Restless
- Episode aired May 23, 2000
- TV-PG
- 1h
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8.6/10
4.6K
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Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles experience dreams in which they are pursued by a mysterious figure.Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles experience dreams in which they are pursued by a mysterious figure.Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles experience dreams in which they are pursued by a mysterious figure.
Anthony Head
- Rupert Giles
- (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Emma Caulfield Ford
- Anya
- (as Emma Caulfield)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe text being written on the Tara's back is a love poem by Sappho of Lesbos, the Greek lyric poet and archetype for homosexual love. The word "lesbian" is derived of her birthplace.
- GoofsAs Xander crawls from his ice cream truck into his room, the the blue screen outside the truck's side window partially leaves the visible area of the window, revealing the studio. Then, the chroma key effect is turned off too early, showing the blue screen in its true color. This is only visible in the expanded-to-widescreen version, not in the originally intended 4:3 frame.
- Quotes
[in Buffy's dream]
PA Announcer: The demons have escaped. Please run for your lives.
Riley Finn: This could be trouble. We'd better make a fort.
Adam: I'll get some pillows.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gift (2001)
Featured review
A linked anthology of dreams
Following the defeat of Adam; Buffy, Willow, Xander and Giles decide to chill out in front of a movie. They all fall asleep quickly and each start having strange, somewhat uncomfortable dreams. In turn we Willow, Xander, Giles and finally Buffy's dream; while they are each different and feature a worry felt by the dreamer there are similarities; each character feels that there is something after them, which ultimately catches them... it isn't until Buffy's dream that it becomes apparent what this is. They also feature a man with slices of cheese for no obvious reason.
I thought this was a really good episode; the way the dreams are constantly changing felt real and their contents were scary at times but also quite humorous. Having an episode centred on dreams meant certain characters who had previously died could return; most notably Principal Snyder... a delight seeing Armin Shimerman perform in the style of Brando in 'Apocalypse Now'. The identity of the character after our protagonists proved to be interesting and nicely linked to the spell cast to help Buffy defeat Adam. There isn't too much in the way of action but that is made up for with the general feeling of dread. Overall a solid conclusion to season four.
I thought this was a really good episode; the way the dreams are constantly changing felt real and their contents were scary at times but also quite humorous. Having an episode centred on dreams meant certain characters who had previously died could return; most notably Principal Snyder... a delight seeing Armin Shimerman perform in the style of Brando in 'Apocalypse Now'. The identity of the character after our protagonists proved to be interesting and nicely linked to the spell cast to help Buffy defeat Adam. There isn't too much in the way of action but that is made up for with the general feeling of dread. Overall a solid conclusion to season four.
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