Episode 9: What's My Line Pt. 1

Season Two, Episode Nine

"What's My Line Pt. 1"

For being a pretty important episode, part one is pretty boring. Some interesting things happen but the big overall theme doesn't come much into play until part two. The episode opens with everyone taking tests to see what kinds of careers they'd be suited for and Buffy turns into Harry book 5 and is grumpy at the world because she doesn't have any options since she's the Chosen One.

Angel is at her house hanging out with Buffy's stuffed animals so she lets her angst out on him. However, she soon realizes that it probably isn't the best idea to act like this to the guy she really wants to form a relationship with so she tells him what's up. She explains how she “wants a normal life, like [she] had before”  to which Angel stupidly replies “before me.” REALLY, ANGEL?!?! She’s the Chosen One and you assume she meant the normal life she had before you both developed feelings for each other? She's sixteen-years-old, it should be pretty freaking obvious that she meant the normal life she had before she started needing to carry around stakes and wear a cross to protect herself from the undead she's now destined to kill. Ugh, boys are stupid...

I'm too irritated by Angel to form sentences so here are some of my random notes:

-“Motivational speaker, on what? Ten ways to a more annoying you?” lol Xander to Cordelia
-"9 yards of what?" I want to know this as well, actually. Anyone know?
-Willow and Oz, our two little geniuses are adorable
-Creepy guy gets himself invited to some woman's house and turns into a bunch of maggots. Ew...
-Who is this girl with really strange pants?
-This guy looks like an evil, non-giant version of Hagrid

-“Do you know what the ring means?” “I just killed a Superbowl champ?” haha
-Okay, so this is sweet. Angel is all self-conscious saying Buffy shouldn’t have to touch him when he’s “like this” (meaning vamp face) and she tells him she didn’t even notice. D’awwww.
Okay, after that bit of adorableness, I'm not mad at Angel for being an idiot anymore and I can resume forming sentences. Angel tells Buffy to leave and she goes to the library and Giles tells her the same thing. Basically, they figured out Buffy is in trouble because a gang of creepos are out to get her and “[she] won’t know who they are until they strike,” hence why both of them tell her to flee. She becomes very paranoid and grabs Oz; hilarity then ensues to break the tension.

Buffy doesn’t think very well when she feels trapped, which is normal; most of us act rashly when we feel this way. However, the problem with Buffy doing this is that she’s the Slayer and she tends to have people coming after her and they don’t have cell phones so the rest of the scoobies become really uneasy about things when they don’t know where she is.

And apparently they should be worried, because strange pants girl comes back at just the wrong moment and tries to kill Angel just when he’s about to get information on where Spike is. And now strange pants girl locks Angel in a cage and speaks to him in a weird accent about how the sun will be up in a few hours and he will be locked in the cage, unable to hide from it. Thus, giving her time to find his "little girlfriend" a.k.a. Buffy.

Bad things happen now starting with Cordelia letting in creepy maggot guy, oh noes!

Now strange pants finds Buffy tries to kill her while she’s sleeping and they start fighting. AND WE LEARN STRANGE PANTS GIRL HAS A NAME! She’s Kendra…the Vampire Slayer. *dramatic noises*

TO BE CONTINUED!

Favorite Lines: “No, it’s a statistical impossibility for a sixteen-year-old girl to unplug her phone” – Xander & “Don’t warn the tadpoles!” Willow is all sorts of adorable <3

-Sarah

Kali's Notes:
There isn't too much to add, since most of the main points will be brought up again in tomorrow's episode in greater detail. Even the commentary didn't add much.

- The aptitude tests that they are taking at the beginning set-up the long-running gag about wanting to be a florist makes you prone to being a serial killer. Here, it starts with liking shrubs. Shrubs are the gateway plant.
- True fact: Sarah Michelle Gellar can actually ice skate. She put that on her resume so they added it into this episode to show her isolation. Also, killing someone via ice skate is pretty awesome.
- The Buffy/Angel scenes are great. Buffy sneaks into her own room with Angel in there, nice role reversal. We get to see how much she is growing to care for him when she doesn't care about him being in his vampire-face. She also goes looking for him when she is feeling upset. When she can't find him, she just lays on his bed in the fetal position. So sad. :(
- Lastly, OZ!!! We finally get some Oz/Willow interaction. While I love Spike and all his sexiness, he doesn't become that interesting for a couple seasons. So right now, Oz is my new boyfriend. He is so witty and funny, definitely a Ravenclaw. My favorite line is after Buffy attacks him, says "Try it!", then apologizes for the mistake Oz replies "I'm still not clear what I'm supposed to try."