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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. [[Smash Cut|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.
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. [[Smash Cut|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 [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S1 E12 Prophecy Girl|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.
Buffy and Kendra go to Giles for help in explaining their situation. They deduce that since Buffy was, for a moment, physically dead (in [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S1 E12 Prophecy Girl|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.
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.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Buffy tells Kendra to watch the movie on her flight home unless it's a "movie with a dog in it and Chevy Chase." This may be a reference to Funny Farm, a 1988 movie starring Chase that Gellar had [[Old Shame|a small, uncredited role in]].
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Buffy tells Kendra to watch the movie on her flight home unless it's a "movie with a dog in it and Chevy Chase." This may be a reference to Funny Farm, a 1988 movie starring Chase that Gellar had [[Old Shame|a small, uncredited role in]].
** Kendra immediately accosting Willow in the library ("IDENTITY YOURSELF"), prompting Buffy to cut in, "Back off, Pink Ranger." This is likely an [[In Joke]] since Sophia Crawford was both Amy Jo Johnson's stunt double on ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' and SMG's on ''Buffy''.
** Kendra immediately accosting Willow in the library ("IDENTITY YOURSELF"), prompting Buffy to cut in, "Back off, Pink Ranger." This is likely an [[In Joke]] since Sophia Crawford was both Amy Jo Johnson's stunt double on ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' and SMG's on ''Buffy''.
* [[As Long As It Sounds Foreign]]: Buffy making Kendra promise not to go "wiggy" until they go talk to Giles and find out what's up.
* [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]]: Buffy making Kendra promise not to go "wiggy" until they go talk to Giles and find out what's up.
{{quote| '''Kendra:''' ''(fists up)'' Wiggy?<br />
{{quote| '''Kendra:''' ''(fists up)'' Wiggy?<br />
'''Buffy:''' No kicko, no fighto. }}
'''Buffy:''' No kicko, no fighto. }}
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{{quote| '''Cordelia:''' You know, [[Nothing Personal]], but maybe you should look into selling dictionaries."}}
{{quote| '''Cordelia:''' You know, [[Nothing Personal]], but maybe you should look into selling dictionaries."}}
* [[Call Back]]: To "Prophecy Girl".
* [[Call Back]]: To "Prophecy Girl".
** Upon learning that Buffy is enrolled at SHS, Kendra casts her a disdainful look. "Right, of course. And I imagine she's a cheerleader as well." Buffy looks a bit cowed, and Giles chuckles that she actually was a cheerleader, and "it's [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S1 E3 The Witch|a funny story]]."
** Upon learning that Buffy is enrolled at SHS, Kendra casts her a disdainful look. "Right, of course. And I imagine she's a cheerleader as well." Buffy looks a bit cowed, and Giles chuckles that she actually was a cheerleader, and "it's [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S1 E3 The Witch|a funny story]]."
** "You [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)/Recap/S1 E4 Teachers Pet|and bug people]], Xander. What's up with that?"
** "You [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S1 E4 Teachers Pet|and bug people]], Xander. What's up with that?"
* [[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]].
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* [[Creepy Cathedral]]
* [[Creepy Cathedral]]
* [[Cruel Mercy]]
* [[Cruel Mercy]]
* [[Cut His Heart Out With a Spoon]]: Spike gives Willy several bills, but adds a warning, "Talk and I'll have your guts for garters." For good measure, he drops one of the bills in the sewer water.
* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]: Spike gives Willy several bills, but adds a warning, "Talk and I'll have your guts for garters." For good measure, he drops one of the bills in the sewer water.
* [[Dark Action Girl]] / [[Impersonating an Officer]]: Patrice the assassin lady. Also [[Gun Nut]] (she's packing at least three guns) and [[Nothing Up My Sleeve]] (has a switchblade up each arm).
* [[Dark Action Girl]] / [[Impersonating an Officer]]: Patrice the assassin lady. Also [[Gun Nut]] (she's packing at least three guns) and [[Nothing Up My Sleeve]] (has a switchblade up each arm).
* [[Death By Looking Up]]
* [[Death by Looking Up]]
* [[Defensive Feint Trap]]
* [[Defensive Feint Trap]]
* [[Defiant to The End]]
* [[Defiant to the End]]
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: When Buffy and Kendra are talking in Giles' office, Buffy is sharpening a knife, but it appears that what she is doing would just be blunting the knife.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: When Buffy and Kendra are talking in Giles' office, Buffy is sharpening a knife, but it appears that what she is doing would just be blunting the knife.
** Oz says that his current goal in life is to learn play an E flat diminished ninth chord. Despite his struggle, it's not an impossible chord on guitar.
** Oz says that his current goal in life is to learn play an E flat diminished ninth chord. Despite his struggle, it's not an impossible chord on guitar.
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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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{{quote| '''Kendra:''' That's ma best shirt! [[Berserk Button|That's ma only shirt!]]}}
{{quote| '''Kendra:''' That's ma best shirt! [[Berserk Button|That's ma only shirt!]]}}
* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]
* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]
* [[Locked in A Room]]: Xander and Cordelia are trapped in Buffy's basement with Worm Guy lurking upstairs. They start arguing about whether or not to break out, which degrades into [[Volleying Insults]] which ends in a [[Big Damn Kiss]]. They then break apart, stare at each other in horror, and agree to break out immediately.
* [[Locked in a Room]]: Xander and Cordelia are trapped in Buffy's basement with Worm Guy lurking upstairs. They start arguing about whether or not to break out, which degrades into [[Volleying Insults]] which ends in a [[Big Damn Kiss]]. They then break apart, stare at each other in horror, and agree to break out immediately.
* [[Logical Weakness]]
* [[Logical Weakness]]
* [[Long Story Short]]
* [[Long Story Short]]
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* [[Must Let Them Get Away]]: Patric, having exhausted all of her guns, grabs Jonathan and holds [[Knife Nut|a knife to his throat]]. She backs up toward the exit, then throws Jonathan aside and bolts.
* [[Must Let Them Get Away]]: Patric, having exhausted all of her guns, grabs Jonathan and holds [[Knife Nut|a knife to his throat]]. She backs up toward the exit, then throws Jonathan aside and bolts.
* [[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]]
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* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]
* [[Punched Across the Room]]
* [[Punched Across the Room]]
* [[Put On a Bus]]
* [[Put on a Bus]]
* [[Race Against the Clock]]
* [[Race Against the Clock]]
* [[Rage Judo]]
* [[Rage Judo]]
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* [[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]]
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: Giles asking Xander what his assassin looked like. Cordy pulls out a larva from somewhere in her dress, and runs off in a panic to shower. Xander: "Like that."
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: Giles asking Xander what his assassin looked like. Cordy pulls out a larva from somewhere in her dress, and runs off in a panic to shower. Xander: "Like that."
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* [[Talking in Your Sleep]]
* [[Talking in Your Sleep]]
{{quote| '''Willow:''' Don't warn the tadpoles!}}
{{quote| '''Willow:''' Don't warn the tadpoles!}}
* [[Talking the Monster To Death]]: Cordelia badgering Norman about whether he has anything in raisin, as she's "both a winter and a summer."
* [[Talking the Monster to Death]]: Cordelia badgering Norman about whether he has anything in raisin, as she's "both a winter and a summer."
* [[Teach Him Anger]]
* [[Teach Him Anger]]
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]
* [[The End - Or Is It?]]
* [[The End - or Is It?]]
* [[Throw It In]]: Sarah Michelle Gellar improvised the line "I tink we might make him", where she mocks Kendra's accent.
* [[Throw It In]]: Sarah Michelle Gellar improvised the line "I tink we might make him", where she mocks Kendra's accent.
** Most of the "Monkey Pants" conversation was ad-libbed. Seth Green mentioned in an Ultimate TV talk that the line "I mock you with my monkey pants" was initially dreamed by Alyson Hannigan.
** Most of the "Monkey Pants" conversation was ad-libbed. Seth Green mentioned in an Ultimate TV talk that the line "I mock you with my monkey pants" was initially dreamed by Alyson Hannigan.

Revision as of 19:25, 8 April 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.

Tropes

 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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