In "Shiny Happy People" everyone in the gang falls under the spell of Cordy's full grown child. She encourages them to remove the evil from LA by purging vamps. Everyone who meets Jasmine falls under her spell. Except one man who is terrified by her. Angel beats him up, sending him to the hospital. But Fred briefly sees Jasmine as a maggot-filled corpse, making her question the euphoria everyone feels around Jasmine. She visits the man in prison whose face is now permanently disfigured because Jasmine touched him. Fred tells Wes who then tells everyone else. Fred tried to kill Jasmine and flees after the failed attempt. Jasmine makes it on local TV as the episode ends, Fred fleeing from the cult-like following Jasmine now has.
This episode reminds me a lot of when Jonathan uses a spell to become everyone's hero or when Dawn shows up out of nowhere for the first time and everyone acts perfectly normal. The gang is so smitten with Jasmine that it gives the episode an almost dream-like quality until Fred pops out of it. For a second there, it had me almost wondering if Jasmine was good.
This episode is a fine introduction to Jasmine but it's not perfect. Her explanation of the history of man and demons is total nonsense but maybe that's the point? We as the audience can roll our eyes but we see how affected the gang is by her.
Also how does no one in that mall know there's a vampire bowling alley a few stores over?
This episode reminds me a lot of when Jonathan uses a spell to become everyone's hero or when Dawn shows up out of nowhere for the first time and everyone acts perfectly normal. The gang is so smitten with Jasmine that it gives the episode an almost dream-like quality until Fred pops out of it. For a second there, it had me almost wondering if Jasmine was good.
This episode is a fine introduction to Jasmine but it's not perfect. Her explanation of the history of man and demons is total nonsense but maybe that's the point? We as the audience can roll our eyes but we see how affected the gang is by her.
Also how does no one in that mall know there's a vampire bowling alley a few stores over?