The episode “The Zeppo” can be seen as a lesson in the principle of comparative advantage. Or as a good laugh.<\/p>\n
When was Angel invited into Rupert’s apartment (before “Passion”)? When was he invited into Faith’s motel room (before “Consequences”)?<\/p>\n
Most of the Latin in Buffy<\/i> is genuine. “Passion” contains both good Latin (hicce verbis consensus rescissus est<\/i>, though Willow mispronounced it recissus<\/i>) and pseudo-Latin gibberish (formatia trans sicere educatorum<\/i>).<\/p>\n
In “Some Assembly Required”, the three girls killed in a road accident are said to have died of “natural causes”. I was reminded of a line from a Mad<\/i> parody of some crime movie: “Around here, that’s natural causes.”<\/p>\n
“Dead Man’s Party” suggests the question: Can a cat be a vampire? Can a lizard?<\/p>\n
In “Beauty and the Beasts”, someone ought to have asked: If the wolf got out, why would he return?<\/p>\n
Why is it safe for Willow to swap spit with a werewolf?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The episode “The Zeppo” can be seen as a lesson in the principle of comparative advantage. Or as a good laugh. When was Angel invited into Rupert’s apartment (before “Passion”)? When was he invited into Faith’s motel room (before “Consequences”)? … Continue reading