I think this was a success
Mar. 2nd, 2010 06:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snick_backupThe housemate and I just watched Superstar, and she requests I tell the Internet that she approves of this episode. Also, that she feels rather pleased with herself for spotting Jonathan on a cereal box (at Giles's place) and on a globe (in Xander's basement).
(Seriously, there was much chortling, snorfling, and snickering, laced with occasional guffaws. I kept having to pause so she could get control of herself again, over lines like, "I think -- for once -- we should follow her lead." [Riley])
(Also: in rewatches I keep marveling how hard the writers pushed Riley and Buffy's non-communication problems, from very early on. If it wasn't intentional that they get their first kiss in the episode without dialogue, then it was awfully fortuitous. And in this ep, this exchange:
(And finally: I note that after Buffy moans, "Oh, Jonathan," in that very last shot with Riley, the shooting script has her say, "Just kidding" before the fade to black. I'm amused that they cut that.)
(Seriously, there was much chortling, snorfling, and snickering, laced with occasional guffaws. I kept having to pause so she could get control of herself again, over lines like, "I think -- for once -- we should follow her lead." [Riley])
(Also: in rewatches I keep marveling how hard the writers pushed Riley and Buffy's non-communication problems, from very early on. If it wasn't intentional that they get their first kiss in the episode without dialogue, then it was awfully fortuitous. And in this ep, this exchange:
BUFFY: I'm glad we talked this all out.
RILEY: Um... we haven't talked at all.
(And finally: I note that after Buffy moans, "Oh, Jonathan," in that very last shot with Riley, the shooting script has her say, "Just kidding" before the fade to black. I'm amused that they cut that.)
