Buffy the Vampire Slayer Talk || s3e20 "The Prom" ☂️
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Jonathan's speech giving Buffy the award for Class Protector is hands down one of rhe best scenes in the entire series.
B.C.
It also has a whole different feel if, like most of us back in 1999, you haven't seen _Earshot_ yet. Jonathan is a couple of sentences into it before you figure out that he's saying nice things about her.
When he adjusted the mike I paused the video to just weep. Its beautiful. Also, so much better after seeing earshot.
Jonathan is a class act
It's the only point in the series that gets me choked up.
My favorite part of this episode is when he say there are a lot of weird things that we don't talk about, and someone yells Snyder it gets me every time.
Yeah, I love that the kids consider Snyder one of the "weird things".
"Zombies! ...hyeena-people!! ........SNYDER!!!" **whole school laughs**
I wonder if the person who shouted that was in the credits? Perhaps a semi-regular character?
"You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scones," is one of my favorite lines. The delivery was just perfect.
Also, considering how Giles went about asking out Jenny, he's one to talk.
one of the funniest underrated moments in the show also the way he starts with for godsake man she’s 18😂😂
@@zoewinter2468 Giles was nervous (and Jenny was obviously not a minor.). Wesley wasn't nervous. His concern was appearances.
That was one of Giles’ best lines lol
@@mikechappell4156 Hah, I didn't think about that interpretation of Wesley's behaviour :). I read him as being nervous and trying to talk himself out of it / needing a little pep.
This episode is perhaps the single sweetest moment the show has EVER had.
Sweetest of any show! ❤
Agreed. Easily my fave moment of the series.
@@cruzinbosco Definitely up there for me.
@@lynnevetter You very well might be right there.
Giles’s proud dad face❤️❤️
Also, Giles in this episode... from offering ice cream to that super proud look he gives Buffy, I just love Giles so much!
The ice cream line gets me every time. It's so awkward, yet so heartfelt.
Can we talk about Sarah Michelle Geller’s acting when she breaks down to Willow. 🥺🥺
Gets me EVERY time 😭
Simply put, when SMG cries, I cry.
when they recorded this scene SMG couldn't stop crying, they had to pause for her to calm down, they even called David Boreanaz to comfort her.
@@catarinemarques231 that sounds like bs.lol
@@Nepthu it isn't lol but i don't think it was this scene - there was definitely a scene where DB had to comfort her, and there was the end of episode 8 of angel too
sees the umbrella in the title-
alright, here I go crying again...
I love that Buffy’s perfect prom moment has nothing to do with a guy and everything to do with her status as a protector of others.
IMHO it has to do with both, but the latter more because it represents normality than anything. One of the recurring aspects of Buffy's arc, especially in the high school seasons, that she just wishes she could be a normal teenaged girl.
Yeah the Angel was just really a side thing, I always took it so she she could enjoy the moment of the class protector thing.... The recognition of all her hard work and sacrifice, that was indeed her perfect high school moment.
I totally agree. Also, unlike if she had won when she was competing for Homecoming Queen, this is her classmates recognizing her and thanking her for who she really is, not just for something superficial.
@@TheRubberDuck77 sorry, nothing about Angel is a "side thing"
@@WillsonT011 I didn't mean as a whole, of course not, I meant for just that scene, the class protector thing was her perfect moment, him showing up, I can't think of the word I am trying to think of if that makes sense. But like capped it off, or just made it more perfect. I think either him showing up or her getting the protector thing would have been enough on their own, but I am more happy that she got the class protector thing. To get the recognition, she probably never knew they even realized. It's one of those, obviously everyone knows but lets try to pretend we are a normal town and highschool. I am glad she got both moments tho, she deserved both. Oh I remember, it wasn't a word, it was a phrase, Angel showing up with the icing on the cake =)
I love how Jonathan is giving the award to Buffy and talking about her saving people, when she stopped him from taking suicide a couple of episodes ago...
That was the one problem with Earshot getting delayed, you didn't get the significance of Jonathan being the one to give it to her.
She also saved him from a mummy and an assassins guild.
Jonathan is a really fun bit character. I hope we see more of him.
@@MagusAgrippa8 Haven't you watched Buffy before? Are you just watching these reactions?
@@MrBanankartong I have watched the series in full, I’m just being cheeky and trying to avoid writing spoilers.
That Class Protector speech ALWAYS makes me cry.
Seen it dozens of times and even with an altered version it still makes me tear up.
Alley: "Why am I going to actually cry?" Me: I'm a 52 year old male, who watched the series when it first came out, has seen it through the entire run at least 4 times since then, and has and/or is currently following several BtVS reactors on here and I AM sitting here tearing up over that moment. So, why you ask? Because it a fricken' awesome moment in the series.
Right there with you man!
Giles is my TV dad forever I love him. Anthony Stewart Head is a sweetheart, I've met him at a con and he gives great hugs.
Giles must have a black brother called Phil then.
Yah great father figure to Buffy
Brad Kane, who plays Tucker in this episode (who raised the hell hounds), was the singing voice for Aladdin in the original animated movie (and its sequels).
Really? That’s a fun fact!
@@lifelikelisa Yup, yup, yup. Checkout his IMDB - there's another credit you might notice, but.... I can't say here....
@@stargazer1682 I looked it up and that credit confused the HELL out of me until it clicked 😅
(No spoilers but) Could be interesting for some people to check out his wife, too
@@caitlin329 WHAAAAA...!
Buffy's so selfless. The way she's determined everyone else have a good time when she can't. She pushes through her heartbreak to get the job done. I love her.
I adore demon Anya coming back for this episode to corner Xander into being her date 😂 I love this episode
Anya is the queen of quirk.
This episode has the most wholesome scene in the show with Buffy getting the Class Protector award. The supernatural goings on at Sunydale are very much an open secret. But this is the moment where she gets appreciation for it where often she's ignored. I love it.
Start of the episode: "If we get to see Angel in a tux, I'm losing it"
End of the episode Angel shows up in a tux: "Eh, I'm over it".
Note: That's not a criticism. I get it, that it had changed by that point.
LOL!
Between Spike, the Mayor, and Buffy's mom, Alley's been convinced.
Xander attracts the oddest collection of females: preying mantis molester teacher, Inca mummy girl, evil slayer, and ex-vengeance demon. Heck, even Willow is a witch-in-training.
Xander should just learn to accept that any girl attracted to him is probably either a demon or unnatural.
Don't forget the cosmic key.
And a girl with that vision thing.
He’s such a demon magnet
@@4everbuffylover And Willow *literally* made him that for 1 episode.💥__💥
Alley: are we reaching that step in the relationship!
Me, knowing what happens: 😬
Enjoyed the breakdown of the Angel/Buffy scenes and the increasing distance between them. To make it even cooler, the very first shot of them in the episode, Angel is literally right next to Buffy's face, about as close as he can get.
I watched Buffy when it first aired in the 90s. Even 21 years later that Class Protector moment makes me tear up. So sweet!
I was in high school at the same time this series first aired, and was almost the same grade level as these characters were supposed to be. I remember wishing the real prom could've been that cool. Also, Buffy getting the Class Protector award is one of her defining moments. Not the relationship drama with Angel, or those times she shows how much she wishes she could be normal. That award scene is the culmination of three seasons of heroism, and the impact one person can have on those around her. Anyways, I'm glad you enjoyed the prom. But it's over now, and so is the school year. There's only one thing left to do now...
Me too. 🤣 The Scoobies are a year older than I am.
"I don't know what to do with it."
You kill a deputy mayor Alley
The deputy major was staked.
I know he was it sas just a joke 😆
Can't tell her yet what/how to use the knife.
Wild, Wild Horses couldn’t drag me away...(from this reaction)
Everytime I hear that song it takes me back to 21 and a half years ago.
The Sundays were brilliant. I've got two of their albums. It just takes you somewhere else, like Mazzy Star does.
@@patrickholt2270 That song made me a fan forever. Amazing band.
Love this song so much.
Wild Horses - The Sundays
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The KNIFE holy crap that's awesome. So intense looking lol
thank you
Throughout the season there are scenes where it is obvious that the other students know how strong Buffy is and that culminates with her Class Protector award. Having Jonathan give it to her was perfect, he would never be considered as one of the popular students but he is one that Buffy directly saved and not through physical prowess but just by talking to him.
dude, that award for Class Protector gets me every time. So good. Like of course they knew weird stuff was going down and Buffy always seems to stop it, so to get the appreciation after all she has had to give up to protect people was great way to address that leading up to graduation.
Anya is the coolest character, she's just so no filter socially awkward, she has some of the best commentary.
One of the few good episodes where Buffy actually managed to save the day just in time for a normal prom. Angel being there and putting what he said aside to dance with her was great.
The class protector moment seems like a sweet, touching, opposite version of Carrie.
“I know. I mean I understand.” Is a line that kills me. She’s utterly devastated but knows that it’s the right thing and they get their last perfect moment together. Nothing else in the world matters in that moment and it’s beautiful.
Sees any part of the class protector scene, even out of context.
Buffy fan: cries
Hears "Wild Horses."
Buffy fan: triggered
Welcome to the club. It will be like that forever.
Here it is!! One of my favorite episodes in the entire series. Actual recognition! Sunnydale DOES understand something is going on, and that Buffy is on the job! I love it.
Anya asking Xander to prom always makes me smile. Joss’s most famous quote about this show is “characters happy show bad”. Dude really can’t take rejection. She said “No” hell hounds it is. Think about this the schools deaths have declined since Buffy moved there how many people died in sunnydale before.☂
Omg so close to the season finale!!!!
"The lowest mortality rate of any sunnydale graduating class" :)
Alley talking about Principal Snyder's arc and the potential of him teaming up to save the school.
Had me just.................
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
🤣
Remember, Snyder is central to energizing the mayor to achieve ascension.
My heart is bursting from all the effulgence. This episode makes me cry every damn time, multiple times > B/A break, Buffy and Willow talk and cry, then the whole prom thing, especially Jonathan's speech. Even cried during your reaction. 😭😭😭
This episode was one of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s favorites! She said it captured the show and what it felt like to be in high school and what it had to say really well.
side note: Cordelia Chase deserves better
"We're proud to say that the Class Of '99 has the lowest mortality rate of any graduating class in Sunnydale history" is one of the greatest lines in the history of television.
Your editing kills me every time! With the dial-up tones and song cues I’m always dying laughing 😂
This episode is awesome. The scene at the prom where Buffy received the award for class protector will always be my favorite scene from the entire series. She truly deserved it being recognized for her heroism always putting her own life on the line to save and protect others.
You helped get me through 2020, for that you deserve an award lol
Btw, now that you know about Angel's show, watch buffy and angel alongside each other. That way the rare crossover bits will make more sense.
Absolutely!
This is the best list for what order to watch them in!
josswhedon.blogspot.com/2012/04/buffy-and-angel-episode-viewing-order.html
After season 1 of Angel, I lost interest in the show. It wasn't as well written as Buffy.
@@Nepthu I think every season gets better. New characters, better writing.
@@Nepthu Angel is just like Buffy in the sense that the first season is the weakest.
She has wanted, since episode one, to feel like a "normal" girl, like she has a place at this school. Saying that she wants to open up a yearbook one day and feel connected.
She finally gets a piece of that during the prom.
A truly beautiful moment for a thousand reasons that of Buffy's awards ceremony; to begin with it was Jonathan who handed Buffy the umbrella, he who is ideally the symbol of those who were saved and helped by Buffy, and then it all happened the same night she dreamed of dancing with Angel and instead it was found alone and heartbroken, yet capable of putting aside her pain to save everyone. It is good that Sunnydale's students are smart people and that they have realized that they live in a "particular" city and that among them there is a brave heroine :)
Really sad to see Buffy cry like that, Sarah really cried in that scene and they had to stop filming to calm her down, she loved the Bangel ship too, like so many of us; luckily Angel finally decided to give Buffy the dream dance (I have no doubt that Giles would have been dancing with her if Angel hadn't come).
Cordelia and Wesley are the most cringe ship ever seen, legendary Rupert in encouraging his colleague to throw himself on her XD
You're allowed to cry. I've seen this episode a fair amount of times and I tear up at the umbrella every time.
I'd like to point out that Angel did try to delay the conversation but Buffy persisted. But even if he didn't he wasn't obligated to wait if he wanted out of the relationship.
Yes, people say all the time that he should have waited, but to me that seems like it would be worse. If that happened to me and someone waited, led me to believe all was happy and good for this one evening, and then immediately broke up with me afterward....I'd be way more pissed. Best to just be honest and get it out in the open.
As someone who waited waaaay to long to end a relationship once, yeah it was better in the long run to cut it off then. Besides, that way Buffy gets *both* iconic Prom experiences - a breakup right before the prom but also the slow dance with her BF.
I have rewatched Buffy probably close to 15 times at least and I still cry during Jonathans speech every time, Its so perfectly well done!
This is the one where I cry every single time. This is the one that I know I need tissues. Every. Single. Time. There are other episodes that make me have the "feels" but this is the one where I flat out cry.
A little fact: Sarah Michele Gellar lists this one in her top 5 Buffy episodes.
I CANNOT forgive you for the HSM2 and the WAP cut aways. Ugh. Everything about this reaction video was on point.
One of the many things I love about you, Alley, is you get me thinking about things like blocking that I subconsciously enjoy but never really consciously noticed before.
MY BROTHER HAD THAT EXACT SAME KNIFE IN HIS ROOM GROWING UP!!! He bought it at Hot Topic because he thought it looked cool. I never knew it had anything to do with Buffy. I’m dead! lol
Those knives are made by Gil Hibben and a lot of his fantasy designs look like that, so your brother may have just had a cool looking Gil Hibben Fantasy Series knife, not specifically a Faith one. Eg, a similar one appeared in the original Mortal Kombat movie and the Star Trek series :-)
Every time I get back to Buffy (and Angel) I keep remembering how good acting can be and how bad most of the current shows are. I suppose the same goes for writing too.
The opening of Jonathan's speech has a whole different feel to it if, like most of us back in 1999, you haven't seen _Earshot_ yet. His "we're not good friends" line makes you think that she's about to be hit with one more high school humiliation.
Jonathan wouldn't be the one to deliver one of those he's even more of an outcast than she is.
I love this ep! The award always makes me cry. So satisfying for her classmates to acknowledge Buffy after we’ve seen her go through so much.
"Such an emotional rollcoaster"? Brace your heart, Alley. We're still on the kiddie ride.
Re: Cordelia’s situation. Think back to Reptile Boy. After they had killed Mikita, companies were going bankrupt, fortunes were being lost. Cordelia’s father totally would have been the sort to worship Mikita back in his college days. The fact that it took some time for the IRS to catch up with him aside, it suggests that Cordelia’s trip to that frat house was the proximate cause of her father losing his fortune and of her prospects disintegrating. Her father’s demonic greed in the first place was of course the ultimate cause. But still, I’ve always thought it sweet that they at least laid this very ripe possibility that Cordelia unwittingly contributed to her family’s demise.
i agree about the father daughter dance, i would’ve literally cried like a baby
It would have been sweet but would look creepy to everyone at the prom who doesn't understand their relationship
@@colleen5931 ehh i mean everyone acknowledges her slayer duties and they see them together a lot, so if i were one of the students i wouldn’t think much of it
@@colleen5931 "Um, like, why is she dancing with the librarian? Like, HELLO?"
Great reaction to an awesome episode! The class protector scene still chokes me up, and I'm 50 and have watched it a hundred times. And YES, the way Giles instantly reaches for the umbrella when he sees Angel, and the look on his face! He's happy for Buffy, but I think he also looks proud of Angel. This episode sees Angel finally grow up, finally make the mature decisions, and in the end we see that Buffy is okay with that because she also did some growing up. So did the entire class. And even ANYA looks happy for Buffy during the award scene! One of the best episodes, period. :)
You think that maybe Giles contacted Angel to get him to come to the prom? BTW I'm 53 and watched the show first run, and in syndicated reruns, but not for quite a while until now.
@@jb888888888 I hadn't thought about that, but you might be right about Giles calling Angel. Hmm. I like that idea!
@@jb888888888 Years ago I read a short fanfic that takes just that plot! Right before the prom, Giles slips out to Angel's house, gives him what-for about his actions, and lets him know he expects him to show up at the prom. I suppose it's still out there somewhere on whatever site I found it on. Wish I could read it again. Very satisfying.
That scene of Angel and Buffy getting married always gets me ‘cause it’s Angel’s endgame (at that time) 😭💔
That Class Protector moment always hits me in particular because it was Jonathan who gave that speech. Especially when you take Jonathan’s arc as a whole together, and remember how Buffy saved him in EARSHOT from a natural horror, suicide. She protected from both the supernatural as well as the natural. It’s a very layered moment once you’ve seen the entire series. Beautiful.
Snyder outside the butcher shop: why couldn't they be dealing drugs like normal people?
I always thought the same of why couldn't Angel wait a week, as an adult, or real adult, was in late teens early 20's when this came out, I see now that it's probably more of a, "If I don't do it now I never will" kind of thing, that if he didn't do it while he has the resolve he won't have the strength to later.
Exactly. He had to do it, right then, right there.
Agreed. I broke up with my boyfriend when I was 20 right before Christmas. I was going to wait but it just overflowed and I didn’t think I could pretend things were great for the holidays. I couldn’t do it knowing it was over. I don’t think it would have been any less hurtful to him if I waited since he would have known I didn’t just decide that day. It wasn’t a crisis like he cheated etc. it was just I didn’t feel that way anymore. I decided and hiding something like that is difficult especially if the other person can see something is wrong. They are going to ask you. What do you do? Lie? No, rip the bandaids off.
I think Angel giving her one last dance at her prom is what she AND he deserved. I think it was well earned and it was their goodbye. The last romantic moment that he could give her before they both knew it had to end. I was a perfect ending to their 3 year love story. Giles dancing with her would have been dorky cute but not epic enough in terms of story. Especially knowing that Angel is about to leave the entire show. That ending was perfect.
Exactly! Thank you! Buffy being on her own would have actually been depressing considering how much she wanted to be there with Angel. It showed how much he loved and respected Buffy that he came. He knew it mattered to her and got his ass into a tux and showed up after a nasty breakup
@@4everbuffylover yes 🙌🏻😭😭
@@4everbuffyloverthis is when the Angel” series started too
When Buffy cry, you cry, even if you are a man i have to confess 😅 Always work always will. Amazing. So you did not expect to be THAT much inside the show 😎
the umbrella was the cutes thing they could have given her ,this episode was so sentimental ,Love this and The Dress Come On...Really Good episode
"I'm leaving, I have my own show starting." loooooooool
I love that Jonathan was the one to give her the Class Protector award. I always get emotional. One of the best Buffy moments.
Too bad Jonathan becomes a wan bee villian later on
"I think awful is still to come. Right now I'm just trying to keep from dying... I can't breathe, Willow. I feel like I can't breathe!"
😭😭😭
The acting and dialogue is too perfect. It perfectly captures total heartbreak. Takes me back there every time. Makes me weep every time. 😭
The look on Buffy's face around 18:28 when Jonathan's giving the speech is so great. Like she's so happy and also so shocked that they would recognize everything she's done for them. Such a great moment.
LOL cant wait to watch all your reactions up until season 7 finale! Loved this show back in the day, it will always have a special place in my heart
I watched this episode when it aired, and probably like 10 times since then, and I cry every time I see Buffy get the award. Every time.
Even with angel being blurry you can still tell he's crying
I think is by far my favorite episode in my favorite season of the show. I confess even 20 years later, I cry like a baby when Buffy gets her class protector award.
This is another one of those episodes that I looked forward to seeing your reaction for. It's one of the most perfect moments in the series, and it holds a very special place in just about every Buffy fan's heart. It has never failed to bring me to tears, and it makes me happy to see how much it resonated with you. Ours and Buffy's lives don't have happily ever afters. There's always another challenge or another struggle until the day we die, but sometimes, rarely, we get these perfect little moments that give us the strength to keep going. The class protector speech is one of those moments for Buffy, and it means the world to me.
You have to understand. I have seen this episode easily 100 times and I have cried 100 times, everytime without fail. Season 3 is one of my faves and this is a top 5 all time for me. So excited you finally got to it.
Buffy deserved all the good things about this night.
Also I'm Class of '99 and watched this along side my high school experience .
Tucker Wells was played by Brad Kane, who provided the voice for Disney's _Aladdin_
You mean Andrew's brother? (sorry take me down for spoilers couldn't help it)
Dunno if anyone else mentioned it, but this is Sarah Michelle Gellars favorite episode.
Like everyone else, I got teary eyed even on watch #12 or so.
So many great moments.
i love this episode! its so heart warming when she gets that umbrella!
YES YES YES THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL MESS!!! And, yes, here we go!!!!!!!!! THE FINAL TWO EPISODES COMING NEXT!!!! YASSSS
God i wish i could watch Buffy for the first time again. It's just so good... and there are so many great episodes yet to come... Aaaah i'm happy that people see the greatness. :)
Just for the record, a quick search has DB at 6'1" and SMG at 5'4". I'm pretty sure I heard they often went out of their to make Sarah look taller.
Was legit just thinking about when you’d next upload 🤧🥺
Yeah I've been aimlessly scrolling through YT all day feeling like something was missing! Lol
"Buffy Summers, class protector" is my favourite scene of season 3.
Joyce meddling in Buffy's relationship like that is one of my pet peeves. I don't disagree with the points she made, just how she went about it. Buffy is on the cusp of (yes, very young) adulthood. It's very much Joyce's place to guide and advise, but when it comes to running her daughters life, it's time to take the back seat. I think she should have had that conversation with Buffy and show her trust in her daughter instead of going to Angel behind her back. (Yes, I realise this is what worked for the storyline they wanted, with Angel making the break.)
Though I also sometimes think that trying to make Buffy have a "normal" relationship works better for the series and it's goal of being about real life issues, than necessarily for her life as a slayer.
Nah, like Joyce said Buffy was blind when it came to Angel. Talking to her would be futile. It was up to Angel to do the right thing. Buffy's reactions to Angel and the entire situation show that it was true.
@@Logan_Baron Maybe it would be futile. To me this isn't about what Buffy would or should choose. My point is that, to me, it's Buffy's decision (or mistake) to make - between her and Angel, not her, Angel, and her mum :)
You're using the wrong two parts of my statement to connect. The fact that Buffy is blind to it is what shows Buffy would NOT make the right decision. Angels dream showed that staying with Angel would be the death of Buffy in a sense of her never really experiencing life. That's rather big for "welp she should make that mistake". IF discussing it with Angel to encourage him to make the right choice makes it between the 3 rather than between Buffy and Angel, then discussing it with Buffy would also be making it between the 3 rather than Buffy and Angel.
@@Logan_Baron she would have figured that out on her own eventually if she decided she wanted something difference. Love is blind, but it’s not THAT blind. It should have been her decision plain and simple
@@zoewinter2468 I think she would have figured it out on her own down the line if she decided she wanted something else. But given her life, I’m not even sure if she would want children. And personally, I don’t think Angel EVER stopped her from living her life. She still went to school and activities and had friends. Just cuz she can’t have picnics in the sun is that really the end of the world? What she needed was someone who understood her completely and could go toe to toe with her. Sex life may have become a problem though
I'm not crying you're crying. What a lovely moment.
I alwayssss bawl during this episode. During the breakup, the award, and then the beautiful Wild Horses scene. I think that last scene is honestly more appreciated (dare I say sacred?) once you watch both series in full. Listening to that cover by The Sundays makes me want to cry every time I hear it 🥺
I've seen Buffy fans who cry at the Class Protector Award and I've seen Buffy fans who cringe at the Class Protector Award. Glad to watch a reaction video from someone in the first category. This episode is one of my favorites and it's nice to see other people appreciate it.
Is it weird that I always get a little teared-up at the Class Protector scene?
*reads comment section*
Oh, cool. Phew!
Btw Faith's knife is the same model they used in a Star Trek movie
The knife is called a "Jackal" and it was made by Hibben. You can also see it on the big screen in Star Trek: Generations and you're very right, it's way cool. I've had mine for 20 years and it's just a neat piece for sure.
i did not know the name of the knife and had to search for it. glad i found it and got it to her just after the episode. best gift so far IMHO
One of my favorite Buffy episodes. I graduated 13 years before this, but it still hits me with a wave of nostalgia.
One of my favourite episodes, it just all works so well and the speech from Jonathan as they award Buffy class protector just tops it off.
Yay!!!! I’ve been waiting to see your reaction to this episode because Buffy gets recognition from her peers.
Truly great, which is brilliant considering how unlike a regular episode it is. Creature of the week is now the sub plot. Giles is indeed awesome and has Buffy's back emotionally and the actual prom is genuinely moving even to us old dudes (I'm only 4 years younger than Anthony Stewart Head). Possibly the first series where characters are shown maturing (or not at times) throughout, which adds genuine depth to their stories and makes them believable despite the fantasy genre.
Shout out for Angel. No he couldn't wait a week, his nerve might have gone and he's recognized he is both a danger to Buffy and doesn't (because he loves her) want to deceive her by acting as if everything is OK. (I wonder if he told Giles about that dream too?)
This is what I love about this show. There's so much darkness and bad stuff that Buffy has to endure. But damn does it make the good stuff so much better. Shoutout to Angel for making a really tough decision. I kind of hated Angel my first few times watching the show but he's really grown on me.
Yeayy I'm so happy to see this new reaction, the umbrella emoji is so cute, happy new year!!
Bawled here 👋 I’ve watched Buffy so many times, and I usually don’t cry at this scene, however, I broke down. 😭 Beautiful episode!
Buffy wanted her perfect high school moment this season,
but her Slayer duties always got in the way of having a normal life...
then The Prom happens, and she's appreciated as both.
I really liked that.
I love the little umbrella emoji in the title xD