Summary: Here is the Hellmouth Podcast for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, Season 4 Episode 1 - The Freshman Don't forget to check out the new Mash podcast which you can find at http://www.mash4077podcast.blogspot.com/ (http://www.mash4077podcast.blogspot.com/) A lot of information about the Hellmouth Empire in this podcast as well as a sneak peak at the OMWF project. Hope you enjoy. If you haven't sent in your submissions for the OMWF project you still have plenty of time to be included in Volume 2. See the link to the OMWF project on the website. HMPC 0401 “The Freshman” - Buffy The Vampire Slayer * Hello Sunnydale and welcome to the Hellmouth Podcast for the Buffy The Vampire Slayer Series, Season 4 Episode 1 titled “The Freshman” * 2-Minute Buffy o It’s the first day of college at UC Sunnydale and Buffy is trying to get acclimated to life as a college student. o Willow seems to be adjusting quite nicely and is ready for college to thrust into and spurt knowledge into her. o Buffy is realizing that college is not going to be anything like high school. From the classes to the library to Giles who is now a gentleman of leisure. o At the book store Buffy and Willow run into Riley Finn who is the TA for their psych class. o Buffy meets her roommate, gets kicked out of her first class and has her head spinning after professor Walsh’s class. o Then she meets Eddie who seems to be the only student as lost and confused as she is. o Eddie meets an untimely end as the gang of vampires who run the campus find eddie before he finds his way back to his dorm. o The vampires stage it to look like eddie had a break down and went home. o Buffy is concerned about Eddie’s disappearance and goes to see Giles for help. Turns out Giles has company and encourages Buffy to handle it on her own. o Buffy goes on patrol and finds vampire-eddie soon followed by Sunday and her gang of vampires who give Buffy a severe beating before she escapes. o Buffy looks for something familiar to calm her nerves and heads to the bronze where she runs into Xander. o Xander reminds Buffy that she can handle something as easy as college she is the slayer after all. o The two of them manage to track down the vampire gang and Buffy sends Xander to get her weapons while she keeps an eye on them. o Buffy ends up dropping in on the vampires unexpectedly, for both of them. o Hijinks ensue and Xander, Willow and Oz show up just in time to help Buffy clean up the mess of vampires. o As they head back to campus Giles shows up after deciding that above all else Buffy’s safety is the most important thing to him and he has decided to continue to help her, watcher or no watcher. o The only vampire who escaped is trying to make his way through campus when he is captured by a bunch of men in camouflage and masks. o End Episode * Missy’s Fun Facts from Down Under o When Buffy thinks she sees someone at a distance that looks like Angel, that actually is David Boreanaz. o (Of Course until we get a face on shot where it's a completely different Actor) o Before the vamps appear Eddie and Buffy are talking about "security blankets" and Buffy says hers is "Mr. Pointy." This refers to Kendra's lucky stake from the Season 2 episode What's My Line which she gave to Buffy. o Riley received the surname Finn after Joss Whedon heard Marti Noxon talking to the vet about her dog which was also called Finn. o This is not the first time Katharine Towne(Sunday) and Sarah Michelle Gellar worked together. They both had small parts in the 1999 movie She's All That. o Stoner Vampire: I'm thinkin' Slayer blood's gotta be, whoa, like Thai stick. Thai stick was a particularly potent form of marijuana popular in the 60's and 70's. o Xander: Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to anger. No wait, hold on... First you get the women,
