Original Air Date: October 27, 1997
Written by Carl Ellsworth
Directed by Bruce Seth GreenVampires Slain = 1
On Halloween, Willow dresses like a hoochie mama. Buffy is delighted, but Willow chickens out and is a ghost once again. While Buffy the noblewoman, Willow the ghost, and Xander the soldier are out with their little trick-or-treaters, things start changing, thanks to our chanting costumer, and the three become the characters they were pretending to be. Now that Buffy is no longer the slayer, Spike goes to kill Buffy. Giles figures out that the costume shop is somehow involved, and discovers the chanter -- who is actually an old friend, Ethan. Ethan threatens to reveal secrets about Giles to Sunnydale, but Giles decks him and demands to know how to break the spell. As Giles shatters the statue, as instructed by Ethan, Spike is just about to kill Buffy. In the nick of time, she returns to being Buffy the Vampire Slayer and pummels Spike, who runs off. Once they're finally alone, Buffy tells Angel she dressed like that to please him, but he admits he hated those noblewomen -- he wanted someone exciting and interesting. They make out at last -- who said the undead don't like to have fun on Halloween? The next day, Giles returns to Ethan's store, which is bare except for a note which says, "Be seeing you."
Buffy Summers Xander Harris Willow Rosenberg Cordelia Chase Angel Rupert Giles Oz Spike Ethan Rayne Drusilla Principal Snyder Larry |
Sarah Michelle Gellar Nicholas Brendon Alyson Hannigan Charisma Carpenter David Boreanaz Anthony Stewart Head Seth Green James Marsters Robin Sachs Juliet Landau Armin Shimerman Larry Bagby III |