Him (5 Nov. 2002)

Dawn's simple crush on Sunnydale High's star quarterback RJ starts to become obsessive, leading Buffy to investigate the boy herself. When Buffy, along with all the other women who see RJ, ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Gershman

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), Drew Z. Greenberg

Stars:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Dawn Summers
James Marsters	...	Spike
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Thad Luckinbill	...	R.J. Brooks
Brandon Keener	...	Lance Brooks
D.B. Woodside	...	Principal Robin Wood (as DB Woodside)
Yan England	...	O'Donnell
Angela Sarafyan	...	Lori
David Ghilardi	...	Teacher
Riki Lindhome	...	Cheryl
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kelley Deal	...	The Breeders
Kim Deal	...	The Breeders

Storyline

Dawn's simple crush on Sunnydale High's star quarterback RJ starts to become obsessive, leading Buffy to investigate the boy herself. When Buffy, along with all the other women who see RJ, also fall in love with him, Spike and Xander must team up to discover the source of this attraction. But first they have to keep the women from doing anything crazy in their competition for RJ's affection.

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Plot Keywords:

female protagonist | heroine | sister sister relationship | lesbian

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 November 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

1800 Stewart St., Santa Monica, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy, Kuzui Enterprises, Sandollar Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Buffy, in her role as guidance counselor, tells RJ (Thad Luckinbill) that "I'm not that much older than you. In fact we're practically the same age." In reality, Luckinbill is two years older than Sarah Michelle Gellar.

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Goofs

When Dawn leaves the principal's office, she leaves her bag there. In the next scene, Dawn is walking with her bag.

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Quotes

Willow: Well, I have skills. I can prove my love with magic.
Anya: Yeah, right. What are you gonna do? Use magic to make him into a girl?
[Willow's face lights up]
Anya: Damn...

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Connections

References A Summer Place (1959)

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Soundtracks

"Warning Sign"
(uncredited)
Written by Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Will Champion and Jon Buckland
Performed by Coldplay

User Reviews

Rip-Off and to make things worse a rip-off of something good

This is THE WORST EPISODE OF BTVS. The reasons are it copied off the classic idea of "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" only this has just Dawn, Buffy, Anya and Willow and a few cheerleaders wanting RJ. Dawn trying to impress RJ (yep that is his name) would have to be the worst piece of writing these "writers" have ever done. I Had to take breaks in between watching this. If only the last Series Of Buffy Were more like the last Series Of Angel it's superior, yep EVEN ANGEL TURNED INTO A PUPPET WAS BETTER THAN THIS. I have the final series of both Buffy and Angel on DVD I showed a small part to this to a friend and he said "it's a comedy" well Ha Ha very sick joke Drew Z Greenberg. So If you have this Season of BtVS on DVD and you come across this episode Please skip it.

I thought the Worst episode out of The Series Was Ted (for those of you who haven't been following the series think Stepfather combined with Terminator) but this makes Ted look like "Angel." (Series and episode) The only thing that was close to funny in this is when Xander has a flashback of Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered and when it finishes he has a huge smile on his face. My vote is 1