"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Who Are You? (2000)

Director:

Joss Whedon

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
Joss Whedon (written by)

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

29 February 2000 (Season 4, Episode 16)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Faith and Buffy switch bodies. Trapped in Faith's body, Buffy is kept in police custody, but on the way to the precinct...

Plot Keywords:

Body Switching | Female Protagonist | Kissing | Lesbian | Hero Gone Bad

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers / Faith
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Marc Blucas	...	Riley Finn
James Marsters	...	Spike
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Kristine Sutherland	...	Joyce Summers
Amber Benson	...	Tara Maclay
Leonard Roberts	...	Forrest Gates
George Hertzberg	...	Adam
Chet Grissom	...	Detective
Alastair Duncan	...	Collins
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya
Eliza Dushku	...	Faith / Buffy
Rick Stear	...	Boone

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Willow, Tara and Buffy (as Faith) arrive outside the church, Willow starts talking to the cop but we see her face in the corner of the screen and her mouth clearly isn't moving.

Quotes:

Willow: Buffy's like my best friend, she's really special, and there's this whole bunch of us, and-and we sort of have this group thing that revolves around the slaying and-and I really want you to meet them, but I-I just kinda like having something that's just, you know, mine. And I-I usually don't use so many words to say stuff that little, but, do you get it at all?
Tara: I do.
Willow: I should check in with Giles, get a situation update.
Tara: I am, you know.
Willow: What?
Tara: Yours.

Soundtrack:

Vivian

Hope in Faith

Faith and Buffy switch bodies, and Buffy, trapped in Faith's body, is kept in police custody. However, in the way to the precinct, the retrieval team of the Watchers' Council provokes an accident with an armored truck and captures her from the police car. Faith uses to freedom of Buffy's body to enjoy life, flirting with many guys in the Bronze and buying a ticket to overseas. When Willow introduces Tara to Buffy, she feels an evil aura in her soul. Willow and Tara decides to make a dangerous astral projection to the Nether Realm that exists beyond the physical world to find the truth. Adam trains three vampires against fear, and they kidnap and threaten churchgoers of a church. Faith listens to the news in the airport and goes to the church, where Buffy, Riley and the Scooby group are facing the monsters.

The sequel of "This Year's Girl" is a great episode of Buffy. The story develops in many directions, all of them very attractive, with participation of practically all the cast. It is clear that the permanence of Faith in Buffy's body changed her behavior, and she was able to sacrifice her secure travel to risk her life in the church. I liked this episode a lot, which had a rip-off in "Transference" in the Fourth Season of "Smallville", when Lionel Luthor swaps bodies with Clark Kent. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Quem é Você?" ("Who Are You?")