Buffy – Season 4, Episode 14: Goodbye Iowa
In which we are dealing with a Frankenstein’s Monster, and Riley is more than human.
Oh my goodness this title mentions Iowa and I’m typing this while in Iowa RIGHT NOW because I live here and oh my gosh I remember that Riley is from Huxley and I know where Huxley is! Funny story about Huxley, I got pulled over in the stupid town. It’s a speed trap and the cops there are total dicks. There’s this curve in the middle a town that appears like it’s going to go back to highway, and so you start to speed up, and when you get around the curve you see that oh there is still more town and the speed limit hasn’t changed and there’s a cop just sitting there. Got a ticket when he said I was only going to get a warning. It was my first time ever being pulled over and the cop was acting like he was understanding saying it would be fine and just a warning and then BAM I’m gonna give you a ticket because I’m a self-righteous dick. **** Huxley, IA and the cops who patrol there. Also, their high school wrestling team recruits which is just unsportsmanlike.
Oh. Nobody cares. Okay.
Well then. I’m not sure if I like the direction that this has all taken, mostly concerning Riley. If Riley was conflicted due to all his beliefs having been brought into question, that’s one thing. But for him to be conflicted because of having been programmed or something, that’s another thing and just kind of lame. So, Buffy has had sex with both a human and a cyborg or something. Spike was right: she really knows how to pick them.
But yeah, the most interesting part of this, I think, will be to see how all the other Initiative members react. They seem to be resistant the belief that The Initiative is no good, but now that it appears two of their leaders have been killed, I’m not sure what they’ll do. That will probably be addressed when Washington gets there. Still many questions, but some of them seem really confusing. Hopefully they are all addressed in quick time, as in, the next episode that I have to wait four Angel episodes until.
Also, the obvious was finally confirmed: Something isn’t right with Tara. Now, whether she’s actually a demon or just a bad witch, I don’t know, and I really hope they don’t just let that linger. I find it interesting how this has just been some side plot going on in the midst of all this madness with the Initiative, and I’m curious to see how important or dangerous it will end up being. Is this the beginning of Willow’s heel turn that I know will be coming at some point (and I know I shouldn’t have to say this, but I’m going to because I really don’t want to be spoiled, but don’t answer this question)?
Demons disliking Spike because he’s embraced his ability to hurt and kill demons is an interesting plot that I didn’t even think about. It was fun hearing of a “demon code” that states demons and the like don’t kill other demons and the like. However, it’s a code that Spike seems to have already broken before and nobody seemed to care. But maybe the code is different among vampires. Plus, I don’t think people cared too much about The Annointed One. Either way, it’ll be interesting to see if this forces Spike’s hand in fighting on the side of good.
Development has been made, but it has a potential to be lame. I’ll put my faith in them, though, because they haven’t disappointed me much.
Next up: Angel 14-17
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