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After the flu puts Buffy in the hospital, she helps save sick children from Der Kindestod, a nightmare demon invisible to healthy people. When getting well means losing her ability to fight the demon, Buffy reinfects herself. In saving the other children, she also avenges her young cousin, Celia, and puts her own hospital phobia to rest.

Directed by: Deran Serafian
Original Air Date: March 3, 1998
Guest Stars:

• Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers
• Richard Herd as Dr. Stanley Backer
• Willie Garson as Security Guard
• Andrew Ducote as Ryan
• Juanita Jennings as Dr. Wilkinson

Trivia:

• When the gang takes Buffy for a walk around the hospital grounds, she tells them she saw “Death”. Xander advises her to refuse if Death offers to play chess with her. This refers to ‘Max von Sydow”s epic chess match vs Death’s in Ingmar Bergman’s Det sjunde inseglet (IMDB)
• Joss Whedon designed Der Kindestod himself. He was an amalgam of Freddy Krueger, Nosferatu, and the boogeyman.

Quotes:

Kathleen’s Fave Exchange:
Xander: “Cordy, you should go with Giles.”
Giles: “Why do I have to have…? Good thinking, I could do with a research assistant.”
Cordelia: “Let’s go, Tact-Guy.”

Troy’s Fave Exchange:
“Xander: “She fell.”
Willow: “The flu.”
Cordelia: “She fainted.”
Xander: “The flu, fainted and fell. She’s sick, make it better!”

Jason’s Fave Quote:
Cordelia:“Tact is just not saying true stuff…I’ll pass”

Troy’s Der Kindestod Rendition:

Rating:

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Troy :

Overall Score:

The Watchercast Monster Rating: :

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Angelus has murder on his mind and Buffy’s friends and family are his targets. Jenny Calendar is still on the outs with the scooby gang but gives Giles a spell book containing a ritual to keep Angelus out of the their homes, all the while she is secretly working on her own “special project”—a computer translation of the ancient Gypsy Ritual of Restoration, the spell which originally gave Angelus his soul back. She succeeds, but Drusilla senses Jenny’s intentions and Angelus pays Jenny a visit to destroy all her work and put an end to her life.  With extra flair, Angelus uses his sick and twisted abilities to torture Giles. Though devastated as well by Jenny’s death, Buffy stops Giles from getting himself killed seeking revenge on Angelus. By the time Jenny is laid to rest, Buffy understands the full consequences of allowing Angelus to continue his reign of terror and finds herself, finally, ready to slay him.

Directed by: Michael E. Gershman
Original Air Date: February 24, 1998

Guest Stars:

• Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers
• Robia LaMorte as Jenny Calendar
• Richard Assad as Shopkeeper
• James Marsters as Spike
• Juliet Landau as Drusilla
• Danny Strong as Jonathan Levinson

• According to Joss Whedon, Jenny Calendar’s death serves notice to fans, first, that no one is safe, death is scary and real, and second, that Angel is not “just a little evil,” he’s not “grouchy,” he’s truly evil and Buffy needs to address the situation. The series creator also jokes that the episode is a message to the actors: “Be very good, or I’ll kill you.”
• In an interview with the BBC, Anthony Stewart Head says this is his favorite episode, “because it was a beautifully shot episode and a beautifully written one.
• Although Jenny is killed off in this episode, the actress makes two further guest appearances: in the second part of the season finale where Drusilla hypnotizes Giles into thinking she’s Jenny and again in the season 3 episode Amends as a manifestation of the First Evil, intending to turn Angel evil again.

Quotes:
Kathleen’s fave quote: “Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah theory of battle?”–Xander

Troy’s fave quote:(exchange)

Xander: Excuse me, but have you ever heard of knocking?
Jonathon: We’re supposed to get some books. On Stalin.
Xander: Does this look like a Barnes & Noble?
Giles: This is a school library, Xander.
Xander: Since when?

Jason’s fave quote: “I’m sorry, but let’s not forget that I hated Angel long before you guys jumped on the bandwagon. So I think I deserve a little something for not saying I told you so long before now. And if Giles wants to go after the fiend that murdered his girlfriend, I say faster pussycat kill kill.”-Xander

Key Events:

• The death of Jenny Calendar.
• Buffy realizes that she must end Angelus once and for all before he hurts anyone else.

Rating:

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Troy:

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Valentine’s Day sucks in Sunnydale.  Cordelia breaks up with Xander to make her silence the mocking of her friends, even though in her heart it’s not what she wants.  In his heartbroken state, Xander blackmails Amy to cast a love spell, but it goes horribly awry and every woman in Sunnydale, except Cordy, becomes pathologically attracted to him. In an odd turn, a smitten Dru saves Xander from Angelus, but who will save Xander from the screaming horde of psycho women?

Directed by: James A. Contner
Original Air Date: February 10, 1998
Guest Stars:

• Robia LaMorte as Jenny Calendar
• Elizabeth Anne Allen as Amy Madison
• Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall

Trivia:

• Giles tells Buffy that one Valentine’s Day, Angelus nailed a puppy to something (we don’t find out as Buffy stops him before he can finish).

Quotes:

Troys fave quote: “Oz has his cool hair today. I think I’m a groupie!”-Willow

Kathleen’s fave quote: “Who died and made you Elvis?”-Cordelia

Jason’s fave quote: “Force is okay…”-Willow

Key Events:

• Buffy is turned into a rat for a short time by Amy is hopped up by her own love spell (foreshadowing to Amy’s eventual demise)
• After the love spell has been vanquished and all the girls of Sunnydale have returned to their disgust for Xander he is mocked once more by Harmony in the company of Cordelia.  Cordy finally stands up to her friends and reconciles with Xander while her friends look on in horror.

Rating:

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In Other News:

Anyone watching Private Practice?  Both Emma Caufield and Amber Benson have guest starred on recent episodes.  If only they would cast James Marsters as a hot doctor!

Video clips:

“Ok, not quite the reaction I was looking for” – Xander / Cordi in red/black dress

Got the Love

Quick! Block the door Xander!

Playing your cards right

Nice Shirt

“mmm.. Force is ok.” – Willow

There’s a werewolf  stalking Sunnydale and Buffy and the gang discover that it’s one of their own. Buffy tries to protect Sunnydale  from the beast’s appetite, and protect the nocturnal beast from a werewolf bounty hunter who doesn’t care that his trophy is human 27 days a month. Angelus starts some trouble. Willow convinces Oz she still wants to see him, despite everything.

Directed by: Bruce Seth Green
Original Air Date: January 27th, 1998
Guest Stars:

• Seth Green as Oz
• Camila Griggs as Gym Teacher
• Jack Conley as Cain
• Larry Bagby as Larry Blaisdell (as Larry Bagby III)
• Megahn Perry as Theresa

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Trivia:

• In the beginning of the episode, Oz fixates on the cheerleading trophy that contains Amy’s mom from the first season episode, “Witch”.
• Giles’ first car seen on the show was an ancient silver Citroen, first seen in “The Witch”. The license plate was 2GPU947. During the filming of “Phases” the car refused to start so some members of the Buffy crew had to push the car from behind. They can be seen through the rear window in one scene.

Quotes:
Willow: “Well, I like you. You’re nice, and you’re funny. And you don’t smoke. Yeah, okay, werewolf, but that’s not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month I’m not much fun to be around either.”

Cordelia: “Sorry, we haven’t all perfected that phony ‘girl next door’ bit.”
Willow: “You could be the girl next door, too. If Xander lived next to a brothel!”

Key Events:

• Oz becomes a werewolf in this episode, a defining characteristic of his character for the remainder of the series.
• Zander discovers that Larry’s misogynist ways are a smoke screen…Larry is gay and he thinks Zander is also gay.

Rating:

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Troy:

In Other News:

A Dollhouse podcast is in the works, stay tuned for details!

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“Huh.”

Moonpie

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