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Buffy
Season 2 Episode Guide |
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When she was bad |
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After spending the summer with her
dad in L.A., Buffy returns to Sunnydale, well, very unsunny. It
seems her prom night massacre of the Master -- during which she
died and came back to life -- gave her more of a wiggins than she
admitted at the time. And to make matters worse, the Master is not
quite as dead as everyone had hoped. His minions assemble with the
Anointed One and plan to try to bring the Master back. This can be
done by assembling those who were with him when he died -- Willow,
Cordelia, Giles, and Ms. Calendar, the computer teacher who Giles
is stuck on. Angel warns Buffy about the Anointed One's powers,
but she ignores him. Besides being rude to Angel and nasty to
Cordelia, she is cold to Willow and Xander. She even tries to make
Angel jealous by dancing seductively with poor Xander, who buys
her act. Xander finally tells Buffy off when the vampires beat him
up and start assembling the foursome they need for their mission.
Buffy rescues Willow, Cordelia, Giles and Ms. Calendar, who are
hung upside down and about to be killed. In order to finish off
the Master, Buffy crushes his bones. After this final act, Buffy
is purged of her fear and anger and starts sobbing as Angel holds
her. The next day at school, she apologizes to Giles for behaving
so badly, and is mortified when she realizes how rotten she's been
to her friends. But once she gets to class, Xander and Willow are
quick to forgive her, and the Three Musketeers -- or is it the
Three Stooges?-- are together again |
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Some assembly required |
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The body of a dead cheerleader is
dug up from the cemetery, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer is
officially back in the saddle. Cordelia accidentally stumbles upon
a bunch of body parts in a dumpster, and the parts add up to three
people -- the dead cheerleader and her two friends who were killed
in the same car accident -- only some of the parts are missing.
Giles suspects zombie activity, and clues lead to Chris -- a
science whiz who's been quiet and withdrawn since his brother
Daryl's death. We discover Chris, with his buddy Eric, has been
secretly assembling a woman from these body parts for Daryl, so he
won't have to be alone through eternity. The only part they don't
have yet is a head -- the cheerleader's heads are unusable because
the formaldehyde used to preserve dead bodies causes rapid
deterioration of brain cells. There are currently three live head
donors being considered: Buffy, Willow and Cordelia. Daryl votes
for Cordelia, but Chris doesn't want to kill anyone, and Daryl
becomes enraged. Meanwhile, Giles is courting Ms. Calendar, and
their first official date is to the school's football game. That
night, Eric decides to kill Cordelia, since Chris can't bring
himself to do the deed, but Buffy arrives just in time to save
her. As Buffy struggles with Daryl, a can of gasoline spills. A
fire starts and Xander, who has arrived to help, pushes Cordelia
to safety. Chris, seeing his headless fiancee is about to perish
in the fire, throws himself on top of her and pledges his undying
love. Angel and Buffy finally talk things out -- he admits he was
jealous of her attention to Xander, and he feels left out of her
life since he can only be with her at night. They walk off
together as we see Daryl's tombstone.
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3:
School hard |
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The
leaves are changing color, the air is cooler, it must be time for... the
Night of St. Vigius. Once again Buffy's life is in danger as the Master's
minions seek to gain extra power by killing Buffy during a sacred holiday.
But Buffy's mind is not on slaying. She and Sheila, a perpetually bad
student, have been threatened with expulsion by Principal Snyder. The only
chance they have of staying in school is to help organize Parent Teacher
Night. While Buffy plans this evening, a new demon is in town -- Spike, a
200-year-old vampire who has actually killed two slayers over the past
century. Giles urges Buffy to take this challenge seriously, but she is
preoccupied with her school project and trying to cover for the
never-present Sheila. When Parent Teacher Night arrives, Buffy
unsuccessfully tries to keep her mother away from Principal Snyder. But
things become a bit more serious when Spike and some other vampires crash
the event. The faculty, and Buffy's mom, think these are just some gang
kids on angel dust. Buffy convinces her mother to stay hidden while she
faces the vampires. Giles tries to help Buffy, whose biggest worry is
about her mother's safety. No-show Sheila finally arrives and -- surprise!
-- she's a vampire too. Angel tries to help by pretending he's on Spike's
side and offering up Xander's neck for a snack. Spike isn't fooled and
becomes enraged. Buffy continues to battle Spike until her mom's maternal
instincts overtake her fear and she whacks Spike with an axe. Spike flees.
Much to Buffy's relief, Mom is not angry about Principal Snyder's
assessment-- she's proud that Buffy is so resourceful and thoughtful of
others in a crisis. When Spike returns to the lair without having killed
Buffy, the Anointed One is angry. Spike throws the child into a cage and
raises it up to the light. Suddenly the cage is empty and we see only a
puff of smoke, as Spike and his main squeeze Drusilla go off to watch TV. |
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Inca mummy girl |
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Sunnydale
High is boasting a new cultural exchange program --students from other
countries being hosted by local families, and a celebration of culture's
dance is being plan. Everything is swell until Xander finds out that
Buffy's student is a guy. At a school museum trip, a 500-year-old mummy,
holding a cursed seal which serves as a warning to any who wake her, is on
exhibit. When everyone leaves, dimwitted student Rodney tries to take the
seal. It breaks, and the mummy arises, grabs him, kisses him and mummifies
him. When Rodney turns up missing, Buffy, Giles, Xander and Willow go to
the museum to look for clues and find him mummified, and a man with a
knife jumps out at them. Giles tries to decipher what's left of the seal,
but they are ancient pictograms.Buffy's exchange student arrives at the
bus station, only to meet the same fate as Rodney. From this latest kiss,
the 500-year-old mummy transforms into Empada, a beautiful Peruvian
teenage girl who pretends to be the exchange student. Xander goes gaga
over her and Giles asks her to help him decipher the seal. She says the
picture of a man with a knife represents a bodyguard. As Xander hangs out
with Empada, the knife guy shows up again, looking for the rest of the
seal. Empada, shaken, tells Giles to destroy it, but Giles wants to go
back to the museum to find the missing parts. Knife guy returns in the
ladies' room, and Empada finally kisses and mummifies him, too. Xander
takes Empada to the school dance, and Buffy discovers the real exchange
student's mummified corpse in her trunk. She and Giles realize Empada's
the mummy. It seems she was in a similar situation to Buffy's -- she was
chosen to defend her people, and was killed at 16. Meanwhile, things are
getting hot and heavy at the dance with Xander and Empada, but she is
starting to turn back into a mummy. She must kiss someone quickly or it
will be too late. She runs away from Xander and goes to the museum to try
to break the seal that Giles is about to restore. Buffy saves Giles before
Empada kisses him, but gets thrown into the tomb. When Willow tries to
help, Xander intervenes and offers his own life instead. Buffy escapes
from the tomb just in time to pull the now-mummified Empada off of Xander,
and the poor guy's dance partner breaks into pieces.
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Reptile boy |
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A young
woman is chased to a cemetery by a bunch of men wearing monk's robes. But
Buffy and her merry band are unaware of this, and are delighted about the
recent lull of activity on the Hellmouth. Giles frets about this, telling
Buffy she shouldn't get lax about her training, but Buffy is ready to let
her hair down a little. Meanwhile, Cordelia is dating a fraternity man,
Richard -- intrigued mostly by his wealth and society connections. When
smarmy Richard comes to pick her up at school, his sweet frat brother,
Tom, charms Buffy. But Buffy doesn't want to go to their frat party. As
far as she's concerned, she's "seeing" Angel -- if only in the
dark. When Buffy tries to get Angel to go out with her, he says their
difference in age is a problem, as well as the fact that his demon side
tends to take over when he becomes passionate. Dejected, she decides to
join Cordelia at the frat party, which requires lying to ever-vigilant
Giles about her evening's activities.Buffy and Cordelia are both drugged
at the party and chained in the basement with the young woman from the
cemetery. Back at school, a broken, bloody bracelet Buffy found at the
cemetery is traced by Willow and Giles to the woman who had been chased.
Willow's hacking skills lead to more info -- a year earlier to the day,
three other women disappeared and were never found. They go to the frat
party with Angel and Xander just as the three women are about to be
offered up as a sacrifice to Machida, a snake-like demon who arises every
year and is worshipped by the frat boys. Buffy manages to break loose and
a scuffle ensues. Tom, who turns out to be way wicked, is about to cut
Buffy's throat, but she grabs the sword and defeats Machida. Cordelia,
messy but undaunted, chides Tom as he is led away with a typically pithy
remark: "You're going to jail for fifteen thousand years!" Giles
forgives Buffy for her lie, and Angel shows up at the Bronze and asks
Buffy out for coffee. She grins and takes a rain check, as any
self-respecting slayer would, and all is well again at the unpredictable
Hellmouth.
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Halloween |
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It's
time for Buffy and Angel's first actual date and she's late -- she's been
off slaying, while, unbeknownst to her, an undead bystander has videotaped
her actions for Spike to study. But other matters need attending to --
Buffy, Willow and Xander have been shanghaied into being trick-or-treat
chaperones for Halloween. Buffy's disappointed, as this is the one night
she has heard on which the undead like to chill, and she was looking
forward to doing nothing. Buffy and Willow realize they know very little
about Angel's personal life, and decide to steal Giles' watcher journals.
They stumble upon a picture of a beautiful noblewoman from 1775 -- when
Angel was 18 -- and Buffy feels extremely inadequate. While costume
shopping, Buffy finds a dress just like the one the noblewoman wore.
Xander decides to wear army fatigues, and Willow goes for a cheesy ghost
costume. Meanwhile, Spike is off watching the video of Buffy and his
girlfriend Drusilla predicts Buffy will become weak on Halloween from some
new outside force -- the costume salesman, who we see chanting to a statue
by candlelight.On Halloween, Willow dresses like a hoochie mama. Buffy is
delighted, but Willow chickens out and is a ghost once again. While Buffy
the noblewoman, Willow the ghost, and Xander the soldier are out with
their little trick-or-treaters, things start changing, thanks to our
chanting costumer, and the three become the characters they were
pretending to be. Now that Buffy is no longer the slayer, Spike goes to
kill Buffy. Giles figures out that the costume shop is somehow involved,
and discovers the chanter -- who is actually an old friend, Ethan. Ethan
threatens to reveal secrets about Giles to Sunnydale, but Giles decks him
and demands to know how to break the spell. As Giles shatters the statue,
as instructed by Ethan, Spike is just about to kill Buffy. In the nick of
time, she returns to being Buffy the Vampire Slayer and pummels Spike, who
runs off. Once they're finally alone, Buffy tells Angel she dressed like
that to please him, but he admits he hated those noblewomen -- he wanted
someone exciting and interesting. They make out at last -- who said the
undead don't like to have fun on Halloween? The next day, Giles returns to
Ethan's store, which is bare except for a note which says, "Be seeing
you."
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Eppisode 7:
Lie to me
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At the
cemetery, Buffy spies Angel talking to a strange girl -- who we recognize
as Drusilla, the evil Spike's spaced-out paramour. The next day at school,
Buffy runs into an old friend, Billy Fordham. "Ford" has
transferred to Sunnydale from their old school (from which Buffy was
suspended). Later at the Bronze, Ford admits that he knows she's the
slayer. We see him enter a building which is crawling with ghoulish people
and find out he is plotting something with them.Angel, who's gotten a bad
vibe from Ford, enlists Willow's help in investigating the kid on the
Internet. Meanwhile, Buffy and Ford encounter some vampires on school
grounds, and as she runs off to slay one, Ford tells a girl vampire he'll
spare her if she'll give him information. When Buffy returns, he pretends
that he killed the girl. Even though Willow doesn't find any incriminating
evidence against Ford, Angel's still sure he's bad news, and he, Willow
and Xander go to Ford's hangout. It seems all these creepy kids are not
really undead, but just vampire wannabes. Concerned that the vampires have
come to Sunnydale High, Buffy beeps Giles, who's out on a date with Miss
Calendar. They all meet at the library, and Buffy spots a picture of
Drusilla in Giles' book. Suddenly, a girl vampire runs in, grabs the book
and flees -- the vampire Ford said he killed. Back at Spike's lair, Ford
enters and offers His Evilness a deal -- if he'll turn Ford into a
vampire, Ford will give him Buffy.Angel finally warns Buffy about Ford.
When she confronts him about Dru, he reluctantly reveals that he was
responsible for her death -- he had been obsessed with her, and he
tortured and killed her. Buffy finally trusts Angel, and agrees to go out
with Ford to set him up. When she goes to his hangout he and his friends
lock her in. She tries to explain to them that becoming a vampire doesn't
mean living eternally, but Ford takes her aside and confides that he has
only 6 months to live, and this is the best alternative to death he can
find.At sunset, Spike, Dru and company bust in and start ravaging the
group. Buffy grabs Dru and tells Spike she'll kill his girl unless
everyone is released. The wannabes are released and Buffy escapes, but
leaves Ford inside to the death he prayed for.As Buffy and Giles chat at
the cemetery, Ford pops out of his grave and she slays him as if swatting
a fly and goes back to her conversation.
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Eppisode 8:
The dark age
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A man
tries to get into the library to see Giles but is killed by a female
demon. After killing him,she turns into a puddle of green goo. At school,
Giles tells Buffy to meet him later at the hospital for a blood delivery,
which attracts vampires. Back at the library, a detective is waiting for
Giles --the dead man had Giles' address on him. Giles identifies the body
as an old friend from London. The body has a tattoo on it, which Giles
says he can't identify. Shaken, Giles doesn't meet Buffy at the hospital,
and she battles the vampires alone until Angel shows up. When Buffy goes
to Giles' house to see what happened, he's disheveled and sends her away.
He calls another friend in London and finds out that she's dead, too. As
he rolls up his sleeves, we see he has the same tattoo as his friend.
Meanwhile, the dead friend, Phillip, comes back to life in the morgue, his
eyes flashing, and escapes.Saturday, Willow, Xander, and Cordelia meet
with Jenny Calendar -- Giles' girlfriend -- for a computer class. Buffy
shows up to express her concern about Giles' behavior. Cordelia mentions
the police visit to the library, which slipped her Cordelia-centered mind.
In the library, Buffy finds Ethan, the costume shop owner and Giles old
friend who tried to kill her on Halloween. As she calls Giles, Ethan
mentions the "Mark of Eyghon." Giles says she's in danger, and
the dead Phillip enters. A panicked Giles shows up and, after a scuffle
which leaves Jenny unconscious, Phillip turns into the green goo. Some of
it gets on Jenny and when she comes to, she seems normal but we see her
eyes flash. Research freak Willow discovers the "Mark of Eyghon"
in a book: Eyghon possesses the body of a dead or unconscious host. They
figure out that he's jumped from Phillip's body to Jenny's. Possessed
Jenny, looking and sounding like a demon, tries to seduce Giles. When
Buffy comes to the rescue, Jenny jumps out the window. Giles explains to
Buffy that he ran with a bad crowd when he was young, and they used Eyghon
as a temporary high -- directing him in and out of each others' bodies.
But one friend died, then later the girl who killed Phillip, and now it
seems the rest of the group will die, too. Buffy goes to the deserted
costume shop to try to help Ethan but he knocks her out, ties her up and
tattoos her. He pours acid on his own tattoo so that Eyghon will take
Buffy instead of him. Jenny enters, a full-tilt demon, and Buffy breaks
free. Angel enters suddenly and chokes Jenny: the spirit leaves her body
and enters Angel's, since he's really dead (Willow's plan: you go, girl!)
It passes through Angel, and Jenny's back to normal,but Ethan escapes.
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Eppisode 9:
Whats my line (part 1)
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It's
Career Week at Sunnydale High for everyone but Buffy -- her fate as the
Slayer has already been sealed. While Buffy is bummed, Spike seeks out a
cure for Drusilla by having a transcriber go through a book stolen from
Giles. They realize the book is in code, and through tarot cards, they can
figure out what to do. While at the cemetery, Buffy enters a mausoleum and
sees the transcriber and another vampire -- she's able to kill the
vampire, but the transcriber eludes her. When she returns home, Angel is
waiting for her and warns her of trouble. She's still upset about Career
Day, and reveals her secret childhood obsession with ice skater Dorothy
Hamill.Giles worries about the missing vampire and what was taken from the
mausoleum. We see Spike with a coffin pillow adorned with a cross -- part
of the cure. He knows if Buffy keeps interrupting, he'll never get the key
to curing Drusilla, so he decides to summon bounty hunters -- the most
savage of killers. Giles chastises Buffy as they examine the mausoleum
together and Giles finds the name "duLac" -- he was the author
of the stolen book Spike has; a book of evil spells written in archaic
Latin. They realize the cross has been stolen from his crypt, and it is
the tool which will allow Spike to wreak havoc -- Giles says he must
decipher the book first in order to save them. Meanwhile, we strangers
start hitting town and doing their damage-- one is a door-to-door cosmetic
salesman, one is an evil-looking guy, and one is a beautiful woman.Buffy
blows off the deciphering session to go skate with Angel, but Evil Guy is
already there. Angel tries to save her but she's able to cut the guy's
throat with her skate blade. Angel wigs when he sees the guy's ring --
Giles identifies it as the symbol of the Order of Teraka -- the deadly
assassins. These are not the ordinary vamps; they'll stop at nothing to
kill everything in their paths. Buffy freaks and goes to Angel's house
while Angel goes to a local bar, trolling for information about the bounty
hunters. The beautiful woman arrives and attacks Angel, locking him in a
cage where he'll be vulnerable to deadly sunlight within hours. While
working with the transcriber, Spike has finally found the answer to curing
Drusilla. As Xander and Cordelia go looking for Buffy at her house,
Cordelia lets the cosmetics salesman in. Back at Angel's house, the
beautiful woman tries to kill Buffy with an axe, identifying herself as
Kendra, The Vampire Slayer...Buffy freaks as Kendra identifies herself as
the Slayer. They realize that Kendra was summoned as the new Slayer when
Buffy died -- temporarily drowned, that is. Kendra, too, knows that evil
is coming. Near death at daybreak, Angel is dragged from the cell by the
guy from the bar -- he dumps him in a sewer and turns him over to Spike
and Drusilla. When the new moon comes that night, they will perform the
ritual they figured out from the transcriber and Angel will die.Giles
seems to be bonding with Kendra, making Buffy feel left out. Now that
there's a spare slayer, Buffy considers giving up the business. At Buffy's
house, Cordelia chats merrily with the cosmetics guy until she realizes he
has bugs crawling all over him. He turns into a huge pile of them, sending
Cordelia and Xander into hiding, and they fight over what to do. In the
heat of the argument, they kiss passionately (?!). They manage to escape
and speed off in Cordy's car. At Sunnydale High, Willow chats with Oz, her
male computer nerd counterpart, about their similar Career Fair paths. A
police woman supervising the fair suddenly opens fire on Buffy and
accidentally shoots Oz, but Kendra comes to Buffy's rescue. When the gang
assembles in the library, Giles announces he's figured out the ritual:
Angel will die that night. Buffy and Kendra go to the bar to try to get
help finding Angel, but Kendra bails, convinced that Angel is evil.
Meanwhile, Drusilla is having a field day with her ex-tormentor Angel,
dousing him with holy water and watching him writhe in pain. The Bar Guy
leads Buffy to the church, which is filled with evil Tenaka bounty
hunters. Buffy watches in horror as Drusilla holds onto the tied-up Angel,
sapping his power. As the policewoman assassin goes to shoot Buffy, Kendra
enters to save her. Willow, Xander, Cordelia and Giles burst in and help,
too. Xander and Cordelia wait for Bug Guy to, well, bug out, then they
pour glue all over him and stomp on the helpless creatures. Buffy releases
Angel, but Spike sets the room on fire and grabs Dru. Before they're able
to escape, Buffy hurls something at them and sends them crashing into a
huge organ, squooshing them both. The charm-free Kendra leaves town, and
Buffy is the Number One Slayer once again. But all is not well. Emerging
from the rubble in the church is Drusilla, now fully vamped out and strong
enough to carry the injured Spike to safety. She's back, and she's bad.
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Eppisode 10:
Whats my line (part 2)
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It's
Career Week at Sunnydale High for everyone but Buffy -- her fate as the
Slayer has already been sealed. While Buffy is bummed, Spike seeks out a
cure for Drusilla by having a transcriber go through a book stolen from
Giles. They realize the book is in code, and through tarot cards, they can
figure out what to do. While at the cemetery, Buffy enters a mausoleum and
sees the transcriber and another vampire -- she's able to kill the
vampire, but the transcriber eludes her. When she returns home, Angel is
waiting for her and warns her of trouble. She's still upset about Career
Day, and reveals her secret childhood obsession with ice skater Dorothy
Hamill.Giles worries about the missing vampire and what was taken from the
mausoleum. We see Spike with a coffin pillow adorned with a cross -- part
of the cure. He knows if Buffy keeps interrupting, he'll never get the key
to curing Drusilla, so he decides to summon bounty hunters -- the most
savage of killers. Giles chastises Buffy as they examine the mausoleum
together and Giles finds the name "duLac" -- he was the author
of the stolen book Spike has; a book of evil spells written in archaic
Latin. They realize the cross has been stolen from his crypt, and it is
the tool which will allow Spike to wreak havoc -- Giles says he must
decipher the book first in order to save them. Meanwhile, we strangers
start hitting town and doing their damage-- one is a door-to-door cosmetic
salesman, one is an evil-looking guy, and one is a beautiful woman.Buffy
blows off the deciphering session to go skate with Angel, but Evil Guy is
already there. Angel tries to save her but she's able to cut the guy's
throat with her skate blade. Angel wigs when he sees the guy's ring --
Giles identifies it as the symbol of the Order of Teraka -- the deadly
assassins. These are not the ordinary vamps; they'll stop at nothing to
kill everything in their paths. Buffy freaks and goes to Angel's house
while Angel goes to a local bar, trolling for information about the bounty
hunters. The beautiful woman arrives and attacks Angel, locking him in a
cage where he'll be vulnerable to deadly sunlight within hours. While
working with the transcriber, Spike has finally found the answer to curing
Drusilla. As Xander and Cordelia go looking for Buffy at her house,
Cordelia lets the cosmetics salesman in. Back at Angel's house, the
beautiful woman tries to kill Buffy with an axe, identifying herself as
Kendra, The Vampire Slayer...Buffy freaks as Kendra identifies herself as
the Slayer. They realize that Kendra was summoned as the new Slayer when
Buffy died -- temporarily drowned, that is. Kendra, too, knows that evil
is coming. Near death at daybreak, Angel is dragged from the cell by the
guy from the bar -- he dumps him in a sewer and turns him over to Spike
and Drusilla. When the new moon comes that night, they will perform the
ritual they figured out from the transcriber and Angel will die.Giles
seems to be bonding with Kendra, making Buffy feel left out. Now that
there's a spare slayer, Buffy considers giving up the business. At Buffy's
house, Cordelia chats merrily with the cosmetics guy until she realizes he
has bugs crawling all over him. He turns into a huge pile of them, sending
Cordelia and Xander into hiding, and they fight over what to do. In the
heat of the argument, they kiss passionately (?!). They manage to escape
and speed off in Cordy's car. At Sunnydale High, Willow chats with Oz, her
male computer nerd counterpart, about their similar Career Fair paths. A
police woman supervising the fair suddenly opens fire on Buffy and
accidentally shoots Oz, but Kendra comes to Buffy's rescue. When the gang
assembles in the library, Giles announces he's figured out the ritual:
Angel will die that night. Buffy and Kendra go to the bar to try to get
help finding Angel, but Kendra bails, convinced that Angel is evil.
Meanwhile, Drusilla is having a field day with her ex-tormentor Angel,
dousing him with holy water and watching him writhe in pain. The Bar Guy
leads Buffy to the church, which is filled with evil Tenaka bounty
hunters. Buffy watches in horror as Drusilla holds onto the tied-up Angel,
sapping his power. As the policewoman assassin goes to shoot Buffy, Kendra
enters to save her. Willow, Xander, Cordelia and Giles burst in and help,
too. Xander and Cordelia wait for Bug Guy to, well, bug out, then they
pour glue all over him and stomp on the helpless creatures. Buffy releases
Angel, but Spike sets the room on fire and grabs Dru. Before they're able
to escape, Buffy hurls something at them and sends them crashing into a
huge organ, squooshing them both. The charm-free Kendra leaves town, and
Buffy is the Number One Slayer once again. But all is not well. Emerging
from the rubble in the church is Drusilla, now fully vamped out and strong
enough to carry the injured Spike to safety. She's back, and she's bad.
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Eppisode 11:
Ted
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Buffy's
mom Joyce's new beau, Ted seems too good to be true. He cooks and he's a
computer specialist -- making him an instant hit with both Xander and
Willow. At school, Giles awkwardly chats with Jenny Calendar, but she says
his concern about her well-being (since she's recovered from being a
demon) is getting on her nerves. Ted continues to charm the gang, until he
talks to Buffy alone at the mini-golf course and reveals a decidedly dark
side. Buffy puts on her Angela Lansbury hat and checks out Ted's place of
business. She finds out from a co-worker that he's engaged. She asks Joyce
and Ted at dinner if this is true, and Ted denies it -- but he's certainly
hoping to ask Joyce to marry him if all goes well. Buffy leaves and
returns through her window as usual, only to find Ted snooping through her
things. He sees her slayer journal, and threatens to show it to Joyce if
Buffy doesn't toe the line. She talks back to him, and he pummels her. A
fight ensues and one of her blows knocks him down the steps -- killing
him.Buffy goes to school in a daze -- she's never killed someone who
wasn't already undead. Knowing Buffy wouldn't have tangled with someone
just because he was dating her mom, Xander, Willow and Cordelia try to
figure out what Ted was up to. Xander's extremely concerned, but suddenly
says, "Don't sweat it." This is a big, honking clue to Willow,
and she realizes what's caused Xander's change of attitude -- he's eating
one of Ted's homebaked cookies. Analyzation shows the cookies contain a
tranquilizer. Then Cordelia investigates further and finds out Ted has had
four wives. Meanwhile, at the cemetery, Jenny apologizes to Giles for
being short with him, but their warm fuzzy moment is interrupted by a
vampire who attacks Giles. Jenny tries to shoot the demon with Giles'
crossbow, but hits Giles by accident. Giles removes the bow and kills the
demon. Buffy discovers the dead Ted in her room, looking remarkably
healthy. She stabs him with a nail file and discovers he's a robot. Xander,
Willow and Cordelia continue their sleuthing and stumble upon what's left
of Ted's ex-wives in his closet. Back at the Buffy's, Ted approaches
Joyce, who is freaked to see him, then glad to see him, then completely
wigged when he starts short-circuiting and revealing his intent to
dominate her. Buffy whacks him with a frying pan, exposing his robot face
and killing him (although on this show you never know...). At school, it's
just another ordinary post-slaying day at Sunnydale, until the gang
discover Giles and Jenny making out.
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Eppisode 12:
Bad Eggs
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Buffy
runs into a cowboy vampire at the mall, then returns to her mom Joyce, who
is becoming increasingly annoyed about her daughter's lack of
responsibility. The next day at school in health class, the students are
asked to take care of an egg as if it were a baby, to teach them how much
responsibility it takes to be a parent. Giles warns Buffy about the vamp
she ran into -- he and his brother, the Gorches, are cowboy vampires, but
he's not sure why they've been drawn to Sunnydale at this time. But
Buffy's head is not into slaying or egg-raising these days -- she's ever
more into the dreamy Angel, and her nights at the cemetery have become
nothing more than make-out sessions with her undead man. When Buffy
returns from her non-productive investigation of the Gorches, she finds
her egg baby shaking -- she's wigged. A gross scorpion-like slimy creature
bursts from it and attacks her, but she manages to stab it to death. She
calls Willow to let her know what's happened, but Willow says her own egg
baby is fine, and there's nothing to worry about. But we see that Willow
is lying, because her own egg is indeed broken apart, and she has a
spaced-out look on her face. When Joyce enters Buffy's room and finds her
fully dressed, she thinks she's getting ready to sneak out and grounds
her.The next day at school, Willow gathers the gang for a monster autopsy.
But she and Cordelia, whose egg has also spawned a creature, wind up
decking Buffy and Xander and dragging them into a broom closet. Then,
Willow, Cordy and a bunch of other students and teachers head zombie-like
to the basement with shovels and axes. Even Joyce winds up getting
possessed, when she comes to school to fetch her grounded daughter and
instead finds a spaced-out Giles, who throws one of the creatures onto
her.When Buffy and Xander come to, they find a book which explains what's
going on. There is a creature in the basement called a bazor, whose
offspring attach themselves to human hosts and take control of their motor
functions. They follow a possessed student to the basement and discover
Willow, Cordy, Giles, Joyce, and a bunch of others harvesting eggs from a
gigantic slimy parasite. As Buffy looks for a weapon big enough to toast
this mama bazor, the Gorch brothers show up. One of the bazor's tentacles
drags Buffy under the floor, and suddenly all the babies fall off of their
human hosts, who then fall to the ground. Somehow Buffy emerges victorious
and the Gorches know they've met their match. The newly-unzombied Giles
stumbles for an explanation for what's happened to everyone, and tells the
student body there'd been a gas leak. Once Joyce gets her bearing, Buffy
is more grounded than ever. She's not allowed to leave her room, but that
doesn't stop her from making out with Angel, who she kisses from her
window as he is perched outside.
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Eppisode 13:
Surprise
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Buffy's
nightmare about Drusilla killing Angel gives her a major wiggins. She
tells Angel about it, afraid that Drusilla might still be alive, but he
thinks there's nothing to worry about. They kiss a lot. That morning at
school, Buffy is all swoony about Angel, and Willow encourages her to move
their relationship to the next level. Willow works up the nerve to talk to
Oz, the guitar-playing cybernerd who's been mooning over her, and he asks
her out for the following night -- where he'll be her date for Buffy's
surprise 17th birthday bash. When Buffy tells Giles and Jenny Calendar
about her dream, Giles says it's possible that Drusilla is alive, and to
be on alert. Sure enough, we see Spike and Dru at the factory. Spike is
scarred and in a wheelchair but as evil as ever. Dru is planning a party,
too, but it's a safe bet there'll be no chips and dip at this one.A
strange man approaches Jenny in class -- it is her uncle, and we discover
she is actually a gypsy whose entire family was killed by Angel when he
was the superevil Angelus. The uncle says it's not fair for Angel to have
any happiness, so it's Jenny's duty to keep Buffy away from him. Jenny
offers to take Buffy to meet Giles off campus, and they discover some
vamps making trouble -- one of whom is the transcriber who once worked for
Spike. As Buffy and one of the vamps scuffle, they go flying through the
window of the Bronze where the surprise party awaits. Newcomer Oz is
startled to see Buffy slay one of them, and now he's officially part of
the gang. They open the box the vamps were carrying, and it contains an
arm which reaches out and chokes Buffy. Angel explains there was a
creature called The Judge who destroyed everyone who was righteous. He was
finally dismembered by an army, but his parts still exist, and
reassembling him would bring on armaggedon. Angel says he must take that
arm to the other side of the world, and must leave by boat immediately.
Buffy joins him at the dock to say goodbye, and he gives her a claddagh
ring as a token of his love. As they say goodbye, the vamps are back and
the arm is stolen.Dru's party is in full swing, and The Judge is the main
attraction. His first conquest is the transcriber, who he ignites with
just a touch. When Buffy and Angel go to the factory to see if they can
find any more parts, they see it's too late, and The Judge spots them.
They escape to Angel's pad, where he finally tells her he loves her. They
make love and go to sleep. An undressed Angel awakens with a start and
runs outside, suddenly fully dressed in black, and collapses. He calls
Buffy's name but she stays asleep
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Eppisode 14:
Innocence
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Buffy
awakens to find Angel gone. Angel is in the street, still calling her
name. A woman stops to see if he's in trouble, and he slays her. He's
Angelus again. Meanwhile, the gang at school, who pulled an all-nighter
trying to track down The Judge's parts, are worried about Buffy. She shows
up and tells them what they just figured out -- The Judge is already
assembled. Angel returns to the factory, and The Judge can't kill him,
which confirms that he's pure evil once again.Xander and Cordelia's secret
smooching is witnessed by Willow, who's completely crushed. Buffy finally
finds Angel in his apartment, but he's distant, snotty and generally
obnoxious. She is devastated. Jenny's uncle says that if Angel experiences
one moment of true happiness, his soul will be taken and Angelus will
return. This freaks out Jenny, who realizes that many people will die. As
Willow and Xander try to make up, Angel appears at school and asks Willow
to approach him. Jenny shows up with a cross and Angel grabs Willow,
trying to bite her. Buffy enters and he kisses her, then shoves her and
leaves. Giles says some event must have triggered this transformation, but
Buffy won't say, leaving Willow to figure out that they must have made
love. Buffy goes home and sobs. She dreams of her special night with
Angel, then of a funeral where Jenny is in black. She busts into Jenny's
class, demanding to know what she knows. Jenny admits she's a watcher sent
to keep Angel from happiness, so he'd pay for what he did. Buffy tells her
to restore his curse to make him human again. Xander decides that even
though no forged weapon could kill The Judge, that was way before today's
technology, so he sneaks in an army base (using what he learned when he
became a soldier on Halloween). Buffy, Giles and Jenny discover her
uncle's body-- Angel killed him. The Judge, who was weak from all those
years of not killing, is finally ready to take over the world. The gang
wonders where he'll find the crowds he wants, since the Bronze is closed,
and Oz suggests the movies at the mall. The Judge is there, preparing to
vaporize everyone. Wielding the biggest, baddest gun imaginable, Buffy
shoots The Judge. He's toast -- well, at least dismembered again -- and
the crowd is saved. But Angel still wants to kill Buffy. She doesn't have
the heart to slay him, but gives him a wicked kick in the groin, which
knocks him to the floor. Giles warns Buffy that Angel is sure to keep
pursuing her in his new evil incarnation, but he doesn't scold her for
what happened. She and her mom have a belated birthday celebration, but
Buffy doesn't even want to make a wish on her candle, and just forlonly
puts her head on her mom's shoulder and watches a romantic old movie.
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Eppisode 15:
Phases
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Willow
meets up with Oz in front of one of the school's trophy cases. He has been
checking out the moving eyes in one of the cheerleading statues, the same
one in which Amy's mother, the witch, is trapped. They discuss their date
the previous night, before Willow spots Buffy and walks outside with her.
Willow is worried because Oz hasn't tried to kiss her yet, although she is
happy that he is being so nice and respectful. Later that night, Xander
and Cordelia make out in her car, which is parked in the woods. Without
warning, the hairy arm of a werewolf breaks through the roof of the car.
Cordy throws the car in reverse then brakes, sending the werewolf tumbling
off of the car. They then drive out as fast as they can. The next morning,
Xander tells Giles that they encountered a werewolf. Giles is quite
excited, for he has never personally dealt with a werewolf case before. In
gym, the class is studying self-defense. Xander's latent jealousy of Oz's
relationship with Willow is becoming more and more obvious. Buffy tries to
pretend she's a normal girl, but when Larry grabs her behind during a
throw session, Buffy flips him over her shoulder and onto the mat. Back at
the library, Giles has learned that a werewolf goes on the prowl on the
night of the full moon and the two nights surrounding it, making that a
total of three nights in every month.Later that night, one of Buffy's
classmates, Theresa, is walking home alone when she bumps in Angel, who
offers to walk her home. Meanwhile, Buffy and Giles investigate Lover's
Lane in the woods, hoping to find the werewolf and bring it back alive,
for it is still a human twenty-eight days out of the month. Buffy gets
trapped in a net that lifts her to the top of the trees. As she calls for
help from Giles, a poacher named Cain appears with a shotgun. After
realizing that his catch is not a werewolf, he cuts the net down, and
Giles helps Buffy out. Cain explains that he hunts werewolves to make
money. He then asks them if they know where else the teenagers might hang
out, since werewolves are attracted to sexual heat. Buffy feigns
ignorance, so Cain leaves and goes off on his own. Buffy and Giles then
drive towards the Bronze, which fits Cain's description perfectly. As they
arrive there, dozens of frightened teens evacuate the Bronze, for the
werewolf has already arrived. Buffy runs inside by herself and pulls a
chain out of her backpack. She tries to tie up the werewolf, but it breaks
free of the chain and escapes. While Buffy and Giles deal with Cain, who
is upset that she tried to capture it instead of kill it, the werewolf
wanders down the alleys when it discovers Theresa's body. There are two
bite marks on its neck, and all the blood has been drained from its body.
The werewolf looks up and sees Angel. The two growl at each other, but do
not attack. Angel eventually backs off and disappears.Early next morning
before sunrise, Buffy and Giles hear on the radio that Theresa was found
dead, and her murder may be linked to the werewolf. They now have only
night left before the werewolf goes into remission for the remainder of
the month. As the sun rises, the werewolf slowly transforms back to human
form while it is sleeping. Once all the hair fades away to reveal flesh,
we see that the werewolf is Oz. After waking up and realizing that he is
naked in the woods, Oz suspects that he may be the werewolf. He goes home
and calls his aunt. Oz asks her about his cousin Jordy, who bit him
recently. Apparently, his aunt knows that Jordy is a werewolf, and since
he bit Oz, the curse has been passed along. Oz goes to school that day in
a daze, and he is horrified to learn that he may have killed Theresa the
previous night. Xander suspects that Larry may be the werewolf, so he
leaves to question him in the locker room. Willow invites Oz to help her
do some research later that night, but Oz refuses and runs off, leaving
Willow upset over his apparent change of heart. In the locker room, Xander
confronts Larry in the locker room. Xander tells him that he knows the
secret that Larry has been hiding, only to find out that Larry's secret is
his homosexuality. Misunderstanding Xander's words, Larry now believes
that Xander is also gay, but assures him that their secret is safe between
them. Feeling relieved and better about himself, Larry thanks Xander and
walks off.Realizing that the police reports never mentioned anything about
Theresa being mauled, Buffy and Xander visit the funeral home and inspect
Theresa's body. Sure enough, they find two bite marks on her neck,
signifying death by vampire. While Buffy signs the guestbook, Theresa
suddenly gets up behind her, only now her face is that of a vampire. In
the middle of their fight, Theresa throws Buffy off guard by saying that
Angel sent her. Luckily, Xander is able to stake her through the back
before she can take advantage of Buffy's disoriented state. After being
helped up, Buffy embraces Xander for a short while, expressing her fear of
Angel's relentlessness. She then realizes her position, gathers herself
together, and leaves, with Xander following behind. Elsewhere, Oz knows
that he must not be able to leave the house that night, so brings out a
box of chains and shackles. Before he can lock himself up, Willow knocks
on the door. She is obviously upset by his decision to stay home and do
nothing by himself instead of spending the time with her. Oz tries to warn
her of the danger, but it is too late, for his transformation has already
begun. Willow screams and runs out of the house, while the werewolf chases
her down the block and into the woods. Before he can attack Willow, a
different scent catches the werewolf's nose, so he leaves Willow alone.
She runs off to the library, where Giles is loading up a tranquilizer gun.
Willow tells Giles and Buffy that Oz is the werewolf, so they rush out to
the woods. Buffy kicks the shotgun out of Cain's hand just before he pulls
the trigger. After knockin Cain down, Buffy fights the werewolf, which
prevents Giles from getting a clean shot. Buffy is then knocked into Giles
and Willow. As the werewolf charges them, Willow grabs the tranquilizer
gun and shoots him, causing him to stumble back and collapse. As Cain gets
up, Buffy bends his gun with her bare hands, then orders him to leave.The
next day, Oz tells Willow that he'll be fine, as long as he locks himself
up around the full moon every month. To his surprise, Willow is still
interested in continuing their relationship. As she leaves, Willow kisses
Oz for the first time.
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Eppisode 16:
Bewitched, Bothered and
Bewilderd
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The
night before Valentine's Day, Xander shows Buffy his V-Day gift for Cordy:
a necklace with a heart-shaped pendant. After cracking a few jokes, Buffy
assures Xander that Cordy will love his gift. She then slays a vampire
which rises from its grave, and they continue on with their
conversation.The next morning, Harmony and her friends are shunning Cordy
from their discussion groups. They mock Cordy for dating Xander, whom they
perceive to be one of the biggest losers in Sunnydale. Elsewhere, Amy asks
Willow and Buffy if they plan on attending the V-Day party at the Bronze
later that night. Willow is going to see Oz play in the band, while Buffy
plans on staying home. As everyone leaves and hands in their assignment,
Xander notices that Amy does not have a paper to turn in. To his surprise,
he watches as Amy stares at Miss Beakman, the teacher. Miss Beakman then
reaches out her hand, as if she is taking Amy's paper which doesn't even
exist. Amy then turns and leaves. Xander catches up with Buffy and Willow,
telling them that he suspects Amy of messing around with witchcraft. Buffy
and Willow remind him that it was Amy's mother, Catherine, who was the
witch, and that Amy would never fool around with it. Giles spots Buffy and
approaches her. Jenny Calendar sees them and walks over, but Giles brushes
her off, saying that he and Buffy are busy at the moment. In the library,
Giles warns Buffy that Angel has a long past of committing horrid acts on
Valentine's Day. He refuses to tell Buffy any specifics, however, but he
does suggest that she be careful. Meanwhile, in the factory, Spike and
Angel give Drusilla their V-Day gifts. Spike gives her a necklace, while
Angel gives her a freshly torn-out heart.That night, Buffy receives a box
of roses, which were left at her doorstep. Buffy opens the box and finds a
card with only one word written on it: "Soon". At the Bronze,
Xander sees Cordy and walks over to give her his gift. After admiring the
necklace for a moment, Cordy breaks up with him. Xander is righteously
furious, and it only gets worse for him the next day, as everyone in
school seems to know that they broke up. Xander then notices Amy walking
around, so he runs over and tells her that he knows she's practicing
witchcraft. With the upper hand, Xander strikes a deal with Amy: help him
cast a love spell on Cordy, and nobody will have to know that she's a
witch. After arguing the idea for a while, Amy concedes and tells Xander
that she needs a personal item of Cordelia's. Xander finds Cordy near her
locker and demands that she return the necklace he gave her. Cordy says
it's in her locker, but when she opens it, she hides behind the locker
door so she can remove the necklace from her neck without Xander seeing.
Meanwhile, Buffy walks into the library and shows Giles the
"Soon" card. Buffy demands that Giles tell her everything she
needs to know about Angel and Valentine's Day, so Giles sits her down and
proceeds to read various anecdotes from his books.In a darkened room, Amy
and Xander perform the spell that should cause Cordy to fall in love with
him. However, Xander soon finds out that the spell had no effect on Cordy.
He walks into the library where Buffy is still listening to Giles read his
books. Buffy consoles Xander, then suggests that they spend some time
together that night. Buffy's suggestions get increasingly lurid, but
before they get too close, Amy walks in and tells Xander that she needs to
have a word with him. Outside in the hall, Amy tells Xander that the spell
didn't work. Xander could care less know, seeing how his dreams of Buffy
and himself are finally being fulfilled. However, Amy then suggests that
they spend some time together later that night, without the spells and
other witchcraft. Xander grows suspicious, and his fears are confirmed
when another girl approaches and asks him to accompany her that night.
Xander realizes that the spell actually worked. However, instead of
affecting Cordy, it zapped every other girl in Sunnydale. Xander goes home
to avoid everybody, only to find Willow waiting for him in his bed. Willow
wants to him to take her right there in his bed, and when things get a
little too steamy between them, Xander pushes her off and runs off.The
next day, every single girl in the school ogles Xander as he walks down
the hall. He quickly enters the library and tells Giles everything that's
going on. Before Giles can process the information, Jenny walks in and
tells Giles that they need to talk. However, her attention quickly shifts
to Xander, proving that the spell affected not only the girls, but every
single female in town. Giles gets between the two and berates Xander for
causing all this to happen. He then leaves Xander in the library, dragging
Jenny along with him. After they leave, Xander tries to barricade the
entrance to the library, but Buffy simply walks in, wearing nothing but a
raincoat. She seductively asks Xander to undress her, but he can't, for he
knows that what Buffy is doing is not out of attraction for him, but
simply a result of the spell. Just then, Amy arrives and tells Buffy to
leave. Instead, Buffy punches her to the floor. Angered, Amy gets up and
casts a spell on Buffy, turning her into the small rat. Giles and Jenny
return just then. While Xander and Giles try to catch the rat, Oz walks
into the library and punches Xander for whatever he did to depress Willow.
While Xander assures Oz that nothing happened, the rat escapes through the
partly-opened library door. Realizing that the rat is gone, Giles commands
Xander and Oz to find the rat while he tries to get Amy to reverse the
spells. Giles soon determines that Amy must have made a mistake in the
casting that caused Cordy to be protected by the spell instead of affected
by it.In the hallway, Xander notices a fight breaking out. To his horror,
he sees a mob of girls beating on Cordy. The mob is angry at Cordy for
breaking Xander's heart. Rushing in through the love-crazed girls, Xander
pulls Cordy out of the pack and runs away with her. They run outside, only
to find Willow and dozens of other girls. Willow is wielding an axe, for
she would rather see Xander dead than with Cordy. While the mobs of girls
battle each other, Xander and Cordy escape through the commotion and end
up at Buffy's house. Joyce lets them in and, after sending Cordy upstairs
to get some bandages, starts seducing Xander. Cordy is sickened by this,
so she pushes Joyce outside. Joyce punches through the door window and
struggles to unlock the door, so Xander and Cordy run upstairs and hide in
Buffy's room. Thinking they're safe, Angel suddenly arrives and pulls
Xander through the window and throws him to the ground below. Before Angel
can kill him, Drusilla arrives and protects Xander. While Angel leaves,
Dru offers immortal life to Xander. Before she can sink his teeth into his
neck, the mob of girls finally track them down. They pull Xander away from
Dru and pile up on top of Xander. Cordy runs out and pulls Xander out from
the pile before quickly running back inside. All the girls chase them into
the house. That is, everyone except Dru. Angel reminds her that she can't
get in without an invitation. Xander and Cordy run into the basement and
lock themselves in there. Meanwhile, Oz tracks the rat into the school
basement. The rat is first menaced by a cat, then approaches a mouse trap.
Upstairs, Giles and Amy perform the reversal spells. They first reverse
the spell on Buffy, causing her to transform back to her human self. She
quickly realizes that she is completely naked, so she asks Oz to find her
some clothes. While Giles and Amy work on reversing the love spell, the
mob of girls break open the basement door. Xander and Cordy run
downstairs, but there's nowhere to go. Soon, all the girls gang up on top
of them. Finally, Giles and Amy complete the reversal spell, and everybody
returns to normal. All the girls look around, completely confused as to
what's going on. Cordy makes up an excuse that they had just finished a
scavenger hunt.The next day, Buffy thanks Xander for not taking advantage
of her the previous day. It seems that everybody retained their memory of
what occurred during the run of the spell. Xander then bumps into Harmony,
who is walking with Cordy and the rest of their friends. After Harmony
mocks Xander, Cordy has had enough. She rips on Harmony and tells
everybody that she can date whoever she wants to date. Cordy then walks
over to Xander and takes his hand. Cordy is horrified by what she's just
done, but Xander comforts her, and the two of them walk off, together
again.
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Eppisode 17:
Passion
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Buffy
wakes up in the morning to discover a piece of paper sitting on her
pillow. She unfolds it to discover a sketch of her face while she was
sleeping. Buffy knows that Angel must have been in her bedroom during her
sleep. At the library, Buffy pleads to Giles that he find a spell that
would reverse the invitation into her home. Buffy and Giles then stop by
Jenny Calendar's computer class to meet Willow, who has just been assigned
by Jenny to fill in as class teacher the next day for the first few
minutes. As Buffy and Willow leave, Jenny does her best to apologize to
Giles, who insists that Buffy is the one who deserves the apology. Jenny
also gives Giles a book that she has been reading since Angel lost his
soul.That night, Buffy tells her mother during dinner that Angel has been
sort of stalking her lately. Buffy asks Joyce to never invite him into the
house. Later, Buffy talks to Willow over the phone. During their
conversation, Willow notices an envelope on her bed. She opens it and
discovers that all the fish from her aquarium have been removed and strung
along a wire, which she slowly pulls out of the envelope. Willow quickly
retreats to Buffy's house to spend the night.At the factory the next
morning, Spike grows increasingly tired of Angel's presence. Their
argument is interrupted by Drusilla, who falls onto the table in pain, for
she senses something going on that may endanger them. What she senses is
Jenny's visit to the local craft shop. Jenny purchases an Orb of Thesulah
which she needs to restore Angel's soul. The shopkeeper warns her that the
transliteration annals have been lost for many years, but Jenny tells him
that she's working on a computer program that could translate the text.The
next morning, Giles gives Jenny's book to Buffy and points out the
revoking spell that he just found. Buffy and Willow first help Cordy
perform the steps on her car. The three of them then perform the spell in
Willow's house. While there, Cordy notices a piece of paper left on
Willow's bed. Willow unfolds it, then hands it to Buffy. It is a sketch of
Joyce, asleep and completely unaware of Angel's presence. Buffy and Willow
race to her house to perform the spell. Joyce soon pulls into the
driveway, where Angel waits for her to get out of the car. Angel pleads
with Joyce to help him get Buffy back, and he eventually mentions the
night they made love. Joyce finally unlocks the front door and enters the
house. Angel tries to follow her in, but a force holds him back. He then
sees Buffy and Willow coming down the steps, and the door is promptly
slammed in front of him. Back in Jenny's classroom, Giles walks in. She
tells him that she may have some good news, so Giles invites her to stop
by his house later. Meanwhile, Drusilla visits the shopkeeper after hours
and asks him what he's been up to with Jenny Calendar.Jenny finally
completes her program. She saves the translated text on a floppy disk
which she removes from the disk drive. As she prints out the text, she
notices that Angel is sitting in the classroom. He destroys the Orb of
Thesula, her computer, and the print-out. Angel then chases Jenny through
the school halls before finally catching her in front of the second floor
window. In a single instant, Angel snaps Jenny's neck, then drops her to
the floor.Meanwhile, Giles stops by Buffy's house to pick up Jenny's book
so he can perform the revoking spell at his house. Upstairs, Joyce talks
with Buffy about her irresponsibility. When Giles gets home, he hears
opera music playing and finds a rose on his door. He enters and finds
chilled wine, glasses, and a note that simply reads "Upstairs".
He follows a path of roses up the staircase, but what he finds is
everything but romantic. Jenny's dead body lies in his bed, and Giles
drops the glasses and wine to the floor. Giles stares blankly ahead as the
coroners take Jenny's body out of the house. The cops then ask Giles to
come with them to the police station to answer a few questions. Giles asks
if he could first use the phone. As the phone rings at Buffy's house,
Angel watches from outside, through the windows. He watches Buffy's face
as she gives the phone, then slowly collapses against the wall behind her.
Willow immediately bursts into tears, and Joyce runs in to console her.
After a while of recovery, Xander and Cordy arrive to give Buffy and
Willow a lift to Giles' house. At this very moment, Giles stuffs his
weapons into a duffel bag and takes off for the factory. Buffy and the
others arrive too late, but they know where he's headed. At the factory,
Giles throws a flame bomb into the middle of the floor, setting it ablaze.
Before Angel can run, an arrow pins him against a post behind him. As he
pulls it out, Giles ignites a club in the flames and proceeds to beat
Angel repetitively with it. Finally, Angel grabs Giles by the neck and
picks him up, but Buffy arrives just in time to take over the fight. Their
battle carries on to the catwalk above, but before Buffy can finish Angel
off, he reminds her of Giles, who remains collapsed by the rapidly
spreading flames. He then throws Buffy over the rail, but she lands on her
feet and rescues Giles, thus allowing to Angel to escape once again.
Outside, Giles is furious at Buffy for interferring in his fight, but she
punches him and tells him to never leave her alone.Another day, another
morning, Giles and Buffy stand over Jenny's grave. Buffy has finally
realized that she is ready to finish Angel. In the computer classroom,
Willow takes over as substitute teacher until the new teacher can arrive.
As she arranges Jenny's desk, she unknowingly drops a disk through a crack
between the desk and a file cabinet. There the disk lies, the key to
Angel's restoration.
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Eppisode 18:
Killed by death
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The flu
has been spreading around Sunnydale High, and Buffy's one of the unlucky
souls who's got it. While on a routine patrol through the cemetery, Buffy
runs into Xander, Willow, and Cordelia. Before she can get them to go
home, Angel appears and attacks Cordy. Buffy fends him off, but the flu
has made her too weak to fight him effectively. Angel nearly bites Buffy
when the others come to her aid and thwart him back with their crosses.
After Angel leaves, Buffy collapses and lies on the ground,
unconscious.The gang brings Buffy to the emergency room of Sunnydale
General. Giles and Joyce soon arrive, and they wait for Buffy to be moved
to another room so they could see her. On the way to room, Buffy realizes
that she's going to be there awhile, so she tries to get out, screaming
that she has to kill the vampires. Dr. Wilkinson injects a tranquilizer to
calm her down. Soon, Buffy is asleep in her new room while the others wait
outside in the hall. Joyce tells everyone that Buffy has been afraid of
hospitals ever since she saw her cousin Celia die in a hospital when they
were both very young. The group goes home while Xander stays behind to
protect Buffy in case Angel shows up. That night, Buffy is still overcome
with her fever when she notices a young boy standing in her doorway. As
the boy walks away, Buffy sees a tall, demonic man following the boy. He
is dressed in black clothes and a black hat, and his fingers are long and
pointed. Buffy gets out of her bed to follow them, but she soon finds
herself in a flashback to a time when she was much younger, walking down a
similar hospital hallway. As her young self walks into a room and
approaches the bed curtains, Buffy wakes up, realizing that she was just
dreaming. She then gets out of bed and walks down the hall. She stops
outside of a door from which a body of a recently diseased girl is being
wheeled out of. Buffy eavesdrops on Dr. Wilkinson talking with another
doctor, Dr. Stanley Backer. Dr. Wilkinson is arguing about some kind of
experimental procedure that Dr. Backer has been performing on the
children. Buffy then notices two children standing before her. One of them
is the same boy she saw earlier, who tells her that Death is coming for
them, and that he can't be seen by grownups. Elsewhere, Angel walks into
the hospital, holding some flowers for Buffy. Xander blocks his path and
challenges him to a fight, but Angel simply points out Xander's apparent
jealousy of Angel for getting to Buffy first. Angel then turns around and
leaves.The next morning, Buffy's fever has gone down, and the gang pays
her a visit. Buffy tells them about the apparent demon she saw walking the
halls, the one that grownups can't see, but also notes that she may have
just been delusional from her fever. She also tells them about the girl
who died and Dr. Backer's experiments. Giles and Willow return to the
library to do some research while Xander and Cordy snoop around the
hospital for more info. They find nothing, so Xander decides to stay
behind and watch after Buffy. Cordy is upset with him for his obvious
attraction that he still holds for Buffy, but she later returns with
donuts and coffee to keep Xander company. In the meantime, Giles and
Willow concoct a theory that the kids think they're seeing Death, but
they're really seeing Dr. Backer. Willow researches his background, but
can't find much to convict him of anything. Later that night, Buffy sneaks
out of her room again. She heads for the children's ward, where Dr. Backer
is preparing to inject a sleeping girl with an unknown solution. He then
hears something, but it is too late, for an invisible force attacks the
doctor, slashing away at his body. The young boy, Ryan, wakes up and
watches in horror as Dr. Backer is slashed to death by the demon. Buffy
looks in and sees Dr. Backer being attacked, but she can't see the
attacker. His lifeless body is then thrown out of the room, and before
Buffy can reach it, she is knocked back by the unseen force. She lies
against the wall, unconscious, while Dr. Backer's body is dragged down the
hall and out of sight.The next morning, Buffy tells the gang that Backer
is no longer their suspect, then shows them a drawing that Ryan made of
the demon. Joyce arrives and tells Buffy that she's been cleared to go
home, but Buffy makes up an excuse that she's still not feeling well so
she can stay in the hospital and fight the demon. Willow stays to help
Buffy investigate Dr. Backer's office for clues as to why he was killed,
while Xander elects to stand guard at the hospital. This leaves Giles to
reluctantly work with Cordy in the library. In Dr. Backer's office, Willow
finds a log proving that Backer was innoculating the kids with the same
virus they were infected with in an attempt to raise their temperature and
burn out their fever. According the log, the process was starting to work,
so Backer really was helping the children all along. At the library, Cordy
notices that a picture on the cover of a book resembles the picture that
Ryan drew. She calls Buffy and tells them that the name of the demon is
Der Kindestod. Giles then tells Buffy that Kindestod kills its victims by
sitting on top of them and pinning them on their backs. It then sucks the
life out of them somehow. Buffy suddenly has another flashback to her
earlier years. The younger Buffy walks into the room and opens the
curtains, only to see Celia screaming with her hands in front of her, as
if she is trying to push some invisible object off of her. Buffy realizes
that her cousin Celia was killed by Kindestod. After hanging up the phone,
Buffy realizes that the only time she was able to see the Kindestod was
when she was still under the effects of her fever. Willow and Buffy sneak
into Backer's office again. Buffy opens the refrigerator and removes a
test tube that contains the same virus strain that Backer was using in his
experiments. Willow dilutes it with water before Buffy drinks it. Sick
again, Buffy stumbles to the children's ward with Willow's help. However,
all the children are no longer in their room. Buffy then sees Kindestod
walking around inside the room, then entering a door labelled
"Basement Access". The door is locked, so Buffy needs to find
another way to the basement. Dr. Wilkinson walks into the hallway and
tries to get Buffy back to her room, but Buffy pushes her away, and she
and Willow run for it. Two security guards stop them, but Willow throws an
imaginary fit to divert the guards while Buffy slips by. She finds Xander,
and the two of them head down to the basement. They find Ryan pinned to
the floor by Kindestod, while the rest of the children sit together
screaming. Buffy fights Kindestod while Xander moves the others to safety.
Before Kindestod can drain Buffy of her life force, she grabs his head
with both hands and snaps his neck, killing him instantly.The next
morning, Buffy is back in the comfort of her own bedroom. Xander and
Willow are also there, keeping her company while she recovers from her
fever again. Joyce brings Buffy a letter that just arrived in the mail.
It's from Ryan, and Buffy opens it to find a drawing of Buffy standing
victoriously over the body of Kindestod, it's neck cracked open and blood
spurting out.
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Eppisode 19:
I only have eyes for you
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A night
at the Bronze does nothing to improve the Slayer's morale, as Willow
notices when she sees Buffy reject a guy. Willow tries to help her friend
out, but Buffy opts to stop by the school and see if Giles has any work
for her to do. Unbeknownst to her, a boy is fighting with a girl in the
school hallway. He holds up a gun, and the girl tries to leave the scene.
The boy then shouts, "Don't walk away from me, bitch!" Buffy
arrives at the school just in time to stop the boy from shooting the girl.
Buffy knocks the gun out of his hand, and the boy soon returns to his
senses. While he and the girl try to figure out what just happened, the
school janitor points out that the gun is nowhere to be seen.The next
morning, Principal Snyder calls Buffy to his office to let her know that
he'll be keeping an eye on her. After he leaves the office for a minute, a
book mysteriously falls out of the bookshelf. Buffy picks it up, noticing
that it's a yearbook from the Sunnydale Class of '55. Meanwhile, Giles
stops by the computer classroom, where Willow is still serving as the
substitute teacher. She tells Giles about some of the files and pagan
websites she found on the computer, then gives him a rose quartz that once
belonged to Jenny. Elsewhere, Buffy has a dream in one of her classes that
she's in the year 1955. She watches on as one of the students approaches
the teacher. They start to hold hands when someone else interrupts them.
Just then, Buffy wakes up from her dream and notices the teacher writing
"Don't walk away from me, bitch" on the chalkboard. He doesn't
even notice it until the students start laughing. In the hallway, Buffy
tells Xander what happened. When they reach his locker, a rotted arm
reaches out of it and grabs Xander, trying to pull him in. Buffy helps him
loose, and the creature disappears. When Giles finds out about this, he
deduces that this is some form of paranormal activity.Later that night,
one of the teachers, Ms. Frank, passes by George the janitor on her way
home. Suddenly, they begin to reenact the same conversation that the boy
and girl held the night before. While this goes on, Giles is working in
his office when he hears a female voice call to him. He believes that it
is Jenny's voice. When he walks out to investigate, he sees George and Ms.
Frank outside. Before Giles can do anything, the gun goes off, sending Ms.
Frank over the edge and onto the steps below. George tries to flee the
scene, but Giles tackles him. After the gun is knocked out of George's
hands, it suddenly vanishes into thin air. George has no idea what just
happened, so Giles fills him in.The next day, Giles tells the others that
he believes the ghost is Jenny. They don't see how the pieces fit, but
Giles remains set in his belief. In the computer classroom, Willow looks
up any previous shooting victims in the school. She finds a record from
1955, when a student shot his teacher, then himself. Buffy recognizes the
faces from her dream, so she grabs a 1955 yearbook and looks them up. The
boy was James Stanley, and his teacher was Grace Newman. Buffy determines
that they were having an affair. However, Buffy feels no remorse for
James's fate, for she feels he deserved whatever punishment there was
after shooting Grace. In the cafeteria, Cordy complains about the upcoming
Sadie Hawkins dance when another paranormal event occurs. This time, all
of the food transforms into snakes, sending the entire school population
into panic. One of the snake bites Cordy's cheek before she swats it away.
After they evacuate the school, a team is sent in to clean out the snakes.
Principal Snyder talks with his friend on the police force, Bob. Snyder
knows that they're on a Hellmouth, but Bob demands Snyder to control the
situation, otherwise the mayor would have to get involved. That night,
Willow sets up a plan to exorcise the spirit from the school. To do so,
Buffy, Xander, Cordelia, and herself need to chant from different
locations in the school at midnight, forming what is called a Mangus
Tripod. Buffy elects to take the center position, since that is where the
most danger would likely occur. After they split up in the school, Willow
runs into Giles by the library. He is trying to contact Jenny's spirit, so
Willow leaves him alone. As midnight approaches, Buffy sees a vision of
James dancing with Grace in the band room. Cordelia inspects her wound in
the bathroom mirror, then watches in horror as the whole side of her face
turns red and swollen. Willow is suddenly pulled into the floor by an arm,
but she is saved by Giles. Buffy watches as James's face is replaced by a
rotted skull, which tells her to get out. T he clock finally strikes
twelve, so the group does the chant simultaneously. However, it doen't
work like it's supposed to. A swarm of wasps invades the hallways, and
everybody makes a mad dash for the exit. They run to the street, then turn
around to witness the swarm surround the entire school.At Buffy's house,
Giles deduces that it is James spirit which is haunting Sunnydale High. He
is apparently trying to seek forgiveness from Grace, but that can never
happen since she dies before she can possibly forgive him. So, he is
doomed to repeat this scenario over and over again. While they try to
figure out a solution, Buffy hears a male voice call to her. Without
telling the others, she sneaks off to the school. The wasps part to allow
her access, and she walks right in. Inside, Buffy meets Angel, who has
come to finish things off. However, James spirit possesses Buffy, and she
begins to act out the scenario. Confused for a moment, Angel approaches
and is suddenly possessed by Grace's spirit. It all plays out the same
way, only this time, Grace (in Angel's body) gets up after being shot and
falling onto the steps below. In the band room, James (in Buffy's body)
prepares to shoot himself, when Grace stops him. She forgives him, and
they share one last kiss before their souls finally cross over, leaving
Buffy and Angel in an embrace, kissing like they once did in the past.
When Angel realizes what he is doing, he pushes her off and escapes.Back
at the Summers home, Buffy realizes that James never meant to shoot Grace.
Apparently, Buffy and James had more in common than she realized, for they
were both tormented by guilt. Meanwhile, at their new home in an abandoned
garden, Angel tries to cleanse himself from the vile kiss he shared with
his enemy. He takes Dru out with him to find some blood, leaving Spike
alone. After they leave, Spike rises from his wheelchair and kicks it on
its side, knowing that the time for his comeback is nearer than anyone
else thinks.
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Eppisode 20:
Go fish
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The
beach is the site for the victory party of the Sunnydale High swim team,
and everyone's celebrating except Buffy. One of the team members, Cameron,
approaches the lonely Slayer and keeps her company. Another team member,
Dodd, mocks Jonathan in front of everybody, so Buffy steps in to stop the
foolishness. Dodd and fellow member Gage then leave the party and walk
along the shore. Suddenly, Dodd disappears without Gage even noticing. He
smells a strong odor coming from somewhere, so he decides to return to the
party. He doesn't hear Dodd quietly scream in agony, nor does he notice
the scaly creature walking away from Dodd's remains.The next morning,
Principal Snyder stops by the computer classroom to talk to Willow about
one of her students, Gage. He is currently getting an "F" in the
class, and Snyder encourages her to work his grade into a passing one.
Meanwhile, Cameron gives a Buffy a ride to school, then tries to put the
moves on her. She retaliates by busting his nose on the steering wheel.
Principal Snyder sees this and calls the two of them to Nurse Greenliegh's
office. The swim team coach, Marin, meets them there, and they discuss
their chances for winning the state title. In the library, Buffy learns
that Dodd's insides were eaten from some mysterious creature, leaving only
his skin behind. Hours later, Xander takes a study break and heads to the
vending machine. He bumps into Cameron, who is on his way to the
cafeteria. Cam notices a foul smell when he enters the cafeteria, and a
horrific scream follows soon after. Xander follows the sound, but he's too
late, for all that remains of Cameron is his skin on the cafeteria floor.
Xander then turns around and encounters the scaly creature that most
likely killed Cameron.Later, Xander explains to Giles and Cordy that the
creature got away before he could get a good look at it. Without Cameron
gone, Giles determines the pattern of the killing is connected to the swim
team ranks. Dodd and Cameron were the first and second best swimmers on
the team, respectively. Since Gage is the third best, he would most likely
be the creature's next target. Buffy decides to keep an eye on Gage, while
Willow interrogates Jonathan, who has tried out for the team several times
but never made it on. All Willow learns is that Jonathan peed in the pool.
Later that night, Gage confronts Buffy about her spying on him. She tries
to come up with a good excuse, then simply tells Gage what's really going
on. He doesn't buy it, so he turns and walks out. Outside, he meets Angel,
who promptly sinks his teeth into Gage's neck, hoping to turn him into a
demon. Buffy arrives on the scene just in time to witness Angel suddenly
withdrawing his fangs from Gage's neck and spitting the blood out. He
tosses Gage's weakened body at Buffy and makes his escape, all the while
spitting out the blood in disgust. Gage believes Buffy now, so he asks her
to walk him home.At swim practice the next day, Buffy tells Willow and
Cordy about Angel's distaste for Gage's blood. She believes that Gage may
have been taking steroids, which might have turned Angel off. Willow then
considers the possibility that the steroids might be what's attracting the
creature. They then find out that Xander has joined the swim team. The
position was open due to the recent deaths, so Xander took it as an
opportunity to spy on Gage when Buffy couldn't. After spending some time
in the steam room, Xander gets dressed and meets Buffy outside of the
locker room, telling her that Gage is still inside. She soon hears Gage
screaming and runs inside, where she sees the creature standing in front
of Gage. She gets between the two of them, but something's wrong with
Gage. To her horror, Buffy watches as Gage tears away his own skin in
agony before emerging as the same type of creature standing behind her.
Gage's former skin drops to the floor, and he quickly attacks Buffy. The
two of them are too much for Buffy, and when her guard drops, one of them
bite into her arm. Coach Marin arrives to pull Buffy out of danger, and
the two creatures escape through a hole in the floor. Buffy and Giles
question Coach Marin, but he denies any knowledge of substance abuse in
his team. They can't figure out what's going on, so Buffy assigns Xander
to learn more about the team's drug use while she and Willow talk to Nurse
Greenliegh. However, Nurse Greenliegh is already being led to her doom by
Coach Marin, who won't listen to her pleas to stop the experiments. He
drops her into the sewer below, where the fish creatures quickly feed on
her.In the steam room, Xander learns from one of the other members that
the steroids are in the steam itself. This means that Xander has been
exposed to the same substance that transformed Dodd, Cameron, and Gage. He
tells the others that he's already been in the steam room three times, so
Buffy talks to Coach Marin. Eventually, he tells her about Russian
experiments with fish DNA on their Olympic swimmers. He then draws a gun
and orders Buffy to drop into the sewer so his boys could satisfy their
"other needs". After dropping down, Buffy sees the chewed-up
remains of Nurse Greenliegh floating in the murky water. Upstairs by the
pool, Cordy mistakes a newly-emerged fish creature for Xander. She
expresses her sorrow for his fate, but Xander shows up again, just in time
to save her from the creature's attack. They return to the library, where
Giles has locked up the remaining members of the swim team. Xander then
goes to see Coach Marin, and they engage in a struggle over the gun. Down
below, Buffy fends off the creatures until they finally surround her from
all angles. Xander knocks Coach Marin down and extends his arm through the
hole for Buffy. She leaps up, grabs Xander's hand, and is pulled to
safety. Coach Marin gets up for one last strike, but Buffy is ready this
time. She sweeps him off his feet, sending Marin into the sewer with his
swimmers. They converge on him, leaving Coach Marin with nothing to do but
scream. Later, Xander tells the others that he has to get a blood
transfusion along with the rest of the team, hoping that will prevent them
from changing. As they speak, the fish creatures swim out into the ocean,
against the current.
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Eppisode 21:
Becomming (part 1)
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Galway,
1753 -- On his last day as a mortal human, the man who will become Angelus
encounters a beautiful, blonde woman on the streets at night. Her name is
Darla, and she seduces him closer to her. She sinks her fangs into his
neck, then uses her nails to make an incision on her chest, just above her
breasts. Immediately, Darla pulls the man's mouth onto her bleeding cut,
turning the man into a demon of the night.Sunnydale, Present -- Angel
watches Buffy from afar as she battles a pair of vampires. She orders one
of them to take a message to Angel, saying that she's taking the
offensive. The vampire doesn't comply, so Buffy finishes him off. The next
day, Giles pays a visit to the museum, where a newly-discovered stone
artifact has been discovered. It is a few feet taller than Giles, and it
contains some form of text on the side. Giles asks the man in charge, Doug
Perren, if they attempted to open it yet, but Doug didn't notice the crack
running down the side of the stone until Giles pointed it out. Giles then
asks Doug to refrain from opening it until he can decipher the text. At
school, Buffy declares to her friends for the umpteenth time that she's
ready to face Angel, despite the fact that final exams are approaching.
Willow offers to tutor Buffy in chemistry during one of their free
periods.London, 1860 -- Before she became a demon, Drusilla was a young
Catholic woman who only wanted to follow the right path in life. She
enters a church and steps into the confessional booth, failing to notice
one of the priest's arms reaching out in desperation before being pulled
back in. Drusilla does not realize that Angelus has just murdered the
priest and is now acting in his place behind the confessional screen.
After Drusilla tells him of her problem with her visions of the future,
Angelus torments her by claiming that she is a child of the devil.
Drusilla does not want this to be true, and pleads for help. Finally,
Angelus lets her go with a request for Hail Mary's and an act of
contrition.Sunnydale, Present -- Drusilla, Spike, and Angelus read about
the museum's new artifact in the newspaper. Angelus knows what it is
immediately. Back in Sunnydale High, Buffy hopelessly tries to solve a
chemistry problem when she accidentally drops her pencil. It rolls off
into the desk and falls on the floor, right next to Ms. Calendar's disk
which has remained their ever since the night of her murder. Buffy pulls
the disk out and hands it to Willow, and pops it into the disk drive to
check out its contents. What they find is Jenny's final project: the curse
for the restoration of Angel's soul. Meanwhile, Dru, Angel, and several
other vamps go to the museum to retrieve the stone, killing Doug Perren in
the process.Rumanian Woods, 1898 -- The dead body of a gypsy girl lays
stretched out on the ground next to a fire, while an elder gypsy woman
chants the curse of restoration. Glowing beneath her is an Orb of Thesulah.
While she chants the curse, Angelus flees through the woods, trying to
escape the scene of the crime, for he is the one responsible for the
girl's death. The elder woman completes the curse, and Angelus is stopped
in his tracks. He falls to his knees, and his eyes glow as his soul
returns to his body for the first time in over a century. A gypsy man
steps out of the woods and explains to Angel that he is being punished for
the countless murders he has committed.Sunnydale, Present -- Buffy and
Willow show Giles a printout of the restoration curse. Giles claims that
the curse would require a great knowledge of the black arts, and Willow
feels that she's up to the challenge. While everyone talks of Angel's
salvation, only Xander is upset, for he feels that Angel must pay for his
murders with his life. Xander gets into an argument with Giles over
Jenny's last wish before telling Buffy that she's willing to forget all
about the murders in order to get her beloved Angel back. Elsewhere, Angel
tells Spike the story of a demon named Acathla. This demon possesses the
power to literally swallow the Earth into Hell, but he was stopped by a
knight centuries ago. His body turned to stone with the sword still
embedded in it, then was concealed in the stone tomb and buried deep
beneath the ground. With that, two vampires open the tomb, revealing the
body of Acathla inside. Only someone worthy can remove the sword from
Acathla's body, freeing him to reign terror on the world. Later that
night, Buffy finds the claddagh ring that Angel gave to her before he lost
his soul. She goes outside for a walk and encounters Kendra, who has
returned to take care of another dark force in Sunnydale. At the library,
Kendra shows them a valuable weapon that she brought with her. It is a
sword that was blessed by the same knight who stopped Acathla. If Angel
succeeds in reviving the demon, it may be their only chance to stop it.
Buffy asks Willow to perform the curse as soon as possible, but they need
an Orb of Thesulah first. Luckily, Giles already has one in his
office.Manhattan, 1996 -- Angel stumbles through the streets of Manhattan,
living like a bum ever since he regained his soul. He is approached by
another demon named Whistler who say's he too is on the good side.
Whistler offers Angel a chance to pick himself up from this foul life and
become someone important in the world. But first, Angel has to see
something before he can make his decision.Los Angeles, 1996 -- A car with
windows painted black parks outside of Hemery High, and Angel rolls the
window down just enough to see what he came there for: the Chosen One. He
observes Buffy's first meeting with a Watcher, then follows her to the
cemetery where she first learns the truth about vampires and her destiny
in life. Angel also follows Buffy to her home, where her mother is upset
because Buffy got home late. Buffy goes to the bathroom and listens to her
parents arguing with each other. Having seen enough, Angel asks Whistler
to help him to a better life, teach him to become somebody.Sunnydale,
Present -- A human sacrifice is brought before Angelus, who promptly feeds
on his blood, making sure to spread some on the palm of his right hand.
Angelus then approaches the body of Acathla, reciting the incantations for
the ritual of his revival. Angelus grabs the sword and pulls it with all
his might, but he fails. Spike is amused at Angelus's failure, and Dru is
very upset. Angelus then swears that they will turn to an old friend, and
then succeed.The next day, Buffy and the others take one of their final
exams, unaware that a concealed vampire is walking down the hallway toward
their classroom. The vampire steps into the room, and smoke begins to rise
from her body as the rays of sunlight hit it. She warns Buffy that more
will die if she does not meet Angel that night. As she finishes the
message, her body disintegrates. Buffy tells Willow to perform the curse,
leaving Kendra behind to stand guard. Buffy finds Angel at the cemetery,
and they begin to fight. Meanwhile, a group of vampires invades the
library during the restoration ritual. Back at the cemetery, Buffy
realizes that her fight with Angel is merely a diversionary tactic, so she
turns and runs towards the school as fast as she can. While Kendra battles
one of the vampires, another one pushes a bookshelf over, crushing Willow
underneath. Xander fights another one, but it brutally breaks his right
arm before he can shake him off. After Kendra slays a vamp, she attacks
another that has knocked out Giles. As they surround her, Cordelia escapes
from the library, while Willow lays unconscious under the bookshelf.
Drusilla then enters and takes on Kendra one-on-one. Kendra is no match
for Dru, who defends all of her attacks before hypnotizing the Slayer into
an immobile trance. Dru then slashes a cut in Kendra's neck with her
nails. Kendra falls to the ground as blood pours out of her neck. Taking
Giles with them, the vampires leave the library only moments before Buffy
bursts into the school hallways. She finally makes it to the library, but
it is too late. She runs over to Kendra's fallen body, but there's nothing
she can do. Suddenly, the police arrive to see Buffy over the body of a
dead woman. One of them aims a gun at Buffy, ordering her to freeze.
Buffy's disastrous night has just gotten worse.
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Eppisode 22:
Becomming (part 2)
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Two police officers rush into the
library. From the looks of things, they believe that Buffy has
just murdered Kendra. They take her outside, where Principal
Snyder arrives with several more cops. Before one of them can cuff
her, Buffy knocks the guy down and flees the scene. After
disguising herself in a coat and black cap, Buffy goes to the
hospital and runs into Xander, who is now wearing a cast on his
right forearm. They go to Willow's room, where she lies motionless
in a coma. Cordelia arrives, and Buffy learns that Giles was
neither with her or in the hospital. Giles has been taken to the
vampire's mansion hideout, where Angel hopes to force the
necessary info concerning the ritual out of the Watcher.
Meanwhile, Joyce learns from the police that her daughter is
suspected of murder and that she's a fugitive from the law. Buffy
goes to Giles apartment to see if he's there, but instead meets
Whistler, who has been waiting inside. He tells Buffy that Angel
was destined to stop Acathla, not revive him. However, Buffy's
relationship with Angel changed all that. Buffy leaves before
Whistler can tell her how to stop the demon. Outside, a patrolling
officer recognizes Buffy and orders her to freeze. Suddenly, Spike
arrives and beats the cop into unconsciousness. He wants Buffy's
help in stopping Angel so he can have Drusilla back the way she
used to be, in exchange for his leaving town with Dru and never
returning. After some hesitation, Buffy decides to take him back
to her house so they can plan their attack. They get there just as
Joyce is pulling into their driveway. As Buffy tries to make up an
excuse for Spike's presence, a vampire that has been spying on
them attacks. Right in front of Joyce's eyes, Buffy stakes the
vampire spy, turning him to dust. Realizing what she has to do,
Buffy confesses to her mother that she is a vampire slayer.At the
hospital, Xander pleads to Willow for her to wake up. She finally
snaps out of her coma just as Xander says that he loves her. The
first word out of her mouth is Oz's name, who arrives to greet her
back to consciousness. Meanwhile, Giles refuses to divulge the
information that Angel needs to properly perform the ritual, so
more torture ensues. Back at the Summers home, Buffy and Spike
agree to work together, but only on the conditions that Dru can
leave with Spike, and that Giles survives. After Spike leaves,
Joyce begs her daughter to explain everything that's going on.
Buffy tells her mom that there's no time to explain it all, which
furiates Joyce. Joyce doesn't want her daughter to be in charge of
saving the world, to which Buffy responds that she never wanted
the duty in the first place. Joyce tries to restrain her daughter
from leaving the house, but Buffy pushes her back against the
kitchen counter. Joyce tells Buffy to never come back should she
walk out the door, but Buffy leaves anyways.At the hospital,
Willow tells the others that she is going to try the curse again.
Buffy returns to the library to retrieve the sword that Kendra
brought. Principal Snyder finds her there and promptly expels her
due to all the trouble she's been involved in. After Buffy leaves,
Snyder calls someone to tell the Mayor that he has good news.
Meanwhile, Drusilla tricks Giles by making herself look and sound
like Jenny Calendar in his eyes. Giles says that Angel's blood is
the key to the awakening ritual. Homeless and expelled, Buffy has
only one path to follow now. She returns to Giles apartment and
asks Whistler how to use the sword. He tells her that only Angel's
blood can open and close the vortex to Hell. With one blow, both
Angelus and the demon Acathla would be sent back to Hell, and the
vortex would be closed.Xander catches up with Buffy on her way to
the mansion. She tells him to concentrate on freeing Giles and
escaping. Xander does not inform Buffy that Willow is attempting
the curse again. Inside the mansion, Angel slices his hand and
approaches the sword in Acathla's chest. Suddenly, the ritual is
interrupted by Buffy's arrival. Angel doesn't even notice Spike
rising out of his wheelchair from behind. While Spike brutally
beats Angel to the floor, Buffy takes one of the other vampires in
the room. During this battle, Xander unties Giles and gets him
safely outside. Spike doesn't get too many hits off before an
enraged Drusilla jumps into the fray, tackling Spike. While they
fight, Angel manages to get back up and run to Acathla. Just as
Buffy drives a stake through the vampire's heart, Angel grabs the
sword with his bloody hand and finally pulls it out. Swords in
hand, Buffy and Angel engage in a sword duel. Elsewhere, Willow,
Cordy, and Oz perform the curse of restoration. Suddenly, Willow
loses control of her actions and seemingly becomes possessed by
some spirit. Cordy and Oz watch in fright as Willow performs the
curse herself in perfect Latin. Spike subdues Drusilla and takes
her with him as he escapes from the mansion in his car. After the
long duel, Buffy finally backs Angel up against Acathla. Just as
she is about to deliver the final blow, Willow completes the
curse, restoring Angel's soul to his body. Buffy lowers her sword
as she realizes the change, and the two lovers are finally
reunited. However, it is too late, for Acathla is now awake. Buffy
looks over Angel's shoulder and sees Acathla's mouth creating a
vortex to Hell. Angel has no idea what is going on, so all that
Buffy can do is give her lover one last kiss before driving the
sword through his stomach, thus releasing the blood needed to
close the vortex and send the two demons back to Hell. Shocked,
Angel reaches out towards Buffy with his right hand, but nothing
can be done now. Buffy watches as the vortex closes around Angel,
leaving the dem on Acathla as nothing more than a silent statue
once again.Buffy goes home and packs up her belongings without
Joyce ever knowing she had returned. When Joyce enters the room,
she finds a farewell letter from her daughter left on the bed. At
Sunnydale High, nobody knows what happened to Buffy and Angel.
Some believe that Buffy had to kill Angel before the curse was
completed, while others believe that Angel has been restored and
they were taking time off to be alone together. Unbeknownst to
them, Buffy is standing far away by one of the trees, giving her
school and her friends one last look before hopping on a bus. The
bus heads out of Sunnydale, and Buffy faces an unknown future. |
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