Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Same Time, Same Place

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Though they seem to be in the same places at the same time, Buffy, Xander and Dawn are unable to find Willow when she returns from England. Shortly after returning to Sunnydale, Willow is captured by a demon who enjoys eating the skin of his victims.moreless

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GUEST STAR
Marshe Daniel

Brother
GUEST STAR
Anthony S. Johnson

Father
GUEST STAR
Nicholette Dixon

Sister

Emma Caulfield

Anya
James Marsters

Spike
Sarah Michelle Gellar

Buffy Anne Summers
Nicholas Brendon

Alexander 'Xander' Harris
Alyson Hannigan

Willow Rosenberg
Michelle Trachtenberg

Dawn Summers

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Wills back!

7.0

"Good"

By joxerlives, Jan 20, 2012

SAME TIME SAME PLACE

The Good;
Some lovely emotional stuff between Willow and her friends, some funny stuff with Anya and Willow but best of all paralysed Dawn is hysterical, especially love the remote control gag.

The Bad;
Not much

Best line;
Dawn (unable to move her lips) "Stop talking about vomit!"

Jeez!;
Skinned vandals and eyeless Gnarl. Gnarl cutting Willow and eating her flesh in front of her is awful.

Captain Subtext;
Dawn wonders when anyone in the Scoobs are ever going to ask for help when they need it, still some emotional baggage from Normal Again. Anya observes that the spell she and Willow do is a 'little sexy'. Willow seems to agree then catches herself on. Note Anya wants to do more spells afterwards but Willow refuses.Why not Winya? They could both share Xander between them and he'd sure be happy. Remember Anya eschewed the company of men for a thousand years, maybe she and Halfrek were more than just friends?

Scoobies to the ER;
Nope, Willow heals herself

Apocalypses; 7,

Scoobies in bondage:
Buffy: 8
Giles: 4
Cordy: 5
Will: 4
Jenny: 1
Angel: 4
Oz: 1
Faith: 3
Joyce: 1
Wes: 1
Xander; 2
Dawn; 4

Scoobies knocked out:
Buffy: 19
Giles: 12
Cordy: 6
Xander: 14
Will: 8
Jenny: 2
Angel: 6
Oz: 3
Faith: 1
Joyce: 3
Wes: 1
Anya;5
Dawn; 4
Tara; 1

Kills: 1 demon for Buffy
Buffy: 108 vamps, 59 demons, 6 monsters, 3 humans, 1 werewolf, 1 spirit warrior & a robot
Giles: 8 vamps, 2 demon, 1 human, 1 god.
Cordy: 3 vamps, a demon
Will: 6 vamps + 3 demons +1 fawn+1 human.
Angel: 3 vamps, 1 demon, 1 human
Oz: 3 vamps, 1 zombie
Faith: 16 vamps, 5 demons, 3 humans
Xander: 6 vamps, 2 zombies, 1 a demon,
Anya: 1 vamp and 1 a demon
Riley; 18 vamps + 7 demons
Spike; 8 vamps and 6 demons
Buffybot; 2 vamps
Tara; 1 demon
Dawn; 1 vamp + 1 demon

Scoobies go evil:
Giles: 1
Cordy: 1
Will: 3
Jenny: 1
Angel: 1
Oz: 1
Joyce: 1
Xander: 4
Anya; 1
Dawn; 1
Buffy; 1

Alternate scoobies:
Buffy: 8
Giles: 4
Cordy: 1
Will: 5
Jenny: 2
Angel: 3
Oz: 2
Joyce: 2
Xander: 4
Tara; 1
Dawn;1
Spike; 1
Anya; 2

Recurring characters killed: 12
Jesse, Flutie, Jenny, Kendra, Larry, Snyder, Professor Walsh, Forrest, McNamara, Joyce, Katrina, Tara

Sunnydale deaths; the vandal
98

Total number of scoobies: the Dawnster is finally part of the Scoobies, about time too
Xander, Buffy, Dawn

Xander demon magnet: 5(6?)
Preying Mantis Lady, Inca Mummy Girl, Drusilla, VampWillow, Anya (arguably Buffy & Faith with their demon essences?), Dracula?

Scoobies shot:
Giles: 2
Angel: 3
Oz: 4
Riley; 1
Buffy; 1
Tara; 1

Notches on Scooby bedpost:
Giles: 2; Joyce & Olivia, possibly Jenny and 3xDraccy babes?
Cordy: 1?
Buffy: 4 confirmed; Angel, Parker, Riley, Spike. 1 possible, Dracula(?)
Angel: 1;Buffy
Joyce: 1;Giles, 2 possible, Ted and Dracula(?)
Oz: 3; Groupie, Willow & Verucca
Faith:2 ;Xander, Riley
Xander: 2; Faith, Anya
Willow: 2;Oz and Tara
Riley; 3; Buffy, Sandy and unnamed vampwhore
Spike; 2 Buffy and Anya
Anya; 2 Spike and Xander

Dawn in peril; 12

Dawn the bashful virgin; 9

What the fanficcers thought;
Anya places Dawn in a Girl Scout pose, read more than a few dodgy fanfics over the years that place her in THAT uniform!

Questions and observations;
Nice that we still have Joyce's picture scattered around the house but who are the couple in the pic by the phone? Aunt Arlene? Grandma and grandpa Summers? Note the scorched mummy hand in the box Anya brings from the Magic Box. Dawn seems to be a CSI fan. Surely she hardly needs high heels she already towers over all the other girls.
Marks out of 10; 7/10

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Willowless

8.0

"Great"

By lenzinoH20, Nov 22, 2011

Same Time, Same Place-Though they seem to be in the same places at the same time, Buffy, Xander and Dawn are unable to find Willow when she returns from England. Shortly after returning to Sunnydale, Willow is captured by a demon who enjoys eating the skin of his victims.
Wow. I'm surprised by how underrated this episode is. This is a great psychological study of Willow, certainly a much, MUCH more well thought out one than "The Killer In Me" (shrugs). It's not a dark, saddening episode at times and other times, it's possibly the goriest andgrossestepisode ever (well, maybe after "Doublemeat Palace in the "gross"category. Willow has been having fears of returning back to Sunnydale after how much chaos she caused before she left, killing people and almost ending the world and all. The first time I watched this episode, I was pretty confused on what was going on with scenes repeating with Willow and the others interchanging. It was a pretty clever and made for a refreshing, often haunting episode. There were scenes throughout the episode that really worked with how the story was being told. The scene where Buffy, Xander and Willow confront Spike in the basement has some great editing, not to mention James Masters is as superb as usual. I also loved Spike leading the gang to the gnarl. Xander thinks he lead them to a dead end but Spike shows them a cave, then says:
Spike: "Im insane, What's his excuse?"
Then you have Alyson Hannigan who once againdeliverssolid work here and it's amazing how much we still sympathize with Willow even after what she became late last season. I adored her scenes with Willow and how they were so quick to blame each other after a boy was found skinned. I am also shocked by how vulnerable and afraid for Willow you are during her scenes with the Gnarl. The Gnarl itself is by far one of the scariest and gruesome demons of the series. From the creepy moments to it slowly cutting out pieces of Willow's skin and eating her......YUCK! Even though you know Willow won't die, it's a terrifying moment for the character, making the moment where Buffy and the others come to her aid that much more emotionally satisfying. I love the moment where Willow and the others see each other, making Willow cry happily. The last scene between Buffy and Willow was also touching, so much grow between the two women, who had it rougher than anyone last season but coming together to give each other strength. All and All, "Same Time, Same Place" is both fun and frightening, showing Willow at her most vulnerable throw a cleverly woven tale. Not to mention, Dawn all paralyzed andpose-able was hilarious!moreless
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"We can only be here for her so much if she won't be, you know, here" - Buffy

9.5

"Superb"

By rachel_london, Apr 13, 2011

We open at Sunnydale's little-seen airport where, despite not having mentioned her for the last two episodes, the gang are waiting for Willow to arrive from England with a yellow crayoned welcome sign. Except she doesn't turn up. Except she does. Except she's invisible and can't see the Scoobs. Haven't they done this one already!? Instead of suspecting a spell (surely anyone's first thought in Sunnydale), both sides think badly of the other. The remaining gang think that Willow has run away (and later, that she is responsible for a murder) ,whereas she reckons that they haven't bothered to turn up to meet her: "Welcome home, me," she self-pities.

Meanwhile Camden Toy has recovered from having his head blown apart as one of the Gentlemen and is busy unleashing zero tolerance on a graffiti artist by skinning and eating him.

Back at the house, Willow discovers the family phone list: Dawn's cell, Buffy's work, Xander's office:- Willow is no longer part of the family. For some reason, she doesn't call any of these numbers, but goes off to find help in the shape of Anya. Either Willow doesn't care about Anya (or Spike) and that's why they can see her, or it's because they are both between worlds, half human, half demon, which is how Willow sees herself at present, caught between Being Willow and a scary veiny Bad Witch.

Willow is happy to see Anya and is pleased to be in her company for possibly the first time ever, despite Anya's snark: "I'm cleaning out the debris of my ex-livelihood", "[you've] just got back to bring about a fiery apocalypse of death?" They are both exiles from the gang because of their demonic ways and they think that the other could easily be accused of the Gnarl's tagger-flaying deeds. Despite their previous friction, we see their similarities, they both like their power, but at the same time they are scared of it consuming them. Anya is finding that "vengeance isn't as fulfilling as I remember". Her recent humanity has made her realise that causing pain is "upsetting". They even feel sympathy for each other as Anya wishes things were better for Willow, which she dittos, and the whole magicks=sex metaphor rears its head again as Anya finds that is quite keen on doing saucy spells with Willow. Despite Willow's anguish, she still wants to investigate Gnarl, she still wants to do good. The Scoobs are busy too, with Dawn taking Willow's role at the computer and accurately deducing what sort of demon Gnarl is. Dawn's adulthood hasn't quite arrived though as she questions the validity of Giles and the gang blaming themselves for Willow's no-show. But eventually Willow and the Scoobs come to the same conclusion, the gang through "good solid detective work" ,and the help of bloodhound Spike, and Willow with some low-level magicks, and they end up at the "vicious skin-eating rock cliff" with, as Spike points out, a cave inside. Spike is lucid underneath his insanity; as Buffy & "her boy" and Willow visit at the same time unbeknownst to each other, he soon works out what's going on. This hints again at The First Evil yet to be unmasked there is often something in the room talking to Spike that others can't see. We also have a mini-foreshadowing of Spike's upcoming Saviour style actions as he grumbles that William is "carrying all the sin".

Gnarl gets rid of the gang by poison-paralysing Dawn (Dawn, like Willow needs rehabbing with the viewers and making her poseable is a step toward it) which unfortunately seals Willow in with a demon who "love[s] a gift, can't wait to unwrap it", as he peels away her perfectly toned tum. Like the demon in "Fear Itself", Gnarl plays on paranoia: "They don't want you", he tells Willow.

The karma is evident; Willow skinned a man alive, now she is being eaten alive. Her recovery isn't just a Wicked Wicca course in the Cotswolds, she has a way to go, and she knows that she has a long way to go - that is part of the recovery. The magic words from Buffy: "We're really glad you're back" awaken the princess from her invisibility and the slayer vanquishes the flayer pretty easily. Willow now has to grow new skin and with the help of her friends, we know that she will be old (new improved) Willow once more Buffy: "You're gonna be OK".
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Buffy and friends can't find Willow.

10

"Perfect"

By RavenEyes666, Apr 13, 2011

The show starts out weird. Willow is supposed to get offf of this plane but she doesnt. The others (her friends) can't understand why she didn't get off. Then we see the same scene again but this time Willow is there but her friends arent. Soon everyone finds a dead body. But it has no skin. Everybody thinks that Willow did it. Willow freaks out and is determined to find out what happened. It ends up that this demon did it. He lives in a cave. He has paralyzing fingers and peels off the victims skin. It takes a long time. Well anyway Willow goes to the cave and so does Buffy, Dawn, and Xander but of course they can't see each other. Dawn gets paralyzed and Buffy and Xander leave with her to come back later. They seal the cave not knowing that Willow is still there. Willow gets paralyzed and the demon starts to peel willow skin off. Buffy soon finds out from Anya that Willow went to the cave. See only demons can se Willow. They all (except Dawn) race back to the cave. They kill the demon and the magic around Willow dissapears. Willow ends up alright.moreless
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Willow is back in Sunnydale. this episode is excellent. it deals with her character. she was scared of not being accepted and does accidentally a spell and her friends can't see her. there is also a creepy demon Gnarl who eats skin. this is a great instalmoreless

9.7

"Superb"

By SleepTight, Apr 13, 2011

Same Time, Same Place

What is so special about this episode is Willow. it's a little slow at times but still pretty impressive. the Gnarl was awesome and Dawn paralyzed was hilarious. also the last scene was priceless. it's a touchy episode and very well made. it just felt a little flat at times.

cut to the airport with everyone arriving and Willow and Xander are waiting for Willow and they know that she still didn't stop being evil and Dawn is surprised but nobody is there. then cut to Willow coming there at the same place and same time but nobody is there waiting for her 'Welcome home, me'

the credits start

cut to a guy painting walls outside when he hears something that suddenly attacks him. cut to Willow coming home and she cannot find anyone and l her pictures are taking off and then she goes downstairs and she lies on the couch. cut to the other three coming home and they didn't find Willow and she isn't in the house and Buffy calls Giles and he doesn't know either. Dawn asks if someone is gonna blame Willow and that they can only help her if she's there. cut to Willow waking up and there is still nobody so she leaves to the magic shop where Anya comes out and Anya is scared and mad because hr magic shop was destroyed and Willow tells her to get it out but Anya doesn't think that's fun and she tells what everyone has been doing and about the new highs cool and Willow leaves to go to Xander.

cut to Willow coming to the place and she finds a body un-skinned and Buffy and Xander are looking on it and they think that Willow did it. cut to Willow going to Spike and he acts all weird and says that they think she did it. then cut to Buffy and Xander arriving and the same scene plays. only they can't see each other and Spike says that someone isn't there and he thinks it's the witch and Buffy and Xander realise what he's talking about. cut to Willow going over to Anya for help and they do a spell and something is weird on the high school and Willow is going to a cave and Anya tells Willow that hurting people sounds cool but it's turning out to be upsetting and they have a sexy moment and Willow is going alone and said that she did a spell before to find her friends but it said they don't exist.

cut to Buffy's house and she thinks Willow did it but Dawn finds something else and it's a demon called Gnarl that eats the human skin and Xander is totally clueless and the way to find the Gnarl is with Spike's help. cut to the gang following crazy Spike who finds the cliff with a hole in it and he says he's inside but what is Xander's excuse for being dumb? right in front of the cave is Willow and she goes in and so does the gang and Gnarl attacks Dawn that paralyzes her and Buffy and Xander take her away and seal up the cave with Willow in it. someone talks to her and tells her that her friends left her and he attacks her and she gets poisoned and falls on the ground and he begins to eat her skin. cut to the gang taking Dawn to her house and she's paralyzed and the only way to reverse it is by killing the Gnarl and they are afraid they vomit so they call Anya.

cut to Anya coming and she thinks it's funny what happened to Dawn and she poses her and she tells about Willow so they are gonna go to the cave and Anya doesn't really want but she knows and she goes with them and leave Dawn in a pose. cut to the cave where the demon is eating Willow but Buffy arrives and they start fighting. Anya sees Willow and tells her that everything is gonna be okay and that her friends are there. Buffy kills Gnarl by sticking her thumbs in his eyes. then Anya goes for help and Xander and Buffy see Willow again and she's very glad and says she's not alone. cut to later Willow meditating and Buffy joins her and Willow says that Buffy can help her a bit and that she did it without knowing cause she only thought of it and it happened and she's connected to the earth and she knows that Buffy thought Willow was the bad one and it will take time to gain trust but it will come.

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Best episode quotes:

Xander: You think she'll get the sign?
Buffy: Get the sign? I don't think she's gonna see the sign.
Dawn: Why is it so pale?
Xander: I used yellow crayon. It was a thing from when I talked to Willow on the bluff. I hope she gets it.
Dawn: Oh, tell us again what you said.
Xander: Well, I was talking from my heart and I knew Evil Willow wasn't really ready to You were kidding.
Dawn: Mm-hmm. A little bit.
Buffy: We've heard the crayon speech a few times. Not that it's not great, of course.
Xander: I saved the world with talking from my mouth. My mouth saved the world.
Dawn: Uh-huh. I'm getting nervous. Are you nervous?
Buffy: Yeah. It's gonna be weird seeing her. What do you say to someone in this situation?
Xander: I'm gonna say "Hi, Willow."
Buffy: C'mon. You're saying it's not going to be the least bit strange? We saw her kill someone. She was about to kill Dawn
Xander: And Giles wouldn't let her leave unless she completed that whatever recovery course.
Dawn: Right. Right?
Buffy: She kinda didn't finish.
Dawn: She didn't finish? She didn't finish being not evil?
Buffy: H-he said it was really important that she come back early and that she was doing really well and we shouldn't worry.
Xander: Guys, I just noticed something. Everyone's off the plane, so where's Willow?

Buffy: I checked with Giles again, too. Hasn't heard from her.
Xander: Is he throwing a tasteful British wiggins?
Buffy: Oh, with extra wig. He's blaming himself pretty hard, like he should've known she wasn't ready to come back. I-I kept telling him, you know, it wasn't his fault. Maybe something about us she couldn't face.
Xander: Like she didn't think we were ready to forgive her? I get that.
Dawn: So Giles is blaming Giles, and we're blaming us. Is anyone gonna blame Willow? Oh, don't give me shock face. I mean, will anyone around here ever start asking for help when they need it?
Buffy: Look, if Willow flipped out, it's her bad. We can only be here for her so much if she won't be, you know, here.

Willow: Anya! Anya, don't! Don't run away.
Anya: What are you doing here? I thought you were with Giles studying how to not kill people.
Willow: I just got back.
Anya: Just got back, as in you're all better, or just got back to bring about a fiery apocalypse of death.
Willow: Neither, but I-I have been studying, working real hard, and I-I'm gonna be fine.
Anya: Oh. Good. 'Cause I remember the last time you said that. I've spent a lot of time since them cleaning the debris out of my ex-livelihood. Stuff like that.
Willow: Well, yeah, I wanna help any way I can with that. I-I feel really responsible.
Anya: You feel really responsible? You are really responsible!
Willow: I-I know I hurt you andand everyone. I'm sorry.
Anya: Here's something you should know about vengeance demons: We don't group with the "sorry." We prefer "Oh, God, please stop hitting me with my own rib bones."
Willow: Go on. Say whatever you want. Rib bones and so forth. I-I deserve it.
Anya: Then you won't mind? Well, then, that's no fun.
Willow: Sorry. So, um, where is everyone these days?
Anya: Well, I'm back in my own apartment. And, of course, vengeance takes me all over the world. I was in Brazil yesterday. They love their soccer.
Willow: And the others? Dawn, and, uh, Xander, Buffy?
Anya: You haven't seen them?
Willow: Not so much.
Anya: Huh. I guess they're still mad at you. They've been a little temperamental lately, just between you and me. We had this little mix-up a few days ago, and
Willow: That sounds great. So, um, where do you think they'd be?
Anya: Oh, at the new high school, probably. Everyone's all about the high school. Buffy's got some kind of job there helping junior deviants, Spike's insane in the basement, Xander's there doing construction on the new gym
Willow: Wait, Spike's what in the whatment?
Anya: Insane. Base. Xander does construction. He likes to start early, so he's probably there by now.

Spike: Out! This is my place. You need permission to be here. You need a special slip with a stamp.
Willow: Spike. My God... I
Spike: You go off and try to wall up the bad parts and put your heart back in where it fell out. You call yourself finished, but you're not. Worse than ever, you are...You went away. You've been gone since...
Willow: I needed to go, but I'm back now. And I found... There's a body.
Spike: Tragedy. Is there blood?
Willow: Uh, I, Yeah, and I can't find Buffy or Xander or Dawn. And there's this thing killing people. And the victim was... skinned. What could do that?
Spike: You did it once. I heard about it.
Willow: Anything otherother than me?
Spike: Look at you... glowing. What's a word means "glowing"? Gotta rhyme.
Willow: Spike?
Spike: Oh, ah, no. I-I-I should hide. Hide from you. Hide my face. You know what I did.
Willow: What you did? You didn't do anything... did you?
Spike: Everyone's talking to me. No one's talking to each other.
Willow: Spike, please try to listen to me.
Spike: Someone isn't here. Button, button... who's got the button? My money's on (stops and faces Willow) the witch.

Spike: Out! This is my place.
Buffy: I think I hear him.
Spike: You need permission to be here. You need a special slip with a stamp. and put your heart back in where it fell out. You call yourself finished, but you're not. Worse than ever, you are...
Buffy: Spike. Spike.
Spike: You went away. You've been gone since...
Buffy: The church. You scared me a little. I didn'tI didn't know what to think.
Xander: We're here for a reason, Spike.
Spike: Tragedy. Is there blood?
Xander: He knows. He must have seen the body.
Spike: You did it once. I heard about it.
Buffy: Spike, we need to know who did this.
Spike: Look at you... glowing. What's a word means "glowing"? Gotta rhyme.
Buffy: Spike, please...
Spike: I-I-I should hide. Hide from you. Hide my face. You know what I did.
Xander: Boy, he's extra-useful today.
Buffy: This isn't the time.
Spike: Everyone's talking to me. No one's talking to each other.
Buffy: Might as well go.
Spike: Someone isn't here. Button, button... who's got the button? My money's on the witch. Red's a bad girl.
Buffy: He's talking about Willow.
Xander: And that means something because he's chock-full-o-sanity.
Buffy: Maybe he saw her.
Spike: They think you did it. The slayer and her boy. They think you took the skin.
Buffy: Is there something here? Something that killed?
Xander: Her boy? I'm her boy?
Spike: I have to go. There are things here without permission. I have to check their slips. Make sure they have authorization.

Willow: I need help.
Anya: I don't have any money.
Willow: I don't want money.
Anya: Come in. Enjoy my personal space.
Willow: I found a dead body near the high school.
Anya: Yes, that can happen.
Willow: Something horrible killed a boy. Took his skin right off.
Willow/Anya: Was it you? No.
Anya: Well with the skin thing, they're definitely going to think it was you. Buffy is, anyway.
Willow: Yeah. I mean maybe she already does. I don't know. I justI-I have to find whatever did this. I justI need to do something right.
Anya: Oh, and so they'll think it wasn't you, right? I mean, that has to be part of it. Maybe you're even thinking you kill this thing, they don't even have to know about it. Won't suspect you, even for a minute.
Willow: No, I-I don't When did you get all insightful?
Anya: I'm surprisingly sensitive.
Willow: So, will you help me?
Anya: Is it difficult or time-consuming? This isn't going to get all sexy, is it?
Willow: I'd be shocked. OK, do you have your powder?
Anya: Oh, I ate that. I have it.
Willow: OK, we scatter it over the map, and everywhere there's a demon, a little light appears.
Anya: Oh, pretty! Will it hurt the carpet?
Willow: No. OK, scatter.
Anya: Oh! Hey lookthat's me! Hello. What's that huge clump?
Willow: It's the high school. It's all hellmouthy is underneath.
Anya: Things have been stirring there lately. Is it getting brighter?
Willow: Smoke!
Anya: Ah! OK. Remember our talk about the carpet?
Willow: Thi-this could be it. It's strong, it's near the body, and it's all by itself, hiding in the woods or-or maybe cave. There are a couple of good caves around there.
Anya: I don't know. Sounds pretty thin to me.
Willow: Well, that's why you teleport over there real quick like a bunnreal quick and, uh, see if I'm right.
Anya: No. Sorry. You damaged my carpet.
Willow: Anya, you're a vengeance demon. Just teleport!
Anya: Well, as it turns out, teleporting isn't a right, it's a privilege. I withdrew a vengeance spell last week, and this is my punishment. I can only teleport for official business. I have to file a flight plan and everything.
Willow: Oh. I'm sorry. That must be hard.
Anya: Yeah, it bites a pretty big one. And the vengeance itself, i-it's not as fulfilling as I remember.
Willow: Really? 'Cause I got the impression that you enjoyedyou know, inflicting.
Anya: Well, causing pain sounds really cool, I know, but turns out it's really upsetting. Didn't use to be, but now it is.
Willow: Is it like you're scared of losing that feeling again. And that having it be OK to hurt people. And then you're not in charge of the power anymore because it's in charge of you?
Anya: Wow, that was really over-dramatically stated, but, yeah, that's it.
Willow: I get it. Believe me.
Anya: I'm sorry, Willow. I wish it were better for you.
Willow: You too.
Anya: It did get a little sexy, didn't it?
Willow: I have to find this monster.
Anya: Willow... um, isn't there another spell? I mean, you're trying to find Buffy and Xander. Couldn't we use a spell to do that?
Willow: I did. I-I tried, and something went kaflooey, and it didn't work.
Anya: What did it say?
Willow: It said they don't exist.

Dawn: OK, so I looked up demons that skin their victims and demons that flay their victims 'cause, you know, same thing. There's a ton of prospects. Anything else gone? Uh, eyeballs, toenails or viscera? That's guts.
Buffy: She knows about viscera. Makes you proud.
Xander: Just skin.
Dawn: OK, I'll work on that.
Xander: What's up?
Buffy: I need to do something. I justI have this feeling in my gut
Xander: In your viscera!
Buffy: that we know exactly who did this. And all of this work that we're doing is just a way for us to convince ourselves that Willow's OK.
Dawn: Oh, guys! I got a good one. A demon called "Gnarl." He's a parasite with these nasty long fingernails. He secretes something through them and uses that to paralyze his victims. He then cuts strips of their skin while they're still alive. It takes hours.
Xander: We didn't find any strips of skin. Which, by the way, gghhhh!
Dawn: You wouldn't. He eats them. That's why he's a parasite. It's like his natural food.
Buffy: Dawn, you're new at this, and I get why you're proud, but I'm not exactly sure why this demon is any more likely than any of the others.
Dawn: You never said pool of blood.
Buffy: There was no pool, just splatters.
Dawn: Then this is your guy. He laps up the blood. You could say it's like his natural beverage.
Xander: You're terrifying.
Dawn: Now if we just knew how to find this thing.
Xander: Well, we could ask some questions over at Willy's place.
Buffy: Or, we could be smart. Sorry, Xander.
Xander: What?
Buffy: W-whoever did this had to get blood on them, which means they left a trail.
Dawn: Right, minute traces of blood.
Buffy: And we have a way to track it.
Dawn: We have a Oh, I get it.
Xander: What? How? What's going on?

Spike: William's a good boy. Carries her water, carries her sin. Supposed to get easier, isn't it. Supposed to help to help, but it doesn't. Still so heavy.
Xander: Should've put a leash on him.
Buffy: Yes, let's tie ourselves to the crazy vampire.
Xander: You really think it's gonna work?
Buffy: It's pretty easy. Spike follows the exciting smell of blood, and we follow the fairly ripe smell of Spike.
Dawn: It's smellementary. Also, I'm sure there's tons of stuff like this. You know, procedures we can use that don't involve magic spells. Just good solid detective work. And we can develop a database of tooth impressions and demon skin samples and I could wear high heels more often.
Buffy: Wow, that was so close to being empowered.
Dawn: Everybody loves a slender ankle.
Spike: That's it. End of the line. Everyone off. Keep your ticket, you'll need that.
Buffy: That's a rock cliff.
Xander: Well, give him a break, Buffy. Maybe it's a vicious skin-eating rock cliff.
Spike: There's a cave in it. Look. I'm insane. What's his excuse?

Gnarl: No way out now. No way out.
Willow: Protect me, Goddess. In thy name, I supplicate myself. Take the powers from my enemy, and lay him lower than the lowest field.
Gnarl: Gnarl loves spells. He keeps them as pets. They love him. And they leave him alone.
Willow: You may be immune to magic, but I've got more than that. You wanna fight?
Gnarl: Your friends left you here. No one comes to save you. They wanted me to have you.

Gnarl: Did they leave you as a gifty for me? Are you a tasty little gifty?
Willow: Stop it!
Gnarl: Or did they just throw you away?
Willow: Were they here? Were my friends really here? I heard something. Ah, ah...
Gnarl: They were here. Here they were. And there they went. Gone, all gone, what a pretty song. They sealed you in with me. I love a gifty. Can't wait to unwrap it.

Dawn: Face up! Face up!
Xander: She's right, face up is better.
Buffy: OK, I'm gonna check the computer. Find that page. See if there's an antidote.
Xander: It'll be all right. We'll get you fixed up. You'll be doing limbo in no time.
Dawn: Yeah, as a pole.
Xander: No, not as a pole. I promise.
Buffy: Oh, got it. It says the paralysis is permanent. No, oh, wait, my bad. Permanent until the creature dies. Sorry. Guess we have to go back.
Xander: We can't just leave her here like this. What if she vomits?
Dawn: Ew. I won't vomit.
Buffy: Do you think she'll vomit?
Dawn: Stop talking about vomit.
Buffy: I'll call Anya. She can watch her.
Xander: Right, she'll love being called for vomit watch.
Dawn: Stop talking about vomit.

Gnarl: Gnarl makes a pretty picture. It's easy when you know how. It's easy when everyone helps. They helped me. Too bad there's no one to help you.

Anya: I bet she's dying.
Buffy: She's not dying. She's just paralyzed.
Anya: Oh. Paralyzed how?
Xander: Paralyzed how? In the not moving way.
Anya: Well, there's lots of different ways. Did you try this?
Buffy: Hey!
Dawn: Hey!
Xander: Oh! You're poseable.
Buffy: She's poseable?
Anya: It's a common variety. Watch this. Huh. Neat as you please. Hardly a need to undo her.
Buffy: Where'd you get the nuts?
Anya: Brazil. No need to thank me, by the way, for sitting with her. I'm feeling very benevolent today. Helping Willow. Helping you. You might even call it even for that whole worm thing last week.
Buffy: Yeah, I don't think we could call Wait, you saw Willow?
Anya: Um-hmm. Oh, she's looking for you, by the way. Decided you might be out in some cave. Sounded pretty tenuous.
Dawn: Cave?
Buffy: Anya, listen. This is really important. Did Willow go to that cave?
Anya: Mm-hmm. Last time I saw her, that's where she was headed. Shall I make her salute? That'd be very cute.
Buffy: Xander, she could be there right now. Willow could be trapped with the Gnarl.
Anya: Uh, it's not "The Gnarl", just "Gnarl". Oh, wouldn't it be tragic if you were here being kinda silly with your comically paralyzed sister while Willow was dying?
Buffy: Anya, you know about this creature?
Anya: Uh-huh, sure.
Buffy: You're coming with us.

Willow: They wouldn't leave. They'll return.
Gnarl: They don't want you. Lock you in, nice white skin... And if they do return, where will the find you? Inside me, you'll already be. Aww... love it.

Buffy: Willow? Are you here?
Xander: Where is she? Is she alive?
Anya: She's right here. OK, stand back. You're getting your feet in her.
Buffy: Willow?
Anya: She's hurt really bad, you guys. I'm gonna go get help.
Xander: I think she's sort of here-ish.
Buffy: Willow? W-we can't exactly see you, but we're really glad that you're back. I-I don't know how badly you're hurt, but
Xander: Is that Willow?
Willow: I couldn't find you guys and I looked everywhere. And the demon said that you left me and Oh, there you are. There you are! Don't go away.
Xander: We're not going away. Oh, God.
Buffy: It's gonna be OK, Willow. You're gonna be OK.
Willow: I know. You're here. Buffy...

Buffy: Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.
Willow: That's all I had left in me anyway.
Buffy: I didn't realize meditating was such hard work.
Willow: I'm healing. Growing new skin.
Buffy: Wow. That's magic, right? I mean, when most people when they meditate don't get extra skin, right. 'Cause Clem should, like, cut back.
Willow: It's magic. I'm drawing power from the earth to heal myself.
Buffy: We're on the second floor.
Willow: You know Giles says everything's part of the earth. This bed. The air. Us.
Buffy: Explains why my fingernails get dirty even when I don't do anything.
Willow: Plus you stuck your thumbs in a demon.
Buffy: True. You're wiped out. I-I should go.
Willow: No. Please stay. I missed you so much when I couldn't find you.
Buffy: We missed you too. I missed you. Dawn's, uh, working on what caused the mutual no-see-ums, but so far we haven't
Willow: I did it.
Buffy: You did a spell?
Willow: I didn't mean to. I-I just remember thinking I wasn't ready to see you guys yet. I was afraid we wouldn't, you know, connect.
Buffy: So, you made it happen just by thinking it?
Willow: Guess I have a ways to go before I master my powers, huh?
Buffy: It's OK. As long as you're all right.
Willow: It's nice to be forgiven. Too bad I need so much of it.
Buffy: I have a confession to make. I thought it might be you. With the flaying.
Willow: I know.
Buffy: I wanna be the kind of person that wouldn't think that. Xander never thought it.
Willow: He did, a little. Heck, I did a little. Xander has the luxury of not saying it, but you're the slayer. You have to say stuff like that. It's OK. It's OK too if you still don't think I can recover from this magic stuff, 'cause, honestly, I'm not that sure about it either.
Buffy: I thought you were too tired.
Willow: It hurts too much not to try.
Buffy: I'm sorry.
Willow: It just takes so much strength. I don't have that much.
Buffy: I got so much strength, I'm giving it away.
Willow: Are you sure?
Buffy: Will it help?
Willow: Much.
Buffy: Good.

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Story: 10
Acting: 10
Writing: 9
Picture: 10
Gripping: 9
My Rank: 10
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Total: 9.7
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TRIVIA (6)
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- When Buffy and Xander leave the cave with Dawn they block the entrance with rocks. Later, as he is eating Willow's skin, Gnarl is surprised by the sudden appearance of Buffy, Xander and Anya. It seems odd that Gnarl didn't see them as the gang, trying to get to Willow, would not have been very quiet getting the cave entrance clear, and the opening was in plain site.
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- In Buffy's house, when Dawn is supposed to be paralyzed she kept moving various parts of her body! One example: Anya puts Dawn's hand up in a certain pose (with one finger pointing to the sky), and Dawn keeps moving her arm/hand alot. Her head and body also move a bit at different times if you look close enough. Dawn is also supposed to be mumbling ( because her mouth is paralyzed) but she talks a few times!
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- After 9/11, no one was allowed to go inside an airport terminal without a boarding pass. However, Buffy, Xander, and Dawn are not only inside the terminal, they are waiting at the gate.
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- Buffy and Dawn's shirts were torn by Gnarl. Later in the episode they have no holes in their shirts.
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- Willow saw Dawn's cellphone number on the daykeeper and didn't think of calling it.
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- Dawn is supposed to be paralyzed, but if you notice while she's lying down on the couch with Xander at her side, her head keeps changing positions between the differing camera angles.
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QUOTES (13)
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- Xander: I saved the world with talking from my mouth. My mouth saved the world.
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- Willow: (to Anya) Well, that's why you teleport over there real quick like a bun-- (Angry glare from Anya) Willow: Uh, real quick, and, uh, see if I'm right. Anya: No. Sorry. You damaged my carpet.
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- (While doing a spell in the dark surrounded by candles) Anya: This isn't gonna get all sexy, is it? Willow: I'd be shocked. (later) Anya: It did get a little sexy, didn't it?
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- Buffy: Yes, let's tie ourselves to the crazy vampire.
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- Anya: Oh, Buffy killed the demon! It was gross.
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- Anya: (to Willow) I thought you were with Giles studying how not to kill people.
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- Willow: So, will you help me? Anya: (sighs) Is it difficult or time-consuming?
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- Willow: (about her meditating) I'm drawing energy from the earth. Buffy: We're on the second floor.
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- Dawn: Well, if she's doing that, ducking Giles, then, she's evil, right? Xander: Well, I've avoided Giles tons of times, just meant I was lazy, not evil. Buffy: I hope you're right, cause defeating Lazy Willow... probably less hard.
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- Willow: I found a dead body near the high school. Anya: Yes, that can happen. Willow: Something horrible killed a boy. Took his skin right off! Anya & Willow: Was it you? Anya & Willow: No! Anya: Well with the skin thing, they're definitely going to think it was you.
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- Spike: Someone isn't here. Button, button, who's got the button? My money's on the witch. Red is a bad girl. Buffy: He's talking about Willow. Xander: And that means so much because he's chock full of sanity.
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- Spike: (to unseen Willow) They think you did it, the Slayer and her boy, they think you took the skin. Buffy: Is there something here, something that killed? Xander: Her boy?! I'm her boy?!!
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- Spike: (about Xander) I'm insane... What's his excuse?
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NOTES (7)
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- In an interview, Jane Espenson admitted that Gnarl was in part based on Gollum from The Lord Of The Rings.
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- This episode was greatly edited when shown on UK television. Gnarl's attack on Willow was shortened and several shots taken out. It can be seen in its entirety on video.
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- From this episode it seems that Willow has gotten Buffy's old bedroom and Buffy has taken up in the master bedroom. This probably has to do with Willow not wanting to be in the room where Tara died.
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- The website Dawn uses, "Demons, Demons, Demons", was first used on Angel in the season 1 episode 'The Ring'.
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- Another glimpse of Spike becoming more like his human self William, as he says to Buffy "What's a word that means glowing? It's gotta rhyme." William asks the same thing of a waiter in the season 5 episode 'Fool For Love' while composing a poem about his love interest, Cecily.
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- Camden Toy is no stranger to the Buffyverse, he played one of the gentlemen in 'Hush'.
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- This is the first episode of the series in which there are no guest stars credited at the start of the episode (it just goes straight into producers etc.).
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- Spike: Button, button, who's got the button?
  "Button, button, who's got the button?" is a children's game that was used famously in the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971).
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- Dawn: It's smellementary!
  This is a twist on the Sherlock Holmes's catchphrase, "It's elementary!" Sherlock Holmes is a character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who was featured in a series of books and stories written between 1887 and 1927.
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