The best way we can sum this one up is: Hook, Line, and STINKER!
This filler episode (or should we say "fillet" episode! hey-o!) never quite reeled us in. A lot of tone deaf joking about SA, and underwhelming fights, and a general lack of urgency & danger made this one feel a little fishy.
Oz has apparently been written off the show at this point, Buffy and Angel don't even acknowledge their last emotionally devastating encounter, and everyone feels bored now — but not in the fun, sociopathic, skinning-a-villain-alive sort of way.
With only two more episodes left this season, it's baffling they chose to put this dead fish story so close to the climax.
On the plus side: Xander in a Speedo, Wentworth Miller, Buffy gets to beat up a would-be grapist.
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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Welcome to the Hellmouth
00:01:27 Quick Takes — Buffy S2E20 "Go Fish"
00:03:18 Ketryn’s Spell Jar
00:05:07 Episode Discussion - “Go Fish” Recap & Review
00:50:17 Sunnydale High Yearbook Committee
00:53:18 Closing Business