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Season 2, Episode 3
Teleplay by David Greenwalt
Story by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt
Directed by John T. Kretchmer
Original Airdate: 29 September 1997
"You've got Slayer problems. That's a bad
piece of luck. Do you know what I find works real good with Slayers? Killing
them."
Spike
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
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Keith MacKechnie as
Father
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Alan Abelew as
Brian Kirch
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Joanie Pleasant as
Helpless Girl
SYNOPSIS
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Buffy, and a trouble-making girl named Sheila are
in Principal Snyder's office. Buffy is told that she and Sheila are in
charge of the Parent Teacher Night, which involves putting it together
and hosting the whole event. Sheila pretty much bails on the whole event
while Buffy is stuck working by herself. At the factory, the Anointed
One is preparing for the Night of St. Vigious. Spike, a rampaged
vampire, makes an appearance with his lover Drusilla. The two of them
announce they are moving in and Spike declares that he will kill Buffy
for the Anointed.
While Sheila thinks her job consists of ditching school, and nothing
more, Willow helps Buffy set up the event, study for French class and
keep an eye out for Angel at the Bronze. While dancing, Spike shows up
and sets up a bit of a test for the Slayer. He has one vampire attack a
girl outside, then has Buffy rush out to save her. She slays the vampire
and Spike presents himself, declaring that he will kill her on Saturday.
Later that night, back at the factory, Spike and Drusilla talk about
their plans to revive her after her near death in Prague. He presents
her with a bound and gagged Sheila for food and Drusilla takes a bite.
As Parent Teacher Night arrives, Buffy prepares in the library with the
help of her friends for the Night of St. Vigious as well as the night's
Parent event. She tries to keep her mother away from Principal Snyder in
order to keep herself out of trouble. It doesn't work. After spending
hours at keeping her mother a safe distance away from all of her
teachers, Principal Snyder catches them and talks with Joyce. After the
chat, Joyce gets seriously mad at her. On their way out of school, as
Snyder is closing everything down, Spike and several vampires come
crashing through a window. Buffy rushes to get everyone out and to
safety. As the vampires run around the school making sure that no one
escapes, Willow and Cordelia rush to a utility closet while Giles,
Xander and Jenny remain in the library. Buffy gets the teachers and her
mother into a classroom. Buffy warns them of the danger then climbs up
into the ceiling.
Giles instructs Xander to go get Angel for help. After Xander leaves,
Buffy comes crashing through the ceiling just as Giles is about to go
save her. She briefs them on her plans and then proceeds back into the
ceiling with weapons to rush everyone to safety. While Spike checks for
the Slayer around the school, Angel grabs Xander in a headlock for a
plan he has come up with. Buffy works her way over to the classroom
where her mother is. As a vampire is breaking the door down with an axe,
Buffy falls on top of him and stakes him. She tells her mother to wait
as she gets ready to kill all the other vampires in the hallway. Buffy
is startled by Sheila, who shows up behind her. Sheila grabs an axe and
as they walk down the hall to attack the vampires, she turns into her
vampire face. Angel confronts Spike, an old pal, with Xander under his
arm. Using Xander as bait, he tries to attack Spike. Spike however is
too smart for him and catches on to his plan. Several vampires chase
them out of the school and Angel and Xander end up fighting them all off
outside.
As the two pass the library door, Giles warns Buffy of Sheila behind
her. Buffy attacks her and she runs away. Buffy gets Giles to take all
the teachers and Joyce to safety. After everyone is safely escaping
through the library, Buffy goes back to take care of Spike. Joyce
however doesn't leave and follows after Buffy. Spike and Buffy make
small talk then fight. Just as he's about to beat Buffy to death with a
large board, Joyce hits Spike over the head with the flat side of an
axe. That night she tells Buffy how proud she is and that Buffy has a
good two weeks before Joyce begins ragging on her again.
TRIVIA
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Both James Marsters and Juliet Landau (who
are both American by the way) make their first appearances as the Sid
and Nancy of Sunnydale, Spike and Drusilla, in this episode. They stick
around for twelve episodes of the second season, which were supposed to
end with Spike's death. That was changed and the pair become integral
characters to both shows, especially James Marsters, who became the
third person to become a series regular on both Buffy and
Angel.
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This episode marks the final appearance of
the Anointed One, who Spike kills in this episode. The child actor who
played the Anointed, Andrew J. Ferchland, was axed from the show when he
aged too much during the hiatus between the first two seasons. Since
vampires aren't supposed to age, the character was killed off.
CONTINUITY
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We discover in this episode that Snyder
knows more about what happens in Sunnydale, to an extent that he covers
up the supernatural truth with the police. Whether he knows Buffy is the
Slayer or not is never confirmed, but he does have links to Mayor
Wilkins, which we discover in season three.
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This is the first episode where Buffy's
mother's name is revealed as Joyce.
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Giles's books claim that Spike is 'barely
two-hundred,' but later in The
Initiative Spike says he's 126.
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Spike crashes through the 'Welcome to
Sunnydale' at the start of this episode, and he does so again in
Lover's Walk. He also destroys the
sign in Chosen, although to be fair,
it wasn't entirely his fault. He would have blamed Angel.
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Xander says that nothing's going to happen,
which prompts Willow and Buffy to tell him that he's jinxed them.
Naturally, Spike attacks them afterward. He says the same thing in
Ted, but due to the events of
What's My Line? (Part 2), Buffy tells
him that they'll let him off.
GOOFS
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"You were my sire, man!" Spike shouts at
Angel. It later turns out that Angelus sired Drusilla, who then sired
Spike. To clear up the confusion, Joss Whedon has gone on record to say
that both come to the same thing, and that he always intended for
Drusilla to be Spike's sire.
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When Spike is walking down the school
hallway, you can briefly see his reflection on the lockers.
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When Cordelia and Buffy are talking near
the punch table, Cordelia's arm positions change from crossed to on her
hips in alternate shots.
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Why do Xander, Buffy and Giles leave the
school without trying to find Willow?
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When Willow and Buffy are studying in the
Bronze, there are books on the table. Then when Xander goes to get a
stake from Buffy's purse, there are no longer any books there.
When She Was
Bad |
Some Assembly Required |
School Hard |
Inca Mummy Girl |
Reptile Boy
Halloween |
Lie to Me |
The Dark Age |
What's My Line? (Part 1) |
What's My Line? (Part 2) |
Ted
Bad Eggs |
Surprise |
Innocence |
Phases |
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered |
Passion
Killed by
Death |
I Only Have Eyes for You |
Go Fish |
Becoming (Part 1) |
Becoming (Part 2)
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