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Unable to deal with the pain caused by being forced to kill Angel, Buffy heads to L.A. to try and leave it all behind…Sunnydale, her friends, even her name.  There, she goes by “Anne” and works in a diner, waiting tables.  But trouble has a way of finding Buffy, and this time trouble comes in the form of Lily (who was known as Chanterelle in “Lie To Me” last season).  Lily has lost her boyfriend, Rickie, and has enlisted the help of Buffy to find him.  Meanwhile, the scoobies in Sunnydale learn that it ain’t easy to slay vampires without a slayer.  Let’s just hope Buffy can escape that creepy forced labor hell demension to get back to Sunnydale and give them all a hand once more.

Directed by: Joss Whedon
Original Air Date: 29 September 1998

Guest Stars:
Julia Lee (Lily)

Trivia:

• We learn in this episode that “Anne” is Buffy’s middle name.  The Buffy Trivia Guide mentions that there is a chain of lingerie stores in England named Ann Summers, which I thought was funny enough to mention.  =)
• According to IMDB, this is the first episode where they do the “Previously, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer” thing at the beginning.  Really?  How did I miss that?

Quotes:

Larry: “If we can focus, keep discipline, and not have quite as many mysterious deaths, Sunnydale is gonna *rule!*”

Key Events:

• Buffy returns to Sunnydale, after having been away for several months.

Rating:

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In Other News:

Jason is the proud papa of Seth, surely a future Watcher.

And you can find out what Longaberger is here.

They are ready! You can now get your very own Watchercast vinyl decals! 7 colors to choose from for only $5.00 each, Check it out over in the new Goodies page.

Yay Buffy!

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Part 1: Angel prepares a ritual to awaken a demon that will suck the world into hell; Buffy prepares to kill him, but is torn when Willow discovers the ritual that could restore Angel’s soul.

Part 2: Buffy’s life is a mess when her mother discovers her secret life, and she’s expelled from school and forced to make a heart-wrenching decision when both Angel’s and Willow’s rituals succeed.

Directed by: Joss Whedon
Original Air Date: May 12, 1998 / May 19, 1998
Guest Stars: Bianca Lawson (Kendra)
Max Perlich (Whistler)

Trivia:

• Al Franken is mentioned in this set of episodes.
• If angel had been 241 as he stated in previous episodes he would have been born in 1755 or 1756 yet he’s sired by Darla in 1753?
• The Claddagh ring Angel gave Buffy shows up again in these episodes. Claddagh was a small fishing village near Galway, where Angel was sired.

Quotes:
Xander: “And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?”

Spike: “It’s a big rock. I can’t wait to tell my friends. They don’t have a rock this big “

Key Events:

• Buffy reveals her slayerhood to her mother, Joyce
• Angel gets his soul back just in time to be killed (in order to save the world) by Buffy
• Buffy gets expelled from school
• Kendra is killed by Dru and Buffy is implicated in her death
• Willow completes her first MAJOR spell, the gypsy curse that gives Angel his soul back
• Spike takes Dru and leaves town
• Buffy and her Mother fight and Joyce tells Buffy ‘If you walk out that door don’t you even think of coming back.’ and… she doesn’t. Buffy leaves town.

Rating:

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In Other News:

• Thanks to those who watched us record this episode live!
• The Watchercast laptop is fixed and we’re rolling again.

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I did contact Apple Care and spoke with a few people and Apple FedExed me a box to send the MacBook Pro back to them, pre-paid all handled. They would run some tests and if the problem was in coverage of the known Nvidia issue they would fix it no charge. If it wasn’t they would let me know what the issue was and how much it would cost to fix it. Within 48 hours after I had FedEx pick up the box I got an email that my repair was complete. A day or so later the MacBook comes back to me with a new logic board and $0 cost for the fix!

From the Watchercast crew, Thank you Apple.

Now that we have it back we’re going to be recording a double episode. That’s right, The Becoming part I & II all in one super sized episode. We’re going to be recording tomorrow night (Tuesday July 7th), we’re going to start watching the episodes around 7pm EST. As we’re getting setup I’ll twitter and update facebook. We’ll should have everything setup to ‘Live Stream’ the recording session. We may even have open chat at the end of the recording for anyone who wants to gab about season 2 of Buffy.