The Insect Reflection
A series of essays exploring Buffy The Vampire Slayer, episode by episode.
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Bored Now (Doppelgangland)
Doppelgangland is a very good episode. There’s a version of this essay that is nothing but that sentence over and over again, phrased in different ways. It’s a nearly self-evident truth – this episode is uncontroversially and near-universally beloved. IMDB’s ranking has it as the best episode of Season Three, and 8th overall. It’s regularly…
This Was Supposed To Be My Town (Consequences)
Faith Lehane never had a chance. Put yourself, if you will, in Faith Lehane’s shoes. You are seventeen years old. You have no friends, and in fact never seem to have had any. You grew up poor, neglected, and physically abused by your mother. Said mother dies when you are still a child, but you…
I’m So Evil, And Skanky, And I Think I Kinda Gay (Bad Girls)
“In these mysterious moods I did not like her. I experienced a strange tumultuous excitement that was pleasurable, ever and anon, mingled with a vague sense of fear and disgust. I had no distinct thoughts about her while such scenes lasted, but I was conscious of a love growing into adoration – and also of…
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