“Lie To Me” has one of Buffy’s best cold opens to date, beginning with a young boy hanging around a playground at night, waiting for his mom to come drive him home. Drusilla emerges from the shadows, acting sympathetic to the boy’s plight, telling a story about how her mom used to sing to her when she was worried. Then Drusilla sidles up to him and asks, “What will your mummy sing when they find your body?” Angel quickly arrives to save the day, but this episode—written and directed by Joss Whedon, not coincidentally—has its overture. Playtime is over. And those people you think are your friends? Think again. There are actually two old friendships anchoring “Lie To Me.” One is between Drusilla and Angel, the latter of whom is responsible both for making her a vampire and driving her mad. (He killed.
- 7/17/2008
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