Bad Girls
The Good;
All of it, excellent battle sequences and Faith's luring of Buffy especially good. Nic Brendon's twitching on demand is also wonderful. The silent scene with Faith and the Deputy-Mayor's body is excellent. The Mayor's ritual scene is also great especially his 'things to do' list.
The Bad;
Has anyone ever really been able to sneak out of class without the teacher noticing?
Best line;
Faith "I like him, He's butch!"
Character death;
If we include the vamps killed when Buffy and Faith smash through the doors then this ep must have the greatest number of dustings ever. And of course Faith accidentally kills the deputy Mayor. Watching it it's all the more tragic as Buffy hits him first, if she'd had the stake in her hand rather than Faith did it would have been her that killed him. Of course she would have dealt with it very differently as the events of 'Dead Things' demonstrate. Buffy's killing of Balthazar once more shows her ingenuity.
Shot;
No but the cops threaten the Slayers with guns, otherwise they'd never have been able to capture them. Mr Trick ventures that the Illuminati should used Uzis rather than swords but he doesn't follow his own advice.
Tied up;
Faith and Buffy in handcuffs. Wes and Giles also tied up by the vamps.
Women good/men bad;
As the title suggests, the girls are the bad ones this time
Jeez!;
Always horrible to watch Buffy drown, again! Balthazar is grotesque! The Mayor has a 'splitting headache'.
Kinky dinky;
Even when being arrested Faith flirts with the cop.
Cop; "Spread'em"
Faith; "You wish!"
Note that when Buffy drags Faith away when dancing in the Bronze she points to 3 guys and goes 'Call me!". When Faith doubts that Buffy has never had sex with Xander she asks 'What are friends for?'. The show that the pair put on at the Bronze is normally the sort of thing you have to pay 15 at the door for. And of course they just have to add it to the opening titles so we see it every week. Buffy comments on Faith's grunting and how slaying turns her on, getting 'sweaty'. Xander describes Cordy's dress as 'hookerwear'
Calling Captain Subtext;
The whole thing is just a massive love letter between Buffy and Faith. Doug Petrie drools over them dancing at the Bronze. The symbol Faith makes in the window is basically a valentine to her girlfriend. You could also argue that Willow is jealous of Faith and is trying to win Buffy back. What a shame they dropped the line about Wes and Giles at the Bronze being David Bowie and a boyfriend (wouldn't ASH make an excellent David Bowie?). Interesting according to Petrie that ED was always keen to play the lesbian subtext. You wonder was SMG? Although to judge by her performance in 'Cruel Intentions' she probably wouldn't have a problem with it.
Guantanamo Bay;
Faith leads Buffy in burglary and criminal damage, knocking out 2 cops in the process. Balthazar get's Wes to talk by threatening to rip off his kneecaps.
Where's Dawn?
I wonder what Dawn's attitude to Faith is? You think that if Faith had a Joyce and Dawn to go home to she'd never have gone bad. Joyce is dieting, I really don't think she needs to.
Questions and observations;
Does Mr Trick follow the Slayers around? He seems to have recovered the swords very quickly. Doug Petrie's commentary is very weird, he rather reminds me of a young Tom Hanks in a dreadful film he made called Bachelor Party. The Mayor can't be killed, what if you cut his head off? The Mayor's comments about the Scouts are a bit disturbing, he wants to 'eat'em up!'. I think it's evident that Faith does care she killed a man or it wouldn't affect her so much. Doug's wrong in his commentary. Buffy and Faith will be friends again. Willow is deciding which university, another benefit of the Hellmouth genius. And here's Wes, no sign yet that he'll last over 5 years in the show and get his name in the opening titles. Xander's dad seems to be currently unemployed. The cops refer to Sunnydale's girl gangs, confirming what we learnt in The Zeppo (even now Faith can't resist teasing Buffy by referring to them as The Slayers). First meeting of Wes and Angel, surely Wes would have read up on him prior to coming to SD?
Marks out of 10; 10 out of 10 or maybe 5x5 would be a better way to put it
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Episode Summary
While on a mission to retrieve an amulet before a powerful demon can use it to restore his strength, Faith introduces Buffy to her reckless method of slaying which leaves Buffy wanting more of the wild life. Meanwhile Giles is trying to keep his cool in front of the insufferably stuffy new watcher, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce.moreless
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It's been shown before in multiple episodes that only direct sunlight will cause a vampire to burst into flames. Yet, strangely, when Buffy and Faith burst in on the vampires' nest, the one vampire's clothed (and therefore shadowed) arm bursts into flames, yet his fully exposed hand is fine.
Edit - The nameplate on the mayor's desk is not straight. Given the fact that Mayor Wilkins is compulsively neat, it seems odd that he would have overlooked this. Edit
- Mayors to do list: * Greeting Scouts, done * Plumber union reschedule, done * Call temp agency, done * Become Invincible, done * Meeting with the PTA, * Haircut Edit
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Notes
ADD NOTES- In the opening sequence, Faith and Buffy are fighting vamps in tandem. Faith doesn't believe that Buffy never slept with Xander in all their time fighting side by side. It is unclear why she is questioning this fact, since Xander made it clear he was a virgin in "The Zeppo" when he said he'd "never been up with people" and Faith assured him not to worry as she would "steer him around the curves". Edit
- Doug Petrie said that Balthazar was directly linked to Marvel Comics, since he had always wanted to do a character who was like the Kingpin, especially Frank Miller's version. Edit
- Music: Buffy and Faith are dancing at the Bronze -- "Chinese Burn" by Curve Edit
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Quotes
ADD QUOTES- Wesley: Of course, training procedures have been updated quite a bit since your day. Much greater emphasis on field work. Giles: Really? Wesley: Oh yes. Not all books and theory nowadays. I have in fact faced two vampires myself. Under controlled circumstances, of course. Giles: No danger of finding those here. Wesley: Vampires? Giles: Controlled circumstances. Edit
- Buffy: Hey! (Jumps into Angel's arms) You're not leaving, are ya? Angel: I saw you making friends. (Angel looks over to the guys that she and Faith were dancing with) Buffy: Them? (Buffy looks back at them also) Boys! I like you. What's the matter? (Gets off of Angel) You're not afraid of little me, are ya? Edit
- Balthazar: You know what I want. Giles: If it's for me to scrub those hard-to-reach areas, I'd like to request you kill me now. (One of the vampires hits Giles.) Ow. Wesley: Are you out of your mind? This is hardly the time for games! Giles: Why not? They're going to torture us to death anyway. Edit
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Buffy: I hate it when they drown me.
At the end of the first season, Buffy is bitten by The Master, after which she falls into a small pool of water and drowns. She is later revived by Xander. Edit -
Buffy: Okay, we got ten, maybe twelve bad guys and one big demon in desperate need of a Stairmaster.
The Stairmaster is a piece of exercise equipment that is designed to mimic the motion of climbing stairs (without actually getting the user any higher in the building). Buffy refers to the grossly large Balthazar by suggesting he needs to lose weight. Edit -
Buffy: I had to lather, rinse and repeat about five million times to get the sewer out of my hair.
Lather, rinse, repeat are the instructions printed on many shampoo bottles. Edit
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Buffy: I hate it when they drown me.
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