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Season 3, Episode 7
Written by Douglas Petrie
Directed by James A. Contner
Original Airdate: 17 November 1998
"Faith, a word of advice: you're an idiot."
Gwendolyn Post
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
SYNOPSIS
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The Bronze is packed and Oz and the Dingoes are
playing on stage. After a song wraps, Oz goes to stand by his friends
and Willow and Xander act all jumpy. They discuss briefly the idea of
Buffy and a new boyfriend, but Buffy lets them know she is seeing
someone, Faith, but just as friends. The two Slayers go out and slay,
and finally kill two vampires. A new woman, who identifies herself as
Mrs. Gwendolyn Post, criticizes their Slaying techniques and then
introduces herself as Faith's new Watcher.
That night, Gwendolyn tells the Slayers and Giles that she was sent to
Sunnydale to take over as Faith's Watcher and to also report back on the
entire situation in Sunnydale. She tells them about a demon that has
come in search of a glove, Lagos, and wants both Slayers at full
strength to kill it. Buffy then goes to the mansion with Angel where
they're practicing Tai Chi. One thing leads to another and they end up
very close to a kiss. Buffy mentions Lagos and then leaves, knowing that
she can't get too close to Angel again.
At the library, Giles is frantically searching for information on the
demon, and he's taking his anger out on Xander and Willow. The two are
both very tired but go back to researching. Willow has a headache and
Xander rubs her temples to help her relax. They kiss and are almost
caught by Giles, but stop before he sees anything. Feeling guilty,
Xander offers to go and check out the tomb where Lagos will most likely
go.
Walking on the streets, Buffy and Faith talk about guys and Faith tries
to get information about Buffy's relationship with Angel, but Buffy is
still too confused about it all and doesn't want to talk about it. Faith
offers to take a final sweep through one of the cemeteries while Buffy
claims to go home, tired. Faith runs into Lagos and gets beat up pretty
bad, but she'll recover since she's the Slayer. While looking through
the cemetery, Xander sees Angel coming out of a crypt and follows him
back to the mansion where he finds Buffy and Angel in a passionate kiss
which they later break when Buffy feels bad about it. Angel shows her
that he has the glove that Lagos wants.
Giles and Post are at Giles' home researching. Just as Giles starts to
pour some tea, Xander runs to Giles and tells him about what he saw. The
next day at school, Buffy's friends hold a sort of intervention for her
after finding out about Angel's return. Everyone expresses their
feelings, while Buffy does her best to defend her case. After everyone
leaves, Giles reminds her of all the pain he's been put through by
Angelus and tells her that she has no respect for him. Meanwhile,
Gwendolyn visits Faith at her motel room and, after a brief lecture,
they train.
Buffy confronts Willow about her situation, but discovers that she's not
mad at all - which has a lot to do with her own secret relationship with
Xander. Later that night at the library, Giles calls Post to come in and
he tells her that a friend of Buffy's is holding the glove until they
can get there and destroy it. He tells her where the mansion is and
then, when he's not looking, she hits him over the head with a statue,
knocking him out. Buffy asks Willow to accompany her to a night of
slaying since no one else could be reached. They talk and Willow is just
about to tell Buffy about her relationship with Xander when Lagos shows
up. Buffy fights him and kills him with his own weapon.
Meanwhile, Xander is playing pool at the Bronze when Faith shows up. He
tells her about Angel's return and she decides that she should kill
Angel before he has a chance to use the glove. They arrive at the
library and get weapons, but just as they're leaving, Xander discovers
Giles knocked out in his office. He calls 911 as Faith jumps the
conclusion that Angel did it. She leaves and he stays with Giles - he's
not convinced that Angel had anything to do with it. At the mansion,
Angel has performed the spell for the living flame that will destroy the
glove and Gwendolyn arrives, claiming to be a friend of Giles' wanting
to help with the spell. Angel goes to get the glove, and then she hits
him over the head with a shovel.
Buffy and Willow get back to the library, only to find the paramedics
there. As they leave, Giles tells her that she has to destroy the glove
with the living flame. Xander tells Buffy that Faith knows everything
and that she came to the conclusion that it was Angel that hurt Giles.
Buffy rushes off to the mansion, asking Willow to find out how to
destroy the glove. Back at the mansion, Angel gets up and fights with
Post who finds out that he's a vampire. Faith arrives just in time to
see that Angel's beating up on her Watcher and then they fight. Before
Faith can stake Angel, Buffy stops her and tries to reason with her.
After that doesn't work, the two Slayers start fighting. Buffy sends
them both crashing through some French doors and they keep fighting.
Willow and Xander finally arrive and Xander unsuccessfully tries to
break up the fight between the Slayers, while Willow attempts to help
Gwendolyn. Gwendolyn reveals her allegiances and hits Willow across the
room. Then she puts the glove on.
Everyone stops fighting in time to realize that Gwendolyn is wearing the
glove. Using the glove and the bolts of lighting that flow through it,
she tries to kill Willow, but Angel gets up and pushes her out of the
way, just in time to save her from her death. Buffy asks Faith to
distract Gwendolyn while she finds a way to defeat her. Buffy throws a
broken piece of glass towards her and cuts off Gwendolyn's arm. Post
blows up and the glove detaches itself from her severed arm. At school
the next day, Oz and Cordelia are filled in on all of the details of the
fight. Everyone is cool with Buffy now, and they all trust her, except
Cordelia. Buffy goes to Faith and tries to apologize and tells her that
she can trust her, but Faith has given up on trusting others. She says
she doesn't need anyone else but herself.
TRIVIA
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And so it begins... with a bang. This is
the episode that kicks off Faith's descent into darkness, and the
solitary closing shot of Faith at the end of this episode is among one
of the best in the show's run.
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Buffy mentions that it's just 'another
Tuesday in Sunnydale.' This is a reference to the fact that the show
aired on a Tuesday in the US. She makes a similar remark in
Once More, With Feeling.
CONTINUITY
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Gwendolyn Post's appearance kicks off a new
trend for the Scooby Gang as they begin to suspect the Watcher's Council
of evil doings. They suspect Wesley in
Bad Girls, and it's not helped by their team apprehending Buffy in
Who Are You.
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Xander notes that Buffy has been 'killing
zombies and torching sewer monsters' which refers to the events of
Dead Man's Party and
Band
Candy respectively.
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The group discover that Angel is alive in
this episode and refer to the events of last season. Giles mentions both
Jenny, who Angelus killed in Passion
and the fact that Angelus tortured him for hours, purely for pleasure in
Becoming (Part 2).
GOOFS
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When Buffy says "Faith we can figure this
out," a boom mic can be seen above her head.
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When Buffy and Faith are fighting at the
end of the episode, Faith kicks Buffy but misses her completely, yet
Buffy still reacts as if she were hit.
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When Giles tells Buffy that he'll find
whatever he can on Lagos, Willow can be seen standing on the upper level
of the library. As Xander goes up the stairs, she is standing further
away from where she was stood previously.
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Willow starts to close her locker door with
her right hand, and in the next shot can be seen closing it with her
left.
Anne |
Dead Man's Party |
Faith, Hope and Trick |
Beauty and the Beasts |
Homecoming
Band
Candy |
Revelations |
Lover's Walk |
The Wish |
Amends |
Gingerbread
Helpless |
The Zeppo |
Bad Girls |
Consequences |
Doppelgangland |
Enemies
Earshot |
Choices |
The Prom |
Graduation Day (Part 1) |
Graduation Day (Part 2)
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