Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Get It Done
TV Flash files “Get It Done” as hour 137 of 144 in the TV Flash guide — Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) on WB/UPN, season 7, episode 15, aired 2003-02-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E15: listed hour 137 of 144 in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer guide, hour 15 of 22 in season 7. It aired 2003-02-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “First Date” (S07E14). Next is “Storyteller” (S07E16).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Scoobies use a spell to transport Buffy into a shadow world, where she meets the men who created the first slayer. However, in order for her to return home, the gang must find and slay a ferocious demon.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Get It Done sit in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer guide?
S07E15 is listed hour 137 of 144 — hour 15 of 22 in season 7, season 7 episode 15.
When did Buffy the Vampire Slayer S07E15 air?
Get It Done aired 2003-02-18 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start, and is season 1 skippable?
Start with Welcome to the Hellmouth (March 10, 1997). Season 1 is shorter and cheaper-looking; it is also the contract. Prophecy Girl is the test of whether the metaphors have teeth. Do not start at the musical. That is how group chats die.
In the series
Why this series still plays
For genre TV that trained a generation to read metaphors with punchlines: high school as Hellmouth, found family as a group chat with fangs, and fandom seminary that still argues ships, silence, and the musical like they are civic issues — because to us they are.
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