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Episode 2.2: Some Assembly Required. Original Airdate 9.22.97

"Scream all you want!  ...On second thought.."

"Two science club nerds use body parts to create the "perfect girlfriend" for a teenager who has been brought back from the dead."

Zelda's Thoughts:

• This episode is to be survived. Though I will note there was more funny than I remembered, the monster of the week is not terribly interesting.
• Angel giving Buffy tips about what it's like for a vampire to rise. Heh.
• Angel got beaned by the shovel blade. Zelda laaaaaaaaaaughed.
• "Gee, I wish people wouldn't leave open graves laying around like this."
• Daniel and I caught ourselves singing along to the theme song, nasally imitating the guitar riffs. We're such dorks.
• Poor Giles is so awkward at trying to ask someone out. He's lucky Jenny is a dating ninja.
• "She already knows that you're a school librarian, so you don't have to worry about how to break that embarrassing news to her."
• OMG all the banter of Buffy & Xander teasing Giles is adorable.
• "I know you meant to say gross and disturbing." // "Yes, yes, yes of course. Uh, terrible thing. Must, must put a stop to it. Damn it."
• Eric: "Look at those legs!" // Willow: "No, thank you." // Us: Give her a few years.
• "Hello, can we deal with my pain please?" // "There, there."
• I kind of love how they're just completely ignoring Cordy. She may have gotten over the monster-amnesia, but she's still in no way a part of the group.
• ...How many hours is cheerleader practice? School gets out at, what, 3:15, and Cordelia isn't headed out to her car until like 8:30 pm.
• Oho now Angel is trying to make Buffy jealous with Cordelia! I'd laugh more if I didn't know what was coming on his own show (barf).
• "It was horrible. Angel saved me from an arm!"
• "Do I deconstruct your segues?" Pretty sure I've used this one.
• GILES IS SO CUTE.
• Ewwwwww creepy Frankenstein monster.
• I do love Buffy's face as she realizes Daryl is alive again.
• I am in total love with the overacting extra sitting next to Jenny at the game:

• Those are NOT high school boys on the Sunnydale High football team. Those are trucks. [to be fair, Cordelia's about 30...-D]
• Cordelia's got a good scream on her.
• I actually thing the strategy of the choreography of the Buffy/Daryl fight is well done. He's using his brute strength and size to just try and grab and crush her, she's trying to knock him down, take his legs out.
• "Did you just say second date?" // "You noticed that, huh?" Awwwwwwww
• Cordelia's whatever face. Amazing. --->
• "He gets to see you in the sunlight." Awww.
• Buffy and Angel hold hands as she walks him home. AWWWW. IT WON'T END WELL, I TELL YOU.
• And the Buffy/Angel theme comes back.

Daniel's Thoughts:

• Shenanigans!  - She’s not six feet!  When Buffy is standing in the grave in the open coffin, her head is fully out.  She's pretending she's not cute and short. [When does Buffy ever pretend she's not cute? - Z]
• Giles, never work on your pick up lines with your back to the door.  I've learned this the hard way.
• "How do you feel about Mexican?" That’s the pickup line I’ve always used.
• “It’s a fruit”. - Brilliant.
• Giles  - "Zombies don't eat the flesh of the living".  OK, in most things, I trust the Buffy Universe's interpretation of the mystical....but I can't have this.  Everyone knows that George Romero's zombies are the horror zombies to go by...and they do eat the flesh of the living.  Shame, writers, shame.
• Worst Mom Ever – surprise, today it’s not Joyce.  It’s Chris and Daryl’s mom.
• Oh, so much cheese. “Where you gonna throw?” - Daryl is the worst.
• Cordelia is almost kidnapped but nothing is more important than cheer leading!
• Knowing what we know about Jenny later…does she really like Giles or was she just getting close to him to look after Angel.  Of course, I don't think the writers even know what happens with Jenny later in season 2 at this point, so I'd like to believe that she really does like Giles.
• I really try not to think about the fact that Buffy is only 16 and Angel is a big ol' perv.  I choose to suspend disbelief on this subject...cause...creepy.

Crossfire!

Zelda: Angel is jealous of Xander. Na na na na naaaaaaaaaa na.

Daniel:  I love that Angel is jealous of Xander.  As if.

Crossfire Part Deux!

Zelda: [re: above] That's not a good crossfire.
Daniel: Yes it is.
Zelda: But we're both laughing about it.
Daniel: What do you mean by the "na na na na?"
Zelda: I'm laughing at Angel being jealous. And his stupid face.
Daniel: Well, I'm laughing at anyone being jealous of Xander. And his stupid face.

Favorite Lines:

Zelda: Buffy: "Yeah. You just say, 'Hey, I got a thing, you maybe have a thing, maybe we could have a thing.'" // Giles: "Oh, thank you, Cyrano."

Daniel: "Guys, if we don't have it down by tomorrow then no one will be led by our cheers." ~Cordelia

Arc/Continuity Stuff:

• Buffy is in Trig.

Stats:

Voiceover - Giles

Dead Humans - 0

Dead Undeads - 2

Giles Unconscious - 0

Giles Cleans His Glasses - 0

Buffy Breaks a Door - 1

Evil Reveal - 1 (Chris/Eric)

Unevil Reveal - 0

Shenanigans Called - 1

Apocalypse Called - 0