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The Pack
April 21st, 2007 | 
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While enduring the annual field trip to the zoo, Xander and several other students enter the quarantined Hyena pen and become possessed by the spirit of the wild animals. Buffy notices that Xander is acting different, more aggressive and mean, but she must figure out what happened and how to reverse it before something terrible happens.
Directed by: Bruce Seth Green
Original Air Date: 7 April 1997
Guest Stars:
Ken Lerner (Principal Flutie)
Eion Bailey (Kyle)
Brian Gross (Tor)
Jennifer Sky (Heidi)
Trivia:
- Rumor has it, Alyson Hannigan went to de-pants Nick Brendon in the dodge ball game and got more than just his shorts… she got his undies down as well.
- The gym is a seperate gym from what we’ve seen in previous episodes.
Quotes:
Gym Teacher: “God this game is brutal. I love it.”
Xander: “We just saw the zebras mating! Thank you, very exciting…”
Willow: “It was like the Heimlich, with stripes!”
Buffy: “I cannot believe that you, of all people, are trying to Scully me. There is something supernatural at work here. Get your books! Look stuff up!”
Key Events:
- Flutie is eaten. The first principle to die on the show.
- We see many different parts of the school
- First inter scoobie fighting
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Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
Buffy goes out on a date with the much sought-after Owen, but a vampire-related emergency arises, forcing her to take him along to the local mortuary. Meanwhile, the Master’s brethren await the coming of the Anointed One, who Buffy believes she has killed… but she’s in for a big (or rather small) surprise.
Directed by: David Semel
Original Air Date:31 March 1997
Guest Stars:
Andrew J. Ferchland (The Anointed One)
Christopher Wiehl (Owen)
Trivia:
- Giles is knocked out for the second time
- The Buffy house was originally shot on location in Torrance CA. Later the entire house, interiors and front and back exteriors were built on a sound stage. If you compare some of the shots in this episode with the later episodes you’ll see the dinning room seems to move.
- First time a vampire is dusted and leaves something behind.
- Geoff Meed, the ‘Pork & Beans’ vampire, also played Mag, one of the biker-demons in season six’s Bargaining, Part One and Two.
Quotes:
The Master:“…and one of the brethren shall go out hunting the night before and get himself killed because he couldn’t wait to finish his job before he ate. Oh wait” *chokes minion* “…that’s not written anywhere.”
Buffy: “Two points for the slayer while the watcher has yet to score”
Xander: “So Buffy, how’d the slaying go last night?”
Buffy: “Xhander!”
Xander:“I mean… how’d the laying go. NoIDon’tMeanThatEither.”
Cordelia : “Hello, salty goodness.” (upon seeing Angel)
Key Events:
- Cordelia sees angel for the first time
- A student comes into the library to actually get a book
- Buffy actually read, or at least looked at the pictures, in one of the watcher books and remembered the symbol on the ring
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Special Thanks to Cat from the Lipstick Aliens podcast for being a special co-host on this episode.
Teacher’s Pet
Xander falls for a new substitute teacher in school called Miss French, who, amazingly, seems to like him too. It turns out she’s a man-eating Praying Mantis in human form and is after Xander’s virgin sperm for fertilization. No, really. Xander is saved by Buffy, but his pride is lost somewhere in the process
Directed by: Stephen Cragg
Original Air Date:25 March 1997
Guest Stars:
Ken Lerner (Principal Bob Flutie)
Musetta Vander (Natalie French)
Trivia:
- Xander reveals to Mrs. French that his middle name is Lavelle
- The accent that Mrs. French has is South African, not ‘The Land of Sexy’ as stated in the podcast
- Mrs. French received a split vote between “Smoking hot” and “Meeeh” in this episode of the podcast
- A serial box can be seen displaying a promotion for the movie “The Mask” in the grocery bags Mrs. French is carrying
Quotes:
Xander: “It’s funny how the Earth never opens up and swallows you when you want it to.”
Giles: “Recording bat sonar is something soothingly akin to having one’s teeth drilled.”
Key Events:
- This is the episode where Angel gives Buffy his jacket
- It’s established that Xander is a virgin
- There are somethings that even vampires are afraid of
- It becomes obvious that Willow has feelings for Xander, if it wasn’t already obvious
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The Harvest
The second half of the pilot for Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Buffy and the soon to be Scoobies learn of the Harvest and the Master.
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by:John T. Kretchmer
Original Air Date:10 March 1997
Guest Stars: Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall)
Trivia:
- An earthquake did hit the Torrance High School in 1933.
- Brian Thompson who plays Luke makes a return to Buffy as The Judge in episodes Innocence and Surprise. He’s truly a ‘working actor’ staring in such blockbusters as The Terminator, The Xfiles, Dragonheart, Alien Nation, and scores of others.
- If it’s no cover night at the Bronze… why is the bouncer taking money at the door??
Quotes:
Giles: “A Slayer hunts vampires; Buffy is the Slayer; don’t tell anyone.”
Giles: “Maybe you could wrest some information from that dread machine. That was a bit, um, British, wasn’t it?”
Joyce Summers: “The tapes say I should get used to saying it… no.”
Key Events:
- Giles lays down the ground work for the entire Buffyverse mythos.
- Everyone’s roles are set within the group by the end.
- The master’s goal is revealed.
- Cordelia wears a very short skirt to the Bronze.
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