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Season 3, Episode 13
Written by Dan Vebber
Directed by James Whitmore Jr.
Original Airdate: 26 January 1999
"It must be really hard when all your friends
have, like, superpowers. Slayer, werewolf, witches, vampires, and you're,
like, this little nothing. You must feel like Jimmy Olsen."
Cordelia
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
SYNOPSIS
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A new force of demons, the Sisterhood of Jhe, lead
Buffy, Faith and the rest of the Scooby Gang to an underground nest. The
demons are killed, but in the process, Xander manages to get himself
hurt. Buffy suggests he stay out of the fighting. Xander is desperate to
find his place after his break up with Cordelia and the alienation from
his friends. When another student throws him a football, he misses and
it hits Jack O'Toole's lunch. Jack threatens to beat him up as soon as
he gets his group back together. Cordelia, having witnessed the entire
event rubs Xander's lack of cool in his face. Meanwhile, Giles informs
Buffy that the end of the world is near. A group is planning to reopen
the Hellmouth and bring forth the demons it contains.
After a discussion with Oz about what makes someone cool, Xander gets
himself a car that he believes will make him cool. Buffy and Willow
aren't at all impressed due to the Hellmouth reopening and they fail to
tell Xander about it because they want him out of the loop. While
getting donuts for the rest of the researching gang, Xander meets a girl
who likes his car and wants to go for a ride, but as it turns out she
only likes the car. At the Bronze that night, Xander rear-ends a parked
car which Jack was in. A cop shows up, Xander covers for Jack and then
they, and the car girl, leave to go and get the rest of Jack's friends.
It turns out that all of Jack's friends are already dead and he's
raising them from their graves.
At the library Buffy, Willow and Giles are researching, while Oz, in
werewolf mode, is freaking out in the cage. Willow thinks it's because
he can sense trouble. Giles leaves to try and contact some spirits and
hopefully get their help with stopping the Sisterhood of Jhe.
Xander, now "Car Guy" for Jack and his friends, takes them to get
supplies to "bake a cake," or rather build a bomb. While the boys are
getting the supplies from a hardware store, Xander spots Willow leaving
the magic shop and she, thinking the world may end, tells him she loves
him. After Jack and friends decide to initiate Xander into the club by
killing him and then raising him again, he runs and manages to escape in
his car. He rescues Faith, who is fighting off the demons in the streets
and then takes her home to her apartment and she persuades him to sleep
with her. Afterwards, she kicks him out, clothes in hand.
Xander, after realizing Jack was building a bomb and after finding out
it's location, heads to the school to stop it, followed by Jack and his
group of dead guys. After disposing of Jack's friends, Xander heads down
to the boiler room to diffuse the bomb. Jack shows up, and after some
careful persuasion from Xander, Jack diffuses the bomb with seconds to
spare. Meanwhile, Buffy, Angel, Faith, Giles and Willow are at the
library trying to fend off the giant multi-headed monster and members of
the Sisterhood. In the end, the Hellmouth is closed, and everyone's a
little beat up, but Xander's a better person from it all.
TRIVIA
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Many fans hated this episode when it first
aired because they missed it's point. It's an episode through the eyes
of Xander. The sub-plot about the end of the world isn't important, it's
Xander's view (or rather, lack of view) of it. His melodramatic view of
Buffy and Angel's relationship and Faith kicking him out are definite
highlights.
CONTINUITY
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The massive non-battle that we don't see
features the massive demon spawn from
Prophecy Girl.
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The often-mentioned Uncle Rory is again
mentioned in this episode when he loans Xander his car. He's finally
seen after numerous mentions throughout the series as a guest at Xander
and Anya's wedding in Hell's Bells.
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Despite playing the guitar in his dream in
Teacher's Pet and a guitar being
scene in his room in Bewitched, Bothered
and Bewildered, Xander asks Oz how to play a guitar in this episode.
GOOFS
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A boom mic is visible when Giles is talking
in the library.
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The scene where Xander and Oz discuss
"coolness" starts with a voiceover of Xander talking over a shot of food
being cleaned up. In the background of this shot, you can see Xander,
Buffy, and Willow at a table. But the next shot (and the rest of the
scene) shows just Xander and Oz sitting together. This is because that
first shot was re-used footage from I
Only Have Eyes For You.
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As Parker is decapitated by the mailbox you
can see that there is a lot of mail sticking right out of it. After
Xander drops the body we see that the mail is sticking out only a couple
of inches.
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When Jack and Xander are facing off while
the bomb timer ticks away, the timing is not correct. At one point, the
timer says :11, but two seconds later (and the beeps are audible, so you
can count the seconds easily), it says :12. Then, exactly when it should
explode, we see that it is at 4 seconds.
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