"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" The I in Team (2000)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

James A. Contner

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
David Fury (written by)

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

8 February 2000 (Season 4, Episode 13)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

When Riley tells the Initiative about Buffy, they invite her to join their ranks. But it soon becomes apparent that her independent attitude and need to question orders may not be what the Initiative is looking for.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Returning Character Killed Off | Medical Examination | Female Protagonist | Lesbian

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Marc Blucas	...	Riley Finn
James Marsters	...	Spike
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Amber Benson	...	Tara Maclay
George Hertzberg	...	Adam
Leonard Roberts	...	Forrest Gates
Bailey Chase	...	Graham Miller
Jack Stehlin	...	Dr. Angelman
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya
Lindsay Crouse	...	Professor Maggie Walsh
Neil Daly	...	Mason
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael R Bowman	...	Lab Tech #2

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Goofs:

Continuity: When being integrated into the initiative, Professor Walsh hands a pager to Buffy. Buffy then insinuates that she has never had one before and that she has meant to get one. However, in Season 1's “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date”, when she is about to go on her date with Owen she says to Giles "If the apocalypse comes, beep me." as she holds up a pager.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Willow Rosenberg: I implore you, Neisa, blessed goddess of chance and fortune, heed my call. Send to me the heart I desire.
Xander Harris: [the camera pulls back to show she is holding five cards] You know, magic at the poker table qualifies as cheating.
Willow Rosenberg: That wasn't magic. I was praying. Two, please.

Movie Connections:

References Private Benjamin (1980)

Soundtrack:

Keep Myself Awake

Removing the Complication

Buffy is completely excited with Ripley and The Initiative, questioning many points of the operation. After capturing a demon, Buffy and Ripley make love, but Professor Maggie Walsh sees Buffy as a complication for the group and decides to get rid off her, betraying and sending Buffy to face death with two powerful demons. Meanwhile, Willow misses her friend and becomes closer to Tara Maclay (Amber Benson). The selfish Spike looks for help with Giles to remove a tracking device from his shoulder.

In "The I in Team", Buffy finally finds that Professor Maggie Walsh is also evil, but the real intentions of The Initiative are not disclosed. The last minutes of this episode are great, opening many possibilities for the next ones. Spike is hilarious, as usual, and in this moment he is my favorite character of this cool series. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Meu Papel na Equipe" ("My Role in the Team")