Dec 18, 2006
The disembodied voice of Brandon Ortega joins me via
speakerphone, or via my unstable psyche, I forget which. In any
case, we talk about the second episode of Buffy the Vampire
Slayer's second season, Some Assembly Required. As we first
discover during this episode, in Sunnydale, there are many
different ways to bring someone back from the dead. Two students
apply the classic, Frankenstein method. They're hoping to revive
the promise of a once great football hero. He's been totally off
his game ever since he caught a slight case of death.Unfortunately, the guy gets greedy and demands a mate. They decide to go after Cordelia Chase and her pretty, little head to complete the jigsaw puzzle of body parts. Sounds like the perfect plan to me. She is, after all, the apex of the cheerleading pyramid. If this episode teaches you anything, it's that dead guys need love, too.