"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Some Assembly Required (1997)

Director:

Bruce Seth Green

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
David Tyron King (written by)

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

22 syyskuu 1997 (Season 2, Episode 2)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

The bodies of several recently deceased teen girls are stolen from their graves. When most of the parts are discovered in a dumpster on school grounds, the gang discovers a disturbing plot to build a new person from parts of dead ones.

Plot Keywords:

Library | Heroine | Female Protagonist | Demon | High School

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
David Boreanaz	...	Angel
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Robia LaMorte	...	Jenny Calendar (as Robia La Morte)
Angelo Spizzirri	...	Chris Epps
Michael Bacall	...	Eric
Ingo Neuhaus	...	Daryl Epps
Melanie MacQueen	...	Mrs. Epps
Amanda Wilmshurst	...	Cheerleader Joy

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:

In this episode, Angel reveals that he is 241 years old.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Giles fumblingly attempts to ask Jenny out, an Asian girl with glasses and a black miniskirt comes out of the door in the background. As Jenny is leaving the scene, the same girl comes out of the same door again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Buffy: [sitting on top of the gravestone of Stephan Korshak] C'mon, Stephan, rise and shine. Some of us have a ton of trig homework waiting.
Angel: Hey. Is this a bad time?
Buffy: Are you crazy? You don't just sneak up on people in a graveyard. You make noise when you walk. You stomp or... yodel.
Angel: I heard you were on the hunt.
Buffy: I'm supposed to be, but... lazybones here doesn't wanna come out and play.
Angel: When you first wake up, it's a little disorienting. He'll show.
Buffy: It's weird to think of you going through that.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" (1986)

Soundtrack:

My Girl

A brother's love

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Dead and Buried bodies goes missing and the scoopy gang thinks somebody is raising a zombie army, but Cordelia and Angel discover the remains of the bodies (arms, legs and such).

This is not a typical episode of Buffy in the sense that there's not much mystical in it. Basically it's just a brother's love and desire to look after his big brother, just like he did after him.

The effects are well done and don't have credibility problems. The acting is also good, nothing flashy but good enough for a quite (in comparison to other episodes) episode. Best performance must be from Anthony Head as a love struck Giles (and who can blame him, that Calender lady is good enough looking and shares some of his interests) who stumble around the concept of dating.

This is a good episode and a nice way of letting Buffy cool down a bit from last episode's spell of meanness by giving her something not vampiric related to battle. A 7 out of 10.