When Buffy spots a vampire in the mall so follows him and saves his potential victim; unfortunately this means that she doesn't pick up the dress her mother asked her to
Joyce feels that Buffy needs to be more responsible. The vampire, who got away, was one of the Gorth brothers, a pair of brothers who were renowned for their violent ways even before they became vampires. They are the least of Buffy's problems though; her class has to look after eggs as part of sex education class to show them the responsibility of looking after a child. Not surprisingly these aren't normal eggs; they hatch and exert a mind control over those they effect. Buffy kills her hatchling before it can get to her and Xander is okay as he boiled his so it wouldn't break! Everybody else seems to be effected though and they appear to have a specific goal.
This isn't the best stand-alone episode but it is still far from terrible. The Gorth brothers provided some laughs and the creatures that come out of the eggs are suitably scary. The scene where Buffy is trying to kill one in her room reminded me of the 'face huggers' from the 'Alien' films even though these obviously aren't quite so scary. It was amusing to see Xander and Cordelia's love/hate relationship continue. The idea that Buffy's mother thinks she needs to be more reliable makes sense given that she doesn't know what Buffy is really up to but it doesn't really add much to the drama. Overall this was an entertaining enough episode even if it is weak compared to most other episodes of 'Buffy'.
This isn't the best stand-alone episode but it is still far from terrible. The Gorth brothers provided some laughs and the creatures that come out of the eggs are suitably scary. The scene where Buffy is trying to kill one in her room reminded me of the 'face huggers' from the 'Alien' films even though these obviously aren't quite so scary. It was amusing to see Xander and Cordelia's love/hate relationship continue. The idea that Buffy's mother thinks she needs to be more reliable makes sense given that she doesn't know what Buffy is really up to but it doesn't really add much to the drama. Overall this was an entertaining enough episode even if it is weak compared to most other episodes of 'Buffy'.