Buffy the Vampire Slayer || 3x06 || Full Reaction
Added 2020-09-09 23:08:12 +0000 UTClink: https://ws.onehub.com/files/j7gsijz1
3x06: "Band Candy"
dang.. this episode!!! we got Joyce/Giles action... we got Xander/Willow action unfortunately 😭.. we got mr. trick! the mayor!! Ethan!!!!! BROOOO this episode is wild. loved it so muchhh
forgot to mention in my video butttt everyones acting this episode? Joyce and Snyder and everyone... oh my god, so so great.
hope y'all enjoy!! :D
Comments
Such a good episode, and apparently Kristine Sutherland's favourite, can't think why ;) But on a more serious, Giles-is-a-repressed-head-case note... Giles, if this is what he was like as a teenager, was a serious delinquent. This is backed up, potentially by the hot-wiring a car incident in Dead Man's Party. I mean, smash and grabs and beating up cops =:O Anyway, my point is that I've always wondered if this was an early bid for freedom from the straight jacket that was the watcher destiny he found himself saddled with at ten. We know he made another attempt in his early twenties but I reckon that he decided in his teens that he would rebel SO badly that they wouldn't want him. I'm also thinking that he must have ended up with a criminal record but maybe that got disappeared......
R J Walker (FumblesMcStupid)
2020-09-18 22:39:41 +0000 UTCIt was seriously perfect. Giles, you're drunk, go home
R J Walker (FumblesMcStupid)
2020-09-18 22:26:50 +0000 UTCI used to code switch all the time when I was young. I still do to a certain extent. If I didn't want to get picked on I had to have a Yorkshire accent when out and about, but at home I was constantly told to 'talk properly'. Accents are important everywhere but in England they are REALLY important. I agree with some of the comments above that it's kind of the point that his accent is a bit much. Giles is putting on what he THINKS is a London accent. He also invents Ripper because he'd get the crap beaten out of him if he called himself Rupert.
R J Walker (FumblesMcStupid)
2020-09-18 22:25:19 +0000 UTCIt's nobody's 'real' accent - it's way exaggerated for comic effect. unlike his usual 'Giles' accent which is a totally standard non-exaggerated RP English accent. Have a listen to some interviews - the young Giles accent is turned up so hard the knob's fallen off. While his older Giles accent just sounds completely normal RP.
Dave Ford
2020-09-14 08:02:56 +0000 UTCsuch a classic line lol
Holi117
2020-09-13 20:54:45 +0000 UTCI think most people are more annoyed at Xander for his part in this weirdness with Willow, because Willow loved him all these years. But as soon as she has a boyfriend, suddenly he is interested?! He always wants what he doesn't have. I can understand Willow being weak... Oz is still fairly new-ish to her, but her love for Xander and wanting his attention and affection has been a big part of her for literally years, and years!
Holi117
2020-09-13 20:54:03 +0000 UTCUm... that's his real accent though... Possibly he exaggerates a couple times for effect, but his regular Giles voice is fake - he puts on a 'posher' accent. This is how he speaks normally, mixed with the 'teenage' stuff he used to say, not to mention he has a cigarette in his mouth a lot. But yeah, he actually speaks like this lol.
Holi117
2020-09-13 20:51:49 +0000 UTCPre-s3 I would have been totally on board with it lol. Joss is evil lol. Gives you what you said you wanted in the worst way possible so that you hate it lol
Holi117
2020-09-13 20:50:03 +0000 UTCespecially when he is not fully like, stable yet, I guess? Not sure that's the right word, but you know what I mean. He is still recovering from everything. And its clear Buffy still has feelings for Angel in the way she looks at him, takes care of him, is hiding him and keeping him a secret; the look she gave when he mentions it might be better for him to not need Buffy helping him... Totally understand how difficult and confusing this whole mess is for Buffy
Holi117
2020-09-13 20:49:09 +0000 UTCYes, this is such a fun episode. And given how much Alley loves Giles, I knew she'd enjoy this one! Plus, who doesn't love an episode where Ethan Rayne shows up?!
Holi117
2020-09-13 20:46:23 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite episodes hands down, I mean anything with Giles tbh
TaraFromTerra
2020-09-13 00:17:20 +0000 UTCThis one time at band camp......
Saint Mercy
2020-09-12 16:40:41 +0000 UTCI have. I’m not saying it’s easy, just that it’s not impressive. I have no idea why Buffy would think Angel couldn’t do it.
Jamie Morgan
2020-09-12 11:18:08 +0000 UTCThen there's the Willow and Xander 'couple' and Alley trying to separate them via pop dolls
Kris Donovan
2020-09-12 07:18:11 +0000 UTCHave you tried Thai Chi? It's pretty exhausting, surprisingly so.
Kris Donovan
2020-09-12 07:17:10 +0000 UTCYes.
Jon Freezin-Rain
2020-09-11 02:01:36 +0000 UTCI think he's chaotic neutral, a free spirit. He lives to serve his own whims. He is not comfortable with evil. Note his reaction when Mr. Trick murders the chocolate factory worker.
Kirby
2020-09-10 21:03:48 +0000 UTCDefinite Puck vibes
Little Ms Lewis
2020-09-10 19:14:04 +0000 UTCI am English (live just outside of London) and I find his ‘mockney’ to be fab- it isn’t a local’s accent but it is what a lot of people slip into when they hang out in London. So I vote good.
Little Ms Lewis
2020-09-10 19:13:12 +0000 UTCTai chi IS cool... not sure angel quite pulls it off
Little Ms Lewis
2020-09-10 19:07:50 +0000 UTCI mean, lets just face it. Everyone was happy and feeling secure in their relationships, which in Whedon-world is a clear indication that sh*t gonna go down. Because why be happy when we can be gutted like a fish and forced to carry our own entrails to the sacrifice table? Damn you Whedon, for giving us exacly what we wanted the exact moment we no longer wanted it.
Ida Eriksson
2020-09-10 18:37:48 +0000 UTCYes, the snake thing was pointless but who cares when everything else is so good.
TheyCallMeJeff
2020-09-10 17:45:40 +0000 UTCWhoa Summers! You drive like a spaz! --Snyder.
TheyCallMeJeff
2020-09-10 17:43:48 +0000 UTCBuffy & Angel - "We're the hottest couple on the show" Cordelia & Xander - "Duh, we're obviously the hottest couple on the show" Willow & Oz - "Guys! We're the hottest couple on the show" Giles & Joyce - "Hold our chocolate bars"
Neil Carleton
2020-09-10 17:11:38 +0000 UTCAll good now. That reaction was worth the extra wait.
Neil Carleton
2020-09-10 17:09:13 +0000 UTCI usually don't like the comedic episodes much, but this one is great - especially Ripper. My trivia bit for the episode (though I guess it's not really "trivia" for many music lovers): the song Giles and Joyce are listening to is Tales of Brave Ulysses by Cream.
zerofk
2020-09-10 17:07:59 +0000 UTCI think Alley was all of 2 years old when that movie came out, So I’m not surprised she doesn’t make that connection with Alyson.
Ryan
2020-09-10 17:05:20 +0000 UTCThat stupid Thai Chi scene! “I didn’t know you could do that” Buffy, it ain’t that impressive!!! Anyway, great reaction. As you’re well aware by now this is a fan fave. So glad you enjoyed it!
Jamie Morgan
2020-09-10 16:46:54 +0000 UTCI used to love reading their synopses of House MD! So good!
Jamie Morgan
2020-09-10 16:34:46 +0000 UTCYeah, me too. It's the site running slow right now. Hopefully it'll be back to normal soon!
Trey Moore
2020-09-10 14:30:27 +0000 UTCPart of me just wants teenage Snyder to be their new best friend.
Koz
2020-09-10 14:14:07 +0000 UTCDitto.
Shaun Houghton
2020-09-10 14:11:33 +0000 UTCARGH! I've been looking forward to seeing your reaction to this one and typically it's the first time I'm having internet problems while watching!
Neil Carleton
2020-09-10 13:59:43 +0000 UTCMine too and the way he moves his head when he says it is soooo funny. I also love “Summers you drive like a spaz!”
Ashley
2020-09-10 11:43:26 +0000 UTCLol this is one of my favorite episodes the comedy and the action were so good its just a feels good episode. I luv Giles and Joyce and them acting like teenagers great but mvp for the episode was Snyder making fun of Ethan that had me dead. Also u at the start of this episode yelling at the toy Xander and Willow lmao i luv how much u hate the two of them getting together.
Justin Jefferson
2020-09-10 11:14:31 +0000 UTC'I am separating Willow & Xander' DEAD
Dan
2020-09-10 10:30:54 +0000 UTCJane Espenson written episode = comedy gold. I relate to juvenile Snyder way too much. Best part however was when Alley said wtf at the Willow and Xander footsies lol
Blain H Granado
2020-09-10 08:55:17 +0000 UTCIt seemed like you missed Snyder's "fight!" in the Bronze! Hope you saw it in the editing lol. I think it's my favorite Snyder-line ever.
CrookedCat
2020-09-10 08:52:00 +0000 UTCevery now and then, a series has to let the cast let loose & just have fun, this was obviously one of those episodes & armin shimerman is fantastic
Stewart Denew
2020-09-10 08:01:28 +0000 UTCBack in the day there was a website called Television Without Pity. You remind me of it. It was a summary of shows with jokes, but in written form. It was B.Y. (Before Youtube.) I read the Band Candy one multiple times.
Britt
2020-09-10 07:52:33 +0000 UTCIt's always a good time when Giles show us why he used to be called "Ripper." I think my favorite detail is the fact that Joyce took the policeman's handcuffs, presumably for later use. 😀
John Kress
2020-09-10 07:51:53 +0000 UTCThanks for doing the math, I was wondering about that.
Britt
2020-09-10 07:46:34 +0000 UTCHer eps always have a little fun injected into them. Love her.
Britt
2020-09-10 07:42:49 +0000 UTCMaybe secretly he thinks he's being cool calling everyone by their last name as that's what he went by in high school. Like he's trying and failing to be 'hip with the kids'.
SweetSummit
2020-09-10 07:01:13 +0000 UTCIt's funny how Snyder talks down to everyone by their last name in a lesser-than way but then tells the kids to call him Snyder because it's cool.
Dusty
2020-09-10 06:49:06 +0000 UTCim sooo happy this is a favorite for everyone bc its just sooo good and fun
Alley Box
2020-09-10 06:32:38 +0000 UTChaha didn’t mean to make fun of it! just funny seeing angel doing it when ive never seen him do anything like that before lol. im v immature
Alley Box
2020-09-10 06:32:13 +0000 UTCoh sweeet!! i feel smart now lmaoo and for doctor who, ive watched the ninth doctor to the eleventh (couldnt get into the twelfth)
Alley Box
2020-09-10 06:31:14 +0000 UTCseriously!! idk how i came up with that joke right before this episode haha
Alley Box
2020-09-10 06:29:56 +0000 UTCme, eyeing my funko pops while im in bed: 👁👄👁
Alley Box
2020-09-10 06:29:07 +0000 UTChaha yes! i did see that! didnt comment on it but i love that part
Alley Box
2020-09-10 06:28:40 +0000 UTCHate Joss as much as we want for constantly traumatising us, he knows the time and place for comedy and the perfect timing for poignancy. The comedy can't work unless the drama works just as well, and nobody mixes genres and characters together better that Joss.
Chris Hanley
2020-09-10 05:28:43 +0000 UTCMaybe his Ferengi heritage makes him short?
SweetSummit
2020-09-10 04:56:05 +0000 UTCDamn, now I am in the mood for some chocolate! :) I predict next episode Alley will put Funko Xander in a different room many feet away from Willow :) Oh Alley- you looked away at of the funnier Giles parts which was after Buffy punches Ethan,...Giles jumps in the air,raises his fist and says YES! Hope you go back and rewatch that awesome part. This is one of my top comedic episodes, it's right there with... that episode and that other episode. :) It was so fun to see teen Synder. And it always cracks me up seeing Buffy and him face to face because they are the SAME height!!
Val
2020-09-10 04:19:28 +0000 UTCAt this point Ethan Rayne needs to have the title 'Special guest villain' in the bit after the credits, like they did in the 60's Batman series.
Lee Wilcock
2020-09-10 03:49:22 +0000 UTCYou really can't see any of the gang as band people? Not even Willow with a flute? lol
Israel
2020-09-10 03:49:14 +0000 UTCFun Fact: If you continue to react to two Buffyverse episodes a week uninterrupted you will finish on September 28th, 2022. No pressure but now you have a deadline. 😁
Eric Bushee
2020-09-10 03:37:06 +0000 UTCThis episode is just a giddy joy, from start to fin. Teen Ripper will never not tickle me.
Renee Pope-Munro
2020-09-10 03:22:20 +0000 UTCReally? No band characters...including "THE" Band Camp girl?
Corey Wolf
2020-09-10 03:20:08 +0000 UTCI love that you are separating Xander from Willow by putting him way up on that shelf. It doesn't seem to be working though. Who knows what Funko dolls do at night when the lights go out.
Michael Roach
2020-09-10 03:01:14 +0000 UTCThis is such a fun episode! :o) It makes me laugh every time. I forgot the Willow worried face when Buffy was driving...haha. It made me laugh so hard. That and Armin delivers some of the best lines...I don't know why his "You want to splash around in the poo!" to Giles makes me laugh like a little kid. Plus, I love all the Giles/Joyce stuff...and hahah, I love how you have Xander up on a cliff.
Sandy S.
2020-09-10 02:54:20 +0000 UTCBuffy pre-Chosen and Cordelia are mere Harmony’s compared to 16 year old Joyce.
Ryan
2020-09-10 02:39:16 +0000 UTCTotally get the feeling that high school Joyce wouldn't even have given Buffy and the Scoobies the time of day.
SweetSummit
2020-09-10 02:35:20 +0000 UTCThat's kind of what makes it work, I think. He's playing a teenager who's trying to be super-cool, and maybe overdoing it just a smidge.
FernWithy
2020-09-10 02:28:26 +0000 UTCThat and the eyeroll/jump off the counter response to Snyder's come-on. Basically, she's episode 1, season 1 Cordelia.
FernWithy
2020-09-10 02:26:55 +0000 UTCLol! She really nailed a 16 year old girls mannerisms!
matt
2020-09-10 02:18:13 +0000 UTCHey! Do you think we could get Doctor Who on Alley's watch list?
matt
2020-09-10 02:16:39 +0000 UTCThis is one of the greats. Of course, the plot part of the plot was, you know, thin. I think of it just as "Whatever you need to get to teen Giles and Joyce, do it." Kristine Sutherland, Anthony Head, and Armin Shimerman got a chance to really shine here. I loved them doing their time as Buffy's squad.
FernWithy
2020-09-10 02:14:33 +0000 UTCAnyone who has ever watched old Doctor Who would have spotted that filming trick.
Dave Ford
2020-09-10 02:13:01 +0000 UTCIt's practically what's known as 'mockney' - mock cockney. It's his own accent, but turned up till the knob dropped off. I've read an interview where he discusses his upbringing and he used to do whats nowadays called 'code-shifting' between home (his parents were posh) and his school, which was;'t.
Dave Ford
2020-09-10 02:11:54 +0000 UTCKristine is hilarious in this one. Her "Willow wants you real bad" delivery always cracks me up.
Miah
2020-09-10 02:11:22 +0000 UTCYES! One of the best one-offs of the whole series, for all the reasons you mentioned. Joyce's eyerolls are EVERYTHING.
Pam Nail
2020-09-10 02:00:34 +0000 UTCThe first time that was pointed out to me I was shook
Calvin Allen
2020-09-10 01:54:42 +0000 UTCA great episode for mini Giles to be drunk
Calvin Allen
2020-09-10 01:53:40 +0000 UTCI just went cross eyed reading this
Calvin Allen
2020-09-10 01:52:43 +0000 UTCYou can't see Oz as a band person?
Bryce Carlson
2020-09-10 01:42:11 +0000 UTCI'm wondering if Ethan rises to the level of "villain" , more of a Chaos -phile. Puck from Midsummer Night?
Jon Freezin-Rain
2020-09-10 01:21:36 +0000 UTCthis episode is so epic and fun but still nopedity nope nope to Xander and Willow. Though trick and The Mayor is back :)
Isac christensen
2020-09-10 01:18:27 +0000 UTCIn the Master’s voice to Alley. “Nice shirt”
Allan Cornett
2020-09-10 01:00:33 +0000 UTCUgh... it's so hard not to do that. I've been *waiting* for this episode!
Ashley
2020-09-10 00:56:08 +0000 UTCYay! This is the first episode written by Jane Espenson, who is my favorite Buffy writer aside from Joss Whedon.
Miah
2020-09-10 00:53:08 +0000 UTCHow bad is it that I don't notice a difference between the normal Giles accent and this one, like at all? lol
Bisibia
2020-09-10 00:45:24 +0000 UTCIn the first season the school “corridors “ were just one corridor. The first season was done with very little money.
Allan Cornett
2020-09-10 00:45:19 +0000 UTCOne of them had to go up there.
homoerotic 80s volleyball scene personified
2020-09-10 00:41:35 +0000 UTC"I wonder if that was the same corridor, just used from different angles?" YES, IT IS! You're the only person I know who's gotten that. Good call on the cgi snake, too! That actually makes sense. And, hey, why is Xander pophead in a time out far away from the rest of the gang? I'm sensing some favoritism.
matt
2020-09-10 00:39:02 +0000 UTCIt was the 90s. Tai Chi was cool.
Mike Sharp
2020-09-10 00:35:40 +0000 UTCWow. You're just spoiling for a fight.
matt
2020-09-10 00:32:08 +0000 UTCOh, I should also note that ASH's accent here is one of the least convincing sounding English accents used in the show. It's not that it's fake exactly, but it's such an exaggerated version of his normal accent that coupled with the performance sounds fairly silly. But he really is great in this episode - the moment when he punches the air when Buffy punches Ethan is everything.
Dave Ford
2020-09-10 00:23:28 +0000 UTCObviously it had to be babies because they are the perfect snack food, bite sized, can't just eat one.
Fasda
2020-09-10 00:22:35 +0000 UTCI ship Willow and Xander so much
Arobin
2020-09-10 00:17:08 +0000 UTCYaaaaasssss we're here! One of my favorites.
Ashley
2020-09-10 00:16:51 +0000 UTCYup - there's so much in that episode you forgot to talk about the Buffy and Angel scenes entirely! You seemed a bit surprised that Buff wasn't honest with Angel about Scott - but remember the last time she got both intimate and made Angel 'happy' he turned into an evil killing monster who slaughtered her friends. Not surprising she's trying to avoid discussing her being free and single round Angel again - she has no idea what might turn him into Angellus again.
Dave Ford
2020-09-10 00:12:21 +0000 UTC"Giles is a little drunk today; let him be." How appropriate! I adore this episode; it's one of my most re-watched. It's also the debut episode for one of my favorite BTVS writers, Jane Espenson.
timetot
2020-09-10 00:06:18 +0000 UTCWhen ever I find a new Buffy reactor my first thought is “I can’t wait to see them watch Band Candy!” I have probably watched this episode of Buffy more than any other. It’s my candy episode, if I’m feeling blue and need a pick me up I watch Band Candy.
Ryan
2020-09-09 23:56:44 +0000 UTCBand Candy...Yes!
Miricat
2020-09-09 23:56:13 +0000 UTCOz's off camera "uh Snyder" as principal Snyder enters Joyce's SUV is funnier than I remember and it's still hilarious when Joyce tells Giles that smashing and grabbing the coat was "brave."
Superfan Giovanni
2020-09-09 23:52:45 +0000 UTCOmg! One of my favs! Must watch immediately
Elisa H.
2020-09-09 23:43:58 +0000 UTCI just want to say to all the fans here. THANKS. I read most of the comments and not one person said something like...your going to love the next episode etc. I personally know how hard it is sometimes to contain my excitement. Now I’m going to 420 and watch the reaction to one of my favorite episodes.
Allan Cornett
2020-09-09 23:37:21 +0000 UTCRemind me to never do Tai Chi in front of you :p
Joel S
2020-09-09 23:24:08 +0000 UTCYes ! One of my top 5 favorites! Classic Buffy!
Christine
2020-09-09 23:18:19 +0000 UTCI think I speak for everyone when I say this was one of the episodes we were most anticipating the reaction video of.
Adthay
2020-09-09 23:17:12 +0000 UTCSince we do original airdate birthday tidbits now, this episode premiered on my 15th birthday and I remember sitting at home loving it. One of my favorites.
Superfan Giovanni
2020-09-09 23:10:05 +0000 UTC
