Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
Written by Marti Noxon ~ Directed by James A. Contner
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
Written by Marti Noxon ~ Directed by James A. Contner
Buffy and Xander are talking at the cemetery about Xander's silver heart pendent gift to Cordelia. Buffy tries to show she cares and that she is happy with his decision but can't hold back. After Xander goes on about how dating is easier than slaying, a vampire comes out and attacks him. Buffy slays the vampire and they walk off. The next day at school, Cordelia is snubbed by her friends because of her relationship with Xander. As the bell rings to end one class, Willow brags to Amy about her boyfriend being in the band and Buffy reveals that she hates Valentine's Day for obvious reasons. As the class leaves, everyone hands the teacher their homework. When Amy reaches the teacher's desk, she just stares at her and then the teacher take the invisible homework from Amy. Xander stands in the background in awe.
Xander meets up with Buffy and Willow as they run into Giles. Ms. Calendar shows up and creates a very awkward scene. Giles and Buffy proceed to the library where Giles warns Buffy about Angel's feeding pattern around V-day. He suggests she stay in for a few days. Meanwhile Spike gives Drusilla a beautiful necklace. As she admires it, Angel slaps a human heart, (or what appears to be) on the table in front of her. The tension between all of them holds strong while Spike tries to get over the fact that he's in a wheelchair and Angel is doing things for Dru.
That night at the Valentine's Day dance, Willow drools over Oz as he plays on the stage. Cordelia is snubbed again by her so-called friends while Xander gathers up the nerve to give her his gift. Xander confronts Cordelia about their relationship and after a long lecture, presents his gift to her. After she thanks him, she tells him she wants to break up. He is terribly wounded and walks off leaving her hurt as well. Meanwhile, Buffy and her mother spend the night resting in front of the TV. Angel annonmously drops off a little Valentine's day pressent for Buffy. A dozen red roses and a note reading: SOON.
The next day, everyone at school stares as Xander walks the halls. Xander runs into Cordelia and her friends. They make fun of him as Cordelia just sits there speechless. He tries to grab Buffy's attention but she is in a rush to tell Giles about Angel's little message. He spies Amy and pulls her aside. He accuses of being a witch then blackmails her into putting a love spell on Cordelia. Xander gets Cordelia to give him back the locket so that Amy can use it for the spell. She tells him it's in her locker but removes it from around her neck when he isn't looking.
At the library, Buffy presents Giles with the note and asks for him to tell her everything about what Angel does. That night, Xander and Amy work the spell. She chants as he sits in a circle with paint on him and holding a candle. The next day he confronts Cordelia assuming the spell worked and realizes that it didn't when she tells him off. In the library, Buffy comes on to Xander and just as they are about to kiss Amy walks into the library wanting to talk to Xander. They go out and talk then Amy comes on to Xander. He begins to get what is going on when another girl comes over and asks him to study with her that night. He rushes off in hopes of saving himself. He rushes home to his room. When he sits down on his bed, Willow pops up from under the covers. He is very nervous and tries to get her to leave. She refuses and continues to approach him. Once he is pegged against the door she begins to suck on his ear. He continues to push her off and then runs away leaving her confused.
The next day at school, Xander walks in cautiously as every girl in school checks him out and every guy in school gives him a look of anger and jealousy. He runs to the library hoping for cover and tells Giles what happens. He apologizes but obviously it isn't enough. Ms. Calendar comes in and tries to explain herself to Giles but is distracted by Xander. Giles goes for help and takes Ms. Calendar with him. Xander locks himself in the library only to be found by a barely dressed Buffy. She enters and asks him to undress her but he refuses. Then Amy arrives to have Xander to herself. Buffy hits her and then Amy turns Buffy into a rat. Giles and Xander try to find Buffy behind a shelf. As they look, Oz comes in and hits Xander in the face. He complains about how Willow spent the whole night crying to him about Xander.
Giles tells Xander to get out of his face then asks Oz to go find Buffy who has escaped the library. Ms. Calendar and Amy stay with Giles while he tries to find out how to reverse the spell. Meanwhile, Xander saves Cordelia from an angry mob of girls who are trying to kill her for not loving Xander. While Giles is lecturing Amy about what damage she has done, Ms. Calendar sneaks out of the library. Xander and Cordelia escape one mob only to encounter Willow and many other girls who want to kill Xander for not loving them. The two mobs collide leaving Xander and Cordy a few seconds to escape. The rush to Buffy's house and hide inside. Cordelia goes upstairs to get some bandages and Joyce comes onto Xander. Cordelia throws her outside and tells her to stay away from her boyfriend, former.
Joyce breaks the window as Xander begins to explain how it all happened. They rush up to Buffy's room where Xander thinks they would be safe. Angel then pops in through the window and pulls Xander out onto the roof. Xander is thrown onto the ground from the roof of Buffy's house. Angel jumps down by him. They fight and just as Angel is about to bite him, Drusilla grabs Angel and throws him up against a tree. She kisses Xander and tells Angel off. As she is about to turn Xander into a vampire, the mob of girls comes at them. Cordelia saves Xander from an ax-happy Willow and they rush into the basement of Buffy's house. While nailing the door shut, Cordelia finds out that the spell was meant for her. Just then the girls begin to break the door down. The mob makes their way in and start to attack Cordelia and Xander.
While all this is going on Giles and Amy are breaking the spell. Oz is down in the basement of the school looking for Buffy. Amy removes the spell from Buffy and she is returned to her old self in the basement where Oz finds her naked. Giles then removes the spell from all the rest of the girls just in time to save them from being killed. Buffy is embarrassed and gets Oz to get her some clothes. Xander and Cordelia tell everyone about the "scavenger hunt" they were having in hopes that no one remembered anything. The next morning everyone is back to normal except Willow. She was hurt terribly by Xander since she loved him even without the spell. Cordelia tells off Harmony about how rude she was to Xander. They walk away hand in hand as Cordelia realizes what she did. Xander comforts her and they walk off.
