"buffy The Vampire Slayer" Go Fish(1998) -

: Xander joins the swim team (the "Razorbacks") to investigate from the inside.

: Nicholas Brendon (noted for his "under-not-a-lot-of-cover" speedo scenes) Gage Petronzi : Played by Wentworth Miller (his TV debut). Coach Carl Marin : Charles Cyphers. Nurse Ruthie Greenliegh : Conchata Ferrell. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Go Fish(1998)

: Danny Strong (this episode officially establishes his name as Jonathan). Themes and Trivia : Xander joins the swim team (the "Razorbacks")

: The swimmers aren't being eaten; they are transforming into gill monsters . Nurse Ruthie Greenliegh : Conchata Ferrell

After Sunnydale High's star swimmers begin disappearing—leaving only their empty skins behind—Buffy and the Scooby Gang investigate a possible monster attack.

: Coach Carl Marin and Nurse Greenleigh have been exposing the team to a cocktail of Soviet-era fish DNA and steroids through the locker room steam to improve their performance.

" Go Fish " is the of Buffy the Vampire Slayer , originally aired on May 5, 1998 . It is widely considered a "breather episode" or "monster-of-the-week" story positioned just before the intense two-part season finale. Plot Summary