A little extra
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Sometimes Buffy writers leave little jokes of their own in their scripts. The following is a stage direction for 2.14 Innocence, a little nod to the fact that it costs more …
Angel’s mirror trick
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The script’s stage directions for 2.01 Judgement explain how the mirrored walls of the health club should be affected:
We see Wes and Cor and the manager moving toward us, people …
Angel’s return
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Here is the scene description from 3.03 Faith, Hope And Trick for the last scene we see, when Angel returns:
HOLD THE ROOM
As our music gently builds to the end and the …
Ankle sex
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In the original script for 3.06 Band Candy, the scene where Xander and Willow are playing footsy under the desk reads as follows:
Xander inches his foot over to nudge Willow’s. …
Apartment set list
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The set list for th episode 1.05 Rm W/A Vu included: “Bad apartment. Very bad apartment. Worse apartment”
Big-ass aerial shot
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This is how one of the scenes where Faith and Buffy are running from Kakistos in 3.03 Faith, Hope And Trick was written in the original script:
KAKISTOS, TRICK AND THE OTHERS:
Mr. …
Camera pulls back
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The following is a stage direction from the script for 6.17 Normal Again:
“The camera pulls back slowly, down the hall. Leaving the doctor and Buffy’s parents helpless, and Buffy lost …
Chaste and tasteful
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The following is a stage direction for 1.12 Prophecy Girl, in the scene in which Xander saves Buffy:
“A small moment, then Xander leans over Buffy. Closing his fingers over her …
Cheese man direction
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A stage direction for the Cheese Man in 4.22 Restless was: “Cheese man - a skittish, balding, bespectacled, little fellow in an old woolen suit. A voice not unlike Peter Lorres’s.”
Cheesy Istanbul
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This was a stage direction in the script for 7.01 Lessons:
EXT. ISTANBUL-NIGHT
We see the (backdrop of the) city sprawling out beyond the rooftops.
and later in the script:
EXT. ENGLAND-DAY
No, …
Chunky vamp dust
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The script for 2.03 First Impressions describes the aftermath of the the garage battle as:
“What’s left of the attacking vamps. Not three neat little piles, nothing too cutesy, but …
City directions
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The following are two stage directions from the script for 1.01 City of:
A woman’s laugh draws Angel’s gaze to three GOOD LOOKING GUYS shooting pool with TWO GOOD LOOKING YOUNG …
Connor checks himself
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In 4.14 Release, Connor is seen in front of the mirror, checking himself for signs of vampiness. This scene was described in the script as:
CLOSE ON CONNOR as he bares …
Cordy’s brownies
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The script directions for Cordelia’s brownie making in 1.14 I’ve Got You Under My Skin were:
“She tries cutting them. They fight back.”
Cordy’s vision
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Cordelia’s vision in 1.13 She was described this way in the scene directions:
A MAN - PETE WILKERS, IN FACT. Screaming, looking down at something on his chest. …
Drooling pain
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A stage direction for 1.04 I Fall To Pieces read:
“BACK TO DOYLE - He’s in pain, but not a writhing, drooling kind of pain.”
Faith’s dream
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Here is a stage direction for Faith’s dream in 4.15 This Year’s Girl:
“We cut back to the Mayor. He’s being horribly, brutally HACKED APART by Buffy with her knife. He’s …
Faith’s entrance
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Faith’s entrance on Angel in season four’s 4.13 Salvage is described in the script as:
CLOSE ON THE STEEL DOOR, sliding open, allowing in sunlight, hitting the slightly bowed head of a …
Good family viewing
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The following is a scene description of the Hell fight scene from 3.01 Anne:
CRANE DOWN ON: BUFFY
Looking sweaty and cool as searchlights sweep across her face. She’s waiting for the …
Gunn’s entrance
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The character of Gunn is introduced in the following way in the script for 1.20 War Zone:
We start in low and see a pair of black leather boots walk into frame. …



