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Date Posted: 12:58:39 02/04/04 Wed
Author: wwolfe
Author Host/IP: 161.149.63.107
Subject: Xander.
In reply to: firechiLd 's message, "The Essence of Character." on 08:58:39 01/30/04 Fri

I'd suggest these:

- The Harvest (His best friend is killed by vampires and he ultimately has to kill the vampire that's living in his best friend's body. Plus, he acts as Buffy's "White Knight" for the first time by reviving her after the Master killed her. These are crucial foundations for his character for the rest of the show.)

- Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered (He shows himself to be a gentleman in the midst of a wildly farcical situation. Again, this establishes a basic aspect of his character: the zany clown with genuine integrity.)

- The Zeppo (Pretty much speaks for itself.)

- The Replacement (At first glance, it might seem a reiteration of "The Zeppo," but in fact its message is really that Xander was never the Zeppo - or that he only remained so until he himself realized it wasn't true.)

- Potential (I had planned to not list a fifth episode, and then use that omission as evidence of the show's failure to ever truly give Xander an arc or complete his story. But it occurred to me that his final speech to Dawn, in which he argues that her extraordinary nature lies in her ordinariness, was of course also a perfect self-definition.)

Sorry I took so long to respond to your post. I enjoyed mulling over the question, but I was delayed by a bad head cold, followed by my busy weekend with my band.

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[> [> Um... -- idoru, 18:56:05 02/04/04 Wed (216.208.255.19)

Xander actually revives Buffy in Prophecy Girl, not The Harvest.


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[> [> [> You're right. -- wwolfe, 23:18:39 02/05/04 Thu (216.244.2.213)

How did I get that wrong? "Prophecy Girl" is only my favorite episode ever.

Oh, well. I guess Xander will just have to get six episodes.


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