LOL, that'll teach you to finish an episode before you comment.
Hahaha!
At first I was like...
but then I was like...
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I had the same reaction to that episode.
Yes... that doesn't get any less weird this season either...
Ugh, that season squicked me out SO much. I mean, sure, her behavior gets explained later, but the whole thing is still just so squicky. Because of that, despite the fact that S4 may be the tightest season of the show from a storytelling stand-point, I have re-watched the episodes of that season less than any others. Except "Spin the Bottle." Always leave it to Joss to inject an episode of fun into an otherwise endlessly depressing season.
Oh yeah, S4 is definitely full of greatness. It's weirdly the season I most admire (it took the show into full-on Greek tragedy mode!), and the one that's hardest to re-watch. But I too LOVE "Orpheus" and Fred in "Shiny Happy People." I also loved the last [blackout]present day[/blackout] appearance of [blackout]Darla[/blackout]. That character's always been a favorite of mine, and while it was suggested that the version we see may have just been the PTB's in disguise, I choose to believe that [blackout] while sent by the PTB's, that really was her true spirit, and the Darla we never really got to know since we only ever met her AFTER she'd been through some awful s***. After all, we did witness her briefly with a soul in present times twice: Once when she was brought back as human and ultimately repentant and ready to die like she should have done to begin with, and second while pregnant, and she clearly loved her unborn child. I can imagine THAT Darla being the same one trying to save Connor's soul in "Inside Out"[/blackout].Yeah I love that episode. And there is a lot more than I DO love about season 4 as well. For instance, by the end of Shiny Happy People I was completely in love with Fred's character [BLACKOUT]Making her death in season 5 the most i've ever cried at anything in my whole life![/BLACKOUT].
Also love Orpheus
Haha, I was just looking at the IMDB descriptions just to see exactly how far into the season you've gotten, and I noticed she's literally called "Evil Cordy" in those descriptions.
Well to be fair, they didn't know to LOOK for such a difference at the time. They saw that Angelus was there, and they saw that she was bleeding from the neck. For people who deal with vampires on a daily basis, that would seem like putting 2+2 together, so I'm not surprised they didn't examine the wound more closely.
I don't think they consider Angelus (or Lilah) "one of their own." He WOULD have killed Lilah if Cordy hadn't, so it's not like they were jumping to conclusions and assuming the worst about him. The worst was already known to be true. Angelus was a killing machine. Whether or not he killed Lilah didn't change that. They just didn't know to look for any other option, as they didn't have any reason to suspect an enemy in their midst at that point (did they? My memory's a little fuzzy on that ep).
Don't worry, it's not paranoia, it's a very real TV trope that pretty much all TV shows are guilty of for the sake of drama, this one included, lol. But in this case, I'd have to admit, I probably wouldn't examine the wound more closely, either, so I really can't blame them.
There was really only one filler episode that just completely put me off to the point that I haven't watched it again since the first time. And that's the one in S5 with the creepy little thing that came out of that meteor. Unwatchable, IMO.
t: I did a double take, also. Whedon's Buffyverse has employed quite a who's who of tv actors.
Yep! And, ya know, Hawkeye. I know he's not a Lostie but still awesome. And Lois Lane (that is, if you're still watching Buffy, Figs).You'll be seeing Jin and Bernard somewhere down the line as well.
Yep that's him.
You'll be seeing Jin and Bernard somewhere down the line as well.
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