49: “The Initiative” (BTVS S4E7)

“I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.”

Penny, Kara and Sam have almost too much fun discussing this pivotal episode where secrets are revealed, hair is pulled and everyone talks about cheese. The trio indulge in many tangents, including international travel, dating strategies, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, clumsiness, rape culture, Matilda, fashion trials and tribulations, character likeability, shoes in bed, and how Kara’s cat doesn’t like it when she swears.  

We’ll be on hiatus for a few weeks. When we’re back, we’ll be covering Angel, Season 1, Episode 7, “The Bachelor Party.”

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News Links/Referenced Links

Original Trailer/WB Promo: BTVS “The Initiative” Original Promo

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Viewing Order

• Buffy 4x01 - The Freshman 
• Angel 1x01 - City of...
• Buffy 4x02 - Living Conditions
• Angel 1x02 - Lonely Hearts
• Buffy 4x03 - The Harsh Light Of Day
• Angel 1x03 - In the Dark
• Angel 1x04 - I Fall to Pieces
• Buffy 4x04 - Fear Itself
• Buffy 4x05 - Beer Bad
• Angel 1x05 - Rm w/a Vu
• Angel 1x06 - Sense and Sensitivity
• Buffy 4x06 - Wild at Heart
• Buffy 4x07 - The Initiative
• Angel 1x07 - The Bachelor Party
• Buffy 4x08 - Pangs
• Angel 1x08 - I Will Remember You
• Angel 1x09 - Hero
• Angel 1x10 - Parting Gifts
• Buffy 4x09 - Something Blue
• Buffy 4x10 - Hush
• Buffy 4x11 - Doomed
• Angel 1x11 - Somnambulist
• Angel 1x12 - Expecting
• Angel 1x13 - She
• Buffy 4x12 - A New Man
• Buffy 4x13 - The I In Team
• Buffy 4x14 - Goodbye Iowa
• Angel 1x14 - I've Got You Under My Skin
• Angel 1x15 - The Prodigal
• Buffy 4x15 - This Year's Girl (1/2)
• Buffy 4x16 - Who Are You? (2/2)
• Buffy 4x17 - Superstar
• Angel 1x16 - The Ring
• Angel 1x17 - Eternity
• Buffy 4x18 - Where the Wild Things Are
• Buffy 4x19 - New Moon Rising
• Angel 1x18 - Five by Five (1/2)
• Angel 1x19 - Sanctuary (2/2)
• Buffy 4x20 - The Yoko Factor (1/2)
• Buffy 4x21 - Primeval (2/2)
• Buffy 4x22 - Restless
• Angel 1x20 - War Zone
• Angel 1x21 - Blind Date
• Angel 1x22 - To Shanshu in LA

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