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The first non vampire episode where a witch tries to take out cheerleaders to get on the squad. Oh and since Buffy tries out, it just get’s kind of Freaky Friday.
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Stephen Cragg
Original Air Date:17 March 1997
Guest Stars: Elizabeth Anne Allen (Amy Madison)
Trivia:
- The sign in the gym reads 1996 Cheerleading Tryouts” but the show wasn’t aired till 1997.
- Amy’s mom gets trapped in the trophy and since the first school blew up…
- Xander’s first draw to magic is the partial nude woodcuts in the magic books.
Quotes:
Giles: “But that’s the thrill of living on the Hellmouth! There’s a veritable cornucopia of, of fiends and devils and, and ghouls to engage… Pardon me for finding the glass half full.”
Xander: “I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away.”
Key Events:
- We see Giles’s car a crappy Citroen
- The first bit of Witchcraft shows up and establishes that when you are doing bad magic your eyes go all black
- Railroad spike through the head makes it’s first appearance
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* WARNING * for those of you who haven’t seen Season 7 yet, you may want to hold off on reading any further…there be some slight spoilage ahead…
Wait! Stop the Watchercast! There is one more season of Buffy to come!
That’s right. Season 8 is coming! OK, it may not be in quite the same format as we all came to know and love (on the TV for those of you who don’t remember) but Joss is creating Buffy Season 8, as we speak. It’s canon, it’s Buffy, it’s one-eyed Xander, it’s Willow…it’s the whole crew!
And it’s a comic!
Now, for some of you, this may be as exciting to hear as “Buffy is undergoing a sex change operation!”, but for me, this is music to my ears. As a HUGE comic nerd (20 long boxes, baby!) I can’t be more excited! I mean, look at that beautiful Buffy cover for issue #1. Just LOOK at it! That was done by series artist, George Jeanty. Now, I’m not terribly familiar with his stuff, but from what have seen, it looks like the man can draw. He’s just never drawn anything that I wanted to read before. But all that has changed!
Ok, so here is the scoop. This isn’t just some piddly little 6 issue mini that he’s offering to us…from what I’ve seen, this story is going to last for TWENTY to THIRTY issues(!), picking up right where we left off at the end of Season 7. There is now an entire world of slayers, there are even 3 Buffys! (I know that doesn’t make sense…that’s why you have to read the first 4 pages, which are being previewed for us by the nice people at TV Guide, right here.)
It’s Joss, it’s Buffy…what more do you need?! Get thee to a Comic Book Shop!
The Watchercast Episode 2 The Harvest [37:35m]:
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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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I was shopping for stuff to make the family feel better after we all got our ass kicked by the stomach flu and saw this sitting on the book shelf.
