Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Episode 2: Some Assembly Required
Written by Ty King; Directed by Bruce Seth GreenOuch. After the season's promising start last week, this episode was a real letdown. It's not bad, just incredibly mediocre with some embarrassing parts. Ty King wrote two episodes of Buffy, and I find it quite amazing that the other was Passion, perhaps one of the strongest episodes ever. This was clearly intended to fill the schedule, and as such it doesn't feature any meaningful progression for the characters, while the main storyline, involving a couple of students digging up the dead bodies of girls to create a partner for a resurrected football player, is not only incredibly silly (not in itself a disaster) but also incredibly badly executed (which most certainly is a disaster). This feels more like a Season 1 episode than a Season 2 one, and I'm glad this format doesn't continue for too much longer.
4/10
Next time: School Hard, the introduction of a certain William the Bloody.
3 Comments:
I thought this was one of the worst episodes of the second season - silly plot and bad acting. At least School Hard was a step up.
By Baron Scarpia, at 21:24
I think Inca Mummy Girl and Reptile Boy are far worse, or at least that's my memory of them. I've only watched these episodes once, so it's always possible that I'll change my mind when I come to them.
By the way, are you going to be giving Season 3 a look soon?
By Whiggles, at 21:30
It's on the list, and will be coming up shortly.
By Baron scarpia, at 21:50
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