Annoyances in today's Buffy

[avram]

OK, it’s a bridge episode, intended to give us a few more details and set up the Cool Stuff. Not great like some of the recent ones have been, but OK. Still, some gripes...

• What’s with the drowning Spike scene? Will the writers ever make up their minds about whether vampires need to breathe?
• Did it ever occur to Buffy to say, in the presence of the other characters, “Hey, stakes don’t work on this one, but it’s still afraid of sunlight”? I guess we can assume that she’ll be telling them between episodes.
• And why exactly did that little Slayerette run off like that? Could we maybe have spent some time establishing a motivation for the character to do something stupid that’ll get her killed?
• Oh, and nice job killing off the gay one again. Are they farming the scripting out to Fred Phelps?

Comments

[drcpunk.livejournal.com]

1. I thought that it's established that vamps don't need to breath, thus it's a safe, infinitely repeatable form of torture?

2. Given that everyone knew they were safe till sundown, I don't see a problem.

3. I think she ran off cuz she was Controlled and therefore primed to freak. Still dopey, though.

4. No, that was the other one.

I thought the last speech was over the top, and silly. Also reminiscent of the speech just before the watcher's council blew up.

So, how did Giles survive? Did he? I kept wondering how much of what we were seeing was dream episode, and for that matter, whether Buffy's Mom is genuine, evil, or both.

[avram]

I thought that it's established that vamps don't need to breath, thus it's a safe, infinitely repeatable form of torture?

But then how is it torture exactly? Unless the water's epecially hot or cold (and I don't know if cold would bother a vamp either), then it's at worst annoying.

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

Is that Giles, though? Notice he doesn't touch anything throughout the episode. And if it's not a living Giles, is it a dead Giles or is it the First Evil?

[avram]

My guess: It's really Giles, he's alive, and Joss is messin' with our heads.

[mneme]

I suspect it is...but it was odd that he didn't touch anything at all.

I've heard they're bringing Faith back...which would make sense from a strategic point, at least -- if you've got a bunch of baby slayers around ,who better to protect them than a warrior who will create new slayers (really close) if she dies...

Giles surviving?

[(Anonymous)]

I was wondering about that, also. Unless Joss really messed up,
or had to change his mind afterwards, something strange is going
on. My thought had been that that Giles who's in Sunnydale is
that First Evil doing an impersonation,