Tuesday, 15 October 2019

The Viewing Files: With Friends Like These Who Needs Enemies

Two seasons down, only five more to go.  Overall what did we learn from season 2, well...
  • Dunagrees for the win
  • Miss Calendar and Giles were totally cute as a couple
  • Spike and Giles make the best bad boys.  And very swoon worthy with it.
  • Oz is the coolest, most laid back guy on the planet.
  • Birthdays suck
  • Dating really is the worse
  • Xander is a bit of a jealous jerk and not just about Cordelia.
  • Buffy's mom is probably the most clueless parent on the planet 
Writing wise this season had a lot more going for it though there was still the odd dud (Some Assembly Required and Go Fish).  On the plus side though we had Halloween, The Dark Age, Surprise and Innocence, Passion and Becoming 1 and 2 which were my favourites from this season.

On a side note the fight scenes are really good but amazingly you can tell that it's a stunt double doing the fighting which is jarring at times.  Something I had never noticed before but definitely did this time round. 

It's going to be interesting to see how things go in season 3.

Season 3 Episode 1: Anne

Trying to put the events of season 2 behind her Buffy is now in LA working as a waitress and doing her best to lay low.  Naturally of course the supernatural world isn't going to just go away and soon Buffy finds herself in another dimension and fighting off demons.

Being a teen with fighting powers really does suck.

Fav Quote: Willow: Well, we try not to get killed. That's part of our whole mission statement. 'Don't get killed.' 

Fashion: There's not much going on in the fashion stakes but Buffy's pigtails are seriously cute.  She's also changed her hair colour to a more sunkiss kind of blond.  I'm not sure if I like it or not.

Body Count: 2 (neither are from Sunnydale though)
Season 3 Episode 2: Dead Man's Party

Buffy is back in Sunnydale and trying once more to move on with her life.  Unfortunately her friends and her mom aren't all that forgiving of her running away and leaving them behind to cope.

Solution?  Let's throw a party and pretend it never happened.

And that's another idea to go down in the worse idea ever book, especially when said party turns into the night of the undead and everyone is left fighting for their lives.

Fav Quote: Giles: Unbelievable. 'Do you like my mask? Isn't it pretty? It raises the dead!' Americans.
 
Fashion: Buffy's pink and red party dress is super girly and feminine and very me.

Body Count: 6 at least and possibly more.  It's pretty much a massacre.
Season 3 Episode 3: Faith, Hope & Trick

Faith, the new slayer in town, arrives with a bad attitude and an even trashier wardrobe and is out to cause mayhem.  

Meanwhile Buffy might actually have a date with a normal boy.  Wonders will never cease.

Fav Quote: Buffy: Date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!

Fashion: Buffy's feminine look continues with 3 very pretty floral dresses.  Has the short short skirt/dress look finally gone? *cross fingers*.  Her lipstick/lipgloss is also very on point.

Body Count: 3
Season 3 Episode 4: Beauty and the Beasts

A brutal death occurs - Shock!  Horror! (really you would think that everyone is use to it by now considering how many there are in this town) and it's up to Buffy and the gang to figure out who or what is the killer.

Not unsurprisingly the list of suspects is long... and weird.  Could it be Oz the werewolf boy whose escaped from his cage?  Or is Angel who is back from the dead while still being dead (I know, it's confusing) and really not himself?  Or could it possibly be someone else?

Buffy Girl Detective is on the case.

Fav Quote: Oz: “I may be a cold-blooded jelly donut, but my timing’s impeccable.”

Fashion:  More femininity with pretty pastel colours and hair clips.  I'm totally loving this whole new look for Buffy.  Giles also rocks the shirt, tie and waistcoat look.  Very dapper and rather sexy.

Body Count: 4
Season 3 Episode 5: Homecoming 

Sometimes you just want to be a normal girl.  Date, have friends, kill vampires and be the homecoming queen.  Is it really too much to ask?

Probably considering this is Sunnydale after all.

Fav Quote: Giles: I suspect the, uh, finger food contains... actual fingers. 

Fashion: Girly looks galore, and there are now even cardigans.  Can I just have Buffy's entire wardrobe from this season.  Please and thank you.

Body Count: 0

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