Sorry for taking so long guys i've been busy. I'll do episode 5 and 6 tonight, and 7 tomorrow.
As i've already mentioned this was my first time watching Never Kill A Boy On The First Date, and i think my thoughts on it provide an explanation to why i didn't notice i missed an episode. I liked the return to The Master storyline after the short interlude of non vampire episodes. It was a good introduction for The Annointed One who i actually think had potential as a villian, for this early in the season his introduction is surprisingly dark and full on especially since he was a kid essentialy being ripped from his mothers arms. Other than that i can't say i really enjoyed this episode. The Owen storyline wasn't for me, and the guy they got to play him was cringeworthy
. One thing they did right with Owen imo, was not to follow the previous two episodes formula of new character introduced is either the villain or connected to the villain, it mixes it up and helps make the early episodes a bit less predictable. One thing i found hilarious in this episode was how much that Andrew Borba guy looked like Sean Willliam Scott when he was a vampire, i had to double check to make sure it wasn't him
. Overall it wasn't a terrible episode but not that good either, regardless it was good to find an episode i hadn't seen this early.
The Pack is my second or third favourite of the first season, i think the Xander episodes are usually the best at the beginning of his series because his personality is pretty much formed while the other characters take a bit longer to develop. The bullying (if you can call it that) by the pack before they changed at the start had me in stitches, it was like something out of The Karate Kid
. This episode is no doubt quite cheesy and it takes getting used to Xanders personality change, but once you do it becomes a very intriguing episode imo. The death of the Principal was quite shocking especially this early on and by the manner it happened. While he was quite amusing at times, i'm happy that they decided to drop him because i always really liked Principal Snyder's character. The best thing about this episode was probably the advancement of Willow's character, up to this point she was only really Buffy's nerdy, adorable; sidekick. In this episode they did a really good job bringing her more into the series and delving a bit further into her feelings for Xander. Also i've got to really praise the way they somehow managed to make a dogeball scene quite chilling
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