Buffy Season II Episode Guide: Innocence

In the factory, Drusilla collapses to the floor, sensing something strange. What she doesn't yet realize is that Angel is reverting back to his old self, Angelus. As Angel remains on the ground outside of his home, a woman smoking a cigarrette approaches him and offers some help. Suddenly, Angel springs up and drives his teeth into her neck, draining her of blood, then exhaling the smoke that was still in her lungs. Inside, Buffy wakes up, completely unaware of Angel's whereabouts.

The next morning at school, the others are worried about Buffy and Angel, who haven't checked in or called since everyone split up the previous night. Buffy arrives, but nobody's heard from Angel. At the factory, Angel visits Spike and Dru. The Judge attempts to disintegrate him, but nothing happens, for there is absolutely no humanity left in Angel. Spike and Dru are stunned when they realize that Angelus is back. Dru lets Angel in on the plan to bring forth Armageddon, but Angel wants to hold it off for one more night, giving him time to properly punish the Slayer.

At the library, Willow catches Xander and Cordelia kissing behind the book stacks. Willow runs off, but Xander catches up with her in the hallway. Willow is outraged at his lies and relationship with someone whom they both hate so much. Xander tries to calm her down, but Willow just turns around and leaves. Elsewhere, Jenny discusses the curse with her uncle. She realizes that it may be too late to prevent the curse from lifting, so she leaves, obviously upset with her uncle and the rest of her tribe. Meanwhile, Buffy can't go home without knowing what happened to Angel, so she goes to his place instead. Instead, she is immediately relieved to find him there, alive and well. However, things go sour when he starts acting different, treating their night in bed as no big deal. As his words become more heartless, tears fall from Buffy's eyes. Angel then laughs and takes off, leaving Buffy alone to cry.

Willow eventually returns to the school, telling Xander that the problem with The Judge is more important than their personal matters. While rambling about how it took an army to stop The Judge, Xander has a sudden brainstorm. They start to head towards to the library when all the lights shut off. Angel appears at the opposite end of the hallway. He sends Xander to get the others, then invites Willow to step closer. Jenny then arrives with a cross and tells Willow to walk away, but it is too late, for Angel moves up behind and grabs her. Xander arrives back on the scene in time to see Willow in Angel's grasp. Before Angel can sink his fangs into Willow's neck, Buffy arrives behind Angel and distracts him while Xander takes Jenny's cross and sneaks up on him. Angel is stunned by the cross and drops Willow, then confronts Buffy, who is too shocked to react. He kisses her and takes off. After everyone recovers, they return to the library and attempt to figure out how Angel reverted back to his old self. Realizing that her night with Angel may have had something to do with it, Buffy gets up and goes home, ignoring Giles' demands. With the Slayer distressed mentally, the gang has no idea what to do. That is, everybody but Xander, who has Willow get help from Oz with his van, and tells Cordy to meet him at Willow's house wearing a trashy outfit. At the Summers' home, Buffy slips off her claddagh ring, then cries herself to sleep. She dreams about her last night with Angel in his bed, before the scene switches to a burial ceremony at daytime. Angel is there, and so is Jenny Calendar. Buffy wakes up the next day, and goes straight to Jenny's computer class. In front of Giles and all the students, Buffy slams Jenny to her desk and demands answers. After the students leave, Jenny admits that she was sent to watch Angel and make sure he remained punished. Giles then realizes that Buffy and Angel made love, thus triggering his moment of true happiness and the departure of his soul.

Oz parks his van outside of a US Army armory, and Xander and Cordy step out and sneak into the building. When Xander was transformed into a soldier on the night of Halloween, he gained knowledge of everything a soldier would know, such as weapons training and the layout of the military base. He finds the box he was looking for, and they bring it out to the van. They bring it back to the library, where Xander teaches Buffy how to use it. At the factory, everyone prepares to execute their plan. Spike is left behind, since his condition in the wheelchair makes him unfit to go outside. Shortly afterwards, Buffy and the others arrive at the factory to find it unoccupied. They are not aware of Spike, who is hiding in the shadows. Oz suggests that they may have gone to the mall, which is exactly where they went. At the mall, The Judge emits deadly beams of light that strike every single one of the customers. However, before he can destroy them, a crossbow bolt punctures his chest, causing him to halt his attack on the customers. He looks up to see Buffy holding a crossbow, while the others stand below her. The Judge reiterates the fact that no forged weapon can stop him. However, Xander took this into account, and pulls a rocket launcher out of the box. As Buffy arms the weapon, Angel and Drusilla run for cover. They narrowly avoid the explosion as the rocket shell collides with The Judge, blowing him up into thousands of pieces. Angel and Drusilla escape in separate directions, and Buffy follows Angel while the others pick up the pieces and keep them apart. Buffy tracks Angel down into a theater, where they do battle. After they beat each other up considerably, Buffy finally knocks Angel back with a powerful kick and whips out her stake. However, she cannot bring herself to slay Angel just yet, so she delivers one last kick to his groin, then turns and leaves.

Giles drives Buffy home and assures her that despite all that has happened in the past few days, she has not lost any of his respect. Back inside, Buffy watches an old movie with her mother, who lights a birthday candle on a muffin. Instead of making a wish and blowing it out, Buffy decides to let it burn.

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