Buffy - Season 4 impressions (episode 21)
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For a summary click here.
- So Adam has summoned Riley. I knew Riley could be trusted.
- This moment made me laugh. It's tough to discover the flaw in an oh-so-clever plan. Yep, Spike definitely isn't good with the details.
Spike: Right. The Initiative. But getting her there--that's what the bleeding disks are for, isn't it? Our little witch gives her the info and pop--Alice heads back down the rabbit hole.
[...]
Adam: A friend.
Spike: Right.
Adam: One of the friends from whom you so efficiently separated her.
Spike: Damn right I did. You should've seen her. They won't be talking to each other for a long, long--
Adam looks down at Spike.
Spike: Hang on. I think I might've detected a small flaw.
- Tara and Willow paying a visit to Giles to pick up Willow's notebook can be summed up by the words: Capital letter Embarrassement.
- I heart the Xander/Anya scene:
Anya: Are you still upset about that fight you had with your friends? It was hours ago! Get over it.
Xander: Anya, you--Forget it.
Anya: So, they all think you're lost, directionless loser with no plans for his future? Pfft.
Xander: Anya, you can't "pfft" that stuff away.
Anya: Why not?
Xander: I don't know. 'Cause I think maybe they're right.
Anya sighs and kneels down to Xander's bed and lays on his chest.
Anya: So what if they are? You're a good person, and a good boyfriend, and...and I'm in love with you. Whatever they think of
you, it shouldn't matter.
- Spike meeting Buffy in the cave shows that he's a very good actor - he was also extremely good when lying to the scoobies - but once again his weakness is that he doesn't pay attention to the details. He mentions that Buffy and Willow had a fight - but really he shouldn't have any knowledge of this fact.
- The big irony of the episode is that the hard-core demon hunters of the Iniative are turned into soulless monsters themselves (Walsh, Forrest, Walsh's collegue).
- The original scoobie gang comes together again. They figure out that Spike was behind their fight which gives them the chance to put all the blame on Spike and conveniently ignore the fact that their argument brought up issues that had been problematic since nearly a year.
Buffy: He played us. He wanted us to fight to split us up. That's where it came from. The stuff we said the other night.
Giles: Of course. Well, piffle, let's move on.
Xander: I'm movin'.
Willow: Me, too.
Buffy: Good. Great.
- I noticed that the four original scoobies fit the principles the four tarot courts stand for:
Buffy = Wands = Action, passion, leadership. (Slayer)
Giles = Swords = Logical thinking and knowledge. (Scientist)
Willow = Cups = Intuition, emotions, psychic powers. (Witch)
Xander = Coins = Down to earth attitude. (Worker)
Oh, oh, just realised this totally fits in with them using tarot cards to make their spell work!
Willow: Spiritus...Spirit.
She hands a card to Xander.
Xander: Animus...Heart.
She hands a card to Giles.
Giles: Sophus...Mind.
Willow: And Manus...
Cut to Buffy punching Forrest.
Willow: (o.s.) The hand.
Spirit (= Willow's part in the spell) equals Cups.
Mind (= Giles' part) equals Swords.
The other two slightly differ: Usually, Heart is equalled to Wands and Hand or Body is equalled to Coins. But, hey, the slight variation works fine.
Can't really figure out which tarot cards they use in this episode:
The first one could be Temperance, but it's definitely not a standard Rider Waite illustration.
The second card is the Knight of Wands.
The third card standing for Giles is part of the Rider Waite deck: The Hermit. One of its many meanings is illumination of the mind so it fits quite well.
The fourth card isn't shown at all.
Really like the idea that if the scoobies - and the principles they represent - unite, they are a power to be reckoned with.
- Nice quote. Have to remember using this one in a work meeting. :-)
Giles: Xander, just because this is never gonna work, there's no need to be negative.
- Really liked it that Buffy realises that their problems don't just stem from Spike meddling:
Willow: It's not your fault. Spike stirred up trouble.
Buffy: Yeah, but I think trouble was stir-uppable. I think we've all sort of drifted apart this year, don't you?
The talk she and Willow doesn't solve all the issues and really Xander and Giles will also have to resolve their problems with their friends, but it's a very important first step.
- Riley literally cuts himself loose from the Iniative when he removes his chip.
- When Spike realises that Adam will not help him, he decides to ally himself with Adam's opponents. Well, it's definitely the best move he can make under the circumstances.
- This episode brings the end of the Iniative. Can't see this organisation being resurrected, at least not anytime soon.
For a summary click here.
- So Adam has summoned Riley. I knew Riley could be trusted.
- This moment made me laugh. It's tough to discover the flaw in an oh-so-clever plan. Yep, Spike definitely isn't good with the details.
Spike: Right. The Initiative. But getting her there--that's what the bleeding disks are for, isn't it? Our little witch gives her the info and pop--Alice heads back down the rabbit hole.
[...]
Adam: A friend.
Spike: Right.
Adam: One of the friends from whom you so efficiently separated her.
Spike: Damn right I did. You should've seen her. They won't be talking to each other for a long, long--
Adam looks down at Spike.
Spike: Hang on. I think I might've detected a small flaw.
- Tara and Willow paying a visit to Giles to pick up Willow's notebook can be summed up by the words: Capital letter Embarrassement.
- I heart the Xander/Anya scene:
Anya: Are you still upset about that fight you had with your friends? It was hours ago! Get over it.
Xander: Anya, you--Forget it.
Anya: So, they all think you're lost, directionless loser with no plans for his future? Pfft.
Xander: Anya, you can't "pfft" that stuff away.
Anya: Why not?
Xander: I don't know. 'Cause I think maybe they're right.
Anya sighs and kneels down to Xander's bed and lays on his chest.
Anya: So what if they are? You're a good person, and a good boyfriend, and...and I'm in love with you. Whatever they think of
you, it shouldn't matter.
- Spike meeting Buffy in the cave shows that he's a very good actor - he was also extremely good when lying to the scoobies - but once again his weakness is that he doesn't pay attention to the details. He mentions that Buffy and Willow had a fight - but really he shouldn't have any knowledge of this fact.
- The big irony of the episode is that the hard-core demon hunters of the Iniative are turned into soulless monsters themselves (Walsh, Forrest, Walsh's collegue).
- The original scoobie gang comes together again. They figure out that Spike was behind their fight which gives them the chance to put all the blame on Spike and conveniently ignore the fact that their argument brought up issues that had been problematic since nearly a year.
Buffy: He played us. He wanted us to fight to split us up. That's where it came from. The stuff we said the other night.
Giles: Of course. Well, piffle, let's move on.
Xander: I'm movin'.
Willow: Me, too.
Buffy: Good. Great.
- I noticed that the four original scoobies fit the principles the four tarot courts stand for:
Buffy = Wands = Action, passion, leadership. (Slayer)
Giles = Swords = Logical thinking and knowledge. (Scientist)
Willow = Cups = Intuition, emotions, psychic powers. (Witch)
Xander = Coins = Down to earth attitude. (Worker)
Oh, oh, just realised this totally fits in with them using tarot cards to make their spell work!
Willow: Spiritus...Spirit.
She hands a card to Xander.
Xander: Animus...Heart.
She hands a card to Giles.
Giles: Sophus...Mind.
Willow: And Manus...
Cut to Buffy punching Forrest.
Willow: (o.s.) The hand.
Spirit (= Willow's part in the spell) equals Cups.
Mind (= Giles' part) equals Swords.
The other two slightly differ: Usually, Heart is equalled to Wands and Hand or Body is equalled to Coins. But, hey, the slight variation works fine.
Can't really figure out which tarot cards they use in this episode:
The first one could be Temperance, but it's definitely not a standard Rider Waite illustration.
The second card is the Knight of Wands.
The third card standing for Giles is part of the Rider Waite deck: The Hermit. One of its many meanings is illumination of the mind so it fits quite well.
The fourth card isn't shown at all.
Really like the idea that if the scoobies - and the principles they represent - unite, they are a power to be reckoned with.
- Nice quote. Have to remember using this one in a work meeting. :-)
Giles: Xander, just because this is never gonna work, there's no need to be negative.
- Really liked it that Buffy realises that their problems don't just stem from Spike meddling:
Willow: It's not your fault. Spike stirred up trouble.
Buffy: Yeah, but I think trouble was stir-uppable. I think we've all sort of drifted apart this year, don't you?
The talk she and Willow doesn't solve all the issues and really Xander and Giles will also have to resolve their problems with their friends, but it's a very important first step.
- Riley literally cuts himself loose from the Iniative when he removes his chip.
- When Spike realises that Adam will not help him, he decides to ally himself with Adam's opponents. Well, it's definitely the best move he can make under the circumstances.
- This episode brings the end of the Iniative. Can't see this organisation being resurrected, at least not anytime soon.
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Date: 2005-12-05 06:06 am (UTC)The spell, and the hand, spirit, heart, mind equation for the four original Scoobies is very useful to remember for the rest of the show. Also in the last episode of this season, which is probably my all time favourite BTVS episode. (Really tough to pick just one, but if I have to, Restless would be it.)
Primeval is the action finale; the emotional resolutions (or not) are yet to come.
Spike changing sides: quite. It also illustrates, however, why they needed to come up with an emotional motivation for Spike to stay in Sunnydale in the next season.
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Date: 2005-12-05 05:20 pm (UTC)I watched this episode yesterday night and noticed some interesting connections. Will comment at length later on. Just so much: I *love* Restless - it's most brilliant!
It also illustrates, however, why they needed to come up with an emotional motivation for Spike to stay in Sunnydale in the next season.
I agree. At the moment, it doesn't really make sense that he doesn't just leave. After all living close to the Slayer is dangerous - especially when you can't fight her - and he claimed several times that he can't stand the scoobies.
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