Earshot

Synopsis: Science fiction/action adventure series. Buffy Summers is The Chosen One, the one girl in the world with the strength and skill to fight the vampires. With the help of her close friends and her Watcher she balances slaying, family, friendships, and relationships. In this episode after an encounter with a mouth-less demon, Buffy is infected with the demon’s blood and gains the ability to hear people’s thoughts. At first her new-found ability is useful for cheating on schoolwork and eavesdropping on the thoughts of those around her, but when the voices continue to flood her mind, she realises that she cannot control the power. Buffy reads her teacher’s mind in a Shakespeare class which is discussing Othello.
Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 21 Sep 1999 at 20:00 (Channel: WB Television Network)
Duration: 60 mins

Director

Regis Kimble

Producer

Gareth Davies (2)

Cinematographer

Michael Gershman

Writer

Jane Espenson

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Notes: The Complete Third Season is available from Amazon.co.uk Region 1 only.
General: Shakespeare is also referenced in the final episode THE GIFT (May 22 2001, Season 5 episode 100). Burt notes that ‘two major English characters critique a less than inspiring speech from Buffy in explicitly Shakespearean terms’. ( entry 2726).
History: Season 3, episode 52. Shown out of sequence with the rest of the season as the content conflicted with a current ‘shooting at school’ incident.
Reviews: Burt, Richard ‘U.S. Television’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 614-5, entry 2807. Burt gives a transcript of the scene).

Shakespeare, "Earshot". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67757 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)

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