Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One Vol. 1

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It also allows me to concentrate on the episode itself. The first two are of course the introductory episodes. These introduce the main characters and the main Big Bad, the Master. (Although I do sort of compare this to I, Zombie, where zombies had taken over Seattle and the military had humans still there to keep the zombies in line or they would nuke the city. What would the Master have done if he was told the entire city could be utterly destroyed by one bomb?)

There's a great quote from Zander where he says “I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide till it goes away.” Having the actual script makes it easier for me to pinpoint just what was said in funny moments like this.

The second story revolves around a woman who had her glory days in high school and wants to relive them, no matter who she hurts in the process. Actually I kind of understand this in a way since high school is the last sort-of sheltered time of a young person's life before they are out on their own, trying to make their way in what is basically a fairly cruel world.

The next story has 'fork-guy' which is a really funny name for a monster. It also has a shifter, a beautiful woman who shifts into a praying mantis and kills guys that way. There is a funny line in this one where Giles is talking to some guy he knows and says “No, you weren't right about your mother coming back as a Dachsund.”

Then it's back to the Master and the last script in the book is about human hyenas and Xander. It's kind of gross in spots.

By getting the scripts it's also to see the show was starting off sort of feeling it's way along. Buffy is the 'vampire' slayer but there's not actually a lot of that going on; rather, it's almost the monster-of-the-week approch. This isn't really surprising for a brand new show; they all go through growing pains.

Anyhoo, I really like this and I plan to get all the similar books.

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