Summary: Visit www.HellmouthPodcast.com (http://hellmouthpodcast.com) and check out the Hellmouth Forums where the Hellmouth community will gather to discuss any and everything in the Buffyverse as well as episodes of the Hellmouth Podcast. In this episode of the Hellmouth Podcast we discuss "The Pack". Xander is possessed by a wild hyena. - Willow deals with a broken heart. Buffy deals with a panicked pig. - Giles is Giles. The Zookeeper would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those pesky kids and their dog... er Hyena! I rated the Buffy episode "The Pack" 2 - 2.5 out of 5. What did you think? As always you can email me at hellmouthpodcast@gmail.com Hellmouth Podcast is also on Facebook now for news and other info. ---------------------- Show Notes ---------------------------- Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 1 Episode 0106 – The Pack Visit HellmouthPodcast.com – the official website of the Helllmouth Podcast - You can also go to HellmouthPodcast.com to get my show-notes for each episode. - Most Important are the new Hellmouth Forums. Please hop over to the forums page where listeners can interact with me and other fans of the show. * Facebook – you can now become a fan of the Hellmouth Podcast on Facebook. I will post news on the Facebook page from time to time and let everyone know when new episodes are available. * EMAIL – As always you can contact me about any and everything at HellmouthPodcast@gmail.com (mailto:HellmouthPodcast@gmail.com) * Open at Sunnydale Zoo * The four that play the Pack (This episode is a very STRONG metaphor) * Rhonda Kelley * Tor Hauer * Heidi Barrie * Kyle * Picking on Buffy at the Zoo without provocation. * Buffy pretends that she doesn’t care what the kids say or think. She has quick-witted remarks but as they walk off you can see that she is slightly hurt. * Buffy meets up with Xander and Willow in front of the Elephant exhibit. Big plaque in front of the Elephant exhibit says “Family Matters” this might be significant. * Xander and Willow tell Buffy that she missed the Zebra’s mating. * Willow: It was like the Heimlich with stripes. * “Field trip spirit.” * “This is about not being in class.” * Lance is looking at the monkeys taking notes, the initial pack show up and pick on him. * Principal Flutie shows up irritated; it is obvious that he has had problems with these four before. They kind of cower in front of Flutie and he asks Lance if they are bothering him. * Lance says no, not wanting to escalate his problems with the pack. * Flutie is watching them. * The pack eases up on Lance for not throwing them under the bus. * As a reward they are going to take Lance into the Hyena house. * Entering the Hyena House Soundtrack here is foreshadowing that something is coming up if you couldn’t already tell. Once again a wild Jungle themed soundtrack indicates badness. * Willow, Xander and Buffy see Lance going into the restricted Hyena Exhibit with the pack and are concerned. * Mean Kids come with every new school. * Xander tells Buffy and Willow he will handle it, since it doesn’t require any actual slaying. * Trying to earn points for the man-card. * Buffy and Willow hesitate but decide to follow anyway. Before they can get into the exhibit the Zookeeper stops them. * Hyenas are very quick to prey on the weak. * Talks about Masai tribesmen legend that Hyenas understand human speech. They follow them around during the day learning their names then call out to them at night. Once they separate them, they devour them. (Possibly going back to Family Matters – being part of a group) * In the Hyena Exhibit * The friendly treatment of Lance has ended; the boys decide that they are going to pretend to feed Lance to the Hyenas. They hold him over the rail. They all laugh at the joke, except for Lance. (Predatory Act)
