EPISODE 14 We start off hunting again! It’s Buffy and Faith out killing nondescript monsters and girl-talking. Faith is using Network TV Language to express shock that Buffy and Xander have never boned. Look, Faith, just because you have cripplingly bad taste in sexual partners, doesn’t mean… everyone in this… town… Okay, fair enough. You got me there, Faith. I, too, am shocked the writers … Continue reading Bad Girls Bad Girls, Whatchya Gonna Do? A BTVS Retrospective: S3 E14-15

FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! We open up with Buffy Hunting! Ah, back to the comforts of home. Faith, Buffy, Giles, and Willow combine to kill three blue demons. Giles is worried and desperately wants to know what these monsters are. Oh, it turns out Xander is there, too. He was batted away by the beasts and left lying under some rubble. The scene … Continue reading Seriously? A Xander Episode?: A BTVS Retrospective, S3 E13

FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! In two and a half seasons, I have learned something. This show has two different beginnings: “Buffy Is Hunting”, or “At School”. This one is “Buffy Is Hunting”! So Buffy is out hunting, and mom shows up out of nowhere with a snack. How did she know where Buffy was? I’ve never seen Buffy tell her “I’m going out … Continue reading Parents Just Don’t Understand: A BTVS Retrospective, S3 E11-12

FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! Season 3 episode 9 starts off with some Davey-Jones-From-Pirates-Of-The-Caribbean-ass monster choking Buffy out and just… letting Willow and Xander run around to assist her until she can kill it. The three of them talk for a second about Cordelia and Oz, but then pivot to Faith. They agree they need to invite her out more often, for her sake. … Continue reading “I WANT YOU SO BADLY!”: A BTVS Retrospective, S3 E9-10

FOR PREVIOUS BUFFY REVIEWS, CLICK HERE! We don’t really OPEN with Buffy, Faith, and Giles out hunting–there is an opening sequence of no import with the gang at The Bronze–but it is the first relevant thing that happens. Giles just chills out while his two slayers go to town, and… why do the vampires always leave him alone when he is out with them? Isn’t he … Continue reading NFL Films Presents: A BTVS Retrospective, S3 E7-8