This episode was ok...I think it's actually a great idea but wasn't executed to the fullest. the idea is that some evil kind of magical guy from Gile's past comes to town, opens a costume store, and casts a spell on everyone who has rented a costume from his store. They all actually turn into what they are dressed up as. In the case of our main characters Xander turns into a bad ass soldier, Willow turns into a ghost, and Buffy turns into an 18th century noble lady. Great idea, right? They didn't really run with it. Xander is sort of awesome, but Willow is just herself but can walk through walls. Buffy turns super annoying. I feel like the show really missed an opportunity to show more people acting out their alter egos, and also they made Buffy extra annoying. Instead of just being helpless, they actually gave her dialogue that beat us over the head with the fact that she was helpless. something to the effect of "I was raised to believe that men should be in charge blah blah blah." That is not how anyone from the time would have spoken, they just would have acted that way. Also Sarah Michelle does a terrible job of it, showing her limited range. She is good at being Buffy but not really anything else. How did she ever do I know what you did last summer? Maybe that is going to require another viewing...
Haha...Mark here, and I agree with Laurel. I won't blame it all on Sarah Michelle Gellar as the writing for the 18th century noble woman wasn't doing her any favors, but yeah she does go too over the top. Really the stars of the episode are Xander, who finally gets to do some ass kicking, Cordelia, who doesn't change personalities (she bought her costume at a different shop), and Giles, because we get a little insight into his past. As Laurel says, the villain who orchestrated events is an old acquaintance of Giles', Ethan Rayne. Giles shows a more aggressive side than we've seen of him when he beats up Ethan. Also, Ethan hints that Giles may have a past a little different from the tweed and earl grey persona we know.
We see a bit of Spike and Drusilla as they try to take advantage of the evening's events, but it doesn't amount to much, other than Drusilla's premonitions make them aware that Buffy will be weak. On the vampire-demon front in general, Halloween is sort of a non-event we're told.
Separately, the Angel-Buffy romance is heating up, I guess... They had a coffee date. It's kind of creepy that this 241 year old is attracted to a 16 year old if you think about it too much. Also, I'm not so sold on it at this point. Far more interesting is Oz's (Seth Green) attraction to Willow..."Who IS that girl?"
All in all, we'd give this 3 stakes...
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