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+ | |title = The Freshman |
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+ | |season = 4 |
+ | |number = 1 |
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− | |image = Buffy-Willow-season-4-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-1272073-1403-2281.jpg |
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+ | |image = The Freshman Willow Buffy.jpg |
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− | |airdate = October 5, [[1999]] |
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+ | |airdate = October 5, [[1999]] |
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+ | |writer = [[Joss Whedon]] |
+ | |director = Joss Whedon |
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+ | |code = 4ABB01 |
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+ | |series = ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' |
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− | |cast = {{CastList |
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− | | starring = {{CastGroup|{{CastActor|name=Sarah Michelle Gellar|character=Buffy Summers|billed=Buffy}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Nicholas Brendon|character=Xander Harris|billed=Xander}} |
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+ | |series2 = ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]'' |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Alyson Hannigan|character=Willow Rosenberg|billed=Willow}} |
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+ | |previous2 = <small>First episode in the series.</small> |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Seth Green|character=Daniel Osbourne|billed=Oz}} |
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+ | |next2 = "[[City Of]]" |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Anthony Stewart Head|character=Rupert Giles|billed=Giles}}}} |
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+ | |stars = [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] — [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]]<br />[[Nicholas Brendon]] — [[Alexander Harris|Xander]]<br />[[Alyson Hannigan]] — [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]]<br />[[Seth Green]] — [[Daniel Osbourne|Oz]]<br />[[Anthony Stewart Head]] — [[Rupert Giles|Giles]] |
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− | | gueststarring = {{CastGroup|{{CastActor|name=Kristine Sutherland|character=Joyce Summers|billed=Joyce}} |
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+ | |gueststars = [[Kristine Sutherland]] — [[Joyce Summers|Joyce]]<br />[[Marc Blucas]] — [[Riley Finn|Riley]]<br />[[Dagney Kerr]] — [[Kathy Newman|Kathy]]<br />[[Pedro Balmaceda]] — [[Edward (The Freshman)|Eddie]]<br />[[Katharine Towne]] — [[Sunday]]<br />[[Lindsay Crouse]] — [[Maggie Walsh]] |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Marc Blucas|character=Riley Finn|billed=Riley}} |
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+ | |costars = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705280/ Mike Rad] — [[Rookie]]<br />[[Shannon Hillary]] — [[Dav]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1813133/ Mace Lombard] — [[Tom]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0146304/ Robert Catrini] — [[Riegert|Prof. Riegert]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727692/ Scott Rinker] — [[Unidentified RA|R.A.]]<br />[[Phina Oruche]] — [[Olivia Williams|Olivia]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780571/ Denice J. Sealy] — [[Unidentified student volunteer|Student Volunteer]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669658/ Evie Peck] — [[Unidentified megaphone student|Angry Girl]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707986/ Anil Raman] — [[Unidentified rally student|Earnest Fellow]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160578/ Jason Christopher] — [[Unidentified Alpha Delta member|Nonserious Guy]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799205/ Jane Silvia] — [[Unidentified Christian student|Conservative Woman]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798843/ Mark Silverberg] — [[Paul|Passing Student]]<br />[[Walter Borchert]] — [[Unidentified vampire (The Freshman)|New Vampire]] |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Dagney Kerr|character=Kathy Newman|billed=Kathy}} |
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+ | |uncredited = [[David Boreanaz]] — [[Angel]]<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115879/ Maxime Brulein] — Student<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0145402/ Heath Castor] — Student |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Pedro Balmaceda|imdb=0050959|character=Eddie}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Katharine Towne|character=Sunday}} |
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+ | |band = [[Angie Hart]] — singer<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287855/ J.D. Foster] — bassist<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1302790/ Jesse Tobias] — guitarist<br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1533260/ Gordon Townsend] — drummer |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Lindsay Crouse|character=Maggie Walsh}}}} |
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− | | costarring = {{CastGroup|{{CastActor|name=Mike Rad|imdb=0705280|character=Rookie}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Shannon Hillary|character=Dav}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Mace Lombard|imdb=1813133|character=Tom}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Robert Catrini|imdb=0146304|character=Professor Riegert|billed=Prof. Riegert}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Scott Rinker|imdb=0727692|billed=R.A.}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Phina Oruche|character=Olivia Williams|billed=Olivia}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Denice J. Sealy|imdb=0780571|billed=Student Volunteer}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Evie Peck|imdb=0669658|billed=Angry Girl}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Anil Raman|imdb=0707986|billed=Earnest Fellow}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Jason Christopher|imdb=0160578|billed=Nonserious Guy}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Jane Silvia|imdb=0799205|billed=Conservative Woman}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Mark Silverberg|imdb=0798843|character=Paul|billed=Passing Student}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Walter Borchert|billed=New Vampire}}}} |
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− | | uncredited = {{CastGroup|{{CastActor|name=David Boreanaz|character=Angel}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Maxime Brulein|imdb=0115879|billed=Student}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Heath Castor|imdb=0145402|billed=Student}}}} |
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− | | bandmembers = {{CastGroup|{{CastActor|name=Angie Hart|billed=Singer}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=J.D. Foster|imdb=0287855|billed=Bass Player}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Jesse Tobias|imdb=1302790|billed=Guitar Player}} |
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− | | {{CastActor|name=Gordon Townsend|imdb=1533260|billed=Drummer}}}}}} |
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+ | "'''{{PAGENAME}}'''" is the season premiere of the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4|fourth season]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' television show, and the fifty-seventh episode in the series. Written and directed by [[Joss Whedon]], it originally broadcast on October 5, [[1999]] on [[The WB]] network. |
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− | While [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]] blossoms in the college environment, [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] has a difficult time adjusting — getting lost, getting kicked out of a class for talking, meeting her Céline Dion-loving roommate [[Kathy Newman|Kathy]] and getting soundly beaten by the [[Sunday|leader]] of a campus vampire gang that steals from its victims. |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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+ | MOVING ON — Trying to adjust to the rigors of college life proves to be harder than [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] imagined. She moves into a dorm, must contend with a less-than-stable roommate and the complexities of dating college men. On campus, [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]] is overly enthused about college life and her ongoing romance with [[Daniel Osbourne|Oz]], and [[Alexander Harris|Xander]] unexpectedly returns from his self-discovery adventure. Elsewhere, [[Rupert Giles|Giles]] seems to be enjoying his life away from being a librarian and a [[Watcher]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000510013636/http://www.buffy.com:80/slow/mortuary/index_anno4.html "The Mortuary"]. ''Buffy The Vampire Slayer''. Archived from [http://www.buffy.com:80/slow/mortuary/index_anno4.html the original] May 10, 2000.</ref> |
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⚫ | Buffy and Willow are on a stakeout |
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+ | ==Summary== |
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⚫ | Buffy arrives at the UC Sunnydale campus, ready to select her classes and move into her dorm room. However she is completely overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people there as well as being handed fliers by the various campus groups, fraternities, and general student protesters. Buffy meets up with Willow and |
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⚫ | Buffy and Willow are on a stakeout at the cemetery while discussing which classes Buffy should take for her first semester at college. They discuss the fact that Buffy is choosing her courses at the last second, which she credits to a busy summer of slaying and that Giles has told her to start keeping her identity as the Slayer under wraps again. The [[vampire]] they're waiting awakens and prepares to attack them, and they don't even notice when he quietly slips away when he sees their arsenal of vampire-slaying gear. |
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⚫ | In the next day, Buffy arrives at the [[University of California, Sunnydale|UC Sunnydale]] campus, ready to select her classes and move into her dorm room. However, she is completely overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people there as well as being handed fliers by the various campus groups, fraternities, and general student protesters. Buffy meets up with Willow and Oz and tells them that she feels disoriented by the new experience. Willow, on the other hand, is very excited by the new surroundings and is enjoying every second. Oz is also not fazed at all due to [[Dingoes Ate My Baby]] playing there on a regular basis; although he claims not to have a clue what's going on, he already knows several people. |
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− | [[Image:401_TheFreshman1.jpg|thumb|left|Buffy meets Riley.]] |
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− | Buffy and Willow tour the campus library, and discuss Giles enjoying his free time now he's no longer a Watcher or a librarian and that |
+ | Buffy and Willow tour the campus library, and discuss Giles enjoying his free time now he's no longer a Watcher or a librarian, and that Xander is still away on his summer cross-country trip. Buffy and Willow go to visit the college library and are amazed by its size, far removed from their old hangout. When Buffy tries to get the "Intro to Psychology" book, she knocks them off the shelf onto the head of another student. He introduces himself as [[Riley Finn]], the teaching assistant for Professor [[Maggie Walsh|Walsh]]'s Psych 105 "Intro to Psychology" class. |
− | Buffy arrives at her new dorm room in [[Stevenson Hall]]. She has already moved in and her new roommate Kathy is in the process of doing so. Kathy tells Buffy that she can tell that she is cool and thinks the upcoming year will be "super fun" |
+ | Buffy arrives at her new dorm room in [[Stevenson Hall]]. She has already moved in and her new roommate [[Kathy Newman|Kathy]] is in the process of doing so. Kathy tells Buffy that she can tell that she is cool and thinks the upcoming year will be "super fun", and she hangs a poster of Céline Dion, much to Buffy's chagrin. During the night, Buffy has trouble sleeping because Kathy snores, laughs, and smacks her lips in her sleep. |
− | Buffy attends a class the next day in order to find out if enrollment is still open, however when she asks the person next to her |
+ | Buffy attends a class the next day in order to find out if enrollment is still open, however when she asks the person next to her about it, the professor humiliates her and throws her out. Later, with Willow and Oz, she attends Psych 105. Professor Walsh jokingly states that those students not in her good graces will come to know her as "the evil bitch monster of death." Students who stay in her favor will come to know her simply as "Maggie". Buffy is further unnerved, realizing that college is going to be far harder than high school was. |
⚫ | That night, she meets [[Edward (The Freshman)|Eddie]], another freshman student who is just as overwhelmed as she is by the new environment. They discuss their need of a "security blanket" in their unfamiliar surroundings. Eddie tells Buffy that his security blanket is the novel ''Of Human Bondage'', which he has read ten times and keeps by his bed, while Buffy's is Mr. Pointy. They then go their separate ways, and Eddie runs into a gang of vampires led by [[Sunday]]. The group break into Eddie's dorm room and taking all his stuff, leaving behind only a note on the bed. |
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− | [[Image:401_TheFreshman2.jpg|thumb|Eddie: Hmm, well, I'm lost and I have a map.]] |
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+ | The next day, Buffy looks for Eddie in psych class but can't find him. She goes to his dorm room to find the note and empty room, with the resident assistant explaining that some students can't handle the college life and bail out early on. Although, as Buffy sits down, she spots ''Of Human Bondage'' still in his nightstand and suspects something is wrong. In Sunday's lair, the vampires go through Eddie's belongings. Sunday bemoans that they don't go after cooler people and gets ready to go on that evening's hunt. Laying dead on the floor, Eddie's eyes snap open. |
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⚫ | That night she meets another freshman student |
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⚫ | Buffy visits Giles to find a half-naked female visitor in his apartment. The woman is an old friend named [[Olivia Williams|Olivia]] who refers to Giles as "Ripper". Buffy tells Giles of the mysterious disappearance and tells him they need to start researching to find out what's going on, but Giles is reluctant to help. He reminds Buffy that he is no longer her Watcher nor does she have one anymore, and now she's growing up she has to learn how to handle these things herself. Buffy leaves, while Giles reminds her he'll always be there if she really needs him. |
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− | Unfortunately, it isn't Eddie's night to be lucky as he runs into a gang of college vampires led by a woman called [[Sunday]]. Later, the vampires break into his dorm room and completely clear it out leaving behind only a note on the bed. The next day, Buffy looks for Eddie in psych class but can't find him. |
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⚫ | That night Buffy runs into Eddie in a deserted part of campus. He tries to attack her, and she stakes him without trouble. The group of vampires that turned Eddie were watching, and Sunday attacks Buffy. Buffy is soundly thrashed by the vampire while the others watch. With her arm sprained, she runs. Buffy is shaken by the fight and goes home the next day. She finds her mother surprised to see her home so soon, and discovers that she is using Buffy's room as storage space for [[the gallery]]. The phone rings and Buffy answers, but the caller hangs up. |
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− | She goes to his dorm room to find the note and empty room, with the resident assistant explaining that some students can't handle the college life and bail out early on. As she sits despondently that the only person she's felt a connection with has left, she spots ''Of Human Bondage'' still in his nightstand. She knows that he would not leave that behind and suspects something is wrong. |
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⚫ | When Buffy returns to her dorm room, she finds all of her belongings missing and a note similar to that found in Eddie's room. She goes to the [[Bronze]] and she thinks she sees [[Angel]] from afar, but it turns out to just be a guy who looks like him. As she mopes, Xander suddenly appears behind her, having returned from his trip a couple of days earlier. He reveals that his car broke down in Oxnard and his tour of America didn't happen, but instead he spent a month and a half washing dishes at [[Ladies Night]] club earning money for repairs (which mercifully came to an end when a male stripper fell ill, although Xander refuses to elaborate further). Xander also says that he now lives in his parents' basement and has to pay rent. Buffy tells Xander about Sunday, and that she doesn't want to intrude on Willow and Oz's first days in college by involving them. She then admits that she doesn't think she'll be able to handle the new environment. Xander tells Buffy that in the darkest times of his life he would get through it by thinking about what she would do and that she's his hero. Buffy is touched to hear this, and Xander pledges his full support in stopping Sunday. |
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− | In Sunday's lair, the vampires go through Eddie's belongings. Sunday bemoans that they don't go after cooler people and gets ready to go on that evening's hunt. Just then Eddie's eyes snap open… |
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⚫ | The two research and find that the student disappearances started at the same time that a fraternity lost its charter, and its house has been lying empty while zoning issues dragged on. Heading there, the two spy on the vampire group through the skylight as they root through and laugh at Buffy's possessions. Xander decides to round up the rest of the gang while Buffy remains behind to keep watch, only for the skylight to give way from under her, landing her right in front of Sunday and the other vampires. |
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⚫ | Buffy visits Giles to find a half-naked female visitor in his apartment. The woman |
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⚫ | In Buffy's dorm room, Willow assures Kathy that Buffy isn't the kind to run away… except for the time when she did. Xander turns up and, after a happy reunion with his friends, gets them to come with him to help. Meanwhile, Buffy is being kicked around by Sunday; when she sees the vampire break the [[Class Protector Award]] she was given at her senior prom, Buffy is angered enough to regain her confidence and soundly trounces the vampires. She is helped when Willow, Xander and Oz turn up. Although a couple of the vamps escape, Buffy manages to take out Sunday with a backhand throw of a broken tennis racket. Later, the gang recovers Buffy's things from the lair when Giles approaches laden with weapons. He apologizes to Buffy for turning her away and is ready to fight the evil. Instead, he's just asked to help carry the boxes. Buffy realizes that college is actually turning out to be like high school, so she at least knows what to expect. |
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⚫ | That night Buffy runs into Eddie in a deserted part of campus. |
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− | [[Image:401_TheFreshman3.jpg|thumb|left|Xander: Let's put this bitch in the ground!]] |
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⚫ | When Buffy returns to her dorm room, she finds all of her belongings missing and a note similar to that found in Eddie's room. |
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− | [[Image:401_TheFreshman4.jpg|thumb|Buffy 'drops in' on Sunday's lair.]] |
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⚫ | In Buffy's dorm room, Willow assures Kathy that Buffy isn't the kind to run away… except for the time when she did. Xander turns up and, after a happy reunion with his friends, gets them to come with him to help. Meanwhile, Buffy is being kicked around by Sunday; when she sees the vampire break the [[Class Protector Award]] she was given at |
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− | Later, the gang recovers Buffy's things from the lair when Giles approaches laden with weapons. He apologizes to Buffy for turning her away and is ready to fight the evil. Instead, he's just asked to help carry the boxes. Buffy realizes that college is actually turning out to be like high school, so she at least knows what to expect. |
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==Continuity== |
==Continuity== |
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+ | *Buffy begins attending college, but she won't be able to graduate; she'll take a semester off to take care of her mother in "[[Family]]", and her own death will prevent her to apply for admittance on time ("[[As You Were]]"). |
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+ | *Buffy says "Can't wait till mom gets the bill for these books. I hope it's a funny aneurysm;" ironically, Joyce's death cause will be a brain aneurysm ("[[The Body]]"). |
− | *Buffy references [[Mr. Pointy]], the stake left to her by late friend and fellow Slayer [[Kendra Young]]. |
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+ | *Buffy mentions [[Mr. Pointy]], the stake left to her by her late friend and fellow Slayer [[Kendra Young]] in the episode "[[Becoming, Part One]]". |
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+ | *Giles states to Buffy that she needed to start doing things on her own and not always going to him for help, since she was getting older and he wouldn't always be there. He would later fully reinforce this after he went off to London in "[[Tabula Rasa]]". |
+ | *Buffy answers the phone but doesn't hear anything; in "[[City Of]]", it's revealed that Angel had called Buffy but was unable to say anything, so he hangs up. |
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+ | *Among the things taken by Sunday and her gang, there's Buffy's Class Protector Award, given to her in episode "[[The Prom]]". |
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==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
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===Individuals=== |
===Individuals=== |
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− | *[[Angel]] |
+ | *[[Angel]] {{OV}} |
*[[Dav]] |
*[[Dav]] |
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+ | *[[Edward (The Freshman)|Edward]] |
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*[[Riley Finn]] |
*[[Riley Finn]] |
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*[[Rupert Giles]] |
*[[Rupert Giles]] |
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− | *[[ |
+ | *[[Alexander Harris]] |
+ | *[[Jerry (vampire)|Jerry]] |
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*[[Kathy Newman]] |
*[[Kathy Newman]] |
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*[[Daniel Osbourne]] |
*[[Daniel Osbourne]] |
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*[[Paul]] |
*[[Paul]] |
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− | *[[ |
+ | *[[Riegert]] |
*[[Rookie]] |
*[[Rookie]] |
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*[[Willow Rosenberg]] |
*[[Willow Rosenberg]] |
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*[[Maggie Walsh]] |
*[[Maggie Walsh]] |
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*[[Olivia Williams]] |
*[[Olivia Williams]] |
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+ | *[[Unidentified Alpha Delta member]] |
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+ | *[[Unidentified Christian student]] |
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+ | *[[Unidentified megaphone student]] |
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+ | *[[Unidentified RA]] |
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+ | *[[Unidentified rally student]] |
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+ | *[[Unidentified student volunteer]] |
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+ | *[[Unidentified vampire (The Freshman)]] |
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*[[Dingoes Ate My Baby]] {{Om}} |
*[[Dingoes Ate My Baby]] {{Om}} |
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− | *[[ |
+ | *[[Initiative]] |
*[[Scooby Gang]] |
*[[Scooby Gang]] |
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*[[Slayer]] |
*[[Slayer]] |
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*[[Splendid]] |
*[[Splendid]] |
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+ | *[[Sunday's gang]] |
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===Species=== |
===Species=== |
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*[[Human]] |
*[[Human]] |
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− | *[[ |
+ | **[[Werewolf]] |
+ | *[[Mok'tagar demon]] |
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*[[Vampire]] |
*[[Vampire]] |
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===Locations=== |
===Locations=== |
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+ | *Arizona {{Om}} |
+ | **Grand Canyon {{Om}} |
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+ | *Hawaii {{Om}} |
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+ | *Oxnard, California {{Om}} |
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+ | **[[Ladies Night]] {{Om}} |
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+ | *[[Sunnydale]], California |
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**[[1630 Revello Drive]] |
**[[1630 Revello Drive]] |
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− | **[[ |
+ | **[[Bronze]] |
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+ | **[[The gallery]] {{Om}} |
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**[[Harris residence]] {{Om}} |
**[[Harris residence]] {{Om}} |
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**[[Rupert Giles's apartment]] |
**[[Rupert Giles's apartment]] |
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**[[University of California, Sunnydale]] |
**[[University of California, Sunnydale]] |
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+ | ***[[Alpha Delta]] {{Om}} |
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***[[Dunwirth Hall]] |
***[[Dunwirth Hall]] |
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***[[Fischer Hall]] {{Om}} |
***[[Fischer Hall]] {{Om}} |
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***[[Psi Theta]] |
***[[Psi Theta]] |
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***[[Stevenson Hall]] |
***[[Stevenson Hall]] |
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− | ***[[ |
+ | ***[[Wiesman Hall]] {{Om}} |
− | ===Weapons and |
+ | ===Weapons and objects=== |
+ | *[[Buffy Summers' diary]] |
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*[[Class Protector Award]] |
*[[Class Protector Award]] |
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*[[Mr. Gordo]] |
*[[Mr. Gordo]] |
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*[[Stake]] |
*[[Stake]] |
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*[[Taser blaster]] |
*[[Taser blaster]] |
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− | ==Death |
+ | ==Death count== |
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+ | *Eddie, sired by Sunday and dusted by Buffy. |
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+ | *Rookie, dusted with a crossbow by Willow. |
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+ | *Jerry, staked by Xander and Oz. |
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+ | *Sunday, staked by Buffy. |
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===Production=== |
===Production=== |
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− | *The original storyline for the character of |
+ | *The original storyline for the character of Sunday was that she was a Slayer turned vampire.{{cite}} |
− | *Starting with this episode, |
+ | *Starting with this episode, the series was filmed in 16x9 widescreen; this would be the case for the next three seasons. However, Joss Whedon never intended for it to be shown this way, so while the widescreen version is shown on Sky One in the United Kingdom, all American showings are in 4x3. DVD releases of the final four seasons have followed the same pattern, with European (Region 2) discs displaying the episodes in 16:9 widescreen format and North American (Region 1) discs not. Netflix has the widescreen versions of seasons 4–7. |
+ | *The exterior shots of UC Sunnydale were filmed on the [[Wikipedia:University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA campus]]. |
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⚫ | *[[Charisma Carpenter]] ([[Cordelia Chase]]) and |
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− | *This episode aired the same night as the series premiere of ''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]'', "[[City of]]". The two episodes share a very brief crossover moment: Buffy answers the phone but doesn't hear anything; in "City of," [[Angel]] calls Buffy but is unable to say anything, so he hangs up. |
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+ | *Normally in pink color, the stuffed pig Mr. Gordo is black and white in this episode. |
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⚫ | *[[Charisma Carpenter]] ([[Cordelia Chase]]) and David Boreanaz (Angel) are no longer series regulars and have been removed from the opening credits. Angel's absence was explained at "[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]", but Cordelia's whereabouts will not be shown until "[[City Of]]". This is the first season premiere not to feature the two characters, and the first time in the series that an actor has been removed from the opening credits. |
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− | *This episode marks the first appearances of [[Marc Blucas]] as |
+ | *This episode marks the first appearances of [[Marc Blucas]] as Riley Finn, [[Lindsay Crouse]] as Maggie Walsh, and the Initiative. Riley will be a recurring character at the beginning of the season but will be made a series regular from "[[Doomed]]" up until "[[Into The Woods]]". He will make one final guest appearance in the episode "[[As You Were]]". Maggie Walsh will act as a recurring character throughout the season. The Initiative will also contribute largely to the main story arc of season four. |
− | ===Deleted |
+ | ===Deleted scenes=== |
− | *This line where Sunday is dissing Buffy's umbrella was cut due to length: |
+ | *This line where Sunday is dissing Buffy's umbrella was cut due to length: |
:'''Sunday:''' "What better way to say, 'I am the very most of geek'." |
:'''Sunday:''' "What better way to say, 'I am the very most of geek'." |
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− | ===Pop |
+ | ===Pop culture references=== |
− | *While trying to discuss fear ("Fear leads to anger…") Xander misquotes Yoda's dialogue from ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace|Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]'' |
+ | *While trying to discuss fear ("Fear leads to anger…") Xander misquotes Yoda's dialogue from ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace|Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999). The correct quote is "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering." |
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+ | *Xander attempts to quote Al Pacino from ''[[Wikipedia:Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' (1983). The quote is: "In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women." |
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+ | *Xander quotes "[[Wikipedia:Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] assemble!" in reference to the fictional superheroes team. |
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+ | *Kathy Newman hangs a poster of the singer [[Wikipedia:Céline Dion|Céline Dion]]. |
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− | *Kathy Newman hangs a poster of the Canadian and internationally famous singer [[Wikipedia:Céline Dion|Céline Dion]], much to Buffy's chagrin. |
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+ | *Sunday and her gang have a tally score going between pieces from painters [[Wikipedia:Gustav Klimt|Klimt]] and [[Wikipedia:Claude Monet|Monet]]. |
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+ | *Buffy compares Giles to Playboy creator [[Wikipedia:Hugh Hefner|Hugh Hefner]]. |
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− | *Sunday and her vamp posse have a tally score going between [[Wikipedia:Gustav Klimt|Klimt]] and [[Wikipedia:Claude Monet|Monet]] pieces, two famous early 20th century painters; the score is based on paintings that they steal from their freshmen prey (while commenting that freshmen are so predictable in their choice of artwork). |
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+ | *Xander mentions she watched the film ''[[Wikipedia:Grand Canyon (1991 film)|Grand Canyon]]'' (1991). |
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− | *Buffy compares Giles to Playboy creator [[Wikipedia:Hugh Hefner|Hugh Hefner]]. A vampiric [[Hugh Hefner|Hefner]] would later cameo in the comic book [[Angel After the Fall|Angel; After the Fall]], where he is killed by Spike, who then takes over the Playboy mansion and installs his own harem. |
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− | *Xander tells Buffy he sometimes ask's himself "What would Buffy do." Which is a play on "What would Jesus |
+ | *Xander tells Buffy he sometimes ask's himself "What would Buffy do." Which is a play on "What would Jesus do." |
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+ | *'''Armenian:''' "Առաջին կուրսեցին" (Freshmen) |
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+ | *'''Czech:''' "Nováček" (Novice) |
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+ | *'''German:''' "Frischlinge" (The Freshman) |
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+ | *'''Hungarian:''' "Az egyetem" (The University) |
+ | *'''Italian:''' "La matricola" (The Freshman) |
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+ | *'''Japanese:''' "フレッシュマン" (Freshman) |
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+ | *'''Polish:''' "Freshman" |
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+ | *'''Portuguese (Brazil):''' "A Caloura" (The Freshman) |
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+ | *'''Romanian:''' "Bobocul" (Rookie) |
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+ | *'''Russian:''' "Первокурсница" (Freshman) |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] |
+ | *[[Wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] — "Memory of a Free Festival Part 1" |
− | *[[Wikipedia:Moby|Moby]] |
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Moby|Moby]] — "Everloving" (Promo) |
− | *Sound Stage Music Library |
+ | *Sound Stage Music Library — "Freaky soul" |
− | *[[Splendid]] |
+ | *[[Splendid]] — "You and Me" |
− | *[[Wikipedia:Stretch Princess|Stretch Princess]] |
+ | *[[Wikipedia:Stretch Princess|Stretch Princess]] — "Universe" |
− | *[[Wikipedia:The Muffs|The Muffs]] |
+ | *[[Wikipedia:The Muffs|The Muffs]] — "I Wish That I Could Be You" |
− | *[[Christophe Beck]] |
+ | *[[Christophe Beck]] — original score |
===Other=== |
===Other=== |
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+ | *This is the first episode not to feature [[Sunnydale High School]], which was blown up in "Graduation Day, Part Two". |
− | *This is the first episode not to feature [[Sunnydale High School]], which was blown up in "[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]." |
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⚫ | |Willow|"It's just in high school, knowledge was pretty much frowned upon; you really had to work to learn anything. But here, the energy, the-the collective intelligence, it's like this force, t-this penetrating force, a-and I can just feel my mind opening up, you know? A-and letting this place just thrust into and-and spurt knowledge into... that sentence ended up in a different place than it started out in." |
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− | |Xander|"Some friends of Buffy's played a funny joke. They took her stuff, and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans." |
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− | |Xander|"Buffy, this is all about fear. It's understandable, but you can't let it control you. 'Fear leads to anger. |
+ | |Xander|"Buffy, this is all about fear. It's understandable, but you can't let it control you. 'Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to anger.' No wait, hold on. 'Fear leads to hate. Hate leads to the dark side.' Hold on, no, umm, 'First you get the women, then you get the money, then you...' okay, can we forget that?" |
|Buffy|"Thanks for the dadaist pep talk, I feel much more abstract now." |
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− | |Buffy|"You mean that thing with sculpting and painting and stuff?" |
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⚫ | |Xander|"Buffy, I've gone through some fairly dark times in my life, faced some scary things, among them the kitchen at the fabulous Ladies Night club. Let me tell you something, when it's dark and I'm all alone and I'm scared or freaked out or whatever, I always think, 'What would Buffy do?' You're my hero." |
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− | |Xander|"Basically, I got as far as Oxnard and the engine fell out of my car, and that was literally. So, I ended up washing dishes at 'The Fabulous Ladies Night Club' for about a month and a half while I tried to pay for the repairs. No one really bothered me or even spoke to me until one night when one of the male strippers called in sick and no power on this earth will make me tell you the rest of that story. Suffice to say I traded my car in for one that wasn't entirely made of rust, came trundling back home to the arms of my loving parents, where everything was exactly as it was except I sleep in the basement and I have to pay rent. How's college?" |
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Revision as of 13:42, 19 February 2020
"The Freshman" is the season premiere of the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer television show, and the fifty-seventh episode in the series. Written and directed by Joss Whedon, it originally broadcast on October 5, 1999 on The WB network.
Synopsis
MOVING ON — Trying to adjust to the rigors of college life proves to be harder than Buffy imagined. She moves into a dorm, must contend with a less-than-stable roommate and the complexities of dating college men. On campus, Willow is overly enthused about college life and her ongoing romance with Oz, and Xander unexpectedly returns from his self-discovery adventure. Elsewhere, Giles seems to be enjoying his life away from being a librarian and a Watcher.[1]
Summary
Buffy and Willow are on a stakeout at the cemetery while discussing which classes Buffy should take for her first semester at college. They discuss the fact that Buffy is choosing her courses at the last second, which she credits to a busy summer of slaying and that Giles has told her to start keeping her identity as the Slayer under wraps again. The vampire they're waiting awakens and prepares to attack them, and they don't even notice when he quietly slips away when he sees their arsenal of vampire-slaying gear.
In the next day, Buffy arrives at the UC Sunnydale campus, ready to select her classes and move into her dorm room. However, she is completely overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people there as well as being handed fliers by the various campus groups, fraternities, and general student protesters. Buffy meets up with Willow and Oz and tells them that she feels disoriented by the new experience. Willow, on the other hand, is very excited by the new surroundings and is enjoying every second. Oz is also not fazed at all due to Dingoes Ate My Baby playing there on a regular basis; although he claims not to have a clue what's going on, he already knows several people.
Buffy and Willow tour the campus library, and discuss Giles enjoying his free time now he's no longer a Watcher or a librarian, and that Xander is still away on his summer cross-country trip. Buffy and Willow go to visit the college library and are amazed by its size, far removed from their old hangout. When Buffy tries to get the "Intro to Psychology" book, she knocks them off the shelf onto the head of another student. He introduces himself as Riley Finn, the teaching assistant for Professor Walsh's Psych 105 "Intro to Psychology" class.
Buffy arrives at her new dorm room in Stevenson Hall. She has already moved in and her new roommate Kathy is in the process of doing so. Kathy tells Buffy that she can tell that she is cool and thinks the upcoming year will be "super fun", and she hangs a poster of Céline Dion, much to Buffy's chagrin. During the night, Buffy has trouble sleeping because Kathy snores, laughs, and smacks her lips in her sleep.
Buffy attends a class the next day in order to find out if enrollment is still open, however when she asks the person next to her about it, the professor humiliates her and throws her out. Later, with Willow and Oz, she attends Psych 105. Professor Walsh jokingly states that those students not in her good graces will come to know her as "the evil bitch monster of death." Students who stay in her favor will come to know her simply as "Maggie". Buffy is further unnerved, realizing that college is going to be far harder than high school was.
That night, she meets Eddie, another freshman student who is just as overwhelmed as she is by the new environment. They discuss their need of a "security blanket" in their unfamiliar surroundings. Eddie tells Buffy that his security blanket is the novel Of Human Bondage, which he has read ten times and keeps by his bed, while Buffy's is Mr. Pointy. They then go their separate ways, and Eddie runs into a gang of vampires led by Sunday. The group break into Eddie's dorm room and taking all his stuff, leaving behind only a note on the bed.
The next day, Buffy looks for Eddie in psych class but can't find him. She goes to his dorm room to find the note and empty room, with the resident assistant explaining that some students can't handle the college life and bail out early on. Although, as Buffy sits down, she spots Of Human Bondage still in his nightstand and suspects something is wrong. In Sunday's lair, the vampires go through Eddie's belongings. Sunday bemoans that they don't go after cooler people and gets ready to go on that evening's hunt. Laying dead on the floor, Eddie's eyes snap open.
Buffy visits Giles to find a half-naked female visitor in his apartment. The woman is an old friend named Olivia who refers to Giles as "Ripper". Buffy tells Giles of the mysterious disappearance and tells him they need to start researching to find out what's going on, but Giles is reluctant to help. He reminds Buffy that he is no longer her Watcher nor does she have one anymore, and now she's growing up she has to learn how to handle these things herself. Buffy leaves, while Giles reminds her he'll always be there if she really needs him.
That night Buffy runs into Eddie in a deserted part of campus. He tries to attack her, and she stakes him without trouble. The group of vampires that turned Eddie were watching, and Sunday attacks Buffy. Buffy is soundly thrashed by the vampire while the others watch. With her arm sprained, she runs. Buffy is shaken by the fight and goes home the next day. She finds her mother surprised to see her home so soon, and discovers that she is using Buffy's room as storage space for the gallery. The phone rings and Buffy answers, but the caller hangs up.
When Buffy returns to her dorm room, she finds all of her belongings missing and a note similar to that found in Eddie's room. She goes to the Bronze and she thinks she sees Angel from afar, but it turns out to just be a guy who looks like him. As she mopes, Xander suddenly appears behind her, having returned from his trip a couple of days earlier. He reveals that his car broke down in Oxnard and his tour of America didn't happen, but instead he spent a month and a half washing dishes at Ladies Night club earning money for repairs (which mercifully came to an end when a male stripper fell ill, although Xander refuses to elaborate further). Xander also says that he now lives in his parents' basement and has to pay rent. Buffy tells Xander about Sunday, and that she doesn't want to intrude on Willow and Oz's first days in college by involving them. She then admits that she doesn't think she'll be able to handle the new environment. Xander tells Buffy that in the darkest times of his life he would get through it by thinking about what she would do and that she's his hero. Buffy is touched to hear this, and Xander pledges his full support in stopping Sunday.
The two research and find that the student disappearances started at the same time that a fraternity lost its charter, and its house has been lying empty while zoning issues dragged on. Heading there, the two spy on the vampire group through the skylight as they root through and laugh at Buffy's possessions. Xander decides to round up the rest of the gang while Buffy remains behind to keep watch, only for the skylight to give way from under her, landing her right in front of Sunday and the other vampires.
In Buffy's dorm room, Willow assures Kathy that Buffy isn't the kind to run away… except for the time when she did. Xander turns up and, after a happy reunion with his friends, gets them to come with him to help. Meanwhile, Buffy is being kicked around by Sunday; when she sees the vampire break the Class Protector Award she was given at her senior prom, Buffy is angered enough to regain her confidence and soundly trounces the vampires. She is helped when Willow, Xander and Oz turn up. Although a couple of the vamps escape, Buffy manages to take out Sunday with a backhand throw of a broken tennis racket. Later, the gang recovers Buffy's things from the lair when Giles approaches laden with weapons. He apologizes to Buffy for turning her away and is ready to fight the evil. Instead, he's just asked to help carry the boxes. Buffy realizes that college is actually turning out to be like high school, so she at least knows what to expect.
Tom, one of the only surviving vampires from Sunday's lair, runs away from the scene. He is suddenly stunned with a taser, and three masked men armed and dressed in camouflage fatigues approach the vampire.
Continuity
- Buffy begins attending college, but she won't be able to graduate; she'll take a semester off to take care of her mother in "Family", and her own death will prevent her to apply for admittance on time ("As You Were").
- Buffy says "Can't wait till mom gets the bill for these books. I hope it's a funny aneurysm;" ironically, Joyce's death cause will be a brain aneurysm ("The Body").
- Buffy mentions Mr. Pointy, the stake left to her by her late friend and fellow Slayer Kendra Young in the episode "Becoming, Part One".
- Giles states to Buffy that she needed to start doing things on her own and not always going to him for help, since she was getting older and he wouldn't always be there. He would later fully reinforce this after he went off to London in "Tabula Rasa".
- Buffy answers the phone but doesn't hear anything; in "City Of", it's revealed that Angel had called Buffy but was unable to say anything, so he hangs up.
- Among the things taken by Sunday and her gang, there's Buffy's Class Protector Award, given to her in episode "The Prom".
Appearances
Individuals
- Angel (Only in visions)
- Dav
- Doug (Only mentioned)
- Edward
- Riley Finn
- Rupert Giles
- Alexander Harris
- Jerry
- Kathy Newman
- Daniel Osbourne
- Paul
- Riegert
- Rookie
- Willow Rosenberg
- Buffy Summers
- Joyce Summers
- Sunday
- Tom
- Maggie Walsh
- Olivia Williams
- Unidentified Alpha Delta member
- Unidentified Christian student
- Unidentified megaphone student
- Unidentified RA
- Unidentified rally student
- Unidentified student volunteer
- Unidentified vampire (The Freshman)
Organizations and titles
- Dingoes Ate My Baby (Only mentioned)
- Initiative
- Scooby Gang
- Slayer
- Splendid
- Sunday's gang
Species
Locations
- Arizona (Only mentioned)
- Grand Canyon (Only mentioned)
- Hawaii (Only mentioned)
- Oxnard, California (Only mentioned)
- Ladies Night (Only mentioned)
- Sunnydale, California
- 1630 Revello Drive
- Bronze
- Cemetery
- The gallery (Only mentioned)
- Harris residence (Only mentioned)
- Rupert Giles's apartment
- University of California, Sunnydale
- Alpha Delta (Only mentioned)
- Dunwirth Hall
- Fischer Hall (Only mentioned)
- Psi Theta
- Stevenson Hall
- Wiesman Hall (Only mentioned)
Weapons and objects
- Buffy Summers' diary
- Class Protector Award
- Cross
- Mr. Gordo
- Stake
- Mr. Pointy (Only mentioned)
- Taser blaster
Death count
- Eddie, sired by Sunday and dusted by Buffy.
- Rookie, dusted with a crossbow by Willow.
- Jerry, staked by Xander and Oz.
- Sunday, staked by Buffy.
Behind the scenes
Production
- The original storyline for the character of Sunday was that she was a Slayer turned vampire.[citation needed]
- Starting with this episode, the series was filmed in 16x9 widescreen; this would be the case for the next three seasons. However, Joss Whedon never intended for it to be shown this way, so while the widescreen version is shown on Sky One in the United Kingdom, all American showings are in 4x3. DVD releases of the final four seasons have followed the same pattern, with European (Region 2) discs displaying the episodes in 16:9 widescreen format and North American (Region 1) discs not. Netflix has the widescreen versions of seasons 4–7.
- The exterior shots of UC Sunnydale were filmed on the UCLA campus.
- The man in the Bronze who looked like Angel was actually played by David Boreanaz up until the point his face became visible.
- Normally in pink color, the stuffed pig Mr. Gordo is black and white in this episode.
- Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase) and David Boreanaz (Angel) are no longer series regulars and have been removed from the opening credits. Angel's absence was explained at "Graduation Day, Part Two", but Cordelia's whereabouts will not be shown until "City Of". This is the first season premiere not to feature the two characters, and the first time in the series that an actor has been removed from the opening credits.
- This episode marks the first appearances of Marc Blucas as Riley Finn, Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh, and the Initiative. Riley will be a recurring character at the beginning of the season but will be made a series regular from "Doomed" up until "Into The Woods". He will make one final guest appearance in the episode "As You Were". Maggie Walsh will act as a recurring character throughout the season. The Initiative will also contribute largely to the main story arc of season four.
Deleted scenes
- This line where Sunday is dissing Buffy's umbrella was cut due to length:
- Sunday: "What better way to say, 'I am the very most of geek'."
Pop culture references
- While trying to discuss fear ("Fear leads to anger…") Xander misquotes Yoda's dialogue from Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999). The correct quote is "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."
- Xander attempts to quote Al Pacino from Scarface (1983). The quote is: "In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women."
- Xander quotes "Avengers assemble!" in reference to the fictional superheroes team.
- Kathy Newman hangs a poster of the singer Céline Dion.
- Eddie's security blanket was the novel "Of Human Bondage" (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham.
- Sunday and her gang have a tally score going between pieces from painters Klimt and Monet.
- Buffy compares Giles to Playboy creator Hugh Hefner.
- Xander mentions she watched the film Grand Canyon (1991).
- Xander tells Buffy he sometimes ask's himself "What would Buffy do." Which is a play on "What would Jesus do."
International titles
- Armenian: "Առաջին կուրսեցին" (Freshmen)
- Czech: "Nováček" (Novice)
- French: "Disparition sur le campus" (Disappearance on campus)
- German: "Frischlinge" (The Freshman)
- Hungarian: "Az egyetem" (The University)
- Italian: "La matricola" (The Freshman)
- Japanese: "フレッシュマン" (Freshman)
- Polish: "Freshman"
- Portuguese (Brazil): "A Caloura" (The Freshman)
- Romanian: "Bobocul" (Rookie)
- Russian: "Первокурсница" (Freshman)
- Spanish (Latin America): "Novatos" (Freshmen)
- Spanish (Spain): "Bienvenidos Alumnos de Nuevo Ingreso" (Welcome New Students)
Music
- David Bowie — "Memory of a Free Festival Part 1"
- Moby — "Everloving" (Promo)
- Sound Stage Music Library — "Freaky soul"
- Splendid — "You and Me"
- Stretch Princess — "Universe"
- The Muffs — "I Wish That I Could Be You"
- Christophe Beck — original score
Other
- This is the first episode not to feature Sunnydale High School, which was blown up in "Graduation Day, Part Two".
Gallery
Promotional stills
Behind the scenes
Advertisement
Quotes
Willow: "It's just in high school, knowledge was pretty much frowned upon; you really had to work to learn anything. But here, the energy, the-the collective intelligence, it's like this force, t-this penetrating force, a-and I can just feel my mind opening up, you know? A-and letting this place just thrust into and-and spurt knowledge into... that sentence ended up in a different place than it started out in." |
Xander: "Buffy, this is all about fear. It's understandable, but you can't let it control you. 'Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to anger.' No wait, hold on. 'Fear leads to hate. Hate leads to the dark side.' Hold on, no, umm, 'First you get the women, then you get the money, then you...' okay, can we forget that?" |
Buffy: "Thanks for the dadaist pep talk, I feel much more abstract now." |
Willow: "He said he wasn't coming back until he'd driven to all fifty states." |
Buffy: "Did you explain about Hawaii?" |
Willow: "Well, he seemed so determined." |
Giles: "I'm not supposed to have a private life?" |
Buffy: "No. Because you're very, very old and it's gross." |
Xander: "Buffy, I've gone through some fairly dark times in my life, faced some scary things, among them the kitchen at the fabulous Ladies Night club. Let me tell you something, when it's dark and I'm all alone and I'm scared or freaked out or whatever, I always think, 'What would Buffy do?' You're my hero." |
References
- ↑ "The Mortuary". Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Archived from the original May 10, 2000.