Intervention (Buffy the Vampire Slayer): Difference between revisions
Minor Typos |
|||
| Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
{{wikiquotepar|Buffy the Vampire Slayer#Intervention}} |
{{wikiquotepar|Buffy the Vampire Slayer#Intervention}} |
||
* In Intervention, the Buffybot pronounces "Giles" with a soft g (as in "guy-less"). Joss Whedon and Marti Noxon have said on several occasions that they get annoyed with so-called fans of the show when they pronouce "Giles" in this way. |
* In Intervention, the Buffybot pronounces "Giles" with a soft g (as in "guy-less"). Joss Whedon and Marti Noxon have said on several occasions that they get annoyed with so-called fans of the show when they pronouce "Giles" in this way. |
||
* Spike's dislike of [[Angel ( |
* Spike's dislike of [[Angel (vampire)|Angel]] manifests when we see the Buffybot's programmed opinion of Angel is that he is "lame. His hair grows straight up and he's bloody stupid." |
||
* Xander says of Buffy and the Buffybot in Intervention, "They're both Buffy". This is a reference to the catharsis of [[The Replacement (Buffy episode)|The Replacement]], also written by [[Jane Espenson]] who said on multiple occasions she enjoys adding references to episodes she wrote. |
* Xander says of Buffy and the Buffybot in Intervention, "They're both Buffy". This is a reference to the catharsis of [[The Replacement (Buffy episode)|The Replacement]], also written by [[Jane Espenson]] who said on multiple occasions she enjoys adding references to episodes she wrote. |
||
* The desert in which the mountain lion leads Buffy on the vision quest in Intervention is the same desert which Buffy dreamed about in Restless. She says she remembers it. It’s also the first place she saw the First Slayer in Restless. |
* The desert in which the mountain lion leads Buffy on the vision quest in Intervention is the same desert which Buffy dreamed about in Restless. She says she remembers it. It’s also the first place she saw the First Slayer in Restless. |
||
Revision as of 11:12, 18 December 2005
| "Intervention (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)" |
|---|
Intervention is the eighteenth episode in the fifth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Plot synopsis
When Buffy is worried that she is becoming unable to love, Giles sends her to a spiritual quest in the desert. In the mean time Warren delivers the Buffybot that Spike commissioned in I Was Made to Love You. Xander and Anya see Spike and the Buffybot (whom they mistake for Buffy) have sex, and Xander decides to confront Spike. Spike is kidnapped by Glory's minions, because they think he is the key. Glory decides to torture Spike for the key's location. Buffy's spiritual journey leads her to the First Slayer, who tells her that love will lead her to her gift, which is death. When Buffy comes back from her quest, the confusion between her and the Buffybot is soon sorted out, and they all head to rescue Spike. Buffy then pretends to be the Buffybot, as she approaches Spike to make sure he did not tell glory that Dawn is the key, and when she finds out he did not, she kisses him.
Arc significance
The Buffybot, shown in that episode, plays a crucial role in The Gift and Bargaining. In this episode, Buffy finds out that "death is [her] gift", which leads to her decision to die to save the world in The Gift. This episode, like Something Blue, foreshadows the romance between Buffy and Spike. The emphasis in this episode on the First Slayer as a beginning of the slayer tradition (and not just a hostile force, like in Restless, foreshadows her role in season 7.
Production details
- Thomas Wanker wrote the score for this episode.
- In some scenes in Intervention, Xander was played by Kelly Donovan (his identical twin) because Nicholas was sick.
Quotes and trivia
- In Intervention, the Buffybot pronounces "Giles" with a soft g (as in "guy-less"). Joss Whedon and Marti Noxon have said on several occasions that they get annoyed with so-called fans of the show when they pronouce "Giles" in this way.
- Spike's dislike of Angel manifests when we see the Buffybot's programmed opinion of Angel is that he is "lame. His hair grows straight up and he's bloody stupid."
- Xander says of Buffy and the Buffybot in Intervention, "They're both Buffy". This is a reference to the catharsis of The Replacement, also written by Jane Espenson who said on multiple occasions she enjoys adding references to episodes she wrote.
- The desert in which the mountain lion leads Buffy on the vision quest in Intervention is the same desert which Buffy dreamed about in Restless. She says she remembers it. It’s also the first place she saw the First Slayer in Restless.
- Giles's ritual for the vision quest resembles the Hokey-Pokey.
- Spike tries to convince Glory that Bob Barker is the key.
- Xander calls Glory's minions hobbits with leprosy.
- Buffy asks if the quest is for finding a grail.
- When Buffy sees the mountain lion that leads her on the quest, she says "Hello Kitty".
- In this episode, Dawn reads Twist magazine.
- Dawn says, sarcastically, that Spike built the Buffybot to play Checkers with.