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Sep 23, 2020 · "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" aired on The WB and UPN from 1997-2003. All footage shown belongs to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy Productions.
Oct 22, 2002 · Selfless: Directed by David Solomon. With Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg. Anya's violent and deadly act of vengeance leaves everyone stunned. Buffy must put aside her feelings and take action before more people die.
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- David Solomon
- 2002-10-22
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Anya returns to her old vengeance demon ways by helping a girl get revenge on an entire fraternity by having a spider demon tear their hearts out. Anya herself feels deep remorse about the event, even though her demon friend Halfrek encourages her to continue. Willow, returning to college, sees Anya, who lies to her, saying that she has a new boyfr...
Filming
Kali Rocha (Halfrek) was in New York performing in the play Noises Off during filming. According to the episode's DVD commentary, she was flown in for one day and filmed all of her Season 7 scenes that day, including those in "Lessons" and "Selfless". Rocha filmed her "death scene" in front of a green screen, and her actions were later superimposedonto the images featuring the other actors. Sarah Michelle Gellar was available for only three days during filming, as she was getting married to F...
Anya defines herself by her jobs, whether as a demon or as a worker who is subordinate to her boss, whether D'Hoffryn or Rupert Gilesat the Magic Box; or, despite being a highly sexualized woman, by her relationships with lovers Olaf and Xander (or even the made-up fraternity guy). In the article "Selfless: Buffy's Anya and the Problem of Identity,...
Spike appears for only a few moments, being still crazy in the Sunnydale High School basement, but he makes an allusion ("Scream Montresor all you like, pet") to Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado," in keeping with the themes of murder and revenge.
Vox ranked this episode at #25 out of the 144 Buffyepisodes, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the show, saying it "is the only episode of Buffy to focus on Anya, and it's such a terrific episode that it suggests the show should have gone back to her more often. ... [I]t also develops a thesis about who Anya is and what she needs: She's always ba...
1.Victoria Large notes that Anya's identity is never fully addressed until "Selfless," "which, as its punning title implies, dealt with Anya's lack of a self."2.^ In the episode "Checkpoint," Anya gives her name and backstory, apparently made up on the spot, to conceal her demon identity: "Anya Christina Emanuella Jenkins, twenty years old. Born on the F...3.^ A reporter for Bustlewrote, "The pair were engaged in April 2001 and went on to marry a year later, holding their wedding ceremony on Sept. 1, 2002 in Mexico at the El Careyes resort."- October 22, 2002
- David Solomon
- 7ABB05
- Drew Goddard
"Selfless" is the fifth episode of seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the 127th in the series. Written by Drew Goddard and directed by David Solomon, it was originally broadcast on October 22, 2002, on the UPN network.
Mar 7, 2022 · “Selfless”, the fifth episode from the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is less about breakups, and more about the struggle to determine a sense of self once you find yourself alone. Anya herself is a character that’s fantastical on paper but all too familiar and endearing onscreen thanks to Emma Caulfield’s grounding performance.
55 out of 67 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink. "Selfless" is sort of like an Anya version of "Fool for Love," Spike's episode back in season five. In "Fool for Love," Spike is transformed from a Black Hat to a sympathetic anti-hero through flash backs and pivotal character turning points.
