Episode 3- The Witch

Summary:

Buffy decides to try out for the cheerleading team. During trials, the hands of a girl named Amber spontaneously combust. Amy Madison seems to be under strong pressure from her winning mother, a star cheerleader in her day, and is crushed when she only makes the substitute list after Cordelia Chase and Buffy. An unknown person is bewitching Barbie dolls over a cauldron. Next thing is that Cordelia cannot see, which she proves the hard way during driving instruction, and is just saved in the nick of time by Buffy. According to Giles, blinding enemies is a favourite trick amongst witches.

To prove that Amy is a witch, Buffy, Xander and Willow collect eye of newt and some of Amy's hair during science class, and prove that she has cast a spell. Amy comes home and tells her mother to get with her homework — while she goes upstairs with Buffy's bracelet that she stole while Buffy was collecting her hair.

The next morning, a slightly manic Buffy blows her chance at the cheerleading squad when she tosses another girl through the room, ceding her slot to none other than Amy. Buffy turns out to have a bloodstone vengeance spell has destroyed her immune system, giving her only about three hours to live. The only way to cure her and break the other spells is to get the witch's spell book. The ailing Buffy and Giles go confront Amy's mother Catherine, and find the real Amy inhabiting Catherine's body: Catherine, months ago, had done a spell to switch bodies, saying that Amy was wasting her youth. Giles finds the witch's book and takes Amy and Buffy back to school to break the spells. Buffy is fading fast.

Thoughts?

My thoughts on this episode are cool. At the very end of the episode they put Amys mom into a Cheerleading trophy doll. I like this episode alot, its probably my favorite in the first season, Because its unpredictable. I would never have guessed that the Amy that was at school was really her Mom. Even when they showed Amy at home bossing her mom around. I was too stupid to realize that that wasnt Amy. I love how at the end they show Amy's moms eyes scared in the statue. :)

~Emma <3