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Band Candy
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It is time for the students of Sunnydale High to raise money for new band uniforms so the whole school has to sell candy bars. But the Mayor has an agenda that may not be so sweet.
Directed by: Michael Lange
Original Air Date: Nov, 10 1998
Guest Stars:
K. Todd Freeman (Mr. Trick)
Robin Sachs (Ethan Rayne)
Harry Groener (Mayor Richard Wilkins III)
Trivia:
- Joyce and Giles are listening to albums and Cream ”Tales of Brave Ulysses” is playing. In season five’s episode “Forever” Giles plays the record after Joyce’s funeral.
- This was the first episode written by Jane Espenson. What a first shot!
Quotes:
Snyder: “Whoa, Summers! You drive like a spaz!”
Giles: “No you listen to me, I’m your watcher so you do what I tell you. Now, sod off!”
Key Events:
- Xander and Willow getting all footsie
- Buffy shows off her (bad) driving skills
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In Other News:
- W fest
- Eliza Dushku in the movie ‘Locked In‘
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Homecoming
Buffy and Cordelia compete for Homecoming Queen and are hunted in a competition of a different kind; Willow and Xander’s friendship takes a turn.
Directed by: David Greenwalt
Original Air Date: November 03, 1998
Guest Stars:
Harry Groener (Mayor Richard Wilkins III)
Fab Filippo (Scott Hope)
Trivia:
- Sarah Michelle Gellar broke a bone in her hand while filming this episode.
- Chad Stahelski plays the bone knife throwing deamon Kulak. Chad was also David Boreanaz’s stunt double in both Buffy and Angel.
Quotes:
Mr. Trick: “We all have the desire to win, whether we’re human… vampire… and whatever the hell you are, my brother. You got spiny looking head things. I ain’t never seen that before.”
Key Events:
- The first time that the mayor appears
- Xander and Willow kiss
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In Other News:
- Nick Brendon Day!
Beauty and the Beasts
There have been some horrible murders on Sunnydale (what’s new?) and all clues point to Oz… well Wolf Oz. But things are not what they seem… with several Sunnydale high students.
Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
Original Air Date: October 20, 1998
Guest Stars: Fab Filippo (Scott Hope)
Trivia:
- At a point, Buffy is standing in front of a poster that reads “Most girls aren’t attracted to dead guys”
- When Willow is in the morgue she busts out her CSI kit… that she totes in a Scoobie Doo lunch box.
Quotes:
Oz: “Time’s up. Rules change.”
Giles: “Don’t Panic”
Oz: “Just a thought – Poker, not your game.”
Key Events:
- We see how the Scoobies handle Oz’s wolf problem
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Faith, Hope & Trick
Buffy manages to get back into school, despite Snyder, and a new slayer shows up and “B” is trying to get back with the dating.
Directed by: James A. Contner
Written by: David Greenwalt
Original Air Date: 10/13/1998
Guest Stars:
Fab Filippo (Scott Hope)
Eliza Dushku (Faith)
K. Todd Freeman (Mr. Trick)
Trivia:
- Darling Violetta was the band playing at the Bronze, the same band that created the Angel theme song
- David Boreanaz becomes the first cast member to shoot a scene completely nude
Quotes:
Cordelia: “What is it with you and Slayers? Maybe I should dress up as one,
and put a stake to your throat.”
Xander: “Oh, please, God, don’t let that be sarcasm.”
Joyce: “I think what my daughter’s trying to say is: ‘Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah!’”
Key Events:
- Faith arrives in sunnydale
- Buffy is allowed back in school
- Buffy tells Giles and Willow that the spell worked and it was Angel she had to stab and send to ‘hell’
- Angel reappears
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In Other News:
- Alexis Denisof and Summer Glou join the cast of Dollhouse