3/20: The Prom

[William the Bloody]

Written by Marti Noxon
Directed by David Slomon
Air Date: 5/11/99

Buffy battles three fearsome hell-hounds which another classmate has programmed to attack students during Sunnydale High's senior prom.

[beccaelizabeth]

Xander/Anya begins
oh dear
not that they aren't cute sometimes but... oh dear.

you know with that 'sock puppet of love' bit and the 'I'll never leave you' and Joss's usual attitude to relationships Xander's lucky he didn't get Lindsey'd. Evil hand!

Buffy & Angel 4 ever!
#doh2#
yup, he's dating a teenager...
so I'm thinking they're deliberately upping the teen factor to make the break more plausible

"I don't have to tell you that you and Buffy are from different worlds"
and denial mom can say that with a straight face
they met because they ended up in the same world

I know, Angel is supposed to be being all noble with this

the meta reasons make him look stupid. he could have changed things. instead he just goes oh well and slopes off to LA.

I mean it would be different if Angel actualy outgrew Buffy. I mean it could happen. He saw her all shiny daylight slayer person, redemption walking, maybe he could grow up enough to see he doesn't need that.
I guess he is growing up enough to see she isn't just that. He sees her as a regular person with stuff going on that isn't about him, and so he leaves.
For her sake.
daftness. should let her make her own decisions.
but Angel is always having complicated thing going on with the whole Free Will concept

That burning Buffy bit, very unpleasant
the fear it represents, very unrealistic
Angel getting more human by making Buffy more like him, more vampire.
doesn't work that way. she already runs all the same risks with him and without him.

of course then he ends up draining her, all his fears confirmed, so I can see why he wouldn't see it that way.

Tucker Wells. Andrew's brother.
(in my head I'm seeing Andrew all ;D because someone said it that way round.)

Angel has a chain round his neck. starts showing in the sewer where their love life goes down the drain, much more of it when he is picking up blood at the dead animals place.

"The great thing about being a Slayer - kicking ass is comfort food."
which sounds real empowering
but means she is dealing with emotions through violence
which is a teensy tiny bit problematic
(as we see, often)

The actual prom bit - I confess I don't 'get' the prom. Lack of dance related rites of passage. But its pretty cool.
"Lowest mortality rate"
shiny umbrella!


we got awards when we left high school, age 16
I got 'person with the wierdest ideas'
the only other contender thought he saw UFOs, so, pretty good going me...

Wesley, "blueberry scone"
"she's 18 and you have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone" actually, meaning its an equal relationship.
which is kind of what I see in B/A.

I'm pretty sure I'm not meant to be seeing B/G
but

And then Angel in a tux. awwwwww.
after she told him to go away? still awwwww?
puzzled.

I like Oz version of formalwear. Manages to still be very Oz like even in a suit meant to transform all males into penguins.

I guess the snuggly ending is really sweet but... I don't know, the whole Angel leaving thing seems kind of futile. I mean he left so she could go be normal, and that didn't work out. Found a nice normal boyfriend with a chip. Two actually.

Of course out here in watcher world we got a whole spin off show from it, so yaaaay.
*shrugs*

[jeff]

I loved the fact that Joss showed the other students had an idea about Buffy. The fact that they basically let her do her thing, knowing she was helping them. Not that they officially knew her secret, but they knew enough to let her do her thing.

It was a nice touch.

[Lola m]

beccaelizabeth said:

Xander/Anya begins
oh dear
not that they aren't cute sometimes but... oh dear.

you know with that 'sock puppet of love' bit and the 'I'll never leave you' and Joss's usual attitude to relationships Xander's lucky he didn't get Lindsey'd. Evil hand!

I hadn't noticed this comment of yours before. How very true. ;D

Buffy & Angel 4 ever!

yup, he's dating a teenager...
so I'm thinking they're deliberately upping the teen factor to make the break more plausible

"I don't have to tell you that you and Buffy are from different worlds"
and denial mom can say that with a straight face
they met because they ended up in the same world

Joyce wants it to be true. Sort of the same and sort of different from how Buffy keeps wanting to have a "normal" life.

I know, Angel is supposed to be being all noble with this

the meta reasons make him look stupid. he could have changed things. instead he just goes oh well and slopes off to LA.

I mean it would be different if Angel actualy outgrew Buffy. I mean it could happen. He saw her all shiny daylight slayer person, redemption walking, maybe he could grow up enough to see he doesn't need that.
I guess he is growing up enough to see she isn't just that. He sees her as a regular person with stuff going on that isn't about him, and so he leaves.
For her sake.
daftness. should let her make her own decisions.
but Angel is always having complicated thing going on with the whole Free Will concept

Buffy and Angel see each other through their own lenses, that's for sure.

That burning Buffy bit, very unpleasant
the fear it represents, very unrealistic
Angel getting more human by making Buffy more like him, more vampire.
doesn't work that way. she already runs all the same risks with him and without him.

of course then he ends up draining her, all his fears confirmed, so I can see why he wouldn't see it that way.

Tucker Wells. Andrew's brother.
(in my head I'm seeing Andrew all ;D because someone said it that way round.)

Perfect.

Angel has a chain round his neck. starts showing in the sewer where their love life goes down the drain, much more of it when he is picking up blood at the dead animals place.

"The great thing about being a Slayer - kicking ass is comfort food."
which sounds real empowering
but means she is dealing with emotions through violence
which is a teensy tiny bit problematic
(as we see, often)

The actual prom bit - I confess I don't 'get' the prom. Lack of dance related rites of passage. But its pretty cool.
"Lowest mortality rate"
shiny umbrella!

Love the lowest mortality rate line and the "yay" reaction to it from all the students. ;D And I also love how next year in college we see that the shiny umbrella is one of the things Buffy rescues from the vamps in her first moments at college.

we got awards when we left high school, age 16
I got 'person with the wierdest ideas'
the only other contender thought he saw UFOs, so, pretty good going me...

Wesley, "blueberry scone"
"she's 18 and you have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone" actually, meaning its an equal relationship.
which is kind of what I see in B/A.

I'm pretty sure I'm not meant to be seeing B/G
but

And then Angel in a tux. awwwwww.
after she told him to go away? still awwwww?
puzzled.

I like Oz version of formalwear. Manages to still be very Oz like even in a suit meant to transform all males into penguins.

I guess the snuggly ending is really sweet but... I don't know, the whole Angel leaving thing seems kind of futile. I mean he left so she could go be normal, and that didn't work out. Found a nice normal boyfriend with a chip. Two actually.

Of course out here in watcher world we got a whole spin off show from it, so yaaaay.
*shrugs*

[Lola m]

jeff said:

I loved the fact that Joss showed the other students had an idea about Buffy. The fact that they basically let her do her thing, knowing she was helping them. Not that they officially knew her secret, but they knew enough to let her do her thing.

It was a nice touch.

**nods**


And it sets the stage nicely for Graduation.

[Lola m]

It’s the 5th week of the 2007 Sizzlin’ Episode Festival, and what a difference a week makes!

Our sixth most chosen Buffy episode is

The Prom



I think we both know that there are some hard choices ahead.



You deserve something outside of demons and darkness. You should be with someone who can take you into the light. Someone who can make love to you.



I'm going to give you all a nice, fun, normal evening if I have to kill every single person on the face of the earth to do it.



We have one more award to give out.



Buffy: Devil dogs are history. How's the prom?
Oz: Strangely affecting. I got all teared up when they played 'We Are Family'.
Willow: Everything’s perfect.



Dance with me?

Need a refresher on this ep and don’t have a handy tape or DVD?
Transcript for The Prom
Dialogue from The Prom

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[Spaced Out Looney]

I like the part where they show Buffy's hair all mussed when she wakes up, because usually when they show her waking up, her hair and make up is all perfect.

I love the gang's confusion over whether the VCR has zoom or pause functions. LOL.

Anya has the best lines in the episode.

What did Buffy do with Tucker, I wonder? Just leave him tied up in the basement?

[Lola m]

ehills said:

I like the part where they show Buffy's hair all mussed when she wakes up, because usually when they show her waking up, her hair and make up is all perfect.

I love the gang's confusion over whether the VCR has zoom or pause functions. LOL.

Anya has the best lines in the episode.

What did Buffy do with Tucker, I wonder? Just leave him tied up in the basement?

And then Andrew had to untie him and save him!

[Spaced Out Looney]

lolam said:

ehills said:

I like the part where they show Buffy's hair all mussed when she wakes up, because usually when they show her waking up, her hair and make up is all perfect.

I love the gang's confusion over whether the VCR has zoom or pause functions. LOL.

Anya has the best lines in the episode.

What did Buffy do with Tucker, I wonder? Just leave him tied up in the basement?

And then Andrew had to untie him and save him!

But the house was a secret. The only way Buffy found it was by a tip from the butcher. Bet he was really starved and dehydrated by the time anyone found him.

[Lola m]

ehills said:

lolam said:

And then Andrew had to untie him and save him!

But the house was a secret. The only way Buffy found it was by a tip from the butcher. Bet he was really starved and dehydrated by the time anyone found him.

But he may not have kept it a secret from Andrew. I mean, I sorta think that Andrew started on his demon-calling ways because of his brother. Like, being his helper (probably coerced helper at first) maybe? So perhaps Andrew would know to come looking for him if the Prom plan didn't go off like Tucker wanted.