Pangs
- Episode aired Nov 23, 1999
- TV-PG
- 43m
On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.
- Rupert Giles
- (as Anthony Stewart Head)
- Anya
- (as Emma Caulfield)
- Magic Shop Customer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe actual Chumash people was entrenched along the California Central Coast - including around modern Santa Barbara, a probable real-life counterpart to Sunnydale - and numbered as many as 20,000 people before contact with Europeans. The tribe survives today as the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash, which has U.S. recognition as a Native American tribe and controls a reservation and casino in Santa Ynez, California.
- GoofsWhen Willow, Xander, and Anya run into Angel, Anya asks if it is Angel and that it's the first time they met. In fact, Anya had met Angel back in Doppelgangland (1999) at the Bronze even though they had no dialogue between them.
- Quotes
Buffy Summers: Wil, you know how bad I feel about this. Okay? It's eating me up...
[to Anya]
Buffy Summers: A quarter cup of brandy and let it simmer.
[to Willow]
Buffy Summers: ... but even though it's hard, we have to end this. Yes, he's been wronged, and I personally would be ready to apologize, but I...
Spike: Oh, someone put a stake in me.
Xander Harris: You got a lot of volunteers in *here*.
Spike: I just can't take all this namby-pamby boo-hooing about the bloody Indians.
Willow Rosenberg: Uh, the preferred term is...
Spike: You won. All right? You came in and you killed them, and you took their land. That's what conquering nations do. It's what Caesar did, and he's not goin' around saying, "I came, I conquered, I felt really bad about it." The history of the world is not people making friends. You had better weapons, and you massacred them. End of story.
Buffy Summers: Well, I think the Spaniards actually did a lot of...
[to Willow]
Buffy Summers: Not that I don't like Spaniards.
Spike: Listen to you. How you gonna fight anyone with that attitude?
Willow Rosenberg: We don't wanna fight anyone.
Buffy Summers: I just wanna have Thanksgiving.
Spike: [laughs] Yeah... Good luck.
Willow Rosenberg: Well, if we could talk to him...
Spike: You exterminated his race. What could you possibly say that would make him feel better? It's kill or be killed here. Take your bloody pick.
Xander Harris: Maybe it's the syphilis talking, but... some of that made sense.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Angel: The Bachelor Party (1999)
I understand that this show does not offer the most critical perspective on history and politics, and neither can the viewer expect it to. But this does not make it immune to criticism where criticism is necessary. Especially when portraying the brutality of American history with such utter ignorance and insensitivity.
- viola-zichy
- Jan 9, 2024