Storyteller

"Storyteller" is the sixteenth episode of season 7 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. "Storyteller" refers to Andrew Wells, who became a pseudo-member of the Scooby Gang after being one of the Big Bad guys in Season 6, and has been held hostage at Buffy's home since early in the season. Andrew begins a video documentary narrating the apocalyptic adventures of Buffy and the Scooby Gang, leading Anya and Xander to begin talking about their relationship (and later have sex). Meanwhile, the seal underneath Sunnydale High begins exerting an evil influence upon the students, who begin to riot. Andrew had originally activated the seal at the command of the First Evil (by murdering his best friend, Jonathan), so Buffy and Principal Robin Wood turn to him for information. He relates the details of Jonathan's murder (in several different ways), and Buffy decides to take him to the Hellmouth to neutralize the seal. At the school, students continue to riot. As Spike and Robin guard the entrance to the basement, Buffy takes Andrew downstairs to the seal. She tricks Andrew, pretending that she is about to kill him in order to force him to face what he had done to Jonathan. Andrew, repentant, begins to cry, and his tears of remorse de-activate the seal. Upstairs, Robin's suspicions that Spike killed his mother (Nikki Wood, a Slayer) are confirmed.

Quotes and trivia
Warren: "What will it do to Buffy?"

Andrew: "Make her super-magnetic!"

Jonathan: "Wow! She won't be able to get out of her car!"

Warren: "And knives and other sharp things will fly at her!"

Andrew: "We could walk right by her and she wouldn't be able to stop us."

Jonathan: "Unless we're wearing metal belt buckles. Then we'd stick to her."

Andrew: "In my plan..." (dramatic pause) "...we are beltless."


 * The opening scene is done in parody of the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre. A subsequent scene where Andrew gets Xander and Anya to talk about their relationship parodies "Oprah!" and other daytime talk shows.
 * The unnoticed shy girl turning invisible is a reference to the first season episode "Out of Mind, Out of Sight", in which a girl becomes dangerous after disappearing in a similar manner.
 * The monster of the Mutant Enemy Productions logo, instead of saying his famous "Grr, Argh!", dons a laurel wreath and sings "We are as gooooooods!!!"
 * The "Cheese Man," who appeared in the dreams of Buffy, Xander, Willow, and Giles in the season 4 finale, appears for a split second (along with his cheese) during Andrew and Jonathan's nightmare.
 * In this episode, Andrew says that Jonathan has a shy bladder. The actor who plays Jonathan appears in another TV show where, during one episode, is unable to urinate due to someone harassing him to hurry.