10 More Overlooked Buffy The Vampire Slayer Episodes That Are Secretly Classics
9. Out of Mind, Out of Sight (Season 1, Episode 11)
It's safe to say that Buffy's first season is a bit of a mixed bag. For every great episode like 'Angel', or 'Prophecy Girl', there's a misfire in the form of 'The Pack' or 'Never Kill a Boy on a First Date'. One of the season's better episodes however is 'Out of Mind, Out of Sight', one that often gets glanced over due to it being the season's penultimate episode, being overshadowed by the truly excellent season finale.
In this early-era episode, Buffy and Cordelia form an uneasy partnership when an unseen force begins threatening Cordelia in the lead-up to the coveted May Queen competition. Her boyfriend is viciously assaulted with a baseball bat, and threatening messages warn her of terrible things to come.
It's soon revealed that the hauntings are the work of Marcie, a young girl that was ignored by everyone around her. Her inner turmoil began to consume her, and she eventually turned invisible, which gave her free reign to enact revenge upon those who she felt had wronged her.
It's a story that balances both horror and drama in an effective way, and helped to exemplify what the show was capable of with the correct writers at the helm.