Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Good;
Buffy's dreams of the Master are truly terrifying as is his burying her alive which of course she'll experience for real in Bargaining. Giles' fear of not being able to read and Buffy dying are also excellent. Willow's stagefright and Cordy joining the chess club/bad hair brigade are utterly hilarious. It rather reminded me of the ep of Sabrina;TTW where Sabrina places a spell on her arch enemy Libby the haughty cheerleader turning her into a nerd only for Libby to become Queen of the nerds and start mocking the less clever. Semi-naked Nic Brendon who in the great comedy tradition wears embarassing boxer shorts. Some great CGI giant wasps. The Joyce/Buffy scenes. The tough guy whose mum turns up at school (don't know who he is but he resembles a character from Grease?)

The Bad;
The scene with Buffy and her dad is just too cruel. Apart from that, not much.

Best line;
Almost Xander's; Your balloon animals were pathetic!
But the winner is Joyce; Your father loves you dear but no more than I do

Observations and questions;
Xander suffers clourophobia (fear of clowns) whilst Willow suffers arachnaphobia (although she faces down a giant spider in season 7). He also fancies a teacher called Miss Tishler demonstrating his fondness for older women again. Willow says that there is marital tension in her House (and as we later learn in Xander's also). The Master says he met the last Slayer, did he kill her?
Here we have confirmation that Buffy was born in 1981 and is 15 turning 16 in this ep (so shame on you if you fancied her up to this point ) This begins the long tradition of disasterous birthdays for Buffy. First appearance of Hank Summers in the show. The only time we'll ever see Buffy as a vamp but she's still Buffy. You wonder if this is because it's just a nightmare and she's not truly been sired or even if a Slayer becomes a vamp that they're not evil, they're still the Slayer?
Great ep, 8 and half out of 10 again

This episode is one of the most original episodes that comes from Buffy, which is saying something, I'm pretty sure that a little boy getting beaten by his little league coach and being put into a coma, bringing the nightmare world alive is pretty original. This episode also shows some revealing things about the core four, such as Willow's stage fright, Xander's fear of clowns, Buffy's fear of being alive and becoming evil, and Giles' fear of losing Buffy, and how all of their fears can coincide with each other. It's also the first time that Buffy and the Master meet, and it foreshadows The Master easily beating Buffy, and then her coming back from the dead. Where's Paul Reveire when you need him, "The apocalypse is coming, the apocalypse is coming!"

This review contains spoilers.



Okay, I'll put my hands up straight away on this one – I'm seemingly the only person who didn't particularly like this episode.

Reading the other reviews, I'm pretty amazed – everyone seems to have found it wonderful, some citing it as a "classic" and even "the best of the first season". But personally, I found it to be a knocked-together filler episode, with little of real interest.

So I know straight away I'm the odd one out here; but part of the appeal of 'Buffy' is that it has different episodes for different tastes, so I'll run down why this one didn't work for me.



First things first, this is one of the numerous first season episodes not to feature Angel, but it does at least feature the Master (who, on hindsight, was maybe underused through the series to build up to inevitable season finale showdown). Buffy even gets to finally meet him in this one. Sort of. Or was it a dream? More on this in a bit.



This one just cries to me of a last minute "We need an extra episode to bump up the count. Hey, let's do something about people's nightmares!". Which could be fun. If it were given the usual BtVS unique spin. But for the bulk of this one, the characters just seem to wander around from one nightmare to the next, with little real structure of the story, other than the realisation that it all revolves around Billy, the young boy in the coma.



Now I'll confess something embarrassing: When I first watched this episode, on BBC Two way back when (about 1999ish), it took me a great portion of the episode to work out that Billy wasn't in fact Collin, "The Anointed One". I thought it was all part of some plot by the Master; I didn't work out until later on that Billy was a different person! Okay, I was young and not paying full attention, but they certainly do look similar.



Anyway, back on course, I'll say again how *amazed* I am how popular this episode actually is. Although some deride them, I personally even like things such as (the much knocked) "Me Robot, You Jane", or "Teacher's Pet" over this episode; at least they had intriguing plots. For me, just watching characters "walk around in nightmares" for 45 minutes got a little tiring after a while, I'm afraid.



There are some fair moments, although I'm a little lost why some deem this story to be "hilarious". Willow being thrust on stage for a performance she doesn't know the words to (the weird noise that comes out of her mouth is very funny), and, of course, Buffy being buried alive and coming back as a vampire. But these are good moments too few and far between; the concept needed more of a structure to pull it all together. And why did it all centre around the Highschool (and oddly, a cemetery that had appeared across the street)? As far as we know, Billy didn't even attend there. Why did it not affect a larger area of Sunnydale?



That thing I mentioned with the Master earlier... well that's another niggle. It is never explained what is real and what was an illusion (i.e. never happened) at the conclusion of the story, and who does and who doesn't remember what from it. Buffy and co. seem to recall it all, but Buffy's father arrives as if nothing happened, so presumably he was just an illusion earlier? We are never given any clue as to who else remembers what, including if Buffy did in fact meet the Master or not.



Well, I think you get the idea. Sadly, not one of my favourite episodes; in fact, possibly my least favourite of all, up until the sadly much weaker sixth season. It just reeks of a filler instalment to me, with some unanswered plot questions, and personally has little re-view value. I hadn't seen the first season for quite a while, and thought previously that "The Pack" may have been my least favourite episode from season one, but "Nightmares" sadly takes that award hands down. I know I'm gonna really get some "disagree" votes for this, but sadly, I can only bring myself to give "Nightmares" a *much* lower than usual 5.5.

So this is all about dreams and bad things happening to people.



We get to see what the characters are afraid of,

spiders, being naked in class, singing in front o f a crowd.



There was a good oppurunity here for character development. but it was skipped for a weird looking guy with an arm that looked like it came from an octopus. If you ever want to see good example of an episode like this that has some one in a coma and creating dreams. watch the fairy tail episode in season 3 of Supernatural. Now that was awesome.



At least the Master got to get out of the cage fora bit.

Not a bad episode at all. Buffy's dad is supposed to come! Woohoo! The spiders being released were weird. It was mad creepy. I think Wendell is weird. Frankly, I don't care if spiders are arachnids or insects. The students' nightmares begin coming true. Yikes! I wish some of my dreams came true, just not my nightmares. How did Buffy do bad in history if she was barely in class? Well, whatever. The point is, the episode was enjoyable, which is important, especially since it's nearing the end of the season. It took me a while to realize that Buffy's nightmare was failing a history test. Anyway, good episode! :)

I really like this episode even though I don't rewatch it very often. It is a good story, and there are good elements to the episode, but it doesn't have much to do with any story arcs in the series. The thing that I most remember about this episode is seeing Buffy as a Vampire. Of all the nightmares that came true in the episode, that was the coolest. The rest of the nightmares are OK, and even comical at times. Buffy's nightmare at the beginning of the episode involving her in the Master's lair seems to deliberately foreshadow the season finale two episodes later.

Another disappointing Season One episode. This episode had a great concept that just didn't follow through. Nightmares should have been an excellent character study, however instead the writers went for cheap laughs involving clowns and spiders. David Greenwalt (normally a flawless writer) had the opportunity to let the characters "nightmares" portray their deepest fears and insecurities. Fortunately, this episode was essentially remade in Season Four with the far more satisfying instalments "Fear Itself" and "Restless". Sarah Michelle Gellar and Anthony Stewart Head do fantastic work (as per usual) with a patchy and uneven script. Overall an unsatisfying episode that can easily be skipped altogether.

"Nightmares" is another consistently awesome first season episode of Buffy. The episode was actually very cleverly plotted and well executed. I loved who it all tied up. The dreams where funny and scary and The Master was great in this episode. Buffy was very good in this episode as was Willow. I enjoyed Giles but was in laughter and joy with Xander and his dream and the killer clown. It was all very surreal yet funny. Overall Buffy continues to excel as a great TV program in its first season and this episode was pivotal for it should just what kind of cool, scary, funny show Buffy can be!

This episode was really great. It was the best episode in season one. I like the idea of a boy who falls into a coma and can brings nightmares into reality. The funniest nightmare had to be Xander's. It was so funny whe he was picking up all those chocolates. I liked Willow's dream because of the whole stage freight thing. In "Restless" and "Once More, With Feeling" she still has stage freight. Buffy becoming a Vampire was cool. It was neat to see what she would be like if she became a vampire. I didn't like that her dad came and blamed her for her parent's divorce. Giles not being able to read was funny too.

Nightmares-When strange things start happening to the students at Sunnydale High, it seems that everyone is living their worst nightmares. Buffy and the gang must hold together to stop the phenomena before reality and the nightmare world become one.



An episode that's one of the few to stick out of averageness of the first season, "Nightmares" takes a great concept and take full adantage of it. I mean what could be more interesting than watching our characters' nightmares come true for all to see.



The idea of Billy, play well by Jeremy Foley, falls into a coma and brings the nightmare world into reality with him brings so many possiblities to the episode. Each character has to face their nightmares or their actually kill them. Of course some nightmares are scary (the clown, yikes!) and some are just hilarious (Willow's stage fright), but some bring some depth to the characters. The best example being Buffy as her father comes to tell her she was responsible for her parents' divorce. It's a heartbreaking scene as her father is so cold and Buffy feel so helpless as it's just her falsly balming herself for being slayer is was ruined her family.



Also, the ugly man was a creepy villain as his face look hideous and the way he moves. The scenes like where he attack that girl in the basement were intesne. I like how he was a monster manifestation of Billy's softball coach who attacked him. Other great scenes are the opening teaser with the spiders on Wendal and the Master appeared and buried Buffy only for her to come back as a vampire. The make-up designers really did well by making Sarah look vamped up as well as the special effects were better than usual. All and All, one of the best episodes with a creative plot and excellent scenes.

I am re-watching Buffy and at first was not very fond of the season one, but it is growing on me slightly. Though it fails to demonstrate the brilliant show Buffy the Vampire Slayer would soon become, it is still a blast to watch. The show was just as intelligent as ever, too and there are plenty of funny gags and references to keep you entertained. In this episode we get to see what some of our characters innermost fears and nightmares are. Some of them are funny, like Xander’s fears of being at school in his underwear or being chased by a killer clown. Others are rather creepy like Buffy being buried alive by The Master or turning into a vampire. This actually helps to develop the characters even better, something which was rare in season one. When the show gets going, character development is one of its strong points and this is an early sign of what is to come in the future. I was not fond of this episode upon first viewing, but over time it has grown to be one of the better season one episodes.

This was yet another fantastic episode of Buffy. Everyone's nightmares coming true was really terrifying.



The beginning was kinda normal or as normal as Buffy can ever be but the spiders crawling out of that guys book freaked me out .



I found some of their nightmares amusing like Giles getting lost in the stacks and Xander coming to class in his underwear and that guy whose mom showed up and embarressed him in the hallway but the others were very frightful and creepy. Buffy being buried alive and her dad telling her that it was her fault that he and Joyce spilt up was sad and vampire Buffy was just creepy. Giles not being able to read was so weird!



The little kid Billy getting beat up by his kiddie league coach was sad.



I'm glad that everything went back to normal at the end.

A boy named "Billy" is in a coma and because out the Hellmouth, the nightmare realm is beginning to collide with the real world and everyone's nightmares are coming true! Buffy must wake Billy up before the whole world becomes the nightmare realm. So we learn some of the characters worst nightmares they have, and Xander's silly nightmare showing up to class without his clothing and only his underwear! lol!! I think any Buffy fan will enjoy this episode.

This episode shows us that not everything is cause by monsters. This episode is based around an un-supernatural occurence which has turned nasty as it has happened on the hellmouth.



We see all the gangs worst nightmares and it is a pivotal part for Buffy and Giles as it teaches them that they should share their dreams wih each other. Buffy is buriedalive, becomes a vampire and is hated by her dad, its amazing that she is still going at the end of the day.



Willow and Xander have slightly less thrilling nightmares but they are important none the less as they show how Willow is a self concious person and how Xander isn't phased by the ordinary.



It would have been interesting to see Angel's nightmares.

Everyone in Sunnydale's nightmares are comming true, and it's hilarious. It firststarts out with this kid who is attacked by spiders. Then Giles can't read and it all goes down hill from there. Buffy doesn't even write her name on her test and her dad tells her she's the reason her parents split up. Then she's burried alive and turns into a vampire, all of her nightmares. Xander is allmost naked in front of the class and he is chased by a clown. Willow is on stage and has to sing, but she can't. It was so funny when Cordelia turned all ugly, she really had it comming. Then they woke up the kid in a coma and everything went back to normal. It turns out his baseball coach attacked him because his team lost the game. This episode was really good and funny.

This is one of my favourite episodes from the first season. We are introduced to non monster episode where Buffy can't fight the person/thing responsible for the reality change, she needs to talk Billy into confronting his fears, which is his little league coach who put him into a coma after losing a game. I love how Xander still has a fear of Clowns, and Willow at the opera. And it's very funny when Xander loses his clothes mysteriously. I love when Xander says " Thanks a bunch Billy ". That's one of Xander' funniest quotes in my opinion, just the way he says it without even knowing who Billy is. Anyways very good episode like all other Buffy episodes so WATCH IT!!

Another fabulous first season episode. If you have ever wondered what it would be like to live your worst nightmares then you got to live it through this episode. Thanks to the little boy Billy, who is in a coma, everyone finds themself in a waking nightmare. Some hilarious scenes as we get to follow Xander in his underwear to class, and then getting attacked by the clown from his childhood birthday party. We get to see Willow performing opera onstage, and she is mortified. We get to see Cordelia as a huge nerd, which was my favorite. Giles gets lost in the library stacks. Last but not least, Buffy gets buried alive and is a vampire. Luckily the gang is able to awaken Billy and find the bad guy who beat him into a coma in the first place...his lousy coach.

This episode is one of my favorites. It's cool that we got the chance to say everyones worst nightmares. I couldn't stop laughing when I saw what Xander's worst nightmare was! I can't believe he's afraid of some clown from a past birthday party! It was funny to see him fall for the trap the clown set and eat all the chocolate bars, lol. Some of the nightmares were scary though. I didn't like Buffy's. I'm claustrophobic, so I didn't like the fact that she was buried alive. I also didn't care for Willow's nightmare. I'm really shy and I don't like to get up in front of a class, let alone a crowd. Seeing that part of the episode brought back bad memories for me. Other than that, this episode was really good.

I really like this episode. The writers of this show know how to make it seem like a real dream, which they also proved in season 4 - Restless. I loved the part where willow is afraid to sing and all she produces is a squeal. Also, it's the only episode where we get to see vampire Buffy. It doesn't add to the whole Master storyline, although he does appear in the episode, but it's definitely fun to watch and it's my favorite season one episode. I would recommend it to anyone who is watching season one, it's really funny :)

Wow, this was a powerful episode. I kind of new from the beginning what was happening, but the motivation for the nightmares was a surprise, and when I found out what the antagonist was for this kids nightmares, I wanted to help him beat the ^&^)^%% out of that moron. Truly a strong and fine example of the direction this series could easily take and not skip a beat. The thing that really stood out to me was the scene when the kid finally fights back...the expression on his face was so chilling...it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up and take notice!

‘Nightmares’ was a great episode, directing was excellent and the nightmares coming to life couldn’t have been better. The only ‘big’ problem was Lucky 19, the ugly man. He looked very lame and goes into history as probably the worst demon on the series.



But besides that, the episode was great and worked very wel.



It begins with Buffy going to haunt and kill The Master, but he’s too strong and wins. Then Buffy wakes up, her dad is coming this weekend and she has fear that he will ditch her.



In the classroom, the weirdness begins. A guy opens a book and spiders come out of it, everywhere. Buffy oddly sees a young boy at the door ‘Sorry about that’.



The Master continues teaching The anointed one about fear, it can be controlled and it’s all for the best. They also feel something that is going on outside, a change for the worst.



The Scoob’s soon begin to have their own nightmares as well, like Giles getting lost in the sacks and Buffy failing her history, the funnest was Cordy with geek hair and being taken to the chest club.



They begin to realise about nightmares, Buffy sees the young boy after failing the test.



When a girl goes to smoke, she gets attacked by some monster with a flat hand. He calls out for Lucky 19. in the hospital she tells Buffy and Giles, the doctor says that she came off pretty easy because the first is still in his coma.



Meanwhile, Xander has his own nightmare where he shows up naked in school, other kids start to have their nightmares come true as well. Giles can’t read, Buffy sees in the news paper about a kid who’s in the hospital. It’s the same kid she has been seeing in school, then her dad comes to pick her up but on their way he tells her that he left mom because of her and that he’s disappointed in her and that he doesn’t want to hang out with her anymore, when he leaves she sees the kid watching everything.



In the library, Giles tells Xander and Will that Billie brought the nightmares when he went into a coma and that they have to wake him up to stop it.



When the gang splits, Willow arrives to a place where she sings but she totally blacks out. Xander is being chased by a clown that scared him when he was little, eventually Xander knocks out the clown and feels deliberated, but he seems to be the only one.



When Buffy and Billie try to escape from the ugly man after being hit, they arrive in the cemetery. The Master appears and he buries Buffy alive.



The gang find her and she comes out as a vampire, she is feeling peckish. They go to wake up Billie and there they find the ugly man, Buffy knocks him out but Billie has to finish it by destroying him. When he wakes up the kiddie league coach arrives but is busted.



The episode was really fun, great filming and special effects. Too bad that the demon was pretty lousy, besides that it was superb.

This episode revolves around bad nightmares that the Scoobies and other Sunnydale residence are having, and more importantly why these dreams seem to be spilling over into reality. Can Buffy and the gang work out what's happening before the two dimensions become one?



This is the darkest episode in the first series. It plays on all the characters worst fears and explores them great detail. This gives each character more depth than we have ever seen, and starts to add real substance to the show. It has been well written, and I think the well presented dream (or nightmare) sequences worked brilliantly on TV.



A great episode that starts to explore the darker, more vunerable side of Sunnydale and it's residents.

This was a fun episode of Buffy, I mean how can an episode about people's nightmares coming true NOT be fun? This epsode has a nuce plot about about a boy who was attacked by his little league coach after doing bad in a game, then being in a coma making everyones dreams come true. The nightmares themselves are great, I loved Willow having to sing opera in frony of a big audience, Xander being chased by a killer clown, Cordy's bad hair day, and Buffy being a vampire. Of course there were some sad nightmares like Buffy dying and Bufy's dad telling her it was her fault they were divorced. Overall another great episode.

Why doesn’t Buffy have her hair in braids more often, Sarah looks really terrific in this hairdo in the opening dream sequence?

This episode is a small part of the Mythology, but as I have mentioned before, the Master is a very boring character. But he becomes a little more interesting when he is above ground in Buffy’s nightmare vision.

This is one of the many not so figuratively but literately teenage crisis episodes.

And as always Cordelia steals the show again, as a comic relief. When the others have real horrifying nightmares Cordelia’s is as superficial as she is. Her hair has seen much better days, and her clothes are shifted into something from the “sunnier side of Sears”. To top it of she is forced into the chess club room, with all the other geeks.

“Nightmares” is another Buffy classic that resembles the “Nightmare on Elm Street” film series. Basically everyone’s nightmares are coming true in Sunnydale, with the only common element being the appearance of a little boy. A weird monster with a sausage like arm runs round attacking people. There is a lot of character development in this story as we see all of the characters fears- Xander walks in class half naked and gets chased by a clown , Willow sings on stage, Giles forgets how to read and Buffy dies, Cordelia starts going bald and Buffy turns into a vampire. Throw in loads more nightmares, and an underlying plot of child abuse and you have another great episode. This is another personal favourite.

We learn about the fears of our favorite characters in this episode when the Hellmouth through mystical means causes fears to become real. Two of the characters fears are played for laughs which keep the episode from being a complete downer: Xander's fear of being in his underwear in class (a common nightmare), fear of clowns (and his love of chocolate... I can SO relate!) and Willow's fear of public performance (which we also saw in The Puppet Show... nice call back to previous episodes.. another trademark of BTVS). Giles isn't dire at first, but is completely fitting for a Watcher...being lost in the library stacks and then being unable to read. Later, his fears take a darker turn when he sees Buffy grave.



Buffy's is also at first played for laughs when she doesn't remember that there's a test in a class she doesn't remember the location of (I've had this dream) and is utterly unprepared for.



We get a comical nightmare of Cordelia's as well when first her hair is a disaster (that is SO her) and then later is mistaken for a member of the *ulp* Chess Club. Even Willow enjoys that one.



The meat of the episode though is in the standout emotional scene for Sarah Michelle Gellar when her father shows up to tell her why exactly he divorced her mother. And of course, we get a look at Buffy as vampire.



The story also touches on a real life horror, the physical abuse of a child.

The last two episodes were light in character fare, but this episode is immersed in it. Dreams are a very common narrative device, which can be effective, so long as it isn't spelling out what should be clear to an elementary school student ("Six Feet Under", I'm looking at you). "Buffy" uses dreams in context of the show occasionally, but this episode is one of the rare exceptions where dreams are the central point of the episode. The most famous instance of this is "Restless", the fourth season finale. While this one doesn't come near that one in complexity, it adds some needed depth to the show, which meandered through two mediocre episodes.



For starters, The Master returns. As the episode is about fear, it would make sense that he shows up amongst the nightmares. With the demon in the internet and hunter puppets, it could easily be forgotten that the major vampire is still below them trying to break out. One of the bigger weaknesses of season one is that he doesn't pose much of a threat to be mentioned much in the episodes he isn't in. It also doesn't help when his two highest profile minions died some time before this episode. Future seasons would usually do better integrating the "big bad" into the season, even if they didn't play a large role in some episodes.



It’s also worth noting that while she has visions of The Master in her dreams, this is the first time that any of the gang has actually seen The Master. Since he never goes out of game face (but The Anointed One never does for some reason), and his blood stained mouth, it would be safe for her to realize who this is.



Buffy's dad Hank makes a rare appearance. His role in her life in this episode is different from what would eventually become the status quo. Hank is hardly the estranged father figure that he would be regarded as in future episodes, especially his absence during major events in Buffy and Joyce's lives. Makes you wonder whether this change was off camera or if they re-tinkered with his role on the show.



This episode also touches upon Buffy's troubled past, and how she feels that affected her family life. Even if they don't know, being a parent to The Slayer is a tall order. It makes sense that she would believe that these newfound stresses intensified or created the divorce. Thankfully, I'm not a product of divorce, but kids often blame themselves for it, and Buffy has a huge reason to justify that. Maybe I'm going to hell in part for this, but Hank saying that Buffy is why his marriage failed is almost funny.



Unfortunately, Buffy doesn't have any nightmares about her complicated relationship with Angel. In "Angel", we learned of Angel's demonic capabilities, and that he walks a thin line between redemption and his evil past. In hindsight, these would've been good to see knowing what's in store for the show in future seasons.



It's a little thick headed for Giles not to believe that becoming a vampire herself would be among Buffy's biggest fears. It would be like being surprised that a fireman is afraid of being killed in a fire. However, it is true to his character to be slightly aloof on human matters. Also, while his nightmare of illiteracy isn't surprising, it is given an appropriate amount of screen time.



His other one, of Buffy dying, is interwoven seamlessly with Buffy's nightmare of turning into a vampire. Unfortunately because of budget constraints, they couldn't afford some apocalyptic sequence that would represent Buffy's nightmare of failing to save the world, but that is forgivable since they didn't have a lot to work with in this episode. However, this nightmare is still a potent one for a slayer to have.



There is plenty of opportunity for humor in nightmares, as self-absorbed kids are taken down a few pegs and our gang experience several embarrassing moments via the nightmares. Xander's nightmares focus more on embarrassment and lighter issues than his friend. His exposure in front of his peers would've probably been more mortifying if he had my physique, which would probably be more appropriate for his character. Cordelia's nightmare, turning from sexy mean queen to frumpy chess club patron, is easily the funniest bit in the episode.



Of course, as Willow points out, separating when they go look for Buffy isn't a great idea and in many horror movies is the time when the characters are picked off individually by the menace. This time however, it gives us an avenue to see specific fears of Xander and especially Willow. The epilogue in "The Puppet Show", while it could easily be written off as some silliness for laughs, tapped into Willow's stage fright, a characteristic that is revisited occasionally on the show, and is the central point to her "Restless" dream. But what was with all those sheets of plastic in Sunnydale High?



The cause of all this, a comatose boy projecting himself with nightmares to sneak in as well, is essentially a MacGuffin. Billy and his abusive coach beating him aren't important to the story, but what Billy's projections do is important for the characters. The Ugly Man at times comes off as a little corny rather than menacing. Is his hand a club or is he holding one?



While this episode isn't special, it is a step up from the past two installments. Character is key, which is always good. The central menace returns to remind us of what still is at stake. It does stand pale in comparison to later explorations of these characters' minds.

After Prophecy Girl this is my most favorite episode of Buffy's first season. Again it has a lot of humourn, but also action and some drama.



Nightmares takes a boy who is in a coma who is somehow changing reality do to the mystical energy's from the Hellmouth.



I like all the dream sequences, especially the one of Willow, something that will return later in the series. Her losing her voice when she had to sing was just funny.



Buffy turning into a vampire was also super, this is the only time in the whole series we see her as a vampire, and even then she looks pretty. :P



David Greenwalt did a great job on this episode, and I will not mention Vampire Buffy fighting in the sun.

Nightmares was an episode full of scary nightmares. It gave us insights into the fears of the characters. Some were funny and some were scary, some were both. Killer Clowns, Giant Insects, and Turning into a Vampire, oh my! The nightmares are coming true because a boy who is in a coma was beatin by his baseball coach after the team lost a game. His nightmares, plus the hell mouth equals trouble for Buffy and friends. I think that this episode was pretty unique, and the story revealed itself nicely. I think this episode was good, but by no means the best. I look forward to seeing how Buffy's first season wraps up!

This is a good episode, not one of my personal favoirtes, but still very good. I thought the episode could have benifitted from some different directorial techniques. To me the episode should have looked mre dreamlike...although I guess maybe since the dreams were coming true that wouldn't quite fit the concept. In short, I guess I wanted it to look and feel more like the episode Restless (the season four finale). I liked the episode because although it dealt with some supernatural occurances, the real villian was just a regular person. It brought real emotion into the episode. Especially when you think that things like this actually happen...not the dreams coming true, but little league coaches beating up their players.