What's my Line pt 1 + 2
I will be blogging the next two episodes together as I feel that it is a 2 part tale so It deserves to be looked at as an extended episode.
And it is the career fair down at Sunnydale I wonder if there will be a booth for Buffy's line of work? What a fantastic observation by Xander by stating that you can not determine what your career would be by ticking a few boxes. Who knows what I would of turned out to be? Spike is breaking out the Tarot cards and I didn't even know that Druselia was even sick! I knew she was weak but this does add another interesting dimension to the saga and mystery that is Spike. I love his motivational techniques as well, beat them until they do what you want! Awwww, don't they make a cute couple, in a twisted vampiric sort of way. (is vampiric a word? word dictionary doesn't think so.)
It seems to me there is two types of vampires, the ones that Buffy can kill really easily and ones that she seems destined to never kill. And Angel waiting for Buffy in her room is a real invasion of privacy. (I'm glad that Buffy thinks Angel makes sense to her as he still makes no sense to me!) So are these two officially dating or what?
Buffy being assigned as a cop is not that much of a surprise, she is sort of a cop of the underworld so to speak. Spike is bringing in the bounty hunters (hoping for a Bobba Fett reference ..... star wars bounty hunter to the stars!) and it seems that bounty hunters come in all shapes and sizes.
And the Winner of the WORST PRINCIPAL EVER ON T.V. goes to ...... Synder. Nice way to officially introduce Oz to the mystery girl he has noticed on more than one occasion. It says a lot when a girl over looks the physical aspects of the guy they like, (Buffy not noticing Angel in Vamp mode was touching!)
Thank you Giles for shutting up Xander and his lame jokes as this was long overdue! He has put Buffy on the DTA (Don't trust anyone) track which makes her paranoid more than she ever has been so far in this show. (with every reason when you don't know who or what your enemy is or looks like.)
Nice way to finish part 1 by introducing Kendra the vampire slayer, watch out buffy someone is after your job and has all the moves to boot, On to part two post haste (the beauty of DVD! no waiting till next week here!)
We begin right where we left off, (did this episode air as a movie length on t.v?) And Angel is in some serious trouble, talk about a slow burn (no pun intended!) COOL call back to something that happened in the past. I like it! Buffy was technically dead so it brought about the New slayer.
Is Buffy jealous of Kendra?and how quickly Giles has taken a liking to her?
Oh boy did I see that coming from a mile away, the whole boy and girl argue to the point that they kiss passionately, it has been done way too many times in way too many shows.
Whoa did Oz just take a bullet for Willow? That was cool! what a way to get the attention of the girl you like! Really enjoyed the climax to this double episode, great fight scene where they all got into the action (Even Willow got to drive a stake into a vampire!) If the whole fighting then kissing joke wasn't bad enough once we had to be put through it again.
Nice way to end the episode with Kendra letting Buffy know that this life of her's is not a Job but who she is. Also finally it seems there is a switch of power on the evil side of the fence.
I really did find these episodes intriguing, It gave a nice mixture of action, suspense and a few funny moments thrown in, also it touched on a few small points from previous episodes which is always good. It moved the plot along nicely and the theme of "what if Buffy got what she wanted?" worked well, I hope this is not the last of Kendra we see as she is an interesting character and works well to highlight the strength in Buffy's human side outside of her life of the slayer.
8/10
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i wanna know what my career would have been predicted as!
I love how slowly they introduced Oz, not like some other shows where it's like he;s there and they're suddenly best friends. and hey how cool is he! Keep an eye out for his ever changing hair color
I like the touch on sibling rivalry here with kendra bonding with Giles over academia. I think buffy's need for a male figure makes her partcularly sensitive to loosing Giles.
I like the concept that commitment and duty are not a job, that they define you as a person (is that why joss is such a workaholic?) I think buffy doesn't realise that her being a slayer is a gift, that it's probably that thing which she hates and feels so constricted by that allows her to grow and expand (i mean before she was the slayer she was just another cordelia, god what a horrible fate!)
interesting to note that she thinks anger is useful as a slayer, and misses that it's not the emotion that drives her but rather her ties and love to family and friends....Anger actually leads to devestating consequences. (see TED)
anyways on to the next 2
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