In this part Buffy and the other slayer Kendra become pals. At first Buffy is a little jealous of Kendra because she is a super good slayer technically, and has a lot to nerd out about with Giles, but then she realizes she has her strengths too that Kendra is lacking. Like a personality for example.
Also in this part Spike and Drusilla execute their plan to cure Drusilla by abducting Angel and tying him up with her so she can drain his life force or something. It gets a little sexy between the 3 of them but I will let Mark tell you about that part. Anyway their party gets busted up by the whole gang...Buffy, Kendra, Giles, Willow, Zander, and the 2 remaining bounty hunters. Kendra and Buffy succeed in rescuing Angel together, and everyone gets out of the burning church except Spike and Drusilla. But as we find out in the end Drusilla's cure was effective even though they were interrupted...and it seems as though she is going to be able to save Spike too.
Mark here... yeah so we find out that Buffy's drowning at the end of season 1 resulted in Kendra being "called". So for the first time in Buffy's universe there are 2 slayers. Kendra is presented as the "good" slayer while Buffy is the unconventional one. It's interesting but unfortunately Kendra's accent is too distracting to take her seriously. It's too bad, as Laurel said before, the actress never really had a chance.
We also see the first sparks of romance in this episode...specifically between Xander and Cordelia, and Willow and Oz. Oz is amazing in every scene. He is only briefly in the episode but has a subtle charm. Xander and Cordelia are cornered by one of the bounty hunters and the desperation fires up some passion between them. It's pretty amusing.
The Spike-Drusilla-Angel dynamic has some sexual tension. Drusilla tortures Angel and then Angel taunts Spike in a way that has a strong menage a trois vibe. Anyway, By the end of the episode, Drusilla has recovered but Spike has been weakened. Burning in a church will do that. As far as the gang knows, Spike and Dru have bought the farm and Kendra ships out for now, and she and Buffy make amends.
We give this episode 4 stakes. It was definitely really entertaining and pushed the plot forward, with a second slayer, 2 potential romances and a renewed Drusilla...
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