The Good;
Prof Walsh gets her just desserts, Riley and Buffy are finally a couple, some nice comedy, Willow especially looks like a troll doll with the ionisation spell. Anya and Spike becoming more and more Scoobyish. Love the Buffy in the briefing scene.
The Bad;
Weak demons and the first appearance of Adam, worst big bad ever.
Best line;
Buffy; Don't worry, I've patrolled in this halter top many times
Character death; Byebye Prof Walsh you psycho!
Shot; Buffy uses the blaster but it doesn't work
Women good/men bad;
No, female villain, Walsh the mother gone bad
Jeez!;
Quite a shock when she gets stuck, still!
Kinky dinky;
Anya notes that she and Xander have 'enjoyed spanking'. Buffy intends to punish Riley for having a twinkie for lunch. Willow is upset that she's not being spanked too which puts her remarks about her and Oz playing 'mistress of pain' into a new context. For Buffy and Riley fighting seems to be akin to foreplay, maybe Buffy is more like Faith than she likes to admit? (see 'Get It Done)' Meanwhile Prof Walsh plays the voyeur, spying on her boys in their bedrooms. At least Buffy doesn't wake to find her lover gone as she did on the 2 previous occasions.
Calling Captain Subtext;
Willow's yellow t-shirt has the word 'fairy' on it. Check out Forrest's jealous attitude about Buffy and Riley, you'd almost think there was something a little 'don't ask, don't tell' between them. Spike remarks that Giles is womanly. Giles wonders if there is a higher purpose in Spike's neutering which indeed there turns out to be.
Where's Dawn?
Does Buffy get her and Joyce out of town if she belives the Initiative might be hunting for them?
Apocalypses; 5,
Questions and observations;
Buffy asks if the Initiative have jetpacks? Well, the Nerds will have them by season 6. Didn't Buffy have a pager in 'Never kill a boy on a first date'? (What exactly was her excuse for that? You'd assume she was either a doctor, a drug dealer or prostitute, she certainly doesn't look like the former 2).Xander's fruit bars introduce Anya to capitalism. Poor Will feels a little left out but at least now has Tara to go to. Buffy is keener on the Initiative than the others but it not only means she gets to see more of Riley but that she might live a lot longer and not be dead by 25 like all the other slayers? Why does Graham hit Spike with a tracker rather than a tranquiliser? Buffy kills two more demons, demons that it took 8 armed to the teeth commandos to subdue. The tracker scene has a very Aliens/Predator2 feel to it.
Marks out of 10; 7/10
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Episode Summary
When Riley tells his superiors about Buffy, they invite her to join the Initiative. It soon becomes apparent, however, that her independent attitude and need to question orders may not be what the Initiative is looking for.
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James Marsters
Spike
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
Buffy Anne Summers
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Marc Blucas
Riley Finn
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When Spike gets shot by the Initiative soldiers with the tracer, he's wearing his coat, but when he goes to Giles and the gang for help, there's no hole or damage to his coat.
In fact, he has to partially remove his coat to show them the tracer (which did leave a hole in his shirt). Edit - Somehow, near the end of the episode Buffy gets into Giles' apartment without anyone noticing her until she speaks up. Even if she did so as quietly as possible it's bright sunshine outside, the room should have lit up when Buffy opened the door. Edit
- When Anya is seen in closeup while playing poker a small round clock can be seen on a table next to the phone. Although the scene lasts about two minutes, the time on the clock stays at 8:40. Edit
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When Spike gets shot by the Initiative soldiers with the tracer, he's wearing his coat, but when he goes to Giles and the gang for help, there's no hole or damage to his coat.
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Notes
ADD NOTES- The crypt which Spike moves into appears to be the same crypt which the Gang visited in the last episode, A New Man, the one in which the Demon Prince Barvain was supposed to rise. Edit
- The music that is played while Buffy and Riley have sex is Delerium's "Window to your soul." Edit
- The area of the Initiative Headquarters where hands-on research is done on the demons is called "The Pit." Edit
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Quotes
ADD QUOTES- Forrest: I've always been Riley's second-in-command. Instead he picks a girl. Graham: His girl. Forrest: Whatever. Three guesses on what that boy's thinking with. Edit
- Buffy: Anya seems a bit edgy. Willow: She's a little antsy around commando-types. Ex-demon issues. Edit
- Riley: Hope you don't mind us tagging along. Willow: No, no, of course not. The more, the... more. Edit
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Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS- Visual After Buffy and Riley capture the Polgara demon, they have sex. In Faith, Hope and Trick (3x03), Faith said that slaying makes her horny and hungry. Buffy awkwardly responds saying yes to the hungry part. Apparently slaying does make her horny. Edit
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Title: The I in Team
The title of the episode comes from the expression "There's no I in team" - meaning that in a team sport there's no room an individual who wants to do everything by themselves. This is perhaps how Professor Walsh feels about Buffy being part of the Initiative. Edit -
Spike: I don't care if it's playing "Rock the Casbah" on the bloody Jew's harp just get it out of me.
Spike refers to the song "Rock the Casbah" by the British band the Clash. Edit
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