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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]
* [[Big Damn Kiss]]: Cordelia and Xander kiss (TWICE!) to the accompaniment of swelling cords.
* [[Big Damn Kiss]]: Cordelia and Xander kiss (TWICE!) to the accompaniment of swelling cords.
* [[Big Shut Up]]
* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]
* [[Big Stupid Doodoo Head]] / [[Lame Comeback]]
* [[Big Stupid Doodoo Head]] / [[Lame Comeback]]
* [[Big What]]
* [[Big "What?"]]
* [[Blatant Lies]]: After giving himself props for saving Angel(!), Willy says that he went underground to "recuperate."
* [[Blatant Lies]]: After giving himself props for saving Angel(!), Willy says that he went underground to "recuperate."
* [[Blood Magic]]: The key to Drusilla's cure.
* [[Blood Magic]]: The key to Drusilla's cure.
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* [[Book Ends]] / [[Bridal Carry]]
* [[Book Ends]] / [[Bridal Carry]]
* [[Bound and Gagged]]
* [[Bound and Gagged]]
* [[Bread Eggs Milk Squick]]: Drusilla's dream.
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: Drusilla's dream.
{{quote| We were in Paris. You had a branding iron. And there were worms in my baguette.}}
{{quote| We were in Paris. You had a branding iron. And there were worms in my baguette.}}
* [[Bring Him to Me]]: Drusilla asks Spike if she can "have" Angel until the new moon. Spike drags Angel over to Dru, who says, "You've been a very bad daddy," and slaps him. Sometimes the fanfics write themselves, y'know?
* [[Bring Him to Me]]: Drusilla asks Spike if she can "have" Angel until the new moon. Spike drags Angel over to Dru, who says, "You've been a very bad daddy," and slaps him. Sometimes the fanfics write themselves, y'know?
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* [[Cannot Talk to Men]]: Kendra gets flustered when talking to Xander and refuses to look at him. She tells Buffy later that her Watcher forbid her to have anything to do with boys.
* [[Cannot Talk to Men]]: Kendra gets flustered when talking to Xander and refuses to look at him. She tells Buffy later that her Watcher forbid her to have anything to do with boys.
* [[Ceiling Cling]]: It's easier when you're a [[The Worm That Walks|swarm of maggots]].
* [[Ceiling Cling]]: It's easier when you're a [[The Worm That Walks|swarm of maggots]].
* [[Changed My Mind Kid]]
* [[Changed My Mind, Kid]]
* [[Clueless Chick Magnet]]
* [[Clueless Chick Magnet]]
* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]
* [[Comfort Food]]
* [[Comfort Food]]
* [[Cool Guns]]: The first two guns Patrice pulls on Buffy are Beretta 92F's. The one she pulls from her ankle holster appears to be a Walther.
* [[Cool Guns]]: The first two guns Patrice pulls on Buffy are Beretta 92F's. The one she pulls from her ankle holster appears to be a Walther.
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* [[Duct Tape for Everything]]: The larvae try to get in through the crack between the floor and the door. Xander stuffs the frame with duct tape.
* [[Duct Tape for Everything]]: The larvae try to get in through the crack between the floor and the door. Xander stuffs the frame with duct tape.
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Patrice aims at Buffy from point-blank range, but a foot comes into the frame and kicks the gun away, then connects with cop lady's face for good measure.
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Patrice aims at Buffy from point-blank range, but a foot comes into the frame and kicks the gun away, then connects with cop lady's face for good measure.
* [[Eek a Mouse]]: Cordelia doesn't "do" worms.
* [[Eek! A Mouse!]]: Cordelia doesn't "do" worms.
* [[Emotions vs. Stoicism]]
* [[Emotions vs. Stoicism]]
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Oz explaining his decision not to become a Corporate Computer Suit Guy... or a [[Brilliant but Lazy|work-of-any-kind]] guy.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Oz explaining his decision not to become a Corporate Computer Suit Guy... or a [[Brilliant but Lazy|work-of-any-kind]] guy.
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'''Oz''': Oh, yeah! Yeah. E-flat, diminished ninth.<br />
'''Oz''': Oh, yeah! Yeah. E-flat, diminished ninth.<br />
'''Willow''': Huh?<br />
'''Willow''': Huh?<br />
'''Oz''': Well, the E-flat, it's, it's doable, but that diminished ninth, y'know, [[What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome|it's a man's chord]]. You could lose a finger. }}
'''Oz''': Well, the E-flat, it's, it's doable, but that diminished ninth, y'know, [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|it's a man's chord]]. You could lose a finger. }}
* [[Eureka Moment]]
* [[Eureka Moment]]
* [[Evil Redhead]]
* [[Evil Redhead]]
* [[Fetish Fuel]]: Shirtless!Angel tied up and tortured by Drusilla.
* [[Fetish Fuel]]: Shirtless!Angel tied up and tortured by Drusilla.
* [[Fire Forged Friends]]
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]: The tension and jealousy between Spike/Drusilla/Angel becomes significant later on in the season.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: The tension and jealousy between Spike/Drusilla/Angel becomes significant later on in the season.
* [[Geeky Turn On]]: Giles and [[Badass Bookworm]] Kendra.
* [[Geeky Turn On]]: Giles and [[Badass Bookworm]] Kendra.
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'''Buffy:''' Right. No. Good. Hate hugs. }}
'''Buffy:''' Right. No. Good. Hate hugs. }}
* [[Good Cop Bad Cop]] / [[Gut Feeling]]
* [[Good Cop Bad Cop]] / [[Gut Feeling]]
* [[Half Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Lampshaded by Oz with respect to animal crackers.
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Lampshaded by Oz with respect to animal crackers.
* [[Hope Spot]]: Willy opening the cage, smiling in a possibly evil manner, and dragging Angel out by his feet. Hooray! Then he dumps him in a sewer.
* [[Hope Spot]]: Willy opening the cage, smiling in a possibly evil manner, and dragging Angel out by his feet. Hooray! Then he dumps him in a sewer.
* [[Hot Amazon]]: After [[Girl On Girl Is Hot|Buffy and Kendra]] beat him up, Willie asks if they'd like to do some nude modelling.
* [[Hot Amazon]]: After [[Girl On Girl Is Hot|Buffy and Kendra]] beat him up, Willie asks if they'd like to do some nude modelling.
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* [[I Owe You My Life]]
* [[I Owe You My Life]]
* [[I Want Him Alive]]
* [[I Want Him Alive]]
* [[I'll Kill You]]: Kendra noting that there are no ashes in the cage, which means she didn't kill Angel. Buffy clarifies, "...And I don't need to kill ''you''."
* [[I'll Kill You!]]: Kendra noting that there are no ashes in the cage, which means she didn't kill Angel. Buffy clarifies, "...And I don't need to kill ''you''."
* [[I'm Going to Disney World]]
* [[I'm Going to Disney World]]
* [[Impaled Palm]]
* [[Impaled Palm]]
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* [[Ironic Echo]]: Kendra's dry question to Buffy, "Did anyone explain to you what 'secret identity' means?", recalls Buffy's own exasperated observation to that same effect in the series premiere, "Welcome to the Hellmouth".
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Kendra's dry question to Buffy, "Did anyone explain to you what 'secret identity' means?", recalls Buffy's own exasperated observation to that same effect in the series premiere, "Welcome to the Hellmouth".
* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: Drusilla's "Run and catch"
* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: Drusilla's "Run and catch"
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: Angel implies he's [[Too Kinky to Torture]], and that [[Foreshadowing|Drusilla is a lot more satisfied with him]]. [[Green Eyed Monster|Spike nearly stakes him on the spot]] before he [[Heroic Sacrifice|realises what Angel is trying to do]].
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: Angel implies he's [[Too Kinky to Torture]], and that [[Foreshadowing|Drusilla is a lot more satisfied with him]]. [[Green-Eyed Monster|Spike nearly stakes him on the spot]] before he [[Heroic Sacrifice|realises what Angel is trying to do]].
* [[Its Personal]] / [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]] / [[Rage Breaking Point]]: Buffy switches with Kendra so she can fight Spike.
* [[It's Personal]] / [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]] / [[Rage Breaking Point]]: Buffy switches with Kendra so she can fight Spike.
{{quote| '''Spike:''' [[Foe Yay|I'd rather be fightin' you anyway.]]<br />
{{quote| '''Spike:''' [[Foe Yay|I'd rather be fightin' you anyway.]]<br />
'''Buffy:''' [[I Uh You Too|Mutual.]] }}
'''Buffy:''' [[I Uh You Too|Mutual.]] }}
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* [[Neck Lift]]
* [[Neck Lift]]
* [[Needle in A Stack of Needles]]: In this episode, we learn that there are 43 churches in Sunnydale.
* [[Needle in A Stack of Needles]]: In this episode, we learn that there are 43 churches in Sunnydale.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]
* [[Nice Job Fixing It Villain]]
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]
* [[No Except Yes]]: Kendra deadpans that she had good reason to think Buffy was a creature of the night, as she saw her kissing one.
* [[No Except Yes]]: Kendra deadpans that she had good reason to think Buffy was a creature of the night, as she saw her kissing one.
{{quote| '''Willow:''' ''(stands up in her defense)'' Buffy would never do that! --Oh. Except for that sometimes... you do that. ''(sits)''}}
{{quote| '''Willow:''' ''(stands up in her defense)'' Buffy would never do that! --Oh. Except for that sometimes... you do that. ''(sits)''}}
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* [[Noodle Implements]]
* [[Noodle Implements]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: Spike is buried under a church organ, and is retrieved by a now-restored Drusilla.
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: Spike is buried under a church organ, and is retrieved by a now-restored Drusilla.
* [[Nothing Up My Sleeve]] / [[Dual Wielding]]
* [[Nothing Up My Sleeve]] / [[Dual-Wielding]]
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: Xander and Cordy running away from Norman as he blows apart into a mess or larvae. The kids rush into another room, but find a reconstituted Norman in it.
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: Xander and Cordy running away from Norman as he blows apart into a mess or larvae. The kids rush into another room, but find a reconstituted Norman in it.
* [[Piano Drop]]
* [[Piano Drop]]
* [[Pieta Plagiarism]]: Drusilla carrying an injured Spike.
* [[Pieta Plagiarism]]: Drusilla carrying an injured Spike.
* [[Pistol Whipping]]
* [[Pistol Whipping]]
* [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]] / [[Finishing Each Others Sentences]]
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]] / [[Finishing Each Other's Sentences]]
* [[Pre Mortem One Liner]]
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]
* [[Punched Across the Room]]
* [[Punched Across the Room]]
* [[Put On a Bus]]
* [[Put On a Bus]]
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* [[Run or Die]]
* [[Run or Die]]
* [[Screaming Warrior]]
* [[Screaming Warrior]]
* [[Screw This I'm Outta Here]]
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]
* [[Sealed With a Kiss]]: Embarrassed over their earlier smooch, Xander and Cordelia agree [[That Didn't Happen]], but then [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|start arguing over whose fault it was]], which only gets them worked up for yet another kiss.
* [[Sealed With a Kiss]]: Embarrassed over their earlier smooch, Xander and Cordelia agree [[That Didn't Happen]], but then [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|start arguing over whose fault it was]], which only gets them worked up for yet another kiss.
* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]
* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]
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{{quote| '''Kendra''': You died?<br />
{{quote| '''Kendra''': You died?<br />
'''Buffy''': Just a little. }}
'''Buffy''': Just a little. }}
* [[Villain Ball]]: Willie and Co. capture the Slayer and bring her to where Spike is holding Angel captive instead of killing her immediately. Spike [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him|tries to rectify this problem]], but [[Big Damn Heroes|it's too late]].
* [[Villain Ball]]: Willie and Co. capture the Slayer and bring her to where Spike is holding Angel captive instead of killing her immediately. Spike [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|tries to rectify this problem]], but [[Big Damn Heroes|it's too late]].
* [[Villainous Rescue]]
* [[Villainous Rescue]]
* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]
* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]

Revision as of 16:53, 8 January 2014

 Spike: What the hell is this?!

Buffy: It's your lucky day, Spike.

Kendra: Two Slayers!

Buffy: No waiting!

We open straight onto where we left: Buffy and Kendra in Angel's apartment, putting up their dukes. Buffy tells her to knock off the Slayer cover-story. Kendra lapses into a speech worthy of Giles about how she is one girl in all the world, a chosen one with strength and skill to kill the vampires. Speaking of... Across town, Angel's huddled in a corner in his cage. The sun is blazing through the window now, and there is very little shade left.

Buffy and Kendra go to Giles for help in explaining their situation. They deduce that since Buffy was, for a moment, physically dead (in last season's finale), it caused the "activation" of the next Slayer. Their squabble reveals that Kendra had locked Angel in a cage, leaving him to be dusted at sunrise. Buffy and Kendra rush over there to find only an empty cage with a bit of smoke; Buffy fears the worst, but Kendra points out the absence of dust.

Willy the Snitch arrives in time to saves Angel, only to dump his body down a sewer grate where Spike is waiting. Spike hands Willy a wad of cash, and his men cart the severely-weakened Angel off.

Xander and Cordelia face bigger problems: Cordy is busy lecturing an increasingly-annoyed "salesman" about her complexion, to which he mechanically answers "$9.99 tax included." Xander spots a worm scurry across Norman's face, and warns Cordelia off. As he does so, Norman explodes into a pile of writhing maggots that chase Xander and Cordelia into the basement, slamming the door behind them.

Spike takes Angel back to the factory, where Dru coyly asks Spike to "let [her] have him." Spike agrees to let her play (i.e. torture), on the condition that she doesn't kill him, as he's needed for the ritual.

Back at school, Giles begins to bond with Kendra, who is more dedicated to her Slayer studies and training than Buffy. As the pair are left chatting about books, Buffy sourly ruminates on the co-existence of two slayers, and entertains the possibility of quitting and letting Kendra take over.

We cut back to Cordy and Xander who are still in Buffy's basement. Xander yells at her for letting in worm-guy; Cordelia fires back that Xander ought to be thinking up a plan, and he replies that he has one: to sit and wait for Buffy to come and save them. This sets off more arguing -- until finally, they grab each others' faces and kiss passionately, whilst the music swells to a cheesy high point with violins and clashing cymbals. They break apart and Xander, with a look of alarm, points out that they really need to get out of there. They carefully remove the duct tape from the door and peek out. Coast is clear. Xander makes it, but Cordelia is covered in a barrage of worms falling from the ceiling and starts squealing for Xander to help her as she runs out of the house. Xander grabs a garden hose and starts hosing her down, then they jump into the "Queen C" and swerve off down the road.

Buffy sulks down to the career fair to appease Principal Snyder. The female cop leading the seminar reads off Buffy's name, but when Buffy identifies herself, the officer draws her gun. Buffy avoids the spray of bullets, which instead hit Oz in the arm as he pushes Willow out of harm's way. Kendra comes to Buffy's rescue, and Assassin #3 makes her escape. The Scoobies gather in the library, where Giles inquires after Oz (the bullet just grazed him) and then announces that Spike intends to kill "Drusilla's sire" in a ritual in order to restore Drusilla to full strength.

Angel is tied to the bedposts in Drusilla's room, and it's not as fun as it sounds. Dru pours holy water on him (""It makes pretty colors") as she reminds him about how he killed her whole family. Angel taunts Spike with insinuations that Dru is enjoying this too much, and that Spike is unable to satisfy Dru, in hopes that Spike will kill him. Spike flips out, but Dru warns him not lose sight of the big picture.

The Slayers go kicking in Willy's door again. Buffy forces Willy to take her to the location of the ritual, but Kendra refuses to accompany her because "proper procedure" dictates they report to their Watcher first. So Buffy alone accompanies Willy, but it's a trap--he delivers her right into the assassins from earlier, then together they go into the church where the ritual is in progress: Angel and Dru are tied up beside the pulpit with a dagger through their palms. Spike orders Buffy's death, but at that moment, Kendra arrives to save her -- and she's brought the rest of the Scoobies with her. Xander taunts "Larva boy" to follow him, then lures him outside where Cordelia is waiting with a bucket of liquid glue. The sticky trap keeps the worms from re-materializing, allowing Cordy and Xander to stomp them. Spike starts a fire and rushes to untie the unconscious Dru, hoping that the ritual has had time to cure her. However, Buffy knocks him into a pipe organ, which collapses on top of him and Dru. She rushes to the floor to help the weakened Angel, and everyone beats a hasty retreat.

Willow finds Oz by the vending machine where he is buying a box of animal crackers. The two have a conversation in which Willow tries to thank Oz for saving her life (he "doesn't do" thanks) and the two walk off together.

Kendra and Buffy part on cordial terms--Kendra even wearing Buffy's shirt. She tells Buffy she does not blame her for being with Angel, but chastises that slaying is not "a job", it is a part of who they are.

Back at the soot-blackened church, Drusilla rises from the rubble, completely revived, and carrying an unconscious Spike.

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 Kendra: (fists up) Wiggy?

Buffy: No kicko, no fighto.

 We were in Paris. You had a branding iron. And there were worms in my baguette.

  • Bring Him to Me: Drusilla asks Spike if she can "have" Angel until the new moon. Spike drags Angel over to Dru, who says, "You've been a very bad daddy," and slaps him. Sometimes the fanfics write themselves, y'know?
  • Broken Record: "$9.99, tax included."

 Cordelia: You know, Nothing Personal, but maybe you should look into selling dictionaries."

 Willow: Well, don't you have some ambition?

Oz: Oh, yeah! Yeah. E-flat, diminished ninth.

Willow: Huh?

Oz: Well, the E-flat, it's, it's doable, but that diminished ninth, y'know, it's a man's chord. You could lose a finger.

 Buffy: Hello and welcome to the Planet Pocket Protector.

 Giles: There are forty-three churches in Sunnydale? That seems a little excessive.

Willow: It's the extra evil vibe from the Hellmouth. Makes people pray harder.

 Kendra: I don't hug.

Buffy: Right. No. Good. Hate hugs.

 Spike: I'd rather be fightin' you anyway.

Buffy: Mutual.

 Kendra: That's ma best shirt! That's ma only shirt!

 Kendra: She died?

Buffy: (defensively) Just a little.

 Willow: (stands up in her defense) Buffy would never do that! --Oh. Except for that sometimes... you do that. (sits)

 Cordelia: I can't believe that I'm stuck spending what will probably be my last few moments on Earth here with you!

Xander: I hope these are my last few moments! Three more seconds with you, and I'm gonna... (steps closer)

Cordelia: (steps closer) I'm gonna what? Coward!

Xander: Moron!

Cordelia: I hate you!

Xander: I hate you!

They look at each other for another second before grabbing each other and engaging in a mad, passionate kiss. It goes on for several seconds before they suddenly release each other and look at each other in horror.

 Xander: We so need to get outta here.

Cordelia: (nods) Mm-hm!

 Buffy: I don't take orders. I do things my way.

Kendra: No wonder you died.

 Willow: Don't warn the tadpoles!

 Kendra: You died?

Buffy: Just a little.

 Buffy: ...I've had it. Spike is going down. You can attack me, you can send assassins after me; that's fine. But nobody messes with my boyfriend!

 Cordelia: How will she even know where to find us?!

Xander: Cordelia...this is Buffy's house. Odds are she'll find us.

  • Weird Moon
  • Wet Sari Scene: Xander spraying the maggots off Cordelia with a garden hose.
  • Wham Episode: Drusilla is now back to full health.
  • What Could Have Been: According to interviews with both Joss Whedon and James Marsters, this episode was supposed to be the final one with Spike in it, as he was scripted to die when Kendra and Buffy saved Angel. But Joss and company became so attached to Spike that this ending was later changed.
  • Why Are You Not My Son: Kendra impressing Giles with her knowledge of Draemius's writings. They share a tee-hee about how dry the book is.

 Buffy: Hello, and welcome to planet pocket protector.

 Buffy: I guess I can't fight it. I'm a freak.

Kendra: But not the only freak.

Buffy: Not anymore.

  • You Can Keep Her: Cordy announces she prefers to take her chances with bug guy, and opines that Xander probably would just let a girl go off to her doom alone.

 Xander: Not just any girl. You're special.

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