The Zeppo

I just love this episode. Xander really carries it, something he's failed to do in the other Xander-center episodes IMO. Cordy is absolutely withering in her disdain for Xander and, of course, HOT. The monster plot is at first mysterious and ominous and later a beautiful in-joke. Jack O'Toole is brilliantly psychotic. His gang is pretty bleh, but they serve their purpose. Even Faith is interesting and sexy in this episode. The denouement is brilliant both in the gang's discussion of the monster and Xander's penultimate confrontation with Cordy.

Xander will forget the life lessons he's learned in this episode, but for one brief shining week he gets to be the man.

First let me lead with BtVS is the best TV series in history, and I watch all seven seasons annually.

And this is the episode I dread and have skipped on more than one run through...

...but amongst the stupid overacting of the main cast, the horrific story, the bizarre music score, and did I mention the cringe-worthy acting of the main cast.. there is one important occurrence that is vital to the season overarching story.

Any great moments are Xander moments, but they are few and far between.

Regardless of the reviews above which score 9 and 10 (I am going to assume these are joke reviews), this is the one and only low point of a legendary series. Watch once, then avoid.

It's nice to see Xander, one of the most unappreciated and underrated characters of the show shine for once. Seeing him take on four undead goons alone while his friends were preoccupied was pretty cool. My favorite scene is when him and the villain-of-the episode, Jack fight towards the end. It was brief yet and intense and lead to the intense standoff of the episode.

I won't give away the ending but man, it was definitely a huge confidence booster for our guy. If you like Buffy, than this's a must watch. I think even non-fans will enjoy it too. Take it for what it's worth and see for yourself.

I am a real Buffy fan and have almost watched all the episode. But one of the episode that dissatisfied me is this one. I don't know why it have such a great grade, 8,7/10.

This episode was for me, a plot which could be very good, but instead went wrong. This episode is over the top. Much is happening during 40-45 minutes, for me it was too much. This episode is concentrated much on Xander, and well it would turn up great if Buffy and the other one wouldn't interfere with that. Instead they almost take more place than Xander, because they have a greater "mission" than him. And this episode was quite unfair...

The Scooby gang totally ditched Xander in a subtle way and hey the Scooby Gang should do everything together, mortal as immortal. For me this episode gets a strong 6. It doesn't reach a 7, unfortunately. Josh Wheedon exaggerated to much, at least for me.

I have to say that through all the episodes so far, Xander is my least favorite character. He is wrought with weak sarcasm. He thinks his mouth will get him what he wants and he never does. The early scene when Jack is hit by the football is typical. He couldn't just say he was sorry. He couldn't just walk away. He's also undependable and flies by the seat of his pants all the time. When things are serious, he ignores the most optimum comment and often is insulting and condescending. He asks OZ how to be cool. The simplest course would be to stop putting on an act. I hope that after all he went through in this episode and the confidence he found, he can carru this new character into the future.