Episode 49 "Consequences" Summary
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Buffy has a nightmare in which she tries to escape the murky water while
the murdered Finch pulls her down by the ankle. Finally reaching the
surface, Buffy sees Faith, who immediately pushes her fellow Slayer back
underwater. After waking up, Buffy wanders down to the family room, where
her mother is watching a news report about the discovery of Finch's body.
At the library, Wesley orders Buffy and Faith to investigate Finch's
murder. During their discussion, Cordelia enters the library to check out
some books for an assignment. She takes an immediate interest in Wesley,
who doesn't realize how old she really is until Giles and the others fill
him in. After heading out, Buffy tries to convince Faith into coming clean
and confessing their crime. Faith reminds Buffy that they were both
involved, so if she goes down, she's taking Buffy with her. Buffy then
spots Willow and tries to talk to her. However, Willow is still stung by
Buffy's recent behavior. Meanwhile, Mayor Wilkins shreds all of Finch's
files that contain anything related to their dirty work. Mr. Trick listens
as Mayor Wilkins wonders if Allan Finch was conspiring against him somehow.
Later that night, Buffy and Faith sneak into Finch's office at City Hall to
see if they can find any info that might explain why he was in the alley
that night. They notice that almost all of his files are gone, which leads
Buffy to believe that a cover-up may be in the works. Just as they're
heading out, Mayor Wilkins and Mr. Trick enter the building on the opposite
end of the hallway. Seeing them together, Buffy and Faith duck back into
Finch's office, waiting for the Mayor and Mr. Trick to pass by before
running for the exit. Outside, Buffy expresses her concern over Faith's
apparently guilt-free conscience. She doesn't believe that Faith is
perfectly okay with murdering a man, but Faith says otherwise. Faith
believes that their nightly deeds as Slayers should put them above the law.
When Buffy returns home, she is greeted by her mother and Detective Stein,
who has come to ask her a few questions about the night of the murder.
Buffy lies and pleads ignorance to everything related to the murder.
Detective Stein leaves and visits Faith at her motel room, where he gets a
similar story. Meanwhile, Buffy tells Willow the truth about everything
that happened. Willow advises Buffy to go to Giles. When Buffy arrives at
the library, she finds out that Faith has gotten there first and pinned the
murder on Buffy. Buffy tries to convince Giles otherwise, but he sends her
to his office to deal with her later. After Faith goes home, Giles assures
Buffy that he's aware of Faith's lies. While Giles tells Buffy that he has
no intentions of involving the Watcher's Council in this matter, Wesley
overhears the whole conversation from outside the office. Soon afterwards,
he calls the Council in Britain to alert them of the crime.
The next morning, Buffy talks with Xander, Willow, and Giles about what
they should do with Faith. Feeling he has a special connection with Faith
ever since the night they slept together, Xander volunteers to talk to her.
In no time, Buffy, Willow, and Giles figure out what happened between the
two of them. While Xander heads towards Faith's motel room, Willow cries
over the revelation that her first love has had sex with another girl. At
the motel room, Xander tries to help Faith see that what she did was wrong.
With no intentions of hearing any more of this, Faith shoves Xander onto
the bed and jumps on top of him. Unlike last time, however, Faith's
desires are much deadlier. She wraps her hands around Xander's neck and
tries to squeeze the life out of him. Before she can kill him, Faith is
distracted by a sound at her doorway. She turns her head just in time to
see Angel swing a bat right into her face. Later, Faith regains
consciousness in the mansion. Noticing that she's all chained up, Faith
tries to come on to Angel. He leaves her there alone momentarily while he
goes to talk with Buffy in another room. Angel believes that Faith is more
dangerous than ever, now that she's experienced murder by her own hands.
After Buffy leaves to patrol, Angel returns to the main chamber to talk to
Faith. He tells her how he can relate to her sinful desires.
Unfortunately, Faith has no interest in his attempts to help her.
Suddenly, Wesley and several other men crash into the mansion. The men
subdue Angel while Wesley unlocks Faith's chains. Immediately after
unlocking the last chain, Wesley restrains Faith with his own cuffs,
informing the Slayer that she will be brought to Britain to face the
Council. In the truck, Faith tricks one of the men into getting closer.
She then beats him to the ground and threatens to snap his neck unless
Wesley frees her from the restraints. Wesley follows her orders. As soon
as she's freed, Faith knocks Wesley to the floor and jumps out the back of
the truck.
Buffy returns to the mansion to find Faith gone and Angel immobilized on
the floor. Shortly, Giles, Xander, and Willow arrive at the mansion. When
they try to formulate a plan to save Faith, Willow interrupts with her own
objection to the idea of saving a guilty murderer who has just tried to
kill Xander. At that moment, a bruised Wesley arrives at the mansion and
tells them that Faith has escaped. Having an idea of where she might be,
Buffy goes to the docks. Sure enough, Faith is on one of the boats, ready
to flee the country. Buffy tries one last time to turn Faith around and
get help. They argue again, but this debate is cut short by a surprise
ambush. Mr. Trick and several of his vampire cohorts knock Buffy to the
ground with a large crate. With Buffy down for the moment, Faith attempts
to fight the vampires by herself. As Buffy recovers, Mr. Trick takes
advantage of her weakened state to try and kill her once and for all.
After dusting the last of the vampire henchmen, Faith sees Mr. Trick about
to bite into Buffy's neck. Quickly, Faith rushes over and stakes Mr.
Trick's heart from behind, bringing him to a dusty end.
At the library, Buffy talks to Giles about Faith's heroic act. They
believe that there may still be hope for Faith. Little do they know that
Faith plans on exploring her newly expanded horizons. Mayor Wilkins gets a
visit from Faith at his office. With Mr. Trick out of the picture, Faith
wants the available job. Intrigued, Mayor Wilkins lets her into the
office, shutting the door behind her.
Episode Summary by: Alan Hufana
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