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Buffy the Vampire Slayer :: When She Was Bad (02x01)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: When She Was Bad
Episode #: 02x01
Production Number: 5V01
Original Airdate: Monday September 15th, 1997
Airs On: The WB
8/10 (5 Votes cast)
Episode Crew
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
 
Episode Summary
 

Buffy, having spent the summer with her father in LA, returns to Sunnydale a changed person. She still hasn't learned to cope with the traumatic experience she endured with the Master and takes it out on those closest to her. Meanwhile, the Anointed One tries to bring The Master back from the grave.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Kristine SutherlandplayedJoyce SummersRecurring (8th appearance)
Robia LaMorteplayedMs. Calendar (credited as Robia La Morte)Recurring (third appearance)
Andrew J. FerchlandplayedThe Anointed OneRecurring (5th appearance)
Dean Butler (1)playedHank SummersRecurring (second appearance)
Armin ShimermanplayedPrincipal SnyderRecurring (third appearance)
Brent Jennings (1)playedAbsalom 
Co-Guest Stars
Tamara Braun (1)playedTaraRecurring (first appearance)
 
Main Cast
 
Sarah Michelle GellarplayedBuffy Anne Summers
Nicholas BrendonplayedAlexander "Xander" Harris
Alyson HanniganplayedWillow Rosenberg
Anthony Stewart HeadplayedRupert Giles
David BoreanazplayedAngel
Charisma CarpenterplayedCordelia Chase
 
Episode Notes
 
This episode scored a 4.7/7 in the ratings.
 
This episode ranked 6th out of 11 WB shows for the week.
 
As of this episode, David Boreanaz is now listed in the opening credits.
 
Ranked 97 out of 109 prime time shows.
 
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Alison Krauss & Union StationIt Doesn't Matter 
Cibo MattoSugar Water 
Cibo MattoSpoon 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Xander: Well, what else do you wanna do? We already played rock, paper, scissors. My hands cramped up.
Willow: Well, yes, if you're always scissors, of course your tendons are gonna strain.
 
Xander: (calls out to Giles) Yo! G-man! What's up?
Giles: Nice to see you. And don't ever call me that.
 
Willow: What did you do last night?
Buffy: Mm. Slept. I had weird dreams.
Xander: Dreams are meaningful.
Willow: Tsh! Tell me about it. The other night I dreamt that Xander... Uh, I-it wasn't Xander. I-in fact it wasn't me. It was a friend's dream, and she doesn't remember it.
Buffy: I bet she doesn't.
 
Cordelia: Well, I just meant that you guys always hang out together. So, did you guys fight any demons this summer?
Willow: Uh, yes! Our own personal demons.
Xander: Uh, such as - as - as lust and, uh, thrift!
 
Buffy: Cordelia, your mouth is open; sound is coming out. That's never good.
 
Xander: It's, see, we can't mention that stuff in front of other people, Buffy being the Slayer and all.
Willow: You haven't been talking about our little adventure all summer, have you?
Cordelia: Are you nuts? Do you think I would tell people that I spent the whole evening with you? Besides, it was all so creepy. That Master guy? And all the screaming? I don't even like to think about it. So your secret's safe with me.
Buffy: Well, that works out great. You won't tell anyone that I'm the Slayer, and I won't tell anyone you're a moron.
Xander: Now, that was a good insult.
Willow: A little too good.
 
Willow: Buffy's never acted like this before. Ever since she got back she's... different.
Xander: Buffy's always been different.
Willow: She's never been mean.
 
Cordelia: Buffy. You're really campaigning for bitch-of-the-year, aren't you?
Buffy: As defending champion, you nervous?
Cordelia: I can hold my own. You know, we've never really been close, which is nice, 'cause I don't really like you that much, but... you have on occasion saved the world and stuff, so I'm gonna do you a favor.
Buffy: And this great favor is?
Cordelia: I'm gonna give you some advice. Get over it.
Buffy: Excuse me?
Cordelia: Whatever is causing the Joan Collins 'tude, deal with it. Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever, but get over it. 'Cause pretty soon you're not even gonna have the loser friends you've got now.
 
Willow: I mean, why else would she be acting like such a b-i-t-c-h?
Giles: Willow, I think we're a little too old to be spelling things out.
Xander: A "bitca"?
 
Snyder: There're some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense.
Giles: No, actually that would be one of the five.
Snyder: That Summers girl. I smell trouble, I smell expulsion, and just the faintest aroma of jail.
 
Buffy: (about The Master) We were close. We killed each other. It really promotes togetherness.
 
Buffy: This is Cordelia's. (reads) "Come to the Bronze before it opens, or we make her a meal."
Xander: They're gonna cook her dinner? (pauses) I'll pretend I didn't say that.
 
Willow: Well, what about the rest of the note?
Buffy: What rest of the note?
Willow: The part that says, "P.S., this is a trap."
 
Buffy: (to Angel) You're a vampire. Oh, I'm sorry, was that an offensive term? Should I say "Undead American"?
 
Cordelia: What an ordeal. And you know what the worst part is?
Ms. Calendar: What?
Cordelia: It stays with you forever. No matter what they tell you, none of that rust and blood and grime comes out. I mean, you can dry clean till Judgment Day, you are living with those stains.
Ms. Calendar: Yeah, that's the worst part of being hung upside down by a vampire who wants to slit your throat: the stains.
Cordelia: I hear ya.
 
Giles: Punishing yourself like this is pointless.
Buffy: It's entirely pointy. I was a moron. I put my best friends in mortal danger on the second day of school.
Giles: What are you gonna do? Crawl inside a cave for the rest of your life?
Buffy: Would it have cable?
Giles: Buffy, you acted wrongly, I admit that. But believe me, that was hardly the - the worst mistake you'll ever make. Uh, that wasn't quite as comforting as it was meant to be.
 
Xander: So we Bronzin' it tonight?
Willow: Wednesday is kinda beat.
Xander: Well, we could grind our enemies into talcum powder with a sledgehammer, but, gosh, we did that last night.
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
CreatorJoss Whedon
Executive ProducerJoss Whedon
 
 
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