I fell asleep near the end, so I probably should rewatch that, but I'd seen it recently, so....
This has what's one of the sadder scenes in the early seasons: Buffy is losing her innocence, and she tells Giles to lie to her about life (I forget the exact context). He basically says that good and evil are clearly labeled, and good will always triumph, all the men are stalwart and the women beautiful--or something close. She doesn't believe him, he doesn't believe it. But it's a bittersweet father-daughter-y moment, and one of the scenes I clearly recalled long after I watched it.
Alo, Buffy won't kill a human, but she lets her friend from LA die. She's taking baby steps towards situational ethics, but she has more lines that she won't cross than many people, even at the end. She is created to be a hero at least 3 ways: in the superhero-y tradition; in the literary tradition; and in a more mythological sense...I think. Gonna pull out my Joseph Campbell and see if I can defend that, but not tonight. I'm tired.
Interesting: Willow, Xander and Angel go check out the vamp-wanna-be club. Considering the degree of antipathy Xander and Angel have towards each other, they are quietly teamed up very often. Another topic for pondering.
But not tonight. I'm tired.
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Clandestine. That's a word I don't hear very often any more--a fabulous
word with rather seedy, sinister undertones. Civil rights. That's a phrase
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15 years ago
definitely need to rewatch this and go a little more in depth, I think there was more to be gotten out of this
ReplyDeleteYea, I fell asleep at the end, but I remember the big conversation bt Buffy & Giles is important. Also, When reading "serious Buffy scholarship," this episode is cited often for a variety of reasons--that means it's important, of course, but it probably also means that it's been heavily mined and if I'm really looking for something different to say, this episode isn't a starting point. But the minute I say that.....sure.
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