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Fed up with life as a mortal, Anyanka begs a demon named D'Hoffryn to
create a temporal fold that would allow her to retrieve her powercenter --
the necklace she wore around her neck -- before it was destroyed.
D'Hoffryn has no interest in helping Anyanka and would rather see her live
out the rest of her life as a mortal. Anyanka pledges to find someone who
will help her.
Outside of Sunnydale High, Willow hones her pencil-floating skills while
Buffy prepares for a traditional Slayer evaluation which Wesley is
conducting. Later, Willow is called to Principal Snyder's office, where
another student named Percy West is also waiting. Percy is one of the star
members of Sunnydale High's basketball team who just so happens to be
having trouble in history class. Principal Snyder orders Willow to tutor
Percy. Afterwards, Willow and Buffy go to the library. While Willow heeds
Giles' request to try to access the Mayor's computer files, Faith returns
with Wesley from the physical portion of the tests. Faith takes note of
Willow's computer search, and she later reports it to Mayor Wilkins himself
during a tour of Faith's new apartment. Decked out with nearly everything
she could ever want, the apartment leaves Faith absolutely giddy. Back at
Sunnydale High, Willow learns that Oz and his band just returned from an
out-of-town gig. Willow tells Oz that she may have wanted to go. Oz
replies with the expectation that Willow wouldn't have wanted to miss a
school day. Spotting Percy, Willow tries to arrange a meeting time for
their tutor session. However, Percy has a different game plan which
involves Willow doing all of the work for him. The last straw for Willow
comes when Buffy comments on her reliability. Tired of being the
goody-two-shoes of the group, Willow stalks off by herself. She runs into
Anyanka, who introduces herself as Anya, a friend of Cordelia's. Willow's
mood takes a turn for the lighter when Anya asks for her help in performing
a spell to create a temporal fold. Anya explains that she wants to
retrieve a lost necklace which was a family heirloom. When Willow and Anya
perform the spell, Willow sees visions of the alternate universe that
Cordelia visited when she told Anya that she wished Buffy had never come to
Sunnydale. Something goes wrong in the course of the spell. Instead of
pulling the necklace out of the alternate universe, the vampire Willow is
transported out just moments before Oz could dust her on the jagged wood.
While Anya futilely searches for the necklace, Willow leaves her alone to
try and figure out what she just saw.
Elsewhere, the Willow from the alternate reality awakens. After night
falls, she ventures out onto the streets of Sunnydale. Quickly realizing
the vast differences surrounding her, Alterna-Willow heads to the Bronze.
There, she draws stares from everybody in attendance, including Percy West.
Provoked by Percy's arrogance, Alterna-Willow shoves him over the pool
table, then grabs him by the throat and tightens her grip. Xander pulls
Percy away before noticing Willow's radical makeover. Thinking he's the
Xander of her reality, Alterna-Willow pulls him into her arms, running her
hands all over his body. It doesn't take long for her to realize that
Xander is still a living, breathing human. Buffy arrives and can't believe
her eyes when she sees Willow. When Alterna-Willow recognizes Buffy as the
Slayer who staked her beloved Xander, she turns and heads for the Bronze's
exit. Buffy tries to stop her, but Willow spins around with vamp face on.
She then takes off, leaving Xander and Buffy horrified and speechless.
Outside the Bronze, Alterna-Willow encounters two of Mayor Wilkins' vampire
henchmen, one of whom is named Alfonse. With the help of a little sadistic
brutality, Alterna-Willow convinces the vampires to work for her and
restore chaos to Sunnydale.
Giles gets the word on Willow's untimely death from Buffy and Xander.
During their lament over the loss of their friend, the Willow of their
reality enters the library. Simultaneously confused and happy, Buffy,
Xander, and Giles embrace Willow, who by this point is simply confused.
While they tell Willow about her evil twin, Angel enters the Bronze in
search of Buffy. As he talks to Oz, Alterna-Willow and her newly-hired
cohorts invade the Bronze. After Angel leaves to get Buffy, Alterna-Willow
kills and drinks from one of the customers. Oz tries to make sense of
what's going on, but Alterna-Willow only remembers him as one of the human
rebels from her reality. Anya clears up everything for the lost vampire,
telling her that the Willow of this reality is the only one who can bring
her back to where she belongs. Meanwhile, Angel reaches the library and
walks right up to Buffy, Xander, and Giles. He doesn't notice Willow
standing in the corner as he tells the gang that their friend is dead.
Willow makes her presence known, sending Angel into the pits of confusion
as well. Realizing they have to stop whatever's about to go down at the
Bronze, the group leaves the library. Willow, however, is reluctant to
kill her alter ago. Remembering the tranquilizer gun, Willow tells the
others to go ahead while she heads back into the library. Before she can
get the gun, Willow encounters her mirror image, who has sneaked into the
library unnoticed. Intrigued by the idea of occupying a world with her
double, Alterna-Willow gets uncomfortably cozy with Willow, who retaliates
with a cross. Alterna-Willow knocks her over the counter. When the
vampire circles around the counter, she is greeted by a tranquilizer dart
right in the stomach. Buffy and the gang return and lock Alterna-Willow
inside the bookcage. Buffy then comes up with a plan to take care of the
vampires in the Bronze.
Disguised in the outfit of her other self, Willow prepares to infiltrate
the Bronze and trick the vampires into walking outside, one by one, and
getting staked by her friends waiting outside. As Willow enters the
Bronze, Alterna-Willow wakes up in her prison. While she notices her own
change of clothes, Cordelia enters the library. Alterna-Willow tries to
talk her into opening the cage, but Cordy opts to use this opportunity to
talk about the secret affair with Xander. After an eternity of rambling,
Cordy finally opens the cage. Hungry for blood, Alterna-Willow chases
Cordy through the halls before cornering her in a restroom. Before the
vampire can close in for the kill, Wesley appears and fends her off with a
cross and holy water. Thwarted, Alterna-Willow turns around and leaves.
Meanwhile, Anya and Alfonse eventually see through Willow's charade.
Willow screams, signaling the others to storm into the Bronze and battle
the remaining vampires inside. During the fight, Alterna-Willow arrives
and pins Willow on the stage. After dusting Alfonse, Buffy leaps onto the
stage and drives a pool cue towards the vampire's heart. Willow screams
for Buffy to stop, and the Slayer is able to halt her weapon's descent.
After all of the customers evacuate the Bronze, Alterna-Willow and Anya
prepare for another temporal fold. Buffy does not agree with the idea of
returning a demon to its own reality where it can kill again. Willow
responds by saying that she simply can't kill her. Before Willow sits down
to perform the ritual, she says her goodbyes to Alterna-Willow, who says
hers in a much more touchy-feely way. Afterwards, Alterna-Willow is
returned to the alternate reality... only to be grabbed by Oz and dusted on
the jagged wood. The next day, Willow contemplates living up to her good
girl reputation and never going out for fun again. When Percy appears with
the history paper completely typed out, Willow decides otherwise.
Episode Summary by: Alan Hufana
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