Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Inca Mummy Girl (2x04)

Moving right along here... from the sublime to the ridiculous.

But it isn't really, of course. It's just another episode, and we're back to more-or-less the pre-Spike standards. The thing is, "School Hard" spoiled me. (I still don't understand that title.)

With "School Hard", we got what I think of as a grown-up story, and for the first time I really believed that vampires could be dangerous (and bad, and good) and that Buffy's role as Slayer really meant something on both a cosmic and a human scale.

So: relaxing the adrenaline level, it's back to "tales out of school", and if you'll forgive me for saying so, it all looks a little stupider than ever. Especially Xander. We're back to adolescent concerns and situations, and I'm feeling a little impatient with the "who'll get a date for the dance" situations. It's like going from post-grad studies back to kindergarten.

Still: you've gotta like it, when a major plot point is a teen-age girl's lack of lipstick.

( Points... )

Spoiler for series 4...

I don't know if I believe anything I read in The Sun, but the picture is cool.

The significant ( point is that.. )