I'll take
Homecoming, chore though it is.
This episode is the one that convinced me whoever decides who's going to be a Slayer really screwed up when they picked Buffy over Cordelia. Yeah, I know the common belief is Cordy was jealous of Buffy, but duh, Buffy is jealous of Cordy, so what else is new?
Cordy's finest moment comes in the library. Let's let Greenwalt's script tell the tale:
CORDELIA -- Looks from unconscious Buffy to unconscious Giles. Not a good sitch. Gorch heads for Buffy.
GORCH
I'll kill ya' fer this, Slayer…
GILES' EYES flutter open. Woozy, he witnesses CORDELIA as she steps in front of Gorch.
GORCH
...you too, you're dead meat, ya' hear?!
CORDELIA
(incredibly cool)
I hear you, you red-neck moron. You
got a little dress goes with that hat?
PUSH IN ON GORCH - turning red with fury.
GORCH
I'm gonna --
CORDELIA
I know, rip out my innards, play with
my eyeballs, boil my brain and eat it
for brunch -- now listen up, needle-
brain, Buffy and I have taken out
four of your cronies, including your
girlfriend --
GORCH
WIFE!
CORDELIA
-- whatever, point is, I haven't even
worked up a sweat. See in the end
Buffy's good, but she's just the
runner-up. I'm the Queen. If I get
mad, what do you think I'm gonna do to you?
Gorch looks from Cordy to Buffy and the dust pile on the floor. Cordy has psyched him out.
::sigh:: I miss Greenwalt.