The Puppet Show
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Production number: 4V09
Original US air date: 5/5/97
Written by: D Batali & R des Hotel
Directed by: Ellen Pressman

Guest stars:

Kristine Sutherland: Joyce Summers
Richard Werner: Morgan
Burke Roberts: Marc
Armin Shimerman: Principal Snyder

Synopsis:

Someone or something's killing students at the Sunnydale talent show. Prime suspect is Morgan the ventriloquist who talks to his dummy, Sid, and gets headaches, but Buffy discovers that Sid is actually a demon hunter also after the killer - Marc the magician, who's the last of seven demons who must harvest a brain and a heart every seven years to remain human. Buffy and pals battle Marc and Sid deals the killer blow, freeing him from his curse (the one that holds him in a wooden body).He dies.



Review:

A good little episode with the Slayerettes continually having to reevaluate their murder suspect. Snyder makes a terrific debut and gets the lions share of the best lines.


Points of interest:

Buffy has dummy phobia.

This is the only episode of Buffy which has had a specially shot sequence to accompany the closing credits. And it's very funny.

Pop culture reference:

Xander:
"Does anyone feel like we've been Keyser Soze'd?"

Vampire Deaths: 0

Total Deaths: 4