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Season 5, Episode 11
Written by Jane Espenson
Directed by Christopher Hibler
Original Airdate: 8 January 2001
"Anya, I have faith in you. There is no one
you cannot piss off."
Willow
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
SYNOPSIS
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Xander and Anya lie in bed together and talk about
Buffy's luck, or lack thereof, with men. At a convent, Buffy protects a
young nun from a vampire then asks questions about the life of a nun.
Buffy trains while talking to Giles about his plans to ask the Watcher's
Council for help with Glory. While Giles prepares for a trip to England,
he leaves the shop in the hands of Anya and Willow, whose bickering
worries the Watcher.
Buffy and Dawn talk about how Buffy's recuperating after Riley's
departure. Box of chocolates in hand, Spike rehearses a conversation he
plans to have with Buffy on the Buffy mannequin, but his temper gets in
the way. Anya protests Willow's use of the shop products for magic
spells. Willow and Anya argue constantly and since Xander and Tara don't
want to be in the middle of the arguments, they both leave.
Willow starts a spell, but Anya begins to argue and accidentally, the
spell calls forth a giant troll. The store and much of Sunnydale is
seriously damaged as the troll puts his large mallet and great strength
to good use. Buffy and Tara talk about their new semester classes and
then about the events at the magic shop. Buffy overreacts about possible
trouble between Anya and Xander. Anya drives a car for the first time
wildly through the streets while Willow searches for a spell to stop the
troll.
Xander mopes at the Bronze and Spike is there to make things even more
painful. The two later play pool and talk about women trouble. The troll
continues his vicious attack on the town and makes his way to the Bronze
for ale and babies to eat. While the troll drinks beer straight from a
keg, the whole gang gathers at the Bronze.
The troll, Olaf, reveals that he used to date Anya and she turned him
into a troll to get the job of a Vengeance demon. Buffy and Spike battle
unsuccessfully against Olaf before he uses his hammer to knock down the
second floor of the Bronze and injure many innocent people. Buffy helps
to care for the victims and when Spike helps one bleeding victim, Buffy
refuses to acknowledge this as good.
At the shop, Willow and Anya argue about their capabilities to hurt
Xander, but both make it clear to the other that they have no intentions
of hurting him. Olaf storms into the shop and while he intends to hurt
the girls, Xander arrives before two of the most important women in his
life are seriously wounded. The troll beats Xander up badly then tells
Xander to choose whether Anya or Willow will die. Xander refuses to
choose, but when Olaf decides to kill Xander, Anya offers herself.
Buffy arrives and fights with the troll while Willow works on a spell
and Anya distracts Olaf with insults. When Olaf says that Anya and
Xander won't last, Buffy gets incredibly angry and beats the troll into
unconsciousness. The troll is sent off into an alternate universe. Giles
talks to Buffy about the damage to the shop. Joyce joins them and they
discuss the non-existent information about Glory and the Key Giles
received from the Council. Dawn overhears part of this discussion and is
very concerned.
TRIVIA
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Marc Blucas has been removed from the opening
credits.
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Olaf the troll is played by Abraham Benrubi, whose
full name is Abraham Rubin Hercules Benrubi. He is best known as Jerry
Markovic in ER. He returns as Olaf in
Selfless.
CONTINUITY
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Giles visits the Council in England to
inform them of recent events: they turn up in the next episode,
accompanied by Quentin Travers, who first appeared in
Helpless.
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Tara seems delighted when Anya mentions
that there's a world without shrimp: she's allergic. Anya mentioned that
there was a world without shrimp, or a world with nothing but shrimp, in
Superstar. In the Angel
episode
Underneath, Illyria mentions that she's visited the world with
nothing but shrimp. Other alternate realities mentioned are the Land of
Trolls and the land of perpetual Wednesday.
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Willow is still trying to de-rat Amy.
She's been trying since Gingerbread.
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Anya mentions that D'Hoffryn once offered
Willow a shot as a vengeance demon. This happened in
Something Blue.
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Spike is obsessed with an onion flower
served at the Bronze, which he mentions on several occasions. In this
episode, he says to Xander, “They have chicken wings, too. Also, a sort
of a flower-shaped thing they make from an onion. It’s brilliant.” He
mentions the onion-flower several times, even as late as season seven.
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Anya shows concern at Willow and Xander's
romantic history, which culminated when Cordelia almost died in
Lover's Walk. She also mentions that
it was Cordelia's thirst for vengeance on them that drew her to
Sunnydale in The Wish.
GOOFS
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Anya says that she has never driven before,
yet in Graduation Day (Part 1) she
tells Xander that her car is outside and she is ready to leave Sunnydale
before the Ascension.
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In the scene where Buffy and Dawn are
talking in Buffy's room, Buffy is reading a magazine. She is then
holding a teddy bear. There doesn't seem to be much time for her to put
the magazine away and pick up the bear.
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Olaf calls Anya Anyanka, but he knew her as
Aud.
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How do the gang know that Riley was headed
for the Central American jungle? He didn't tell any of them last week.
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When Olaf threatens the Scoobies in the
Bronze, most of the people in the background just stand around normally,
as though they see huge trolls every day. Maybe they do, what with it
being Sunnydale and all.
Buffy Vs.
Dracula | Real Me |
The Replacement |
Out of My Mind |
No Place Like
Home
Family |
Fool for Love |
Shadow | Listening to Fear |
Into the Woods | Triangle
Checkpoint
| Blood Ties |
Crush | I Was Made to Love You |
The Body |
Forever
Intervention
| Tough Love |
Spiral | The Weight of the World |
The Gift
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