And Cordy. Everybody hated Cordy in S1. They even had a club, in which Xander was the treasurer.
And “Marching Band Rules”? A ref to American Pie? Or is that reading way too much into it?
The pig reminded me of the hyena episode, too.
(I honestly thought that the new invisible girl was going to be TFE starting the fight, until Buffy slapped her.)
My wife also noticed a couple of shots of the “Cheese guy” from Restless.
Guess what?Buffy’s bailing
How would they know that Spike had killed two slayers if they didn’t know which ones? Did Spike sit down for an interview?
Where was Cheese Guy? I missed him if he was in the ep.
Given the fact that Spike brings it up every now and again I’m sure the Watchers would catch on.
Additionally I think they know who killed the Slayers, there just isn’t much detail into it beyond “Spike killed her.”
I think that Wood didn’t know that the blond vampire with Buffy was the one who killed is mother. When the First Evil said he had fought beside his mother’s killer he realizd who it was and said the name. Given that I don’t recall Spike’s name being mentioned on screen I’m going to assume Wood knew the name Spike before but didn’t know the description well enough to match it up with the vampire he saw.
All we know is that Principal Wood didn’t know who killed his mother, right? Considering how strict and secretive the Watcher’s Council is (or was), isn’t it likely that they did know about it but refused to tell him?
It’s also possible that Wood knew that “William the Bloody” had killed his mother, but didn’t know he was currently going by “Spike”.
He was in Andrew’s dream sequence–very briefly.
Speaking of the Cheese Guy and by extension the episode in which He first appeared, did anyone happen to notice if the bag from which Buffy smears the mud on her face is the same bag of Nikki’s that Wood gives her? I tried to scope out the mud bag yesterday on FX but couldn’t get a clear enough look.
I bet it was. Given that the desert was the same desert I think that we now understand fairly much in full the exchange between her, Adam and Riley.
“She’s uncomfortable with certain concepts. Aggression is a natural human tendency, but we come by it in different ways.”
“We’re not demons.”
“Is that a fact?”
Yet at the moment of truth in the sequence she smears herself with the dirt, the earth she is chained to and thus accepts the demon nature and power. In real life however she rejected it, or rather rejected increasing it.
As for the Cheese Guy we will never know what he means. His mysteries are not meant for the minds of mortals.
Actually I put forth a fairly coherent argument that Cheese Guy is God and the Cheese is Jesus. It’s buried deep in one of the innumerable Buffy threads but at the time it made some sense.
I hate to trot out the JW is an Atheist argument…but uh, the creator of the show is an atheist, so I’m thinking that he’s not going to hide religious messages in his shows. Or maybe he would, I don’t know. But I think he has something against fathers and religion…
I’ll agree with you about the corruption part. However, I think the reason The First had to use the geeks, not the Bringers, is because the Bringers have no eyes. If the can’t cry, they can’t close the seal, therefore with the whole magical balance thing, they may not be able to open it either.
Further, I think the First is enjoying the whole process. It’s more fun to corrupt people than just have your minions do the dirty work. He’s in no hurry.
Anyway you please it, cheese it.
Because an artist can never look beyond his personal experiences in the context of his work. Uh huh.
Since vampires seem to fear the cross, I’d say there’s a subtle endorsement of Christianity right there. Holy water - water blessed by a priest - has also been efficacious is dealing with the undead. Nor is it “psychosomatic” - holy water affects them even if they don’t know it’s holy water.
Joss may well be an atheist, but in the Buffyverse, Christianity’s symbols wield real power.
Of course, so do appeals to the goddess Hecate, so it’s clearly not a theological single-track system.
- Rick
Otto, I usually don’t use the argument or give credence to it, but I get the overall impression from the show and his interviews that he really does have something against organized religions(and fathers) and so if it is a reference, it’s probably not a positive one.
It’s canon that Spike has been going by “Spike” pretty much since he was turned. He was known as “William The Bloody” before he was vamped. (See Fool For Love)
For a more detailed history of Spike and his, well, spikes, see books Spike And Dru: Pretty Maids All In A Row and These Our Actors.
~ kfl,
Buffy novelisation addict.