Discussion of 3.12 "Helpless" - Aired 1/19/1999 (WB-US)

I personally like this ep (and Cordelia's brief scene in it is one of the reasons why I cut Cordy some slack as her vapid mask falls and she shows genuine concern and compassion for Bufy). I do think what Giles did got brushed under the carpet too fast, but that seems to happen on a regular basis in the show for all of them.

SMG portrayed a scared Buffy well, as opposed to the confident and constantly punning Buffy she usually portrayed.

Did Faith ever undergo this before she came to Sunnydale? I did read Go Ask Malice well over a decade ago but I can't remember. If not, I'm going to headcanon that Buffy told Faith so it invalidated the test for her. And my imagination is pretty grim on what I'd see Faith doing to Wesley once she got her strength back (and maybe even before that), so just as well.
 
In 'Go Ask Malice' Faith reads about the slayer test in her Watcher's journal/diary- I think she's urged to by some outside voice (ghost of a former slayer? don't remember but its something like that) and so she confronts her about it.
The Watcher then declares that the test is now invalid (Faith ruined the surprise apparently) and so it never took place.

Faith was absent when Buffy underwent hers but she probably should've given her a heads up if she'd known it was Buffy's big day.
 
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