Reptile Boy (13 Oct. 1997)

Buffy and Cordelia attend a frat party where they are offered as human sacrifices to a reptile-like creature.

Director:

David Greenwalt

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), David Greenwalt

Stars:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
David Boreanaz	...	Angel
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Greg Vaughan	...	Richard Anderson (as Greg Vaughn)
Todd Babcock	...	Tom Warner
Jordana Spiro	...	Callie Anderson
Robin Atkin Downes	...	Machida
Danny Strong	...	Jonathan Levinson
Christopher Dahlberg	...	Tackle (as Christopher Dalhberg)
Jason Posey	...	Linebacker
Coby Bell	...	Young Man

Storyline

The people around Buffy start needing more and more, and she starts feeling pulled apart. When Cordelia's college crush shows up on campus with a friend who has eyes for Buffy, Cordelia convinces Buffy to come with her to the frat party. But the party soon turns sinister, and Buffy learns the connection between the fraternity and the local girls who have recently gone missing.

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Plot Keywords:

heroine | female protagonist | library | giant snake

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 1997 (USA)

Filming Locations:

1800 Stewart St., Santa Monica, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy, Kuzui Enterprises, Sandollar Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

One of the things Cordelia tells Buffy not to wear is anything black, yet when they go to the party Buffy's wearing a black dress.

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Quotes

Cordelia Chase: Oh, Buffy, it's like we're sisters, with really different hair.

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Connections

Referenced in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Wish (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Devil's Lair"
Written and Performed by Shawn K. Clement and Sean Murray (as Sean W. Murray)

User Reviews

The cult of Machida

Buffy and Cordelia is invited to a fraternity party, but the fraternity is a cult and plan to use them as an offering to their snakelike patron.

The story in this episode is great and the execution is splendid. The fraternity is very cult-like with robes and a well placed base of operations. At the center of this episode is the unknown workings of the very secretive fraternities, you just don't known what might lie at their center (The Skulls is an other movie that deals with this issue). The acting is good while not breathtaking and the effects is just great, the snakelike patron is perhaps the best made effect in this episode (yes, yes I known that given the possibilities in our day and time it could be better, but this is/was not a million dollar budget) but the cave or cellar is also good. An 8 out of 10.