Go Fish
- Episode aired May 5, 1998
- TV-PG
- 1h
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Members of the Sunnydale swim team are killed by a gill monster of unknown origins.Members of the Sunnydale swim team are killed by a gill monster of unknown origins.Members of the Sunnydale swim team are killed by a gill monster of unknown origins.
Anthony Head
- Rupert Giles
- (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWentworth Miller's first screen credit.
- GoofsWhen in the Mustang, Cameron locks the door to keep Buffy from escaping. Opening those doors from the inside automatically unlocks them.
- Quotes
Willow Rosenberg: So we're lookin' for a beastie.
Rupert Giles: That, uh, eats humans whole... Except for the skin.
Buffy Summers: This doesn't make any sense.
Xander Harris: Yeah, the skin's the best part.
Buffy Summers: Any demons with high cholesterol?
[Giles looks at her thoroughly un-amused]
Buffy Summers: You're gonna think about that later, mister, and you're gonna laugh.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gift (2001)
- SoundtracksMann's Chinese
Performed by Naked
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Not to be carelessly waved off
Sunnydale is a town with a school sitting on something that is basically both a sealed portal to Hell and a magnet for all sorts of evil creatures. Does a thing like that need attention? It does. And there is this system in place for humanity to secretly deal with such stuff. The system is old and goes like this. In every generation there is a girl destined to stand against the forces of darkness, a "slayer". She has two things to help her. First, physical strength you wouldn't expect from someone her size, or from any human, for that matter. Second, an experienced "watcher" meant to act as her teacher, one that does the research, not the fighting. Should a slayer be killed, another one will show up as fast as possible. With her life instantaneously and drastically altered. That's how Buffy Summers became the slayer. And there is something she has that makes her different from any other slayer. Not only does she have the strength and a watcher, she also has friends. And they prove vital. Now, with the second season drawing to an end, with the main villains having attempted something huge more than once already, and with an apparent another attempt just around the corner, something distracts Buffy and her company from the big baddies. They have been dealt with more than once and will be again. For now, though, they are in the shadow, plotting and preparing. But that does not mean the good guys can rest. In "Go Fish", the heroes face an unknown danger. But even so, the general thread of the season and the show thus far is solid. Not only is it not damaged, but used in a way that helps our heroes do their job.
The episode can be both scary and funny exactly at the right moments. The monster effects are satisfying. The creatures themselves prove more difficult to deal with than vampires. The importance of friendship and team work is once again pointed out. What else is pointed out and should be brought up here is how what you see is not necessarily the truth. If you're witness to an event, be careful. That event may be the result of a chain of other events resulting in you misunderstanding it all. Be careful and scientific! Isn't that what school is supposed to teach all of us?
The episode can be both scary and funny exactly at the right moments. The monster effects are satisfying. The creatures themselves prove more difficult to deal with than vampires. The importance of friendship and team work is once again pointed out. What else is pointed out and should be brought up here is how what you see is not necessarily the truth. If you're witness to an event, be careful. That event may be the result of a chain of other events resulting in you misunderstanding it all. Be careful and scientific! Isn't that what school is supposed to teach all of us?
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