Buffy/Angel crossovers
GEOFF DOWNING
Buffy/Angel have plotlines linked to each other? Cause I think the way they
do it is incredible. It's like looking at an arguement from the
perspectives of both people; first you have one side of the story, then the
other. I was recently rewatching the first show of the first series of
Angel, and saw something I had never realized before. I think it's on
either the last show of series 3 or the first show of series 4. Anyhow,
Buffy gets a mysterious phone call, picks up the phone, says "hello?
Hello?" but no one speaks on the other end of the line. Now when I watched
Angel, I see it's actually HIM phoning her! I thought that was a really
good way to explain it, I hope we see more of this - would be nice!
Mattia Valente
> I'd just like to say - has anyone ever seen two linked shows such as
> Buffy/Angel have plotlines linked to each other? Cause I think the way they
> do it is incredible. It's like looking at an arguement from the
> perspectives of both people; first you have one side of the story, then the
> other.
It's a slightly unique situation, with the spinoff factor going. There
have been other shows with crossoevers, though. No clue about Star Trek
(don't think there have been any in the way that Buffy and Angel have
them..), but I know that Profiler and The Pretender have had 2 crossover
eps, one with the 'old' profiler (ie, Sam Watters, when the show was
still good ;o) and one with the new one, which got all romantic in the
end. both fun though.
Millenium and X-Files have also done it in the past, but again, don't
know about the reciprocal crossoverness of the eps.
> I was recently rewatching the first show of the first series of
> Angel, and saw something I had never realized before. I think it's on
> either the last show of series 3 or the first show of series 4. Anyhow,
> Buffy gets a mysterious phone call, picks up the phone, says "hello?
> Hello?" but no one speaks on the other end of the line. Now when I watched
> Angel, I see it's actually HIM phoning her! I thought that was a really
> good way to explain it, I hope we see more of this - would be nice!
Haven't had that kind of subtle hintage, to my knowledge, since 'The
Freshman' (first ep of Season 4, obviously, since in Graduation Day, end
of Season 3, everyone's in Sunnydale. Well, for 99% of the ep, anyway
;o) It's definately Angel on the line. It's less obvious than the big
ones, like Harsh Light of Day/In the Dark, Pangs/I Will Remember You and
the brilliant '4 parter', This Year's Girl/Who Are You/Five by
Five/Sanctuary.
Mattia
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Paul Verburg
> GEOFF DOWNING wrote:
> > I'd just like to say - has anyone ever seen two linked shows such as
> > Buffy/Angel have plotlines linked to each other? Cause I think the way they
> > do it is incredible. It's like looking at an arguement from the
> > perspectives of both people; first you have one side of the story, then the
> > other.
>
> It's a slightly unique situation, with the spinoff factor going. There
> have been other shows with crossoevers, though. No clue about Star Trek
> (don't think there have been any in the way that Buffy and Angel have
> them..), but I know that Profiler and The Pretender have had 2 crossover
> eps, one with the 'old' profiler (ie, Sam Watters, when the show was
> still good ;o) and one with the new one, which got all romantic in the
> end. both fun though.
>
> Millenium and X-Files have also done it in the past, but again, don't
> know about the reciprocal crossoverness of the eps.
There was one X Files episode where Frank Black turned up, but that
was after Millennium had been cancelled. There was never a continuing
storyline between the two shows like with most of the Angel/Buffy
crossovers. I've seen several other crossovers (Chicago Hope/Early
Edition, ST:TNG/DS9) but none of them had any such overlap, storywise.
> > I was recently rewatching the first show of the first series of
> > Angel, and saw something I had never realized before. I think it's on
> > either the last show of series 3 or the first show of series 4. Anyhow,
> > Buffy gets a mysterious phone call, picks up the phone, says "hello?
> > Hello?" but no one speaks on the other end of the line. Now when I watched
> > Angel, I see it's actually HIM phoning her! I thought that was a really
> > good way to explain it, I hope we see more of this - would be nice!
>
> Haven't had that kind of subtle hintage, to my knowledge, since 'The
> Freshman' (first ep of Season 4, obviously, since in Graduation Day, end
> of Season 3, everyone's in Sunnydale. Well, for 99% of the ep, anyway
> ;o) It's definately Angel on the line.
I vaguely recall both scenes now, but I too had never linked them,
because there's been a gap of several weeks or months between my
watching each of the episodes. Thanks for pointing it out, Mrs. Geoff.
> It's less obvious than the big
> ones, like Harsh Light of Day/In the Dark, Pangs/I Will Remember You and
> the brilliant '4 parter', This Year's Girl/Who Are You/Five by
> Five/Sanctuary.
I remember doing a little mini-5x5 ( http://come.to/5x5 ) from Harsh
Light of Day/In the Dark on when I heard FOX were going to repeat
Angel. Unfortunately they didn't make it to I Will Remember You, which
I've never seen to this day.
--
Paul
GEOFF DOWNING
"Paul Verburg" <Verb...@Phys.Leidenuniv.nl> wrote in message
news:3ab65d3f...@news.hccnet.nl...
> Mattia Valente wrote:
>
> I vaguely recall both scenes now, but I too had never linked them,
> because there's been a gap of several weeks or months between my
> watching each of the episodes. Thanks for pointing it out, Mrs. Geoff.
>
ferre...@my-deja.com
>Mattia Valente wrote:
>
>> GEOFF DOWNING wrote:
>> > I'd just like to say - has anyone ever seen two linked shows such as
>> > Buffy/Angel have plotlines linked to each other? Cause I think the way
they
>> > do it is incredible. It's like looking at an arguement from the
>> > perspectives of both people; first you have one side of the story, then
the
>> > other.
>>
>> It's a slightly unique situation, with the spinoff factor going. There
>> have been other shows with crossoevers, though. No clue about Star Trek
>> (don't think there have been any in the way that Buffy and Angel have
>> them..), but I know that Profiler and The Pretender have had 2 crossover
>> eps, one with the 'old' profiler (ie, Sam Watters, when the show was
>> still good ;o) and one with the new one, which got all romantic in the
>> end. both fun though.
>>
>> Millenium and X-Files have also done it in the past, but again, don't
>> know about the reciprocal crossoverness of the eps.
>
>There was one X Files episode where Frank Black turned up, but that
>was after Millennium had been cancelled. There was never a continuing
>storyline between the two shows like with most of the Angel/Buffy
>crossovers. I've seen several other crossovers (Chicago Hope/Early
>Edition, ST:TNG/DS9) but none of them had any such overlap, storywise.
Friends (my favourite comedy sit-com) has had several guest appearances from
other shows.
Some examples:
The shows Friends and Mad About You have a character that is the same in both
shows; Ursula, the very strange waitress.
At one time on Mad About You the main characters were responsible for a
blackout in New York.
The Friends episode featured that blackout (giving rise to Phoebe's best song
ever).
Other appearances in Friends:
The characters from Mad About You
Ross and Carter from E.R.
Caroline in the City
I have a vague recollection of some characters from Mad About You and/or
Friends being in a Seinfield episode as well but I rarely watch Seinfeld so
am not sure about that one.
But the fact is that the interaction of Buffy/Angel seems to be fairly uniqe.
/Millan
Xander: "How could you let her go?"
Giles: "As the soon-to-be-purple area of my jaw will attest, I did not let her
go!"
- Prophesy Girl
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