Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Prophecy Girl

Air Date

Monday June 2, 1997

Production Code

4V12

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  6.5 Fair

  Season 1 cliffhanger hide show

  All the drama this season comes to a head in this episode.
  
  Xander asks buffy out and she crushes him and hooks up with Angel instead. So Buffy only dates older men like old old.
  
  And Giles finds another prophecy saying the master will rise and kill Buffy. I'm sure that will happen.
  
  So Buffy decides to fight her destiny and follow the weird evil kid to the cave and the Master rises out of the ground and all the Vampires come out on prom night and Buffy ruins her dress falling in muddy water. A Bad day at Sunnydale high.
  
  So Angel and Xander have a showdown and both decide to rescue Buffy. Xander finally gets his wish and performs Mouth to Mouth on Buffy. I think a part of him enjoyed that a bit too much. What's more after Buffy saves the day and kills the Master she doesn't mention anything about Xander saving her life and she still has the hots for Angel. What's a guy got to do to impress Buffy?

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  Thestorysofar Added May 1, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Season 1, Episode 12. hide show

  Giles discovers a prophecy which states that Buffy will face the Master and she will die. OMG, this was a dramatic episode and an amazing season finale. I liked all the drama when Xander asked Buffy to Spring Fling. Then he asked Willow. Aw I felt bad for all of them. Cordelia's boyfriend was smokin' hot though! Rawr! Wow! Buffy set the Master free by going down and facing the Master. She set him free by dying! I loved when Cordelia drove the car through the school. And YAY, Buffy died but she's back! I liked when Giles said, "What's going on?!" and Jenny yelled, "Guess!" Buffy finally defeated the Master! Awesome episode! Great season finale!

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  Wanted23 Added Apr 14, 2009 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  Great episode that foreshadows what the feel of the second season will be hide show

  What a great episode! The first season as a whole was fairly light hearted, but this episode had a totally different feel to it. The tone of the episode made it seem like it belonged to another season. In fact, it felt a lot like a second season episode. The second season was my favorite Buffy season because the show became a little darker and the stories were more grave (no pun intended). However, the show still maintained it's freshness and wit throughout that season. This first season finale felt a lot like that. It was funny in places and emotional in places. I love that. Throw in some romance, and you have the second season. I can't wait to rewatch it. By the way, I loved Buffy's line of "I flunked the written". You have to watch the episode to understand the context.

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  TheHappyHermit Added Feb 4, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  The climactice season finale! hide show

  This is what could convert any person into a buffy fan in my opinion. the episode concludes the first season excelenting and provided suspense, drama humour and all the other elements needed to make a great show. If i were to choose an episode of buffy that was my favourite this would by mine the dynamics are brillaint the thrill of the hellmouths beat in the libary the shock at buffy's temporary death all make it brillaint to watch. apart from buffy (sarah michelle geller) looking very hot and buetifulin this episode the story sums up everything the show is about and gives all the characters a moment in this episode if i were to have done an ending for the show it wouldnt have stemmed much further from this plotline!

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  Buffycharmgeek Added Nov 16, 2008 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Giles finds a prophecy that says that Buffy will face The master and die. Upon hearing this, Buffy 'quits' being The Slayer, but after vampires attack, she fulfills her destiny and is drowned by The Master. Xander revives her and she defeats The Master. hide show

  A fanstastic conclusion to the first season of Buffy! It is all brought together so well and all the loose ends were tied. The way Joss flfilled the prophecy with Buffy still defeating The Master in the end was absolutely brilliant. Truly inspired. The whole episodes story line was fantastic. I love how Joss made Xander the hero to save Buffy instead of Angel, he really avoided a cliche which i loved. I also loved how the hellmouth was revealed to be under the school library, it was under The Slayer the whole time. The ight between The Master and Buffy was great, really well done especially underground, it was great. Overall a fantastic episode and one definitely not to be missed!

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• Guest Cast

  • Scott Gurney Kevin

• Hairstylists

  • Jeri Baker Hairstylist

• Property Masters

  • Ken Wilson(II) Property Master

• Key Grips

  • Tom Keefer Key Grip

• Co-Executive Producers

  • David Greenwalt Co-Executive Producer

• Editors

  • Regis Kimble Editor

• First Assistant Directors

  • Brenda Kalosh First Assistant Director

• Second Assistant Directors

  • Mark Hansson Second Assistant Director

• Story Editors

  • Rob Des Hotel Story Editor
  • Dean Batali Story Editor
  • Joe Reinkemeyer Story Editor
  • Matt Kiene Story Editor

• Art Directors

  • Carey Meyer Art Director

• Set Decorators

  • David A. Koneff Set Decorator

• Make-Up Artists

  • Todd McIntosh Make-up Artist
Episode Cast and Crew Details »

• While the earthquake is happening, Xander and Willow run under the stairs at The Bronze. While they get under, you can see Alyson put her hand on the stairs. While her hand is on them, you can see people running down and you can actually see someone step on Alyson's fingers and hear her give a little scream. [edit]
• When Buffy tells Giles and Angel that she is retiring from her Slayer duties, she yanks her cross necklace from her neck and throws it to the floor. Judging by both the angle and the force she used to pull it, the chain would undoubtedly break. But when Buffy comes back to the library, she sees the necklace sitting on the table and fastens it around her neck with no problem. [edit]
• Ms. Calendar tells Giles that a monk from Cortona, Italy has been emailing her about recent demonic occurrences. Cortona is the same village in which the monks bound the Demon Moloch into a book. (I Robot, You Jane - 1x08) It is possible that the monk communicating with Ms. Calendar, belongs to the same brotherhood that fought Moloch many years ago. [edit]

• According to the Watcher's Guide, Joss Whedon has stated that this is the episode where Willow "officially" grows up, after seeing the students slaughtered in the AV room. [edit]
• Ironically enough for a show titled Buffy the Vampire Slayer, half of the first season episodes do not even have a vampire appear: Witch, The Pack (1x06), I Robot, You Jane (1x08), The Puppet Show (1x09), Nightmares (1x10) (only the Master and the Anointed One) and Out of Mind, Out of Sight (1x11) (not counting Angel). Many fans must have noticed this because many of the non vampire-centered season 2 and 3 episodes show Buffy at least at one point on patrol. [edit]
• There are some striking similarities in this episode to the film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Both Buffys must face a vampire king on prom night. Both girls wore a white dress with a leather jacket thrown over it. Interestingly, small screen Buffy is wearing Angel's leather jacket, and big screen Buffy is wearing love interest Pike's leather jacket. [edit]

• Buffy: You have fruit punch mouth.
  Master: What? (She punches him) [edit]
• Buffy: Giles, care? I'm putting my life on the line battling the undead. Look, I broke a nail, okay? I'm wearing a press-on. The least you could do is exhibit some casual interest. You could go "hmm". [edit]
• Buffy: Xander, you're one of my best friends. You and Willow...
  Xander: Well, Willow's not looking to date you. Or if she is, she's playing it pretty close to the chest. [edit]

• Isaiah 11:6
  
  In this episode, one of Ms. Calendar's on-line colleagues uses Isaiah 11:6 to describe this particular "End of Days" scenario, which Giles is kind enough to quote for us. Ironically, Isaiah 11 is a prophesy of the coming of the Messiah; one who will come to save the world, rather than destroy it. [edit]
• The Master: Where are your jibes now?
  
  This may be a reference to the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. In the play, when Hamlet finds the skull of the old court jester, Yorick, he speaks to it saying, "Where be your jibes now, your gambols, your songs, your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar?" (Act V, Scene i) This may imply that The Master is speaking to Buffy as to one who is already dead (which, in a sense, she is). [edit]
• Xander: Calm may work for Locutus of the Borg here, but I'm freaked out and I intend to stay that way.
  
  In the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Borg are a race of emotionless cyborgs who travel around the galaxy assimilating other races. A well known episode concerns Captain Picard being assimilated and becoming a Borg known as "Locutus." [edit]