Sep 22
Dead Man’s Party
Buffy has returned home but the reception isn’t exactly what she’d hoped when zombies crash her surprise-ish welcome home party.
Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
Original Air Date: Oct. 6th 1998
Guest Stars: Danny Strong (Johnathan)
Trivia:
- The first time that the outdoor set that will become main street Sunnydale is used. (Espresso Pump)
- Xander says “It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye.” Eye-Roic?
Quotes:
Giles: ” ‘Do you like my mask? Isn’t it pretty? It raises the dead.’ Americans!”
Xander: “Generally speaking, when scary things get scared: not good.”
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In Other News:
- Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog won an EMMY!!!!
- Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible/Buffy Season 7) has a fantastic web comedy, “The Guild”. Highly recommended! Here is the first episode.
- Julie Benz (Darla) stars in the upcoming Boondock Saints 2 film. Here is a link to the Redband trailer where you can see her as some badass investigator. (Redband trailers are R rated)
- Hulu won’t be getting any more seasons of Buffy.
“Availability Notes:
After Oct. 2, Season 3 episodes will no longer be available for online streaming. After Oct. 16, Season 2 episodes will no longer be available for online streaming.At this time, we are only able to offer Seasons 1-3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Additional seasons have not been made available to Hulu, but we’ll continue to request more episodes for our users.”
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September 23rd, 2009 at 4:05 am
I’m looking forward to listening to this podcast – incidentally, Dead Man’s Party was one of my least favorite episodes. I wonder if what bothered me bothered you. I guess I’ll hear soon! Unfortunately I missed you last night by a half hour, and I don’t have time at the moment to tune in.
Does anyone know why Hulu is taking down the Buffy episodes? That really irritates me, especially as Buffy is off the air. The availability of free episodes was part of how I continued to be a viewer of BtVS, and what led me to buy seasons 4-6. It was a great marketing tool really, in my opinion at least!
September 24th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Very fun podcast. Earlier this year I re-discovered BTVS on hulu, then found your podcast. I had only seen season 3 during its run and was looking forward to actually seeing season 2 (which I had missed). Due to your spoiler alert, I stopped Watchercast and then watched all 7 seasons. After finishing last month, I just caught up on all your old podcasts and SO glad you’re still going strong. It’s refreshing to hear a true episode-by-episode so we can relive the epic. Dead Man’s Party is the first one I’ve heard “real-time” with your release. So, this is a word of encouragement to keep it up! You have another listener now.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
I agree with you Troy on the “too muchness” of the characters in this ep. I also understand why they did it, but it felt wrong. I hated Xander’s argument at the party with Buff and really wanted to punch him. Xander does this time and time again on Buff – acting totally out of character. Like when he unquestioningly jilts Anya at the altar in S6 because he gets “suckered” by a demon. So much for not being a “butt monkey”. Love the podcast guys and girl:)
September 29th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
As always love the new podcast.
I agree that the characters seemed way too angry for Buffy being gone during the summer. Don’t get me wrong I completely understand why they were upset from a standpoint of she didn’t let them know she was physically ok and she just left without telling them.
However their anger seemed over the top. Technically Buffy would have been gone anyway during the summer because doesn’t Hank still get summer custody of Buffy? At this point it wasn’t said that he was a absent father, so the Scoobies would have been without Buffy just like they were the previous summer. So the whole excessive anger toward Buffy never sat well with me.
Always love to listen this podcast, it’s an absolute joy to listen to and I hope another epsiode is available before I go on vacation in mid October (we’re going on a plane and I don’t particularly like flying) so a new podcast ep would definitely be a welcome distraction.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Actually, I really liked Dead Man’s Party. I liked the episode and your episode. The drama was over the top, but the show wasn’t exactly realistic in the first place. It was exciting and albeit, out-of-character, but still enjoyable. Pam wasn’t. Ever. Keep up the episodes, they make my stinky school bus rides enjoyable.
October 1st, 2009 at 8:49 am
Hey
I am a new listener and I have been going through the podcasts. I noticed that you always talk about Dawn being the first to have a cellphone. That is not true. Cordelia has a cell phone in the first season. Buffy slammed her against the wall looking for a vampire. When Buffy leaves Cordy whips out a cell and says she has to tell everyone.
I love you podcast. It is the best buffy podcast that I’ve come across. Keep up the good work.
Hill
October 1st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Side note…the funniest occurence of an obvious stunt double on Buffy is in Primeval, Season 4. Check it out. It’s hilarious. When Buff is having the final Matrix like showdown with Adam, keep a close eye on Adam and you’ll see an obvious stunt double with cheesy make up. it always cracks me up.