Pangs

"**Pangs**"
"Pangs"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Episode no.	Season 4; Episode 8
Directed by	Michael Lange
Written by	Jane Espenson
Production code	4ABB08
Original air date	November 23, 1999
Guest appearances
	David Boreanaz as Angel; Marc Blucas as Riley Finn; Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall; Emma Caulfield as Anya; Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates; Bailey Chase as Graham Miller; Tod Thawley as Hus - The Chumash Spirit; Margaret Easley as Curator; William Vogt as Jamie; Mark Ankeny as Dean Guerrero;
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"Pangs" is the eighth episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was written by Jane Espenson, directed by Michael Lange, and first broadcast on November 23, 1999 on The WB.

On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the restless and vengeful spirit of a member of a fictionalized portrayal of the aboriginal Chumash tribe, who, in the show's setting, were wiped out by white settlers.^[1] During a tense confrontation, the Slayer fights a losing battle against her formidable foe - but a mysterious protector watches over her from the shadows.

Buffy scholar Rhonda V. Wilcox has written, "It is unquestionably one of the most controversial episodes of Buffy. It is also one of Buffy creator Joss Whedon's declared favorites."^[2]

^ "Buffy the Vampire Slayer series 4-8 Pangs". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
^ Wilcox, Rhonda V. (Spring 2011). ""Let it Simmer": Tone in "Pangs"" (PDF). Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Study Association. 33 (9.1). Retrieved November 24, 2014.

[1] "Buffy the Vampire Slayer series 4-8 Pangs". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

[RW-2] Wilcox, Rhonda V. (Spring 2011). ""Let it Simmer": Tone in "Pangs"" (PDF). Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Study Association. 33 (9.1). Retrieved November 24, 2014.

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