Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3, Episode 9

The Wish (8 Dec. 1998)

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Cordelia's wish for a Buffy-free Sunnydale comes true, plunging her into a world where vampires have control of the town.

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Wanting to be rid of Xander for good, Cordelia comes to the conclusion that Buffy is the cause of all her problems and makes a wish to the new transfer student, Anya, that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale. Anya, being the evil and powerful vengeance demon Anyanka, grants that that wish and in a heartbeat... the entire world changes... and everything Cordelia knows is completely different. In this alternate reality of 'It's a Wonderful Life gone to Hell': the Master is alive and rules the town after dark from the Bronze; both Xander and Willow are vampires; and Giles with a small group of brave students, called The White Hats, are fighting a losing war of attrition against the vampires on their own. Then in a shocking turn, Cordelia gets killed by the vamps, leaving the alternate reality Giles to figure out on his own what has happened to this world they currently live in, leading to a meeting with the alternate reality Buffy. Written by Alex

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wish | vampire | demon | vengeance | library | See more »

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Trivia

When Buffy-from-Cleveland says, "I don't play well with others," this is the ultimate proof that Cordelia's wish really brought us into another universe, although some have tried to argue otherwise. See more »

Goofs

While Anya and Cordelia are talking before Anya gives Cordelia the necklace, there is a girl in the background who stands still, unsure of what she's doing before then moving. See more »

Quotes

Cordelia: What is this? Some kind of sick joke? Harmony told me you were dead.
Xander: [as Vamp Xander] Now, why would she say something like that? Let's think.
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References Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Prophecy Girl (1997) See more »

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"Get Out of My Way"
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Performed by Music House Music Library
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One of the best episodes of the series
8 December 2012 | by (http://atheism.community.officelive.com/quotes.aspx) – See all my reviews

I'm watching this again years after the first viewing, and it's as good as I remember it. It is sad, yet hopeful. It is serious, but with humor, dark humor. It is poignant, and shows what could have been. And it is joyous.

Some shows aren't as good years later when you watch them again. Some episodes of Buffy, like many in the second season (besides the obviously pivotal ones, aren't as good as I remember them. But this episode shows two worlds without rushing through either. It is fast-paced, yet deliberate.

It is perfect.


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