Episode 6: Band Candy
Synopsis: Sunnydale's adult population begins acting like immature teenagers after eating candy bars being sold to finance new high school band uniforms. (written by Jane Espenson, airdate 11/10/98)
Given that my son, a band member himself, is in the middle of a band candy sale right now, this was a very timely and fun episode. So many great parts - like Snyder forcing Buffy and the gang to sell candy even though they aren't in the band, like Trick doing his first assignment for the Mayor - causing chaos with the help of returning Ethan Raines to cover the true motive which is getting tribute for a demon that the Mayor provides to "keep Sunnydale safe", like Buffy lying to both her mother and Giles so she can be with Angel only for the two of them to catch her as she uses each as an excuse to another, like Willow and Xander playing footsie under the desk while carrying on a seemingly innocent conversation. Then there is the whole "what would they have been like as teens" of Joyce, Giles and Snyder. All very insightful looks into these three characters as they behave like youth gone wild. Lots of laugh out loud moments including Xander's gem "I don't get while they're acting all immature - I ate a ton of candy and I saw no change in behavior...oh, right, nevermind."
All in all, an awesomely fun episode. Buffy gets to battle briefly with Mr. Trick before having to save Giles from the demon, allowing the villain a chance to flee (as they Mayor did quite a few minutes before). In the end, an awkward moment between Giles and Joyce - did they or didn't they? I'm going with "did".
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