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Deadmans Party | |
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Buffy is in her room, unpacking her belongings, she looks around before
going to see her mom. Her mom is in another bedroom, about to hammer a nail into the wall, when Buffy calls her. She accidentally puts a hole in
the wall, saying that she was used to the house being quiet for so long.
Over the hole she places a mask from a shipment her gallery received. She
says that she's going out to see her friends, and they awkwardly talk with
her mom offering to driver her, and asks if she's going to be slaying.
Her mom claims that she doesn't mind if Buffy goes, she wants to put this
behind her. Buffy leaves.
She walks down a street, when she hears a quiet clank of metal. She goes to investigate, creeping up behind a guy. She steps on a pop can, and the guy turns around about to stake her. The guy is no other than Xander, who is extremely shocked to see her. Xander stammers when a vamp breaks through the wall beside them. We see that Xander is carrying a walkie-talkie, and Cordellia refers to him as "Nighthawk". Everyone else comes running, and tries to fight the vampire, surprised at seeing Buffy. Soon all of the gang except Buffy are thrown to the ground, who promptly stakes the vamp. The gang looks up at her, staring, as Buffy says "Hey guys", smiling. The gang is waiting at Giles' door, as Buffy debates whether or not to see him. Xander makes her feel a little guilty. Buffy knocks, and Giles opens the door shocked to see her. They sit in his living room, as Buffy says that she just arrived a few hours ago. Xander tells her that she's no longer wanted for murder, and they joke. Giles goes into his kitchen, takes off his glasses and rubs his eyes. He reenters with some food and drinks, and they talk about her expulsion. In Snyder's office Buffy and her mom are talking about readmitting her. Snyder continually says no, and that he gets pleasure from keeping her out, because she is a trouble maker, destructive, and has a bad GPA. Buffy's mom says that she will talk to the mayor, and leave. They drive away, and her mom talks about sending Buffy to private school, to Buffy's horror. Buffy goes to meet Willow at a street corner, who doesn't show up. She goes back to her home and encounters a lady who calls herself Kat leaving her house. Apparently Kat kept her mom company while Buffy was away. She tells Buffy that she should rebond with her. She goes into her house, and her mom said that Willow called and couldn't make it. Her mom also tells her that she invited all of Buffy's friends over to dinner, and asks her to get the good dishes out. Buffy goes down to her basement, and goes to a cabinet for the plates. She sees a picture of her, Xander, and Willow hanging out, and stares longingly at it. She puts it back and reaches for the plates on top. Instead of plates a dead cat falls on her. Her mom and her bury it, while Buffy says that next time she picks the bonding activity next time. In Buffy's room, it's 11:34 at night as she goes to bed. In the other room, the masks' eyes suddenly glow red, and we switch to the garden patch where the dead cat was buried. The ground moves, and suddenly the dead cat emerges, and leaves. Buffy walks around the empty halls of her school, and then heads outside. She meets Angel, and asks if she's dreaming. He responds saying that he's the wrong person to ask, and to go, her friends are waiting for her. Buffy says that she's afraid, and Angel tells her not to be. We hear a school bell ring, which turns into an alarm as Buffy wakes up. Buffy's mom tells her that she's meeting with the superintendent of the school later, and that Buffy was also accepted to a private school. Buffy is angered by this, and her mom firmly tells her that Buffy made some bad choices, and is going to have to live with the consequences. Her mom also tells her that they should tell a few people, such as Snyder and the police, and they'll understand. As her mom opens the door to the backyard, the 'dead' cat runs in. Giles arrives with a cage and traps the cat in the room with the mask. He mom says that the mask is Nigerian, as Giles leaves to do research. Buffy offers to go with him, but Giles can't let her since she's not allowed on school property. In the Library everyone but Buffy is there, and they talk about the mask, and the gathering at the Summers residence that night. They decide that instead of it only being them, as Giles wants, that they'll have a huge party with Oz's band playing. As they talk Giles scans a book, and pashes over a page with shows the Nigerian mask that was in the Summer's house. Later that evening Buffy is at the dinner table, all dressed up. The doorbell rings and she lets Kat in, who goes to see her mom. The bell rings again, and to her shock the band enters. The next scene shows a huge party with lots of people, and loud noise. Buffy goes to talk to Willow about how she only wanted it to be their gang and tries a few times, but the music is too loud. She then pulls Willow out of the room, and talks to her. Buffy says that Willow seems to be avoiding her, and asks why. Willow says that she's just glad Buffy's back, and everything's okay. She then leaves Buffy alone and goes back to the party. We switch to the mask, whose eyes glow red again. At a crime scene a police officer leaves a dead man, who suddenly comes to life. As he stands we see a bullet hole in his head and one of his eyes is red. Back at the party Buffy tries to talk to Xander, who is making out with Cordillia. She soon gives up on that, as they resume. The mask glows red again, and in an operating room a man is pronounced dead from his burns. He suddenly stands up, and screams are heard as well as crashes. In the kitchen of the Summer residence, Buffy's mom and Kat talk about Buffy. Buffy approaches, and hears her mom say that she thought that everything would be fine when Buffy got back, but now that she's back things are worse. Buffy, hearing this, goes up to her room and pulls out her bag. She starts to pack it again, crying. The mask continues to glow as the dead arise. [Commercial] In the Library Giles suddenly exclaims "Oh Lord!" as he goes back to the book the gang was looking at earlier. Horrified he turns to the page which shows the mask, and calls Buffy. Some guy answers the phone, and finally hangs up. Giles leaves for his car. Buffy continues to pack as Willow enters, and sees her. Willow is horrified, and angrily tells her that she's giving up again. Buffy tries to tell her that she doesn't understand, and Willow tells her that she didn't have anyone to talk to when she needed it, because of Buffy. Giles drives towards Buffy's house, muttering sarcastically "Isn't my mask pretty, it raises the dead", and mutters something about Americans. He's so preoccupied that he hits someone. He gets out to check on them, and finds out that they're one of the living dead. He looks up to see others coming at him. In Buffy's room her mom enters and sees her bag. Her mom is angry, and Buffy says that she's not sure what she's doing. She runs out downstairs and her mom follows, yelling at her. The party grinds to a stop as everyone stares while she and her mom argue. Some people leave, but the arguments continue as Xander joins in, making her feel as guilty as he can. He calls her selfish and stupid. The dead are after Giles as he enters his car, trying to start it. He looks out his windshield, and sees his keys lying on the road. He hot wires his car, and drives away. At the party Buffy attacks Xander, saying the he made his feelings for her an Angel perfectly clear. Cordillia attempts to defend Buffy, as well as she knows, and ends up insulting her. They keep arguing, and Willow says that let them try violence, it might work. At that point some of the dead break through the window and start fighting. Willow claims that she was only sarcastic, as the party turns into a fight for life. Her mom asks if they're vamps, and Buffy stabs one. The guy gets up with the stake through he heart, and Buffy says they're not. In another hallway Kat is taken away by some dead. They throw most of them out of the house, but some of them break back in. They run upstairs, and see Kat lying dead in the hallway. They pull her body into the room with the mask, and try to defend themselves. The mask falls on the floor and glows, and Kat opens her eyes. Oz and Cordillia were hiding in a closet, and emerge defending themselves with ski poles. They see someone and move to stake them with the pole, but see it's Giles. Giles says that they have to get id of the mask, if one of the dead puts it on they become a demon incarnate. Up in the room Kat gets up, and puts the mask on. The mask molds to her face, as the dead in the room cower. Xander remarks that that's a bad sign, as her eyes flash and Buffy freezes. She throws Buffy into the wall, and Buffy tells Willow not to stare at her. She does and the eyes freeze Willow with a flash. Before Kat can hurt Willow, Buffy hurls herself at Kat and they break through the window onto the lawn. In the stairway Willow, Oz, and Giles hear the crash and turn around to leave when they see a guy coming at them, they ski pole him to no avail. Ironically, this is the gut from "Some Assembly Required", who was brought back from the dead originally but perished in the fire. Giles tries to stop him as Oz leaves to help Buffy. Buffy and Kat fight, when Kat freezes Buffy again with a flash. Oz emerges from the house and yells at her, distracting Kat. While she's distracted Buffy sticks a shovel through Kat's head, and light pours out as she vaporizes. The rest of the dead disappear too. He mom comes downstairs and see Buffy, asking if this was her normal day. Buffy responds saying that it's nothing. Giles enters Snyder's office, telling Snyder that he can't keep Buffy out. He claims that Snyder has no grounds for it, and that as a minor Buffy is entitled to good education. He says that he will go to the state supreme court to get her back. Snyder laughs at this, and is about to leave when Giles grabs him by the collar and pushes him into a cabinet. Giles says angrily, "Like me to convince you?" Willow and Buffy are downtown at a cafe, talking about what's happend. They forgive each other, and at the end they call each other names, jokingly. | |
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