Buffy 7.19 FAQ
What’s it called?
“Empty Places.”
Who’s responsible?
Teleplay is credited to Drew Z. Greenberg (“Him,” “The Killer In Me”).
What does TV Guide say?
“As Sunnydale's residents evacuate en masse, Faith rallies the demoralized potentials while an emotionally fragile Buffy endures another run-in with Caleb. Duncan: Nathan Brooks Burgess. Munroe: Justin Shilton.”
The big news?
The cops get word that the fugitive Faith is back in Sunnydale.
Does Buffy do more than endure Caleb’s fisticuffs?
She’s not her fun-loving self. She seems lost, and cold, and distant, and may have fallen under some kind of stupidity spell.
Since all of Sunnydale’s residents fleeing, does Robin Wood continue to be an effective principal?
School has been cancelled; Sunnydale High is now a big empty place with lots of notebook paper on the floor and many open lockers. Wood’s big thing this week is he gets to meet another slayer.
Does Anya nurse poor Xander’s socket? And just where was she last episode?
It turns out Anya has been chatting up some old contacts. As for nursing her ex: “I, myself, would much rather be sitting at the bedside of my one-eyed ex-fiance […] And I would be, too, if not for a certain awkward discussion he and I recently had right over there on that cot immediately following some exciting and unexpected breakup sex. But ... I need to give him some space ...”
Does Willow eye the dark magicks? Does she eye Kennedy?
Willow clouds men’s minds. Nothing too romantic happens this week.
It’s true Andrew and Spike team up? How does that go?
In the next-to-last scene the duo are led to a cryptic phrase hidden inside a mission they visit: "It is not for thee. It is for her alone to wield."
Faith rallies the potentials?
Kinda. She takes the wannabes a-Bronzing.
Does Dawn require rescuing?
At no time.
Does Giles turn up?
Yes it is he who dispatches (a suspicious) Spike to the mission upstate.
Any sign of Fantastico?
No.
Any news on Caleb?
He saw the cryptic wall-message long before Spike and Andrew, and was none too pleased.
What’s good?
Willow’s sad hospital visit with Xander. The shocking suddenness with which Caleb returns.
What’s not so good?
The episode’s not the funniest. Not a lot of new stuff happens this week. Buffy’s trance-like demeanor bums me out, man. And there’s only three episodes left after this one.
How does it end, spoiler-boy?
“Protect them,” Buffy tells Faith. “Lead them.”
Herc’s rating for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 7.19?
***
The Hercules T. Strong Rating System:
- ***** better than we deserve
- **** better than most motion pictures
- *** actually worth your valuable time
- ** as horrible as most stuff on TV
- * makes you quietly pray for bulletins
8 p.m. Tuesday. UPN.
- ***** better than we deserve
- **** better than most motion pictures
- *** actually worth your valuable time
- ** as horrible as most stuff on TV
- * makes you quietly pray for bulletins
8 p.m. Tuesday. UPN.
