Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4, Episode 13: The I in Team
Written by David Fury; Directed by James A. ContnerBefore I discuss the merits of this episode, I just want to say that it contains what is possibly the most bizarre piece of editing in the entire history of the series: Buffy and Riley having sex intercut with them taking down a demon. Set to slow, melodic, vaguely Arabic-sounding music. What was that all about?
This is not in itself a bad episode, lacking the sheer mundaneness of the ones preceeding it, but the Initiative was, as I've said before, never a good idea, and any episode in which Buffy spends most of her time working with them was bound to be a bad, bad idea. Luckily, her tenure with the army boys is short-lived, as Walsh betrays her and attempts to have her exterminated. As a part of the grand scheme of things, therefore, this episode is much more of a mover than many of the ones directly preceeding it, and as such, watching it for the plot is a lot more satisfying than, say, Doomed.
And I find myself remarking, not for the first time, just how hairy Sarah Michelle Gellar's arms are, while the men of the show have a distinct lack of body hair in general.
Overall rating: 7/10.
Next time: Goodbye Iowa.
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