Saturday, October 18, 2008

5.3 - The Replacement


Xander gets split into two seperate Xanders.

***

Jane Espenson delivers a solid episode here that's a good bit of fun. Xander gets hit by the demon Toth's doubling rod and it splits him into two different versions of himself: one with the slacker side, and one with the responsible side. Shenanigans ensue.

The double was played by Nick Brendon's twin brother, and you can actually see the difference in the scenes he was used in. Nick doubled himself a lot, but the scenes that they were both in, you can tell his bro.

The biggest revelation comes at the end, when Xander is moving out of his parent's basement. Riley tells him that he knows Buffy doesn't love him. It's a shock, but when you think about it...it's true.

Rating: 7/10

1 comment:

Andres Salazar said...

I liked this one A LOT.

I like Xander and it was fun to see him play different stuff.
The ending was a little lame with the Anja wanting a threesome with the 2 Xanders...ok we get it, shes a Nymphomaniac, its getting old already. I know I sound like an old man, but I can do without the sexual references.

Oh and I LIKED Riley in this ending where he admits that Buffy does not love him. That was played very well. good job on that.

The bad-guy-demon with the 'Rod of splitting' was kinda lame. Lose the nice black robes, it looks too cheesey.


4.5 out of 5