The Puppet Show (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
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Xander with Sid the Dummy
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Ellen S. Pressman |
| Written by | Rob Des Hotel Dean Batali |
| Production code | 4V09 |
| Original air date | May 5, 1997 |
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"The Puppet Show" is the ninth episode of season 1 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was written by story editors Rob Des Hotel and Dean Batali, and directed by Ellen S. Pressman.
The Scooby Gang becomes involved in the school talent show through the machinations of the new Sunnydale High principal, Mr. Snyder.
When one of the students involved in the show turns up dead with her heart removed, the gang begins to suspect another talent show performer, Morgan, and his ventriloquist's dummy, Sid, which appears to have a life of its own.
Snyder, the new school principal, puts Giles in charge of the talent show and makes the Scoobies take part. They watch Morgan and his ventriloquist's dummy, Sid. The act takes a turn for the better when Sid suddenly appears to develop a personality and starts making sarcastic comments.
The scene cuts to Emily, a ballet dancer, alone in the changing rooms. She hears something, turns and screams as a demonic voice whispers, "I will be flesh". Snyder explains to Giles that he will run a safer, more disciplined school—but is interrupted by the discovery of Emily's body, whose heart has been cut out with a knife. The Scoobies debate whether the killer is a demon or a human.
The group splits up to interview people from the talent show to find the killer. Everything seems to point to Morgan. Buffy breaks into his locker, where she finds nothing, as Morgan and Sid secretly watch her. Sid tells Morgan that Buffy is "the one", saying that her strength is evidence of it.
Sid sneaks into Buffy's room as she sleeps, but the noise of his wooden feet wakes her and she sees him. Buffy has a hard time convincing the Scoobies that Sid broke into her room. Giles suggests that the demon responsible might be needing the heart (and later, a brain) to keep a human guise, which means the demon could be anyone.
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