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Well it's about time! The battle we've all been waiting for, the slayer vs the grand daddy vampire of them all! DRACULA!!!! (I can't believe it took 5 seasons to get to this. The season 5 DVD is creepy btw with the whole key thing. We start this season off like so many before them, Buffy moping around in bed having a nightmare. (I think it’s about time she sees a therapist.) Is it me or is she dreaming of running AWAY from a fight? That is very un buffy like. Another easy kill in her dream that startled her and we move into the opening credits with no idea what that was all about! Hey Anya has been added to the credits, cool! So we go from nightmares in bed to fun on the beach. Well the whole gang are in happy relationships and a word of advice, never question the throwing skills of a person with super strength.
Xander is still good for very little, and Willow is able to light his fire! (Oh had it been a few seasons ago that would have a totally different meaning!) Nothing is worse than the rain hitting when you’re having a good time on the beach, I miss rain. Moving men seem to never able to do a job right and it cost them their lives. Hello product placement, (how do you like them apples?) I also forgot how big scanners use to be. Nothing beats a good archiving session. Giles seems that he is trying to keep busy and it looks like he is going home. After a full season of sitting around doing practically nothing has caught up with Giles. Dinner finishes early for a little vampire slaying, looks like the writers are going back to the basics. Buffy’s reaction to Dracula is priceless! “Get out indeed!”
Why can’t Willow keep a secret? It wouldn’t be Dracula without the accent. The count is quick off the mark, Xander not sure it’s a great idea to compare Dracula with the Count from sesame street. Finally, a vampire turned into a bat! I’d think Dracula would know Frankenstein. Hey Anya used to date Dracula? Riley is really jealous. Why are all the girls so hot for the count? Dracula decides to give old Xander a visit, did he just say no poofing? Looks like Dracula has made Xander an offer he can’t refuse, and finally someone has said what we have been thinking, Xander is strange and off putting. This show has become “EVERYBODY LOVES DRACULA!” Spike is back and it seems that the chip is still firmly implanted in his head. It seems Spike has a few choice words for the Count; I’d be upset if someone owed me 11 pounds and publicized how to kill my kind also. So Dracula is like the big vampire celebrity who needs all the perks worthy of how famous he is.
Dracula is so smooth; I think I’m starting to develop a man crush on him? And for the second time in this show Buffy gets bitten by a vampire. Let it go Willow. So Dracula is a vampire 2.0, full of upgrades. Mind control, seduction and don’t forget the whole bat thing. Xander has a hankering for bugs right now. Willow just asked the question that I was going to type, how did he get inside when he wasn’t invited? I guess Joyce will let us know.
Mind control is cool!
Riley and Giles are on the right track, where else would you go to find Dracula but in the only castle in Sunnydale. So it seems the army training from way back has worn off for Xander and Giles has fell into an awkward situation. Buffy is moving over to the dark side however there is a deeper good in her that Dracula couldn’t penetrate. WHOAH! What a fight scene! Buffy anticipates Dracula’s moves and a stake later he is gone! Xander is making a stand and he refuses to be everyone’s BUTT MONKEY! So Dracula, is truly immortal and cops another stake for his trouble, he’s not dead but I think Sunnydale is not going to be a place he will want to visit anytime soon.
It’s time for Giles to give Buffy the bad news. However before he gets to say his piece Buffy lets Giles know that she needs him and his knowledge of history will be able to mold her future, she pleads for Giles to be her mentor and it is enough for him to stay. WHAT? BUFFY HAS A SISTER? That made no sense whatsoever!
What a fun way to start the season, with lots of action and lots of little nods to the past. I really enjoyed the way they were able to integrate Dracula into the Buffyverse, even though his exit was a little weak, He would have made a credible threat for the whole season and I hope he returns in the near future. (I want to see Dracula vs Spike!) I could have done without the whole sister thing though.
9/10
REAL ME
We start off where we left off from the last episode or to be exact a few minutes before we left off, and the return of the “Previously on Buffy……” which is rare in this show but I kind of like it, it lets me know what happened prevouslly refressing my memory from about 15 minutes ago.
Prevouslly on “THE BUFFY CHALLENGE” So Buffy was like, “I’m turning evil”, and Giles was like, “Go On” and Buffy was like, “Please teach me?” and Giles said Ok. Xander then let everyone know that he is not going to be a BUTT MONKEY! Then something about Buffy running into a sister that no one knew about.
Giles is training Buffy like Mr. Myagi trained the Karate Kid or Yoda training Luke Skywaker in the Empire Strikes Back. (Both Great Movies by the way). Little sis is writing in her diary, She has a point seeing that Buffy doesn’t have a secret identity. Her sister’s name is Dawn (Dawn Summers?). First Harry Potter reference! Dawn that would be a bet you would win as there was a whole episode where they *cough* did it all episode. The narration really works well in this show but what is the deal bringing in this character. “Newfangled” is not that old of a term. Giles is having trouble driving an AUTO? I do like Willow’s new hair cut. Great the Magic Shop has been ransacked again; I hate it when this happens. The owner is dead and to protect her little sister she leaves her outside with a creepy homeless guy. Is Dawn an anomaly? Is it something from a different dimension? They cut away from the thumb wrestling match to the investigation. It seems that there were 4 vampires going nuts and Giles is more interested in becoming the new tenant. (I’m sure the death rate will really keep the costs down!)
NOOOOOOO NOT HER, NOT WHAT’S HER NAME! (I hated her so much I forgot her name.)
It seems she has her own minions, which are in fashion right now. I think Dawn has a crush on Xander! It’s a shame that Anya is there to “Cramp her style” Terra is feeling a little left out. “He’s British and he doesn’t understand anything!” That is golden writing right there. Buffy is winging about her little sister, while Dawn is winging about her older sister. Anya is my favorite character and you can’t trade your children for more cash!
Harmony, that’s her name, Harmony! I hate Harmony. She is pushing Xander’s buttons and Dawn invites her in! Harmony has minions and is trying to kill Buffy. Everything is really funny until she finds out that Dawn has invited her in. Seems that Spike is bored and since he can’t kill all humans he takes his frustrations out on other vampires now. If Harmony is the MAJOR villain this season I’m not going to be happy! “Evil for Dummies” A best seller! (Fortress of Solitude! Another Superman reference!) The old rag on your sister when you don’t know she is listening at the door plot device, and Dawn is captured. Will someone kill Harmony already? No love lost between Buffy and Spike still.
Brad obtained from the vote and Mort is taking over! Which doesn’t work well. Obviouslly Harmony didn’t read the chapter in “Evil for Dummies” about how to keep minions on side. DEATH BY UNICORN! How degrading for Mort. Alas Harmony escaped to annoy for another episode. Giles moves into the magic shop and has the life expectancy of a Spinal Tap drummer, (another great movie!) The real question is WHO IS DAWN? And where did she come from? Oh and Buffy hates Surprises!
Another Great Episode, other than the annoyance of having to see Harmony escape alive. Alas we can’t have them all!
9/10
Two solid and fun episodes in a row, will this be a way to wash away the memory of the horrid 4th season? We can only pray!
Until next time Challengers!
