Anne (29 Sep. 1998)

Buffy -- living on her own in a big city -- assists a girl whose boyfriend has mysteriously vanished. Back in Sunnydale, Buffy's friends do their best to battle the forces of evil.

Director:

Joss Whedon

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), Joss Whedon

Stars:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
David Boreanaz	...	Angel
Seth Green	...	Oz
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Kristine Sutherland	...	Joyce Summers
Julia Lee	...	Lily
Carlos Jacott	...	Ken
Mary-Pat Green	...	Blood Bank Doctor
Chad Todhunter	...	Rickie
Larry Bagby	...	Larry Blaisdell (as Larry Bagby III)
James Lurie	...	Mr. Miller
Michael Leopard	...	Roughneck

Storyline

While Cordelia flies off to Cancun for the summer, Xander, Willow and Oz learn to control the vampire population (to some degree of success) without the Slayer. Meanwhile Giles follows false trails and searches for Buffy all over the United States, but as the new school year starts without the expelled Buffy, the Scooby Gang wonder where she is. Living under an assumed name,her middle name Anne, she becomes a waitress in Los Angeles, still dreaming of eternal love with Angel but tortured by the thoughts of what she had to do to him. She is soon recognized by another former Sunnydale student, whose present alias is Lily, and Buffy/Anne helps Lily search for her sweetheart, Rickie, whose life-drained body they find. Only later after Lily goes with Ken, a man who seems to be some sort of pastor to the lost and homeless, do they realize that Ken is really the culprit in Rickie's death. When Ken pushes Lily and Buffy through a portal to a hell of hard labor they have to find out - can a ...

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Plot Keywords:

butt slap | female protagonist | reference to gandhi | library | heroine | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 September 1998 (USA)

Filming Locations:

1800 Stewart St., Santa Monica, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy, Kuzui Enterprises, Sandollar Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scene in school at the beginning, from about 6:43 to 10 minutes on DVD, is all filmed in a single take. From the library, through the cafeteria to the hallway, with six main actors, about a hundred extras and nearly fifty lines of dialogue.

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Goofs

When Buffy wakes up from her dream, she is wearing her cross. When she gets up and goes to the window, the cross is gone.

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Quotes

Xander Harris: You don't hide. You're bait. Go act baity.
Cordelia Chase: What's the plan?
Xander Harris: The vampire attacks you.
Cordelia Chase: And then what?
Xander Harris: The vampire kills you. We watch, we rejoice.

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Connections

References Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Inca Mummy Girl (1997)

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Soundtracks

"Deliverance"
Performed by Christophe Beck

User Reviews

Peak Production Values For This "Buffy" Episode

For the first episode of season three of "Buffy," Joss Whedon spared no expense. Great cinematography, loads of stunt work and great set design. (Too bad that IMDb does not post budget information on individual TV episodes, this episode must have gone way over budget to get in those hellfire factory action scenes.) Plus there is the main plot line, a story as grim as any shown on a broadcast TV series. I edited out the scenes set in Sunnyvale, leaving just the scenes involving Buffy and her encounter with an evil group that preys on runaways. In the 32 minutes running time of my version, Buffy goes from a downcast waitress in a diner to a demon killing machine. I have seen nothing like this "Buffy" on TV since, this episode is made like a big budget mini-movie.