Superstar

As this episode opens Buffy and friends discover a group of vampires in a crypt but instead of taking them on they seek out the help of Jonathan Levinson... he may look the same as the weedy character from previous episodes but now everybody thinks he is perfect; and perhaps he is. He slays vampires better than Buffy, he is more intelligent than Giles, he is the epitome of cool and to cap it all he lives in a mansion with a pair of attractive blonde twins! Something is wrong; something is very wrong! Then a monster turns up; he claims it is harmless but is clearly rattled when its potential victim describes a mark on its forehead. The only character to immediately know things are wrong is Adam; but he enjoys the chaos; later Buffy suspects but it won't be easy persuading others that Jonathon isn't perfect.

This episode was a great idea and it did provide some good laughs. The concept unfortunately provides its own weaknesses as Johnathon effectively becomes a deliberate Mary sue character in his own corny fan fiction. I liked how the show's opening was modified to include Jonathon among the main cast. The action was pretty good, as was the monster of the week and the explanation of its origin. The regular cast are on good form and Danny Strong does a fine job as Jonathon; just slightly overdoing too perfect character so it looks as though Jonathon knows he isn't really perfect but is keeping up the illusion. Overall a slightly weaker episode but still worth watching.