1.4 (4) Teachers Pet

Opening sequence: Xanders daydream.

Cut to classroom, Buffy in totally inappropriate for school knee high boots and short skirt is told by her teacher that he actually thinks she has some sort of chance of achieving something in life which of course means he's going to die...which he does as soon as Buffy leaves the room. (On a side note to high school science teachers really wear lab coats?)

Opening Credits

The Bronze where a band is playing one of the songs from the Buffy album and Xander is being loser-y. Angel appears to show up even more how little of a man Xander is. (Who wears a wifebeater under a leather jacket - or at all?) Despite his bad fashion sense Buffy lurves him because he has muscles oooh and scratches.

Dun-dun missing science guy. Enter hot new teacher, all boys drool on cue. Xander again shows his little manliness. Preying Mantis class, teacher is scarily excited about it (foreshadowing much?). Boys drool.

Cafeteria. Do schools in America really have these? Hmm, I'm hungry. Though not for that food. Especially after Miss Bitchalot finds science guy's headless body.

Pointless planning session with pointless reminder about the Master (he is the big bad for this season, don't forget he's still there). Xander says something witty, Buffy lies to Giles.

Buffy looking for bad guys finds a drunk, a homeless guy and eventually a vampire that is scared way by the hot new teacher. Oh, also he has some sort of Wolverine thing going on.

'Yes, I lied. I'm a bad person, let's move on,' Buffy says as she explains her night to Giles. Then surprisingly she actually goes to class! But is intercepted to see a counselor causing her to be late enough to catch hot new teacher doing a 180 with her head.

Count: 3 scenes from the opening credits!

Hot new teacher is acting suspicious, Xander is oblivious. Buffy actually does her own research. 'Wasn't here, didn't see it, couldn't have stopped you,' says Giles in response to hacking by Willow. Xander is oblivious. Hot new teacher is both slutty and scary. Xander is drugged and oblivious and then unconscious. Hot new teacher has the boys in a playpen but they are not happy.

Buffy to the rescue! After a false start with the real Miss French Buffy uses Wolverine Vampire as a GPS and arrives to save Xander from being insect food. Using bug spray and bat sonar to subdue her teacher Buffy then 'slices and dices.' The playthings are more concerned that their manliness has been questioned than that they escaped from death.

Angel baits Buffy then gives her his jacket (does that mean they're dating?).

Ominous view of egg sacks - but we've watched the rest of Buffy so we know they never hatch into any trouble.