Passion
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.