Buffy Season II Episode Guide: Lie To Me

A dark evening. A deserted playground in Sunnydale. A young boy waits for his mother, who's nowhere in sight. A woman approaches, but it is not his mom. She speaks of her mother. She speaks of song. She speaks of the young boy's corpse. Before she can feed her hunger, a third person enters the scene. He tells the boy to leave, then turns to face the woman. He tells her to leave, bringing her companion with her. From the roof of a nearby building, the Slayer watches the conversation below. Buffy looks on in confusion as Drusilla turns and walks away, leaving Angel alone in the playground.

The next morning in school, Buffy is hit by a blast from the past: her old crush from 5th grade through Hemery High, Billy "Ford" Fordham. Ford explains that his father got a new job, so he had to transfer from Hemery to Sunnydale, where he'll finish out his high school education. Xander is less than thrilled to meet yet another guy in Buffy's life. Later, at the Bronze, Buffy bumps into Angel and introduces him to Ford, but the two do anything but hit it off. Feeling uncomfortable, Buffy and Ford leave, and Angel departs shortly afterwards. Outside, Buffy hears a scuffle in the alley, so she sends Ford back into the Bronze while she runs toward the scene of the attack. Suspicious, Ford follows her and watches her drive a spike into a vampire's heart. Shocked to see Ford upon turning down, Buffy tries to make up a story explaining her actions, but Ford simply lays a bomb on her: he knows that she's the Slayer. Ford claims that he figured it out shortly after she left Hemery High and moved out of Los Angeles. Buffy is relieved to hear this, knowing she won't have to worry about constantly making up stories concerning her duties. After Buffy goes home, Ford returns to his true hangout: a basement club filled with vampire groupies. Along with his partners, Ford dreams of joining the ranks of the immortals by becoming a vampire. Elsewhere, Willow is about to call it a night when she hears a knock on her glass door, which leads outside. She opens the blinds and is surprised to see Angel outside. After inviting him inside, Angel asks her to look up Ford on the internet. They discover that he never registered at Sunnydale High, confirming Angel's suspicions of Buffy's old friend. They agree to meet up the next night to investigate further.

The next morning, Willow does her best to keep Buffy from finding out about her investigation into Ford's plans. Unfortunately, Willow is not a very good liar, and she ends up panicking and running off, leaving Buffy as confused as ever. Later that night, Buffy and Ford spot two vampires lurking outside of Sunnydale High. Seeing that Ford is already armed with his own stake, Buffy engages the male vamp, and their fight sends them over the stairway railing. While they continue their battle on the lawn below, Ford tackles the female vamp, but instead of staking her, he offers her freedom in exchange for information regarding her leader, Spike. When Buffy rejoins with Ford, the female vamp is gone. Ford tells her that he killed her, causing the vamp to disintegrate. Meanwhile, Angel, Willow, and Xander check out the vampire groupie club. Not learning much besides the fact that Ford is affiliated with these groupies, the three decide to leave. At the library, Buffy meets up with Giles and Ms. Calendar. Ford has already left and supposedly gone home. Before long, a female vampire bursts from Giles' office, clutching a book. Before anybody can stop her, the vamp escapes through the book stacks. While Giles is distressed over the fact that she stole one of his books, Buffy is even more disturbed by recognizing the vampire as the same one that Ford supposedly killed. In the abandoned warehouse, Ford pays Spike a visit. During their conversation, the female vamp returns and hands the stolen book to Spike, who opens it and finds something he's been looking for. Ford offers Spike the Slayer in exchange for immortality, an offer which Spike can't refuse. Later that night, Angel pays Buffy a visit at her house. He explains that he was responsible for making Drusilla a vampire, but not before he drove her insane by killing off all of her family and loved ones. He then informs Buffy that Ford is part of a group that worships vampires.

Buffy meets Ford outside of school the next morning. He invites her to meet up with him later that night. Buffy agrees, determined to find out what he's up to. Later that night, Buffy pays Ford and his accomplices a surprise visit at the basement club. She learns that Ford and the others desire to become vampires, but before she can do anything, the only door to the basement slams shut. Apparently, Ford anticipated Buffy's visit, and had the door specially rigged so that once it was shut, it could only be opened from the outside. While they wait for Spike and his gang to arrive, Buffy tries to change Ford's mind and save the others from certain death. Ford surprises Buffy one last time by revealing his affliction with brain cancer. He believes that becoming a vampire is his only way of beating his terminal disease. Buffy is saddened to hear this, but she still knows that what he's doing is wrong. Ford knocks Buffy down the stairs while Spike knocks open the door to the basement. While they feed on the unsuspecting groupies, Buffy sees Drusilla standing alone. She leaps up, grabs Dru, and holds a stake over heart as she calls out to Spike. Seeing his love in danger, Spike orders the others to cease their attack and let the groupies go. Buffy then shoves Drusilla into Spike's arms and escapes, shutting the door behind her. Later, Buffy returns and finds Ford's lifeless body on the stairs. In his neck are two fang marks.

Some time later, Buffy and Giles stand over William Fordham's grave. As they discuss the complexities of everyday life, Ford springs out from the ground as a newly-risen vampire. Buffy nonchalantly drives a stake into Ford's heart, and he dissolves into dust. Buffy and Giles then continue their conversation as they depart from the cemetery.

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