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Dead Man's Party

Buffy's arrival back home in Sunnydale is complicated by some rather disturbing confrontations. Principal Snyder refuses to allow her back into school, at which point Joyce tells him that she will take Buffy's case up with the school board. Willow, much to Buffy's disbelief, informs her friend that in Buffy's absence she has been secretly studying witchcraft. Joyce hangs a Nigerian mask up in her living room, unaware that the trinket has the power to bring the dead back to life. During a party for Buffy's return, zombies crash the event and start heavy havoc at the Summer's residence. In the end, Buffy and the Slayerettes defeat the zombies and escape unharmed....at least not in the physical sense.

This episode shows a bit of bitterness from everyone towards Buffy, as they were worried about Buffy and what had happened to her on the night Angel was defeated and the Acathla stayed dormant, (Becoming, Part 2). Giles, Willow, Xander, Oz, Joyce and even Cordelia were hurt by and worried about Buffy. In this episode Buffy does not yet clearly explain what happened really happend that night, she does not tell anyone that Angel was changed before she struck him with the sword sending him to hell and closing the mouth of Acathla in order to save the world. Buffy tries to explain her feelings to her friends but there are still unresolved areas at this point.

In this epised we find that Giles, Xander, Willow, Oz and Cordelia have been trying to pick up for the departure of Buffy and therefore try to patrol and stake vamps. Although it is said that they don't get all of them, they still try to keep the vampire population down in Sunnydale.