Dead Things
- Episode aired Feb 5, 2002
- TV-PG
- 1h
After Jonathan, Andrew, and Warren accidentally kill Warren's ex-girlfriend Katrina, they set Buffy up to make her believe it was she who killed the girl.After Jonathan, Andrew, and Warren accidentally kill Warren's ex-girlfriend Katrina, they set Buffy up to make her believe it was she who killed the girl.After Jonathan, Andrew, and Warren accidentally kill Warren's ex-girlfriend Katrina, they set Buffy up to make her believe it was she who killed the girl.
- Anya
- (as Emma Caulfield)
- Katrina Silber
- (as Amelinda Embry)
- Cop #1
- (as Bernard K. Addison)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode has parallels to Consequences (1999):
- Spike's admission of how he went back and "took care of it.", was identical to what Faith told Buffy about the death of the deputy mayor, likely another reason Buffy was even more upset. Interestingly, both attempts failed and the victims were recovered from bodies of water.
- When Buffy confronted Faith about killing the deputy mayor Faith responded by saying, "Anyway, how many people do you think we've saved by now? Thousands? And didn't you stop the world from ending? Because in my book, that puts you and me in the plus column." When Buffy goes to turn herself in Spike tells her "And how many people are alive because of you? How many have you saved? One dead girl doesn't tip the scale."
- Faith said, after Buffy slapped her: "There's my girl," the same answer Spike had for Buffy's attack against him in this episode.
- GoofsWhen the camera pans back rapidly as Buffy looks upon the crying girl with confusion, a large stage light is clearly visible on the left hand side of the screen.
- Quotes
[first lines]
[after they've been making love]
Buffy Summers: We missed the bed again.
Spike: Lucky for the bed.
[Buffy looks at the Oriental carpet which she's draped over herself]
Buffy Summers: Is this a new rug?
Spike: Mmm, no. Just looks different when you're under it.
Buffy Summers: [chuckles then sighs] You know, this place is okay for a hole in the ground. You fixed it up.
Spike: Well, I ate a decorator once. Maybe something stuck.
Buffy Summers: I've been thinking about doing something to my room.
Spike: Yeah?
Buffy Summers: Yeah. I think the New Kids on the Block posters are starting to date me.
Spike: [chuckles] Well, if you want, I can... Are we having a conversation?
Buffy Summers: What? No! No... Maybe.
Spike: Hmm...
Buffy Summers: What?
Spike: Well, isn't this usually the part where you kick me in the head and run out, virtue fluttering?
Buffy Summers: That's the plan... as soon as my legs start working.
Spike: [laughs] You were amazing.
Buffy Summers: You got the job done, yourself.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Andy Barker, P.I.: Fairway, My Lovely (2007)
This episode is where "Buffy" veers straight into soap opera melodrama. There is very little of the supernatural to be found - just a brief appearance by demons who disrupt the fabric of time. The episode is mainly concerned with Buffy confronting her internal disgust. She hates what she has become and that she can't seem to stop herself on this dark path. Her realisation in "Gone" that she doesn't want to die and that she's okay with being back in the world seems largely forgotten.
I can't fault this show's characterisation or the way characters have to address their actions and beliefs. Sarah Michelle Gellar's acting is excellent. But the episode has zero entertainment value. It's dark, it's depressing, and it's full of icky kinky sex. This episode seems to have forgotten the show's theme of addressing human issues through a supernatural context. It's more like "Days Of Our Lives" with a supervillian/s plotting the downfall of a nemesis.
And what's with all the rape themes in season 6? I hated this episode. In a season full of subpar episodes, this one sinks right to the bottom.
- p1phillips
- Oct 10, 2014