The frightened blonde alone with the bad boy.

Written by: Joss Whedon. Jesse... Eric Balfour Principal Flutie... Ken Lerner Joyce... Kristine Sutherland the Master... Mark Metcalf Darla... Julie Benz Luke... Brian Thompson Summary: 16 year old Buffy Summers moves to Sunnydale and starts in a new school. But things that she is trying to escape from come back to haunt her when a body is found in the school. It appears that Sunnydale isn't a normal town but neither is Buffy just a regular girl, she is the vampire slayer.

Sorry, Xander but you can't have her. Dark, gorgeous in an annoying sort of way. Willow's reaction when she sees Darla in the school girl outfit. A 16 year old girl kicked her ass and carries a stake with her and Darla still doesn't know who she is. Hmm...

Quotes: Xander to Buffy: Can I have you? (embarrassed chuckle) Can I help you? Buffy: Uh, Hi! Willow, right? Willow: Why? I-I mean, hi! Uh, did you want me to move? Buffy: Why don't we start with, 'Hi, I'm Buffy,' and, uh, then let's segue directly into me asking you for a favor. It doesn't involve moving, but it does involve hanging out with me for a while. Willow: But aren't you hanging out with Cordelia? Buffy: I can't do both? Willow: Not legally. Buffy: Look, I really wanna get by here - new school - and... Cordelia's been really nice... to me... anyway, but, uhm, I kinda have this burning desire not to flunk all my classes and I heard a rumor that you were the person to talk to if I wanted to get caught up. Angel: Ah, heh. Is there a problem, ma'am? Buffy: Yeah, there's a problem. Why are you following me? Angel: I know what you're thinking. Don't worry, I don't bite. (Gets up from the ground) Truth is, I thought you'd be taller, or bigger muscles and all that. You're pretty spry, though. Buffy: Who are you? Angel: Let's just say... I'm a friend. Buffy: Oh, you're here with someone? Willow: No, I'm just here. I thought Xander was gonna show up. Buffy: Oh, are you guys going out? Willow: No, we're just friends. We used to go out, but we broke up. Buffy: How come? Willow: He stole my Barbie. Oh, we were five. Buffy: Oh. Willow: I-I-I don't actually date a whole lot... lately. Buffy: Why not? Willow: Well, when I'm with a boy I like, it's hard for me to say anything cool, or, or witty, or at all. I-I can usually make a few vowel sounds and then I have to go away. Buffy: It's not that bad! Willow: No, i-it is. I think boys are more interested in a girl who can talk. Buffy: You really haven't been dating lately. Buffy: That the Harvest is coming. I know, your friend told me. Giles: What did you say? Buffy: The Harvest. That mean something to you? 'Cause I'm drawing a blank. Giles: I'm not sure. Uh... W-who told you this? Buffy: This... guy. Dark, gorgeous in an annoying sort of way. I figured you two were buds. Giles: No. The Harvest. Did he say anything else? Buffy: Something about the Mouth of Hell. I really didn't like him! Cordelia: My mom doesn't even get out of bed anymore. And the doctor says it's Epstein-Barr. I'm like, pleeease! It's chronic hepatitis, or at least chronic fatigue syndrome. I mean, nobody cool has Epstein-Barr anymore. Cordelia: Excuse me, I have to call everyone I have ever met, right now. Buffy: Now, we can do this the hard way, or... well, actually there's just the hard way. Darla: That's fine with me! Buffy: Are you sure? Now, this is not gonna be pretty. We're talking violence, strong language, adult content... (stakes the male vampire) See what happens when you roughhouse?

My review for the episode: The first episode of Buffy ever, when all the characters were still young and innocent, those were the times. This is a great opening episode of a series, it explains all the characters and the slayer mythology without feeling like a boring history lesson. I really liked that this isn't predictable, in the beginning the frightened blonde isn't the one being used but actually the monster to be feared and the bubbly normal teenage girl turns out to be the only one that can fight those monsters. Joyce was doing well as a mother up until the point where she said “Try not to get kicked out”, that wasn't very supporting thing to say. But she was playing the good mother later when Buffy was leaving to the Bronze but why hadn't she heard about the dead body found at the school? Principal Flutie tearing Buffy's file, then taping it back together was funny. Xander was cute as the “bibbling idiot” and Willow is really sympathetic character with her quirky nerdiness and shyness, really felt bad for her when Cordy was bashing her. Really loved the talks between Buffy and Willow, and we got the famous reason why she and Xander broke up. He stole her Barbie, heh . Cordelia is a perfect bitch, she's the character you love to hate and has some great dialog. Buffy could have become one of the cordette's, a popular cheerleader who tormented Willow and Xander since she had already had Cordelia's approval. But despite being a “retired” slayer, she didn't ignore her duty and sacrificed her “social life” by doing the right thing and becoming friends with Willow, Xander and Jesse. And you can see from the look she gives Cordelia as she's being nasty to Willow that Buffy doesn't really like Cordy's behavior. And it's not hard to mistake Cordelia for a soulless bloodsucker. *Grin* Did Giles think he gave the vampyr book to the wrong girl when Buffy fled the library? Really loved the interaction between Buffy and Giles, they really have great chemistry and he got a reality check on slayer's life, he did look a little taken back so I guess he hadn't really thought about it from that point of view. Poor Giles really looks out of place in the Bronze in his tweed suit and gotta love that stuttering, “but you didn't... hone”. And for some reason Buffy saying she didn't like the dark, annoyingly gorgeous guy didn't sound very convincing, it always makes me break into a smile. And Angel. The first time I saw this episode I was really surprised by how young and skinny Angel/DB looked, and lets not forget yummy *swoon*. And the chemistry between Buffy and Angel is unbelievable, the screen was sizzling when they were together. And lets not forget the smirk... Okay, I'm back. Just got a little distracted by the dark, mysterious smirking salty goodness. Lets move on to the characters that don't make me so distracted. Master is a great villain, on my top three of favorites, he's creepy and sometimes kinda funny, “Bring me something... young”. Luke is in a way cliché bad guy but for some reason I like him as a disposable baddie. And in this episode I wasn't as annoyed with Darla as I could be and Buffy could have staked her skanky ass if she hadn't been so busy joking. She should have just “plunge and move on, plunge and...” like Giles instructed in Never kill a boy on the first date. But we'll get to enjoy her turning to dust later. Buffy was a little easily thrown around by Luke, guess she wasn't on the top of her game yet, but the episode ended in a suspending cliffhanger. Where was the cross-necklace that Angel gave her? 10 -

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