Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S2/E07 Lie to Me: Difference between revisions

 

=== Tropes ===

* [[Abandoned Playground]]: A lonely swing set in the [[Cold Open]].

* [[Above Good and Evil]]: Buffy calls out Ford on his double-crossing lies, but he merely shrugs, "Everybody lies."

'''Angel''': Maybe you shouldn't do either. }}

** The final exchange in the graveyard sets the tone for the remainder of Season Two. As you grow up things become more complicated; It's not as clear who's your ally and who's your enemy anymore.

* [[Get Out!]] / [[Mercy Lead]]: Angel offering Drusilla a one-time only opportunity to take Spike and clear out of town.

* [[Giggling Villain]]: Ford, though he ends up [[Definitely Just a Cold|hacking and coughing]] from the illness.

* [[Lies to Children]]: Giles on life.

{{quote| "Yes, it's terribly simple. [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|The good guys are always stalwart and true]], [[Card-Carrying Villain|the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats]], [[Sugar Bowl|and we always defeat them and save the day! No one ever dies, and everybody lives]] [[Happily Ever After]].}}

* [[Logical Weakness]]: Ford knew he couldn't defeat a Slayer with strength and so devised a way to lock her in his club. Once the doors are shut, not even someone with supernatural strength can break out.

* [[Love Confession]]: Although it's been apparent for some time, Buffy actually says outright that she loves Angel.

{{quote| '''Giles:''' ''(suspiciously)'' What ''kind'' of a secret?<br />

'''Jenny''': The kind that's secret. You know, where I don't actually tell you what it is. }}

** Xander calls Angel "Bossy the Cow", one of the characters featured in a ''[[Sesame Street (TV)|Sesame Street]]'' sketch.

** The movie playing at the Sunset Club was Dan Curtis' 1973 television adaption of Bram Stoker's ''[[Dracula]]'', starring Jack Palance.

* [[Smash Cut]]: Buffy sadly making plans to retrieve Ford's body. We cut back to the club interior, where Ford lies dead and the vamps have flown the coop.

* [[The Social Darwinist]]: Ford, gesturing below the catwalk, says that the "others" are just sheep, and want to be vampires because they're lonely and bored. He, on the other hand, is on the precipace of becoming immortal.

* [[Stealth Insult]]: Ford asking if he'd be imposing on the gang at the Bronze. Xander, mock-sweetly: "Oh, only in the literal sense."

* [[Swiss Cheese Security]]: Spike bemoans his poor security when he discovers Ford gawking at his "cool" lair.