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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
"Goodbye Iowa"
Original Air Date
2/15/00
by wendelicious WB, Tuesday at 8:00 P.M. EST
We’re in the midst of a slew of brand new “Buffy”s--could
anything make me happier? Well, maybe if this week’s episode
had been just a little bit less melodramatic…
Last week ended with Maggie Walsh trying to kill Buffy, then Walsh’s
monster killing Walsh. We pick up with Buffy et. al. trying to
put together the pieces over at Giles’ house. Buffy can’t
quite figure out Riley’s role in the whole thing--and of
course, at this point, she doesn’t yet know that Walsh is
dead.
Riley storms in, demanding answers. He’s frustrated
that “Hostile 17”, aka Spike, seems to be making himself
quite comfy in the Slayer’s presence. He returns to the Initiative
to get to the bottom of things. Meanwhile, Buffy and her pals
move to Xander’s basement so they have some sort of safehouse.
Back at Initiative headquarters, Riley and the others
discover that Maggie is dead. (Maggie’s doctor pal tells
them to just hold off, but then again, he is the only one who
knows what happened in Room 314--there’s a monster on the
loose! Riley can’t bear to wait: he sends his fellow commandos
on a mission to kick some vampire ass. His doubts about Buffy
begin to grow.
Maggie’s monster, Adam, borrows a page from Frankenstein
and kills an innocent little kid. Bummer.
Buffy shows up at Willy’s bar to get some info
on the demon she thinks killed the little boy. Riley bursts in,
all sweaty and clammy and threatening people with guns. Obviously,
the kid is off kilter. Buffy takes him back to Xander’s to
rest while she and Xander go on a recon mission to Initiative
HQ.
Spike also gets into some trouble at Willy’s bar:
the other demons aren’t too happy with him trying to kill
his own. They beat Spike up and tell him to lay off.
Meanwhile, Willow is drawn back to Tara’s place
to work some of that Wicca magic they love so much. For some reason,
neither of them can get a full sentence out or stop stuttering
or swallowing all the time--we get it! They’re flirting!
Enough already. But we do get some insight on Tara when she purposefully
spoils one of Willow’s spells. Is she scared? A troublemaker?
Or maybe a very powerful witch?
Before you know what’s going on, Buffy, Xander,
Riley, and the doctor guy are all locked in a room with Adam.
Adam’s pretty bloodthirsty and curious. He gives this long
monologue about how he’s made from all different demon parts,
and he and Riley are brothers, and he has a disk so he knows what
Maggie wanted to happen next…blah blah blah. Adam kills the
doctor guy, bats Buffy, stabs Riley, and makes for the hills.
The commandos burst in and steal Riley away to some sort of hospital
(seems he was being doped by Walsh) where he sadly clenches one
of Buffy’s hair accessories.
Too much action, not enough attitude. Spike was the
only light note in the whole episode (in addition to when Xander
tried to make out with Buffy so they would seem really “undercover”).
But I was thrilled thrilled thrilled to see that our old pal Faith
is going to show up next week!