stage directions

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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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

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

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

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. …

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