From the Useless Trivia Dept. There is a connection between this episode and Inca Mummy Girl. In the latter, Devon asks Oz: "What does a girl have to do to impress you"? Oz responds: "It has to do with a feather boa and "The Theme From A Summer Place". When Dawn first sees RJ, the music that plays is..."The Theme From A Summer Place".
Thom Purdy
2021-06-24 00:16:18 +0000 UTC
There are some cringe-worthy moments in this episode, but the rocket launcher scene makes everything worth it.
Yesmydog
2021-06-17 13:43:39 +0000 UTC
I think the jacket must have only affected magically inclined girls. Dawn isn't really, but she was born from magic. The Slayer has supernatural powers, Willow is a witch, and Anya a demon. Otherwise, the guy would be dead from all the sex.
Foamy
2021-06-17 04:20:43 +0000 UTC
This has its moments (Willow in the bronze, Dawn's soliloquy about murals), but yeah, mostly... not a great one, and the secondhand humiliation makes it actively painful to watch.
FernWithy
2021-06-16 20:42:06 +0000 UTC
Yeah, this episode obviously wasn't a masterpiece but it was funny enough. Think with Help and this one, they were deliberately going for the teen-centric simple monster of the week stories of early seasons. Xander also literally says "Welcome to the Hellmouth" towards the end. XD
If it makes everyone feel less skeeved out, I just Googled out of curiousity and found out that the actor who played RJ is older than Sarah Michelle Gellar. 0.o I never knew before today either.
Also, Spike was lucid and sane the entire time in this episode. Huzzah!
Judson
2021-06-16 09:40:32 +0000 UTC
The magic of this episode is that it's one of my least favorites, with a recycled/weak plot, yet it yields one of the funniest (to me) moments from the entire series with the stuff outside Woods' office window.
indaeo
2021-06-16 01:48:33 +0000 UTC
I think this is my least favorite episode of the series.
My favorite part was Willow’s “Right there with ya!” line in the Bronze. It was so subtle, I missed it the first time I watched it.