In season 2 the Scooby Gang faces many evil Sunnydale Hellmouth trials and tribulations and find themselves stronger in the end for it. Plenty of romance is on the line for all characters, some good and some not so safe. Buffy and Angle really heat up the screen in almost every episode, either by their heated arguments or their really loud smooching and heavy petting. New characters like Oz, cool alternative grunge guy who has a wonderfully witty comeback for everything and then there are the 2 new bad guys, lovers for life, Spike and Dru, they couldn’t mess up a wet dream. Every time Spike tries to kill Buffy or simply bring her to her knees he screws up. Sunnydale has nothing to worry from Spike, but still it is on the Hellmouth and all kinds of evil lurk for Buffy and The Scooby Gang to kill.
Buffy Season Two
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In season 2 the Scooby Gang faces many evil Sunnydale Hellmouth trials and tribulations and find themselves stronger in the end for it. Plenty of romance is on the line for all characters, some good and some not so safe. Buffy and Angle really heat up the screen in almost every episode, either by their heated arguments or their really loud smooching and heavy petting. New characters like Oz, cool alternative grunge guy who has a wonderfully witty comeback for everything and then there are the 2 new bad guys, lovers for life, Spike and Dru, they couldn’t mess up a wet dream. Every time Spike tries to kill Buffy or simply bring her to her knees he screws up. Sunnydale has nothing to worry from Spike, but still it is on the Hellmouth and all kinds of evil lurk for Buffy and The Scooby Gang to kill.
Plot: Season 2 is full of surprises and romance. Willow finally finds the perfect man for her in Oz, a quirky little rock and roll guy with a hairy secret. Xander and Cordy find themselves smooching in the closet more than they should and consider a relationship. Giles finally works up the nerve to ask Ms. Calendar, Jenny, out and then has to do it all over again after his past catches up with them. Buffy’s mom, Joyce, tries her luck with a wicked evil robot, Ted. And Buffy and Angel get it on big time, Angel experiences his one true moment of happiness and looses his soul. Angelus appears and tortures Buffy’s friends in return and ultimately torturing Buffy. With a little help from the two new, yet failing bad guys, Spike and Dru, Angelus tries to tear down the slayer and open the Hellmouth again. Buffy is forced to send Angel to hell to shut the Hellmouth and leaves her in what she thinks is going to be a forever Hell of her own. Little does she know that hell is just like any other place, maybe nice to visit, but nobody really wants to live there and Angel returns a little worse for wears and wild. She forgives him for all his wrongs and still loves him dearly. Now I have gone too far and extended into the next season, but now you know what there is too look forward to. And just think I haven’t even got started on the 3rd slayer to come to town, Faith. You are in for a real treat after season 2.
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Characters:
Buffy:(Sarah Michelle Gellar) The chosen one, the slayer, but still a teenage girl who wants to be normal and date like any other girl in her school. She’s not too quick with book smarts, but has a mouth like a whip and a questionable fashion sense. Season 2 introduces a deeper side to Buffy and a great deal of growth and understanding to her character.
Angel:(David Boreanaz) A 250-year-old vampire who is dark and brooding and starts out as a mysterious guy who gives Buffy little bits of advice to lead her along her dark path. Season 2 brings the fighter and the romantic out in Angel, before hand he stayed in the shadows and seldom interfered, but now he is hero guy and fights right along with Buffy.
Giles:(Anthony Head) The “watcher”, Buffy’s trainer, teacher and coach; he keeps her in line and helps her understand her path. Gile’s cover is a librarian for Sunnydale High. Right from the beginning Giles acts like a father figure for Buffy.
Xander:(Nicholas Brendon) Sensitive, unsure, comical relief guy, who always gets himself in some form of trouble. He has serious self-confidence issues and covers up his shortcomings with witty comments and jokes. Xander never gets over his crush on Buffy, but moves on to the only available body Cordelia.
Willow:(Alyson Hannigan) Nerdy computer girl, whose hacking skills add great assistance to the Scooby Gang. She is always looking for romance in all the wrong places and desperately wants to be noticed, but hides in Buffy’s shadow most of the time. Willow gives up on the idea that Xander will ever notice her, but while she wasn’t looking Oz found her.
Cordelia:(Charisma Carpenter) Cordy grows a great deal in season 2, she realizes the dangers around her and that as long as she is with The Scooby Gang and Buffy, she has a better shot of staying alive, plus she secretly is crushing on Xander.
Oz:(Seth Green) This guy is brilliant; he has a wonderfully dry sense of humor that keeps season 2 light and easy going. Wearing his black nail polish and jamming with his band on occasion, Oz is more than willing to accept there are evils out there beyond his control and helps the gang in the good fight. Oz has a little hairy secret of his own that comes out closer toward the end of the season. Willow doesn’t care, she loves him anyway.
Spike:(James Marsters) An evil screw up of a vampire who is always trying to bring Buffy down and conquer Sunnydale. He was sired by Drusilla who was sired by Angel.
Jenny Calendar:(Robia LaMorte) Computer teacher by day and secret gypsy clan daughter by night. She and Giles get it on, but she keeps her true identity a secret. Her only purpose to being in Sunnydale is to keep Angel from experiencing that one true moment of happiness and getting his soul removed. Um yeah, she fails miserably.
Drusilla:(Juliet Landau) Spike main gal and the more evil and wicked do the two. Dru is a little off her rocker, okay a lot. In a ritual to make her strong, Spike is hurt and she is made whole again to protect and help Spike through his crippling, faking towards the end, days. Angelus sired Dru.
Angelus:(David Boreanaz) The evil returns after many years of being stuffed under a soul. Angelus comes out after Angel and Buffy have their night of lovemaking. Angelus tortures and kills Buffy’s friends and family and tries to bring on the opening of the Hellmouth. He gets his soul back just in time for Buffy to send him back to hell.
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Episodes:
When She Was Bad Buffy, not dealing with her prom night death and resurrection, becomes a self indulgent little snob for all of 5-minutes. The anointed one tries to bring The Master back and kidnaps Willow, Giles and Xander for their blood to do so. Xander blames Buffy for they’re near death and she realizes he’s right and tries to awake from her comma. Beating The Master’s bones to dust gives her the release she needs to move on with her duties and returns to her witty slayer self.
Some Assembly Required
Giles tries to start a romance with Jenny. Two science geeks play Dr. Frankenstein, to create a love interest for their brother, who they brought back to life after his horrific death the year before, and want Cordelia’s head for the final masterpiece. Buffy fights the monstrous brother, a fire breaks out, Xander saves Cordelia and the brother goes up in flames with the headless body.
School Hard
Something’s rotten in Sunnydale, no worries it’s just the comic relief and the new bad guys, Spike and Drusilla. Spike crashes parent’s night to let all know that he ahs arrived and has planned to take over Sunnydale and kill the slayer. This of course will never happen because he ultimately fails at every attempt.
Inca Mummy Girl
Xander gets a beautiful foreign exchange student who is actually an Inca Mummy, her name is Ampata. She mesmerizes Xander, like that hard to do with all his over powering sexual hormones, which seem to really show themselves throughout most of season 2. Ampata goes after Willow for her next victim to keep her young and beautiful, Xander offers himself up instead, but neither is needed Buffy saves the day and turns the Inca princess to bones and puts her under wraps.
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Reptile Boy
Buffy finds herself on a date with Cordelia in a frat house full of rich boys you kidnaps girls every year and offers them up as a sacrifice to a reptile demon to keep their wealth. Angel catches wind of this and his jealous at first until he realizes the danger Buffy is in and helps save the day.
Halloween
Oz appears and starts admiring Willow from afar. It’s Halloween and Buffy wants to dress up like women did in the days when Angel was young, She wants to impress him with powdered wigs and a big girlie dress. Giles has an old acquaintance wreak havoc on Sunnydale, by selling costumes that people turn into at midnight during a ritual. Children are roaming around like goblins and ghouls and Buffy is this innocent young lady who is completely oblivious to her role as a Vampire Slayer. Willow turns into a ghosts and Xander becomes the hero army guy. Spike tries to venture out on the one night of the year that true demons and vampires are suppose to take a vacation. Spike tries to destroy Buffy, but fails once again. Angel wants to know why Buffy wanted to be all wimpy girl after the spell is lifted, and she replies with that was what she that he wanted. He let her know under no circumstances, that he is interested in any other type of young lady than whom she is now; commence with the heavy petting and kissing.
Lie to Me
An old childhood crush of Buffy’s shows up and plays Mr. nice guy, but he has one thing on his mind and that is to become a vampire. He traps the gang and himself with a bunch of innocent people in to become a feast for Spike and his crew. Spike going back on his word to change him into a vampire tries to kill them all until Buffy stops him and foils his plans once again.
The Dark Age
Giles buddy who caused so much trouble on Halloween comes back to town to escape his fate with an evil demon that he and Giles stirred up years ago. This demon possesses Ms. Calendar and goes after anybody with a particular Etruscan tattoo. Buffy awakes with this freshly printed tattoo on her back thanks to Ethan and the possessed Ms. Calendar hot on her trail. Angel jumps in to take over the possession and save the day. Giles was just working up to a good romantic standing with Jenny and now has to earn her trust back after she has been possessed with the evil demon that he had a part in creating years ago.
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What’s My Line, Part One
It’s career week at school and once again Buffy is reminded that she will never lead a healthy normal life and will always be alone and the slayer. Oz notices Willow even more when she is seated in the genius room right next to him. He is an accidental genius who doesn’t care if he finishes school, he’s all about his music and Willow finds him very cute and intriguing. Xander figures out that he shouldn’t even try he’s not very book smart and may end up being a florist or a garbage truck guy. Angel takes Buffy ice-skating to help her forget about her troubles, but they are attacked by a hired man sent to kill her, thanks to Spike. After Buffy dies in season one, don’t forget another shall arise. Angel is thrown in a cage to face the sunlight and Buffy fights Kendra, the next slayer.
What’s My Line, Part Two
Continued from last episode Kendra and Buffy face off. Spike has hired 3 assassins to kill the gang and Buffy and trap Angel. Willy sets Angel free from his cage of certain dusting death and Willow and Xander are locked up in a basement hiding from the bug man, another Spike minion. Buffy and Kendra call a truce to prove Kendra is who she says she is and they fight the 3 together, kicking ass and taking names. Angel is kidnapped while Buffy is distracted and Spike tries to use him in a ritual to make a sick and week Dru. Xander takes a bullet in the arm to save Willow and the gang storms in together to save Angel. Spike is crippled in the falling debris and carried out by a completely healthy Drusilla in the end.
Ted
Joyce’s new boyfriend is a little off. Ted isn’t human or monster he’s a machine and completely off his rocker. Cordy and Xander carry on with a secret smooch party in the broom closet. Giles saves Jenny’s life while patrolling and earning her trust back. Ted tries to kidnap Buffy’s mom, but she lays him flat with a skillet.
Bad Eggs
A weird episode that deals with a couple of western vampire brothers and a giant Bezoar demon that has possessed the students at Sunnydale High and makes them worked at digging up it’s eggs. Buffy, of course, slays all and all ends well.
Surprise (Part One of Two)
A surprise birthday party for Buffy, a surprise birthday gift from Spike and a night of hot lovemaking and bake it for 30 minutes on high and what do you get? Angelus and the true evil begin. I almost forgot Oz finds out that vampires and demons truly exist, but not the least bit surprise and finds him initiated into The Scooby Gang.
Innocence (Part Two of Two)
The Judge, who’s arm accidentally showed up as a gift for Buffy the episode before, is regaining his powers and starts with the killing of the innocent. I lied; it wasn’t the episode before that Angelus shows his face, it was the night of the episode before. Angelus comes out to join Spike and Dru’s little party, but Xander rains on their parade by killing The Judge with a rocket launcher, good thing he remembers his military training from Halloween.
Phases
Oz’s hairy secret comes out in the full moonlight, he’s a werewolf. The gang is worried, at first that Oz is behind a few killings in the woods, but later finds out that he is innocent when they lock him up and they keep happening. Willow has no problems coming to terms with Oz’s little secret and they kiss for the first time. By the way Angel is still evil.
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Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
Xander talks a little witch into casting a love spell on him to get Cordy to love him. The spell backfires and Xander almost ends up dead by an angry mob of love-crazed women. Buffy and Willow find out just in time to break the spell and save Xander’s life.
Passion
Angelus continues to torment Buffy and her friends, but even after he ended Miss. Calendar’s life, Buffy still can’t bring herself to kill him. She still loves Angel.
Killed by Death
An odd episode out, Buffy gets some serious illness and sees an invisible monster that feeds on children. She puts stop to that right away.
I Only Have Eyes For You
A romantic tryst between a teacher and student goes awry years before. Odd things start to happen at Sunnydale and the gang chalks it up to a poltergeist, but truly it’s the ghosts of these two lovers. The lovers take possession of Angel and Buffy and give the two a sweet moment, before Buffy reenacts what the student did to the teacher years ago, she shoots him. Of course Angelus can’t die, but they both had a moment and he runs off, angry that she reminded him, but for a split second of what his humanity felt like.
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| The Last Kiss Before Hell |
Go Fish
Xander goes undercover to solve the munching mystery that is taking over the swim team. The truth is, the coach is putting something in the swimming pool water that is turning the team into creatures of the blue lagoon and they must feed on human flesh. Buffy catches him trying to offer up Xander as a snack and stops him cold in his tracks. She releases the creatures to the ocean, what a weird little episode thrown in the group of serious love lorn teen loss and death and mayhem from evil vampires.
Becoming, Part One
This marks the beginning of Angelus trying to bring a demon forth that will open Hell on earth. In Buffy’s struggle to stop him without killing him, Willow finds the answer to restoring Angel’s soul. Angel and Dru go after the gang to keep Willow from performing the ritual.
Becoming, Part Two
Buffy pissed enough at Angelus to kill him for what he has done to her friends, she grabs the sword that can kill the demon and close the mouth to hell. The key to shutting this catastrophe down is Angel. Willow restores Angel’s soul just in time for him to reach out one last time to Buffy with love and a tear in his eye and she drives the sword right through his heart shutting the mouth to hell and sending him there in the process. CLIFFHANGER!!!
Rupert Everett brings a certain savior fair to the role of Sherlock Holmes in The Case of the Silk Stocking. Like Simon Brett, Everett doesn’t shy away from presenting Holmes as boorish and snobbish. If only the writing and the mystery had lived up to his performance.
