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Season 1, Episode 7
Written by David Greenwalt
Directed by Scott Brazil
Original Airdate: 14 April 1997
"You have no idea what it's like to have done
the things that I've done... and to care."
Angel
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
SYNOPSIS
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Collin the Anointed is throwing rocks into a pool
of blood in the Master's Lair. Darla comes in and tries to explain to
the Master that she can kill the Slayer. The Master is very angry that
Buffy continues to kill his family and decides to send The Three after
her. At the Bronze, the pre-fumigation party is going on. Buffy is
sulking while Willow tries to strike up a conversation. Finally, they
start to talk about guys and how they both have a thing for the
unattainable.
While the girls chat, Xander is dancing away on the dance floor. He
tries to dance with a girl, Annie, but her boyfriend is there. As he
backs away to avoid any permanent physical damage from Annie's
boyfriend, he steps on Cordelia's shoes. After a quick chat with her, he
heads back over to Buffy and Willow and notices Buffy's mellow
behaviour. She finally decides to leave but as she does, she feels as if
someone is following her.
On the streets of Sunnydale, Buffy senses someone following her and just
as she pulls a stake out to kill her stalker, a vampire jumps down in
front of her from the trees and two others attack her as well. They drag
her into an alleyway but she starts to fight them off. As they catch her
again and one leans in for the feed, Angel shows up and pulls him off of
her. They fight and Angel ends up getting slashed in the ribs by a rod
iron bar.
Angel and Buffy escape to her house and she invites Angel in. They keep
the vampires out because they can't come in unless they're invited. They
go into the kitchen where Buffy gets some bandages to clean up his cut.
She notices a tattoo on his back and while cleaning up his wound, she
asks him about why he's always around. He explains that maybe he likes
her and that's why he's following her around. Buffy hears the door open
and rushes to the door to intercept her mother from meeting Angel and to
protect her from The Three who could still be outside.
As Buffy tries to hide Angel, he comes out looking presentable with his
shirt and jacket back on. Buffy and Angel pull off a very good cover and
they are able to convince Joyce to go to bed. Buffy holds the door open
to say goodnight, loud enough for her mom to hear but then closes it to
reveal Angel standing behind it. They go up to her room where Buffy
insists Angel stay for the night just in case The Three are still
hanging around.
The next day at school, Xander wigs when Buffy tells him about Angel
staying in her room for the night. Willow asks questions, wanting to
know every little detail. Buffy informs them both and tries to keep
Xander calm. Giles presents Buffy with a book containing a picture of
The Three as well as information about them. He says that Buffy must be
causing the Master much trouble for him to send The Three. He tells her
that they must start training with weapons to prepare for his attack.
In the Master's Lair, The Three offer their lives in penance. The Master
explains to Colin that even though they are family and vampires take
that relationship very seriously, The Three still failed and their lives
shall be taken. Despite how much joy it brings to him. Darla has the
honour of killing them. Back in the library, Buffy finds a crossbow and
is eager to start shooting something. Giles insists they start with the
quarterstaff and gradually work up to the crossbow. But, after a quick
fight in which Buffy ends up knocking Giles to the ground with the
staff, he decides she is ready for the crossbow.
That night, Buffy brings Angel a bag of food, which she snuck away from
the table. When Angel mentions that he did a little "reading" during the
day while Buffy was at school, she thinks that he read her diary, which
was sitting out on her desk. After going over a spew of things mentioned
in the diary to try to cover up it's contents pertaining to him, Angel
reveals that he didn't read her diary and that her Mother was the one
who took it out of the drawer. Buffy, having realized all that she just
said, tries to come up with a clever way to get out of the current
situation. Angel tells her he can't be around her because when he is,
all he wants to do is kiss her. They kiss but as the kiss intensifies,
Angel can't control the demon inside of him and reveals his alter-self:
he's a vampire. Buffy screams and Angel flies out of the window and
slides down the roof.
The next day at school, Buffy tells Giles and friends about Angel being
a vampire. She hopes that Giles knows of a way that a vampire could be
good but he offers no good news. As Xander encourages her to do her duty
as the Slayer and slay Angel, she says that she won't because she loves
him. Later that night, Buffy and Willow try to study in the library but
find it impossible since Buffy's mind is elsewhere. Willow tries to get
off the topic of History by talking about Xander. They decide that
they'll study for a bit longer before Buffy heads home to mope.
Angel arrives back at his apartment and as he turns the light on, senses
someone else's presence in the room. Darla comes out of the shadows and
reminds Angel of the evil things he did in the past with her. While
going over the human like things Angel does, Darla opens one of the
windows, exposing Angel to sunlight to prove her point. Then while Angel
attempts to convince her that he's not evil like he used to be, she
checks out his fridge supply of pig's blood.
Darla, having been eaves dropping on the girls in the library, goes to
Buffy's house where she pretends to be a friend of Buffy's and convinces
Mrs. Summers to invite her into the house. She turns Joyce into a snack
just as Angel comes over to Buffy's house. As he bursts in and tries to
stop Darla, she throws Joyce at him and encourages him to eat. She flees
the scene just as Buffy comes home and finds her mom in Angel's arms.
Angel is kicked out and Buffy calls an ambulance.
At the hospital Buffy tries to comfort her mother and then goes out on a
mission to kill Angel, despite her love for him. Buffy, armed with a
crossbow, finds Angel at the Bronze. They talk and Angel tells her that
he's cursed with a soul after feeding off a gypsy girl. For the past
hundred years, he hadn't fed off a living human being. She offers her
neck, but he refuses. Instead, Darla comes out of the shadows armed with
two guns. She fires and sends Angel falling. Then she and Buffy exchange
attacks until Angel stakes her with one of the bolts from the crossbow.
Days later, at the Bronze, Buffy is hanging with her friends, talking
about Angel until Willow mentions that he's across the room watching
her. The two meet and talk which leads into a supposed "good-bye" kiss,
but they both know that's a big lie. Buffy walks away and we see that
the cross Buffy wore around her neck burned Angel when they kissed.
TRIVIA
CONTINUITY
GOOFS
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When Angel hears Joyce scream, it's
actually a reused version of Buffy's scream taken from earlier in the
episode.
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When Buffy takes dinner to Angel, she's wearing
red lipstick. After they discuss her diary, the lipstick has gone.
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When Angel and Buffy are running from the Three,
and take refuge in Buffy's house, one of the Three gets his arm through
the door before Buffy forces him back out. But he was a vampire and also
uninvited, so how did he get his arm in?
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Before she knew he was a vampire, why did Buffy
have Angel stay at her house for a whole day instead of having him just
go home after sunrise?
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While Willow is trying to tutor Buffy, Darla
watches in the background, and her reflection can be seen in the side of
one of the bookcases.
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When did Buffy call Giles and tell him about the
three vampires so that he could research it from midnight until six?
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How did Darla know that Angel would arrive at
Buffy's house, just in time to be found with Joyce?
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