2x01 When She Was Bad - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode Guide

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

- Episode 02x01

Episode: 02x01
Title: When She Was Bad
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 5V01
First Aired: Sep. 15, 1997

Season 2 » Episode #01 - When She Was Bad

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 02x01 When She Was Bad

Summary: Buffy, having spent the summer with her father in LA, returns to Sunnydale a changed person. She still hasn't learned to cope with the traumatic experience she endured with the Master and takes it out on those closest to her. Meanwhile, the Anointed One tries to bring The Master back from the grave.

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02x01 When She Was Bad (45:25) (Full Episode)

Clip: A Slayer in Training (1:03)

Clip: Now It's Over (2:28)

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Jenny Calendar	played by Robia LaMorte
Collin	played by Andrew J. Ferchland
Hank Summers	played by Dean Butler (II)
Absalom	played by Brent Jennings
Principal Snyder	played by Armin Shimerman
Tara	played by Tamara Braun
Band Member	played by Yuka Honda
Band Member	played by Miho Hatori
Band Member	played by Sean Lennon

	Season 2 / Episode 1: - When She Was Bad Willow: I mean, why else would she be acting like such a b-i-t-c-h? Giles: Willow, I think we're a little too old to be spelling things out. Xander: A "bitca"?
	Season 2 / Episode 1: - When She Was Bad Absalom: We have been put down, kinsmen. We have lost our way, we have lost the night. But despair is for the living. Where they are weak, we will be strong. Where they weep, we rejoice. Where they bleed, we drink. Within three days, a new hope will arise. We will put our faith in him. He will show us the way.

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: When the sacrifices (Willow, Rupert, Cordelia and Jenny) are moved into position over the Master's bones, Giles's hands brush the ribcage; but then when Buffy attacks the vampires standing around the bones, the sacrifices are not in view.
CONT: When Buffy smashes the Master's skeleton, she smashes his ribcage twice; once in an over-the-shoulder shot, and once in the shot where Angel approaches her.
FAKE: When Willow, Giles, Cordelia, and Ms. Calender are hanging upside-down over the bones of the Master Giles's hand brushes against the bones making them bend like rubber.
CONT: When a rock is thrown through the library window with a note attached, Buffy catches it, removes the note and sets the rock on the table to her left. The view cuts away for a moment, and when it cuts back, Buffy has the rock in her lap and sets it on the table to her left a second time.

TRIVIA

Xander makes a comment about Buffy's new shorter, blonder hair. This is because Sarah Michelle Gellar had had her hair restyled for Scream 2 (1997) which she filmed during the hiatus between Seasons 1 and 2 of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997).