Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3, Episode 15: Consequences
Written by Marti Noxon; Directed by Michael GershmanThis episode serves as a double bill of sorts with Bad Girls, and it's the rare instance of Part 1 actually being better than Part 2. There's nothing particularly wrong with Consequences, just a whole bunch of plot points that niggle me. Generally, they're issues that are not followed through properly in subsequent episodes, such as the fact that the murder of Finch is simply brushed under the carpet. I mean, I know Sunnydale's authorities are used to town's the high body count, but I find it hard to believe the police would simply drop an unsolved murder investigation. Maybe I should be blaming the later episodes for this oversight, but I feel that this one is deserving of at least some of the blame for setting up a plot twist that the writers had no intention of dealing with.
Oh - and one more thing that's bugging me: how did two puny members of the Watchers' Council, one of them the weedy Wesley, manage to overpower Faith and forcibly extract her? Okay, I know that, later on Angel, Wesley turned into a gristled gun-slinging action hero, but I find it a bit of a stretch all the same.
Overall rating: 8/10.
Next time: Doppelgangland.
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