Spoiler Slayer

Feeling A Bit Arthurian

A bit of casting news was posted at FilmJerk.com, featuring a character who will appear in Episode 21.

Her name is Dora Bates. She is an American caucasian in her fifties, and a well-preserved lady of stature. A ‘Mrs. Havisham’ type who has been waiting in a secret crypt for some time for Buffy to show up in the currently-untitled Episode 21. Dora is there to explain the history of the scythe’s power, forged by women for The Slayer's use.

In casting notices obtained by Filmjerk.com, Dora is described as "Anjelica Huston, Joan Allen or Fionula Flanagan, without the accent." We at Filmjerk ask why go for an Angelika Huston or Joan Allen type, when you can probably get Angelika Huston or Joan Allen themselves, especially since this character is only going to shooting on set for one day.

Update to this news story : We've gotten some e-mails concerning the production date, as they are currently filming Episode 19. We hurriedly called our scooper on this. In his reply, he said he's not sure what the discrepancy is here, but since this is only one scene, he believes that it is conceivable they could shoot this scene separately before the episode, for scheduling purposes.

Interesting little tidbit, which obviously pointing to Buffy needing a weapon of great power to either defeat Caleb or the First. Which makes me wonder if we're looking at one of those "We need to make the Big Bad corporeal in order to use the fancy weapon and defeat it". And, since Evil cannot be truly defeated, my money says that the weapon will be used to bind The First to the Hellmouth. Hmm, Big Bad stuck in the Hellmouth like a cork in a bottle...

Can you say full circle?