"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Prophecy Girl (1997)

Director:

Joss Whedon

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
Joss Whedon (written by)

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

2 June 1997 (Season 1, Episode 12)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

In the first-season finale, Giles discovers an ancient prophecy which states that Buffy will face the Master and she will die...

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Crossbow | Prom | Clinical Death | Heroine

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Mark Metcalf	...	The Master
David Boreanaz	...	Angel
Kristine Sutherland	...	Joyce Summers
Robia LaMorte	...	Jenny Calendar
Andrew J. Ferchland	...	Collin
Scott Gurney	...	Kevin

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Trivia:

Originally, another sign of the impending apocalypse was going to be stones raining down on Sunnydale High. It was cut out due to budget costs.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Buffy goes down to stop the Master, he kills her and throws her into some water. She lands with her arms underneath her and her hair tied in a ponytail. When Angel and Xander find her, her hair is loose and she has her arms out to her sides.

Quotes:

Xander: You were looking at my neck.
Angel: What?
Xander: You were checking out my neck. I saw that.
Angel: No, I wasn't.
Xander: Just keep your distance, pal.
Angel: I wasn't looking at your neck.
Xander: I told you to eat before we left.

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)

Soundtrack:

I Fall To Pieces

The Master's Defeated

I expected a better ending for this episode, but i didn't say that the ending was bad it was good. However, there is something inside this episode never explained throughout the series, and that's how Buffy was alive again and not transformed into a vampire after being bitten by the master. She was just alive. Did the master drunk enough blood from Buffy to kill her but not enough to transform her into a vampire or what? How is Buffy alive suddenly after being dead for a sometime? Did the writer wanted to make this issue optional for the viewers.

However I like this episode but i really hoped so much for a better ending. It was also funny when Buffy said to the master that he had bad breath. I liked how Joyce encouraged Buffy to go to the prom even if she is dateless. I loved when the vampires chased Cordelia, Miss Calender, and Willow. I loved it when the vampires surrounded the library. There are many things I like about this episode, but still it wasn't very good it was average to me.