Becoming pt2
The Good;
All of it, every scene between Spike and Buffy, Giles and Angelus and Spike and Joyce. Great scenes with all the Scoobies and the ending just too heartwrenching for words, especially with Sarah MacClachlan's beautiful music, all classic.
The Bad;
Are you kidding? It's all too wonderful!
Best line;
Joyce; "Have you tried NOT being a Slayer?"
Character death; Angel or so we think?
Tied up; Giles and tortured
Knocked out; Dru which is rather strange, Spike seems able to knock her out with a chokehold despite the fact that she doesn't breathe and has no circulation.
Questions and observations;
Joyce thinks Buffy is the Slayer because she didn't have a strong male role-model. Of course she'll later find out that Buffy is the Slayer because she did, she had Giles. The first (and only unless you can correct me) appearance of Willow's 'resolve face'. Xander's remarks at her bedside set the basis for their relationship in season 3. Willow successfully casts her first spell. Why is Buffy still wanted when Xander and Cordy can back up her story? Spike's reluctance to end the world seems odd considering he was happy to do it earlier
A couple of points that escaped me about Becoming pt2, firstly Dru seems to be deeply enamoured of Giles but then she always did have a thing for 'daddy'. Secondly as Jenny Dru says to Giles that they'll get to do all the things they never had a chance to implying that Giles and Jenny never did have sex
10/10 and I need a hug
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Episode Summary
Buffy arrives too late to save Kendra from Drusilla's surprise attack, and ends up being arrested for Kendra's murder. Escaping from the police, she goes to the hospital to find that Willow is comatose and unable to complete the spell to restore Angel's soul. She also learns that Drusilla took Giles, and heads out to rescue him and stop Angelus once and for all with the help of a most unlikely ally.moreless
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
Buffy Anne Summers
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David Boreanaz
Angel
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Nicholas Brendon
Alexander 'Xander' Harris
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Trivia
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The Yellow shirt that Oz is wearing in the hospital scene has the name "Larry" embroidered on it.
Edit - Willow says that Oz will have to speak Latin during the Ritual of Restoration. However, they are actually speaking Romanian (and some lines of English). Edit
- In Becoming part one during the attack the library clock says the time is 7:12. At the same time Buffy begins to run from the cemetary to the library. In this episode immediately after arriving at the library Buffy is confronted by two police officers and the same clock now says the time is 8:17. It should not have taken Buffy one hour and five minutes to run full speed from the cemetary to the school.The two are not that far apart. Edit
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Notes
ADD NOTES- Music in this episode: Buffy leaving Sunnydale: "Full of Grace" by Sarah McLachlan Edit
- This episode is the second part in a two-part episode, and throughout this series, season 2 is the only season that has three double episodes- the most amount of double episodes to occur in a single season throughout all seven seasons. Edit
- In a 2003 interview with Entertainment Weekly, after she announced that she was leaving the show, Sarah Michelle Gellar named this episode, Becoming Part 2, as one of her all-time favorites. She says that the tragedy of Buffy's realization that she has to kill Angel, the man she loves, is her favorite thing about this episode. Edit
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Quotes
ADD QUOTES- Joyce: (to Buffy) If you walk out that door, don't even think about coming back! (Buffy steps out) Edit
- Whistler: Bottom line is even if you see 'em comin' you're not ready for the big moments. No one asked for their life to change, not really, but it does. So what are we helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come, ya cant help that. Its what you do afterwards that counts. Thats when you find out who you are. You'll see what I mean Edit
- Angelus: Just tell me what I need to know. Giles: In order to be worthy... Angelus: Yeah? Giles: You must perform the ritual... in a tutu. Pillock! Edit
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Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS- Joyce: "Are you sure you're a Vampire Slayer?" (a few lines later) "Have you tried not being a Slayer?" This is an obvious play on being gay/lesbian. A similar play on words will be made some years after this episode in the movie X-Men 2. Edit
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Angel: Keep out of it sit-n-spin.
The sit-n-spin was like a home version of the carnival teacup ride. You could sit on it and spin by turning the center dial. Edit -
Giles: Pillock.
British slang meaning roughly "idiot" but somewhat stronger. Edit
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