Becoming (part 2)

In which Spike teams up with Buffy, Angel and Dru gang up on Giles, Xander tells a lie, Willow casts a spell, and Buffy sends Angel straight to Hell.

Official back-of-box synopsis:

The suspense continues as hell prepares to swallow the world and Buffy is left alone to stop it. With Giles in the hands of the enemy and Angel primed for destruction, Buffy is forced into some treacherous alliances and faced with some major life-changing decisions.

From the old WB Buffy website:

PART 2 OF A HEART POUNDING SEASON FINALE -- The suspense continues as hell prepares to swallow the world and Buffy is left alone to stop it. With Giles in the hands of the enemy and Angel primed for destruction, our slayer is forced into some treacherous alliances and faced with life-changing decisions.

Links:

This episode's page at http://www.restlessbtvs.com/, the Restless BTVS Trivia Guide

This episode's page at http://www.vrya.net/bdb/, the Buffyverse Dialog Database

Cross-reference:

episodes in which major characters die:

• Prophecy Girl
  Buffy drowns, if not permanently
• Passion
  Jenny
• The Wish
  Another reality in which Xander, Willow, Cordelia, Angel and Buffy all die
• The Body
  Joyce
• The Gift
  Buffy saves the world a lot, rather than let Dawn die
• Seeing Red
  Tara
• Chosen
  Anya. Spike.
• this episode
  Buffy sends Angel to hell to save the world

episodes where Dru kisses members of the Scooby Gang:

• Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
  even Dru isn't immune to the Great Roofie Spirit
• this episode
  it's just part of the overall torture theme

episodes where the Mutant Enemy guy is different:

• Amends
  wears a Christmas hat
• Graduation Day (part 2)
  he wears a mortar-board hat
• Once More, With Feeling
  he sings "grr-arrgh" (it's Joss' voice)
• Storyteller
  The "we are as gods" one.
• Chosen
  He turns to the camera for a moment
• this episode
  he "needs a hug"

Cast:

• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy
• Alyson Hannigan as Willow
• Nicholas Brendon as Xander
  

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• Anthony Stewart Head as Giles
• Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia
• David Boreanaz as Angel / Angelus
• Kristine Sutherland as Joyce
• Robia Lamorte as Jenny Calendar
• Armin Shimerman as Principal Snyder
• James Marsters as Spike
• Juliet Landau as Drusilla
• Seth Green as Oz
• James MacDonald as Detective Stein
• Max Perlich as Whistler
• Susan Leslie as First Cop
• Thomas G Waites as Second Cop