silly but that's why i love it. Especially the whole Xander in drag thing!

And my god i hate Parker. He was such an annoying character. ugh!
 
I liked it simply because it gave SMG a brief holiday from her character. She was allowed to step into a very different persona, much like she was able to in Halloween. I additionally liked this ep because it was a creature feature episode where one of the main cast was the creature (as A New Man was for Giles).
 
They did it for extra funding to coincide with a 'Propagate that drinking is bad' campaign. They didn't get the funding, but that's the reason why the episode was off-beat with the storyline. Though it was still a very funny episode, and it had that Buffy quirkiness. Plus, it was one of the more associable metaphors of the show.
 
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