BUFFY reviews 4.09 thru 4.16
BUFFY ep 4.09 Something Blue
As the episode opens, Willow's sniffing Oz's clothes, and Riley admits to
being a Lesbian in the same breath as inviting Buffy to share a meal of
ants with him.
Spike's still chained in Giles' bathroom. Spike and Buff are going at it
hammer-and-tongs, well verbally at least. Spike has picked up on Willow's
extreme emotional torment, even though Buffy hasn't. On a later prowl-by,
Willow finds Oz's room totally cleaned out.
Extreme withdrawal symptoms are being suffered by Spike. Oh yeah they've
been feeding him some pig's blood alright, but what he really needs is
television. Willow's a mental basketcase, in desperation she tries a spell
that she hopes will help heal her broken heart. However the spell doesn't
seem to work. The young witchgirl, Amy (last seen in season 3) re-appears,
albeit briefly.
Spike manages to escape Giles' place, Buffy finds him and ties him up.
Then he says stuff that really jacks her off. This is the last straw ! On
returning to Giles', she reports she's "accidentally" killed Spike. Willow
goes around to Xander's to have a bitch about Buffy. Meanwhile Spike and
Buffy have decided to get married. In between talking over wedding plans,
Buff and Spike are heavily involved in a face-sucking session..
Buffy makes a run to the Magic Shop, seeking supplies for a "reversal
spell" to hopefully correct the weirdness that's been going on lately. In
town, B. runs across Riley and invites him to her upcoming wedding with
Spike.
Xander and Anya are just commencing their roll around the bed when a bunch
of demons burst in and spoil the romantic mood somewhat. They do a runner
from his demonfilled basement apartment, they make it to Giles' and after
Xander finds his brain, they suss out what's happened.
Willow's been taken into the Netherworld by T'Hoffrin (sp?). He makes
Willow a powerful offer. It's the chance of a (lot more than) lifetime.
Will' says, thanks but no thanks.
Meanwhile the scoobygang are holed up in a crypt in the graveyard, under
attack from a veritable horde of demons. Willow pops in and undoes her
earlier spell, this also causes all the demons to instantly dissappear.
Buffy and Spike decide to put a hold on their wedding plans.
Willow's remorse is displayed by the baking of mega amounts of
chocolatechip cookies, which she forces upon everyone. Buff then rushes
off to tell Riley he's still in with a chance.
Review by Catherine Jemma 6 April y2k
Well here's another one of my alltime favourite Buffy eps (being 4.09,
4.10, 4.15, 4.16)
BUFFY ep 4.10 Hush
This is a rather weird episode, and in some places at least, one of the
funniest. (Later Note added, this ep was nominated for and won ?
an Emmy award for the scripting iirc) It starts off during one of Prof Maggie Walsh's lectures.
Buff's on teachers desk, up at the front of the class, having a sex session
with Riley. But hey, it's all a dream. But the dream did also have some
weird mystical elements, including an archaic nursery rhyme being sung.
Willow attends at "The Daughters of Gaia" Wicca group. The group's a
fizzer though, they're mainly concerned about the female empowerment they'd
get from a cake-bake-sale fundraiser.
Spike's spending a few days at Xander's basement apartment, so that Giles
can have his Afro-American bit-o-fluff over to stay for a few nights.
The next morning everyone is speechless. Everyone throughout all of
SunnyDale that is. It's hard for me to put into words what things are
like, at The Initiative, in the college dorms, and in the town centre,
except to say that things are weirding out. The full scooby gang assemble
in dribs and drabs at Giles'. He's been researching through his private
collection of old books, but to no avail.
The next night some ghostly (or should that be ghastly ?) "Gentlemen" float
cruisily (or cruise floatily ?) around the town, accompanied by their
lackeys. Giles' girl, Olivia, catches a glimpse of them through the
window, when she creeps out of bed for a drink of water in the middle of
the night.
Entering the college dorms, the lackeys hold down some poor guy, while 'the
Gentlemen' cut his still beating heart out from his living body Later
Buffy sneaks in to look at the corpse. Meanwhile Olivia's done a detailed
drawing of the ghastly face she saw outside the window during the night.
Giles then twigs as to what's going on.
He assembles the gang in a lecture theatre and with the aid of an overhead
projector he gives his briefing and outlines the plan they're to follow.
(Yeah he could have done it all in his room with just pen and paper, but
that wouldn't be half as funny as his crude cartoon show)
Buff's on patrol that night, so's The Initiative. Tara, a quiet meek
little thing , who caught Willow's eye at the Gaia group, decides to visit
Willow. But in between dormhouses, she runs across The Gentlemen and their
lackeys and they give chase. She eventually meets up with Willow and they
do a runner with the bad dudes hot on their heels.
Riley and Buffy, both, independantly, notice goings on in the atticroom of
a clocktower. Riley's in first kicking some badguy butt, when The Slayer
smashers in and sinks her slipper into the situation too.
Back at Giles', Spike's just had some pigsblood out of the fridge and is
looking all fangy. Xander walks in to see Anya prostrate on the sofa and
Spike standing over her, all fanged up. Enraged at the killing of his
love, Xander starts thumping the crapola out of Spike, who can't defend
himself because of his implant. Meanwhile Anya's woken from her nap by the
sound of Xander's fist repeating hitting Spike in the face. She's trying
to signal to Xander she's alright, but he's in a wild frenzy. Eventually
he stops beating on Spike, and Anya whisks him away for a sex session
instead.
Willow and Tara are holed up in a laundryroom and by combining the witchy
talents are able to keep the bad guys at bay. There's a monster battle
going on in the clocktower attic, but together Riley and Buffy are able to
prevail.
In closing, Willow and Tara have a deep and meaningful, as do Giles and
Olivia. Later, Riley seeks out Buffy and they have a heart-to-heart
(non-talk) too.
Review by Catherine Jemma 7 April y2k
I will be away for awhile over Easter, and the days before and after busy
with the necessary chores, but here's the next review, a little shorter
than others. I will try to do another review(s) over the next couple of
days, if possible.
BUFFY ep 4.11 "Doomed"
The episode opens onto the conversation that Buffy and Riley were(n't)
having at the end of ep B 4.10 'Hush'. Riley's about to leave when Calif.
gets another case of the litters.
Buffy keeps the schtum about Riley being involved in the government
anti-monster squad. Willow goes to a post-quake dorm party, but it's a
right downer. She's bored titless and gets called a nerd to boot. Will'
goes for a liedown but finds herself rubbing shoulders with a deadguy.
The Scoobygang meet at Giles' and Willow shows them a sketch of a symbol
she saw etched on the dead guys chest. Giles' reckons it's the end of the
world. While Buff's falling over herself trying to run interference for
Riley's benefit (Giles has been doing some profiling on the soldierboys and
is closing in).
Buffy cruises the cemetary, she meets with a demon and makes with the
pummelling but it gets away. Riley turns up and he and B. have a heart to
heart. Buff tells Riley that it's a big 'No-Go' between them.
Later, seperately but simultaneously, Buffy and The Scoobygang, and Riley
and his Initiative-ates, formulate actionplans, each to their own style.
Meanwhile Spike has tried to poof himself but succeeds only in messing up
Xander's basement apartment even more. Willow and Xander arrive in time to
rescue Spike, and Willow insists on taking him under her protective wing.
Patrolling in town, Riley happens across Buff, but she's weighed down with
a heavy load of emotional baggage from her days with Angel, and isn't
interested in a repeat relationship. Giles has found an old talisman that
some nasty demon types are chasing, but he gets the crappola beaten out of
him, by The Demonguys Three. They now have all the bits and bobs they've
been seeking. This could be bad news for, well all life on Earth really.
The Scoobygang go the remains of the old High School, and get involved in a
monster fight at the entrance to The Hellmouth. Riley turns up and helps
Buff save the day (well save the world actually)
Review by Catherine Jemma 17 April y2k
Hi, this will be my last review, until after my return, after Easter.
Therefore you will prob not recieve an Angel review in time, for next week,
but that's unavaoidable in this case.
I'll continue with the reviews, catching up with that Angel one first, upon
my return
Blessed be
Review BUFFY ep 4.12 "A New Man"
Riley and Buffy are on her bed, just starting a sex session, when Willow
bursts in through the door and warns about a fire breathing something
jumping in through a window into the dorm common-room and causing mayhem.
They all race off, to find that the information from Willow, isn't entirely
accurate.
Spike's getting kicked out of Xander's place. Riley and Buffy meet up with
Prof Maggie Walsh and talk shop. Later, while looking for Buffy, Giles
bumps into the Professor. They instantly get off on the wrong foot with
each other.
Giles, Willow and Xander go chasing a forecast demon thing that's
supposedly happening in a crypt at the graveyard, but they find nothing.
The two young 'uns head off home while Giles hangs around. Giles runs into
an old buddy of his and after a bit of a scuffle, the old boys head off and
sink a few pots of ale together.
Willow and Tara try a joint witchcraft exercise, it starts ok, but then
goes wonky towards the end. They reckon that someone strong in the 'arts,
is doin' some pretty dark mojo stuff, and upsetting the force in their
local area. After a night of heavy drinking, the next morning, Giles isn't
feeling his usual self.
Giles goes to Xanders basement apartment for help, but none is forthcoming
there. Giles runs into Spike at the graveyard and an alliance is
negotiated. A low speed car chase ensues with an ancient Citroen DS trying
to outrun a bunch of Initiative-ates in Hummer military vehicles.
Buffy and Riley catch up with bad sorcerer dude and big strong ugly
demonguy at a cheap motel room. Buffy kicks some demon butt. Riley's
mates whisk the human (?) sorcerer dude away to Chateau solitary
confinement cell at the Area 51 Country Club (or as good as).
Review by Catherine Jemma 19 April y2k
ok I have two reviews for you today, if I have time to type them both in
I'm away to Perth Fri-Sun. Buffy eps 4.15 and 4.16 are a to-be-continued
story so I won't review those tomorrow, unless, I have time to watch them
both at the same time. They are the most suspensefull eps I can remember.
They are really good eps, but unpleasant very much too.
As I posted to the ng after first watching them, I couldn't sit in a chair,
I just crouched squatting on the floor in front of the tv. I chewed my
fingernails until they were stumps and pulled all my hair out. After it
finished I just wandered around the house screaming my head off. I guess
you could say, in Pommie-speak, "Joss Whedon, you're doin' my head in !"
BUFFY ep 4.13 "The 'I' in team"
The Slayerettes-three (Willow, Xander and Anya) are having a poker-night
in, while Buffy's out kicking commando-guy butt in a training exercise.
Giles visits Spike in his crypt, where cash and un-pleasantries are
exchanged. Meanwhile Riley takes Buffy into his frat-house basement, where
Prof Maggie Walsh shows her around and issues her with a pager and a
swipecard.
In the superduper ultra top secret room 314, at the initiative we see
Maggie checking on her work. It's some kind of superdemon that she's in
the process of constructing.
The scoobygang were all s'posed to meet at The Bronze that night. (Willow
even blew off a proposed meet with Tara in order to make it) however the
night is getting old and Buffy still hasn't shown up. Eventually Buff
turns up, but with Riley and half the Initiative-ates in tow. Soon though,
the music at The Bronze is drowned out by the sound of pagers going off,
and Buffy and the soldierboys bug out.
Willow seeks out Tara, in her dorm-room (which incidentally has no number
on the door).
The Initiative's Beta team is out demon hunting when they happen across
Spike, returning home to crypt with a load of groceries. They shoot him
with some sort of gun but he manages to run off. Meanwhile the Alpha team
(including Buffy and Riley) have collared the demon, that was their primary
target.
The two lovebirds let of steam after the mission by getting all hot and
sweaty back at Riley's boudoir. While they're wrapped up in each other,
Professor purloins a perve of the passion via surrepticious supine
surviellance cam. (If y'ask me, Maggie's showing her true colours as a
right sicko).
Spike turns up at Giles' apartment, begging for help to stay ahead of the
soldierboys, and to treat the gunshot wound on his back.
After having spent the night at Riley's, Buff returns to her dorm-room.
Willow's not there, her bed also has not been slept in.
"Beeped away by her new budds", Buffy's given a solo mission by Maggie.
Chasing errant sensor reading through the sewers, 'cause the soldierboys
are all out on a mission (chasing down Spike actually). Supposed "racoon"
turns out to be two well armed heavy duty demon types, and the gun issued
to Buffy 'malfunctions'. Iron grates drop into place blocking any chance
of her escape. Magg's back at the lab, gettin' her jollies watching the
video monitor showing Buff getting killed. The video feed goes u/s for a
bit, and so the professor fails to see Buffy turn the tables and toast the
badguys. Riley arrives back at The Initiative, to be told by Maggie that
Buffy has died while chasing after 2 escaped demons. The videolink comes
online again, and in full view of Riley, Buff tells the nutty professor
that her plan to get The Slayer slain; failed.
Riley walks out on the Initiative, Maggie shouts after him, but her pleas
fall on deaf ears.
The Professor retires to her beloved, in room 314. However her endeavours
in there too, could only be described as "an incomplete success" (that's
Queensland-Police-speak for an absolute cock-up).
Review by Catherine Jemma 3 May y2k
Here's the second review. Also a ripper episode and therefore a fairly
long review
BUFFY ep 4.14 "Goodbye, Iowa"
The entire scoobygang are at Giles'. Buffy's relating the details of
Maggies murderous treachery. Meanwhile Professor Frankenstein's monster
is legging it from the Initiative's lab complex, into the nearby woods. At
Giles' apartment, revolving front door: Riley arrives. Spike leaves.
Riley leaves.
The scoobygang hide-out/have a sleepover at Xander's basement apartment.
They see a tv news report about a child's body found horrifically
mutilated. Maggie's body's been discovered and a bunch of the
Initiative-ates run a gun totin' 'round town, looking for the demon they
suspect killed her.
Some soldierboys check out a crypt (it's actually Spike's new home) they
smash the place up a bit but don't find any demons (or him). While spying
on the scene of the wee boys killing, Riley and Buffy happen across each
other. He gives her the news re Maggies well deserved demise and the hunt
for the demon suspected.
Willow seeks out Tara. Will' wants to do a spell, that will pinpoint
sources of evil in the local area. However Tara is clearly not at-ease
with this idea at all. Buff's chasing up info at a sleazy underground bar
known to be a demon/vampire hangout. Riley enters, but he's losin' it.
Shouting and waving a gun 'round. Buff escorts him 'home' to Xander's and
puts him to bed. He's a mess, shaking and sweating. (Withdrawal symptoms
from addictive drugs, methinks)
Willow and Tara do the spell to seek the locations of all demons within the
Sunnydale area. However, unseen by Willow, Tara deliberately sabotages the
spell. (One of the few, if not only reasonable explanations for this act,
could be that Tara's a demon herself ???).
Buff and Xand sneak into the Initiative. Riley awakens, he's still as
nutty as a fruitcake. He tosses Will' aside and takes off after his B.
Spike stops by the underground bar for a quick blood, but gets his lights
punched out. Buffy and Xander are busy pumping one of the labcoats for
information, when Frankenstein-Terminator guy drops in for a chat. A big
bash and crash ensues. The labcoat gets killed and Riley severely injured.
Demon monster guy escapes, Soldierboys arrive on-scene and escort Buffy
and Xander off the premises.
Review by Catherine Jemma 3 May y2k
I have just had a marathon tv session, lasting all morning, and watched and
reviewed both of the eps in this story line. Total time taken some 3 hrs
plus.
I intend to type them both in today. Note that I will be deliberately
mis-spelling Buffy and Faith on some occasions, this is for sa special
reason
I have also incorporated a special spoiler warning inside the text of the
review
Review BUFFY ep 4.15 "This Years Girl"
Warning, (if you haven't already seen this episode) this review
un-avoidably contains significant spoilers.
The scoobygang are all together at Giles', trying to formulate their next
plan of action. Riley's feeling better, he's only half-dead now. He wants
to check out of the hospital and visit Buff.
Out on patrol one night, Buffy and Xander find a huge demon, eviscerated to
th 'n'th degree, hanging from a tree in the park. Obviously Adam's been
out and about studying biology again.
Faith's been flat on her back (in a coma on a hospital bed) for eight
months now. Maybe her health plan's about to max out but anyway she does a
Riley from her sick-bed too. A hospital visitor gladly gave of her clothes
(after Faith beat her almost to death, that is). After having a quick look
around the remains of SunnyDale High, and the town centre, Faith spies on
the scoobygang who are all hanging out at Giles' still.
The next day Willow and Buffy are wandering the college campus, when
they're accosted by Faith. The two slayers have a go at each other, but
Faith legs it just as the coppers arrive. Later, Willow ropes in Tara, to
help with the Faith finding mission.
Black helicoptor lands next to the hospital. Bunch of guys in dark clothes
get out. Helicoptor slips away again.
Big ugly demon guy in dark alley, seeks out Faith. He gives her a large
envelope. She gives him a hayride straight to hell. Said envelope
contains a videotape and a bracelet-gizmo. They're gifts from the mayor.
He'd organised for her to recieve this envelope, if ever she awoke, after
his death.
Faith takes B's mum (Joyce) hostage in her own home. Faith's busy doing
the terrorising thing when Buffy jumps in through a window. As the slayers
are slamming the shiatsu out of each other, Joyce hits nine-eleven on the
speed-dial.
Giles returns home to his apartment, to find the place chock-full of heavy
dudes, sent courtesy of The Watchers Council.
As the boys in blue arrive outside # 1630 Revello, Faith clasps the
bracelet-gizmo in her hand. A magical light glows, as their hands lock
together. Buffy delivers a massive full-on face-punch which knocks Faith
out cold.
This storyline continues in ep 4.16
Review by Catherine Jemma 4 May y2k
Here is the second review
BUFFY ep 4.16 "Who are you?"
Warning (if you haven't already seen the episode) this review un-avoidably
contains MAJOR spoilers
The semiconscious BFaith is put in an ambulance under police guard. Joyce
and FBuffy go back inside the house and have a deep mother-daughter talk.
In the hospital BFaith regains consciousness momentarily but is immediately
drugged into unconsciousness again. FBuffy sneaks use of Joyce's
creditcard to phonebook a plane ticket.
An armoured truck stops a police transport dead in its tracks, and the semi
conscious BFaith is dragged out by heavily armed representatives of The
Watchers Council.
FBuffy turns up at Giles'. She promises to patrol that night in search of
Adam. Instead she hangs out at The Bronze, dancing and all-but-seducing
Spike.
Adam's sought out some vampires in a sewer. He prattles on a bit, but the
upshot of it all is that he wants to become their business manager and help
them to improve their efficiency.
BFaith awakes finding herself chained into the back of the armoured truck.
The Watchers Council heavies won't even consider her pleas to verify her
identity. The guys are insulting and abusive and make it clear they'd be
only too happy to shoot her down dead.
Willow takes Tara to The Bronze, there they bump into FBuffy. While
Willow's out of earshot getting in drinks, FBuffy's slagging off bigtime.
She pops outside momentarily to dust a vamp that Willow pointed out. The
young woman (intended victim) clasps her hand and thanks her for saving her
life. We can see that this touches something deep within the slayer.
Back at Tara's, she tells Willow that something's seriously screwy with
Buff. They decide to do a spell. A particularly difficult and intense
one. Meanwhile FBuffy's also left The Bronze. She turns up at Riley's
where a supersonic sex session ensues.
Things are getting pretty intense and heated over at Tara's too, in a
witchy sort of way. FBuffy rides Riley into a stupor and then slips away
come first light in the morning.
The Watchers Council headquarters have issued a "kill" order on Faith.
Just as the guy's about to kill her, BFaith is able to commandeer the truck
and make good her escape.
FBuffy's at the airport about to board an international flight. BFaith's
at Giles' trying desperately to convince him that she is the real Buffy.
Willow and Tara arrive and back up her story. TV newsflash reports a
church full of hostages being held by a trio of "frighteningly disfigured"
men. Both BFaith and FBuffy see these reports. At the airport check-in,
her escape assured, FBuffy abandons her plan and heads off to church to
save the lives of the humans inside.
FBuffy arrives at the church. Riley's outside. FBuffy goes inside to dust
the vamps. A minute later the armoured truck stops outside and BFaith and
the rest of the scoobygang dis-embark.
Inside the church FBuffy's getting a right hiding from the third vamp who's
had the benefit of some extra tuition from Adam. BFaith dusts this
remaining vampire. The two slayer-gals slug it out bigtime. The magicbox
(furnished by Will' and Tara) does it's trick and the girls identities are
reset to how they should be. Faith legs it from the church.
As the episode closes, we see Faith's sad and sorry figure making an
economy class escape.
Review by Catherine Jemma 4 May y2k
As the episode opens, Willow's sniffing Oz's clothes, and Riley admits to
being a Lesbian in the same breath as inviting Buffy to share a meal of
ants with him.
Spike's still chained in Giles' bathroom. Spike and Buff are going at it
hammer-and-tongs, well verbally at least. Spike has picked up on Willow's
extreme emotional torment, even though Buffy hasn't. On a later prowl-by,
Willow finds Oz's room totally cleaned out.
Extreme withdrawal symptoms are being suffered by Spike. Oh yeah they've
been feeding him some pig's blood alright, but what he really needs is
television. Willow's a mental basketcase, in desperation she tries a spell
that she hopes will help heal her broken heart. However the spell doesn't
seem to work. The young witchgirl, Amy (last seen in season 3) re-appears,
albeit briefly.
Spike manages to escape Giles' place, Buffy finds him and ties him up.
Then he says stuff that really jacks her off. This is the last straw ! On
returning to Giles', she reports she's "accidentally" killed Spike. Willow
goes around to Xander's to have a bitch about Buffy. Meanwhile Spike and
Buffy have decided to get married. In between talking over wedding plans,
Buff and Spike are heavily involved in a face-sucking session..
Buffy makes a run to the Magic Shop, seeking supplies for a "reversal
spell" to hopefully correct the weirdness that's been going on lately. In
town, B. runs across Riley and invites him to her upcoming wedding with
Spike.
Xander and Anya are just commencing their roll around the bed when a bunch
of demons burst in and spoil the romantic mood somewhat. They do a runner
from his demonfilled basement apartment, they make it to Giles' and after
Xander finds his brain, they suss out what's happened.
Willow's been taken into the Netherworld by T'Hoffrin (sp?). He makes
Willow a powerful offer. It's the chance of a (lot more than) lifetime.
Will' says, thanks but no thanks.
Meanwhile the scoobygang are holed up in a crypt in the graveyard, under
attack from a veritable horde of demons. Willow pops in and undoes her
earlier spell, this also causes all the demons to instantly dissappear.
Buffy and Spike decide to put a hold on their wedding plans.
Willow's remorse is displayed by the baking of mega amounts of
chocolatechip cookies, which she forces upon everyone. Buff then rushes
off to tell Riley he's still in with a chance.
Review by Catherine Jemma 6 April y2k
Well here's another one of my alltime favourite Buffy eps (being 4.09,
4.10, 4.15, 4.16)
BUFFY ep 4.10 Hush
This is a rather weird episode, and in some places at least, one of the
funniest. (Later Note added, this ep was nominated for and won ?
an Emmy award for the scripting iirc) It starts off during one of Prof Maggie Walsh's lectures.
Buff's on teachers desk, up at the front of the class, having a sex session
with Riley. But hey, it's all a dream. But the dream did also have some
weird mystical elements, including an archaic nursery rhyme being sung.
Willow attends at "The Daughters of Gaia" Wicca group. The group's a
fizzer though, they're mainly concerned about the female empowerment they'd
get from a cake-bake-sale fundraiser.
Spike's spending a few days at Xander's basement apartment, so that Giles
can have his Afro-American bit-o-fluff over to stay for a few nights.
The next morning everyone is speechless. Everyone throughout all of
SunnyDale that is. It's hard for me to put into words what things are
like, at The Initiative, in the college dorms, and in the town centre,
except to say that things are weirding out. The full scooby gang assemble
in dribs and drabs at Giles'. He's been researching through his private
collection of old books, but to no avail.
The next night some ghostly (or should that be ghastly ?) "Gentlemen" float
cruisily (or cruise floatily ?) around the town, accompanied by their
lackeys. Giles' girl, Olivia, catches a glimpse of them through the
window, when she creeps out of bed for a drink of water in the middle of
the night.
Entering the college dorms, the lackeys hold down some poor guy, while 'the
Gentlemen' cut his still beating heart out from his living body Later
Buffy sneaks in to look at the corpse. Meanwhile Olivia's done a detailed
drawing of the ghastly face she saw outside the window during the night.
Giles then twigs as to what's going on.
He assembles the gang in a lecture theatre and with the aid of an overhead
projector he gives his briefing and outlines the plan they're to follow.
(Yeah he could have done it all in his room with just pen and paper, but
that wouldn't be half as funny as his crude cartoon show)
Buff's on patrol that night, so's The Initiative. Tara, a quiet meek
little thing , who caught Willow's eye at the Gaia group, decides to visit
Willow. But in between dormhouses, she runs across The Gentlemen and their
lackeys and they give chase. She eventually meets up with Willow and they
do a runner with the bad dudes hot on their heels.
Riley and Buffy, both, independantly, notice goings on in the atticroom of
a clocktower. Riley's in first kicking some badguy butt, when The Slayer
smashers in and sinks her slipper into the situation too.
Back at Giles', Spike's just had some pigsblood out of the fridge and is
looking all fangy. Xander walks in to see Anya prostrate on the sofa and
Spike standing over her, all fanged up. Enraged at the killing of his
love, Xander starts thumping the crapola out of Spike, who can't defend
himself because of his implant. Meanwhile Anya's woken from her nap by the
sound of Xander's fist repeating hitting Spike in the face. She's trying
to signal to Xander she's alright, but he's in a wild frenzy. Eventually
he stops beating on Spike, and Anya whisks him away for a sex session
instead.
Willow and Tara are holed up in a laundryroom and by combining the witchy
talents are able to keep the bad guys at bay. There's a monster battle
going on in the clocktower attic, but together Riley and Buffy are able to
prevail.
In closing, Willow and Tara have a deep and meaningful, as do Giles and
Olivia. Later, Riley seeks out Buffy and they have a heart-to-heart
(non-talk) too.
Review by Catherine Jemma 7 April y2k
I will be away for awhile over Easter, and the days before and after busy
with the necessary chores, but here's the next review, a little shorter
than others. I will try to do another review(s) over the next couple of
days, if possible.
BUFFY ep 4.11 "Doomed"
The episode opens onto the conversation that Buffy and Riley were(n't)
having at the end of ep B 4.10 'Hush'. Riley's about to leave when Calif.
gets another case of the litters.
Buffy keeps the schtum about Riley being involved in the government
anti-monster squad. Willow goes to a post-quake dorm party, but it's a
right downer. She's bored titless and gets called a nerd to boot. Will'
goes for a liedown but finds herself rubbing shoulders with a deadguy.
The Scoobygang meet at Giles' and Willow shows them a sketch of a symbol
she saw etched on the dead guys chest. Giles' reckons it's the end of the
world. While Buff's falling over herself trying to run interference for
Riley's benefit (Giles has been doing some profiling on the soldierboys and
is closing in).
Buffy cruises the cemetary, she meets with a demon and makes with the
pummelling but it gets away. Riley turns up and he and B. have a heart to
heart. Buff tells Riley that it's a big 'No-Go' between them.
Later, seperately but simultaneously, Buffy and The Scoobygang, and Riley
and his Initiative-ates, formulate actionplans, each to their own style.
Meanwhile Spike has tried to poof himself but succeeds only in messing up
Xander's basement apartment even more. Willow and Xander arrive in time to
rescue Spike, and Willow insists on taking him under her protective wing.
Patrolling in town, Riley happens across Buff, but she's weighed down with
a heavy load of emotional baggage from her days with Angel, and isn't
interested in a repeat relationship. Giles has found an old talisman that
some nasty demon types are chasing, but he gets the crappola beaten out of
him, by The Demonguys Three. They now have all the bits and bobs they've
been seeking. This could be bad news for, well all life on Earth really.
The Scoobygang go the remains of the old High School, and get involved in a
monster fight at the entrance to The Hellmouth. Riley turns up and helps
Buff save the day (well save the world actually)
Review by Catherine Jemma 17 April y2k
Hi, this will be my last review, until after my return, after Easter.
Therefore you will prob not recieve an Angel review in time, for next week,
but that's unavaoidable in this case.
I'll continue with the reviews, catching up with that Angel one first, upon
my return
Blessed be
Review BUFFY ep 4.12 "A New Man"
Riley and Buffy are on her bed, just starting a sex session, when Willow
bursts in through the door and warns about a fire breathing something
jumping in through a window into the dorm common-room and causing mayhem.
They all race off, to find that the information from Willow, isn't entirely
accurate.
Spike's getting kicked out of Xander's place. Riley and Buffy meet up with
Prof Maggie Walsh and talk shop. Later, while looking for Buffy, Giles
bumps into the Professor. They instantly get off on the wrong foot with
each other.
Giles, Willow and Xander go chasing a forecast demon thing that's
supposedly happening in a crypt at the graveyard, but they find nothing.
The two young 'uns head off home while Giles hangs around. Giles runs into
an old buddy of his and after a bit of a scuffle, the old boys head off and
sink a few pots of ale together.
Willow and Tara try a joint witchcraft exercise, it starts ok, but then
goes wonky towards the end. They reckon that someone strong in the 'arts,
is doin' some pretty dark mojo stuff, and upsetting the force in their
local area. After a night of heavy drinking, the next morning, Giles isn't
feeling his usual self.
Giles goes to Xanders basement apartment for help, but none is forthcoming
there. Giles runs into Spike at the graveyard and an alliance is
negotiated. A low speed car chase ensues with an ancient Citroen DS trying
to outrun a bunch of Initiative-ates in Hummer military vehicles.
Buffy and Riley catch up with bad sorcerer dude and big strong ugly
demonguy at a cheap motel room. Buffy kicks some demon butt. Riley's
mates whisk the human (?) sorcerer dude away to Chateau solitary
confinement cell at the Area 51 Country Club (or as good as).
Review by Catherine Jemma 19 April y2k
ok I have two reviews for you today, if I have time to type them both in
I'm away to Perth Fri-Sun. Buffy eps 4.15 and 4.16 are a to-be-continued
story so I won't review those tomorrow, unless, I have time to watch them
both at the same time. They are the most suspensefull eps I can remember.
They are really good eps, but unpleasant very much too.
As I posted to the ng after first watching them, I couldn't sit in a chair,
I just crouched squatting on the floor in front of the tv. I chewed my
fingernails until they were stumps and pulled all my hair out. After it
finished I just wandered around the house screaming my head off. I guess
you could say, in Pommie-speak, "Joss Whedon, you're doin' my head in !"
BUFFY ep 4.13 "The 'I' in team"
The Slayerettes-three (Willow, Xander and Anya) are having a poker-night
in, while Buffy's out kicking commando-guy butt in a training exercise.
Giles visits Spike in his crypt, where cash and un-pleasantries are
exchanged. Meanwhile Riley takes Buffy into his frat-house basement, where
Prof Maggie Walsh shows her around and issues her with a pager and a
swipecard.
In the superduper ultra top secret room 314, at the initiative we see
Maggie checking on her work. It's some kind of superdemon that she's in
the process of constructing.
The scoobygang were all s'posed to meet at The Bronze that night. (Willow
even blew off a proposed meet with Tara in order to make it) however the
night is getting old and Buffy still hasn't shown up. Eventually Buff
turns up, but with Riley and half the Initiative-ates in tow. Soon though,
the music at The Bronze is drowned out by the sound of pagers going off,
and Buffy and the soldierboys bug out.
Willow seeks out Tara, in her dorm-room (which incidentally has no number
on the door).
The Initiative's Beta team is out demon hunting when they happen across
Spike, returning home to crypt with a load of groceries. They shoot him
with some sort of gun but he manages to run off. Meanwhile the Alpha team
(including Buffy and Riley) have collared the demon, that was their primary
target.
The two lovebirds let of steam after the mission by getting all hot and
sweaty back at Riley's boudoir. While they're wrapped up in each other,
Professor purloins a perve of the passion via surrepticious supine
surviellance cam. (If y'ask me, Maggie's showing her true colours as a
right sicko).
Spike turns up at Giles' apartment, begging for help to stay ahead of the
soldierboys, and to treat the gunshot wound on his back.
After having spent the night at Riley's, Buff returns to her dorm-room.
Willow's not there, her bed also has not been slept in.
"Beeped away by her new budds", Buffy's given a solo mission by Maggie.
Chasing errant sensor reading through the sewers, 'cause the soldierboys
are all out on a mission (chasing down Spike actually). Supposed "racoon"
turns out to be two well armed heavy duty demon types, and the gun issued
to Buffy 'malfunctions'. Iron grates drop into place blocking any chance
of her escape. Magg's back at the lab, gettin' her jollies watching the
video monitor showing Buff getting killed. The video feed goes u/s for a
bit, and so the professor fails to see Buffy turn the tables and toast the
badguys. Riley arrives back at The Initiative, to be told by Maggie that
Buffy has died while chasing after 2 escaped demons. The videolink comes
online again, and in full view of Riley, Buff tells the nutty professor
that her plan to get The Slayer slain; failed.
Riley walks out on the Initiative, Maggie shouts after him, but her pleas
fall on deaf ears.
The Professor retires to her beloved, in room 314. However her endeavours
in there too, could only be described as "an incomplete success" (that's
Queensland-Police-speak for an absolute cock-up).
Review by Catherine Jemma 3 May y2k
Here's the second review. Also a ripper episode and therefore a fairly
long review
BUFFY ep 4.14 "Goodbye, Iowa"
The entire scoobygang are at Giles'. Buffy's relating the details of
Maggies murderous treachery. Meanwhile Professor Frankenstein's monster
is legging it from the Initiative's lab complex, into the nearby woods. At
Giles' apartment, revolving front door: Riley arrives. Spike leaves.
Riley leaves.
The scoobygang hide-out/have a sleepover at Xander's basement apartment.
They see a tv news report about a child's body found horrifically
mutilated. Maggie's body's been discovered and a bunch of the
Initiative-ates run a gun totin' 'round town, looking for the demon they
suspect killed her.
Some soldierboys check out a crypt (it's actually Spike's new home) they
smash the place up a bit but don't find any demons (or him). While spying
on the scene of the wee boys killing, Riley and Buffy happen across each
other. He gives her the news re Maggies well deserved demise and the hunt
for the demon suspected.
Willow seeks out Tara. Will' wants to do a spell, that will pinpoint
sources of evil in the local area. However Tara is clearly not at-ease
with this idea at all. Buff's chasing up info at a sleazy underground bar
known to be a demon/vampire hangout. Riley enters, but he's losin' it.
Shouting and waving a gun 'round. Buff escorts him 'home' to Xander's and
puts him to bed. He's a mess, shaking and sweating. (Withdrawal symptoms
from addictive drugs, methinks)
Willow and Tara do the spell to seek the locations of all demons within the
Sunnydale area. However, unseen by Willow, Tara deliberately sabotages the
spell. (One of the few, if not only reasonable explanations for this act,
could be that Tara's a demon herself ???).
Buff and Xand sneak into the Initiative. Riley awakens, he's still as
nutty as a fruitcake. He tosses Will' aside and takes off after his B.
Spike stops by the underground bar for a quick blood, but gets his lights
punched out. Buffy and Xander are busy pumping one of the labcoats for
information, when Frankenstein-Terminator guy drops in for a chat. A big
bash and crash ensues. The labcoat gets killed and Riley severely injured.
Demon monster guy escapes, Soldierboys arrive on-scene and escort Buffy
and Xander off the premises.
Review by Catherine Jemma 3 May y2k
I have just had a marathon tv session, lasting all morning, and watched and
reviewed both of the eps in this story line. Total time taken some 3 hrs
plus.
I intend to type them both in today. Note that I will be deliberately
mis-spelling Buffy and Faith on some occasions, this is for sa special
reason
I have also incorporated a special spoiler warning inside the text of the
review
Review BUFFY ep 4.15 "This Years Girl"
Warning, (if you haven't already seen this episode) this review
un-avoidably contains significant spoilers.
The scoobygang are all together at Giles', trying to formulate their next
plan of action. Riley's feeling better, he's only half-dead now. He wants
to check out of the hospital and visit Buff.
Out on patrol one night, Buffy and Xander find a huge demon, eviscerated to
th 'n'th degree, hanging from a tree in the park. Obviously Adam's been
out and about studying biology again.
Faith's been flat on her back (in a coma on a hospital bed) for eight
months now. Maybe her health plan's about to max out but anyway she does a
Riley from her sick-bed too. A hospital visitor gladly gave of her clothes
(after Faith beat her almost to death, that is). After having a quick look
around the remains of SunnyDale High, and the town centre, Faith spies on
the scoobygang who are all hanging out at Giles' still.
The next day Willow and Buffy are wandering the college campus, when
they're accosted by Faith. The two slayers have a go at each other, but
Faith legs it just as the coppers arrive. Later, Willow ropes in Tara, to
help with the Faith finding mission.
Black helicoptor lands next to the hospital. Bunch of guys in dark clothes
get out. Helicoptor slips away again.
Big ugly demon guy in dark alley, seeks out Faith. He gives her a large
envelope. She gives him a hayride straight to hell. Said envelope
contains a videotape and a bracelet-gizmo. They're gifts from the mayor.
He'd organised for her to recieve this envelope, if ever she awoke, after
his death.
Faith takes B's mum (Joyce) hostage in her own home. Faith's busy doing
the terrorising thing when Buffy jumps in through a window. As the slayers
are slamming the shiatsu out of each other, Joyce hits nine-eleven on the
speed-dial.
Giles returns home to his apartment, to find the place chock-full of heavy
dudes, sent courtesy of The Watchers Council.
As the boys in blue arrive outside # 1630 Revello, Faith clasps the
bracelet-gizmo in her hand. A magical light glows, as their hands lock
together. Buffy delivers a massive full-on face-punch which knocks Faith
out cold.
This storyline continues in ep 4.16
Review by Catherine Jemma 4 May y2k
Here is the second review
BUFFY ep 4.16 "Who are you?"
Warning (if you haven't already seen the episode) this review un-avoidably
contains MAJOR spoilers
The semiconscious BFaith is put in an ambulance under police guard. Joyce
and FBuffy go back inside the house and have a deep mother-daughter talk.
In the hospital BFaith regains consciousness momentarily but is immediately
drugged into unconsciousness again. FBuffy sneaks use of Joyce's
creditcard to phonebook a plane ticket.
An armoured truck stops a police transport dead in its tracks, and the semi
conscious BFaith is dragged out by heavily armed representatives of The
Watchers Council.
FBuffy turns up at Giles'. She promises to patrol that night in search of
Adam. Instead she hangs out at The Bronze, dancing and all-but-seducing
Spike.
Adam's sought out some vampires in a sewer. He prattles on a bit, but the
upshot of it all is that he wants to become their business manager and help
them to improve their efficiency.
BFaith awakes finding herself chained into the back of the armoured truck.
The Watchers Council heavies won't even consider her pleas to verify her
identity. The guys are insulting and abusive and make it clear they'd be
only too happy to shoot her down dead.
Willow takes Tara to The Bronze, there they bump into FBuffy. While
Willow's out of earshot getting in drinks, FBuffy's slagging off bigtime.
She pops outside momentarily to dust a vamp that Willow pointed out. The
young woman (intended victim) clasps her hand and thanks her for saving her
life. We can see that this touches something deep within the slayer.
Back at Tara's, she tells Willow that something's seriously screwy with
Buff. They decide to do a spell. A particularly difficult and intense
one. Meanwhile FBuffy's also left The Bronze. She turns up at Riley's
where a supersonic sex session ensues.
Things are getting pretty intense and heated over at Tara's too, in a
witchy sort of way. FBuffy rides Riley into a stupor and then slips away
come first light in the morning.
The Watchers Council headquarters have issued a "kill" order on Faith.
Just as the guy's about to kill her, BFaith is able to commandeer the truck
and make good her escape.
FBuffy's at the airport about to board an international flight. BFaith's
at Giles' trying desperately to convince him that she is the real Buffy.
Willow and Tara arrive and back up her story. TV newsflash reports a
church full of hostages being held by a trio of "frighteningly disfigured"
men. Both BFaith and FBuffy see these reports. At the airport check-in,
her escape assured, FBuffy abandons her plan and heads off to church to
save the lives of the humans inside.
FBuffy arrives at the church. Riley's outside. FBuffy goes inside to dust
the vamps. A minute later the armoured truck stops outside and BFaith and
the rest of the scoobygang dis-embark.
Inside the church FBuffy's getting a right hiding from the third vamp who's
had the benefit of some extra tuition from Adam. BFaith dusts this
remaining vampire. The two slayer-gals slug it out bigtime. The magicbox
(furnished by Will' and Tara) does it's trick and the girls identities are
reset to how they should be. Faith legs it from the church.
As the episode closes, we see Faith's sad and sorry figure making an
economy class escape.
Review by Catherine Jemma 4 May y2k
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