"Welcome to the Hellmouth" / "Bring on The Night"

[red_satin_doll]

"You're standing at the mouth of Hell. And it's about to open up." *

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"I'm beyond tired. I'm beyond scared.
I'm standing on the mouth of Hell and it's going to swallow me whole. And it'll choke on me." **

* Joss Whedon
** Marti Noxon & Douglas Petrie

Comments

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I don't recall much about "triangle" but it had one of Spike's best ever lines - maybe one of the best in the entire series? "I'm paralyzed with not caring very much." I've actually used that one in RL (ok, in my head but still...) I do think that Olaf is rather ridiculous in the way that a lot of people seem to find the cave fratboys in BB (which don't bother me so much); and there's the "ick" factor of Willow and Anya being in "competition" so to speak for Xander, for his affection and time if not as rival lovers. (XANDER? And Willow and Cordy compete for him in S2-3; if Xander represent Joss, then that's a total nerd boy wet-dream.)

And total agreement on DMP - the bs motivational posters, the interview, the sterile break room, the lowered hopes and diminished dreams, etc - been there, done that, will probably have to again. I think my "favorite" moments in that workplace are actually in DT (Tara visiting Buffy) and NA - the shot of Buffy "sleepwalking" to the fryer is harrowing, because "demon poison" aside, that numbness is very true to life. (And I'd think it be damned dangerous in that setting.)

IWMTLY is one I have to watch again. I was looking at the screencaps and astonished to see how happy Buffy is for most of it; I'd forgotten that. Riley's dumped her but she's coping, she's moving on, enjoying her friends, flirting with Ben, etc (At the time I still didn't realize that should have been my big screaming red flag that something horrible was going to happen.) I remembered loving Joyce going on a date - they remembered she was an adult woman and a sexual human being, yay! - and modeling for her daughters as my mom used to in front of me. I love the progression in Buffy's feelings about her mom's sexuality from Ted (although Joyce's dress is almost identical in both); Buffy and Joyce relate to one another in a more adult fashion - and yet actually hearing about it is still another story altogether. (I love Kristine Sutherland so much in that ep.) then there's the first time we see Warren and Katrina, Spike approaching him to build a bot - this episode resonates through the story for a long time to come. And it leads to The Body and what I consider the point of no return for Buffy. (I didn't realize I had so many FEELINGS about this ep!)

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

IWMTLY is a great ep. I tend to think all the good stuff in it--the big build-up to Buffy's "Yuh-huh" about the robot--gets overshadowed by the final scene.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I tend to think all the good stuff in it--the big build-up to Buffy's "Yuh-huh" about the robot--gets overshadowed by the final scene.

Absolutely. I do need to watch it again - the look on Buffy's face when Joyce talks about the dessert cart is priceless.