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Season 4, Episode 3
Written by Jane Espenson
Directed by James A. Contner
Original Airdate: 18 October 1999
Anya "I can't stop thinking about you.
Sometimes, in my dreams, you're all naked."
Xander "Really? You know, if I'm in the checkout lane at Wal-Mart,
I've had the same one."
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
SYNOPSIS
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At the Bronze, while the Dingoes play on stage,
Willow and Oz talk, while Buffy secretively watches Parker Abrams play
pool. After the Dingoes wrap, Oz gets ready to take Willow home and
Parker volunteers to take Buffy back to her dorm since it isn't safe
outside. While Willow is waiting for Oz and Devon to return to the van
outside the Bronze, Harmony approaches her. The two of them talk and
then Harmony reveals she's a vampire and bites Willow. Oz rescues her
and Harmony goes away, threatening that her boyfriend is not going to be
happy that they were mean to her. Buffy and Parker walk back to the
dorm, and Parker discovers her scar from when Angel bit her. She tells
him it was a bad puppy that bit her. He then asks her to a party the
next night and she accepts.
At Giles' place, Xander is helping him put books away when Anya makes a
surprise visit. She wants to know where her relationship with Xander is
going and, not aware that they even had a relationship, Xander is a bit
confused. Back at the dorms, Buffy and Parker are just about to kiss
when Willow and Oz arrive. While Oz cleans her wound, Willow fills Buffy
in on everything, including Harmony's supposed boyfriend. Harmony goes
to her boyfriend, who's working underground, and it's revealed to be
Spike. He works on plans with another vampire to dig through the floor
of a crypt. Harmony persistently annoys him and he continues to yell at
her. She complains that she wants to go out, and after the use of some
feminine charm, he agrees to take her out to a party.
The party happens to be the same one Buffy and Parker are attending and
the two couples run into each other. Buffy asks Spike if he's with
Harmony because he lost a bet and Spike then takes the opportunity to
run. They meet outside and fight for a second. Harmony reveals that
Drusilla left Spike for a Fungus demon and that they'll be back as soon
as they get the Gem of Amarra. Anya shows up at Xander's place and after
he gets her a drink, he turns around to see that she's naked. Buffy
calls Giles and informs him about Spike and Harmony. Giles looks the Gem
up, and he says it doesn't exist. Buffy says she's going to sleep, but
instead she goes back to the party with Parker. Harmony annoys Spike,
then draws his full attention with her sexual charm. Anya and Xander
have sex because she's convinced it will help her get over him, and
Buffy makes the decision that she wants to sleep with Parker.
The next morning, Buffy wakes up to an empty bed, and as she's searching
for her clothes, Parker arrives with coffee. He says that he'll call
her. Anya tells Xander that she's over him, and when he says he's okay
with that, she storms out in anger. Spike wakes up to Harmony drawing on
his back and then leaves to get back to work. Buffy finds Willow and
Giles in her dorm room and apparently the Gem of Amarra is real. After
they get rid of Giles, Buffy tells Willow about her night with Parker.
Spike finally breaks into the crypt, and thinks he's found the Gem of
Amarra in a necklace. Harmony shows up and starts trying on jewellery.
Spike finally looses his control and stakes her, but the stake doesn't
kill her. He sees a ring and after holding a cross to her with no
effect, he takes the ring and it's Gem off of her and leaves to go
outside. At Giles' place while they search for answers, Xander finds a
TV and turns it on. They watch the news and see that there was a
sinkhole caused by the erosion of dirt beneath it. They come to the
conclusion that it was Spike's underground digging that caused it. Buffy
tracks down Parker, but she finds that everything they had together was
really no big deal to him. She thinks it's her fault and again, feels
sorry for herself. Spike shows up in the daylight and hits her.
Buffy and Spike have a spectacular fight outside. She tries to stake
him, but instead of killing him, it just tickles - in a good way. Xander
shows up, but Spike quickly knocks him out of the way and continues to
beat up on Buffy. He talks very vulgarly about her relationship with
Parker. Then Spike brings up how Angelus once told him that she was only
worth doing it with once. She then kicks his butt, and takes off the
ring. Smoking from exposure to the sun, he dives down into the sewers.
Later, Buffy and the gang sit around at Giles's place and Buffy reveals
that she wants Angel to have the ring. Oz volunteers to take it when he
goes to LA for a gig.
Later that evening, Buffy, Anya and Harmony all walk separately around
the campus, incredibly depressed.
TRIVIA
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Devon (played by Jason Hall) makes his
final appearance in this episode. The character is mentioned but never
seen again.
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James Marsters was uncredited in the
original airing of this episode but was later added to the guest credits
in repeat airings. This was so not to spoil the surprise of his
reappearance.
CROSSOVER
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At some point, the gang have found out that Angel
is in LA. Buffy gives the Gem of Amarra to Oz to take to her
ex-boyfriend. The arc involving the Gem is continued in Angel's
In the Dark, which features both Oz
and Spike.
CONTINUITY
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While talking to Parker about her past,
Buffy mentions that she drowned once, back in
Prophecy Girl. He also noticed the
scar on her neck that's from Angel when he bit her in
Graduation Day (Part 2).
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Channel 14 News are mentioned again, this
time reporting on the cave in caused by Spike's machinations.
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Buffy wakes up alone again after sex. Angel
left her alone after they had sex in
Surprise. She also asks Willow is all men are evil after sex,
referring of course, to Angelus.
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Harmony was bitten at the Sunnydale High
Class of 1999 Graduation ceremony in
Graduation Day (Part 2), and returns in this episode as a vampire.
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Xander tells Anya that despite her direct
approach, she's still more romantic than Faith, whom he slept with in
The Zeppo.
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Xander mentions that the last time he saw
Anya she was 'fleeing in terror,' a reference to her leaving in
Graduation Day (Part 1). She
mentions the Prom, which they attended together in
The Prom.
GOOFS
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When Harmony tells Buffy that Drusilla left
Spike for a fungus demon, her hair is behind her shoulders, but in the
next shot, some of it is in front of her left shoulder.
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Spike rips off a necklace and tosses it
aside, but a moment later it's back around his neck. When he leaves the
crypt, it's gone again.
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Fear, Itself |
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Pangs |
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Doomed
A New Man |
The I in Team |
Goodbye Iowa |
This Year's Girl |
Who Are You |
Superstar
Where the Wild
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The Yoko Factor |
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