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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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  Episode Information  
Title: The Wish
Episode Number: 43
Season: 3
Season Episode #.: 9
Production Number: 3ABB09
Original Airdate: Tuesday December 08th, 1998
9.5/10 (2 Votes cast)
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Episode Crew
Director: David Greenwalt
Writer: Marti Noxon

  Episode Summary  
When Cordelia wishes that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale, the demon Anyanka grants her wish. Now the entire city is stuck in an alternate reality where the vampires have made a feeding ground out of Sunnydale.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Mark MetcalfplayedThe MasterRecurring (7th appearance)
Emma CaulfieldplayedAnyankaRecurring (first appearance)
Larry Bagby IIIplayedLarryRecurring (4th appearance)
Mercedes McNabplayedHarmonyRecurring (5th appearance)
Co-Guest Stars
Danny StrongplayedJonathanRecurring (9th appearance)
Nicole BilderbackplayedCordette #1Recurring (second appearance)
Nathan AndersonplayedJohn Lee 
Mariah O'BrienplayedNancy 
Gary ImhoffplayedTeacher 
Robert CovarrubiasplayedCaretaker 
  Main Cast  
Sarah Michelle GellarplayedBuffy Anne Summers
Nicholas BrendonplayedAlexander "Xander" Harris
Alyson HanniganplayedWillow Rosenberg
Anthony Stewart HeadplayedRupert Giles
David BoreanazplayedAngel
Charisma CarpenterplayedCordelia Chase
Seth GreenplayedDaniel "Oz" Osbourne
  Episode Notes  
This episode scored a 5.9/9 in the ratings.
 
This episode ranked 1st out of 15 WB shows for the week.
 
This episode features the first appearance of Emma Caulfeld as Anya.
 
This episode scored a 4.2 in the national ratings.
 
Ranked 88 out of 128 prime time shows.
 
Anya was intended to be a one-episode character, but would eventually become a cast member providing comic relief.
 
Even in this alternate reality, the prophecy mentioned in "Prophecy Girl" is fulfilled: "The Master will rise, and the Slayer will die."
 
According to The Last Sundown featurette on the season 7 DVD box set, this is Joss's sixth favorite episode.
 
  Featured Songs  
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
GingersolNever Noticed 
PlasticDedicated to Pain 
The SpiesTired of Being Alone 
  Episode Quotes  
Willow: Bored now.
 
The Master: You killed the girl who sought the Slayer?
Xander: It was too easy.
Willow: I felt cheap.
 
Oz: So Cordelia wished for something? Well, if it was a long, healthy life, she should get her money back.
 
Buffy: World is what it is. We fight, we die. Wishing doesn't change that.
Rupert: I have to believe in a better world.
Buffy: Go ahead. I have to live in this one.
 
The Master: Some have argued that such an advancement goes against our nature. They claim that death is our art. I say to them - well, I don't say anything to them because I killed them.
 
Angel: What's the plan?
Buffy: (hands him a stake) Don't fall on this.
 
Anyanka: You trusting fool! How do you know the other world is any better than this?
Giles: Because it has to be.
 
  Other Episode Crew  
CreatorJoss Whedon
Executive ProducerJoss Whedon
 
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