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Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Episode Guide by John T Burt |
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The grades and viewing notes from the summar marathon viewing are in parenthesis at the start of the summaries. Short important multishow sub-plots are included. Shows with *, ** or *** after the title are important to the primary season theme.
| Season 3 "Well, no one told me about her, how many people cried..." Zhombies "She's Not There" | ||||||
| S | E | Hr | Gd | Title | Summary | Date |
| 3 | 1 | 35 | B | Anne | (C+) (A slow depressing show. Zip over the early parts. Opener part 1/2) A depressing Buffy is hiding in a city tenderloin district. She battles a demon to shut down an underground aging kitchen (pun intended) before discovering herself again and returning home. (The next episode is sort of a continuation. Watch them together if you can.) | 1998 09.29 |
| 3 | 2 | 36 | B | Dead Man's Party ** | (B+) (This makes a better season premier. Zip over the Angel dream. Opener part 2/2) Everyone has trouble dealing with the pain Buffy caused by running away until the zombies her mom's African mask made crash her coming home party and they all have to fight for their lives. Buffy was depressed and depressing at the start, but I think she got better. | 1998 10.06 |
| 3 | 3 | 37 | B | Faith, Hope, and Trick *** | (B) (Zip over the early Angel dream.) Everyone likes the perky, spunky new second slayer Faith but she's actually on the run from an ancient vampire (who followed her) that killed her watcher. Eventually she spears him. Buffy decides to date again. | 1998 10.13 |
| 3 | 4 | 38 | D | Beauty and the Beasts (aka All Men Are Beasts) |
(X) Angel is back. After 100 yrs of torture in hell, he is a bit unfriendly. Werewolf Oz is suspect in killings. A Jeckle/Hyde student is the killer and angel kills him saving Buffy. | 1998 10.20 |
| 3 | 5 | 39 | C+ | Homecoming | (B-) (Zip over Angel teaser. Xander/Willow part 1/3.) Buffy and Cordy both run for homecoming queen and loose. Buffy and Cordy are attacked in SlayerFest. The Mayor "hires" a vampire helper. Xander and Willow discover each other - finally. | 1998 11.03 |
| 3 | 6 | 40 | A- | Band Candy | (A) (Zip over early Angel. Joyce/Giles pt 1/2) The mayor's candy bars for the band cause adults to act like teens, cool teens. Giles and Joyce (Buffy's mom, very sexy) get it on. The song they played was "Tales of Brave Ulysses" from the "Disraelie Gears" album by Cream (Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton). | 1998 11.10 |
| 3 | 7 | 41 | B- | Revelations * | (C+) (Too much talking and too slow. Zip over part of Angel and the Buffy grilling.) Faith's new watcher really, really wants power. The group discovers Angel and is upset. Angel helps destroy a demon enchanted glove before it can be used. Xander and Willow still confused. | 1998 11.17 |
| 3 | 8 | 42 | D+ | Lover's Walk * | (C-) (Zip over Spike angst and the fight. Xander/Willow part 2/3.) Spike returns pining for Dru but clears up relationships. Buffy got good SATs. Buffy, set straight with Angel, says good bye. Cordy and Oz see Willow and Xander kissing. Cordy, injured, tells Xander to get lost. | 1998 11.24 |
| 3 | 9 | 43 | C+ | You Wish | (C+) (Xander/Willow part 3/3.) The spited lover demon, Anya, grants Cordy's wish that Buffy had never came to Sunnydale. Cordy doesn't last long in the alternate world. Vampires, including Willow and Xander and the master, rule the town at night. | 1998 12.08 |
| 3 | 10 | 44 | D+ | Amends | (X) Xmas. A demon almost makes Angel suicide by showing him dreams of his past but Buffy and a freak snowstorm save him from the sunrise. Willow and Oz together. | 1998 12.15 |
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"I don't know where you're going, and I don't know why. Listen to your heart, before you tell him goodbye." Roxette "Listen To Your Heart" |
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| 3 | 11 | 45 | C | Gingerbread | (B-) (Zip over Angel.) After finding 2 murdered children, Joyce starts a parent vigilante group to hunt down witches. But the kids were really a demon. She had a point though, Sunnydale isn't getting any better despite Buffy. | 1999 01.11 |
| 3 | 12 | 46 | C+ | Helpless ** | (B-) (Zip over Angel twice.) Giles drugs Buffy's strength away for a watcher's council 18th birthday test against a nasty vamp. When all goes wrong, Buffy passes anyway but Giles fails and is fired as watcher. Very slow start - strong ending. | 1999 01.20 |
| 3 | 13 | 47 | B | The Zeppo | (B+) (Zip over early Xander angst.) Feeling left out, Xander joins a gang of dead guys. As everyone else fights a cult and master, Xander rescues Faith, has sex with her, destroys the dead guys, and stops their bomb. More importantly he gets his cool and even Cordy's taunts don't phase him. | 1999 01.26 |
| 3 | 14 | 48 | A | Bad Girls *** | (A-) (Zip over Balthazar 2. Conclusion set up 1/2) The new watcher is a dork. With the Balthazar cult in town, Faith and Buffy get rowdy till Faith stabs a human by mistake and the mayor becomes invincible in a show that sets up the season finalie. What happened to Xander's cool? | 1999 02.09 |
| 3 | 15 | 49 | B | Consequences ** | (C+) (Way too slow and nothing to zip over. Conclusion set up 2/2) Everyone begins to cope with the murder. With their help even Faith starts to respond - till the new watcher screws it all up. Buffy learns about the mayor and Faith goes to work for him. | 1999 02.16 |
| 3 | 16 | 50 | B | Doppelgangerland | (A) (Perfect.) When a spell goes wrong, Willow imports the vampire Willow from the "You Wish" alternate universe where Buffy never came to Sunnydale. | 1999 02.24 |
| 3 | 17 | 51 | D- | Enemies | (X) Boring show. Faith is exposed when Giles and Buffy trick the mayor into thinking he has turned Angel bad. | 1999 03.16 |
| 3 | 18 | 52 | B | Earshot | (Hilarious. Slightly slow but the end is worth it. Watch after 3.06. Joyce/Giles pt 2/2) Originally scheduled for April 27, 99 but not shown. A demon gives Buffy the ability to read minds which almost drives her crazy. When she reads the thoughts of someone planning mass murder on campus, the team stops it. | 1999 09.21 |
| 3 | 19 | 53 | B | Choices *** | (A-) (Zip mayor's monolog in exchange. Conclusion part 1/4) Willow is captured during a raid on the mayor and is exchanged for a box of nasty critters. Faith has doubts, Willow doesn't. Willow and Buffy to attend Sunnydale U.. Cordy is working, might not be rich. | 1999 05.05 |
| 3 | 20 | 54 | B | The Prom | (A-) (Zip Angel wedding dream. Romantic commedy. Conclusion part 2/4) Angel breaks up with Buffy before the prom. Xander pays for Cordy's dress (looks good). Buffy kills hell hounds. Prom thanks Buffy for protecting the school. Angel shows up at the prom for Buffy. | 1999 05.11 |
| 3 | 21 | 55 | C | Graduation Day, part 1 *** | (B-) (Slow show. Zip mayor and Faith 2x. Zip Angel and Buffy 2x. Conclusion part 3/4) Ex-demon Anya reports on an asscension she saw. Faith poisons Angel. Slayer blood is the only cure. Buffy quits the council and goes independant. Willow and Oz get down. Buffy "kills" Faith for Angel but the body falls on a moving truck. | 1999 05.18 |
| 3 | 22 | 56 | C+ | Graduation Day, part 2 *** | (B+) (Minor zipping OK. Conclusion part 4/4) Buffy forces Angel to feed on her. She and Faith end up in the same hospital. Faith tells Buffy the mayor's weakness in a dream. The mayor assends to a giant demon snake during graduation, but the entire class has weapons. Buffy tricks him into the library where he is blown up. Angel leaves. | 1999 07.13 |
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| "I've seen so much worth dying for, So little worth killing over" Pat Benatar "Too Long A Soldier" | ||||||