Buffy the Vampire Slayer S1 EP5

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Season 1 Episode 5

"Never Kill a Boy on the First Date"

Original Airdate: March 31, 1997

Summary: Yearning for a normal life, Buffy agrees to a date with the mysterious and brooding Owen. Giles discovers a prophecy of coming danger which would interfere with her plans, but she chooses Owen over battling the forces of darkness. When Giles goes out on his own and is trapped by a group of vampires, Buffy must figure out a way to balance dating and Slaying.

Review: Vampires are all the rage in Sunnydale, and the series takes even more form with “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date.” Buffy’s slayer/watcher relationship with Giles grows more, and the awkwardness seems to have completely disappeared. Buffy has settled in to the swing of things with friends, a new school, and her slaying duties.

Buffy’s gone boy-crazy over this boy Owen! But of course at that age what else should she have on her mind, Hm… Let’s see vampires, saving the world, the anointed. One thing that I’ve noticed about the season so far is Buffy’s fashion sense. She usually wears sleeveless dresses with some sort of strange design on them, and are also the same cut.

This episode also has color issues. Again it’s very dark like some of the previous ones. A lot of it has to do with the clothes that the actors wear. Most of them are in dark, almost black outfits, and that mixed with what appears to be very low lighting makes the picture extremely dark.

The story line follows Buffy trying to be an average everyday girl, and also the slayer, however being average doesn’t work so well when you live on the Hellmouth. She ends up having to leave her date just so she can save Giles who is trapped in the Sunnydale Funeral home, and vampires are trying to get at him. Buffy has to save the day, and nearly kills her date in the process. At the very end of the episode we find that the Annointed has risen, and the vampire they killed was not the anointed but what appeared to have been a decoy.

It’s a good episode, with only a few flaws. We get to see some new aspects of the show, which is great. I’m pretty content with the episode, so I give it a 7/10.

Quote of the Episode:

Buffy: We haven't been properly introduced. I'm Buffy, and you're history!