Buffy ep by ep; BECOMING pt1

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Becoming pt1

The Good;
The glimpses of Liam and Drusilla in their human forms are just too tragic for words, especially Dru. Good scenes with Whistler and of course Kendra back. Angelus' suicide telegram for Buffy (would they allow that post 9/11?). Snyder's chair shortage gag

The Bad;
David's accent. Where is it supposed to be from exactly? Are they after his lucky charms?

Best line;
Spike; "It's a big rock. Can't wait to tell my friends, they don't have a rock this big"

Wheldon Cliches;
Character death; yep, byebye Kendra, making it one recurring character dead every 8 eps or so. A shame to lose her but I think most would agree that Faith is better as both a character and a Slayer
Shot;
Tied up;
Knocked out; yep, Xander, Willow and Giles
Women good/men bad;

Questions and observations;
We get to see pre-Slayer Buffy in LA and a different version of Merrick. In this version Buffy does indeed miss the heart first time out as she later tells Dawn. The 'Do you know what time it is?' line is very clever, the same words as Joyce says in the movie but with a completely different meaning. Presumably Angel as a tramp is following the diner incident in the 70s we later see in season 4 of Angel. Willow once again play's the bashful virgin for comic effect. Whistler's 'puppets' speech is interesting when you consider Jasmine manipulating the Fang Gang over the course of Angel. Willow attempts her first spell.
10/10 no contest
 
I love this two parter. Buffy at it's best as far as I'm concerned. I love Whistler, he's one of my favourite minor characters ever and his quotes always stick with me.
 
Pretty obvious that Doyle owes a lot to Whistler, shame we never saw him again

Yeah, Doyle very much reminded me of Whistler, but they still each had something different.

In a couple of the other threads its been mentioned that Whistler was actually supposed to be the type of character Doyle ( I also think you can find it mentioned it on the Buffy Wiki page). I love Doyle though so I'm glad we had him.
 
I very much liked this episodes with those flashbacks,Whistler and i also like Kendra...i am so sorry she was killed by Dru
 
Kendrea Was a good charcter. tho slow motion part was my fave in part 1 buffy running down the hall gets to the library slides in her knees then gets to kendrea Screams NO!. And the the cops lol

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Like I said before I love season two and I loved Becoming part one and two. I love the voice over throughout the episode and the flashbacks. Giving some insight on not only Angel but also Dru! The end was sad because it was a set up and the cops were stupid.
 
In fairness if you were running into that situation you'd probably do the same?
 
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