Reptile Boy

Mark here...We're on to our next episode of Buffy season 2, this one is called "Reptile Boy" and this one is also a bit of a blah one. The premise is that frat boys are abducting girls.  We know this from the show's opener but the gang does not.  So Cordelia takes a liking to some frat boys who in turn take a liking to Buffy.  They invite them to a frat party.  Buffy, feeling put off by Angel and overworked by Giles, decides to go along.  We sort of see it coming from a mile away that the 2 of them will be roofied by these frat boys.  When they are awakened they are chained in the basement to be fed to a reptile-y demon by the frat boys.  Later we find out the frat boys get riches in return for their "offering"

As I said the episode's really nothing special.  Xander tries to follow the girls in and embarrassingly gets turned into a frat pledge.  Cordelia's really the only one who gets to shine here.  She gets some real zingers in her dialogue as she's determined to impress the frat boys.

Hey Laurel here...Not much extra to say about this episodes except for a few snippets that I loved or hated.  I love that the episode opens with Buffy AND Zander braiding Willow's hair.  I love that Cordelia is extra sassy.  When she's making plans with Buffy for the frat party she tells her something like "go heavy on the make up and stick to the shadows.  It will be so fun it's like we are sisters!"  I hate that they didn't try harder to make it plausible that Buffy gets roofied.  I mean, you know Cordelia is going to, but Buffy?  They should have made it so that Zander gave her the drink in a round about way or something, we are really supposed to believe that some creepy frat guys give Buffy a drink and she just chugs it no questions asked?  Lame.

This episode is not terribly but its just meh.  We agree it's 2 stakes.