"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Inca Mummy Girl (1997)

Director:

Ellen S. Pressman

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
Matt Kiene (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

6 lokakuu 1997 (Season 2, Episode 4)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

While on a field trip to the local museum, one of the students breaks a ceramic seal in the coffin of an Incan mummy...

Plot Keywords:

Library | Female Protagonist | Heroine | Demon | High School

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
David Boreanaz	...	Angel (credit only)
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Kristine Sutherland	...	Joyce Summers
Ara Celi	...	Ampata Gutierrez / The Inca Mummy Girl
Seth Green	...	Oz
Jason Hall	...	Devon MacLeish
Henrik Rosvall	...	Sven (as Hendrik Rosvall)
Clayne Crawford	...	Rodney Munson (as Joey Crawford)
Danny Strong	...	Jonathan Levinson
Kristen Winnicki	...	Gwen
Gil Birmingham	...	Peruvian Man

Runtime:

44 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Trivia:

Both Nicholas Brendon and Ara Celi had to eat up to ten twinkies each for each take of the scene in which they are eating lunch.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: As Willow and Xander do a walk-and-talk across the front lawn of Sunnydale High, two crew members with lighting gear come into view in the background past Xander's left shoulder.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Buffy Summers: This is so unfair.
Willow: I don't think it's that bad.
Buffy Summers: It's the Über-suck. Mom could've at least warned me.
Xander: Well, a lot of parents are doing it this year. It's part of this whole cultural exchange magillah. The exhibit, the dance...
Willow: I have the best costume for the dance!
Buffy Summers: A complete stranger in my house for two weeks. I'm gonna be insane! A danger to myself and others within three days, I swear.
Xander: I think the exchange student program's cool. I do! It's a beautiful melding of two cultures.
Buffy Summers: Have you ever done an exchange program?
[...]

Movie Connections:

References A Summer Place (1959)

Soundtrack:

Shadows

Inca Mummy galore

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

A seal on an Inca Princess is broken on a school trip causing the mummified princess to rise and try to have a normal life, but being a teenager in a whole new world isn't easy. This episode also introduces Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne (Seth Green).

This episode has a great plot with an ancient Inca Princess who in accordance with Inca beliefs was chosen to be sacrificed at a young age whom now has been released. This episode deals with the difficulties of being a teenager in an other world (culture) but does so in a abstract way (using a mummy, who has to drain life to survive). It also introduces Oz but dosn't reveal much about him.

The acting is good with Alyson Hannigan putting on the best performance. the effects is also well done.

This episode gets a 8 out of 10.