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Now Shooting: Episode 22
- first unit shooting seems to be over with, and they're just finishing
up bits and pieces! Our season is almost over!
Latest
Rumors:
Posted by David Fury on the Bronze Beta on 4-5-02
Episode 22, the season finale is in the latter stages of filming. So that's
it for season 6. We get started on next year in a week (though have some
preliminary ideas.)
Posted by AngelX on BC&S on 4-6-02
http://www.angelicslayer.com/tbcs/spoilers.html
UPDATED! Spike shows up in Africa where he puts his life on the line to
be returned to who/what he was before the chip. He meets with a demon
and confidently agrees to take on whatever challenges the demon offers
as long as he gets what he asked for in the case that he wins. (Changed
this one again just to get rid of the word "demon" because some
people had issues with it describing Spike. Don't ask me why. I reworded
this as a safety measure after re-reading some of my material. Since the
material I have doesn't make it *perfectly* clear that Spike specifically
wants the chip out or that he'll get it out if he wins, I just want to
make sure I'm not misleading anyone on the basis of some non-specific
lines and unclear "all powerful" demon speak. It's possible
that Spike will be returned to his former self without the chip being
removed... I can't say for sure. I doubt it, but better safe than sorry.)
* With so much danger surrounding the gang, Buffy takes Dawn to stay with
Spike, but instead encounters Clem crypt-sitting for the vampire and learns
that Spike left Sunnydale for a while.
Two To Go
* Ep: 21. Writer: Doug Petrie. Season finale, Part 1. Airdate: 5/21/02
(Should be the first half of a 2-hour season finale)
* NEW! The title is a clever little continuation from episode 20, where
the last line of the episode is, "One down." I do not have much
information on the season finale and I'm not going to report anything
I don't get from my own sources.
Grave
* Ep: 22. Writer: David Fury. Season finale, Part 2. Airdate 5/21/02 (Should
be the second half of the 2-hour finale.)
* No clear information at this time.
Posted by AngelX on Extra Spoilage on BC&S on 4-6-02
http://www.angelicslayer.com/tbcs/espoilage.html
Villains
* Ep: 20. Writer: Marti Noxon. Airdate: 5/14/02.
* NEW! Tara isn't the only one seriously wounded in this episode. Buffy
is also shot in the chest (in episode 19, but 20 picks up immediately
after the shooting) and rushed to the hospital. Doctors have a great deal
of difficulty saving her and before they can fail, Buffy's rescued from
(yet another) certain death by...Willow.
* NEW! Xander is with Buffy when she is shot and accompanies her to the
hospital and (once she is healed) works at Buffy's side for most of the
episode.
* NEW! Willow's good deed is rescuing Buffy at the hospital. This takes
place at the hospital *after* she consumes an enormous amount of black
magic, making it possible for her to save Buffy by literally removing
the bullet from her friend's chest.
* NEW! After discovering that his aim was not quite so perfect and Buffy
didn't actually die when he shot her, Warren desperately seeks help from
Rack. The demonic dealer suggests Warren run like hell before Willow catches
up with him and frightened, Warren demands magical assistance to help
him escape. Rack agrees, but warns there isn't enough magic in the world
to save the man from the witch's wrath.
* NEW! With her concerned friends in tow, Willow chases after Warren.
She senses his presence on a bus leaving town and uses magic to intercept
it. However, the Warren she sensed on that bus turns out to be a robot,
which Willow strangles to the point of destruction. (Willow kills both
the Warrenbot and the real Warren in this episode.)
* NEW! With everyone else out of the house, Dawn unfortunately goes into
Willow's bedroom and finds Tara's body. After Buffy and Xander hear from
Willow that Warren killed Tara when he tried to shoot Buffy, they return
to the house to see for themselves, and find Dawn still there. (This eventually
leads to Dawn going to Spike's crypt.)
* NEW! After Willow raids the Magic Shop (and consumes dark magic from
books that turn her hair and eyes pitch black), Anya is rescued from one
of Willow's spells (Anya's frozen in place, but not in an ice way) by
Xander and Buffy. She indirectly reveals to both of them that she's returned
to her vengeance demon roots and for Willow's sake, she agrees to lead
the way to the dark witch. The three of them find Willow...but it's too
late to stop her from killing Warren.
* NEW! Katrina (Warren's ex-girlfriend) is brought back in a walking-dead
sense as a tool for Willow to use in her torment of Warren. (I'm not perfectly
clear on whether Katrina's actual body is brought up from the grave or
if it's just a vision of her dead body that is used. I suspect the actual
body though.)
Posted by AngelX on http://www.angelicsunset.com/spboard.html
Spoilers: 4/7/02
Posted at Kitten Board
Re: Why Anya helps the gang...
I think it might have more to do with Anya not wanting Willow to successfully
kill Warren. From the way she acts, I get the feeling that she has too
much of an emotional bond with the gang and vengeance demon or not, she
doesn't want Willow to go that far. Willow doesn't want anyone's help...I
think that gets to Anya somehow. She's just as shocked as the others to
see what Willow does. Could be totally off, but this is just based on
what I know so far.
Re: Anya's actions in episode 18...
Anya spends episode 18 trying to get her sweet revenge because he hurt
her so badly. She gets her revenge just fine when Xander finds out about
what she did with Spike. As much as she wants to blame him for it all,
she also feels guilty as if she caused their relationship to dissolve
the way it did. She doesn't want him killed...she just wants him to know
how much she hurts and she gets that.
Re: Do Dawn, Xander and/or Buffy know about Willow and Tara being back
together before the events of 20?
I really don't know. If anyone does find out, it's in episode 19 and I
don't have enough information on that ep to say. I don't think it has
an effect on Dawn, Buffy or Xander's reaction to the news about Tara.
The fact that Willow and Tara broke up didn't change how much either one
of them felt for the other and I don't think the understanding of how
important both women were to each other was lessened or lost on any of
the gang because of the breakup.
Re: Speculation on some false rumor that Tara is shot in the neck...
Whoa... Tara's not shot in the neck. She's struck in the back. I assume
it's a direct hit with her heart. Not sure where in the room she is or
what she's doing at the time, but it is a chest wound.
Spoilers: 4/6/02
Tons of spoilers here. Mostly from the Spoiler Q&A on TBC&S, but
a few comments from the Kitten board.
Don't read unless fully spoiled.
Posted at BC&S:
Where are Buffy and Tara when they get shot?
Just judging on where the bodies are in episode 20, Buffy is in the backyard
and Tara is in Willow's room. I *think* Willow is with Tara when it happens
as Xander is with Buffy when it happens, but I'm not sure. Willow could
be elsewhere in the house or something, but I don't see how she could
be anywhere but in the house.
So Willow is either with Tara when it happens, or finds her, and then
Willow just leaves Tara's body where it is and Dawn stumbles across it?
Am I understanding this right?
Yes.
How does Warren know who Rack is, and where to find him? Does Rack survive
the ep, and what kind of assistance does he give Warren?
I really don't know how Warren finds Rack. He just shows up at the invisible
traveling magic place. As far as I know, Rack survives... he just gives
Warren some magical skills to battle against Willow.
Re: More on Spike and Africa...
If I had anything to clarify with I would...but I don't. The scene in
episode 20 is short, vague and confusing. Like I said in the spoiler,
I don't know what Spike is asking for, what he has to do to get it or
what he gets in the case that he wins. Spike says very little that is
telling and the demon he is meeting with speaks in an "all powerful/all
knowing" kind of way and doesn't give any direct hint as to exactly
what is going to happen or what Spike wants. It is implied that the chip
has caused him trouble and he wants to go back to what he was before it.
How far back, I don't know.
The only message my spoiler should be conveying is that Spike goes to
the demon and in exchange for some challenge(s), he gets something that
he wants. Beyond that, I don't know.
Re: Who finds Willow first? Etc...
Willow is the first to find the body...she is there either when it happens
or very soon afterwards. She would have no reason to go all black magic
like if she didn't know about Tara's death. Once she finds that Tara cannot
be saved, she leaves on a mission to do whatever it takes to get her revenge
on Warren.
Re: Do "One Down" and "Two to Go" refer to the Trio?
Yes.
Who disarms Warren, Xander? And does Xander try to give Buffy first Aid
and call the cops?
I don't know. Warren gets away, so I would assume no one, but the event
actually occurs in 19 and I don't have enough information on it. An ambulance
is called, I assume by Xander since I don't think anyone else is home
(other than Willow and Tara upstairs) at the time.
Re: Whether Jonathan and Andrew know about Warren...
The guys are in jail throughout the episode, waiting for Warren to bail
them out. They're out of the loop.
Re: Dawn's reaction to finding Tara...
It's pretty predictable. We don't see much of the reaction, it's mostly
silent shock.
Re: How come Dawn returns to an empty house? Why isn't she with the rest
of the gang?
The events happen during the day. Dawn is at school while all of this
takes place and returns home afterwards when everyone is gone.
Re: Anya's role...
She has a pretty big role in the events. Xander tries to work things out
with her in 18, but it doesn't work out. She plays a big part in finding
Willow in 20 (because she can sense Willow's need for vengeance) even
though it doesn't help them stop Willow.
Re: the "but it's too late" part of one spoiler. (It's been
reworded now...)
The others show up in time to see Willow finally kill Warren.
Does spike know that buffy got shot and do you think 'two to go' and 'one
down' refers to the members left of the scoobie gang?
No to both. Although it's possible the two to go thing does refer to the
Scoobies, it just doesn't make much sense with the plot as far as I can
tell.
Re: Whether spoilers were indicating a B/X romance...
No. I wasn't trying to imply that romance is going on, because it's not
as far as this episode is concerned. It just happens that Xander's role
in episode 20 is centered around being at Buffy's side. Just trying to
point out that he actually plays a part in the episode.
Explanation on Buffy's injury in ep 19...
Buffy's back is injured in 19 somehow. Totally unrelated to Spike or Warren.
The shooting does not happen until the very end of the episode...after
her back injury, after her encounter with Spike.
Re: Buffy being awake or saying something after getting shot...
She's out. Unlike Tara, the bullet doesn't kill Buffy quickly. It's a
serious injury, but she's still alive. She's just completely out until
Willow heals her. (Edited later to clarify cause the logic alarm in my
head went off... Buffy isn't knocked unconscious or anything by the shot.
She just is very seriously injured... gasping for breath at first and
clinging to life later. She doesn't say anything and really doesn't have
much strength to *do* anything until after Willow saves her.)
Re: Final words between W/T, how Buffy is saved by Willow, and whether
anyone notices Willow's strange look at the hospital...
As far as I know, there are no final words between them. I'm pretty sure
Tara's wound is immediately fatal...but I don't know for sure. We really
don't know the whole story yet, give it a chance. As I said above, Willow
levitates the bullet out of Buffy and heals the wound. And Willow doesn't
come in through the door and she sends all the doctors and nurses out
of the operating room, so no one really is able to notice.
Re: Halfrek...
Hallie is in ep 18, but not 20. I don't know about 19.
Re: Anya's appearance and reactions to her being a demon again from Buffy
and Xander...
Anya is the same as she was before as a demon in "The Wish."
Capable of being human looking and demon looking. Buffy and Xander have
a lot on their mind when they find Anya and find out that she's a demon
again. Their concern lies in whether or not she will help them save Willow
or whether she's going to be their enemy. They don't spend a lot of time
dwelling on it...there isn't any to spare.
Re: Are Andrew and Jonathan actually seen in 20?
Yes, we see them.
Re: Do we see Amy at all?
Not as far as I know.
Re: How ep 20 starts...
An ambulance arriving at the house and a blood-covered Xander directing
the paramedics to Buffy is how the ep starts.
Re: Does Willow heal Buffy enough that she leaves the hospital?
Willow removes the bullet and closes the gaping hole in Buffy's chest
with magic. She awakens immediately and appropriate jokes about her dying
again are made. :)
Video watching and relationship revelations in 18...
The whole gang (minus Tara and the obvious participants on the video)
watch the video. Willow and Dawn know from looking at the way Buffy reacts
and Buffy leaves the room and soon after confirms the truth about it in
a private conversation with Dawn. Buffy and Xander go over to the Magic
Shop where Anya and Xander find out about Buffy/Spike when Spike manages
to let it slip.
Re: Does Willow seem in her right mind when she kills Warren?
Anyone who goes through what she goes through would be in their right
mind. But considering how far she ultimately takes things and as dark
as she gets, I wouldn't consider temporary insanity an excuse. It goes
further than just a rage-induced accidental killing. She knows what she's
doing and she's determined to do it. Her friends remind her repeatedly
that killing humans is wrong, but that doesn't stop her.
I don't doubt the possibility that she'll be brought back from the darkness...
but it won't be something the characters will be able to get over really
quick or blame on a momentary loss of mind.
How Buffy and Tara are both shot when so far apart from each other...
I don't know. I don't have the scene, I don't know how it happens. Somehow
it does and Warren doesn't realize that one of the bullets missed the
target. It really isn't until his encounter with Willow at the end that
he finds out that he killed Tara. Until then, he assumes Willow is after
him because he shot Buffy.
Re: Why Willow can't bring Tara back and what happens...
Willow tries to resurrect Tara like she did with Buffy earlier. She calls
on Osiris but a demon appears and brutally rejects her request. Willow
screams in agony and anger, expelling some kind of power from within herself
that kills the demon.
Re: Amount of attention paid to Dawn and the discovery of Tara's body...
There's a very quick scene where she discovers the body and then that
is picked up again later when Buffy finds her in the bedroom with the
body. Buffy and Xander take care of calling the coroner and the body is
removed from the house soon after.
Re: Whether we see any tests Spike faces and how big of a role he has
in ep 20...
Not in 20 [for the tests]. He gets one scene in 20. It's fairly long,
but it's not very revealing.
Re: Request for elaboration on Clem's presence...
He's just in 20 watching over the crypt. Nothing further is given.
Re: More on Dawn finding Tara's body...
No one else (other than Willow) knows what happened to Tara before Dawn
finds her. Willow really isn't in a mental state to call for a coroner.
And personally, at that point, I think she's kinda got issues with the
"human" ways. It's "human" actions that get Tara killed
and keep her from coming back. And Buffy and Tara are shot at about the
same time... it happens very fast.
Re: Why Anya helps Buffy and Xander find Willow...
Anya *wants* to help Willow. She's a vengeance demon again and it's kinda
her purpose to help those seek vengeance. Buffy and Xander ask for her
help, for a spell that will locate Willow for them, but Anya doesn't need
one. She agrees to help them because helping scorned women is what she
does and she wants to help Willow. She doesn't regret it... she really
isn't given a big enough reason to.
Re: Whether Willow sets Warren on fire...
Willow does a lot of things to Warren. The final battle scene between
her and Warren takes up almost the entire final act and a good portion
of the third one. I thought for sure I'd already reported some of this
when I first reported Tara's death, but...maybe not. Ultimately, in the
end of it all, Willow hits Warren with a fireball that burns him to death.
Posted at Kitten Board
Re: Far out speculation on the censorship of the B/S scene in 19 and who
censored it...
UPN did not step in and get involved. They had nothing to do with the
scene getting cut down, it was Fox. The really *big* execs. When they're
concerned about a storyline, they do that. It's not that big of a deal,
I was just trying to point out (and really didn't intend for it to become
tabloid news on any boards but my own) that the scene as many know it
was cut down and we don't know how the final product will end up. That's
all. Re: Comments about the spoilage on joking remarks made after Buffy
is revived and my own opinion on Tara's body being left at the house...
It is Xander doing the joking. Willow doesn't say too much.
And, I don't know if this helps any... but I really don't think there's
too much intentional disrespect to the fans intended with Tara's body
being left there. Willow is the *only* one who knows it happens when it
does and she leaves devastated. Honestly, I couldn't imagine her going
to a phone to call for a coroner or anything like that. She knows Tara
cannot be helped by doctors and as far as the supernatural forces are
concerned, she's not coming back by their means either. Her attention
is consumed by the need to take matters into her own hands. Having Tara
taken away physically would mean some sort of finality to Tara's death
and that isn't something Willow can accept. But maybe that's just how
I see it.
Posted by Wanda on E!Online on 4-8-02
http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Wanda/Trans/Archive2002/020408b.html
From sisjane: Any news on Giles returning to Buffy? I miss him.
I know. According to Marti Noxon, they haven't been able to get him to
this side of the pond. According to a Peeping Tom on set, he has already
been here. Whom to believe?
From aylandi: What do you know about Amber Benson, Alyson Hannigan and
Emma Caulfield's contract status on Buffy?
Ends this season; ends next season; ends this season.
From doyoublush727: Is it just me, or is Anya on Buffy the most annoying
human? I hope she turns back into a demon and the Scoobies finish her
off! Is she the Big Death?
I can't say much about the Big Scooby Death (I like my body in one piece),
but I can tell you that Anya gets more than she bargained for when she
visits Spike and asks him to help her exact revenge on Xander. And they
see each other in a new light--thanks to booze goggles.
Posted by Fraz on FF on 4-8-02
OF course most everyone knows that TV shows on the norm film out of sequence
only sitcoms film in sequence with a live audience. There is always exceptions
to the rule. With having said that I have info on the Cemetary shoot.
I dont have any dialog but this was shot during the day and they were
there to discover that Spike is gone and the crypt completely empty of
anything that is Spike related. As if he was never there.
Now the mystery did Spike clean it out because he isnt returning? or he
hids his stuff since it is mostly one of those deals he doesnt want another
vamp nesting with his stuff? not knowing how long he will be gone?
I fear he thinks he is leaving for good? not to be around Buffy and hurt
her? But he gets there knowing he will be drawn back as always to Home
away from Home Sunnydale. How many times have we seen him say he is going
to leave but yet he pulls up and you know he has arrived in Sunnydale
once more...LOL
Posted by BBOvenGuy on BC&S Spoiler Board on 4-9-02
There were two Buffy location shoots going on today. The primary unit
was at the Korean Friendship Bell at Angel's Gate Park in San Pedro. You
can find out more about that here:
http://www.sanpedrochamber.com/champint/korenbel.htm
The second unit was at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia. You
can find out more about that here:
http://www.aabga.org/memberpages/losangeles/
With two shoots going on, I had to team up with some people from other
boards so we could all get everything covered. I received word that Alyson
Hannigan and Nick Brendon were in San Pedro, so I drove down there first.
The Korean Friendship Bell sits on top of a large hill. The Buffy crew
wasn't at the Friendship Bell itself, but was down the hill a bit, at
the edge of a steep slope near a really funky looking pointy-statue thing.
I'm not exactly sure what that was. There were all sorts of fake trees
and shrubs there, and trucks were bringing in large amounts of dirt. Another
truck was bringing in large pieces of stunt equipment.
In the midst of it all was Alyson Hannigan, dressed in a very dark blue
top, black pants and brown hiking shoes. Her hair was jet black, and she
was wearing black lipstick and the all-black contact lenses. It was overcast
and windy when I first got there, and she was huddling in a big coat whenever
the cameras weren't rolling. Also there was Nick Brendon, dressed in the
same clothes he was wearing last week near Stoner Park.
There was a major VIP presence. David Fury, Jane Espenson, Marti Noxon
(waddling around looking quite pregnant) and Joss himself were there.
Joss looked like he was "helping" the director a great deal.
So here's the scene. Willow is standing on the edge of a cliff. Xander
comes up to her. Judging from the body language Nick was using, it looked
to me like Willow had put up some kind of energy barrier that wouldn't
let Xander get near her. They argue. Xander gets blown backwards. They
argue some more. Again, judging from body language, it looked like Xander
was trying to talk Willow into something, or perhaps out of something.
Willow makes a motion with her arm, and Xander turns his head quickly
and brings his hand to his face - did Willow just zap him? It wasn't that
bad if she did, because Xander doesn't fall down again or anything. He
does walk away, though.
We were pretty far away, so hearing dialogue depended largely on which
way the wind was blowing or whether we could lip-read what we were seeing
on the video feed (yes, it's possible to pick up the video feed on a portable
TV if you know the frequency). Since they weren't filming the scene sequentially,
I can't tell you what order the following lines go in, and I also can't
guarantee their accuracy 100%, but here are the few snippets we heard:
Willow
"I can't take it any more."
"...the only way to stop... {unintelligible} ... is to..."
Xander
"Well, this carpenter can drywall you into the next century..."
(This was during a rehearsal, so it might have just been Nick goofing
around.)
"Well, I was just going to drop you over this cliff." (This
was said in typical Xander joking style.)
"I love you."
"If I'm going down, it's going to be right here."
Meanwhile, the stunt crew had set up several mats and rigged up this really
cool little catapult-thing. This was for the shot where Xander gets blown
backwards by Willow. Since Willow's stunt double was also there, I'm guessing
there's some kind of Willow stunt coming up as well, but I don't know
what that might be.
One other amusing incident - some couple who were apparently friends of
the VIPs was there, and they had a toddler with them. During a break,
Nick and Aly went up to meet them, and Aly scared the toddler with her
black eyes and lips. "I don't always look this scary!" said
Aly with a pout.
Watching Aly running back to the base camp when it was time for lunch
was an amusing thing to see, too.
By 3:00 we had gotten word that the Arboretum shoot involved Sarah Michelle
Gellar, Michelle Trachtenberg, Danny Strong and Tom Lenk. There were also
rumblings that Adam Busch was part of the shoot, but that couldn't be
confirmed. Supposedly the shoot in the Arboretum was taking place up on
a hill, near a waterfall. Eager to see if I could confirm the Adam Busch
sighting, I left my co-snoopers to keep watching the San Pedro shoot and
hustled through traffic back to Arcadia.
By the time I got there, the shoot inside the park was over. SMG and Michelle
had gone. The crew was still shooting in the parking lot. Danny and Tom
were in the cab of an 18-wheeler (not the same one as the one that was
chasing them in Van Nuys), along with this big trucker-guy. It looked
like Jonathan and Andrew had hitched a ride with the trucker. I watched
that for about half an hour, and then they wrapped for the day.
The shoot in San Pedro is supposedly going on for another couple of hours,
so I might get more word later tonight. Given the LA traffic at this time
of day, I think by the time I got back down there I'd arrive just in time
to see them wrap. Cross your fingers and hope I hear from some people.
(separate post)
Here's some more info on last Friday's shoot at the Rosedale Cemetery.
I heard it today when I was in San Pedro.
The night shoot at cemetery involved Nick Brendon, Michelle Trachtenberg,
Danny Strong and Tom Lenk. Some of the flats and set pieces normally used
on the graveyard set at the Buffy lot were set up as well.
The scene apparently involved Xander, Dawn, Jonathan and Andrew running
through the graveyard and trying to get into several of the crypts. Spike's
crypt - or rather, the same set pieces used for Spike's crypt, which may
or may not have been representing another crypt - was locked, and Jonathan
and Andrew were trying to pick the lock with their swords. Finally Xander
got fed up and started yelling at them about what nerds they were.
Posted by Tenetria on the Kitten Board on 4-9-02
I got to the San Pedro shoot at about 5:15. I saw 2 shots being filmed
(both with Willow and Xander).
In the first shot, Willow is waving her hand at Xander and he falls to
the ground. I guess the effects will be added later. They did this shot
a couple of times, then Nicholas Brendan changed into a shirt that was
the same but had a large tear in it. He also had a large cut on his face.
In the second shot, Willow is still attacking Xander. He falls to the
ground, then gets up and starts approaching Willow slowly while talking
to her. I couldn't hear much of the dialogue, except Xander said "I
love you." As he approached Willow she said "Shut up" and
"Stop." Eventually Xander reached Willow. She started pounding
on his chest with her fists and then collapsed on the ground. Xander also
moved to the ground, holding Willow as she cried.
It definitely seemed like this scene was a breakthrough for Willow and
possibly the beginning of her redemption. I guess we'll find out for sure
in a few weeks. : )
Also, the prop that Bob mentioned was in this scene too. To me it looked
like the top of a building. Maybe it was part of some destruction caused
by Willow?
Reported by "S" on 4-9-02
So -- here's what paltry info I gleaned from my foray at the Arboretum
today:
Actually saw Danny Strong (all in black, sleek as a little seal, so I
guess Jonathan isn't dead), someone with her arms around him who was probably
Hannigan (long choppy red bob, very small but also oddly solid) but might
also have been her stunt double, and two people who were *undoubtedly*
SMG's and NB's stunt doubles/stand-ins (SMG double dressed/coiffed same
as the BuffyBot in "The Gift" (severely slicked-back ponytail,
black clothes); NB double looks alot like Season 3 Xander, ie, not skinny
but not bloated either).
The scenes were shot at the park's Aquatic Garden, on a hill right over
a gorgeous waterfall. Lots of ponds, fountains, etc., as well as the ubiquitous
mallard ducks, Canadian geese, koi, and around a thousand peacocks and
peahens. I'm just extrapolating this, however, because about two-thirds
of the way up the stairs to the top we were barred from going any further.
As I was walking back to the park entrance right before 3 o'clock, I noticed
a caravan coming back to where the honey wagons, grip trucks, catering
truck, etc. were parked. Two flatbed trucks had lots of the prop geraniums
(v. ugly, if you ask me) and some other prop stuff. A van unloaded the
camera people, and probably the director and ADs -- no actors. They finished
shooting and were striking the set at around 2:45 p.m.!
Posted by bdbdb on thebigbadboard.com on 4-10-02
Quote:
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With having said that I have info on the Cemetary shoot. I dont have any
dialog but this was shot during the day and they were there to discover
that Spike is gone and the crypt completely empty of anything that is
Spike related. As if he was never there.
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Sorry guys, I was at the cemetary shoot on 4/5 and this isn't what was
filmed.
Maybe this info is being confused with something that was shot on the
cemetary set at the studio???....
Reported by Deanna on 4-10-02
I went to the Arboretum to try to see what bits of filming I could see,
which wasn't much. I tried skirting the area by means of a path on the
hillside above where they were setting up, but I was quickly spotted and
intercepted by one of their security guys and politely escorted back the
direction I came. I pretended that I was just trying to skirt around the
crew to get to the stairs going down to the waterfall, but was told they
were filming *on* the stairs, so I couldn't get through that way. Um,
okay. Well, can I watch you film? No. This is a closed set. How on earth
do the Kittens manage to watch filming?
What I did see is that they had three large stone gravestones, one in
the shape of a cross, set up at the top of the stairs. The stairs themselves
are stone slabs with a metal railing, twisting down the hillside under
a canopy of trees. They weren't filming down at the waterfall, which is
at the base of the stairs. There are usually aquatic gardens near where
they were filming (the illusion being that the water flows down to the
phony waterfall, but it really doesn't) but they're under renovation right
now, so it's dry up top. They brought in a truckload of plants to the
Arboretum (which is kind of ironic, btw) to cover up the paved road next
to where they had the tombstones. I spotted SMG chatting with Danny Strong,
MT arriving in the transport van (which had the AtS logo in the front
window), and Joss running around doing Joss things. Didn't recognize anyone
else.
Join me in the Crypt of Decryption:
We are starting to get bits and pieces about the final two episodes thanks
to the location shoots. For enxt week, I will probably try to put together
episode summaries for the final episodes, but they will be sketchy in
places.
I think we are definitely seeing that Spike's arc in Sunnydale is over
with. The story is taking him to Africa right now and his attempts to
become dechipped or ensouled (we don't know for sure which yet). This
is obviously setting him up for his Season 7 story. Personally, I can
be patient. I'm happy to see Buffy and Spike separate for a while and
deal with their individual issues for now.
I am still excited about the action of the final episodes. Willow has
always been my favorite character (believe it or not, it hasn's been Spike!),
and her problems have been very compelling to me. I think we see her so
overwhelmed by emotion and grief in the final episodes that she explores
her dark side. But is this temporary or permanent? Does she plan to kill
herself, as the scene with Xander would suggest, or will she be prevented
from suicide? Will she be redeemed for her murder of Warren?
Still no sign of a reset button--just plenty of action. I'm curious about
the Arboretum shoot involving, it seems, Buffy, Dawn, Jonathan, Andrew,
and maybe Xander. Deanna's report of the three gravestones is intriguing.
Whose are they? The Troika's? Buffy's three deaths?
Finally, I'm glad to see that Clem is in the final episode(s). In a way,
he seems to be taking on Spike's role as protector while Spike is in Africa.
Scheduled writers and episode titles:
Ep. #18
Drew Greenberg
Title: Entropy
Ep. #19 Steve DeKnight
Title: Seeing Red
Ep. #20
Marti Noxon
Title: Villains
Ep. #21
Doug Petrie
Title: Two to Go Updated 4-5-02
Ep. #22
David Fury
Title: Grave Updated 4-5-02
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