Faith, Hope and Trick
The Good;
Faith. Need I really say any more? Faith dancing and fighting is great but also the scenes where we get to see her terrified, more vulnerable side. Love the scenes where Buffy is being single-white-femaled by Faith which she takes with suprising good humour. And Angel's back, yay! Love Joyce sticking it to Snyder and the uncoupling scene at Buffy's picnic.
The Bad;
The idea of Mr Trick being able to order children online as food is just too horrible for words
Best line; Mr Trick "Admittedly not a haven for the bruthas, strictly of the Caucasion persuasion here in the Dale" just beating Xander's wonderful "People say kids don't learn anything at High School. well I learnt, I learnt to be afraid!"
Tied up; no but presumably Faith was handcuffed when she was arrested
Kinky dinky; Now that Faith is on the scene I expect to have a great deal more to write in this column. She starts off with naked slaying and alligator wrestling and saying Slaying makes you 'hungry and horny' (of course in Get It Done we discover why Slayers have these sort of feelings). And of course, the writers find an excuse for nude Angel too. According to Willow Buffy has a thing she does with her mouth that 'boys like'. Hmmmmm? Xander calls Buffy a slut. Buffy's fondling of the letter opener is reminiscent of her stroking the crystal in 'Helpless'. Cordy refers to Faith as 'Slut-o-rama' but also suggests that she dress up as a Slayer and put a stake to Xander's throat, a sex game he seems keen on.
Calling Captain Subtext; Faith obviously hungers for both a mother and father figure, commenting on Giles' 'youth and beauty' and obviously enamoured of Joyce, saying she's really cool (something I suspect Buffy and Dawn would also think but never say). Joyce says she likes Faith and Buffy describes Joyce as the 'best mom ever'. Faith's line about her 'Dead mother hitting harder than that' is loaded with not so hidden meaning. Faith has not only never knew her dad but lost her mother and also her female Watcher making her pretty desperate for some maternal/paternal love. So I pronounce this Jaith and Gaith. She also starts putting the moves on Scott Hope, the beginning of a long tradition of stealing Buffy's boyfriends (Buffy is still touchy when Faith mentions Angel). BUT even Buffy describes Faith as 'personable' the beginning of the biggest subtext in the series. Joyce actually refers to marching in the 'Slayer pride parade' again likening being the Slayer to being gay.
Questions and observations;
The introduction of Mr Trick and Faith, the series just never looking back from this point. Kakistos seems to not be killable with a regular stake. Like The Master he seems to be so old that he's devolving into a Turok-Han. Martha Stewart is mentioned as she is later revealed by Anya to be a witch. Giles' subtle efforts to get Buffy to reveal the truth about what happened to Angel (another point against Normal Again, Buffy never knows about this). There are no leprechauns in the Buffyverse but judging by DB's attempts at an Irish accent and Charmed's efforts in that direction we should be grateful. Faith's dead Watcher was female, the first we've heard about. I know some people think that she was killed during Faith's Cruciamentum which we'll later see in Helpless but that happens when a Slayer turns 18 and Faith is younger than Buffy who is 17 (Buffy refers to Faith as her little sister, at least until Dawn comes along). Giles loves to kayak. Couldn't the Watcher's Council pay for Faith to have a better apartment? Or couldn't she live with Giles or Buffy and Joyce (Dawn's room isn't being used yet). Mr Trick is right, not many visible ethnic minorities in Sunnydale but I've been to Santa Barbara which it's apparently based on and it's a pretty accurate representation. Giles warns Willow for the first time about abuse of magic. You can make fire from ice and it doesn't take magic. Presumably Khakisto's scar doesn't heal because Faith inflicted it with some form of enchanted weapon, like Spike's with the Chinise Slayer. Joyce comments on Buffy being an only child and learns for the first time that Buffy died. You wonder what Dawn makes of Faith? She resents her when they first meet in season 7 but what's her attitude on season 3?
Why no commentaries on all these brilliant episodes? Crap like Reptile Boy gets them but not classics like this? Please Joss, if you need a few million dollars to finance your next project just sit down with the cast and do some commentaries for Buffy; Special Edition DVDs, we'd all buy them.
10/10
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Episode Summary
A new Slayer arrives in town. Faith, who was called after Kendra died, seems like a fun-loving, wacky teenager who fits right in with the gang. Buffy worries that Faith may be taking her place in her friends hearts, and then begins to suspect that the new Slayer may be hiding something.moreless
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When Buffy pulls Faith away from Scott, she grabs her by her wrist, but when the shot changes, Buffy is holding her by her elbow.
Edit - When Buffy first stakes Kakistos, he doesn't turn to dust. He tells her that maybe she needs a bigger stake, so Faith picks up a broken wood beam and impales him with it. Maybe she didn't need a bigger stake at all, but to hit in him the correct spot? Her first stake was in the middle right of his chest, instead of the upper left where the heart is located. Edit
- When Faith is telling the story about the vampires at the church, she says they were "feeding on half the Baptists in South Boston." The only major church in South Boston is Old South Church, and it's actually Episcopalian, not Baptist. Edit
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ADD NOTES- Eliza Dushku had just graduated from high school when she was cast as Faith, making her the youngest actress on the show. Edit
- Giles mentions that the annual Watcher's retreat is held in the Cotswolds. This is the same location of the Deeper Well, the burial ground of the Old Ones (as mentioned in spin-off series Angel in the episode A Hole in the World (5x103) . Edit
- Faith's Watcher is the first female Watcher to be mentioned on the show since Giles' grandmother in Never Kill a Boy on the First Date (1x05). Edit
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ADD QUOTES- Buffy: Oh no, I have to go take an English make-up exam. They give you credit just for speaking it, right? Edit
- Giles: It's a great honor to be invited... or so I'm told. Faith: Oh, it's boring. Way too stuffy for a guy like you. Buffy: Um, maybe I should introduce you again. Faith, this is Giles. Faith: I've seen him. If I'd known they came that young and cute, I would've requested a transfer. Buffy: Raise your hand if "ew." Edit
- Willow: Oz is a werewolf. Buffy: It's a long story. Oz: I got bit. Buffy: Apparently not that long. Edit
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Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS- Faith: I was getting the job done. Buffy: The job is to slay demons, not to beat them to a bloody pulp while their friends corner me. This may be a reference to the season 2 episode Ted, in which Giles and Buffy have almost exactly the same exchange. In that episode, Buffy says "What? I kill vampires, that's my job." To which Giles replies: "True, true, but you don't usually beat them into quite such a bloody pulp beforehand." This is perhaps the earliest sign of Faith's future, as Buffy, once in the rebellious role, is now mirroring Giles' advice. Edit
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Giles: There's a Watchers' retreat every year in the Cotswolds
Cotswolds: Hilly district of west England, notable for it's picturesque beauty and and colorful local folklore. The reference may be to the Order of the Talamasca, the equivalent to the Watchers' Council in Anne Rice's fiction. Their motto is "We watch and we are always here" and their leader (until Lestat vamped him) was David Talbot who lived in the Cotswolds. Edit -
Scott: Or maybe at the Buster Keaton festival playing on State Street all this week.
Buster Keaton is an actor best known as a star of silent movie comedies. He's roughly comparable to the better known Charlie Chaplin. Edit
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