initiated by celine on September 06, 2008 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533507/)
Its time for the annual Sunnydale talent-less show! Being a high school on a hellmouth, though, the program features more than just Codelia singing "The Greatest Love of All" and Giles cringing through tuba acts. It has demons, a puppet that may be alive, and the still-beating hearts being ripped out of students' chests. Anyway, not only is "The Puppet Show" one of the best episodes of the season, more
Its time for the annual Sunnydale talent-less show! Being a high school on a hellmouth, though, the program features more than just Codelia singing "The Greatest Love of All" and Giles cringing through tuba acts. It has demons, a puppet that may be alive, and the still-beating hearts being ripped out of students' chests. Anyway, not only is "The Puppet Show" one of the best episodes of the season, but it also introduces Principal Snyder,who will gleefully hate and belittle the student body for the next several seasons. His snide remarks about the recently eaten Principal Flutie's touchy-feely leadership style are hilarious. Sid the puppet is actually pretty fun. And its hard to top Xander's pop culture remark,"Does anyone else feel like they've been Kaiser Soze-ed here?" All in all an excellent episode.I really don't have any complaints about "The Puppet Show," except Angel wasn't there to see the acts. His face during Cordelia's singing or Buffy, Xander and Willow murdering a Greek tragedy would have been priceless. Of course, he does get to hear Cordelia sing "The Greatest Love of All" to Lorne over on "Angel" season four. Well, it's at least sort of her... I think... Whatever, it's still funny.My favorite part of the episode: Buffy, Xander and Willow's "dramatic scene" at the end. Their performance of "Oedipus the King" is the highlight of the entire season.
