What's My Line Part 1

Mark here...Laurel and I have just sat down to the next episode of Buffy season 2, "What's My Line, Pt 1".  I've made us Jamie Oliver's Sweet Potato Chili with Nigella's Guacamole.  Laurel made us a cocktail to go along, called A Salty Chihuahua! It was all very tasty!

Anyway, on to the episode! It's career day at Sunnydale High and the gang is all worried about their career futures...all except Willow, who is singled out as having a promising future by a software company.  Buffy however is stressing out over the fact that she can't go away to college...or really leave Sunnydale.  Seeing how Sunnydale sits on the Hellmouth and she's the slayer...the one and only slayer.  She reminds us again that there is only one slayer and until she dies, she's the one.

Meanwhile, Spike is trying to cure the sick Drusilla and contacts a trio of demon bounty hunters to take out Buffy.  The first one strikes while Buffy is taking a break ice skating.  In a weird montage Buffy opts for some "Me time" on the rink after Angel tells her about it.  It's a weird segment.  I'm convinced it was written in so we could see Buffy take out the demon with her ice skates.  Then we see another of the trio, a weirdo made up of maggots. Also, there is a mysterious girl who arrives in Sunnydale.  We're lead to believe she's the third bounty hunter until the end of the episode. While fighting with Buffy, she says she's "Kendra the Vampire Slayer".

The episode ends on a cliffhanger as we know (but Buffy etc., do not) that Kendra has trapped Angel in a cage by a window.  Once the sun comes up, Angel will be dust...

Hey Laurel here...Not much to add except that the only other student at Sunnydale who is being recruited by the software company besides Willow is...wait for it...Oz!  Romance is brewing?

Also poor Kendra the vampire slayer.  She has the worst accent I've ever heard.  Mark was telling me that she is supposed to be Jamaican, and they brought in an accent coach to teach her the accent only 2 days in advance of shooting.  It ends up sounds kind of Jamaicain/Scottish/???.  This poor actress never stood a chance.

Mark here...one more thing that's weird. After Giles tells Buffy how dangerous this trio of Bounty Hunters is, he lets her leave and walk home alone...and then wonders where she is?!?  Kind of weird and out of character.

In any case, we give this episode 3 stakes.