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Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Episode Guide by John T Burt |
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| Season 4 "She rings like a bell through the night and wouldn't you love to love her..." Fleetwood Mac "Rhiannon" | ||||||
| S | E | Hr | Gd | Title | Summary | Date |
| 4 | 01 | 57 | A | Freshman (roommate part 1/2) |
(B+ A-) Willow loves college and has blossomed but Buffy is scared and insecure in the new surroundings and situation especially with her other friends gone. But when a bunch of frat house vampires mess with her things, she pulls out of it. | 1999 10.05 |
| 4 | 02 | 58 | B+ | Living Conditions (roommate part 2/2) |
(A- B+) Everyone thinks Buffy is losing it when she claims her ultraordinary roommate is a demon, but she is. Willow is Buffy's new roommate once the demon is gone. | 1999 10.12 |
| 4 | 03 | 59 | C+ | Harsh Light Of Day | (B) (Zip through Parker and Buffy talks.) Spike is looking for a gem that prevents death for vampires. Anya thinks sex will help her get over Xander, Buffy thinks sex with her boyfriend Parker is right, vampire Harmony thinks Spike loves her. All are wrong and end up sad. | 1999 10.19 |
| 4 | 04 | 60 | A | Fear, Itself | A frat house halloween haunted house party turns real when they accidentally call up the demon of fear and nightmares. But it's not a big thing. | 1999 10.26 |
| 4 | 05 | 61 | C+ | Beer Bad | (B+ A-) (Zip through Parker a little.) Feeling low, Buffy drinks bewitched beer with four frat guys. The guys become cave men, Buffy too almost. When the guys start marauding, she saves them and settles the score with Parker too. | 1999 11.02 |
| 4 | 06 | 62 | A- | Wild At Heart | (B+) (You really shouldn't hurt Willow, it's not nice!) At the full moon, Oz falls for a wild female werewolf singer, who Oz eventually kills to protect Willow. Willow is emotionally very hurt and Oz leaves town. Sad but strong episode. | 1999 11.09 |
| 4 | 07 | 63 | B- | The Initiative | Spike escapes from Riley's and the prof's demon hunters and experimenters and goes after Buffy. He finds Willow but can't bite or hurt her because of an implant. Riley hits on Buffy. | 1999 11.16 |
| 4 | 08 | 64 | B+ A- |
Pangs | Buffy just wants a real thanksgiving dinner with her friends but problems keep coming up including the vengeance demon of a slaughtered american indian tribe. Spike doesn't feel well at all. | 1999 11.23 |
| 4 | 09 | 65 | A- | Something Blue | (A) Willow casts a spell to enhance her will to relieve her sorrow. Instead she makes Giles go blind, Xander become a demon magnet and Spike and Buffy get sloppy lovey and engaged. | 1999 11.30 |
| 4 | 10 | 66 | A+ | Hush (exposing Initiative part 1/2) |
(A+) Fairy tale mortician demons take away everyone's voice and then start taking hearts. Giles has an old girlfriend visit. Powerful conclusion. Buffy and Riley fight side by side. Willow meets another witch named Tara by doing a spell with her. Xander finds he loves Anya. | 1999 12.14 |
| 4 | 11 | 67 | B | Doomed (exposing Initiative part 2/2) |
(B) (picks up where #10 ends) By the time three demons trying to open the hell mouth are stopped, the whole team knows about Riley. Buffy decides she can have a relationship. Spike is raring to go kill demons. | 2000 01.18 |
| 4 | 12 | 68 | B- | A New Man | (B) (The characters are introduced, the situation set up, time to start the big story.) A bit slow. Now everyone who counts knows about everyone else. Ethan turns Giles into a demon. The demons are worried about the 314 the initiative has. The Initiative is US military?! | 2000 01.25 |
| "...I'm dealing with the devil with no help from above..." Great White "House Of Broken Love" | ||||||
| 4 | 13 | 69 | A | The I In Team (Adam intro part 1/2) (Main plot part 1/4) |
(B) Buffy joins the initiative, and Riley(!), but professor Walsh tries to kill her. Willow misses Buffy. Spike shot with a tracker. Walsh's custom made demon, Adam, kills her. | 2000 02.08 |
| 4 | 14 | 70 | C- | Goodbye Iowa (Adam intro part 2/2) (Main plot part 2/4) |
(C+) The Initiative thinks Buffy killed Walsh. Buffy and Riley go after the demon (Adam). Adam returns but they still don't trust Buffy. Riley starts to withdraw from the Initiative's drugs. Tara blows a spell with Willow on purpose, reason unclear - to get Willow closer? | 2000 02.15 |
| 4 | 15 | 71 | D+ | This Year's Girl - Part 1 (Faith-Buffy-Riley part 1/3) |
In a tedious episode Faith wakes up, nasty as ever, gets to Buffy through Joyce, and exchanges bodies with Buffy using a gadget the mayor left her. OK to skip this one. [erased] | 2000 02.22 |
| 4 | 16 | 72 | C | Who Are You - Part 2 (Faith-Buffy-Riley part 2/3) |
The council's hit team holds Buffy-in-Faith. Faith-in-Buffy has a good time doing bad and doing Riley. But when Adam starts a cadre of vampires, Faith-in-Buffy comes through after all. Bodies exchanged back to normal. Tara and Willow are growing closer and Tara meets the group. OK to skip this one.. [erased] | 2000 02.29 |
| 4 | 17 | 73 | B+ A- | Superstar (Faith-Buffy-Riley part 3/3) |
(A lot of this has to do with Buffy and Riley getting back together after Faith.) In an altered world little Jonathan is the paragon of everything, even eclipsing Buffy. But the spell he used to set it up also created a demon Buffy has to kill to bring back reality. | 2000 04.04 |
| 4 | 18 | 74 | A- | Where The Wild Things Are | Buffy and Riley's hot sex at the frat house awakens poltergeists from repressed kids who used to live in an orphanage there. As the house feeds off Buffy and Riley, vines guard the door and everyone at the party is in danger. | 2000 04.25 |
| 4 | 19 | 75 | C- | New Moon Rising | Oz returns, he can now prevent the change except around Willow. Willow has to admit her love for Tara. The initiative traps Oz forcing Riley to side with Buffy and leave the initiative. Adam recruits Spike.. [erased] Important main story info but lots of fill to zip through. | 2000 05.02 |
| 4 | 20 | 76 | D | The Yoko Factor (Main plot part 3/4) |
Spike starts Adam's big ruckus by creating strife among the slayers to separate them. Angel visits Buffy and meets Riley who learns about Angel. Buffy meets Adam. Riley with Adam? Real downer episode. | 2000 05.09 |
| 4 | 21 | 77 | A+ | Primeval (Main plot part 4/4) (Finalee part 1/2) |
Adam attacks the initiative from inside by stocking the cells with demons and then cutting the power. Willow, Xander and Giles add their strength to Buffy via magic and she kills Adam. The gov't closes the initiative. | 2000 05.16 |
| 4 | 22 | 78 | A | Restless (Finalee part 2/2) |
(A-) Tired but wired from the fight, the four crash in front of the TV and have related nightmares. Willow's is interesting, Xander's unpleasent, Giles figures it out, Buffy stops it. They had awakened the primative first slayer. (Sarah looks great in black hair!) | 2000 05.23 |
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| "...it's nothing but a used machine..." Jefferson Airplane "Plastic Fantastic Lover" | ||||||