Buffy on FX
 

Does anyone know what episodes were on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week (October 29-31)? I know there were two on each day at 6 and 7pm, but they have already taken the schedule down on the website. Thanks.

Kal

If I recall, on Monday it was 'Innocence' and 'Phases' and then on Tuesday 'Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered' followed by 'Passion'.

Wednesday was all Halloween episodes. I didn't watch them since I've seen them too many times already and they're not part of the FX airing continuity anyway. I'm guessing they showed 'Halloween', 'Dead Man's Party', and 'Fear, Itself'. I think I remember they said they were showing 'Teacher's Pet' as well, which isn't actually a Halloween episode.

das

Thank you SO much das Monkey. You're my hero. :)

Kal

Are we starting a new 'Buffy on FX' thread?

Enjoyed the Halloween episode run yesterday - It was interesting how the last two both had warning messages to Willow about her use of witchcraft.

Was there a Halloween episode in season 5? I think I forgot it.

I don't remember one.

das

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! There is already a Buffy topic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's a thread on the marathon ... there's a thread on the daily repeats ... there's a thread on the most recent WB episode. Makes sense to me. The previous 'Buffy on FX' thread was 5 pages long, and Geoff doesn't like threads to go past 5 pages anyway.

das

Holy crap, that part 1 of the season finale for Season Two was pretty damn awesome!

It was very cool to see the "origins" of Angel and Buffy. Finally they got around to addressing their stories. Hmmm...when Buffy's mom says that Buffy wasn't the reason for their divorce, I can't help but think that she's just trying to spare Buffy's feelings. I still can't imagine Angel wandering around for 90 years as a bum looking for rats to subsist on all those years. Does Whizzer does up in later episodes?

The rest of the episode, even with the . Plus having the seeds of Willow's turn to witch craft was showcased in this episode. So...who will be worthy enough to pull out that sword? Hmm...

All in all, I can see why this 2-part season finale gets such rave reviews. I'm just bummed that I have to wait until Monday to see the conclusion! Ack!

This sucks. Buffy for 10 hours a week. I never watched it when it was originally on because 1) I thought it would stink, and 2) once I heard it was good, I didn't want to get in on the middle. Now that I have the chance to watch it from the beginning, I am so hooked. I'm glad I'm doing it this way, but my DVD watching has really taken a hit. I still haven't gotten through my Godfather discs, and with FX showing 2 Buffys a day, I probably won't until 2002. Just judging by the first 2 seasons, Buffy and the Sopranos are the best shows ever aired on TV IMO. But now that FX is showing 2 shows a day, I may never get enough sleep.

I am so angry. I think I set my VCR wrong, so I missed Becoming Pt 1. And with the 2 eps a day thing, no reruns, so I'm basically screwed unless it's voted in the marathon, which I really hope.

Now that I have the opportunity to watch Buffy from the beginning, I am so hooked. I must admit keeping up with 10 episodes per week has been a real challenge. I try to watch a few during the week and/or do mini-marathons on the weekends. TIVO has been a godsend. There is no way I would be able to consistently tape it. I'm not wired that way.

Ian

Re: Becoming Part 2

Everytime someone manages to work in a Sarah McLachlan song into their shows, it always send shivers down my spine.

Pretty good season 2 ender, and loved the quips between Buffy and Spike.

Now on to season 3 (makes me wish I didn't watch that halloween episode from season 3 last Wednesday night. Sigh.
I'm so weak.

Season 3 opening episode:

This Lily chick, why does she change her name to "Anne" on Angel last season? (I guess having Buffy using "Anne" as her alias might be a reason, eh?)

BTW, am I the only one that love Lily's hips? :)

At the end of the ep, when Buffy leaves, Lily asks if she can be Anne. And the Halloween ep from last week was from Season Four, so you're okay. It won't be on for a while yet.

X

I thought the Dead Man Walking halloween episode from was season 3 because it was a party celebrating Buffy returning home after running away. Does she also run away after season 3 and this spills into season 4? Meesa confused.

Only the even-numbered seasons have Halloween episodes--Halloween (S2--where they become their costumes), Fear, Itself (S4--with the frat party), and All The Way (S6--last week's new episode).

The Dead Man's Party ep you saw wasn't a Halloween episode--just the second episode of season 3. They just kind of picked an episode at random, it seems.

Dead Mans Party is the second episode from season three, ...its on FX tonight.

Now that I finally saw the 'Anne' episode, can some one remind me which episode of 'Angel' Lily/Anne comes back in, maybe with a synopsis - thanks!

She's in 'Blood Money' where that shelter is being used as a front for Wolfram & Hart. They organize the celebrity fund raiser, and Angel presents the "proof" of Wolfram & Hart really are. I think she shows again in 'The Thin Dead Line' as well.

das

Finally...Faith!

Just caught Faith kicking some vamp ass and you know what, SMG's smaller frame makes for a more nimble slayer. Faith's fighting looks more like WWF action, while Buffy's fighting is just more crisper/quicker. Perhaps Faith will get better, but just my first impressions.

How tall is SMG? 5'4"?

BTW, I really enjoyed this show that introduced Faith. It was fast paced, and Eliza Dushku made a great impression. Loved when she was scarfing down all that food at the Summers place. I can tell already that Season 3 is really going to rock!

Ah yes - things click into place. Thanks DM!

Yeah, sorry for the confusion. Here are the two eps in confusion:

Dead Man's Party - not a Halloween ep. Season 3, Episode 2. Buffy returns from L.A. and gets yelled at by everyone for bailing. Joyce has a mask that raises the dead.

Fear, Itself - Halloween ep for Season 4. The gang goes to a frat house where Gachnar, the Fear Demon has been released (sort of).

X

Watching these eps again, I realize I had somehow forgotten about Trick! He was such a great character ... dunno how he slipped my mind. Oh well ... great to have him around again, if only in reruns.

das

Lordy...All I can say is last nights eps, what with all the Faith introdcing and plot points that crop up later- Like Willow and magic, Buffy's reliance on the gang to keep her grounded...Oh, how I love two hours of Buffy a day (and three on Tues).

I just finished watching the Homecoming episode of the FX Buffy (via tape), and I has LOL at so many points in the episode. The realization between Xander and Willow that they have feelings for each other was so funny. And to see Buffy kick it into high popularity mode running for homecoming queen was also a hoot. And then watching Cordelia finally grow a spine was probably the thing that signals a different Cordy has arrived.

FX Buffy - "The tainted chocolate" episode. It was fun to watch the grown-ups act without many inhibitions, and to see Giles and Joyce relate to each other as young lovers was a hoot, and the principal letting his hair down was also funny. And we'll have to assume that Giles let out the ripper for Joyce. :)

FX Buffy - "The claw" episode. Now that was entertaining to watch as Buffy and Faith go after each other slayer on slayer. A very solid episode and at least most of the characters act like they would when they find out Angel's alive again. Can't wait until the Xander/Willow things plays out.

I find that I'm enjoying every other season 3 episode to the point that I don't want to take over them for the next week of episodes. But I guess I'll just wait for the DVD season compilations later because they are a lot of fun to watch.

I can see how they used this season to springboard Angel into his own show because Buffy and Angel realize that they need to stay away from one another, lest the gypsy spell of Willow's goes away like the last one did. (of course, all just speculation from a neophyte, and I'm sure the veterans will correct me if I'm way off base).

I miss the interesting villians of Season 1-3

Out of all of season's 4 and 5 we got maybe 4 :(

Angel has always produced cool villians though... like Marcus, Penn, and the Scourge in season 1... and others in season 2 (Though not as many, admittidly, but that's because most episodes involved Darla). And really good big bads from Wolfram and Hart, like Lindsey, Lilah, Gavin, Holden, Darla and Dru made an apperance too...

On Buffy in the last two seasons, we've had Adam for season 4, the lamest big bad ever, who would have been pretty bad for even a one shot villian :( Glory who was slightly better, but still came off as an idiot and uninteresting. Plus one shots? dick all. The Hush Gentlemen, Sweet, maybe Sunday, the Watcher's Strike Team... and god, that's it. The rest have been demons from the moon or fake looking snakes. Ugh.

I have really been liking seeing these season three eps I missed. I'm a little wishy-washy on the whole hiding Angel thing and not automatically looking for an explanation why he is back. It seemed to me, I'd be jumping on that right away instead of worrying about being homecoming queen.

The Xander-Willow flirting is cute too, so very high school confusion.

Recent episodes, plus watching my season 4 tapes on the weekend, have really tied in the Willow abuse of magic thing. The first time she talks about fooling with spells (season three this week) she mentions doing a glamour spell to hide a zit (a selfish spell). Its obvious throughout season three her magic becomes a source of help to the group, so Giles lessens his worry over her tangling with powerful forces. But this weekend I watched two Willow seaon 4 episodes "Something Blue" and "Wild Things" in which it is just so painfully clear she is going down the path to DarkWillow, they just didnt give us the big hints until this current, 6th season of Buffy. Man, I just love that kind of writing, they had it planned all along and I didnt see it coming until Joss wanted me too.

FX Buffy 11/09/01:

I finally got around to watching the FX Buffy's from Friday because I was out of town for the weekend and got in late last night.

"Spike's Back" (I have no idea what the episode name is) was really spooky, Spike is growing on me as a character (seeing as he is now and compare him to his early appearances), and seeing him with Joyce having a heart-to-heart about being lovesick over Drusilla was just classic.

I got chills when the camera panned the trio (Buffy, Xander, and Willow) as they try to figure out how to pick up the pieces of their love lives, just sitting on the benches on the school grounds. You could truly feel the hurt in each of their hearts. The price of betrayal that Xander and Willow felt was high, and the price of Angel's soul at the cost of Buffy and Angel's love was also set up well that you felt meaningful teenage angst that's not cheesy or hokey (like most episodic TV).

"The Wish" (I think this is the name of this episode featuring the introduction of Anya to the Buffy-verse) was truly a fun episode that indulged in the "What-if" universe when Cordy is granted her wish that Buffy never showed up in Sunnydale by Anya and it shows the "what-if" consequences of such a wish.

Loved seeing both Willow and Xander in full vampire get-up. Willow was truly delightful as a vamp. Buffy as a street-tough slayer was pretty cool (did they have to put that scar across her lips and not on her cheek?) The whole "vampires take over Sunnydale after dark" scenario was just a gas. I knew that once I saw Mark Metcalf in the credits that the Master would be making an appearance. Seeing Giles lead the good fight against the vampires made sense (though I doubt if Oz would have been one of the vamp fighters, but if he was still a werewolf, would Giles turn Oz loose on the vamps during a full moon?).

Anyhow, I am really enjoying these season 3 episodes, they are just choke full of interesting twists and turns, and you can tell they are having fun with the material at hand.

FX Buffy 11/12/01:

The season 3 Christmas episode. SMG doesn't looked too swift in bangs (haircut). Loved Giles when he grabs the crossbow before inviting Angel into his apartment (does this mean that Angel can enter Giles' apartment from now on? I thought it did, like once invited, it becomes an open invitation). Was a bit intrigued with the whole thing of Angel's past victims visiting him in dreams and then having his past victims (like Jenny!) tell him that he must kill Buffy to get back to feeling "right" again. It was nice that Buffy got her to invite Faith over for X-mas, even if she was relegated to protecting Joyce. BTW, the mom and daughter banter was back, and fun to watch them cajole one another.

The witches episode. Wasn't too coherent while trying to finish this episode up, but it seemed to be a "filler" episode. I'll re-watch it again to make sure.

Originally posted by Patman
does this mean that Angel can enter Giles' apartment from now on?

yes

The witches episode. Wasn't too coherent while trying to finish this episode up, but it seemed to be a "filler" episode. I'll re-watch it again to make sure.

It's filler. I think it's a great concept, and it's wonderful to see Willow's mom ... I know people like that, but it's not the best of episodes.

das

Does anyone know when the show titles will be announced for the FX marathon? My DTivo has added generic episodes titles to my To Do List, but I doubt I will want to record all of them.

TIA

Ian

I have to wonder if Joss and company are syncing up the new episodes with th FX reruns because it's uncanny to show Amy turning herself into a rat in the "Parents go nuts and burn the witches" episode and then next week on the UPN Buffy have Amy return from rathood.

Did Amy show up earlier in the series? I ask this because it seems she is in the know that Buffy is a slayer from the group conversation at the lunch table in that FX episode.

Amy appeared in the second episode of the 1st season.

FX Buffy 11/13/01

"The Test" (My name for the title). This was a terrific episode of showing what slayers go through for their final test on their 18th birthday. Having a de-powered Buffy go against a vampire under "controlled" condition was done really well, plus throwing in the loss of trust between Giles and Buffy (Giles causing Buffy to be momentarily zoned out and then injecting her was something that turns her into a normal girl strength/speed-wise), and once Buffy finds a way to overcome and pass the test, the Council gives Giles the failing grade as her watcher, and Giles gets fired (for loving Buffy like a father and losing his objectivity when it comes to Buffy). There was some terrific lines of dialog from Buffy in her de-powered state ("Bite me!").

"Xander Grows Up" (my name for the title). This was also a fun little episode, with the juxtaposition of Xander finding a way to stand up for himself (after being painted as the joke of the Scoobs and someone to be looked after as the least "powerful" in the group) and watching the rest of the group find a way to battle a great big evil that's brewing at the hellmouth.

Xander finds a way to gain entry into manhood, and the rest of the group find a way to turn back the tide of evil and also gain a new measure of respect for themselves in their never ending battle versus evil.

Xander finds that he can stand up to the bullies of the world (alive or undead). He finds that he can ignore Cordy's catty comments of his manhood and "weakness" within the Scoobs. He now knows he can face the crucible of death and come out standing tall. The rest of the gang also gain a measure of respect for themselves fighting the big evil, and then seeing all of them beaten up, with cuts and bruises, arms in slings, etc, but standing tall in the end, well that was a bit comical. Also the jelly donuts bit was just hilarious: "Buffy ate 3 of them!"

And of course, the big event in Xander's life up to this point: He gets it on with Faith! Way to go, Xander! Loved the way she boots him out of her motel room afterwards, "I've got to take a shower." Buh-bye!

OK, now ... it's one thing to be asking these questions when you haven't seen these episodes, but you just watched them! :) :) :)

Remember all that stuff with the cheerleaders dying and Amy's mom having switched bodies. Or when Xander wanted to make Cordy fall back in love with him so he could hurt her ... who did the spell?

And don't give up on Amy just yet ... she's resilient. :D

das

The Xander episode (called "The Zeppo"-- thank you Replay Tv), was sort of weird to get into at first, but once I figured out where they were going I liked it.

It sort of reminded me of that Star Trek: TNG episode called "Lower Decks" that focused on the four younger ensigns instead of the main crew.

It was neat how the main story about the Hellmouth was instead relegated to the B story and they focused on Xander's adventures.

I'm not liking this Faith character too much, does she get better? She doesn't seem very well-developed yet and what they have shown isn't very likeable. At least Kendra had the bad accent and the funny nerd-Slayer personality. Faith seems more like a juvenile delinquent than a real slayer.

Well, Amy looked differently (perhaps hair color) in the earlier episodes.

Yeah, that was great - here was the big evil, bigger than last time but we only see it as the B story. Another hilarious scene was when Buffy and Angel were doing the whole angst thing and Xander walks in - great example of the show poking fun at itself.

And the line at the end with Oz 'I feel strangely full'. :D

Well, there wasn't much to like so far - she keeps trying to replace Buffy. I think todays episodes will kick off her major storyline.

Just you wait...

Took the words out of my mouth ...

das

(it must have been while you were kissing me ... for the Meat fans)