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| 62. Wild at Heart Original Air Date: November 09, 1999 Written by: Marti Noxon Directed by: David Grossman Guest Cast: Marc Blucas (Riley) Paige Moss (Veruca) Lindsay Crouse (Professor Maggie Walsh) For the second time in recent weeks Buffy is running from a vampire. This time, however, she is not running from a lack of confidence or fear. Allowing the vampire to think he is the hunter, Buffy leads the fiend to a secluded spot, before turning the tables and staking the vamp. As she tempts the fates, by musing how easy her opponents have been to dispatch lately, there is an unseen observer.... Spike. He begins to contemplate what he will do to the Slayer this time, but suddenly, he is hit with an electric taser and hauled away by three armed men in camouflage and ski masks. Another night at the Bronze for Buffy, Willow, Oz and Xander, trying to enjoy their status as elders among the crowd, while still reveling in the warm feeling of comfortable surroundings. Then Giles arrives, latte in hand. To their great discomfort, he joins them. With Oz to back him up, he reminds them that he was entirely tuned in to the music scene at one time. They are interrupted by the sound of precocious vocalist, Veruca. The young blonde woman intrigues all the men, but Oz, again, is practically mesmerized. Despite their efforts, Willow and Buffy are only able to draw his attention away from her reluctantly. The next morning, Oz and Willow are sleeping spoon-style. After awaking, Willow suggests tonight would be good for romance, but Oz reminds her that he will be locked away. Willow remembers that she wants to attend a Wicca group that meets this month on the three nights that Oz becomes the Wolfman. Despite any disappointment, they are obviously contented lovers. After Psychology class, Buffy is complimented on her paper by Prof Walsh, and told to prepare to lead a discussion group. Willow has mild pangs of jealousy, but still invites Buffy to join her and Oz at the Cafe. Buffy will get help planning a discussion group from a Teaching Assistant and join them later. Oz is searching for a place to sit among the outdoor tables when he comes across Veruca. She invites Oz to sit and wait. Willow arrives and cannot keep up with their discussion of musical equipment, although she makes an embarrassing attempt. During the exchange Willow reveals that she is a huge Elvis fan. Oz and then Veruca make awkward exits. Buffy arrives to buck up Willow's spirits. Despite the fact that Oz obviously finds Veruca attractive, both agree that Oz is loyal to Willow. At a graveyard, Oz has a sunken mausoleum, with a jail-like cage. After sunset, Oz's werewolf alter ego slams against the door, until the hinges give and release him. Prof.Walsh is startled when Oz-Wolf springs from the bushes. But not a startled as she is when she runs around a corner to be faced with another werewolf. Trapped, she can only dive out of the way as both beasts spring at her. Hitting in mid-air, the two predators bite and claw at each other. Before Walsh flees, she sees the werewolves savagely fighting. The light of day finds Oz waking nude in the grass, with Veruca by his side. Despite the scratches on their bodies, he has no recollection of the night. She tells him that later he will start to remember things that happen to him as a werewolf, just as she now does. She accuses him of knowing that she was a werewolf from the start, just as she sensed him. They steal some clothes from dryers at a laundromat. Oz is confused by how he got out of his cage and she is surprised to learn that he has one. She rejects his desire to contain his wolf outbursts, as denying his true nature. She makes clear that she wants to continue their new relationship. Her physical charms are apparent, but she also offers to teach him to share her love of their wolf legacy. Mindful that his lack of control over the werewolf could easily lead to someone getting hurt or killed, he rejects her enticements. She is confident that he will change his mind. Walsh tells Buffy of her encounter with two huge wild dogs. Oz is scanning the newspaper to make sure he did not harm anyone last night, when Willow arrives. In a tender moment she begins to undress him, but he cannot let her see the claw marks all over his body. He uses his exhaustion as an excuse. Feeling rejected she leaves. At Giles' house, he is kicking ass at Jeopardy, when Buffy arrives. She tells him of Walsh's "dogs" and he will start researching, while Buffy talks to Oz. Willow arrives at Xander's basement apartment, to get a guy's viewpoint on her rejection by Oz. Unable to explain why a guy would not want to have sex with a woman that was willing, Xander suggests going back to Oz and talking about it. Buffy comes across Oz as he is welding repairs to his cage. He denies any knowledge of a second werewolf. Buffy will be looking for the other wolf on patrol tonight. She can tell something is wrong, but trusts his assurances. As Veruca practices slow seductive vocals - our view switches between Oz in his room and Willow at her Wicca meeting, each distracted by deep thoughts. Near sunset, Veruca joins Oz at the mausoleum, at his request. He invites her to join him in the cage to protect others from them and them from Buffy. At first she scorns the idea of a cage, but then she begins to tease him with the idea of them enjoying the night together. As she draws closer to entice him, he grabs her and pulls her to his chest, slamming the door shut. They embrace, they kiss and, hand-in-hand, they change. Daylight, Willow arrives with coffee and breakfast. She finds Oz and Veruca lying naked together. As he protests that he had no choice, she accuses him of not wanting another choice. Through tears, she reminds him that he had a chance to ask for help. When Veruca agrees with her, Oz angrily shouts at Veruca to leave. With her gone, Willow begins to get angry at Oz's lies. He reminds her that she once deceived him, but she will have none of that. Her small indiscretion, a long time ago, cannot compare to his betrayal. When he cannot deny that on an animal level he finds Veruca more attractive, Willow flees. In her aimless and depressed wandering, Riley Finn barely manages to save her before she is run over by a car. Buffy takes Willow home, before she has to leave to find Veruca. With Buffy gone, Willow comes to a decision and opens a chest of magic items. Buffy calls upon Oz to help her find Veruca, but she doesn't want to hear his excuses. Meanwhile, Willow is in a science lab, beginning a spell against Oz and Veruca. As darkness nears, Buffy, with her dart rifle, follows Oz as he tracks Veruca's scent. Willow is beginning the curse for the two lovers. Buffy and Oz find clothes that Veruca planted, and realize they are intended to draw Oz away from her true target.... Willow. As they dash back, Buffy runs into an armed man in camouflage clothes and a ski mask - they both go down. Willow is using a picture of Oz in her ceremony and as she gazes at it, she stops the chant and doesn't finish the curse. Veruca is behind her. She IS willing to kill to get her way. Buffy knocks the "commando" away from her dart gun and takes off again to save Willow. Veruca slaps Willow down with a backhand as Oz arrives. As Oz and Veruca begin to change, she accuses Willow of keeping Oz from his potential as a werewolf. Taking her invitation to kill without conscious, Oz attacks Veruca. With the completion of their change, both wolves continue their deadly struggle, until Oz sinks his teeth deep into Veruca's throat. A bloodied Oz-wolf, then charges Willow, but Buffy is in time to pull him away and fire a dart into him. With Veruca dead and Oz unconscious, Buffy tries to comfort a near-hysterical Willow. Later, Buffy is explaining everything to Giles, who's very interested in the mysterious "commando". She remembers when she saw a group of them on Halloween. Aside from the mystery of the camouflaged men, Buffy is depressed over how depressed Willow is. Giles reminds Buffy that she once recovered from a deep-felt loss, although it was a trial. Willow arrives at Oz's to find him packing. The experience has rattled him and he feels that he must retreat from everyone while he thinks it all through. He pledges his true love to her, kisses her forehead and is gone. Summary by: OBCooke at EpisodeGuides.com |
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