Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Sep: B- | 1863 USERS: C+
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In the basement at Casa Summers, Anya and Andrew are giving an informational presentation to the collected Junior Misses. Anya is telling everyone an oh-so-vital piece of intel, namely that the "Übervamps are hard to kill." Andrew writes "Übervamps are hard to kill" on the whiteboard." He doesn't use an umlaut. My soul screams. Anya tries to rally some enthusiasm, saying that new information from her contacts reveals that they can indeed be staked through the heart. Either Anya is deliberately misinforming the girls, or her contact didn't see "Bring On The Night." Or -- and I can't even believe that I'm going to suggest this -- the writers themselves goofed up. I KNOW. Perish the thought, huh? Next bit of info: although the Übies are so very stake-able, they've all been doing those Pecs of Steel videos fanatically (it's so hard to get good workout tapes in the underworld. All they've really got are those Alyssa Milano ones from the '80s), and therefore it takes quite a jab to do the job. Anya concludes, "But you guys are all super-strong, right?" I swear, that question was taken directly from the writers' roundtable, as everyone but the writers of this show seems to remember the Junior Misses do not, in fact, have plus four to hit against undead yet. Rona breaks in to say that at this point she's more afraid of Father Insert Witty Name Here than the übervamps they haven't even seen in the last ten episodes. "Why bother," glums Millie. "Nothing works, nothing will." Oh, Millie! Don't be a pain-bow! Anya loses what little composure she has and tells the group that she personally would rather be with Xander right now. And probably would be too, "if not for a certain awkward discussion he and I recently had right over there on that cot, immediately following some exciting and unexpected break-up sex." Andrew dutifully writes "break-up sex" on the board while the Junior Misses who were seated on said cot find some new seats. "But I need to give him some space…so I'm contributing all I can and so will all of you. You can't stop just because something else is trying to kill you too." Anyone feeling inspired yet?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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