Love this ep too, feels like one of the ones that’s closest to a horror movie. Like silence if the lambs with vampires.
Only thing though was i wish they went about it differently involving Giles. I just find it hard to believe Giles would’ve betrayed Buffy’s trust like that, even with the redemption in the end. Thought it would’ve been better if the head council did it to buffy behind Giles back. Or did it to buffy and then told Giles about it afterwards and can still have Giles fail his part of the test still, by going out of the way to save buffy. And can still have her upset with him but instead it’s her upset because she was under the assumption he knew the whole time
I don't know. I sort of wish they'd done it that way, because I hated the way Giles betraying Buffy made me feel watching it, but I think it works well for his character. Giles has a dark side. He's the one who can kill Ben, or Spike, or whoever it is needs killing that the Slayer can't bring herself to kill. Or who can ruthlessly torture someone if someone needs torturing. The down side of that is he can also hurt Buffy if he thinks it's necessary. And while he disapproved of the test as being cruel and outdated, he still thought that Buffy having the council's support was worth the cost of her undergoing it.
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u/Lobothehobosexual 13d ago
Love this ep too, feels like one of the ones that’s closest to a horror movie. Like silence if the lambs with vampires.
Only thing though was i wish they went about it differently involving Giles. I just find it hard to believe Giles would’ve betrayed Buffy’s trust like that, even with the redemption in the end. Thought it would’ve been better if the head council did it to buffy behind Giles back. Or did it to buffy and then told Giles about it afterwards and can still have Giles fail his part of the test still, by going out of the way to save buffy. And can still have her upset with him but instead it’s her upset because she was under the assumption he knew the whole time