Buffy Season II Episode Guide: Reptile Boy

A quiet scene of a frat house at night is suddenly interrupted by the sound of crashing glass. Callie Megan Anderson is running for her life from a large group of people dressed in brown hooded robes. After a lengthy chase through the cemetery, she is stopped by one of the pursuers, who casually has her taken back to the house.

The next day, Giles chastises Buffy for her recent slacking off in training. Despite the current drought of paranormal activity, Giles demands that Buffy stick to her training schedule and report to the library during free periods and after school. Buffy counters with the fact that while she may be the Slayer, she is still a sixteen-year-old high school student that needs to have a social life. After school, Buffy opts to wait outside the school for Willow and Xander to join her. They don't chat too long before Cordelia pulls Buffy away from the group and towards a car parked along the street. Inside the car are two members of the local college's fraternity, and one of them, Tom, has taken an interest in Buffy. While Cordelia makes small talk with the other frat member, Richard, Buffy reluctantly introduces herself to Tom, who soon surprises her with a seemingly kind and genuine manner. Giles interrupts their conversation by calling Buffy to the library, so she leaves for training.

Later that night, while running patrol in the cemetery, Buffy discovers a broken bracelet on the ground. She can make out the letters "E-N-T", but the first part of the word remains a mystery because the bracelet is broken. Just then, Angel arrives and informs Buffy that there is blood on the bracelet, even though she can't see any. In an attempt to take advantage of the moment, Buffy suggests that they should meet under different circumstances, instead of all their encounters during a patrol. Angel takes her hint and asks if she's referring to a date, to which Buffy quickly denies. Angel then makes it clear that their relationship is too complicated, and dating would not be a good idea for them. Frustrated, Buffy starts to leave, but Angel grabs her and pulls her close, stating the danger that arises from their situation. He can't afford to fall in love and lose control, and she can't sustain a relationship with an immortal vampire while she herself goes on living. Buffy breaks free of Angel's grasp and leaves him alone in the cemetery.

The next day, Cordelia invites Buffy to a frat party to be held later that night. Buffy accepts the invitation, much to Xander's and Willow's surprise. In the library, Buffy gives the bracelet she found to Giles for inspection, then excuses herself from patrol duties by making up a story about her mother being sick. Xander and Willow express their disappointment with Buffy's dishonesty, but she doesn't change her mind.

While Buffy and Cordelia attend the frat party, Willow determines that the missing letter is "K", which spells out "Kent", the name of a school she knows of. Willow pulls up a report from Kent's computer files about a missing student, Callie Megan Anderson. Giles is about to call Buffy when Willow realizes she isn't home. She tells Giles to call Angel instead, which he does. Shortly after Angel arrives, Willow caves and tells the truth about Buffy's whereabouts, then verbally chews out both Giles and Angel for being so insensitive to Buffy's own needs. Meanwhile, at the party, Buffy is all alone with nobody to talk to or dance with. She ponders having a drink but can't bring herself to take a sip. She is totally unaware that in another room, Xander is sneaking in through a window. He is soon identified as a party crasher, and is mocked and humiliated before being thrown out of the house. Inside, Buffy finally drops her guard around Tom and Richard and has a drink, which eventually causes her to pass out in an upstairs bedroom. She doesn't even notice Cordelia's unconscious body lying on the floor next to the bed.

Buffy and Cordelia awaken to find themselves chained to a wall in the frat house's basement. Also chained to the wall is Callie, who has given up hope of escaping. They realize that the fraternity is a cult led by Tom, who begins a chant for an unseen being named Machida. Buffy realizes that the three of them will be offered as sacrifices to Machida, who reveals himself to be an enormous half-man, half-snake. Outside, Willow, Giles, and Angel arrive at the frat house and meet up with Xander, who is disguised in one of the same brown robes worn by the frat. He gets one of the members to open the door then charges in, followed by the rest of the group. Tom hears the commotion and sends his fellow cult members upstairs to fight off the intruders. Buffy breaks her chain from the wall and fights Machida off of Cordelia before setting her sights on Tom. As they duke it out, the rest of the group fights their way to the basement, just in time to see Buffy beat Tom and drive a sword through Machida's body, killing it. A few nights later, Angel meets Buffy at the Bronze and finally asks her if she'd like to go out for a cup of coffe or something. Buffy simply smiles and walks off, refraining from giving him a definite answer.

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