Primeval (Buffy episode)
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 21 |
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| Written by | David Fury | ||||||
| Directed by | James A. Contner | ||||||
| Production no. | 4ABB21 | ||||||
| Original airdate | May 16, 2000 | ||||||
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"Primeval" is the 21st episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
[edit] Summary
Buffy and the original Scoobies finally manage to find out that Adam is hiding at one of the Initiative's secret labs. Buffy figures out that Spike played them and reunites with the original gang. They decide to finish this themselves without the help of Anya or Tara. After a stupid idea by Xander, Giles comes up with a plan as he figures out a way to make Xander's idea work. Buffy, Xander, Giles, and Willow find a way into the depths of the Initiative and stop at a room near area 314, where Adam and his people hide planning to build and release an army of hybrid cyborg monsters. Buffy leaves through a secret door while the rest prepare a spell the significance of which is still not clear.
Buffy finds Riley and leaves him fighting Forrest, now turned into a killer demonoid. Then she goes on to tackle Adam. Things don't look good for her at first, but then the significance of the spell is made clear: Giles, Willow and Xander invoke the powers of the primeval slayer and beg to be led with her into Buffy's body so they can defeat Adam together. It works, turning Buffy into an eerie version of herself with the powers of the primeval Slayer and the gang. After an intense fight in which she's able to use powers like creating an invisible wall to protect her from bullets and turning a small missile into doves, she manages to tear the uranium nucleus out of Adam's chest and kill him. After this, she falls down in the arms of a surprised Riley, who arrives just in time to hold her. Giving all of their strength and power to Buffy leaves the rest of the gang totally exhausted and vulnerable as a demon breaks through but Spike kills it and saves them so they decide not to stake him for his actions. Buffy, Riley, Xander, Giles, and Willow team up together with the Initaive's soldiers to stop the demon attacks saving most of them with only 40% casulties amongst the Initative. The government decides to shut down the Initative for good after this and fill the base with concrete.
[edit] Writing
The line "See what you get for taking French instead of Sumerian?" was changed from "See what you get for taking Spanish..." after Nicholas Brendon remembered established continuity.[original research?]
[edit] Acting
[edit] Starring
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers
- Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris
- Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg
- Marc Blucas as Riley Finn
- James Marsters as Spike
- and Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles
[edit] Guest starring
- Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates
- Amber Benson as Tara Maclay
- Bailey Chase as Graham Miller
- Jack Stehlin as Dr. Angleman
- Conor O'Farrell as Colonel McNamara
- George Hertzberg as Adam
- Emma Caulfield as Anya
- and Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh
[edit] Co-starring
- Bob Fimiani as Mr. Ward
- Jordi Vilasuso as Dixon
[edit] Production details
[edit] Continuity
[edit] Arc significance
- The invocation of the primeval slayer will have serious consequences in the next episode.
- Despite the orders given, the Initiative wasn't (yet) filled with concrete, and later features in the Season Seven episode "The Killer in Me", when Spike's chip is removed.
- Adam, this season's "Big Bad," is defeated and killed in this episode. In a variation unique to Season Four, the Big Bad is defeated in the penultimate episode and not the season finale.
[edit] Translations
- Italian title: "Forza primordiale" (Primeval Strength)
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse chronology: January 2000 - Spring 2000 (non-canon = italic) |
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| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.12 A New Man |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.12 Expecting |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel graphic novel: Hunting Ground |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel comic: Strange Bedfellows/Love for sale |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.13 The I in Team |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.13 She |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.14 Goodbye Iowa |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy video game: Wrath of the Darkhul King |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.14 I've Got You Under My Skin |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.15 This Year's Girl |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.15 The Prodigal |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.16 Who Are You |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.16 The Ring |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy comic: Giles |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy comic: Jonathan (by Jane Espenson) |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.17 Superstar |
| Sunnydale, L.A., 2000 | Buffy/Angel graphic novel: Past Lives |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy graphic novel: Out of the Woodwork |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy book: These Our Actors |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.17 Eternity |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.18 Where the Wild Things Are |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.18 Five By Five |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.19 New Moon Rising |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.19 Sanctuary |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.20 The Yoko Factor |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.20 War Zone |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B4.21 Primeval |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.21 Blind Date |
| Sunnydale, L.A., 2000 | B4.22 Restless |
| L.A., 2000 | A1.22 To Shanshu in L.A. |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel comic: Cordelia special |
| Sunnydale, L.A., 2000 | Buffy/Angel books: Unseen [Trilogy] |
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