Season 3







Revelations

Another night at the Bronze, and Xander and Willow attempt to draw their significant others' attention away from their increasingly guilty behavior by bringing up Buffy's mysteriously distracted behavior of late. Just as they convince themselves it's a new boyfriend in Buffy's life, Buffy herself arrives, but assures them her "date" for the night is only Faith, going out to the graveyard to do some tag-team Slaying. Their performance is called sloppy by an imperious British woman who emerges from the shadows and introduces herself as Gwendolyn Post, Faith's new Watcher. At the library, Mrs. Post has two more bits of distressing news: in addition to being Faith's Watcher, the Watchers' Council also sent her to observe and report on Giles' performance as a Watcher, due to fears he has become "too American;" and a demon named Lagos is coming to Sunnydale in search of a mysterious and dangerous artifact called the Glove of Mynnegon. The next day, Buffy learns T'ai Chi from Angel, but the lesson threatens to get more intimate than planned. Buffy anxiously excuses herself, telling Angel about the hunt for Lagos. The name seems to spark some recognition in Angel. Later, a frustrated Giles takes out his frustration on Willow and Xander, whose mutual commiseration leads to another passionate kiss. They break apart guiltily when Giles tells them he's found that the Glove is hidden in the von Hauptmann family crypt. A guilty Xander offers to go to the Restfield Cemetary, site of the von Hauptmann crypt, to tell Buffy. Meanwhile, Faith and Buffy's Lagos hunt is unsuccessful, and Faith suggests that Buffy go home while she makes one last check of the nearby Shady Hill Cemetary. There Faith hits the jackpot, finding a burly demon rooting through a sarcophagus. She just gets tossed around like a rag-doll for her troubles, though, and Lagos obviously doesn't find what he's looking for and stomps off. Xander has a different kind of success, for when he goes to the Restfield Cemetary he sees Angel emerging from the von Hauptmann crypt carrying a wrapped object. Tailing the vampire back to the mansion, he sees Angel and Buffy engaged in a passionate kiss. The two break off their kiss, upset, but Angel stops Buffy from leaving by showing her that he has the Glove of Mynnegon. Meanwhile, at Giles' apartment, Mrs. Post is expressing her disdain for Giles' methods as a Watcher. Just as he insists he's in complete control of Buffy, Xander bursts through the door, and as Mrs. Post smugly drinks her tea, Giles and Xander converse in secret. Buffy arrives at the library the next day full of the good news about the Glove, but all her friends look upset. Giles tells her they know that Angel is alive, and a confrontation ensues. Insisting that Angel is better, she apologizes for not telling them, but her friends are scared of what Angel may do, and Xander is especially vehement in his arguing with the Slayer. Finally, Giles stops the argument and sends them all back to class. But when Buffy attempts to thank him, he coldly reminds her of how Angel tortured him, and tells her she has no respect for him. Meanwhile, Mrs. Post visits Faith in her shabby motel room, and while explaining her intention to be a hard taskmistress for Faith's own wellbeing, she lets slip the fact of Giles' secret meeting with Xander. That night Faith finds Xander angrily shooting pool at the Bronze. When she confronts him about keeping Slayer-related secrets from her, he tells her about Angel.Fearing what Angel might do with the Glove, she resolves to kill him, and Xander asks tocome along. Back at Giles' office, Giles tells Mrs. Post about Angel having the Glove, and says he's found that the Glove can be destroyed by being immolated in living flame. Mrs. Post then coldly clubs Giles into unconsciousness. As Buffy and Willow wait for Lagos at the von Hauptmann crypt, Buffy confides that she's actually relieved her secret's out. Emboldened by Buffy, Willow is about to share her own secret when Lagos arrives. While Willow watches, Buffy fights Lagos and, grabbing the axe off the demon's back, beheads him. The fight over, Willow backs out of sharing her secret. The two girls head back to the library, where they find Giles on a stretcher. Xander starts to blame Angel, but Buffy doesn't believe it. Xander tells her Faith does believe it and has gone to kill Angel, and an angry Buffy runs out to catch Faith, ordering Willow and Xander to find out how to destroy the Glove. Mrs. Post arrives at the mansion, where Angel is doing the living flame ritual himself. Telling him that if he does the ritual incorrectly it could make the Glove more powerful, she convinces Angel to reveal the whereabouts of the Glove, then knocks him out with a shovel. She didn't count on him being a vampire, though, and he gets right back up, in full vampire-face, and attacks her. Just then, Faith arrives and, seeing a vampire attacking her Watcher, draws the obvious conclusion. She attacks Angel viciously, and is just about to stake him when Buffy arrives and stops her. She tries to talk Faith out of it, but Mrs. Post convinces Faith that Buffy is blinded by love, and Faith attacks Buffy. The two Slayers go at it tooth and nail, and the fight breaks through the doors and into the courtyard. Willow and Xander show up with the living flame catalyst, and Xander tries to break up the Slayer fight, only to get literally thrown aside. Willow helps Mrs. Post get the Glove of Mynnegon, then gets knocked out as Mrs. Post puts on the Glove. As Mrs. Post recites an incantation, thunder peals and the two Slayers stop fighting. Faith asks her Watcher what's going on. "Faith, a word of advice: you're an idiot," Mrs. Post says and hurls lightning from the Glove at the two Slayers, who barely manage to duck aside. Angel comes to and saves a groggy Willow from another Glove blast. As Faith draws Mrs. Post's fire, Buffy picks up a shard of broken glass from the shattered courtyard doors, and hurls it, severing Mrs. Post's Glove-wearing arm. Mrs. Post is consumed by lighting, and the Glove releases the amputated arm. The next day, having disposed of the Glove, the gang is still leery of Angel's reappearance, but they all (except Cordelia) trust Buffy and are willing to see what happens. Buffy goes to Faith's apartment and tries to convince Faith that what happened wasn't her fault. "You can trust me," says Buffy. "I'm on your side." Faith doesn't seem to believe her, and as Buffy sadly leaves, Faith says, "I'm on my side. That's enough."

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Lovers Walk

The SAT scores are in, and Willow is upset over her 740 verbal score. Cordelia also did well, and surprisingly, so did Buffy, whose 1430 combined score nevertheless has her somewhat down. She never had to think about her future before, she says. Cordelia says it's great, 'cause now Buffy can leave and never come back. "I mean that in a positive way!" she protests. "What kind of moron would ever want to come back here?" Apparently, that would be Spike, who once again drives his Desoto over the "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign and screeches to a halt. He falls out of the driver's seat, clearly drunk. It seems that Drusilla has left him, and Spike goes back to the ruins of the Factory in a snit. "Why did you do it, baby? Why did you leave me?" he wails as he vamps out and smashes Drusilla's burnt dolls. Meanwhile, Xander manages to convince Cordelia to take part in a double bowling date with Oz and Willow, and is happily surprised to discover that Cordy keeps pictures of him and her in her locker. Willow is also happily surprised when Oz presents her with a little witch-head Pez dispenser as a gift. But as he walks away, she looks troubled. Later, she complains to Xander that maybe the bowling isn't such a good idea, because something could happen and their respective significant others might find out about their mutual attraction. Xander concurs, wishing they could just make the attraction go away. In the library, Giles is packing for a retreat at a druidic ritual site in Breakers Woods, and echoes the opinion of Buffy's mother that perhaps going away to college is the best thing for Buffy. With Faith in Sunnydale to handle the Slaying duties, Buffy could have the chance to have a life. As Giles prepares to leave, he tells Buffy not to do anything rash with Angel. Buffy assures him they're just friends. That night, she and her mother have a similar discussion. "Is there anything keeping you here?" Joyce asks. At the mansion, Angel is reading, watched by Spike, who blames Angel for Drusilla's leaving. Still drunk, he then falls down and passes out. He's woken when the rising sun set his hand on fire. Resolving to do something, he heads for a magic shop to find a curse with which to take his revenge on Angel. Then Willow shows up to buy supplies for a de-lusting spell, and after she leaves, Spike kills the friendly clerk. "Forget the book," he says. "I just got a better idea." The Mayor, amidst ramblings about his golf game and mixed metaphors, tells his deputy to get Mr. Trick to send a committee to take care of Spike. "This year is too important to have a loose cannon rocking the boat," His Honor says. At the mansion, Buffy discusses her college thoughts with Angel, who also advises her to leave and go to college. Despite her protestations that there's nothing keeping her in Sunnydale, Buffy is clearly hurt, and leaves. Willow, in the science room, has gotten Xander to show up on a ruse, but he quickly figures out that she's doing a love spell. Upset, he reminds her of his bad track record with such magic, but when he goes to turn on the lights, Spike grabs him. Knocking Xander unconscious, he takes the two teens back to the factory, where he orders Willow to do a love spell for him to get Dru back. She reluctantly agrees, but then says that she left some of the necessary supplies somewhere. Meanwhile, Buffy is in the library when Cordelia and Oz show up and report the disappearance of Willow and Xander. Surveying the mess in the science room, Buffy orders them to go get Giles at his retreat while she tracks down their missing friends. She heads back to the library for equipment, and the phone rings. It's her mother, wanting to discuss college some more. But as Buffy protests, she hears Spike's voice on the other end of the phone, saying, "Hello, Joyce." Spike complains about his woman problems to an understanding Joyce, who makes him hot cocoa. A passing Angel sees Spike and Joyce in her kitchen and tries to rush to her rescue, but can't go into the house. Joyce is terrified of him, and Spike taunts him, but then Buffy shows up. Inviting Angel in, they subdue Spike and find out what he's up to. They head downtown to the magic shop to get the necessary supplies, but Angel's comments about Dru's fickleness provoke a confrontation. Spike blames them for his loss, and Buffy tells him how pathetic he is. "You're one to talk," Spike says, telling them they're fooling themselves if they claim to just be friends. "You'll be in love 'til it kills you both," he says. Meanwhile, Oz and Cordelia are on their way to the woods when Oz suddenly smells Willow. They make it to the factory just in time to see Willow and Xander, having made an exception due to their dire circumstances, kissing passionately. Hurt, Cordelia tries to leave but falls through the weakened stairway, and Xander is horrified to she she's been impaled with a twisted piece of metal. Leaving the magic shop, Buffy and the two vampires find themselves surrounded by a horde of vampires led by Lenny, an old henchman of Spike's. A fight ensues, during which Buffy, Angel and Spike get trapped in the magic shop. Spike dispatches Lenny, and Buffy and Angel find a supply of holy water, which they use as bombs to scare the rest of the vamps off. "Now, that was fun!" Spike enthuses. "Really puts things in perspective." He says forget the love spell, he's going to get Drusilla back by once again becoming the man she loves. "Love's a funny thing," he grins as he leaves. The next day, Willow tells Buffy that she used to want everything, now she just wants Oz to talk to her again. Xander brings Cordelia flowers in the hospital, but she tells him to stay away from her. And Buffy goes to the mansion to tell Angel she won't be going to see him anymore, because Spike was right. "What I want from you I can never have," she tells him. Everyone is quite unhappy... except Spike, who speeds off to win his woman back.

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The Wish

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"- Cordelia wanting to be rid of all things Xander, decides that all of her problems started when Buffy moved to Sunnydale and wishes that event never actually happened, not knowing that a an evil genie would grant her fatal wish. Cordelia is transported into an altered reality in which the Hellmouth is open and The Master is alive and rules the world, with Willow and Xander as his undead minions. Cordelia is killed by vampires. Buffy, then comes to Sunnydale to stop the Master. But Giles, who was told by Cordelia that things were better, figures it all out and unwishes the wish just as Buffy is killed by the Master. The world is normal again.

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Amends

Buffy and her friends make plans for a quiet Christmas vacation while Angel is haunted by visions of his violent, demonic past, including the ghost of Jenny Calendar. Meanwhile, Willow goes to great, seductive lengths to try to convince Oz that he is the one for her; and Xander painfully adjusts to his life without Cordelia. Buffy finds out about Angel being haunted by ghosts of the people he had killed. She as usual finds the source of this problem: 3 demon-priests. She kills the demons then stops Angel from killing himself, which he was doing because his life was miserable. It ends with snowing in Sunnydale for the 1st time, causing the sunlight to be blocked.

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Gingerbread

THE SUNNYDALE WITCH HUNT - Picking the worst possible night for a surprise "mother-daughter bonding" visit with Buffy, Joyce, her mother, is haunted by the discovery of two murdered children and feels the need to take drastic action. When Giles suggests that the killings appear to be an occult sacrifice, Joyce rallies the entire adult population of Sunnydale behind a Salem-like witch hunt, leading the murderous mob directly to Willow and Buffy. Willow and Buffy are tied to a stake which the parents set on fire.

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Helpless

COMING OF AGE - For her upcoming 18th birthday, Buffy decides against her friends' offer of a big party, hoping to celebrate with quiet reflection and a traditional trip to the ice show with her father. Unknown to Buffy, though, preparations are being made for a life-threatening rite of passage that drains the slayer of her powers and then entraps her with a powerful vampire foe that she must defeat in a defenseless state in order to pass the test. Meaning, she has no power against it.

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ODD MAN OUT - Xander's lack of slaying superpowers has him feeling painfully useless, but his plan to prove he's cool leads him to an unforgettable night that finds him consorting with fast women, raising the dead and rolling with a dangerous crowd that could put Sunnydale in a world of pain. Meanwhile, Buffy, Giles and the rest of the crew engage in a furious battle with an all-female apocalypse cult that intends to reopen the Hellmouth and bring about the end of the world.

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Bad Girls

TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - A taste of the wild life with Faith leaves Buffy wanting more, and Willow feels left out when Buffy refuses to let her come patrol with her, and while Sunnydale is being inhabited by a long-dead demon and his vampire companions, Buffy follows Faith into her irresponsible world of reckless slaying abandon. Faith ends up killing an innocent man. Meanwhile, Giles fights to maintain his sanity in the face of the pompous and stuffy new watcher , while Willow, Xander, and Oz ponder their options for life after high school.

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