Buffy Season Two Episode Fifteen
Oct. 29th, 2009 12:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
koganbot"I mean, three days of the month I'm not much fun to be around, either."
Werewolf episode. Was much lighter than the last episode, perhaps by design. I figured out both surprises before they were revealed (identity of werewolf in the woods and secret of big bruiser Larry in the locker room); I guess these were pretty well telegraphed. I mean, who was left unaccounted for whom the People for the Ethical Treatment of Werewolves would end up being concerned about?
Anyway, thought "Oh no" at the start when I saw this was about werewolves, and had an even bigger "Oh no" when the story began hitting us with analogies between a guy going werewolf and the way boys change on you (you know, they're hot and they're cold, they're yes and they're no, they're in and they're out, they're up and they're down and change their minds like a girl changes clothes and, er, I'd better quit before I get into any more trouble). But the episode ended up being so loose and human and funny about this that it at least got by. My turning point was when Buffy and Giles were out hunting werewolves on Lovers' Lane and Giles suggests they "might knock on a few windows and ask if anyone's seen anything yet."
Buffy: "Giles, no one's seen anything."
Giles (light dawning in his mind): "Oh, yes, no, of course not. No. Yes."
Werewolf episode. Was much lighter than the last episode, perhaps by design. I figured out both surprises before they were revealed (identity of werewolf in the woods and secret of big bruiser Larry in the locker room); I guess these were pretty well telegraphed. I mean, who was left unaccounted for whom the People for the Ethical Treatment of Werewolves would end up being concerned about?
Anyway, thought "Oh no" at the start when I saw this was about werewolves, and had an even bigger "Oh no" when the story began hitting us with analogies between a guy going werewolf and the way boys change on you (you know, they're hot and they're cold, they're yes and they're no, they're in and they're out, they're up and they're down and change their minds like a girl changes clothes and, er, I'd better quit before I get into any more trouble). But the episode ended up being so loose and human and funny about this that it at least got by. My turning point was when Buffy and Giles were out hunting werewolves on Lovers' Lane and Giles suggests they "might knock on a few windows and ask if anyone's seen anything yet."
Buffy: "Giles, no one's seen anything."
Giles (light dawning in his mind): "Oh, yes, no, of course not. No. Yes."
