After consulting on the matter with the Scoobies, Buffy accompanied Severin to take out a vampire nest, only to have Severin turn on her when they entered a seaside warehouse filled with dead bodies. Buffy and D'Hoffryn battle for the control of the Vampyr book. After killing Caleb, Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all. Buffy had a strong distaste towards the use of conventional firearms largely to their ineffectiveness against most demons, with Tara's death by Warren's stray bullet[101] only reinforcing her dislike. Not wanting to kill an innocent human, Buffy allowed Ben to live, warning him not to go after Dawn again. [68], Buffy briefly joined forces with the Initiative, but her relentless questioning of the organization's motives, as well as her relationship with Riley, began to unsettle Professor Maggie Walsh, who tried to have her killed in action. [97], Meanwhile, Willow, following Buffy's resurrection, developed an addiction to magic and began to use it excessively, which Buffy, faced with her own problems, failed to notice and largely ignored at first, even when confronted with evidence by Anya Jenkins and Xander. Angel subsequently returned to Sunnydale to apologize, and after running afoul of the Initiative in the process, succeeded in mending things with Buffy, with both sides admitting that they had been wrong. The next morning, everyone arrives at Sunnydale High in a yellow school bus. ", Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, This article is about the Vampire Slayer. The core four share a moment talking about going to the mall after saving the world which causes Giles to say "the earth is definitely doomed." [79], Buffy continued to patrol Sunnydale and fight evil with the Scoobies, despite the looming threat of Glory. Faith impeded these efforts by poisoning Angel with Killer of the Dead, leaving him on the verge of death; when the Watchers Council refused to help on the grounds that Angel was a vampire, a furious and disgusted Buffy chose to stop following the Council's orders altogether, severing all ties with them. The two quickly realized their unity was strongest than their divergent opinions. Willow noticed its storage capacities and suspected it was a test to be eventually applied on the entire country, while Spike told Buffy that she couldn't do anything about it while inside, but she was powerful enough to act without their mystical powers. [209], Buffy's most significant romances in her life were with the vampires Angel and Spike. [140] Once the ordeal was over, Spike left San Francisco and Buffy, much to her disappointment and sadness. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. [219][220] Giles even made a comment of her truest loves being Angel and Spike. episode 22 Cast [22] She was unique as a Slayer in many ways;[23] she refused to sacrifice her ordinary life for her supernatural destiny,[24] often operated as part of a team with her friends the Scooby Gang,[25] and had romantic relationships with the notorious vampires Angel[26] and Spike. During her time there, she didn't slay any vampires, but, after her fatal experience, she remained emotionally distant. During the battle, Spike finally felt the amulet start working. Buffy finally recovered when, after preventing the Master's remaining followers from resurrecting him, she smashed his bones with a sledgehammer. Four Turok-Hans, dusted by Buffy with the m. Why do they have to go to the Hellmouth before casting the spell? Buffy sets Willow on the path to rehabilitation. Such secrets included Angel's resurrection,[8] Dawn's identity as the Key,[193] her relationship with Spike,[194] and her sighting of Spike in the basement of the new Sunnydale High. One of their games led to accidentally turning Buffy invisible. Buffy tells him that this time it's plans are more ambitious than there were during Angel's last encounter with it as now its raising an army. Willow sits in the school principal's office directly above the Seal, the scythe before her. Other Slayers are reinvigorated as well. Angel Written and directed by Joss Whedon, it was originally broadcast on May 20, 2003, on the UPN network. [2] With the exception of Sineya, the primeval one, [3] by definition all Slayers had been once Potential Slayers. For example, she spared Ben's life after Glory was defeated despite full knowledge that Glory would eventually resurface and come after her again, which resulted in Giles doing so instead; she flat-out refused to even consider killing Dawn to stop Glory's plans,[89] however, she eventually told Giles two years later that, with what she knew then, she would allow her to die. [36] Buffy eventually restored magic on Earth,[37] took responsibility for its new rules with the Vampyr book, became the leader of a new Magic Council,[38] and exposed a government conspiracy to criminalize supernatural beings. Despite all the Scoobies' best efforts, Dawn's blood had already been used to open the interdimensional portal by the time Buffy reached her atop the tower. As the Council argued over this, Severin suddenly burst in and started to drain Illyria's powers. After some clashes with Kennedy over Giles's death, they sneaked underground and arrived before Eldre Koh could find out the information he was after from them over who imprisoned him. [203] Giles also had once described Buffy as willful, insolent, and that she abused the English language terribly[58] Buffy later admitted to having this trait, when briefly transported to the future. Willow weakened Glory's mentality, while Xander hit her with a wrecking ball and Buffy beat her repeatedly with Olaf the Trollgod's Enchanted Hammer before she finally reverted to Ben's weaker form. ", "Julie Benz On The Difficulties Of A 'Buffy' Revival, Her Shocking 'Dexter' Exit & More. [21], Initially a reluctant hero who constantly wished for nothing more than a normal life,[16] Buffy eventually grew to embrace her destiny. While fighting the Gentlemen, however, Buffy came to discover that Riley had a secret of his own; he was a member of the Initiative, which Buffy learned was a government task force led by Buffy's psychology professor, Maggie Walsh, which was created to research mystical and demonic creatures. Contrary to Kendra, who was the model slayer, Faith was a fun-loving brawler that rejected responsibility more so than Buffy did. [9], Meanwhile, Giles decided to take Buffy on a Vision Quest to help her discover what being the Slayer truly meant. [105], Meanwhile, Buffy had discovered that Spike was living in the basement of the high school. "Chosen" had an audience of 2.9 million households upon its original airing. As she lies on the ground, she sees several newly activated Slayers fall, including Amanda. Buffy then joined the Scoobies Dawn, Joyce, Xander, Willow, Giles, Andrew, Faith, Angel, and Spike in a barbecue commemorating hers and Faith's graduation from San Francisco Police Academy, as they intended to improve their supernatural division. While hiding in Angel's apartment, Buffy met Kendra,[42] a second Slayer who had been activated when Buffy drowned. Giles, however, knew that Glory would rise again and killed Ben with his own hands, thus destroying her. Accompanied with Satsu, her most trusted fighting companion, she discovered the other Slayer's feelings for her, and, despite flattered, she was mostly worried for Satsu's safety due to her own past relationships, describing that people tended to get hurt. As she pauses to give orders, Buffy is stabbed through her abdomen from behind by one of the Turok-Han and falls to the ground. FINDING YOUR DESTINY After finishing off Caleb and sending Angel off with thanks for the amulet he delivered, Buffy returns home to find Dawn back, despite her best efforts at shipping her off to safety. [101] However, throughout her focus of the Slayer mission, she stated that she would be able to kill a human to save the world;[186] indeed, Buffy had made exceptions to her rule of not killing humans: she was apparently willing to kill Faith to save Angel's life,[61] killed several members of the Knights of Byzantium to protect Dawn,[87] and bisected Caleb with the Scythe. She passes the scythe to Faith and asks her to hold the line. However, Willow did admit that Buffy wasn't always very smart ("You know Buffy. However, she was ripped away from it just as quickly and teleported to the Magic Council, courtesy of none other than the Old One Illyria. Studios. Season seven explores the fundamental separation between the Slayer and other people, which the series finale turns upside down. Angel experiences a moment of happiness with Buffy. [159], The world then was being taken by interdimensional demons, allowed to enter the Earth dimension with the use of the Restless Door, in power of the demon lords the Mistress, the Soul Glutton, and the Sculptor. How can Buffy recover from her sword wound so fast? [202] Strangely, however, she was shown driving at one point and did so perfectly.[10]. [21], With the other survivors, Buffy looked on at the crater where her hometown had been. Buffy who had been determined to have a safe and normal holiday meal with her friends was also shocked when Spike arrived unexpectedly at Giles' flat, begging for help. Buffy leads the Scoobies into the Reckoning. At first, Buffy enjoyed this new power, by tricking the mentality of the social worker Doris Kroeger, who had been unimpressed by Buffy's ability as Dawn's guardian; and by going to Spike for sex, without the risk of their affair being discovered. Despite her powerful sense of responsibility, when in a state of depression or ill humor, she had been shown to procrastinate and put off or otherwise ignore things she should be dealing with. After trying to give a farewell speech, Andrew is dragged off by Anya. Status When Andrew goes to give his thank you/goodbye speech in the school hall, Anya standing on his left. During the night, Buffy goes to the basement, where she apparently spends her last night with Spike. Four months after the destruction of the Seed, Buffy was a guest in Xander and Dawn's apartment in San Francisco, while working as a waitress at the coffee shop Pick Me Up. Afterward, Willow expresses her concerns about using magic again to Kennedy. It was revealed that Buffy and Angel were actually prophesied to bring about the apocalyptic event that would destroy Earth and create the sentient Twilight dimension in its place. BUFFY exits, and THE FIRST (as BUFFY) walks over to CALEB. Buffy initially attempted to fight Jordan off for her provocations, but she ended volunteering to go with them, despite Slayers being exempt from reporting. [13], Faith then awakened from her coma and used a Draconian Katra left to her by the Mayor to switch bodies with Buffy. The Slayer Organization seeks refuge in Tibet. Buffy fought against hordes of demons that stood in her way to save Dawn's life with Willow and her magic to help her, while Illyria and Koh arrived to help. Additionally, Riley and Sam were called to convince Buffy to accept to go under the process, arguing that Spike would be better with the Safe Zone's lower population. After yet again foiling the Trio's plan, an enraged and embarrassed Warren tried to kill Buffy by shooting at her while she was caught off-guard in her backyard. At the end, Buffy faces a completely new problem -- one she's glad to have. This choice, though, wasn't easy, as Buffy ended up taking her anger and frustration on her friends, in special on his boyfriend Spike. WebJoin Buffy, Angel and the gang as they try to mend the wounds of the past years, while dealing with problems both old and new, including some previously dead faces from the past. Through a rousing speech, she managed to convince them to give her all the information they and reinstate Giles into the Council as her paid Watcher. Studios. She meets the Potentials, Faith, and Spike, and the Potentials and Slayers cut their hands to open the seal with their blood. "[94] Months later, when given a machine gun and was unable the aim it properly, Buffy rephrased: "These things, never useful. The Shadowmen try to make Buffy more powerful in exchange for her humanity. They keep killing my friends. This was most prominently seen in her exile out of Heaven, ignoring her role as guardian of Dawn and forcing Giles to both take care of her[92] and pay the bills she couldn't afford. With the Supernatural Crisis Act created under President Malloy's administration, Buffy fell in conflict with Jordan, a Slayer working as a licensed contractor for the military, after Buffy refused to be recruited to the role of enforcing the mandatory census of supernatural beings.[168]. Buffy and Faith's relationship would be then changed from that point on.[59]. The ground stops shaking. She then hands it to him. Buffy seemed to figure something out and lifted her Scythe to decapitate the dead Slayer. She tells him that if she fails to stop the First, she's going to need him to organize a second front. Buffy arrives and sees this, causing her to be irritated, stating they someday she should put them in a room and let them fight out their problems and that she has "had enough jealous vampire crap for one night." Buffy left and returned to the school library to acquire a blessed sword to fight Angel. [22][16] As time moved on, Buffy became more accepting of her Slayer duties, particularly after Kendra helped her to understand that being the Slayer was not a job, but part of who she was. Angel recovers ready to take on Caleb himself, but finds two fresh halves waiting for him. She held disgust and hatred of collateral damage as she had always tried to save as many people as she could by any means necessary, even if a solution to save the world was killing someone innocent (a striking difference from her ex-boyfriend Angel, who hademployed "ends justified the means" tactics in the past). During the battle, Spike finally felt the amulet start working. The Buffy story would not be continued beyond this point until "The Long Way Home", a comic book, in 2007 and the Buffy and Angel saga would end in the Season Twelve series in late 2018. Then, Dawn asks Buffy: "What are we going to do now?" She suffered from constant loneliness, especially since she felt the burden of being the Slayer was something no one could understand or share with her. "[133], Later, after Buffy saved a young man who was under attack by a vampire, she was suddenly arrested by the San Francisco Police Department detectives Robert Dowling and Miranda Cheung, who had recently discovered a large number of dead bodies and had theorized they belonged to vampires. Free shipping for many products! The ground begins to shake and rocks tumble. [78] After casting a spell on herself in the hopes of discovering the mystical source of an illness she believed her mother was blighted by, Buffy discovered that Dawn was not her sister at all, but rather a ball of magical energy known as the Key capable of opening interdimensional portals. So we will walk through the fire, and let it burn. Buffy Summers was a badass teen goddess, and I worshipped the hellish ground she slayed on. [170] Buffy gained access to assembly and programming areas,[171] but she was unable to approach restrict areas to further investigate the project. Spike, who had also relocated to San Francisco ensuing the destruction of the Seed, continuously warned her about a new evil force stalking her, while Willow tried to make Buffy realize the consequences of shattering the earth's literal "spark of creation. It was written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon and originally aired on UPN on May 20, 2003. 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