Buffy The Vampire Slayer - season 2 guide

Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Episode Guide by John T Burt

Season 2 "The Night Time ... Is The Right Time..." Creedence Clearwater Revival
S	E	Hr	Gd	Title	Summary	Date
2	1	13	A+	When She Was Bad	Summer's over and Buffy's back but is rather a bitch. She only pulls out of her mood when her friends are almost sacrificed to resurrect the master.	1997 09.15
2	2	14	B	Some Assembly Required	Two young Frankensteins try to build a girl for their first monster. Our protaganists are pairing off, especially Ms Calendar!	1997 09.22
2	3	15	A-	School hard	Spike takes over the vampires, cooking the anointed one in the sun. Buffy fights Spike on parents night, showing her mom there's more to life than school. The principal knows more than he lets on.	1997 09.29
2	4	16	B	Inca Mummy Girl	Xander's exchange student girl friend is really a mummy that stays alive by sucking the life force from others by kissing them.	1997 10.06
2	5	17	C+ B-	Reptile Boy	In a slightly dull story, Buffy, depressed about work and Angel, goes with Cordie to a frat party that turns into a sacrafice to a demon snake man.	1997 10.13
2	6	18	A-	Halloween	Rambo Xander and Casper Willow have to protect weak princess Buffy when Giles old mate Ethan makes costumes become real. Buffy and Angel get some time when it's over.	1997 10.28
2	7	19	A	Lie To Me	"No one will get out alive" takes on a new meaning when Buffy's old boyfriend traps her and others for Spike so he can exchange Buffy for becoming a vampire himself.	1997 11.03
2	8	20	A-	The Dark Age	Giles goes bum when a demon he summoned in college comes to town killing its summoners. When it invades Jenny Calendar, Willow figures out how to kill it but Jenny won't touch Giles any more.	1997 11.10
2	9	21	B	What's My Line pt1	Spike brings in a special crew to off Buffy and searches for the cure for Drusilla. Meanwhile the gang endures career week. The unhappy with my life theme is getting old.	1997 11.17
2	10	22	B- C+	What's My Line pt2	Buffy and a second slayer learn from each other. Angel turns out to be the cure for Drusilla. Pairs are formed; Xander and Cordelia, Willow and Oz. Drusilla and Spike are boring- I used fast forward.	1997 11.24
2	11	23	A	Ted	Things look bad when Buffy hates her mom's super nice beau, but he's more mechanical than he seems. Xander and a great looking Cordy still doing it. Jenny shoots Giles (!) and they make up and out.	1997 12.08
2	12	24	B-	Bad Eggs	Two boring cowboy vampires distract Buffy from the real threat, mind controlling eggs from the hell mouth. Xander & Cordy (the best story going) can't figure out what they are doing.	1998 01.12
"Lookin' at you baby, is the dark side of me..." Alannah Myles
2	13	25	C+	Surprise (part 1)	As Drusilla assembles a killer called the Judge, and Jenny tries to take revenge on Angel, Buffy copes with bad dreams and ends up in bed with Angel. A bit slow.	1998 01.20
2	14	26	C	Innocence (part 2)	Doing Buffy lifts the curse from Angel and he reverts to vampire state, but Buffy can't kill him. Xander steals a hand held missle launcher so Buffy can kill the judge. Willow sees Xander and Cordy kissing. It's all so trivially sad.	1998 01.21
2	15	27	B	Phases	Interesting personality studies centering on Willow when the group tries to capture a werewolf before a werewolf hunter can kill it. Xander worries about pretty much everyone, except Cordy, which she does not like.	1998 01.27
2	16	28	A-	Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered	Cordy breaks up with Xander. Amy casts a love spell that hits everyone but Cordy. They're all after Xander, including Willow, Buffy and Jenny (hot!!). Things get really interesting and funny. It ends as a good romantic comedy should.	1998 02.10
2	17	29	D	Passion	(Note on grades) Angel tells Buffy's mom they had sex and kills Jenny when she finds a way to give him back his soul.	1998 02.24
2	18	30	C-	Killed By Death	In the hospital, Buffy can only see the monster that kills children when she is delerious or has a fever.	1998 03.03
2	19	31	C+	I Only Have Eyes For You	The poltergist of a student who killed the teacher he loved is haunting the school and Buffy and is reinacting the killing, fatally for some.	1998 04.28
2	20	32	C+ B-	Go Fish	The swim team has an unfair advantage, the coach has turned them into Creatures From The Black Lagoon. Even Angel doesn't like their blood.	1998 05.05
2	21	33	B	Becoming (pt 1)	Kenda dead, Willow under a bookcase, Xander with a broken arm, Giles captured, and Buffy duped again(!) as Angel prepares to awaken a demon that will swallow the world sending all to hell.	1998 05.12
2	22	34	B	Becoming (pt 2)	After being expelled from school and home and then with Spike's help simultaneously killing the demon and Angel (who Willow had just given back his soul), Buffy sadly leaves Sunnydale alone on a bus. Comments.	1998 05.19
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"You shouldn't have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh..." Pat Benatar "Hell Is For Children"