TV-Reviewed

This episode opens with one of Xander’s fantasies. He day dreams about saving Buffy from a dangerous vampire. He gets awakened by Buffy only to be told that he has some drool on his chin. They are in biology class and the teacher asks Buffy some questions. With the help of Willow, she is able to get half of them right. Some miscommunication occurred and she mistakenly took Willow’s sniffing action as a gesture of Xander’s body odor! After the class is dismissed the Bio teacher tells Buffy that she is capable of great things. She enjoys his enthusiasm of her and leaves with a smile. Too bad he got killed by a mysterious creature because I think he would have been a good influence on her.

Later at The Bronze, Xander is being teased about his manhood and he tries to prove that he is no virgin. He tries to get Willow and Buffy to help him impress the guys but Buffy spots Angel and floats to him like a dog craving water. He warns her that danger is coming and he has the wounds to prove it. It looks like he got in a fight with wolverine! Back in school the students are wondering where their bio teacher is. They find him stuffed somewhere with his head chopped off! Buffy was not pleased with this and went to Giles for help. He and the gang went through many different scenarios but nothing concrete. Then something strange happened. Xander formed a crush on the new sub Ms. French, played by Musetta Vander. This teacher is beautiful and it seems she has a thing for young men. I wished she was my bio teacher in high school!

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers

During one of Buffy’s hunts, she came across the vampire that attacked Angel and noticed that he was afraid of someone. The vampire tried attacking Ms. French but backed off in a fright. Buffy knew something was off about her if vampires were afraid to attack her. She did some investigating and found out that the teacher can move her head back like The Exorcist. She came across that by accident of course. After giving the information to Giles, he realized that she may be some form of an ancient insect that rapes men! It has a good reason of course. It needs their special babies to fertilize her eggs. This thing is a major freak!

Buffy tries to warn Xander but like any other horny boy that is hot for the teacher, he doesn’t listen. He wishes that he did because once captured, one of the other prisoners informs him of what she can do. First she lays her eggs and then she mates with you. During the mating, she proceeds to bite your head off! Yeah, that’s not a good way to lose your virginity.

Buffy figures out her plan and rushes to save them. Too bad she got the wrong address and doesn’t know where she lives. She does a very smart thing however and uses the clawed vampire to sniff her out. It works and she finds her home. The clawed vampire escapes and almost kills Buffy but she gets the upper hand and stakes him in the heart.

Buffy arrives in the nick of time and saves the two boys. She goes to town cutting up the freaky insect and shows how much she really cares for Xander.

This episode was decent at best. The pace was slow and the acting seemed flat. Anthony Head and Sarah Gellar didn’t seem much into this episode. Maybe it was because Nicholas had a lot of screen time. He performed well and he proved that he can hold an episode on his own. Other than his performance, everyone else didn’t give it their all and you could tell. This is one of those episodes that you can skip. You wouldn’t be missing much!

Rating: 5.0