Season 4, Episode 2
Written by Marti Noxon
Directed by David Grossman
Original Airdate: 11 October 1999
"Well, actually, the worst part, I'd have to
go with the demon pouring the blood down your throat."
Oz
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
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Clayton Barber as
Demon #1
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Walt Borchert as
Demon #2
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Roger Morrissey as
Tapparich
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David Tuckman as
Freshman
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Paige Moss as
Veruca (Uncredited)
SYNOPSIS
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New roommate Kathy is quickly getting on Buffy's
nerves with her annoying obsessions and habits of listening to music by
Cher and Celine Dion. She intricately picks on the smallest of details,
wanting to know where Buffy is all the time and even goes as far as
following Buffy out on patrol one night. As a demon approaches, Buffy is
forced to knock Kathy out of the way and while the demon escapes,
Buffy's left with one upset roommate and a sweater ruined by mud. The
next morning Buffy goes to visit Giles to escape her hellish roommate.
After criticizing his mail and new exercising activities, she tells him
about the demon she ran into and complains about the trouble her
roommate is causing.
Back at the dorm, Kathy goes through Buffy's closet and borrows a
sweater. She finds Buffy's slaying bag, but doesn't seem to care about
the things she finds. At lunch, in an attempt to escape Kathy, Buffy
cuts into line in front of another student, Parker. He lets her stay in
front of him and as they go through the line he passes on some things
he's learned about a college student saving food and money. Buffy goes
to sit down with her friends, including Xander. Kathy invites herself to
join them, and Buffy notices she's wearing her sweater. Kathy assumed
Buffy wouldn't mind, then proceeds to eat a sandwich and spill red sauce
onto Buffy's sweater.
Willow and Buffy talk over the phone as Willow tries to avoid the
massive party her roommate is throwing. When Kathy returns to the room,
even more things are revealed that the two clash upon. They seem to
disagree about everything including whether the window is open or
closed, Kathy's habit of flossing, Buffy's habit of leaving chewing gum
all over, and what food belongs to whom. They both go to sleep and Buffy
has a horrible dream where her soul is practically sucked out of her by
a demon. Buffy tells Giles and her friends about the dream and then
Kathy joins their little group. She informs them she had the same dream
as Buffy, but Giles can't seem to figure out why. Buffy acts very rude
to Kathy and then after she leaves, Willow and Oz are told to watch her
and make sure she doesn't completely lose it.
A couple of demons stand around a fire and talk about how they've found
the girl they're looking for. They perform a ritual that calls another
demon forth, named Tapparich. Buffy goes back to her dorm room and finds
Parker there, talking to Kathy and Buffy gets very jealous. After Parker
leaves, Buffy and Kathy argue about how they have to share. Buffy goes
to the fridge, takes out Kathy's milk and then sloppily drinks it all
straight from the carton. While an English paper keeps Willow from being
there for Buffy, Oz volunteers to go and keep an eye on her. He joins
Buffy on patrol where she spends the majority of the time complaining
about Kathy and how evil she is.
Buffy finds Willow talking to Kathy, gets upset and questions Willow.
She then shows her a bag of Kathy's toenail clippings that she picked up
off the floor of their dorm the night before, claiming that they grew
over night and that Kathy must be a demon. Buffy comes to the conclusion
that she must kill Kathy. Willow tells Giles that Buffy has reached the
breaking point and that she's on her way to his place. With the help of
Xander and Oz, Giles traps Buffy and ties her up until they can find out
what's causing her change in behaviour.
Willow attempts to talk to Kathy about Buffy, but then Oz calls and
informs her that they have Buffy. Buffy breaks loose of the ropes,
knocks Xander and Oz out, and then goes back to her dorm room. Kathy
hits her, and as they grab each other by the head, Buffy pulls off
Kathy's face, revealing that she really is a demon. The dream Buffy was
having was actually true, as Kathy needs to steal Buffy's soul in order
to keep from being taken back to wherever she's from.
After Giles discovers that Buffy was telling the truth about Kathy being
a demon, he manages to determine what kind of demon they're dealing
with. Xander and Oz go to help Buffy, while Willow and Giles perform a
ritual to return Buffy's soul to her body. The ritual is performed
successfully and just in time for Tapparich to come for Kathy. He's her
father and he chastises her for running away. Opening a vortex in the
floor, he transports both himself and his errant daughter away.
The next day, Buffy and Willow are roommates and are redecorating the
dorm room. They talk for a bit, and Willow asks if Buffy's going to
finish her sandwich, and then without permission, she quickly proceeds
to take a bite out of it.
Buffy glares.
TRIVIA
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Adam Kaufman, who plays Parker, has also
starred in Steven Spielberg's Taken as Charlie Keys (alongside
Julie Benz, who plays Darla). He appears in five episodes this season.
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Paige Moss appears in this episode
uncredited. She's the girl who stares at Oz, and who is later known as
Veruca in
Beer Bad and Wild at Heart.
CONTINUITY
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Willow hangs a poster of Dingoes Ate My
Baby, a tribute to her boyfriend Oz, who has played with the band since
we first met him in Inca Mummy Girl.
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Buffy jokes about the last time Giles tried
to recapture his youth, referring to the events of
Band Candy: “‘Cause I’m still going
‘ick’ from the last time you tried to recapture your youth.”
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Willow refers to Buffy being
'Cordelia-esque' at one point, the first reference to Cordelia since she
left the series.
GOOFS
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In the previous episode, Buffy mentions she
lives in Fischer Hall. In this episode her dorm changes to Stevenson
Hall.
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When Kathy shows Buffy her system for
logging phone calls, she points at a pad of paper. In one shot, the
uncapped end of the pen is pointing at the paper, but in the next shot
the capped end is pointing at the paper.
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As Buffy and Willow are walking away from
Buffy's dorm, Willow is carrying a bag, the straps of which are solid
colour on one side and camouflage print on the other. As they walk, the
straps flip back and forth between shots.
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When Kathy joins Buffy on patrol, watch
Buffy's ponytail. In the shots from behind Buffy, her ponytail rests on
her back. In shots from in front of her, her ponytail rests in front of
her shoulder.
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When Giles and Buffy are outside, he tosses
a towel over his shoulder when he sits down. When he stands up a bit
later, he is shown with the towel in his hand and gone from his
shoulder; it then returns to his shoulder.
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When Oz and Xander walk carefully toward
the tied-up Buffy, Oz in on Xander's right. Buffy then knocks their
heads together and they fall down, but in the shot of them on the floor,
Oz is on Xander's left.
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When Buffy and Kathy are fighting, the
phone falls in front of their nightstands. Later, when the portal is
opened, the phone is nowhere to be seen.
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Something Blue |
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Doomed
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The I in Team |
Goodbye Iowa |
This Year's Girl |
Who Are You |
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