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.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 1 – “When She Was Bad”
Willow: She’s possessed!
Giles: Possessed?
Willow: That’s the only explanation that makes any sense. I mean, you should’ve seen her last night. That wasn’t Buffy.
Xander: Are we overlooking the idea that she may be very attracted to me? … She’s possessed.
Giles: Possessed by what?
Willow: Aaaaa possessing thing!
Giles: Well, that narrows it down.
Xander: Well, you’re the expert. Hey, maybe when the Master killed her some… mystical bad guy transference thing happened.
Willow: That’s what it was! 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?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 1 – “When She Was Bad”
Giles: I wonder if they’re here for any purpose, particularly.
Buffy: You’re the Watcher. I just work here.
Giles: Yes, I-I must consult my books.
Xander: Oh, eight minutes and thirty-three seconds, pay up. (Willow hands him a dollar) I called ten minutes before you’d consult your books about something.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 1 – “When She Was Bad”
*Update: I was informed by author Amy Pascale on Twitter that Joss Whedon: The Biography is not an “authorized biography” and have edited this review to remove any references to it as such. I apologize for the mistake.
I had some mixed feelings about reading a biography of Joss Whedon. For starters, I rarely read non-fiction (just as a matter of personal preference), but what made me more reluctant was my personal admiration and loyalty to Joss, the man who has created so many of my favorite stories over the past fifteen years or so. The man who created “cult classics” like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly in addition to writing and directing The Avengers, one of the most successful films of all time, is certainly a subject ripe for study, but what to expect from a biography? Could it capture the essence of this Lord of the Geeks that his fans all know and love, while managing to explain to the uninitiated why he’s worthy of our praise, while managing to find something new that will surprise even his most devoted followers or that could give a deeper meaning to his work? While I found the book to be an enjoyable read, the bigger answers to these questions turned out to be something of a mixed bag.
Giles: The vampires?
Cordelia: Gone.
Angel: The Master?
Giles: Dead. The Hellmouth is closed. Buffy… Buffy?
Buffy: Oh, sorry. It’s just been a really weird day.
Xander: Yeah! Buffy died, and everything!
Willow: Wow! Harsh.
Giles: I should have known that wouldn’t stop you.
Jenny Calendar: Well, what do we do now?
Giles: I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’d like to get out of this place. I don’t like the library very much anymore.
Xander: Hey! I hear there’s a dance at the Bronze tonight. Could be fun.
Cordelia: Yeah!
Willow: Buffy?
Buffy: Sure! We saved the world. I say we party! I mean, I got all pretty.
Jenny Calendar: And what about him?
Buffy: He’s not going anywhere. Loser.
Giles: I’m not dancing, though.
Jenny Calendar: We’ll see.
Willow: You can come with us, Angel.
Buffy: I’m hungry.
Xander: So what’s the story with the car?
Cordelia: Oh, that was me, saving the day!
Willow: (to Angel) Get something to drink.
Buffy: Is anybody else hungry?
Willow: (to Angel) Well, no, don’t do that. Just hang.
Buffy: I’m really, really hungry.
Angel: By the way, I really like your dress.
Buffy: Yeah, yeah. Big hit with everyone.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 12 – “Prohpecy Girl”
Angel: What?
Xander: You were looking at my neck.
Angel: What?
Xander: You were checking out my neck! I saw that!
Angel: No, I wasn’t!
Xander: Just keep your distance, pal.
Angel: I wasn’t looking at your neck!
Xander: I told you to eat before we left.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 12 – “Prohpecy Girl”