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Buffy the Vampire Slayer :: Gingerbread (03x11)

Episode Information

Title:

Gingerbread

Episode #:

03x11

Production Number:

3ABB11

Original Airdate:

Tuesday January 12th, 1999

Airs On:

The WB

Currently 9.3/10
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9.3/10 (3 Votes cast)

Episode Crew
Director:	James Whitmore, Jr.
Story:	Thania St. John Jane Espenson
Teleplay:	Jane Espenson

Episode Summary

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When Buffy's mother discovers two dead children in the park, she goes on a witch hunt of sorts trying to rid Sunnydale of all evil.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Kristine Sutherland	played	Joyce Summers	Recurring (26th appearance)
•Elizabeth Anne Allen (1)	played	Amy Madison	Recurring (third appearance)
•Harry Groener	played	Mayor Richard Wilkins III	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Armin Shimerman	played	Principal Snyder	Recurring (14th appearance)
•Jordan Baker	played	Sheila Rosenberg
Co-Guest Stars
•Roger Morrissey	played	Demon	Recurring (first appearance)
•Lindsay Taylor	played	Little Girl
•Shawn Pyfrom	played	Little Boy
•Blake Soper	played	Michael
•Grant Garrison	played	Roy
•Daniel Tamm	played	Mooster

Main Cast

•Sarah Michelle Gellar	played	Buffy Anne Summers
•Nicholas Brendon	played	Alexander "Xander" Harris
•Alyson Hannigan	played	Willow Rosenberg
•Anthony Stewart Head	played	Rupert Giles
•David Boreanaz	played	Angel
•Charisma Carpenter	played	Cordelia Chase
•Seth Green	played	Daniel "Oz" Osbourne

Episode Notes

This episode scored a 5.3/8 in the ratings.

This episode ranked 3rd out of 15 WB shows for the week.

This episode scored a 4.2 in the national ratings.

Ranked 91 out of 129 prime time shows.

Episode Quotes

Shelia: Willow, you cut off your hair. That's a new look.
Willow: Yeah, it's just a sudden whim I had... in August.

Buffy: What is this?
Willow: A doodle. I do doodle. You too. You do doodle, too.

Xander: Aw, man. It's Nazi Germany, and I've got Playboys in my locker!

Principal Snyder: Just remember, lift a finger against me, and you'll have to answer to MOO.
Buffy: Answer to Moo? Did that sentence just make some sense that I'm not in on?

Cordelia: I came over here to tell Buffy to stop this craziness, and found you all unconscious... again. How many times have you been knocked out, anyway? I swear, one of these times, you're going to wake up in a coma.
Giles: Wake up in a - Oh, never mind. We need to save Buffy from Hansel and Gretel.
Cordelia: Now, let's be clear. The brain damage happened before I hit you.

Buffy: Mom, dead people are talking to you. Do the math.