Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3, Episode 17: Enemies
Written by Douglas Petrie; Directed by David GrossmanWell, the home run couldn't last forever. After six episodes all ranking 7/10 or higher, this one feels like a big step down. It's not that it's terrible, but it's not of the same standard as the group of stellar episodes that preceded it. The problem, quite apart from the extremely lame demon mage with the most annoyingly pompous voice you ever heard, is that it's one of those "actually they were pretending all along" episodes that cheats the audience by not giving them a chance to work out that it's all a charade. Angel pretends to lose his soul and becomes the Angelus we all know and love from Season 2... but no! He just put on an act, and dear distraught Buffy was actually in on it all along! Yeesh. If my memory serves me correctly, they pulled this stunt on Angel (the series) numerous times, and it always felt like a kick in the unmentionables.
Overall rating: 6/10.
Next time: Earshot.
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