IWRY Group Watch

For those of you interested in the script comparisons in advance of the group watch here are my notes as I compared shooting script to the episode:

Wardrobe note:

BUFFY stands in the doorway. Wearing one of those lovely peasant blouses.
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Man, they really wanted to go hard with the bohemian feel in this first scene. Cordy is rocking that same style of peasant chic too. But Buffy isn't wearing a peasant top she is wearing a peasant skirt. Hmmm.

Cut scene:

INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY

A CAN OF WHIPPED CREAM sprays a white top on Doyle's iced mocha frappaccino and the SERVER moves off. Cordy sits next to him with a similar frufy cup.

DOYLE
I just asked for a coffee.

Doyle skims or blows off the foamy top, something brown underneath.

DOYLE
Oh, there it is... what is it with
this country, anyway? Everything's
got to be bigger, sweeter, frothier --

CORDELIA
There's a reason we rule the world.

DOYLE
So Buffy and Angel, it's always been pretty...
(mimes fisticuffs)
...volatile?

CORDELIA
That was nothing. One time they
kicked the daylights out of each
other at the mall -- I was too
embarrassed to shop there for, like,
weeks.

DOYLE
It must have been good sometime...

CORDELIA
(shrugs)
At first he was just hanging around
in the shadows, spying on us -- boy,
a lot's changed there, huh? -- I was
seeing someone at the time so I guess
he sort of fixated on her.

DOYLE
And eventually they got together.

CORDELIA
Did they ever, on her seventeenth
birthday. Which kicked in his
"knowing a moment of true happiness"
curse and then it really got ugly.

DOYLE
He went bad, tried to kill her.

CORDELIA
He tried to kill everybody. You
weren't really goin' out much after
dark in those days... then she ran
him through with a sword, sent him to
hell. He popped out four months
later which was like a hundred years
of torment in demon time or
something... his hair's never really
been the same.

DOYLE
And then?

CORDELIA
Then they were on again off again --
you sort of need a score card at this
point -- but finally they broke up
for real last spring. That's when he
took off for L.A. The story thus far.

DOYLE
Great. So what happens now?
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While I think the "his hair has never been the same again" line is funny this whole scene is dumb and I'm glad they cut it because - HELLO - Doyle is the one who fed us the exposition in City of... which means that he should've already had the backstory. I understand him not knowing the ins and outs of B/A's relationship (I'd argue neither does Cordy...) but Doyle should at least know about what turned Angel evil and sent him packing to LA because he told us 7 episodes ago.

They changed the verbage a bit here in the stake v. ax argument:

ANGEL He's not a vampire, I don't know why
you brought that anyway.

BUFFY
Because I know how to use it. This
thing gets you to the ground or in
close, stake's a lot handier than
your fighting ax.

ANGEL
Unless he chops it in two, maybe
takes some of your hand with it.
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Cut line:

After Doyle says that Angel is alive when Angel is near the window in his office in the sunlight.

CORDELIA
Hey, this is just like the time Oz
brought you that magic ring and you
could go out in the sun and --

ANGEL
This is different. I'm mortal now.
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Some stage direction/blocking for Buffy at the pier before Angel comes over to her which I think was cut.

WALKS ALONG THE PARK, the ocean and pier behind her. A beautiful, sunny day (we hope). Couples and tourists stroll and roller-blade, the ferris wheel rolls on the pier in b.g. Big daily life -- which Buffy moves through without noting, on her mission, her face a little grim.
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Found that last line interesting. About Buffy not really noticing life around her just focusing on her mission. What comment was that supposed to make?

Cut line:

DOYLE
Jealousy?

CORDELIA
I'm jealous of her? Oh please, just
because she gets all the attention,
killing ugly demons and saving the
world, basically unscathed... while
I always seem to end up with a re-bar
through my torso and really bad
hair...

DOYLE
Just a theory.
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Come on didn't we go over this during Homecoming already? Good cut.

They cut out a Buffyism

BUFFY
Right. I mean, okay, you talked to
the Orcas--

ANGEL
Oracles.

BUFFY
--they say you're cured for good.
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Cut line (too bad it was kinda funny):

ANGEL
You're still the Slayer. And I'm not
sure what I am now. I don't know
what my purpose it...

BUFFY
(helpfully)
Xander's talking about starting an
internet company. Plus he has an
extra cot in his basement.
Kidding.

ANGEL
But that's what I mean. I can't just
wedge myself into your life back in
Sunnydale.
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Cut line:

CORDELIA
Things were going so well. We were
starting to build a clientele,
establish a reputation.
Evil was practically coming out of
our ears. Then he has to go and get
all human on us.

DOYLE
You might try and be happy for him.

CORDELIA
I am, I'm happy for him, it's just...
I'm out of a job!
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Some script direction to just F you up some more:

Buffy's asleep, a look of deep contentment on her face. Angel watches, savoring each breath, more completely in love than ever. A distant NOISE breaks his reverie. He looks over.
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ok was i they only one sniffling and crying there? cause now i just feel silly
 
nightshade
nightshade
nope I had to keep wiping my eyes
Mrs Gordo
Mrs Gordo
No way I was totally crying and that's because I watched it once earlier today for the script review.
I zoned out from most of the conversation and just watched the episode. I think I've only ever seen it once.
 
badsister
badsister
my connection was so bad that i didn't hear half of it lmao
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