Buffy ep by ep; FLOODED-geeks, Giles and the greenstuff

[saturn5]

FLOODED

The Good;
Special marks to MT for her wonderful acting when Dawn gets soaked, cracks me up every time. Love Buffy at the bank and the Nerds rear their heads. Wonderful Buffy/Giles scene.

The Bad;
Why does the demon need the Nerds help to find Buffy? How can Warren appease them by offering Buffy's address, it's not like she's that hard to find.

Best line;
Dawn; "That's a weird place for a horn" (adopting Willow's bashful virgin shtick)

Women good/men bad;
Warren shows his true colours, giving the demon Buffy's address. Warren, Jonathon and Andrew are prepared to sacrifice each other to the demon.

Jeez!;

Kinky dinky;
As well as 'Chicks, chicks, chicks' one of the Nerds ambitions is 'hypnotise Buffy' and turn her into their 'willing sex bunny' a staple of some of the creepier fanfiction out there (The Erotic Mind Control Archive anyone?)Jonathon thinks Buffy is hot. Andrew seems to fancy Christina Ricci but Warren refuses to build him a robot version. Willow hints she slept with Riley.

Captain Subtext;

Guantanamo Bay;

Scoobies to the ER;

Missing scenes;

Apocalypses; 6 Buffy says that saving the world is something she's good at unlike finances

Wheldon Cliches (with kind permission from Boo)

Scoobies in bondage:
Buffy: 8
Giles: 4
Cordy: 5
Will: 3
Jenny: 1
Angel: 4
Oz: 1
Faith: 3
Joyce: 1
Wes: 1
Xander; 1
Dawn; 3

Scoobies knocked out: as Giles comments he knows he's back in America when he gets knocked unconscious.
Buffy: 16
Giles: 11
Cordy: 6
Xander: 9
Will: 5
Jenny: 2
Angel: 6
Oz: 3
Faith: 1
Joyce: 3
Wes: 1
Anya;2
Dawn; 1

Kills: 1 demon for Buffy
Buffy: 96 vamps, 37 demons, 6 monsters, 3 humans, 1 werewolf, 1 spirit warrior & a robot
Giles: 5 vamps, 2 demon, 1 human, 1 god.
Cordy: 3 vamps, ½ a demon
Will: 6 vamps + 1 demon +1 fawn.
Angel: 3 vamps, 1 demon, 1 human
Oz: 3 vamps, 1 zombie
Faith: 16 vamps, 5 demons, 3 humans
Xander: 5 vamps, 2 zombies, 1½ a demon,
Anya: 1 vamp and 1½ a demon
Riley; 18 vamps + 7 demons
Spike; 3 vamps and 2 demon
Buffybot; 2 vamps
Tara; 1 demon

Scoobies go evil:
Giles: 1
Cordy: 1
Will: 2
Jenny: 1
Angel: 1
Oz: 1
Joyce: 1
Xander: 4
Anya; 1
Dawn; 1

Alternate scoobies:
Buffy: 6
Giles: 3
Cordy: 1
Will: 2
Jenny: 2
Angel: 3
Oz: 2
Joyce: 2
Xander: 3

Recurring characters killed: 10
Jesse, Flutie, Jenny, Kendra, Larry, Snyder, Professor Walsh, Forrest, McNamara, Joyce

Sunnydale deaths;
89;

Total number of scoobies: 7, Giles back, Dawn helps with research for the first time but doesn't help with the demon fighting so we'll not include her just yet.
Xander, Willow, Buffy, Anya, Tara, Spike, Giles

Xander demon magnet: 5(6?)
Preying Mantis Lady, Inca Mummy Girl, Drusilla, VampWillow, Anya (arguably Buffy & Faith with their demon essences?), Dracula?

Scoobies shot:
Giles: 2
Angel: 3
Oz: 4
Riley; 1

Notches on Scooby bedpost:
Giles: 2; Joyce & Olivia, possibly Jenny and 3xDraccy babes?
Cordy: 1?
Buffy: 3 confirmed; Angel, Parker,Riley, 1 possible, Dracula(?)
Angel: 1;Buffy
Joyce: 1;Giles, 2 possible, Ted and Dracula(?)
Oz: 3; Groupie, Willow & Verucca
Faith:2 ;Xander, Riley
Xander: 2; Faith, Anya
Willow: 2;Oz and Tara
Riley; 3; Buffy, Sandy and unnamed vampwhore
Spike; good or bad?
Spike 'jokes' about killing the Scoobies.

Dawn in peril;
I figure at least 4 times so far.

Dawn the bashful virgin; 1

Questions and observations;
What the hell is 'The gorilla thing' the nerds want to do? Buffy tells the security guard that guns are never useful forshadowing the events at the end of the season as do Willow's hints to Giles that he shouldn't annoy her. Anya's idea of charging for Slaying is silly but couldn't Buffy rob the vamps/demons as well as killing them?
So, big question, what do Buffy and Angel get up to during their reunion? Well, not sex as Angel keeps his soul but you wonder? Dawn is now 15, the same age as Buffy was before she became the Slayer. She compares the supernatural to sex as she says that if she doesn't learn it from Buffy and co she'll learn it all on the street. Jetpacks are one of the Nerds aims which they'll eventually achieve. Giles comments that there are others who can bring back the dead as we see from WR&H in 'To Shanshu in LA'. Dawn wears another number t-shirt.
Marks out of 10; 6/10 good enough but not great

 

[PrincessBuffy16]

Really beautiful Giles/Buffy scene.

5/10

 

[ubi4soft]

With the exception of Anya, the entire Scooby gang seemed very much against the charging of those who are helped by Buffy, but meanwhile we see AI employees doing it very often (or at least attempting to get the money from them).

Guess this is the difference between a real hero and a self nominated champion.

 

[BillyidolwannaB]

Meh, decent ep, Trio are hilarious as usual. But Willow hints she slept with Riley? Really?

 

[Anya2012]

The Trio were funny. nice Giles/Buffy scene, those were the only highlights.

5/10.

 

[white avenger]

Comments on this post
BillyidolwannaB agrees: Lol, AI kinda had to charge people. They need cash from somewhere.


I think that that was the reason for Anya's suggestion. Buffy was basically broke and in n need of money. It always struck me as strange thet, with three other adults and a teenaged girl living there, plus a duly employed construction team manager who seemed to be a semi-permanent fixture and guest for meals, until Giles gave Buffy a check, well after she had exhausted all other options in obtaining money, no one ever apparently thought of offering her a cent, and there is no indication whatsoever that they ever bothered to for the rest of the season, either.

 

[saturn5]

Meh, decent ep, Trio are hilarious as usual. But Willow hints she slept with Riley? Really?

In the training scene where Willow is trying to get a human reaction from Buff. Probably lying but who knows with those Scoobs? Rillow anyone?:lmao:

I always took it that the others did help out financially but they couldn't keep doing so indefinitely

 

[BillyidolwannaB]

I remember the Willow thing now, pretty sure it wasn't serious.
I suppose Xander and Anya could have helped Buffy out with money, they certainly had the most. But Willow and Tara? Nah, a couple of students i'd assume just had enough cash to get by themselves. She should have taken Spikes offer of money when he offered.

 

[faeriegrrl27]

The most annoying thing about... everything? I *hate* that we never get to even hear about the Bangel meeting. Cordy totally summed up my feelings on the matter when Angel refused to give details. Grrrr.