And so to the second glorious feast of Buffy season three. If you haven't read about the first part as yet you may wish to check out Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 3 - Volume 1 first, as it will give you more of an idea as to what's going on.
And if you thought the first eleven episodes were getting full on, just wait 'til you indulge in what's to come...
Helpless
Buffy, Buffy, why' ya wiggin'? Try turning eighteen, having your Dad stand you up (no ice show!) AND kind of losing your Slayerific powers - you would wig too if it happened to you… Ah, but what does have Giles to do with it, what's with the Watchers Council popping up and just what will Giles do with himself after his news? Certain vamps need to know that drugs are bad (m'kay) - as perhaps should some others - and hey, wicked beanie Willow!
The Zeppo
After a devastatingly acidic tongue lashing from Cordelia, Zander is feeling rather superfluous in the whole Scooby-scheme of things. Can the boy that had no cool find its essence in the form of a '57 Chevy, or perhaps some new buds could be the answer? But what a bunch of deadheads! Then again, maybe he just needs to have a little Faith? Bombs, bombshells and gaping Hellmouths - it's all too much - and just why is Buffy checking out Willie's?
Bad Girls
The mayor has a splitting headache - after all, organising an ascension can be SO demanding. Buffy and Faith have their own headaches, there's the arrival of a new watcher, Wesley Wyndham Pryce, who is approximately 9,879,365 times stuffier than his name would suggest, a not quite as dead as he's supposed to be Vogon-like demon named Balthazar, and just a little matter of murder - but watcha gonna do? Oh, and just what makes Xander tic?
Consequences
So what do you do when Faith lets you down? It seems she has quite the superiority complex going on, and could she be looking for new employment? And the job market's such a bitch, too! Why is Willow weeping, and isn’t Xander lucky he has an Angel interceptor? Could this Angel's investigations be a portent for things to come, and will the Watchers Council save the day? What a silly question! Meanwhile, Buffy gets herself into a Tricky situation…
Doppelgangland
Anya's getting antsy, she wants her necklace back from that annoying alternate universe - after all, flunking maths is SO humiliating. Perhaps a touch of temporal folding Will do the trick, then again maybe it will just corset more troubles? Still, Ta-ra! We do kind of get a portent of things to come for Willow, however for now she gets saddled with a jock. Faith has some new digs and there's hugs all 'round. Finished now.
Enemies
Faith shows what an ass-soul she is by trying to get some Angel action, but if all else fails Daddy Mayor may have a sorcery solution. There's a new evil pairing in town that leaves Buffy hanging around - but is Faith the only one who's a tricky little thing? We learn that playing kissy-Faith can cause problems, and that Giles has some friends in dark places.
Earshot
Ewwy! Buffy discovers that scabby demons with no mouths-goo can cause aspects of your life to change for the better, or worse - still, no horns, no tail - it's got to be What Women Want right? But when you can hear the thoughts of others it tends to give them the wiggins, and when plans for mass murder are overheard it can be enough to drive you nuts. Wesley is all Pierce Brosnanny, jello's a saviour and let's just hope Amy doesn’t eat at the school cafeteria…
Choices
That's not a knife - oh wait, yes it is… It's time for Buffy to get down and dirty with the Mayor's plans for ascension, but will it be a choice between the Willow or the box? Then there's the whole Angel conundrum to deal with. Speaking of choices, Will has been accepted by almost every college in the world and it's time for making her mind up, whilst Xander's plans are more traditional - road trip!
The Prom
You know, that end of high school rites of passage thingy? But this is the Hellmouth, so you should expect hellhounds to want to tag along - these ones do at least have a penchant for a nice tux. Can Buffy save the day (yet again), or will she be too preoccupied by stuff with McPlasmas' fave customer Angel? After all, he did use THOSE four words... Will Xander take an older woman? Will Giles wear pink taffeta? And what's with the Buffy meringue?
"Men are evil - will you go with me?" |
Graduation Day (Part One)
Up, up and away! When it comes to ascensions, Anya proves quite the girlie swot, as everybody seems to have the big 'A' on his or her minds. Faith is in poisonously distracting form, leaving Angel needing a special bite to cure his ills whilst there's a slayer fight going down. Oh, here's a translation for Buffy - ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.
Graduation Day (Part Two)
Well gosh! As Angel may say, if at first you don’t succeed, suck someone else… The day of the ascension arrives, oh and graduation too - and guess where the Mayor's making an appearance? Can he be stopped from reaching his goal, or will he prove to be too slippery a customer? Well, there are always things that make you go boom. Meanwhile, what's Faith up to? (Erm, not much actually.) Finally, some parting Buffy advice - fire: bad, tree: pretty...