From The TV IV

Help is the fourth episode of the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the one-hundred and twenty-sixth episode overall. On Buffy's first week as a counsellor she attempts to save the life of a girl who is forseeing her own death.

Guest Stars: Azura Skye (Cassie Newton), Zachery Bryan (Peter), Glenn Morshower (Mr. Newton), Rick Gonzalez (Thomas), Kevin Christy (Josh), Sarah Hagan (Amanda), Beth Skipp, Anthony Harrell, Jarrett Lennon (Martin Wilder)

Co-Stars: J. Barton (Mike Helgenberg), Daniel Dehring (Red Robed #1), AJ Wedding (Red Robed #2), Marcie Lynn Ross (Dead Woman)

And: DB Woodside as Principal Robin Wood

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 2.1 Monster of the Week 2.2 Body Count 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes 6 Reviews

[edit] Plot Overview

[edit] Notes

[edit] Monster of the Week

• Avilas: Peter and his friends summon Avilas, a large demon with unnatural strength who will supposedly grant the people who summon him with a sacrifice infinite amounts of riches. He didn't make good on his promise, but then again the girl didn't get sacrificed either. Avilas managed to brush off a butcher's knife in the shoulder, but was killed almost instantly by fire.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Vampire	Buffy	Staked	Funeral Home
2	Avilas	Buffy	Lit On Fire	Library
3	Cassie	—	Heart Attack	Library

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

[edit] Characters

• Buffy: Buffy starts getting people to counsel starting with this episode.
• Willow: Willow visits Tara's grave for the first time. We're reminded of her religion when she places two stones on Tara's gravestone, a Jewish tradition.

[edit] Referbacks

• 1x12 - Prophecy Girl: It's likely that Buffy was thinking of the time that she was told that she would die when she said that she usually doesn't get a warning before someone dies.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Interweb: Cassie's website was once available to be viewed by anyone. However, because it was a GeoCities website, it has since been purged. However, the website has since been archived by Archive.org.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Money for Nothing: Beth Skipp and Anthony Harrell were credited as guest stars, but they didn't actually appear in the episode. It is presumed that the two were in scenes that were cut.

[edit] Allusions and References

• Cassandra: Although it isn't explicitly said in the episode, Cassie Newton's name is most likely a reference to the greek myth of Cassandra, the most beautiful daughter of the rulers of Troy. Cassandra was granted the gift of prophecy by Apollo, who wanted to seduce her. She accepted the gift, but refused Apollo, so he took away her power of persuasion.

• French Foreign Legion: The French Foreign Legion is a branch of the French military that differs from the rest of the armed forces in that it accepts people of other nationalities into its ranks. Legionnaires must serve with the Legion for a minimum of five years and have been involved in several colonial wars.

Buffy ... You can join the French Foreign Legion, or anything you want.

• Slaughterhouse Five: When Dawn confronts her, Cassie is reading a copy of Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. In the book, Billy Pilgrim is a man who experiences life in a non-linear way after becoming unstuck from time. He eventually comes to meet an alien race who see their entire lives in the same way, but are helpless to change it.

• Blue Öyster Cult: Blue Öyster Cult is a heavy metal band from New York who recorded albums between 1968 and the present day. Their most popular songs were "Don't Fear the Reaper" and "Godzilla."

Buffy: I bet it's because you forgot the boombox playing some heavy metal thing, like... Blue Clam Cult?

[edit] Memorable Moments

• Cassie delivers a heartfelt speech about all the things she wants to do but knows she won't be able to.

[edit] Quotes

• Principal Wood: When I was in high school, I had a thing with this guy, right? Real bully. I kept telling everyone that he better sleep with one eye open, 'cause I was gonna bust his ass. Well, I got suspended. Talk like that is taken pretty seriously where I come from.
  Buffy: The hood?
  Principal Wood: Beverly Hills... which is a hood.

• Cassie: You think I want this? You think I don't care? Believe me, I want to... be here, do things. I wanna graduate from high school, and I wanna go to the stupid Winter Formal. I have this friend, and... it would be fun to go with him. Just to dance and hear lame music. To wear a silly dress and... laugh and stuff. (She sniffles.) I'd like to go. There's a lot of stuff I'd like to do. I'd love to ice skate, at Rockefeller Center. And I'd love to see my cousins grow up and see how they turn out 'cause they're really mean and I think they're gonna be fat. I'd love to backpack across the country, or... I don't know... fall in love. But I won't. I just never will.

[edit] Reviews

• Overall Grade: no reviews yet
• Review Breakdown: A+: 0 A: 0 A-: 0 B+: 0 B: 0 B-: 0 C+: 0 C: 0 C-: 0 D: 0 F: 0