"Wish" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer s3 ep9)

"Wish"

Buffy the Vampire Slayer s3 ep9

Vampires in the alternate Buffy-free Sunnydale

It's been a while since there's been an episode centered around Cordelia. In "Wish", Cordelia, humiliated by Xander, Willow, and in her mind Buffy, makes a wish that Buffy Summers never came to Sunnydale. She makes this wish in front of a fellow classmate, Anyanka, who turns out to be a demon - the patron of scorned women, no less.

This sets us off into an alternate reality where Sunnydale has no Buffy, and the vampires rule. A great premise for a "what if" type story.

The Good:

• Evil Willow
• Introduction of Anya to the series

The Bad:

• once again we have obvious staging of an actor - Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia) in front of a pile of garbage she will obviously land in.

Stuff to watch for:

• Jonathan, the nerdy boy sitting on the stairs who the cool girls taunt Cordelia with will become more important later in the series

The Verdict:
***1/2 out of *****