Speaking of such, Buffy and Spike enter the kitchen, and Spike's hitting the 'ludes and Jack D. so hard this week that I can't understand a single thing he slurs out. Through the miracle of closed captioning, I can tell you that he mumbles, "Damn girls' dorm is what it is," before lighting up a cigarette. In the kitchen. While people are eating breakfast. He may not be evil anymore, but he sure is inconsiderate! Dawn complains too and moves up a tiny notch in my estimation. Andrew decides that "it's time to do some introductions" and points the camera towards Millie. Millie starts to introduce herself, but Andrew's all, "Not you, sweetheart," because he wants to focus in on Buffy. Then our point of view switches to Nerd Fantasy Cam. The light in the kitchen is golden and Buffy floats by, pouring cereal into her bowl. Her hair blows around seductively in that sexy shampoo commercial way. Buffy turns to the camera and winks as Andrew describes her as "beautiful, with a lion's heart and the face of an angel." But not of Angel, because that would just be weird. I'm getting a whiff of old Beverly Hills 90210 off this tertiary character praise of the lead, so let's just move on. And move on quickly, because AAAAGH! Shirtless Spike! My eyes! The goggles do nothing! I know, it's a cliché at this point, but I just had to. Buffy and Spike move into an embrace as Andrew tells us, "You can feel the heat between them, although technically as a vam-pyre -- he's room temperature."
Then Anya glides into the frame, dangling a bunch of grapes over her mouth. She tongues one off the bunch and gets the following description: "A feisty waif with a fiery temper and a vulnerable heart that she hides even from herself." Andrew calling Anya a waif is quite pot 'n' kettle, isn't it? Andrew pans over to a miscellaneous Junior Miss, but then Buffy's griping knocks us out of Nerd Fantasy Cam and back into the kitchen.
Buffy wants someone to make Andrew stop filming (because as usual, she can't be arsed to do anything for herself), but Rona says that if they save the world it might be nice to have a record. Amanda backs Rona up with, "If we don't save the world, then nothing matters." Kennedy snots, "Let's make that our slogan." If only the Action Monkeys were here to slap Kennedy silly. Anya, Xander, and Willow all chime in in support of Andrew's project, but Buffy just stands there, her arms crossed, saying Andrew is wasting time. Because he should be busy baking her things she obviously doesn't eat? Andrew continues to film during this whole debate. Buffy turns to Spike and expects him parrot the Buffy line because that's what mindless devotion from your flunkies is all about, but Spike says, "It seems like a fine way to keep the boy busy." When he's not blowing Spike in the basement. Oh God! Sorry. I have no idea where that came from. Oh, yes, I do. From the insanity. Buffy tells them, "This isn't about keeping busy! This is about war." She goes into speech mode and addresses the group, "I'm sorry to jump all over you guys --" "Doesn't she jump all over them every week? Does she apologize each time?" laughs Ash beside me. Buff begins talking about her vision at the end of "Get It Done," and Andrew slips out of the kitchen. Through his camera, we see that Spike is quietly doing the same.









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