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Post by William the Bloody on Sept 6, 2003 17:03:12 GMT -5
Written by Marti Noxon
Directed by James Whitmore Jr.
Air date: 10/6/98
A Nigerian mask that Buffy's mother has aquired from the gallery has the unique power of ressurecting the dead.
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Post by beccaelizabeth on Aug 4, 2005 11:40:04 GMT -5
Just finished watching 'Dead Man's Party'
Giles is cute
Jonathon was at the party, trying to stop zombies with a guitar
Oz got grabbed by zombies and everyone else ran upstairs and left him there. go team! /sarcasm
Joyce has a line about 'you made some bad choices, now you have to live with the consequences', and then Faith turns up next ep
Willow tried to contact the spirit world. Why? Generalised curiousity? Or maybe to check if Buffy was there? Imagine if Faith had arrived before Buffy got back, how everyone would have reacted.
Is an interesting ep.
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Post by jeff on Jul 3, 2007 15:29:28 GMT -5
This episode taught me the difference between a gathering, shindig, and hootinanny.  I never knew the difference. |
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Jul 3, 2007 15:51:05 GMT -5
This episode taught me the difference between a gathering, shindig, and hootinanny. I never knew the difference. Hee. |
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Post by KMInfinity on Jul 3, 2007 20:11:59 GMT -5
I find something "great" about even the "run of the mill" episodes, and this one not only taught me the difference between a gathering, a shindig, and a hootinanny, it also did a masterful job in exploring the scoobie relationships. Each point of view is shown so well, you (or at least I) start to feel conflicted trying to identify with each character. The scenes where Buffy feels rejected by Willow, and yet Willow feels betrayed by Buffy's actions are painful to watch - very nuanced. And the stoner dude so deserved to die.  |
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Jul 3, 2007 21:11:07 GMT -5
I thought the zombie plot was lame, but I loved the confrontation scene at the party, and the false sense of resolution at the end.
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Post by spacecat1974 on Sept 21, 2009 0:03:54 GMT -5
The whole confrontation scene annoyed me. Then again, I've never felt 'interventions' to be anything more than an excuse for folks to rip people who already hip deep in shit to shreds. She was kicked out of her house and was forced to kill the person she loved just as he regained his soul... WTH was she supposed to do? She did leave a note. Punishing her, which is what the whole confrontation scene felt like, doesn't help anyone. But then beating someone while she's down usually doesn't.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Sept 22, 2009 12:25:25 GMT -5
The whole confrontation scene annoyed me. Then again, I've never felt 'interventions' to be anything more than an excuse for folks to rip people who already hip deep in shit to shreds. She was kicked out of her house and was forced to kill the person she loved just as he regained his soul... WTH was she supposed to do? She did leave a note. Punishing her, which is what the whole confrontation scene felt like, doesn't help anyone. But then beating someone while she's down usually doesn't. I agree with you completely. I understand her mother's reaction. I had a similar one when my daugher ran off at age 15 (long story!) But when I finally got her home I tried to learn to LISTEN. A kid that runs off iis having troubles. Buffy was in an untenable position. Even if her mother didn't understand the extent of Buffy's trauma, her friends and Giles should have. Joyce does a fine job of passing off the blame here and it isn't one of her finest moments. She blames Giles for doing his job as Buffy's watcher, a job that depends on secrecy. She blames Buffy, who--Slayer or not is only seventeen. In fact, she lays the blame all around but accepts none of it herself. Or did she forget her own last words to Buffy? NEVER tell a teenager she or he can't come home. |
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Post by dr76 on Jan 8, 2010 15:12:10 GMT -5
I heartily agree. I never really cared for the Scoobies' "intervention" moments with Buffy. I get the feeling that these "interventions" were nothing more than attempts to keep her on a pedestal in their minds. Especially Xander. Which is why I never regarded her friendship with the Scoobies as entirely healthy.
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Post by SpringSummers on Jan 9, 2010 10:41:23 GMT -5
I heartily agree. I never really cared for the Scoobies' "intervention" moments with Buffy. I get the feeling that these "interventions" were nothing more than attempts to keep her on a pedestal in their minds. Especially Xander. Which is why I never regarded her friendship with the Scoobies as entirely healthy. Gotta agree with the discomfort about "interventions." I see them as very, very "last resort." I think it's the self-righteousness that bothers me, as well as the feeling that a particular person is being picked on and singled out, when usually, any one of the people involved could be just as easily targetted for their own problems. As far as the imperfect and not entirely healthy relationships with the Scoobies, I agree there too - but that's the norm, I would think, for friendships formed in childhood and HS . . . I mean, the realism of what Joss portrayed was part of what I loved about the show. I do think that the friends loved each other as much as they knew how. And they didn't really know how, not completely. |
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Mar 3, 2010 17:07:30 GMT -5
I heartily agree. I never really cared for the Scoobies' "intervention" moments with Buffy. I get the feeling that these "interventions" were nothing more than attempts to keep her on a pedestal in their minds. Especially Xander. Which is why I never regarded her friendship with the Scoobies as entirely healthy. Gotta agree with the discomfort about "interventions." I see them as very, very "last resort." I think it's the self-righteousness that bothers me, as well as the feeling that a particular person is being picked on and singled out, when usually, any one of the people involved could be just as easily targetted for their own problems. As far as the imperfect and not entirely healthy relationships with the Scoobies, I agree there too - but that's the norm, I would think, for friendships formed in childhood and HS . . . I mean, the realism of what Joss portrayed was part of what I loved about the show. I do think that the friends loved each other as much as they knew how. And they didn't really know how, not completely. No, they didn't. Each one loved what he or she found most admirable about Buffy, not the total Buffy package. Riley was the first to try, but ultimately, he couldn't, either. |
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