Who Are You?

Over the years there have been so many plots where someone takes over another's body and soul. Faith goes after Buffy and she has a device given to her by the Mayor before he died. It allows her to change places with Buffy, while keeping the same body. This leads to big time complications. Meanwhile, the monster enlists a group of vampires to do his dirty work--which is to kill every living thing. Willow and her new witch friend come up with the reality. There is a great scene where Buffy, in Faith's body, has to convince Giles of her identity. The conclusion is excellent but our big boy is still out there and will probably be there til the end of the season.

The previous episode ending with Faith switching bodies with Buffy; now Faith sets about living Buffy's life and Buffy is in police custody... but not for long. She is grabbed by operatives of the Watchers' council who plan to take her back to England. Buffy's friends, including Riley, don't realise that they are dealing with Faith... only Tara, who has never met Buffy before realises that something is wrong. While this is going on Adam has met up with some vampires and works with them to overcome their fears. Willow and Tara work to find a way to switch Buffy and Faith back; to work they will have to be together though.

This was a really fine episode which works thanks to the great jobs done by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Eliza Dushku as they play 'Faith-pretending-to-be-Buffy in Buffy' body' and 'Buffy in Faith's body' respectively... they make us believe in what has happened in a way that isn't so obvious that we can't accept that their friends don't see it. There is a good degree of tension as the Watchers' Council decide what to do with Faith (actually Buffy) followed by an impressive final confrontation where things are resolved and vampires slain. Away from the main story Buffy and Tara's friendship is developing... perhaps to something more than friendship... Faith certainly thought so. Overall a really good episode which fans of the series are sure to enjoy.

Wow, what can I say about this episode. Buffy and Faith switch bodies and Sarah Michelle Gellar portrays one of her biggest climax at acting, she's just pure brilliant and this with this acting she shows she doesn't just have the looks and also can act. The episode starts tragicomic and continues as that. I loved how Gellar literally put Faith to Buffy's soul, she was very convincing and also Eliza Dushku was really good as well.

I also really loved Faith's redemption and confrontation with her former self and past that she actually hates. We find out that Faith is not just a wild girl with no soul, she's actually very emotionally depressed person. I love complicated characters and Faith is one of them. I loved her scene at church and fighting with herself as she declares she finds herself disgusting. It was so deep. But I really wish Faith would have made more appearances after this, season 7 is just too far.

Joss Whedon did a great job as always and it really paid off well, we had the chance to see that Faith is actually a human with feelings and a soul. My point to this soulful(half literally) episode is 10.

Faith and Buffy switch bodies, and Buffy, trapped in Faith's body, is kept in police custody. However, in the way to the precinct, the retrieval team of the Watchers' Council provokes an accident with an armored truck and captures her from the police car. Faith uses to freedom of Buffy's body to enjoy life, flirting with many guys in the Bronze and buying a ticket to overseas. When Willow introduces Tara to Buffy, she feels an evil aura in her soul. Willow and Tara decides to make a dangerous astral projection to the Nether Realm that exists beyond the physical world to find the truth. Adam trains three vampires against fear, and they kidnap and threaten churchgoers of a church. Faith listens to the news in the airport and goes to the church, where Buffy, Riley and the Scooby group are facing the monsters.

The sequel of "This Year's Girl" is a great episode of Buffy. The story develops in many directions, all of them very attractive, with participation of practically all the cast. It is clear that the permanence of Faith in Buffy's body changed her behavior, and she was able to sacrifice her secure travel to risk her life in the church. I liked this episode a lot, which had a rip-off in "Transference" in the Fourth Season of "Smallville", when Lionel Luthor swaps bodies with Clark Kent. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Quem é Você?" ("Who Are You?")