av Mr Chase » mån mar 08, 2004 23:20
Mr Chase is the leader of the pack:
6. The Pack
Probably my least favourite season one show, this episodes has poor Mr Flutie eaten by hyena-inhabited school kids, but not before they have the school mascot, a piglet, for starters. Yuck!
But it was fun to watch possessed Xander behaving badly, and thank God he didn't eat the principal. He was ever so rude and mean to the others, especially poor Willow, but it was the other Xander talking. The hyena-Xander was much more assertive and aggressive but there is a thing like taking it too far. It's a pity that Cordelia wasn't in this episode. It would have been nice to see him preying on her. (I can wish, can't I?).
And the end was good, with Giles keeping Xander's secret to the girls that Xander did indeed remember everything that he had done. Xander probably flossed until his gums bled after this, if only for penance.
The other pack persons were a forgettable bunch and quite embarrassing at times. Oh, you can't win with them every time, Joss!
Rupert Giles: "I'll be back in the Middle Ages."
Miss Calendar: "Did you ever leave?"