Pangs
- Episode aired Nov 23, 1999
- TV-PG
- 43m
On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.
- Rupert Giles
- (as Anthony Stewart Head)
- Anya
- (as Emma Caulfield)
- Magic Shop Customer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe actual Chumash people was entrenched along the California Central Coast - including around modern Santa Barbara, a probable real-life counterpart to Sunnydale - and numbered as many as 20,000 people before contact with Europeans. The tribe survives today as the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash, which has U.S. recognition as a Native American tribe and controls a reservation and casino in Santa Ynez, California.
- GoofsWhen Willow, Xander, and Anya run into Angel, Anya asks if it is Angel and that it's the first time they met. In fact, Anya had met Angel back in Doppelgangland (1999) at the Bronze even though they had no dialogue between them.
- Quotes
Buffy Summers: Wil, you know how bad I feel about this. Okay? It's eating me up...
[to Anya]
Buffy Summers: A quarter cup of brandy and let it simmer.
[to Willow]
Buffy Summers: ... but even though it's hard, we have to end this. Yes, he's been wronged, and I personally would be ready to apologize, but I...
Spike: Oh, someone put a stake in me.
Xander Harris: You got a lot of volunteers in *here*.
Spike: I just can't take all this namby-pamby boo-hooing about the bloody Indians.
Willow Rosenberg: Uh, the preferred term is...
Spike: You won. All right? You came in and you killed them, and you took their land. That's what conquering nations do. It's what Caesar did, and he's not goin' around saying, "I came, I conquered, I felt really bad about it." The history of the world is not people making friends. You had better weapons, and you massacred them. End of story.
Buffy Summers: Well, I think the Spaniards actually did a lot of...
[to Willow]
Buffy Summers: Not that I don't like Spaniards.
Spike: Listen to you. How you gonna fight anyone with that attitude?
Willow Rosenberg: We don't wanna fight anyone.
Buffy Summers: I just wanna have Thanksgiving.
Spike: [laughs] Yeah... Good luck.
Willow Rosenberg: Well, if we could talk to him...
Spike: You exterminated his race. What could you possibly say that would make him feel better? It's kill or be killed here. Take your bloody pick.
Xander Harris: Maybe it's the syphilis talking, but... some of that made sense.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Angel: The Bachelor Party (1999)
This was a pretty solid episode; even if despite all the talk of how terrible it was how the Native Americans were treated they are depicted like attackers in an old western! Hus was a decent enough threat and the final confrontation was lots of fun. The episode starts really well with Anya ogling 'workman Xander' amusingly his later illness does nothing to reduce her lustful feeling! The real highlight of the episode was Spike's story; James Marsters is great in the role; very funny in a deadpan way. He also nicely portrays how Spike isn't the vampire he used to be in an entertainingly pathetic way... it will be interesting to see what happens to his character in later episodes. Angel's reappearance was enjoyable even if his role turned out to be fairly small. Overall a fun character led episode which raises certain issues in a way that isn't annoyingly preachy.
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- May 6, 2019