Day 22: Best Xander-centric Episode
The Zeppo is an amazing episode. The way it's framed is so unique. We get a day in the life of Xander, who is trying so hard to be cool it hurts. He borrows his uncle's car, picks up a girl and ends up on a bad date, falls in with a group of bad boys who turn out to be zombies, loses his virginity, realizes that the zombies are planning to blow up the school, and saves the day. Over the course of this, he discovers that cool is more a state of mind, an ability to be comfortable in your own skin. If you're confident, other people will pick up on that.
The best part is that in the background of Xander's wacky adventure, the world is coming to an end. The rest of the Scoobies are actively fighting the apocalypse (and trying to keep Xander at minimum safe distance). Honestly, I didn't even pick up on this until the third or fourth time I saw this episode. I can be fairly thick sometimes.
I really like Xander's growth in this episode. I like the humor that's born out of him constantly interrupting the important work of the others. And I like that he never tells anyone about that time he saved them all.
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