Buffy: “You saw the Grand Canyon!” First week of College for Willow, Oz and Buffy. Where Willow and Oz seem to be having a great time and adapting very well, Buffy feels… somewhat out of place. She’s not Sunnydale High’s class protector anymore, she’s just one more freshman. Almost insignificant. And it does quite a number on her selfesteem. Enough so to get her seriously injured at the hands of a skanky vamp named Sunday. But Buffy’s confidence comes back with Xander, who assure her that the Scoobies are still a unit, and will always be there when she needs them no matter what she thinks.
Willow: “Ok, so that was the evil twin, right? 'Cause she was bordering on Cordelia-esque.” We've all heard horror roommates stories. But Buffy had to land the worse ever. Once again, everybody thinks B's just being whiny. But could you live with someone who has a Celine Dion poster, and listen to Cher on repeat? I'd jump off the window!! Ends up that the evil roommate is actually trying to steal Buffy's soul! How nice.
Buffy: “Guy dating Harmony dead. Must be like, the most tolerant guy in the world.” The Bigbad is back in town with is...(laugh, cough, choke) girlfriend Harmony (more laughing and choking) He's looking for a mystical ring called the gem of amara. That mythical ring makes the vampire who wears it immortal. And would you be surprised if I’d say that the first task on his agenda after finding the famous ring is to kill the Slayer? Ok, not a very big surprise coming from our favorite one-track mind boy. Poor Spike, his plans never work quite the way he want them to…
Xander: “Who’s a little fear demon? Come on! Who’s a little fear demon!” It’s Halloween. Big event on the campus. Buffy didn’t plan to go, but when she sees that even Giles put on his festive hat (and not just a figure of speech unfortunately) she changes her mind. After all, a little fun is always welcome. So the gang decide to go to one of the frat parties. Xander even invited Anya.
Buffy: “TV is a good thing. Bright colors. Music. Tiny little people.” Depressed after being used by Parker, Buffy turns to the most common way of dealing with the pain: Beer. But it doesn’t take long for her to find out that… Beer. Bad. Soon, thanks to magically spiked beer, Buffy and her drinking companions turn into cave people. Literally. But when the bar turn into a blazing inferno, Buffy proves that even cave Slayer can be heroic. She saves the day and gives Parker a valuable lesson.
Buffy : “Hey, why not? If the Stones can still keep rolling, why can't Giles?” It’s that time of the month for Oz. Full moon is there, bringing the beast in him. But this time, he’s not the only one. Veruca, the singer of a new band in Sunnydale for whom Oz has been feeling an animal attraction, turns out to be a werewolf too. But after the ordeal, Oz is left with no choice but to break Willow’s heart. Realizing that he has no control over the beast inside of him, he decides to leave town.
Willow : “You played the blood-lust kinda cool.” Spike got screwed. Big time. During a midnight stroll, he gets captured by army guys. Thanks to his cleverness, he manages to escape, but it doesn’t take long before he finds out that they messed with his head. Our favorite sexy vamp lost his bite and is quite upset about it. What’s a vamp to do when he can’t feed or fight?
Spike : “You won. All right? You came in and you killed them and you took their land. That's what conquering nations do. It's what Caesar did, and he's not going around saying, "I came, I conquered, I felt really bad about it."Desperate about his new condition and having no one to turn to for help, Spike is left with only one option: the Slayer. He shows up at Giles door, but he couldn’t have chosen a worst time… Buffy is in the middle of a Thanksgiving crisis and she’s acting like a nutcase. Add to that a tribe of really pissed off Native Americans and a broody ex, and you got yourself a party.
Spike: “"Passions" is on! Timmy's down the bloody well, and if you make me miss it, I'll—” Everybody reacts differently to pain. Some, like Buffy, try turning to booze. And others, like Willow, do what comes naturally to them… magic. But an upset Witch isn’t necessarily the best thing to have around. When Willow attempts a “Do my will” spell, things don’t go as planned. Everything she says seems to be coming true. Including Buffy and Spike wanting to get married!
Xander: "I happen to be very biteable pal. I'm moist and delicious."Something strange is happening in Sunnydale. Yeah, I know. Strange is an everyday deal in the Hellmouth. Lets say stranger than usual then. Everybody wakes up mute. But while the Scoobies are busy trying to figure out what stole their voices, mythical creatures called The Gentlemen walk around town ripping people’s heart out. As usual, only one girl can stop them. The Slayer.
Spike: “Yeah, delivering melted cheese on bread, doing your part to keep America constipated.” Spike is miserable. He lost his bite, he’s not scary anymore, and to make matters worst, he’s forced to be Xander’s roommate. He even go as far as trying to stake himself after he shrank all his clothes and has to wear Xander’s horrible shirt. But things are looking up when he’s stuck in the middle of a apocalyptic battle and realizes that he can fight demons.
Spike: “And you're what? Shocked and disappointed? I'm evil!” It’s Giles’ turn to be depressed. He feels left out, useless, and it’s seems like nobody can stop talk about that Professor Walsh person. Life isn’t easy for the former librarian. So when his ex buddy Ethan Rayne offers him a drink, he doesn’t think twice about it and just accepts. But when he wakes up in the morning, he’s a new man… Or more specifically, a new demon. With Spike’s reluctant help, Giles goes after Ethan, hoping he’ll be able to reverse what he did.
BUFFY: “If you think that's enough to kill me, you really
don't know what a Slayer is. Trust me when I say you're gonna find out.” When Professor Walsh discovers Buffy’s true identity, she offers the girl to be part of the Initiative. Buffy accepts right away, never doubting for a second the motives of Maggie. She’ll have second thoughts though after Professor Walsh sends her on a mission with the obvious goal of getting rid of The Slayer. How naïve of her to think it’s that easy getting rid of The Slayer!
Spike: “Got to hand it to you goldilocks - you do have bleeding tragic taste in men. I've got a cousin married to a regurgitating frollops demon that's got better instincts than you.” Maggie Walsh is dead, Adam, her horrible creation, escaped, The Initiative is after Spike again, and the Scoobies are in hiding. Things couldn’t get worst. Positive side of all this is that things are not going that well between Riley and Buffy now that he proved being a weirdo. Ok, that’s my take on it, but I stand by what I said: he’s a freakin’ weirdo. :-P
Spike: “Tell you what I'll do then. I'll head out, find this girl, tell
her exactly where you are and then watch as she kills you. Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all? Just because I can't do the damage myself doesn't stop me from aiming a loose cannon your way. And here I thought the evening be dull.” Something definitely shocking happened. Something no one thought possible. Faith came out of her coma! The girl has been out of it for almost a year and wakes up to find out that everything around her has changed. Everything except that the one who put Faith in a coma in the first place seems happy and well. Faith doesn’t like it one bit and goes after Buffy. What? Did you really expect her to forgive and forget? Yeah right!
FAITH/BUFFY: “I could ride you at a gallop until your legs
buckled and your eyes rolled up. I've got muscles you've never even dreamed of. I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you'd beg me to hurt you just a little bit more. And you know why I don't? Because it's wrong.” Faith’s extreme envy of Buffy and her life is finally fulfilled when she used a magical device to switch bodies with the blonde girl. Now Buffy is trapped in Faith’s body and ready to be shipped to the Watchers council in England while Faith is living the life in her body. Things don’t look too good for our little Slayer.
Spike: "Yeah, back off 'Betty.'" Sunnydale has it’s very own superstar. The name is Jonathan, and he’s good at everything. He’s sexy, smart, strong, excels at every sports, and has amazing fighting skills. He puts The Slayer to shame. But, wait a minute. Forward please. Isn’t that the same little Jonathan who tried to kill himself less than a year ago because nobody noticed him? Something fishy is going on. And you can count on Buffy, even under the influence of a spell, to get to the bottom of things.
SPIKE: “You know ... you take the killing for granted. And then it's gone, and you're like, "I wish I'd appreciated it more." Stopped and smelled the corpses, you know?” Can I skill this recap? It’s too icky for me to remember. Ok, fine. I’ll do it quick. Buffy and Riley are stuck in a house and they “do it” the entire episode. There. That’s enough of a recap.
SPIKE: “For a nasty town like Sunnydale, nobody seems to mind their locks.” Oz is back. Spending quality time with himself did him good. It seems that he can now control himself enough to keep the werewolf inside despite the full moon. Willow is thrilled, but so many things have changed while he was gone. When Oz find out about Willow’s gay relationship with Tara, he loses control and transforms. Luckily for Tara, and unluckily for Oz, he’s captured by The Initiative. The gang gets him out, but Oz realizes now that he has to leave town for good. He can’t be trusted around Willow… he loves her too much.
Spike: “No. See? You're not getting it, Mr. Bits. You're gonna be interestingly dead. Little Miss Tiny's got a habit of bollixing up the plans of every would-be, unstoppable bad-ass who sets foot in this town.” Spike’s tremendous acting skills come in handy when he intentionally gets the Scoobies pissed at each other. Adam promised him he would get his chip removed from his brain if he’d manage to split The Slayer and her friends. He is very successful, having got to know them very well over the past couple of months.
Xander: “Spike's working for Adam?! After all we've done--nah, I can't even act surprised.” The gang realize just how stupid they have been to listen to Spike and let him get to them. After apologizing to each other for all the things that have been said, they finally understand that they are stronger when united. And they do just that, magically, to help Buffy defeat Adam and bring down The Initiative. It doesn’t take long before American government realize that they were in way over their heads trying to harness the forces of darkness to work for them.
SPIKE: “Giles here is gonna teach me to be a Watcher. Says I got the stuff.” After the fight at the Initiative, the Scoobies are exhausted. They decide that a night in front of the TV watching old movies would be a good way for them to relax. But the first movie isn’t even started that they’re already all fast asleep. But there is nothing relaxing about their sleep. They are plagued by wacky dreams that don’t seem to make any sense, and are hunted by none other than The First Slayer herself.