So it's a normal teenager, only dead.

Mostly Filler, Installment 31

2:19 I Only Have Eyes For You

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teacher/boy romance

is way creepy and so is

the word scapula

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Funniest Moment:

Snyder only has two small scenes in this episode, but he manages to be completely hilarious in them. The bit where he swears to Buffy that he'll keep looking until he finds a way to connect all things of badness directly to her is pretty funny in a way that isn't at all funny when the president does it. But I digress.

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Favorite Character: Giles

Oh, Giles, how I love you. This character really gains some depth in this episode. It's so heartbreaking that his Jenny love clouds his judgement so much - especially since he's normally rational judgement guy. Both scenes with Giles and Willow - when she gives him the rose quartz and when he admits to her that it couldn't be Jenny - are just lovely.

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Best Dressed: Angie Hart

I love this. It's unique and feminine at the same time.

Worst Dressed: Xander and Willow

Actually, no one is suffering any severe fashion trauma in this episode, but the double sweaterpalooza is a bit much.

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Musings

• I adore the singer at the beginning. Here's the wiki info on her. She shows up again in season 7 with the song Blue, which is absolutely brilliant. She's got this unassuming yet powerful voice. Love it.
• I miss Jenny :(
• Willow teaching is so adorable.
• I really hate guns. A lot.
• There are some wonderful, funny lines. Xander: I'm dead as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore. Giles: ...Xander speak... Xander: ...cling to my one lame idea guy. Spike: They say when you've drawn blood, you've exfoliated. And my personal favorite, Cordelia: ...nip this thing in the butt." So perfectly Cordy.
• Angel is big time creepy in this episode. We're finally used to him being evil instead of insipid, soul-having, whiny Angel, and then the female spirit takes over, and it's icky. And then when he turns back, I jump out of my skin. Creeeeepy.
• I like the idea of the episode. I'm glad they found a mildly interesting way to explore the whole Buffy is so guilt-ridden deal.
• Crazy Drusilla is always fabulous.
• Why black candles? I would have thought white candles would be more the expelling type.
• I so love the moment when Spike gets up out of the wheelchair. It's one of the best "just you wait, hehehe" moments ever. Plus, I love Spike.

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I Only Have Eyes for You Fanart

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I Only Have Eyes for You Drabble

Who did he think he was? Take it up with the mayor, indeed. He thought most emphatically not. He had this under control, these raging, writhing beasts called teenagers. Of course he was the man for the job.

He was biding his time. He knew it would come. The reason. The moment when he could finally utter those two beautiful words, you’re expelled, to Buffy Summers was on its way. He could taste it. And then the mayor would see.

Just a sewage backup. Happens sometimes. Couple of days, everything will be back to normal. Don’t worry about a thing.

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We're all concerned about how gross you look.

Mostly Filler, Installment 30

2:18 Killed by Death

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Buffy gets the flu

German kid-eating monster

what's with those sweaters

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Funniest Moment

Cordelia: So this isn't about you being afraid of hospitals 'cause your friend died and you wanna conjure up a monster that you can fight so you can save everybody and not feel so helpless?

Giles: Cordelia, have you actually ever heard of tact?

Cordelia: Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.

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Favorite Character: Xander

I just love the way he stands up to Angel at the hospital. Of all Buffy's men throughout the series, I still say Xander loves her the most.

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Best Dressed: Cordelia

So. Cute.

Worst Dressed: Xander

I just wish he could lay off the plaid pants.

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Musings

• This episode feels sort of generic to me, not a lot to say.
• I hate hospitals. My experiences at hospitals have been very scary, to say the least.
• I do enjoy Cordy, especially when Joyce jokes about walking into a secret meeting, and Cordy says, "You sure didn't."
• The monster is cool in this episode - very creepy.
• Have I mentioned lately that I love Giles?
• At the beginning, when Angel says, "Aw, come on, just one more..." why does he go for Cordelia? Hmmm.

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Killed by Death Icons (shareable - Buffy made a lot of fun expressions in this one)

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Killed by Death Drabble

Giles had marveled since he arrived in Sunnydale at the way people, students and adults alike, seemed to “get over” deaths and tragedy. Friends and teachers were murdered, and life went on. Miss Calendar had been special; he might have even loved her. He didn’t feel like moving on was even an option, yet there really was no choice.

Then he realized something. This was a hellmouth, and the casualty rate was high. If you didn’t learn to move on and move on quickly, you’d spend your whole life in mourning. Some might call it resilience. Giles called it necessity.

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I didn't know I was gonna fall in love with you.

Mostly Filler, Installment 29
2:17 Passion

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main character killed

wow that's a nervy plot twist

I still miss Jenny

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Funniest Moment

There really isn't any funny in this episode. Usually the humor/trauma balance is good, but I think the whole Cordelia and her car deal failed miserably. It just wasn't funny, mostly because it didn't make any sense. You don't live in your car (well, Cordy doesn't, anyway), therefore vampires don't need to be invited or de-invited.

So not laugh-out-loud funny, but still whoppin' adorable - this scene where poor Willow's hours of lesson planning are for naught. She is just so darling.

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Favorite Character: Giles

Giles is wonderful in this episode, but he's only my favorite by a very small margin. I adore the whole cast, especially Willow, Buffy, Jenny and Joyce.

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Best Dressed: Buffy

This is just so flattering on her. I'm normally one to hate white pants, but this works. I love the simplicity and the flowiness.

Worst Dressed: Xander

Neon bad. Neon with plaid very bad.

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Musings

• Why didn't it occur to anyone before this point that Angel could come into their houses any time?
• I love this episode quite a lot. There's only one thing about it that bothers me. Xander is just so glib at the start, and it doesn't seem right. He loves Buffy and hates Angel, so the quipping seems out of place to me.
• I didn't know I was gonna fall in love with you. And my heart is officially broken. That whole Giles/Jenny conversation is really lovely and well-done.
• They really succeeded with the creepy factor. Angelus lurking and spying everywhere, the dead fish shot from the other side of the aquarium, Joyce and Angelus - I found that scene terrifying.
• The scariest for me was the chase scene with Angelus and Jenny. All through it, you don't think she could possibly die. She's on her way to being Giles' girlfriend. She's beautiful. She's recurring. They won't kill her. Wow. I'm not one of those people who gets mad at Joss for killing off a character, because, well, that's ridiculous. It was a brilliant move for the show. But I loved her more than a person should love a fictional character. RIP Jenny.
• I always love when Jonathan shows up. He's so adorable.
• I love Giles' apartment.

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Passion Icons and Wallpaper (shareable)

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Passion Drabble

Buffy looked up at her watcher, at the bruise just starting to darken. She touched his cheek lightly, and the weight of her guilt choked her words. She hadn’t meant to hit him. God, he’d already had the worst day of his life. And it was her fault. Angel was evil. No, Angelus was evil. And she was weak. She should have stopped this. But she hadn’t, and now the people she loved were suffering.

Giles looked back down at her. The pain was unbearable, but he didn’t blame Buffy. He was just grateful to have her by his side.

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