No.9: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Episode 5

This morning I watched the fifth episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1. The name is Never Kill a Boy on the First Date. OK, when I first saw this name, I thought this episode would be some girl dated some guy and the girl turned out to be a vampire and killed the boy. After I finished the episode, I realized it was totally not the deal. In this episode, Buffy met a hot guy called Owen and agreed to go on a date with him. The Watcher discovered a prophecy about a coming danger and wanted Buffy to check out this danger with him. Buffy refused because her date was at that night and she didn’t want to miss. So she left and the prophecy came true. On her first real date with Owen, the Watcher got trapped by a group of vampires. Buffy had to leave her date and went to save the Watcher. At the end of this episode, she realized that she would get anyone who was unaware of her identity into danger, so sadly, she broke up with Owen.

Buffy became more and more responsible and mature about her slaying job, which is good, but also sad. She is always out of crowd because her special ability. If she stays too close to someone, except Xander, Willow, and the Watcher who already know her job, she doesn’t know when and how she will get him killed. So she thinks the best way to protect him is to leave him. Maybe that isn’t really true about relationships. I think, if she doesn’t keep her identity secret, she will find some real friends, like Xander and Willow. And she won’t have to be too freaked out when someone is getting close to reveal her identity. Towards relationships, I will say, show them the real you.