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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1, Episode 4Teacher's Pet (24 Mar. 1997)Buffy's biology teacher is killed by a giant praying mantis that assumes the form of a beautiful substitute teacher. Director:Bruce Seth Green |
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| Sarah Michelle Gellar | ... | ||
| Nicholas Brendon | ... | ||
| Alyson Hannigan | ... | ||
| Charisma Carpenter | ... | ||
| Anthony Head | ... |
Rupert Giles
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| David Boreanaz | ... | ||
| Ken Lerner | ... | ||
| Musetta Vander | ... | ||
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Blayne Moll
(as Jackson Price)
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| Jean Speegle Howard | ... | ||
| William Monaghan | ... | ||
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Jack Knight | ... |
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Michael Ross Verona | ... |
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Karim Oliver | ... |
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Xander dreams of greatness. In Biology class the teacher, Dr. Gregory, is secretly eaten afterward, disappears, and is declared missing. Meanwhile, Angel gives Buffy another cryptic warning (and his black leather jacket) but no real personal info. A substitute teacher Ms. Natalie French steps in to continue the Biology lesson on insects, and her good looks guarantee volunteers after class. Later, Cordelia Chase finds Dr. Gregory decapitated. To Buffy's surprise vampires flee from Ms. French, leaving her and Giles to wonder why. She asks pheromone-soaked Xander to come study with her after class. Another student, Blayne also went to her house, but he didn't return from his previous appointment with Ms. French. When Xander arrives at her house he ends up drugged and locked up in her basement. He still refuses to believe his 'hot date' is a shape-shifting bug, even after being trapped with Blayne, but when she resumes her mantis-form, the and puts Xander in the cage with Blayne he ... Written by RubyRed67
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24 March 1997 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
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Buffy: Um, you mean yesterday in the cafeteria when we found him...
Principal Bob Flutie: Don't say dead, or decapitated, or decomposing. I'd stay away from 'D' words all together.
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The praying mantis puppet is actually a re-use of the Na'Grath prop from the first season of Babylon 5, which used the same make-up company. Musetta Vander, who plays the She-Mantis, also guest-starred in Babylon 5. See more »Goofs
Buffy finds the science teachers glasses on the floor, and she puts them on the table. In one shot she places them with the legs folded out right side up, and then in the close-up, the legs are folded in. In the next shot, the glasses are upside down on the table. See more »Quotes
Principal Bob Flutie: You were there. You saw Doctor Gregory didn't you?Buffy: Um, you mean yesterday in the cafeteria when we found him...
Principal Bob Flutie: Don't say dead, or decapitated, or decomposing. I'd stay away from 'D' words all together.
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All in all this episode has and will forever be a disappointment to loyal fans of the show for many reasons. The first of which is the plot which involves vampires...no sorry...praying mantis's.
This episode is a little bit out there as far as the main storyline goes but that does not say the episode is worth missing. For die hard fans of the show, the special fx and the overall "attitude" the episode displays will be worth watching even though the general story is flawed.
While trying to be bias meanwhile avoiding spoilers all I can say is this episode had promise but was not executed in a way which would have brought out such promise.
The episode is far from "bad" but also far from "excellent" In my opinion I give it a six.