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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 3x17 Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2024-01-18 17:25:06
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spikeysnack

This episode is a "capers" episode. They are pulling off a con, to find out what the enemy is up to. Both sides are doing it at the same time. One con we are in on -- Faith and the Mayor's , the other we only find out about in the reveal at the episode finale. So that is where the tension is. We are upset that the bad guys are getting away with it, until we find out they never were. What is disturbing though is that we discover that Buffy has given up on Faith, and they knew for some time now she was working for the Mayor. "keep your enemies closer" is an old saying and I think that may be what the title was about. Eliza does a great acting job here, because her raw emotional portrayal and the unstable-ness of Faith makes us feel the dangerousness of her going off at any time. Sarah's evil little smirks when she pulls out of the chains and reveals that Faith was played by her and Angel is cool because it is a little bit of Buffy's dark side showing -- she can do the mean girl thing when she thinks you deserve it. She has really had enough of Faith. Buffy is actually slightly terrifying when she is genuinely mad enough at you, and betrayal makes her maddest of all. She also recognizes nearly at all times who is in control of the situation, and knows it has to be her in the end. Faith has had a complete breakdown of self respect, and probably hates herself enough to do something extremely reckless and self-destructive now. She has been completely isolated from the good, only the bad is left. Its not looking good for her.

G.Un.

I really enjoy the entire Faith story arc, sadly I have to say that I feel that her turning to the dark side has been poorly executed and it broke the narrative continuity of the character. The reason is that I think they failed to provide the why she took the direction she took and made the choices she made. An author can make his characters take the direction he wants but he must say or make clear why a certain character has taken one direction and not another, the more extreme is the change the more clear and convincing has to be the explanation and I believe that here they failed to provide us with a convincing why. When she decided to leave was understandable, when we met her the first time she was on the run, she talked with Buffy about the idea of leaving, Buffy herself decided to disaper at the end of season two, such decision was properly set up. Then they got attacked by some vamps and she decides to join the mayor, why? They never set this option, she's never talked to him, she never met him, she doesn't know him, why didn't she go ahead with her original plan and leave? Why she decided to help Buffy? Why didn't she decide to stay and make it clear that he wanted nothing to do with the others? And so on. Again, for me the question is why.

Adoreandu

No, it is a big deal. The Wesley/Cordelia thing is gross.