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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Out of Mind, Out of Sight

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An invisible force is attacking the students and teachers at Sunnydale High. Buffy and the gang must find a way to stop this unseen menace, and determine why it seems to be centering its attacks on Cordelia. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Joss Whedon Thomas A. Swyden Ashley Gable

Director:: Reza Badiyi

Stars:: Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase); Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg); Nicholas Brendon (Alexander 'Xander' Harris); Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Anne Summers); Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles)

Recurring Role:: Armin Shimerman (Principal Snyder); Mercedes McNab (Harmony); David Boreanaz (Angel)

Guest Star:: Clea DuVall (Marcie Ross); Ryan Bittle (Mitch); Denise Dowse (Ms. Miller); John Knight (Bud 1); Mark Phelan (Agent Doyle); Skip Stellrecht (Agent Manetti); Julie Fulton (FBI teacher)

At the very end of the episode as the invisible girl gets taken along a corridor by FBI agents, look towards the top of the screen, you can see a boom mike creep in as the agent says his line, then is withdrawn. edit »
Page 54 of the textbook at the end reads: Chapter 11: Infiltration and Assassination. There is a subheading below it (Case D: Radical Cult Leader as Intended Victim), but the rest of the page is irrelevant. The paragraph begins with "August 2nd, 19xx" and the rest of the page appears to consist of the lyrics to the song "Happiness is a Warm Gun" by The Beatles. edit »
In this episode, Willow wears a white Scooby-Doo t-shirt. Beginning in the episode What's My Line (1), the Slayer and her friends start calling themselves "The Scooby Gang" or "The Scoobies". edit »
We learn that vampires have no need for oxygen and cast no reflection. edit »
When the gang are having lunch, watch Xander's food. First he's eating a sandwich, then he's not, then he's back to the sandwich again. edit »

Music:

Marcie is playing the flute -- "Siciliano" by Johann Sebastian Bach edit »
This episode will affect the rest of Cordelia's life as she had her first major encounter with the paranormal, and became more involved with the Slayer and her friends. edit »
Clea Duvall also appeared in 1998's Can't Hardly Wait, which also featured future Buffy stars Seth Green and Amber Benson. She also appeared in The Grudge, which stars Sarah Michelle Gellar. edit »
This episode is also (erroneously) known as "Invisible Girl." edit »

Giles: I'll research all the possibilities, ghosts included. But Xander, if you're not doing anything, would you like to help me?
Xander: What, so there's homework now? When did that happen?
Buffy: It's all part of the glamorous world of vampire slayage.
Xander: Well, what part do you have?
Buffy: Gonna find out what I can about Mitch. This attack wasn't random.
Xander: Well, I want that part.
Buffy: Fine. You can do it. Ask around, talk to his friends. Talk to Cordelia!
Xander: Talk to Cordelia? (to Giles) So, research, huh? edit »
Harmony: Ow! Oh, my ankle! I think it's broken.
Buffy: What happened?
Snyder: (to Buffy) Hey! Who's the principal here? (to Harmony) What happened? edit »
Cordelia: (giving her acceptance speech) Ask not what your school can do for you, ask "Hey! What am I wearing to the Spring Fling?" edit »
Buffy: You guys didn't know Marcie Ross?
Xander: Never met her. Why?
Buffy: 'Cause you both wrote it, too.
Xander: (reading Marcie's yearbook) "Have a nice..." Yeesh!
Willow: Where am I? Oh. "Have a great summer." See, I cared! edit »
Buffy: So you've come to me for help.
Cordelia: Because you're always around when all this weird stuff is happening. And I know you're very strong, and you've got all those weapons... I was kind of hoping you were in a gang. edit »

Visual: (written on the blackboard behind Mrs. Miller) To every man his little cross. Til he dies. And is forgotten.

This comes from Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot, in which two men wait in vain for the ambiguous title (non)character. edit »
Buffy: It's pretty much "Crush! Kill! Destroy!"

An android killer in the 1960s sci-fi show Lost in Space pursued the astronauts saying only "Crush! Kill! Destroy!", which Buffy says here, referring to the fact that monsters usually don't communicate ideas. edit »
Cordelia: God, is she really wearing Laura Ashley?

Laura Ashley is a home furnishings and clothing designer that is apparently below Cordelia's high standards. Laura Ashley creations are typically up-scale and often feature floral prints. edit »
Buffy: Gee, it's fun that we're speaking in tongues.

Buffy, not understanding Willow and Xander's inside joke, equates their conversation to the practice of speaking in tongues. Some religious groups believe that those of their number who are divinely inspired will begin to speak in strange languages. Since this usually sounds like gibberish, the term "speaking in tongues" also refers to someone saying something that cannot be made out or understood. edit »
Cordelia: That is such a twinkie defense.

Cordelia is making a reference to Dan White's defense in the murders of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Urban legend claims that part of White's defense was temporary insanity, due to the consumption of too much junk food. The term "twinkie defense" has come to mean a specious claim of non responsibility.

In reality, White's lawyers argued that the previously health conscious White was suffering from untreated and spiraling depression, as evidenced by his conversion from a healthy diet to high fat, high sugar foods, such as Twinkies.

The term "twinkie defense" has become a commonly recognized phrase, but it is based on something that never actually occured. edit »

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