“Dru bagged a Slayer? She didn’t tell me. Good for her.” 🤣😂😂😂
@geoffwilliams4478
4 жыл бұрын
🤨
@TVthePunisher
4 жыл бұрын
Geoff Williams “Though not from your perspective I suppose”
@BritanniaPacific
4 жыл бұрын
TVthePunisher can’t believe I invited you into my house
@chamsiafazula2541
4 жыл бұрын
Nulle 🐂😡
@josefernandez9343
3 жыл бұрын
😎👈💛😀😃😄😁
@ricardosanchez1276
6 жыл бұрын
Buffy is the saddest character ever, so lonely, misunderstood , with that huge burden on her back and criticize for everyone and never understand her too much
@stephenolan5539
5 жыл бұрын
And when she gets to Heaven she gets pulled back into a coffin.
@imibee5184
4 жыл бұрын
She's always saving everyone but never gets her happy ending.
@alexh8613
4 жыл бұрын
She has a superiority complex and then an inferiority complex about her superiority complex
@imibee5184
4 жыл бұрын
@@alexh8613 yeahhh I remember that episode, with her ex classmate turned vampire...
@limhuiben1832
4 жыл бұрын
and yet she still does good no matter what
@runedragon1985
3 жыл бұрын
How did neither Kristine Sutherland or Sarah Michelle Gellar *NOT* get an EMMY for their roles? Their performances are both just so on point and so damn good.
@patrickstivers7387
2 жыл бұрын
Sci-fi/fantasy was mainstream awards poison in the 90's
@METerrell
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it's rare for people in sci-fi/fantasy/superhero/horror genre to even be nominated. They usually only want to nominate them for the technical categories like costuming, make-up, effects, etc. And there's usually a big gap in between if they do happen. The first was Lindsay Wagner for Jaime Sommers/The Bionic Woman in 1977. It took another 20 years before anyone was awarded an Emmy. Gillian Anderson won for playing Dana Scully on The X-Files in 1997. Then another 10 for Patricia Arquette to win for playing Allison Dubois in Medium in 2007. And 9 years before Tatiana Maslaney won for Orphan Black and Remi Malek for playing Elliot Alderson in Mr. Robot in 2016. Lost was the first show to ever win in 2005, the 57th year of the Emmys.
@alexfroelich3404
2 жыл бұрын
Because the show was great but the acting was mostly terrible
@aldendomino3523
2 жыл бұрын
@@alexfroelich3404 tell us you're face blind without telling us you're face blind.
@Madbandit77
Жыл бұрын
@@patrickstivers7387 "The X-Files" would like a word with you.
@marqwright6436
4 жыл бұрын
Sarah’s acting in this scene is so remarkable. She’s amazing.
@I_like_waffles
3 жыл бұрын
Shes amazing in every scene! Don’t be asses in the replies.
@ShellCatB
3 жыл бұрын
SMG needs more awards PERIOD!!
@Iansco1
2 жыл бұрын
@@I_like_waffles I would say until the last season, excluding the last 2. There was a point where she checked out because she didnt want to do it anymore.
@Dontreply39573
3 жыл бұрын
I love how Buffy called Joyce out on turning her head the other way to avoid what was right in her face. She did this by saying "how many times have you washed blood out of my clothes and said anything". I thought it was a great way to show that Joyce only saw what she wanted to see not what was really there. Hell even her peers at school were more attuned to what was going on around them because they were cognizant enough to realize they had fewer deaths that year because of Buffy and made her class protector.
@benjamintriplett3
2 жыл бұрын
I think Joyce knew something was up but she was so much in denial that she didn't accept it until that night. For goodness sakes she should've known Spike was a vampire the night at the PTO meeting. But then again I think most adults in shows like Buffy and The Vampire Diaries try to ignore the supernatural around them because they try to rationalize the world. Mostly because society expects adults to believe things in a certain way by a certain age.
@lyann1213
Жыл бұрын
Honestly, I always thought the vampires were messing with her head, like in Men in Black. It would explain the aneurysm too. Memory wiping eating at the brain and the brain fighting what it already knew. Idk makes sense tho.
@mustlovebooknerd
Жыл бұрын
@@lyann1213 Buffyverse vampires don't have compulsion powers though.
@jricks3909
Жыл бұрын
At some point early in the series, Giles explains that one of the effects of the Hellmouth is that people who live around it are affected as to be somewhat oblivious to the strangeness going on around them. It also plays into the inside joke Whedon likes to make about Cleveland having a Hellmouth and that's why residents aren't aware of how awful it is living in Cleveland. I presume it works like the Douglas Adams S.E.P. field which relies on the tendency for people to avoid getting involved in something they would rather not or the narrative concept of M.R. James where people rationalize the supernatural to make it something more common to their understanding.
@mustlovebooknerd
Жыл бұрын
@@jricks3909 No, he doesn't. He says normal people tend to rationalize the supernatural away. It has nothing to do with the Hellmouth.
@user-zk6ec6ug9x
2 жыл бұрын
It's the best coming out scene in the history. Especially words "do you understand how lonely it is? How dangerous?" got me
@ItsNicckster
Жыл бұрын
*never realized this could also reference the dangers of coming out about your sexuality to your close ones. show was ahead of its time*
@TPRM1
Жыл бұрын
@@ItsNicckster Yeah, that was the point of Joyce’s reactions. “Have you tried not being…”, “strong male role model…” etc. Nice little subtext.
@songoftheblackunicorn666
22 күн бұрын
Yeah I might not kill vampires , however as an intj female I fully get this feeling of isolation and separation from society
@TitaniumTectonic
7 жыл бұрын
"It because you didn't have a strong father figure, isn't it?" Hilarious!
@nerdieone1
6 жыл бұрын
Yeh and another LGBT allegory to the scene. Alot of parents wrongly assume their kid is gay because of that very thing.
@brentage5000
5 жыл бұрын
Hello? What do you think Giles was? (Talking to Joyce)
@zarabada6125
5 жыл бұрын
@@brentage5000 the school employee who led her daughter astray? (From Joyce's perspective after this episode)
@brentage5000
5 жыл бұрын
@@zarabada6125 yeah, *I* know that and *you* know that. The funny is that up until Buffy says, "Mom....I'm a Vampire Slayer", what Joyce says is exactly what she had thought Rupert was 😆
@user-ee1vm9qz4b
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah and it is interesting she was trying to punish her and lock at the house like a usual teen after Buffy explained she fights bad magical creatures)Just parent mode))
@marianacurio
8 жыл бұрын
Does anybody agree that during the show Buffy was always judge very harshly. I mean yeah she made mistakes but no one really ever tried to understand. She risked her life and made hard desicions. When others from the group made mistakes they weren't judged so bad.
@RhaegarTargaryen1st
8 жыл бұрын
I certainly don't agree. I don't know what show you were watching but Buffy always got forgiven and excused for the harm she caused and her bad decision making. And that goes for Willow and Anya too. Willow nearly destroyed the world and she was instantly forgiven. Anya chose to become a demon twice, killed thousands of people, and still was forgiven. Compare the harshest treatment Buffy (Willow, Anya) ever got to the mildest treatment Faith ever got. You can see Buffy has always gotten off lightly.
@theycallmemr_g
7 жыл бұрын
Marian Acurio I semi agree. especially with Xander and Willow. they had an awesome relationship, but I got so mad when everything happened after Angel. They took every opportunity to throw Buffy under the bus for leaving. And my issue with Xander was that he judged everyone as if they were beneath him just because he didn't like them; Spike, Angel, Anya occasionally, Buffy occasionally.
@ohthisishardcore
7 жыл бұрын
I agree, but i believe it was because nobody could put themselves on her shoes, at least at the first seasons, then, they started to understand more her job, and the choices she had to make, etc
@davidsalazar3840
7 жыл бұрын
cray4fries I think everyone except Xander knew what its like to have so much power and make mistakes with their own power and make hard decisions, which I believe why Xander always criticized everyone. But also he was only human and was hypocritical, especially when he always judged Buffy for dating Angel or sleeping with Spike because they killed people, but was ready to defend Anya after she killed a lot people, when if you think about, was technically his fault for leaving Anya at the alter causing her pain to become a vengeance demon again.
@jebes909090
6 жыл бұрын
if you watch all of angel and then start watching buffy again right after, you really realise how much of a whiney drama queen she is
@MoronaNamchawt
6 жыл бұрын
I love how Buffy doesn't slam the door or even shut it. She leaves it open, like a part of her doesn't want to leave. A part of her wants to stay with her mom.
@qjones
5 жыл бұрын
Great pick up....thought the same thing
@TabooX1984
5 жыл бұрын
... A part of her wanted Joyce chase after her, to maybe join her and support her. If not for Joyce, Buffy could have ended up like Faith
@lmatt88
4 жыл бұрын
Also reference to gay person opening the closet. Said by the writer.
@justinmcgillxboxreigns6591
4 жыл бұрын
@@lmatt88 yes! Very relatable
@alooncnej4696
4 жыл бұрын
This show is so well written rich à lot of details and meanings, and deep of course
@hannahgore8647
8 жыл бұрын
This made me mad, bc in the next episode Joyce gets mad at Buffy for skipping town. And I'm like "WELL YOU TOLD HER NOT TO COME BACK DUMMY!!!!!!"
@josephj.mendoza7746
7 жыл бұрын
Shaneal Gray what episode?
@TheCountOrlok
7 жыл бұрын
Joseph J. Mendoza S03E02, I believe.
@annabethgrace5432
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, like screw you, Joyce.
@jetnightengale8712
7 жыл бұрын
And blames Giles saying its his fault she left
@s_shaleh
7 жыл бұрын
Gosh. You people are such wusses. You don't even know how lucky you guys are. Do you know an asian mom would have said and done worse things to their children in this kind of situation.
@rosiearts7199
3 жыл бұрын
I always get chills when she says “or god even studying” it’s such a powerful scene.
@yolandaponkers1581
Жыл бұрын
That’s been one of my favorites from this show for years. ❤
@LovesMyGlass
6 жыл бұрын
After the episode 'Normal Again' you realize how important Buffy's line "I'm not crazy" to Joyce really is.
@Headhand-qd9so
Жыл бұрын
I felt it contradicted that episode. Joyce is reacting like this is something new with Buffy. In 'Normal Again' buffy claims her parents sent her to a mental hospital. If 'Normal Again' made any sense then Joyce would have not reacted that this was something new and Buffy would be worried about being sent to a mental hospital.
@rickylyon3846
Жыл бұрын
@@Headhand-qd9so Actually, Buffy says her parents sent her to a mental hospital because she completely freaked out when she saw her first vampire. She soon stopped talking about it and was released. She then says her parents eventually forgot about it. And Joyce has been in complete denial ever since. Regularly washing blood off of Buffy's clothes and never asking about it. Ignoring her daughter's incredible physical strength and abilities. Rationalizing every fight, every troubles Buffy ever had or her sneaking out of the house every night and so on. Now she's reacting as if it's new because of that complete denial and also because it is the first time she sees her daughter slaying a vampire right in front of her and Spike is there to confirm the story. She has no choice but to believe it now and even then, she tries to deny it again but Buffy is not letting her off this time.
@DigiDestined13
Жыл бұрын
@@Headhand-qd9so Yeah, because they hadn't thought of the idea of "Normal Again" when this episode was written. So it is a big of a retcon, but nothing as major as what we all thought they did when we saw the tag of Season 5 Episode 1 for the first time.
@Headhand-qd9so
Жыл бұрын
@@DigiDestined13 I think if the retcon meant that Buffy's backstory was to change from being about a heroine to instead it being about a girl trapped in her own mind and body in a completely hopeless situation... that is really bad. Everything she suffered through in the story is pointless. It leaves the audience feeling cheated as we signed up to watch a fantasy show and without warning it gets turned into a non-fantasy drama about a girl who cannot distinguish reality from her delusions. Ultimately this retcon can be written into any story. In a single page you can write that the main character was dreaming or was in a coma. It's lazy and cheap.
@joshmartinez3079
6 жыл бұрын
If Giles dies"..she dies". That threat Buffy makes as being the Slayer is promising. The look on Spikes face tells it all
@indianaowens7537
3 жыл бұрын
The "better go find Giles then" look.
@Elizalustof
2 жыл бұрын
I also like how Buffy wanted to kill Drusilla for killing Kendra but had to compromise on letting her walk out alive (well undead) lol I always wanted Buffy to speak up about Kendra’s death since she died protecting the scoobies 😢
@krisstinawilson4461
7 жыл бұрын
When I first watched this scene I never understood why Buffy was so upset when said "I'm not crazy". I thought she was just in hurry and had to leave. After watching season 6 and learning that her parents put her in an institution when she first tried to tell them the truth I get why she was so forceful. It was because she didn't want a repeat of last time.
@Blake101247
7 жыл бұрын
I think the whole 'parents putting her in an institution' thing was all just a made up hallucination due to the medicine reacting with her brain. As I understand, this was the first time she had said anything about being a slayer. In the scene, I think the reason Buffy started preaching to her mom is because she really did need to leave (cause at this time she was trying to destroy Angel), but her mom was frustrated and would not let her leave without an explanation. So since she had no choice, she started telling her mom everything.
@krisstinawilson4461
7 жыл бұрын
The whole 'parents putting her in an institution' thing wasn't made up. In one of the sane parts of the season 6 episode she explains. Willow tells Buffy that she has never been in an institution and Buffy tells her that when she first told her parents to truth they took her to a clinic but Buffy stopped talking about it and her parents eventually forgot.
@catlover-fp5ig
6 жыл бұрын
+Silent Gamer2015 ISIS, not Islam. Islam is the religion, ISIS is the terrorist group. BIG difference. Also, no one is saying that ISIS isn't a threat, I don't know where you got that crazy idea from.
@TrexChick
6 жыл бұрын
Silent Gamer2015 please report this dude
@mineonlyedwardcullen
4 жыл бұрын
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!:O
@chrispeplinski7306
8 жыл бұрын
i think if anything buffy admitting to joyce she was a slayer actually improved their relationship.
@eugenegrewing2587
8 жыл бұрын
Because before this, Joyce was really terrible.
@Bfolks84
8 жыл бұрын
I agree with you because it's in this moment that their relationship is no longer based on a lie. They're not living in ignorance or denial to one another. The truth of who Buffy is is on the table and now they really have to deal with it and start a real relationship.
@Olivetree80
7 жыл бұрын
Chris Peplinski Exactly, Joyce never knew what was going on in Buffy's head. She thought she was a trouble child, and that was hard for both of them.
@Olivetree80
7 жыл бұрын
uutuber431 No, that's not funny actually
@martinlopatka4409
6 жыл бұрын
Well, good improvement.. as we know that when Buffy told Joyce for the first time, they put her into asylum..
@MrRaziel25
7 жыл бұрын
i just like how in the episode where buffy comes back and everyone attacks her for leaving and what she did to her mother but they dont even mention the fact that joyce was the one who told her not to come back so buffy didnt
@matthewmollette6077
6 жыл бұрын
MrRaziel25 actually they do mention it. She says her mom told her to leave when she couldnt handle who buffy was and joyce basically just said buffy was punishing her for not being perfect and handling an impossible situation poorly.
@Disneyfan82
6 жыл бұрын
YEah, I especially hate that one guy who has the fucking nerve to call Buffy an idiot which enrages me there so much I wanted Buffy to give him one hell of a brutal beating, caring less about the other imbeciles who are attacking her over leaving instead of being more understanding with what happened between her and Joyce instead of stupidly siding with Joyce like the victim and Buffy the bad guy. Some friends those fools turned out to be.
@Disneyfan82
6 жыл бұрын
Matthew Mollete. If that is true, Joyce sounded like a childish fool for saying things like that when she was the one who told Buffy not to come back, lying about what happened and turned her friends against Buffy. Some mother she turned out to be. Doesn't anyone ever call out on her after that? If not, I have a reason to see Joyce as my least favorite in the show.
@libertyprime69
6 жыл бұрын
@@Disneyfan82 Xander? Yep, Joyce never takes any responsibility for the idiotic things she says. And yeah, Buffy's "friends" always seem to abandon and gang up on her when she's most vulnerable. Like in 'Dead Man's Party' and that mutiny with Faith in season 7. I mean, Faith is probably the least to blame for what happened there and it's known and settled she doesn't even like Buffy. But her "friends"...It's like they smell slayer's blood... Spike said it best: Spike: So, uh, Buffy took some time off right in the middle of the apocalypse and it was her decision. Xander: Well, uh, we all decided. Spike: Oh yeah, YOU all decided. You sad, sad, ungrateful traitors! Who do you think you are? Willow: We're her friends, we just wanted... Spike: Oh, that's ballsy of you! You're her friends, and you treat her like this. Giles: You don't understand. Spike: Oh, I think I do... Rupert. You used to be the big man, didn't you. The teacher, all full of wisdom. Now, she's surpassed you, and you can't handle it! She has saved your lives again and again. She has died for you, and this is how you thank her?
@evanurena8868
5 жыл бұрын
Rich Smith You know it's shocking when the vampire who wanted to slaughter Buffy from the very beginning turns out to be the one who defends her from her own friends and mother. Spike truly is a great character with range and shows that he was more then simply a bad boy.
@jrockwell19
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant scene. I just wish it had ended with buffy saying: 'if I don't walk out of this house there won't be one to come back to.'
@Lucy-cg8rm
5 жыл бұрын
that would have been great
@qjones
4 жыл бұрын
No thats so corny and tacky lol
@lisarains5259
3 жыл бұрын
Buffy do not tell her but ya did
@lisarains5259
3 жыл бұрын
@@Lucy-cg8rm umm
@Jongen.
3 жыл бұрын
No the silent look and walk out is more powerful to me.
@restlessbohemian26
5 жыл бұрын
"I'm a slayer not a postal worker!" - lol.
@darnellmajor9016
5 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahaha
@youtert
3 жыл бұрын
Dammit Joyce....
@jiveturkey2347
6 жыл бұрын
It's scenes like these that make me think SMG is so perfect for the role of Buffy. She brings so much life to her.
@saar144
6 жыл бұрын
She is such an underrated actress.
@keelychow4569
5 жыл бұрын
Sarah Michelle Gellar > Brie Larson
@antra21
5 жыл бұрын
@@keelychow4569 Them > You.
@keelychow4569
5 жыл бұрын
AnTra23 What’s that supposed to mean? I’m just telling the truth when it comes to acting and being a superhero. I like both DC and Marvel, but please don’t tell me you’re one of those MCU fanboys who would defend Kevin Feige’s decision to cast Brie Larson as Captain Marvel.
@keelychow4569
5 жыл бұрын
AnTra23 Kevin Feige made a mistake by casting Brie Larson as Captain Marvel. Change my mind.
@RuptimusPrime
7 жыл бұрын
Such a great scene. Love the "coming out" analogy
@rs2705
6 жыл бұрын
never thought about it that way!
@Pinkranger87
5 жыл бұрын
i wonder if was written that way
@lewisbough6109
5 жыл бұрын
@David Roberts Who died and made you the expert on analogies? We can absolutely draw comparisons between this scene and the average 'outing' it's not as if this series strays away from gays.
@pedroantonio5565
5 жыл бұрын
@David Roberts Omg, stfu.
@krissyh9154
5 жыл бұрын
@@Pinkranger87 No... it wasn't written that way. Not everything needs to be turned into shit it isn't. Sigh.
@KDbreen1976
5 жыл бұрын
“Dru bagged a slayer!” The pride in his voice
@darnellmajor9016
5 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha right? No consideration for the fact that Buffy knew her!
@PioneerGrrrl
3 жыл бұрын
@@darnellmajor9016 and this is why I don't like the spuffy stuff......I think it was just angst over Angel having been written off the show. Thought him being there was all wrong re the tone etc . They needed to have gone in an entirely new creative direction.....saved Deputy Mayor Finch (not be staked by Faith) and have him and Buffy hook up. he is human so he can date her.....but he's also a big time brooder bc of his past. And he has connections to help her fight the bad!!
@shihoblade
3 жыл бұрын
@@PioneerGrrrl Good guy Spike worked for me. He was always more alive, more human than other vampires. He was a perfect choice to have a vampire choose good if given the option. And I loved how season 6 proved that even if he can play the role really well, he is still a monster.
@Chicken0rShrimp
6 жыл бұрын
As a gay man this scene is especially meaningful to me. Not saying they were trying to make Buffy seem gay or whatever, but the analogy is there. "Coming out" to her mom as the Slayer, her mom not "accepting" it, and their initial battle over it. Eventually Buffy's mom would march in the "Slayer Pride Parade" but this scene pulled on my heart strings.
@jebes909090
6 жыл бұрын
Chicken0rShrimp did you ever burn down a school and ruin your parents marriage because you were gay?
@Chicken0rShrimp
6 жыл бұрын
jebes909090 Not that it's relevant or any of your business, but I've certainly been kicked out of school. And my parents haven't been together since I was a baby. Cheers!
@keith108871
6 жыл бұрын
Chicken0rShrimp I understand what you're saying. As a gay man myself, it's like wow. I feel like they understand what's happening in our lives when in fact they don't.
@valeriewinter6217
6 жыл бұрын
Actually, Buffy's director said they modeled this scene *specifically* as an allegory to gay teens coming out to their parents. I mean, come on! Joyce even said the monumental "Have you tried not being gay/the slayer?"
@valeriewinter6217
6 жыл бұрын
8888888887 well then, if it is your opinion, then you live in a closed off and sheltered world. I'm not gay and I immediately recognised the reference made in that scene. Which proved to be right, since the director confirmed it later.
@JD867
7 жыл бұрын
There's some subtext here when you remember that Joyce/Hank stuck Buffy in an asylum previously.
@johnwang9914
6 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Rhodes The episode where Buffy was in an asylum implied that all the other episodes were a fantasy and the the reason she was committed so either she is a Slayer and the committed to an asylum was a delusion or she is in a catatonic state in an asylum and her adventurous life as a Slayer is her delusion. In other words, it's not a subtext as you've suggested, if this episode is real then Buffy was never in an asylum, if she was in an asylum then this episode isn't real.
@Trikeboy2
6 жыл бұрын
She wasn't in an asylum but they did take her to a psychologist following the events of the original movie
@thegreenmanofnorwich
6 жыл бұрын
I hadn't thought of that!
@hybridbutterfly3908
5 жыл бұрын
@@Trikeboy2 It was an inpatient psychiatric clinic.
@lluewhyn
4 жыл бұрын
Only if you accept that episode as canon. And I think it's some retcon bullshit that doesn't match the rest of what we saw in the early seasons at all, topped by a final Twilight Zone *wink* at the audience that none of the stuff we've watched was real for Buffy.
@mattwise8597
6 жыл бұрын
Buffy telling Joyce she was a Slayer was definitely one of the biggest moments of season two, it's also a personal favorite of mine
@Rob-529
Жыл бұрын
Twenty-some years later and this is still an amazing show.
@elodiesanfilippo5283
4 жыл бұрын
The scene is so emotional, so real. SMG is amazing. It speaks to me, I think lots of teenager suffers of too many responsabilities, heavy shoulders; I can relate. This is why this show is so damn good. it's real, deep. Thanks Joss, thanks SMG for help me through my teenage time.
@benjaminwevera.k.azorexxtr389
7 жыл бұрын
Buffy The Vampire Slayer and WWF Attitude Era were the best shows of the late 90's and early 2000's
@buffycatnip
7 жыл бұрын
i wish more people would know about this show. it's honestly one of the greatest shows of all time!!!
@benjaminwevera.k.azorexxtr389
7 жыл бұрын
Kylie Finstad its the best show of all time same goes for Fresh Prince, Kenan and Kel, Clarissa Explains it all, Alex Mack, Cousin Skeeter and so many TV shows from the 90's
@benjaminwevera.k.azorexxtr389
7 жыл бұрын
Kylie Finstad and you're right about it
@thegoldenadonis7552
6 жыл бұрын
My childhood was amazing. I remember watching both. I remember watching this very episode as it aired and just initially feeling great that Buffy’s mother finally knew the truth but then feeling sad that she couldn’t handle it
@munchkin9295
5 жыл бұрын
Greatest comment haha, so damn true.
@thelegendofthem6120
4 жыл бұрын
Everyone correlating this to coming out as gay, you're right - the writer and director meant to do this on purpose. He used the monsters and situations as metaphors and analogies that reflected real life. This is why this show is timeless. Love Buffy!
@kkain123
6 жыл бұрын
I felt for Buffy in this scene! She would love to be "normal' but it's her destiny.
@Bfolks84
8 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite scenes in the Buffyverse. So heart breaking. Joyce trying to come to terms with what Buffy has just confessed to her and Buffy caught in the turmoil of being a daughter and her duty as the slayer. If only Buffy wasn't a slayer how different her life would be. And yet, the fate of the world rests on her shoulders and THE ONLY choice to be made is to save it. Buffy doesn't want that responsibility and she didn't ask for it but there she is. And Joyce just trying to be a parent and provide to her child what every parent wants love, guidance, protection and a normal life and yet she can never give it to her completely because of who Buffy is. It is in that scene when the truth comes out for both of them: Buffy will never lead a normal life; she IS The Slayer.
@NarnianHogwart
7 жыл бұрын
Well said!
@CronoXpono
6 жыл бұрын
Definitely difficult to hear her mind simply melting under the pressure of a completely unfathomable situation. Jesus. Joyce shows so awesomely wraps up the middle line between not understanding and simply being in denial.
@stipV
7 жыл бұрын
Honey are you sure you're a vampire slayer? I mean...have you tried not being a slayer? LMAOOOOOOOO!
@mannycalavera2335
3 жыл бұрын
This is when I realized they were using it as a metaphor XD
@wearebillionyearoldcarbon9563
2 жыл бұрын
Like it's a job she can just quit lol
@exnihilonihilum2318
Жыл бұрын
This scène always breaks my heart. The way of she sacrifice what she was to be the slayer. All the pain she have to feel. Her power is not her gift… as the first slayer said, her gift is death the true peace which make her sacrifice more painful. Buffy is a true hero
@misssakura098
6 жыл бұрын
You know what Buffy should have said, "I told you but you locked me up in the nut house because of it."
@lahalhalha
4 жыл бұрын
When she said “I’m not crazy!” And you later learn in season 6 her folks actually had her committed.
@rolandparker7080
5 жыл бұрын
It sounds very similar to coming out to a homophobic parent. "Have you tried not being a slayer?" "Its because you didn't have a strong father figure" "Well I just dont accept that" Etc
@Nepthu
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for stating the obvious. Everyone keeps pointing it out like it was a secret.
@scottmatheson3346
Жыл бұрын
@Nepthu the obvious has to be pointed out, nitwit, because the comment section is filled with people denying the obvious. You know that if you've read the comments as you suggest you have, so you are posting dishonestly. This is a standard doublethink technique: people who don't want to concede to an idea they can't defeat deny the obvious as long as they can, and then pretend there was never any disagreement in the first place so the arguments they oppose should be swept under the rug. Thanks for illustrating your lack of integrity.
@darylesells19
5 ай бұрын
@Nepthu Yeah it’s very in your face and not subtle at all to me, but then again I have to remember the time this was aired too. By 90s standards it’s very below the radar.
@haninasayegh7623
5 жыл бұрын
I love how she explain the situation of being a slayer so clearly
@skynetprime82
7 жыл бұрын
in the words of will smith "sometimes parents just don't understand"
@Tantalus010
5 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't expect any parent to understand his/her daughter being a slayer if said parent doesn't even realize vampires are real, so I can't fault Joyce for not understanding. Where I fault her is for not listening to Buffy.
@tibaazher2792
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, sometimes , and that's why I love Will Smith
@wearebillionyearoldcarbon9563
2 жыл бұрын
They really fkn don't
@allisonhardin1159
6 жыл бұрын
Joyce became such a better and more understanding mother after Buffy came back in season three. RIP Joyce.
@scoutpark5230
4 жыл бұрын
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm... You sure about that one, chief?
@wearebillionyearoldcarbon9563
2 жыл бұрын
BARELY
@garrick5873
5 жыл бұрын
"If Giles dies, she dies." I love that moment.
@jorydwilliams-negron59
2 жыл бұрын
I remember the time that Spike and a gang of vampires were about to feed on Ford's vampire worshippers and Buffy grab Drusilla and said the spike to let them go or Drusilla will fit in the ashtray lol
@houseofmatrix6174
2 жыл бұрын
That was Gangsta
@ricardosanchez1276
6 жыл бұрын
Do you think I choose to be like this? Do you have any idea how lonely it is , how dangerous? "SHT got me emotional .. That was being a gay teenage guy for me.
@billydeeuk
7 жыл бұрын
It's a perfect analogy for what many LGBT people worry about when they come out. Parents not understand. My accepting it. The fact that it's not a choice who you're attracted to, even if you know it would be easier to NOT BE gay. They played this very well without being corny or contrived.
@AzguardMike
6 жыл бұрын
if anything this is what happens when you say your a straight white guy "how DARE YOU be straight! Dont you DARE TRIGGER ME AAAAHHHH!!!!!!"This had nothing to do with LGBT, this was about the fact that Buffy is estranged from her Mum ever since the Buffy film where she burnt a school down, is constantly sneaking out and having a boyfriend thats (in appearance) in his late 20's where she is only in her late teens.The reveal that Buff is a slayer made her mum have a bit of a breakdown like "Oh shit i cant control my kid. Oh bugger she might burn another school down. Oh fuck monsters are real but theres no proof of God - my life is a lie!" She is coming to terms with all this while her daughter is flat out saying, in front of her "Yeah im gonna kill your girlfriend is Giles dies. Im gonna kill Angel (her BF in Joyce eyes still), and let you and Dru walk (they had recently attacked Joyce and Buffy in the school in a previous episode). All of that is making Joyce freak out and when she is trying to control Buffy, she is basically being told "Shut up Mum, im dealing with this. You cant stop me. Just sit down and get drunk woman" If i spoke like that to my mum i think she'd have smashed the glass to just like in this video (then again my mother was an abusive and broke my nose when i was 12 for saying no when she told me to put the kettle on). Bottom line, this isnt LGBT stuff, dont empose that political bullshit on this show. My shit has more in common with the LGBT in terms of how its colour and identity seems to change each time i take a dump.
@thegoldenadonis7552
6 жыл бұрын
Silent Gamer2015 what you’re missing is any situation could fit and that was the point. You’re not part of the LGBT community obviously so you wouldn’t know how it correlates or relates. The wording and such lends to many different things and that’s the beauty of this scene. It wasn’t heavy handed and wasn’t forcing anything. It allowed whoever that was watching to plug in their experience and life with their parent and it did a good job to illicit a feeling from the audience. I could relate to this and I wasn’t sneaking out or getting into trouble but I felt so much what Buffy was going through
@rabid_si
6 жыл бұрын
Oh look, another member of the poor, oppressed majority who couldn't read obvious subtext if it was writ large in neon signage and screamed from a rooftop, through a megaphone, by the author himself. Which, you know, it is. Woe is fucking you. I know they said ignorance is bliss, but they lied to you. Time to wise up.
@nerdieone1
6 жыл бұрын
my god Zodiacguesser get a fucking life. This scene WAS and LGBT coming out allegory, the creators have confirmed it. GET OVER IT!
@kirak1561
5 жыл бұрын
Sydney Piper Bristow Don’t see him/ her crying& you know there are worse things in the world than having your coming out. Who cares? This scene mainly was about Buffy& her problems with her mom. Everything else is far fetched.
@dajo8723
3 жыл бұрын
The Mother of the year award goes to... If she actually talked to her daughter at any point during the first two seasons rather than parenting through what "all the books say" she may have found out earlier.
@Evfollower
7 жыл бұрын
So many people hate Joyce because of this scene, and I don't understand it. Who hasn't said something they didn't mean out of anger, hurt, sadness? It humanizes her and takes her away from the lackluster character she had played up until this point. As a daughter and a mother myself, I completely understand the absolutely desperate, last ditch effort of saying that to try to get Buffy to stay. No one in this show (or life) is perfect, and I love how true to life this scene is.
@NarnianHogwart
7 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you! People who claim to hate Joyce because of this scene are short sighted and apparently incapable of understanding the complex emotions both characters are feeling. Her reaction and actions in this scene were totally and utterly normal, it makes Joyce human- not a bad Mother.
@Cassandra765
7 жыл бұрын
What bothers me isn't the way she handled the situation, it's the fact that she never really takes responsibility for how she handled it here. Buffy comes back in season 3, and Joyce treats her like some untrustworthy, rebellious child who just took off for no reason. She doesn't take into consideration everything her daughter went through nor does she own up to the fact that she's the one that kicked Buffy out of the house. I mean, I understand that in the heat of the moment bad things get said sometimes, but she can't throw her kid out of the house and then stand there all shocked and angry when she doesn't come home. And unfortunately, this was not the only moment that I felt that Joyce was kind of lacking as a mother.
@Evfollower
7 жыл бұрын
Cassandra765 I was speaking specifically about this moment. This moment, I understand. I agree with you about season three, not just Joyce's reaction, but the whole Scooby gang as a whole. Joyce wasn't always the best, far from, really, but I grew to love and appreciate, and ultimately mourn, her character. I would really love to know which moments you found her lackluster (really, that's not internet troll / I love to talk about all aspects of Buffy).
@Cassandra765
7 жыл бұрын
Lol. No worries. I didn't think you were a troll and I love talking about Buffy as well. :) It's hard for me to pinpoint all the moments since I haven't watched in a little while (definitely due for another Buffy binge), but one moment that does stick out for me is the talk they had when Joyce finds out Buffy had sex with Angel. I mean, she wasn't horribly cruel, but there was a judgmental tone in their talk that I didn't like, especially since it sounds like they had never really sat down and had a real conversation about sex before hand. I just feel like she could've handled it a bit better. But most of my issues with Joyce do start in season 3 just because of the way she handled Buffy's return.
@BroughChatroom
7 жыл бұрын
Shannon Harley sometimes parents don't say the right thing in every moment. This was real!
@Archie2c
2 жыл бұрын
SMG delivered such great monologs one per season emotional inspirational
@chriserony
4 жыл бұрын
Spike is such a supportive boyfriend.
@scottmatheson3346
Жыл бұрын
For dru or buffy?
@imnotacat3798
7 жыл бұрын
Joyce saying "you walk out of that door, don't even think about coming back" is likely a tactic to try and get buffy to stay rather than a legitimate threat
@AzguardMike
6 жыл бұрын
when i hit 16 and i had an arguement with my bitch of a mum she said the exact same thing to me. 11 years later and i still havent gone back. Even with her dying of cancer. Its too good for her. Sooner she dies the better.
@mineonlyedwardcullen
6 жыл бұрын
HOW THE HELL CAN JOYCE EVEN SAY THAT?!😲😱😡😠😢😭💔 IF THIS HAPPENED ME IF WOULD DO WHAT BUFFY DOES...I WOULD OF COURSE DISAPPEAR!I WOULD FEEL SO UNLOVED!
@mineonlyedwardcullen
6 жыл бұрын
Silent Gamer2015 OMG WHAT?!😲😱😡😠😢😭💔 I DON'T 'BELIEVE' YOU!
@Disneyfan82
6 жыл бұрын
No parent should ever say such mean, hurtful words to their kids that they can never take back, and it creates a lifelong scar that drives the son or daughter away for many years, maybe forever. Some parents deserve no honor or respect after that, which those things must be earned, not taken by force.
@Tantalus010
5 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't even so much as call it a "tactic". She was desperate. She may not have known everything that was going on, but she understood her daughter and only child was involved in some dangerous, potentially lethal stuff and she was afraid that Buffy would die. The parental instinct to protect kicked in, and she made the threat without thinking it through. You can tell she immediately regretted it after Buffy walked out, too. While I can understand Joyce wanting to protect her child, she wasn't listening to Buffy. If she had been, she would have known that threatening Buffy the way she did wouldn't work.
@quintadouglass8017
2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE BUFFY THE SLAYER I MISS THIS SHOW ON TV I T WAS SO GOOD , IT THE BEST ,
@subman23
2 жыл бұрын
Buffy: I'm not crazy. (Bench presses Joyce) I'm legitimately a superhero
@alooncnej4696
8 жыл бұрын
great scene and great acting of one of best show ever
@leonkennedy1259
7 жыл бұрын
Aww the feels. The feels!! This scene gets me everytime.
@MusikCassette
2 жыл бұрын
"have you tried not being a slayer?" ^^ In the 90s I did not have the reference frame to get that.
@kyddoniko
6 жыл бұрын
“Just have another drink” 😂😂😂😂😂
@josefernandez9343
3 жыл бұрын
👈💀😁😃😀💛💫😁😄
@josefernandez9343
3 жыл бұрын
👈😄😁💫💀😃😀☝️👍
@josefernandez9343
3 жыл бұрын
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@anafis7456
7 жыл бұрын
#2016 thank you Buffy and the vampire slayer crew cast!! love all seasons. my childhood is a blast.
@rowangothic
2 жыл бұрын
Take out the 'slayer' bits and this is, word-for-word, an analogy for coming out as lgbtq.
@koolaid1982
2 жыл бұрын
JOYCE CAME A LONG WAY YO AND UP UNTIL HER DYING DAY SHE WAS SO COOL REST IN PEACE JOYCE 😘🙏🏾🤍🤍🤍🤍🕊🕊🕊🕊💐💐💐💐
@lielhadri6733
2 жыл бұрын
The gay speech in vampire slyer form😂😂
@yayazow
2 жыл бұрын
"-Open your eyes, Mom. What do you think has been going on for the past two years? The fights, the weird occurrences. How many times have you washed blood out of my clothing, and you still haven't figured it out? -Well, it stops now! -No, it doesn't stop. It never stops. Do-do you think I chose to be like this? Do you have any idea how lonely it is? How dangerous? I would love to be upstairs watching TV or gossiping about boys or, god, even studying! But I have to save the world. Again."
@tigerhorn2954
Жыл бұрын
Those words from her mother. Man I forgot that's why she skipped town.
@tartanbasketball
3 жыл бұрын
It’s the “again” that gets me every time. She did that so well. Where’s Sarah’s Emmy?
@WeaponryFitness22
6 жыл бұрын
Buffy The Vampire Slayer was the best show before shows became popular
@tibaazher2792
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah you are right
@aidacailar1126
4 жыл бұрын
True! And still is. Shows nowadays doesn't come close to this.
@rong9404
3 жыл бұрын
Buffy is the BEST. But tv shows have been popular since tv began. Lame ass "I love lucy", and the Three Stooges were extremely popular. I didn't like them, but they were popular. A better example would be M.A.S.H. Now theres a better comparison.
@lorycoletti5235
3 жыл бұрын
I saw Normal Again a few days a go. Now I'm watching this scene. When Joyce says " you need help" and Buffy replies " I'm not crazy", you can understand that maybe she has been in an institution before
@KryptoniteStuff
7 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite Buffy scenes. I can't even begin to tell how much impact it had on me when I saw it in my teenage years..
@raina1848
Жыл бұрын
The acting was amazing. Still hits hard after all these years.
@joffreyg7994
4 жыл бұрын
Smg such a good actress ! She deserved more
@Burningdaylighter
4 жыл бұрын
I always got mad at how they treated Buffy when she left town after this. Everyone was acting like Buffy CHOSE to leave Joyce. It was Joyce that made her move out. She is the one that kicked her out for leaving. Then played the victim that she left. Because you told her to!!
@mineonlyedwardcullen
4 жыл бұрын
does Buffy tell her friends about this?
@Burningdaylighter
4 жыл бұрын
mineonlyedwardcullen no which was really annoying. Everyone was like “you just decided to leave town and leave your friends.. and your mother...” like WTF she was told to leave.. i was irritated Buffy didn’t say that.
@seanbhoycfc4834
6 жыл бұрын
Joyce became a better character after this. I didn't dislike her but before knowing about Buffy being the slayer she was a stereotypical parent. Far too common and unknowing for this world
@scottreading6544
2 жыл бұрын
Sarah is incredible!!
@oddds
Жыл бұрын
Then Joyce had the nerve to be shocked she ran away when she told her not to come back
@TheFantasticScot
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent acting in this scene. 2 brilliant actors that don’t get the recognition.
@EM-hn1db
2 жыл бұрын
When she pushed Joyce I was dead 💀😂
@r.j.whitaker
2 жыл бұрын
Can we just appreciate the good casting? Joyce and Buffy look so much alike!👧🏼👩🏼
@TANKTREAD
Жыл бұрын
Great show, miss it very much.
@dj4069
7 жыл бұрын
Buffy's confession/speech of how she wish she was "normal". As well as Joyce's reaction, reminded me of how I felt telling my mother I'm gay. This was how came to love, understand, and related to Buffy and her feeling of being alone.
@alonsocarminas1334
Жыл бұрын
One of the best scenes in a mythical show! Drama, comedy, sharp dialogues, passion... So memorable!
@byronbraddock
Жыл бұрын
Classic coming out story. Hits hard.
@otomicans6580
2 жыл бұрын
Spike wisely doesn't say anything to take sides in this scene.
@kricket5000
3 жыл бұрын
This is exactly how it felt coming out to my parents when I was a kid
@haninasayegh2204
5 жыл бұрын
i love the acting of the scene from both Buffy and Joyce the VF's actors make a good work for this scene
@buzzcutbiene2211
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever tried not being a slayer? Could be my mum 🤣
@redemption101caleb
4 жыл бұрын
This show was fucking amazing
@superomegax4199
5 жыл бұрын
Joyce: do what? Buffy what is happening? Buffy:just have another drink that part had me dying on the floor😂😂😂😂
@mineonlyedwardcullen
4 жыл бұрын
then Joyce does be very scary,she becomes very angry and smashes one glass:O
@ChiChisWorld
3 жыл бұрын
Slayer or not, my mom would have put me THROUGH the wall if I had pushed her like that. NO MA'AM! 🤣 She whooping EVERY human, vampire, demon, or slayer DOWN after that disrespect. 😂
@scottmatheson3346
Жыл бұрын
That's not a good thing, and you've impeached your own character as well as your mother's with your comment.
@ChiChisWorld
Жыл бұрын
@@scottmatheson3346 Relax princess. My mother is my bestfriend. It was a figure of speech. Ya'll really need to self examine this paper thin personalities.🙄
@whatsmyprintedname
Жыл бұрын
Well you also got to be aware of your impact not your intentions. It's good that your mom's your best friend and that you have a good relationship. If anybody else needs you that I bet you they would say oh no that's not a joke. And I understand where you're coming from. Too bad somebody was concerned and valuation be treated that way. Maybe somebody needs to self examine how they were things so that they're clear and people know that they are joking. But you know he probably intended not to have that but it doesn't matter about intention it's about impact. Heaven forbid somebody actually care about your well-being. What are joke that is so dumb right. Remember that for the future.
@asverith
2 жыл бұрын
Throughout the show EVERYONE threats Buffy like crap for being a slayer at some point. And Joyce is the mildest example because once she gets over that initial shock she fully supports Buffy. But her "friends"? They know everything from the start, they see how hard that life is, how much Buffy sacrifices at every turn. And yet. She always owes them something, she's always somehow doing her duty wrong. They accuse her of thinking herself superior to them at some point! And she never even calls this out, just moves past it.
@az21bob666
Жыл бұрын
but she does think she better she need to understand she alvie only becouse her freind, and to stop acting so great that was most of her problems were her fault.
@KaiseaWings
6 жыл бұрын
Wait, people hate Joyce for this scene? Why? She's being a mum. She's listening and trying to understand something strange about her daughter's life. She doesn't want her kid in danger so she defaults to the police because in her world it's the police that deal with this, not teenagers. 'I am your mother and you will MAKE time!' this speaks to her frustration because Buffy does keep walking out and dismissing her. That's hurtful when she's trying her best to be understanding. She's an adult who wants to protect her child. The don't think about coming back is a last ditch effort to get her to stay and talk. iirc after this they do have a proper talk.
@pompe221
6 жыл бұрын
WAS she trying her best to understand? Was she really? Joyce makes mistakes because she doesn't grasp the full situation because she doesn't have all the facts. She didn't know what being the Slayer meant, she didn't know the world was on the brink of ending, she didn't know Spike and Drusilla are vampires. But then again, her ignorance is willful. We learn in Season 6 that Buffy tried to tell her parents about being a Slayer and all it got her was locked up in a psych ward, so why the heck would she trust Joyce enough to push the issue once they moved to Sunnydale? And like Buffy said, Joyce has spent two years ignoring all the signs that something's very wrong and supernatural is going on. And when Joyce finally can't ignore it any more, she rejects it. She isn't trying to understand anything about Slaying past "vampires are real and my daughter interacts with them." She straight-up tells Buffy that she doesn't accept Buffy's being the Slayer. And note that Joyce's first reaction to Buffy's anguished "I have to save the world . . . again!" isn't "wait, what do you mean 'again'?" It was to assume Buffy is crazy despite Joyce having seen a vampire dusted a little while ago. Yes, Buffy should have explained things further to Joyce, made time for her. But with an impending Apocalypse, explanations had to take a backseat. Joyce didn't know that . . . but she'd made it clear since the beginning of the series that she didn't really want to know. (And at the start of Season 3, she tells Giles it's his fault Buffy left. As if she herself didn't tell Buffy to forget coming back if she walked out the door. It's true that "Mom isn't perfect, she makes mistakes." But Joyce is the adult and Buffy the child. Joyce should have known better.)
@tereasdownes9793
5 жыл бұрын
Um buffy like 18 she free to go where ever she pleases
@hybridbutterfly3908
5 жыл бұрын
@@tereasdownes9793 Buffy was 17, still had 8 months til her 18th birthday. But I agree Buffy should be allowed to go wherever she wants, she's the one protecting everyone else.
@KaiseaWings
3 жыл бұрын
@@pompe221 Old discussion but I'm rewatching the series. Buffy is a teenager and she's behaving like one. Circumstances are too big for her to really rationally calm down and explain, all she can really do is leave the situation. There isn't time to explain. An adult might say 'I promise I'll explain everything when I get back, I'm sorry.' But for Buffy she's angry and hurt that from her perspective her mother has been willfully ignoring what's going on in her life, ignoring the blood and bruises and only taking an interest when it's convenient. She also doesn't want to hurt her mum. She doesn't want to have to explain why she can't leave the life, because it's reopening old wounds. So she's impatient and 'no I can't break down now I have important things to do.' Joyce has had her world turned upside down. She thought she was giving Buffy space, knowing she was getting into fights but hoping in time she would come to her. She's terrified of over parenting. Instead she finds out that her child is involved in something bigger than she can comprehend, monsters and demons and death and war and she can't process it all. She needs to understand. Joyce saying 'I just don't accept that' isn't not accepting that Buffy is the Slayer. It's not accepting 'I'm the Slayer so I have to' as an explanation. 'No, you need to explain it to me. Why does it have to be you? Why don't you have help? If vampires are real why can't we call the police, isn't it their job to deal with these things?' In her world the police are the people in the know, not teenagers. So if her daughter knows about this hidden world then obviously they do. And if your child tells you they hunt monsters, getting them psychiatric help is the right thing to do? Joyce isn't in the wrong there. That's exactly what she should have done because in the real world, that's what Buffy would need. Ignore for the moment that Joss' writing around psychiatric issues is all wrong. tl;dr Buffy can't handle the emotional weight of having to explain to her mother what's going on, so she refuses to explain beyond the surface level 'this is the way it is, deal with it.' In the normal world that wouldn't be acceptable, but this isn't the normal world. Joyce wants to understand but Buffy isn't giving her time. No parent is going to let their child walk out of the house into danger. So she does everything she can to prevent it. I've been in this situation with my own mum and what happened was once we all calmed down and had a talk, it was fine. But it wasn't a matter of life and death.
@cmm5542
2 жыл бұрын
@@KaiseaWings Great balanced analysis!
@haninasayegh7623
5 жыл бұрын
When Buffy Say : 'it's never stop' you Can feel she's about to Say 'to my death'
@mineonlyedwardcullen
4 жыл бұрын
what do you mean?
@demy1393
3 жыл бұрын
@@mineonlyedwardcullen that it only stops in the day she dies
@amygarza6265
7 жыл бұрын
I kind of have mixed feelings about Joyce to be honest. I don't hate her or anything,but in this scene Joyce seemed harsh about Buffy telling her she's a vampire slayer.
@RuthKoheifish
6 жыл бұрын
Yes! People always try to defend Joyce, saying that it was the shock of the bomb of Buffy being a Slayer. But Buffy says right here that Joyce washed blood off her clothes countless times and never said anything! The willful ignorance goes back way before the "coming out"
@aranayailyaris73
2 жыл бұрын
"It's because you didn't have a strong father figure, isn't it" Joyce, I believe the subtext here is rapidly becoming, uh, text.
@cheyennecedeno6867
Жыл бұрын
Then later she has the audacity to blame Giles. "I feel like you've taken her away from me." Woman HELLO, he knows her better because he pays attention to her!!
@justforjacob
3 жыл бұрын
GREAT acting!
@abigailwatson1619
5 жыл бұрын
I like this part the best: *Buffy:* Open your eyes, Mom. What do you *think* has been going on for the past two years? The fights, the weird occurrences. How many times have you washed blood out of my clothing, and yet you still haven’t figured it out? *Joyce:* Well, it stops now! *Buffy:* No, it doesn’t stop. It never stops. Do-do you think I chose to be like this? Do you have any idea how lonely it is, how dangerous? I would love to be upstairs watching TV or gossiping about boys or... God, even studying! But I have to save the world. Again. *Joyce:* No. This is insane. Buffy, you need help. *Buffy:* I’m not crazy! What I need is for you to chill. I have to go. *Joyce:* No. I’m *not* letting you out of this house. *Buffy:* You can’t stop me. *Joyce:* Oh, yes, I- (Buffy pushes her away a little, and heads for the door) You walk out of this house, don’t even *think* about coming back! (Buffy looks at her, a little hurt, and then turns around and leaves, while leaving the door open; Joyce sighs sadly, and then puts her elbows on the kitchen island and covers her face with her hands, realizing that she messed up bigtime)
@wearebillionyearoldcarbon9563
2 жыл бұрын
Buffy is acting more mature than her mum here
@qjones
5 жыл бұрын
I love Buffy!!!!! I need a friend like Buffy
@zorakj
2 жыл бұрын
Hey, I get it, Joyce was half drunk and worried, but don’t ever make that threat. Really.
@selkiesmusings2717
2 жыл бұрын
I hate Joyce for this. And then she makes it even worse in the later episode when she gets drunk and talks a bunch of crap about Buffy. All Buffy ever did was try to save her, and she has the nerve to act self righteous. If my daughter had been acting weird for two freaking years and had blood on her clothes to boot I would be so scared. Scared she could be trafficked, abused, in a gang, any number of horrible things no one wants to happen to a loved one. You bet your ass I would have made her talk to me well before two years past. But all Joyce does is accuse and punish her without giving two shits about her wellbeing. SHE DID NOT DESERVE THE HONOR “The Body” GAVE HER.
@cheyennecedeno6867
Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!! I thought I was alone in that line of thinking. It drove me insane, her actress did great in the role regardless. Joyce's characterization I mean seriously, Buffy lays EVERYTEHING out. Her supposed amazing mother doesn't think once to truly sit and talk to her daughter!! I'm a 27 year old woman and still a Daddy's Girl. If I did what Buffy did now or at her teen years, my mother would kill anything that dared harm me. Daddy help me fight and practice.
@vincentm.7462
2 жыл бұрын
This is very analogous to coming out of the closet.
@josephmora6456
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy for buffy's decision to come out to her mother 💞
@JordiVanderwaal
Жыл бұрын
Such a strong emotional scene. Specially if you're LGBT, this scene hits hard no matter how many years have passed.
@jdsol1938
7 жыл бұрын
considering this is a 90's tv program it has shown fairly good staying power
@RoosterMontgomery
7 жыл бұрын
Apparently seeing is not believing for Joyce. You don't have to like the truth, but nevertheless, there it is.
@AzguardMike
6 жыл бұрын
*sees a vampire* Nope i wont believe *no proof of God* How dare you! there IS a God!
@Dragonlover553
5 жыл бұрын
I think it's less seeing without believing, and more shock. She's scrambling to understand a new reality that exists beyond the borders of her understanding and it simply isn't working. Her whole worldview just collapsed and she doesn't know where to go from there. She needs time to calm down and reassess pretty much all things before she can make a reasonable decision.
@Tantalus010
5 жыл бұрын
It's not so easy to recognize the truth, though. For one, our senses lie to us (or, more accurately, our brains fill in gaps in our memories with whatever fiction we fancy) on a daily basis. You can never be sure of what you witness, especially if adrenaline is involved. Don't believe me? Ask any cop who has ever interviewed witnesses to a crime how well the witness accounts matched up.
@WhiteEcoFreak
4 жыл бұрын
Those last lines are so powerful so well written, tbh this probably was the greatest episode. Definitely one of the greatest moments in television.
@stuffbenlikes
25 күн бұрын
Always love the "Have you tried not being a slayer?"
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