Bad Eggs

Season 2, Episode 12, Aired
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The students are given eggs to look after, to teach them about the responsibilities of parenthood. Between trying to protect her egg and dealing with the vampire brothers Lyle and Tector Gorch, Buffy doesn't notice that her egg is about to hatch.
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  • Not the best

    4.0
    "Poor"
    By joxerlives, Jan 19, 2012 Report Abuse
    Bad Eggs;

    The Good;
    Neat opening scene with the mirror. Some creepy 'Invasion of the Bodysnatchers' stuff including the great scene where Giles' looks at the kids at the bottom of the stairs, you think they're already possessed. Great scene with Giles and Joyce in the library (love the way that even possessed Giles still covers up Buffy being the Slayer) and a genuine shock when Giles' sticks the creature on her. Not really much else.

    The Bad;
    The Gorch's are pathetic as an enemy whilst the monsters are very badly done.

    Kinky dinky;
    Buffy being swallowed up by the beast in the cellar reminiscent of vore fetishism (beautiful women enjoying being swallowed whole by giant snakes, carnivarous plants etc just load vore into your search engine and you'll see what I mean )

    Best line;
    Xander; "You've got to keep your egg safe and teach it Christian values"
    Willow; "My egg is Jewish!"
    Xander "Then teach it that dradle song"
    and
    Giles "The Gorch's made their name by massacaring a whole village full of Mexicans"
    Buffy "Par for the course"
    Giles "No this is before they became vampires"
    also like;
    Xander "Well I guess we know what happened Professor Whitmore"
    Cordy "He saw this and ran away?"
    Xander "Try best case scenario!"

    Questions and observations;
    Considering what we learn in 'Normal Again' Buffy's remark to Joyce about saving the world from vampires is very reckless. What's painful about this ep is that Buffy and Joyce obviously love each other and Buffy wants to be a good daughter but slaying always gets in the way.
    The Gorch's know Angelus? They really don't seem to be his kind people. Jonathon back once more. In a previous post I stated that Giles and Tara were the only Buffy characters never to go bad but I was wrong, Giles is possessed here so Tara seems to be the only one who never went evil. Cordy refers to having sex in a car, so she's no longer a virgin? (if so the first of the younger Scoobies to be so). Love the way Buffy and Willow get so maternal about their eggs. BUT Angel mentions for the first time that he can't have children although we later find that isn't true, at least in Connor's case. Buffy fighting the parasite is very like the scene in Aliens where Newt and Ripley are trapped in the lab with the facehuggers, right down to the plucking strings music. Buffy and Xander and ultimately everyone else knocked out. Presumably the parasites need a conscious/sleeping host which is why they lock them in the closet. No one dies although actually that's not as unusual as I first thought, Halloween, When she was Bad, The Witch and quite a few other eps have no human deaths whatsoever.
    Joyce refuses to buy Buffy an outfit because it makes her look like a streetwalker. Considering some of the things Buffy DOES wear in the first three seasons it must have been the full Julia Roberts?
    4/10, awful story saved by the character elements and a few good lines, very nearly the worst episode of Buffy ever
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  • These Eggs Should Be Scrambled

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    By lenzinoH20, Feb 26, 2011 Report Abuse
    Bad Eggs-The students are given eggs to look after, to teach them about the responsibilities of parenthood. Between trying to protect her egg and dealing with the vampire brothers Lyle and Tector Gorch, Buffy doesn't notice that her egg is about to hatch.

    Where back to the monster of the week themes that involve the "classic movie monsters" method of episodes. This episode also comes off as a watered down version and in this case, Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It just plays out like basic episode where " new threat comes-we find out what it is-Buffy kills it-episode over" format which is just boring. Watching everyone walk around like mindless dronzes feels like you're watching cheap horror movie instead of Buffy. I mean the idea of the typical teen parent egg assignment leading to all the eggs being creepy crawlers that can take over you body is fine, but the episode does nothing with the overused plot that we haven't seen many times before. Even the movie "The Faculty" was more creative with this type of storyline! The Grotch brothers who make their appearence have to be some of the lamest villains ever. They are played like the cliche dumb southerns with no redeeming quailites and they are just annoyances throughout. Glad one of the them got eaten, I guess the Bazore wasn't so bad after all! Also, the sub-plot with Joyce grounding Buffy made no sense and especially why she was still made at her afterwards. All and All, despite some creepy looking little demons and some hilarious interaction between Xander and Cordelia, the eggs weren't the only thing bad about the episode, it was in itself.moreless

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  • Bad Eggs

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By TrueTvWatcher, Oct 13, 2010 Report Abuse
    Bad Eggs was a superb episode remniscent of the body snatchers and disturbing behaviour. It was a good story where a few minor stories over lapped each other. I thought that the premise of the stories were very good as well. I thought the cowboy vampires were funny. It was haunting to watch the eggs hatch and its contents scurrying about Buffy's room. It made me shudder. The source of the eggs was a nasty parasitical monster burrowed beneath the school. Buffy saves the day but that doesn't save her from her Mothers wrath when she finds out Buffy has disobeyed her again.moreless

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  • Season 2, Episode 12.

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    By Wanted23, Apr 17, 2009 Report Abuse
    The class is assigned eggs to watch as an assignment to teach them about parenthood. However, the eggs hatch into little creatures that take over their "parents" once they attach themselves. I liked the scene in the beginning in the mall. I remembered that scene and I always liked it. Plus, I like the way Cordelia and Xander act, and Cordelia trying to get Xander in the closet while they were at the library. Plus, Xander almost ate his egg. Haha. I loved when Buffy was talking about the future with Angel and she said she only saw him. Cool ending too, as always. Can't wait to watch the rest of the season.moreless

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  • Fake babies turn real evil.

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    By addict666, Jul 31, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is a really entertaining episode. Cordelia and Xander are great in the closet and then in class when they are facing off over the 'consequences' of sex. I love how they have to make out in the broom closet because they are too embarrassed to be together. Buffy and Angel are also under the influence of their hormones as they make out incessantly in the cemetery. The eggs going crazy and attacking them are really funny and I love how everyone gets involved ending up with the excellent excuse of a gas leak. A really funny episode that features some good scenes between Cordelia and Xander.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • As Buffy follows Lyle Gorch around the mall, the one place he doesn't cast a reflection is the mirror. His reflection can be seen on the mall floor and the glass surfaces in the arcade. Edit
    • When Buffy called Willow, she knocked over her alarm clock and the phone, but when she hung up the phone, they were both in their right place. Edit
    • The demony thing fell off Willow and the others, yet in the aerial view, we didn't see them. Edit

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    • The French title for this episode is "Oeuf Surprise", which translates "Surprise Eggs". Edit
    • This episode confirms that Willow is Jewish, which is touched upon several more times in the next few seasons. Edit
    • There are messages on the sign in the library which read, "Web Site Coming" and "Bus Brats Talk". Edit

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    • Giles: (about Xander boiling his egg) Technically that would be cheating, yes? Xander: No. It's like a short cut. You know, when you run a race? Buffy: That would also be cheating. Edit
    • Mr. Whitmore: S-E-X. Sex. The sex drive in the human animal is intense. How many of us have lost countless productive hours plagued by unwanted sexual thoughts and feelings? Xander: Yes! (quickly raising his hand) Mmmhmm. Mr. Whitmore: That was a rhetorical question, Mr. Harris, not a poll. Xander: Oh. Edit
    • Giles: How did the um... hunt go last night, Buffy? Buffy: No go. Giles: No, "no you didn't go"? Or, no, "you were not sucessful"? Buffy: No Gorches. Xander: Apparently Buffy has decided the problem with the English language is all those pesky words. (to Buffy) You. Angel. Big. Smoochies? Buffy: Shut. Up. Edit

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    • Lyle & Tector Gorch Lyle and Tector Gorch were the character names played by Warren Oates and Ben Johnson in the classic 1969 western The Wild Bunch. Edit
    • Buffy: My egg, it went postal on me. Due to the number of highly publicized incidents involving postal workers becoming violent, the term 'going postal' has come to mean a crazed violence. Edit
    • Giles: I suppose there is a sort of Machiavellian ingenuity to your transgression. Italian philosopher, author, and politician Nicolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) is best known for his work "The Prince" in which he presents the philosophy "the end justifies the means." Though it is probably unfair, the name Machiavelli is associated with this ruthless pursuit of a goal. Edit

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