Go Fish

This episode is nothing special, I would probably rate it a 6 but Willow's line "really? Me? I'll crack him like an egg" makes the whole episode. It's the little things :)

" Go fish" is a sweet little episode of Buffy, not one to remember , not one to skip, just a solid funny episode.

Once more Xander save the life of Buffy, not Angel, and yet Buffy love Angel not Xander, how unfair this is, and sad for her, she could have been so happy with Xander.

On the other hand, this episode offer a great scene with Cordelia, where we can see their relashionship might bé more serious than expected. There is still the suspence to know with who Xander will end up, Buffy Willow or Cordelia or someone new ?

I dont understand some reviews calling this episode beeing like the X files, guys wake up the show IS like the X files since the beggining, standalone about a different Supernatural event every weeks, and a main story on the other hand ( for x files aliens, for Buffy vampires) smae kind of show, this episode does not look more like the X files than 10/15 from Season 1 and 2 and im sure all the others seasons.

Also its kind of an insult to the X files to compare it to this Buffy épisode, The X files is a masterpiece of a show, with nearly every épisodes beeing better than the best of the buffy ep.

Sunnydale is a town with a school sitting on something that is basically both a sealed portal to Hell and a magnet for all sorts of evil creatures. Does a thing like that need attention? It does. And there is this system in place for humanity to secretly deal with such stuff. The system is old and goes like this. In every generation there is a girl destined to stand against the forces of darkness, a "slayer". She has two things to help her. First, physical strength you wouldn't expect from someone her size, or from any human, for that matter. Second, an experienced "watcher" meant to act as her teacher, one that does the research, not the fighting. Should a slayer be killed, another one will show up as fast as possible. With her life instantaneously and drastically altered. That's how Buffy Summers became the slayer. And there is something she has that makes her different from any other slayer. Not only does she have the strength and a watcher, she also has friends. And they prove vital. Now, with the second season drawing to an end, with the main villains having attempted something huge more than once already, and with an apparent another attempt just around the corner, something distracts Buffy and her company from the big baddies. They have been dealt with more than once and will be again. For now, though, they are in the shadow, plotting and preparing. But that does not mean the good guys can rest. In "Go Fish", the heroes face an unknown danger. But even so, the general thread of the season and the show thus far is solid. Not only is it not damaged, but used in a way that helps our heroes do their job.

The episode can be both scary and funny exactly at the right moments. The monster effects are satisfying. The creatures themselves prove more difficult to deal with than vampires. The importance of friendship and team work is once again pointed out. What else is pointed out and should be brought up here is how what you see is not necessarily the truth. If you're witness to an event, be careful. That event may be the result of a chain of other events resulting in you misunderstanding it all. Be careful and scientific! Isn't that what school is supposed to teach all of us?

Something is skinning the members of the Sunnydale High School Swim Team - who are winning this season for the first time in many years - and eating them alive, bones internal organs and all. Only the skin and clothes are left behind. Then Xander runs into the monster right after one of the killings. The monster looks as close as you can get to the Creature from the Black Lagoon without Universal Pictures being able to sue Warner Brothers.

So, Buffy decides to follow the surviving best member of the swim team around to see if the monster strikes again. That monster doesn't appear, but Angelus does and attempts to eat said swim team member as he leaves The Bronze. However, there is something revolting to Angelus about the guy's blood because he releases the guy and begins to spit out his blood. Complications ensue.

This episode has nothing to do with the character development of the main cast or the progression of the season story arc involving Angel/Angelus. Outside of the short appearance of Angelus trying to eat the swim team member, David Boreanaz is not even in this episode. It was obviously made just to fill the quota of 22 season episodes in the run up to the big season two finale.

That doesn't mean it's lacking any good points. There's Willow trying to scare Jonathan into confessing (the Scoobies think he may have conjured up the fish monster as revenge for the swim team members bullying him) and failing badly. And most importantly, Cordelia shows more empathy than I thought her capable of when she thinks that something bad has happened to Xander and she might have been the cause. Finally, there is Xander in speedos.

With a smile, wink, and nod to a classic horror creature, the Buffy version here does provide a few twists with explanation. Although many of the ideas seem short on refinement as well as execution, solid writing still prevails. Creatures were actually alright by me, with a faithful rendition to the original. A little re-hash as far as the after-school theme which reminded me a little of the earlier frat party.

Cordelia got the best one-liner joke and surprisingly endearing scene when Xander appeared to be a monster. Unlike Buffy, Cordelia was not about to let her boyfriend's change deter her perseverance in making a relationship work. Admirable, even if it were impossible. Xander too was a fun character to watch in this episode. Entertaining, off-beat, I'm fine with this episode as long as it didn't cause the series to go unfinished.