"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Into the Woods (2000)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Marti Noxon

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
Marti Noxon (written by)

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

19 December 2000 (Season 5, Episode 10)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

After the surgery of Joyce, the surgeon tells Buffy, Dawn, Riley, Giles, Willow and Xander that the...

Plot Keywords:

Female Protagonist | Lesbian | Heroine | Sister Sister Relationship | Jewish Witch

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Marc Blucas	...	Riley Finn
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Dawn Summers
James Marsters	...	Spike
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Bailey Chase	...	Graham Miller
Nick Chinlund	...	Major Ellis
Kristine Sutherland	...	Joyce Summers
Randy Thompson	...	Dr. Kriegel
Rainy Jo Stout	...	Junkie Vampire Girl
Emmanuel Xuereb	...	Whip
Adam G.	...	Tough Vamp

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Goofs:

Plot holes: After Buffy and Riley's talk in the training room, Buffy tells Xander that Riley is leaving with a covert ops squad at midnight -- but Riley never mentioned a time to her, he only said "tonight."

Quotes:

Anya: I'm sorry, Willow. Thank you for making time in your busy life to come in here and get in the way of mine.
Xander: Anya, play nice.
Anya: You know, fine, take her side instead of mine even though I'm the one who sleeps with you, and feeds you, bathes you...
Willow: [looking disturbed] She bathes you?
Xander: Only in an erotic, Penthouse-y way. Not in a sponge-bath-y, geriatric sort of...
Rupert Giles: Please. Stop, I beg of you.

Movie Connections:

References MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)

Have a Nice Day. Don't Get Bitten

After the surgery of Joyce, the surgeon tells Buffy, Dawn, Riley, Giles, Willow and Xander that the procedure was successful and the brain tumor had been totally removed, and Joyce would stay in the hospital for observation. While Anya and Xander lodge Dawn, Buffy and Riley spend the night together in her house. However, the snoopy Spike sees Riley leaving Buffy's place in the night while stalking her, and finds that Riley is addicted in vampire bite in a junkie nest where people pay to be bitten by vampires. He discloses the truth to Buffy, and she breaks with Riley after and argument. When the Initiative invites Riley to go to an operation in Belize, he gives an ultimatum to Buffy about the future of their relationship.

This episode is certainly the weakest of the Fifth Season and one of the worst of Buffy series. The explanation of Riley is shamefully ridiculous; Dawn is still and very annoying character; Xander giving advice to Buffy is weird; and in the end, Anya saves the show with her greeting: "- Have a nice day. Don't get bitten." But I was totally bored with this silly show. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Na Floresta" ("In the Forest")