Episode Report Card Ace: A+ | 20 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT The Harvest (2)
By Ace | Season 1 | Episode 2 | Aired on 03.09.1997
In the Sunnydale High computer lab, Cordelia and Harmony are plinking away at some sort of programming project. They discuss plans to go to the Bronze, and as Willow eavesdrops, Cordelia tells Harmony about how Buffy attacked her the night before. Harmony just gives a "doesn't surprise me" nod that I find strangely amusing. She complains that they haven't done a section of the program correctly and Cordelia demands, "Why do we have to devise these programs? Isn't that what nerds are for?" Damn, maybe that's the line I should have tried on my boss when he told me I was going to learn CGI programming with PERL, something that has subsequently given me no end of headaches. Ah well, Cordelia and I might share the same last name, but I just don't have her bitchy sense of entitlement. Cordy and Harmony try to cheat off Willow, but she's looking at web pages. Cordelia then gets back to her story about Buffy at the Bronze, exaggerating to say that Buffy ran at her with a stick, screaming that she was going to kill her. Actually, I would think that's a reaction Cordy must deal with often. A dopey long-haired guy gets in on the gossip, and Cordy calls Buffy a "psycho loony." This prompts Willow to stick up for her new friend. Cordy quickly stomps Willow down, telling her she's boring and doesn't have permission to speak. Willow gets up and starts to leave the room, but right before she does, she tells Cordy to save her file by pushing "deliver." Hee hee. Cordy pushes the DEL key, thus deleting her entire program.
Buffy and Xander are still creeping through the tunnels. They spot a figure lying on the ground and rush over to Jesse, who seems very happy to see them. Buffy breaks a manacle off Jesse's leg and the three begin to run. Behind them, some vampires lurk and growl. As Buffy, Jesse, and Xander round a corner, they run right into a menacing vampire, who makes threatening gestures with his long fingernails. Time to get a manicure, dude. Jesse leads Buffy and Xander down a hall, telling them that the vampires brought him that way, but it turns out to be a dead end. When Xander demands to know what they're going to do, Jesse vamps out and monotones, "I got an idea. You can die." Yeah, way to put your back into it, Jesse. You had me convinced there. Xander tells Jesse that he's sorry, and Jesse gives him the usual vampire sales pitch about feeling better than ever before. He calls Xander "Shander" through his prosthetic teeth and I snicker. Behind them, Buffy attempts to shift a large metal door. Xander holds Jesse off by waving the cross Buffy gave him earlier and then Buffy tosses Jesse out the door. She and Xander get the door closed and bolted just as a crowd of vampires arrives. As the vampires batter the door from the other side, Buffy tears a grate off a vent in the ceiling and helps Xander climb through.