Giles tells them not to open the door they can't let the bug out. Before the Mayor can explain, one of the bumbling cops opens the box, letting out some big bug thing (sort of a cross between a beetle, spider, and crab), which attacks and kills him, then scurries away. They make the trade, and Principal Snyder comes in with some cops, thinking he's caught them in a drug deal. Buffy and Angel barely manage to keep their cool. The Mayor takes the opportunity to deliver a pointed lecture on immortality and the challenges it poses to relationships. The Mayor, Faith, and Willow arrive, along with a couple of henchmen. The gang is waiting in the cafeteria where they have arranged for there to be only one way out (or in). The Mayor interrupts their fight to tell them about a "heckuva" phone call he just finished. Faith catches Willow reading them and threatens to kill her, but rather than be intimidated Willow tells her off, calling her a selfish, worthless, waste. Willow ends up in the Mayor's office, where she opens up his secret closet and finds the Books of Ascension. But she uses her telekinesis abilities to kill him with a nearby pencil, and runs out of the room. Willow is trying to escape the room she's locked in when one of the vampire guards comes in, deciding he wants a taste of her. He smashes the implements for the box-destroying ritual, leaving them with but one choice. The argument escalates, but Oz is having none of it. Buffy proposes they simply trade for the box, but Wesley insists the box has to be destroyed. What would he do without her?īack at the ranch, the gang debates how to get Willow back. Faith puts a smile on his face when she enters holding Willow at knifepoint. Following a bit of a snafu with Buffy's winch harness, Buffy claims the box and escapes on foot while the confused guards chase after Giles' speeding van.Ī bit later, the Mayor is scolding the guards. On the roof of City Hall, Willow pours a powdery substance through the skylight onto the box, breaking the supernatural barrier around it. Later that night, Oz and Xander remain behind at the library, following Willow's directions for preparing the spell which will destroy the box. Wesley doesn't like how fast things are moving, and points out that the Mayor will have supernatural powers protecting the box. ![]() Plot point.īuffy, who saw Faith take a box into City Hall, attacks her henchvamp and demands to know what's in it.īuffy tells the gang about the package-an item integral to the Mayor's upcoming Ascension-and they develop a plan to get it. ![]() Cordelia wanders by to throw some insults their way, while neglecting to mention where she's going to school. Xander, who is reading On the Road, is resigned to joining the ranks of the unemployed. Buffy resignedly says it looks like she's attending UC Sunnydale, but she's excited for Willow, who got into Oxford (as well as Yale, MIT, Harvard.). The present: a big, expensive, mean-looking knife. The episode starts out with the Mayor giving Faith a gift-as an early reward for going to the airport and picking up a package for him. Written by David Fury, Jane Espenson, & Douglas Petrie
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