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<Episode 142: Touched>


Season: Episode 20 of Season 7
Original Air Date: 05/06/2003
Written by: Rebecca Kirshner
Directed by: David Solomon

Notes: Faith takes over Operation Oppose the First. Plot Highlights: chaos chez Summers. Buffy's home invasion. Andrew drives Spike nuts. Faith takes charge. Kennedy is bait. Dawn is Turkish Knowledge Gal. Spike learns of the mutiny. Andrew speaks for a Bringer. Spike finds Buffy. The First appears as the Mayor to Faith. Wood and Faith chat. Kennedy seduces Willow. Anya grumbles. the First and Caleb chat. Faith deploys the troops. Buffy surprises Caleb, finds a new toy. Faith leads the potentials into a trap. Memorable Moments: Faith smacking Kennedy down and assuming the role of leadership. Spike finding Buffy, talking her out of her funk. Buffy's request. The First/ Mayor's attempt to undermine Faith's confidence Wood & Faith's post-Mayor discussion, esp. the "achilles heel" bit. Anya & Xander eating icecream to an acappella concert of people moaning and groaning. Buffy's dodging Caleb's blows, letting him beat himself up.
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There are 19 clips for this episode

The following AKAs appeared in this episode:

Anya referred to Scoobies as maniacal Girl Scouts trying to make quota
Xander referred to Caleb as the Reverend I-Hate-Women
Spike referred to Giles as the teacher, all full of wisdom
Spike referred to Andrew as a breath of fresh air
Spike referred to Scoobies as sad, sad, ungrateful traitors
Buffy referred to Buffy as an attain-athon
Spike referred to Buffy as insufferable
Spike referred to Buffy as a hell of a woman
Spike referred to Buffy as the One
Spike referred to Spike as good-looking and athletic
Spike referred to Faith as all about smiles and reformation
Faith referred to Faith as an ex-con who didn’t finish high school.
Faith referred to Faith as a player
Kennedy referred to Willow as a kite
Caleb referred to Buffy as just a dead little girl
Caleb referred to Buffy as the prodigal Slayer
Buffy referred to Caleb as a woman-hating prick

The following characters appeared in this episode:

|Amanda |Andrew |Anya |Buffy |Caleb |Dawn |Faith |Giles |Kennedy |Principal Wood |Spike |Vi |Willow |Xander |

The following Story Arcs where represented in this episode:

NOTES ON EPISODE ART: CREATED 05/2003 ~Not sure I'm happy with how scattered this turned out, but then again, the episode was all over the place, so I guess it's not unfitting. Couldn't really think of a way to visually depict Faith's gradual assumption of a leadership style undistinguishable from Buffy's, so instead I thought I'd go for illustrating the various attempts to connect, each time trying to chose a moment where we see the connection being forged. And personally, I thought the mayor's interaction with Faith was just as important if not more so then her physical interaction with Wood, so I had to squeeze him in there in the corner. I used various scenerey shots from the episode (girls with flashlights, the bomb-containing-box, the mystical ax) to tie things together.

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