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Waking up from a long, deep coma having nightmares with Buffy, Faith goes to Sunnydale bent on revenge. Riley leaves the facility and meets Buffy. Looking for Adam, Buffy, Xander and Willow find a demon he dissected in the woods. Faith captures Joyce, Buffy fights for her mother.
The fourth season of Buffy is, by far, my least favorite. The big bad isn't all that easily identifiable - or, really, all that bad, when compared to the Master, Angelus, the Mayor, or any of the truly top notch villains that follow this season. Whether you consider Prof. Walsh, or Adam, or the Initiative itself to be the BB, they're all just weak sisters in my estimation.
Which makes the episodes featuring Faith a high point in the season.
In "This Year's Girl," Faith is troubled by nightmares during her coma, while the Scoobies are troubled by the Initiative's version of the waking variety: Adam. About halfway through some meandering plot that can be summed up in the questions "what's his endgame? What does he want? Why is he leaving eviscerated demons all over Sunnydale?" Faith wakes up, beats up some chick for her clothes and heads straight for Buffy and vengeance. SlayerFight '00 is exciting, but not quite as entertaining as SlayerQuipFest '00. After the witty banter and rapid-fire martial arts battle, Faith bails from UC SunnyD and arrives at Joyce's house having received a little posthumous gift from her father figure, the Mayor. Having lured Buffy into the trap, Faith uses Wilkins's gift to switch bodies with the one true Slayer, and hi-jinks ensue.
While I'll never give any episode of Buffy less than a five out of ten, I'm also not likely to give any episode of this season more than six. This gets a six, and it's really just for one small part, that has precious little to do with this season at all: Faith's First Dream.
Faith and Buffy are in B's bedroom, and after Faith's given Buffy a little gentle ribbing for leaving her in a coma for the past months, we get the following exchange. B: "I wish I could stay, but--" F: "No, you have to go." B: "It's just with..." F: "Little sis coming. I know. So much to do before she gets here." That's Joss Whedon for you. He's not anywhere near done with Season Four's story arc, and he's already presaging Season Five. This is the first mention of Dawn, just a quick little little line, cleverly disguised as a reference to Faith herself.
Another great moment: Spike zinging Xander and Giles: "Tell you what I'll do then. I'll head out, find this girl...tell her exactly where all of you are, and then watch, as she kills you.....Can't any one of your damned little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?" The Good; Faith's dream sequences are all excellent, wonderful to see Harry Groener again, love the reveal of Faith at UCSD and great scenes with Joyce/Faith, the fight that follows one of the best in the show's history
The Bad; Are you kidding, Faith is back, how could anything be bad?
Best line; Faith; "How do I look?" Joyce; "Psychotic?"
Character death; Thankfully not
Knocked out; Buffy-as-Faith in the final scene plus the poor girl at the hospital
Women good/men bad; Nope, female villain this time around
Jeez!; Psycho-Buffy in Faith's dreams is scary indeed, great performance from SMG, love her vacant stare, steady walk and that little tilt of the head, give her a hockey mask and she's the villain in the slasher film. Check out Buffy's expression as she twists the knife in Faith's side. Plus Faith hits Joyce! Oh, that girl deserves SUCH a spanking! Plus Adam's Silence of the Lambs homage.
Kinky dinky; As Petrie comments, 'Cleavage, demons and intrigue' (what I look for in a TV show). Faith also tells Buffy she has dreams about 'cigars and tunnels', Bill Clinton and Monica anyone? (a reference that would have been a lot more topical at the time). Willow refers to Faith as a 'cleavagey slutbomb'.
Calling Captain Subtext; The grass snake intruding in the picnic needs no interpretation. It represents the Mayor's evil (sexual?)desires intruding on his and Faith's happiness. Doug Petrie comments on Jaith and I think he's right, actually Joyce and Faith love each other much the same as Buffy/Faith do. I remember reading a great fanfic called 'Forbidden' where Joyce is lying in bed feeling guilty about having sex with the naked Slayer lying beside her who calls her 'mommy'. Of course in the very last word of the story you realise that it's actually Faith rather than Buffy and it all makes perfect sense from both a narrative and character point of view.
Buffy and Faith in dreams are still making the bed, Faith pleads for Buffy to take the knife out of her, does this signify a yearning for forgiveness?
Scoobies to the ER; Buffy-as-Faith get's a hammering (one could argue that this is actually Faith self-harming?)
Where's Dawn? Taken hostage by Faith alongside Joyce? It would certainly explain Dawn's antipathy towards her in season 7. Faith refers to 'Little sis coming'. Of course Dawn could just as easily have been Faith's sister if things had worked out differently, maybe they have a special link just as Dawn and Buffy do?
Missing scenes; The bit where Tara and Willow search for Faith is quite obviously an add in but is funny, especially Tara's idea of fighting.
Apocalypses; 5,
Questions and observations; Wonderful to have Faith back. You can't help but feel sorry for her when she's wandering the streets of Sunnydale having lost everything, especially when she sees the happy daughter leading her father by the hand. One question, looking at the Mayor's video he seems to think that there will be a museum dedicated to him in Sunnydale and that he and Faith will bring 'order' to the town? By being a big snake?
I always wondered what would happen if a Slayer was brainsucked by Glory? Read a fanfic once where that actually happens to Faith but in the follow up story DarkWillow brainsucks Warren before killing him and uses his mental energy to cure her. Watching this I realise that if Slayer healing can restore Faith from her coma then Glory would be no big deal for her or Buffy. Tara asks what 'Five by five' means, about time someone did. Who calls the police for Faith at UCSD?
Marks out of 10; 9/10
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