Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (10 Feb. 1998)

As Valentine's Day approaches, Xander tries to improve his love life through witchcraft and finds himself with too much of a good thing.

Director:

James A. Contner

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), Marti Noxon

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	...	Angelus
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Seth Green	...	Oz
Kristine Sutherland	...	Joyce Summers
Robia LaMorte	...	Jenny Calendar
Elizabeth Anne Allen	...	Amy Madison
Mercedes McNab	...	Harmony Kendall
Lorna Scott	...	Miss Beakman
James Marsters	...	Spike
Juliet Landau	...	Drusilla
Jason Hall	...	Devon MacLeish

Storyline

Nice, insecure Xander's unnatural passionate yet loveless relationship with snooty, selfish Cordelia has never felt right, but when her friends find out and decide that's the end of her popular status, she dumps him without hesitation, ironically without getting back in their favor. Being dumped on Valentine's day after he gave her a swell heart-shaped necklace is too much abuse even for Xander's low self-esteem, so when he notices Amy has taken up her mother's witchcraft, he blackmails her into putting his scorner under a love spell so he can take his revenge by dumping her hist as painfully. Alas the novice's ineptly executed spell works on every girl except Cordelia and that means dangerous irrationality. Meanwhile vampires Spike, Drusilla and especially spiteful Angelus have their own unconventional ideas about celebrating Valentine's day...

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Plot Keywords:

female protagonist | hero gone bad | library | heroine

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 February 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:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Buffy was turned into a rat in this episode to enable Sarah Michelle Gellar to have the time off to perform on Saturday Night Live.

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Goofs

When Angelus throws Xander off the roof of Buffy's house, you can see a row of six two-by-fours propping up the porch rafters to support the weight of the stunt men on the roof.

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Quotes

Drusilla: How do you feel about eternal life?
Xander: We couldn't just start with a coffee?

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Connections

References Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Witch (1997)

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Soundtracks

"Got The Love"
Performed by Average White Band)

User Reviews

Probably the best episode of the most season I unlike

I have to say that I never really was a fan of season 2 but this season had it's moments. This is probably the best episode from season 2 and I find it to be extremely entertaining and thrilling. It was so much fun to watch all those catfights and Buffy turning into a rat. I admire the character of Amy very much and wish there was a screenplay eighth season to see her on action again.

Alyson was sort of bad in playing her role in this episode; when she acted like she was heartbroken by Xander and holding an axe, she wasn't at all convincing but instead I found her to be pathetic even though I have nothing against Alyson's acting pretty much. For Cordelia, she's somewhat a bitch and really after watching this episode for the first time, I thought Cordelia came back to her senses and realized that she's much more higher than the people she used to walk with but apparently, she had to be a bitch again and reprise her role in season 3. I had nothing much to say but I considering how much I enjoyed this episode I thought that I should write about it.