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Season
One Recap
The
first episode, Something Ventured, Something Gained opens
with the gang buying a two-building complex from a real
estate agent named Bonnie. Willow also finds out she was
destined to be a Watcher through a spell. In Lake Eerie
boaters go missing on Lake Erie and the gang springs into
action when they learn of a lake demon but not before
Faith's felonious past returns to haunt her. Willow,
however, uses her hacker skills and a little magic to clear
Faith’s record. In our third episode, Foreign Presence,
Rowena Allister arrives claiming to be a Watcher from the
Old Guard with a book called the ‘Opus’. In Untimely
Arrivals, James Tyrell and the rest of the Old Guard arrive
in Cleveland to wreck havoc with the New Watchers Council.
In Broken Allies, Tyrell and his son Jordon, a former lover
of Rowena, make a final power play that threatens to split
the New Council apart. Rowena is faced with a choice of who
should receive the book and gives it to Giles. Giles asks
her to stay on staff. On the Wiccan holiday, Samhain, Willow
contacts Anya who says she has a urgent message about Xander
growing more despondent as Giles and Co. battle a demon set
on creating a zombie army. A young slayer, Marsha, stands
out from the crowd and Willow is named as her new watcher.
In
Love and War, Dawn visits the council sans Buffy just in
time to run into Ethan Rayne who's working for an
organization called...well...The Organization. During her
stay, Dawn bonds with a young witch in Willow’s class
named Jeff. In Another Year Old, Xander returns to the
Watchers Council for Willow's birthday. She finds a ritual
to restore his eye however it involves creating sexual
energy much to Kennedy's dismay. In Love Hurts, as Kennedy
and Willow grapple with the fallout from Xander's successful
spell, Andrew concocts some company in the form of a demon
that only has eyes for him. But an agent of the big bad, the
Presidium, kills her and takes away Willow’s powers in the
process. In Dark Force Rising, Tara appears to Kennedy in a
dream to help aid in the return of Willow's magical powers.
The advice leads Giles to a book and a shopkeeper, Becca
Montague, whom he begins dating. Anya's demonic 'Santa' and
his helpers return to Cleveland in Blue Christmas, and while
Giles and Becca's relationship blooms, Willow and Kennedy's
comes to an end.
In
Modus Operandi, the Watchers realize there's a killer in
town who actually might be very old instead of someone new
– a demonic Jack the Ripper. In Rash Decisions, Kennedy
takes a walk on the wild side with a vampire that leads to
unexpected consequences while the Watcher's Council battles
Sister Sin. As a blizzard strikes Cleveland, in Family Ties,
the council is besieged with family and friends seeking
shelter from the storm, including Willow’s parents and
Brell's brother and family who've had a close encounter with
the Presidium. In About Last Night, Willow comes 'out' to
her parents as a Watcher and their supernatural dealings
while grappling with the after effects of a one-night stand
with Kennedy. In Restoration, the story jumps to the year
2130, with the descendant of Willow Rosenberg, a Colonel in
the militaristic Watchers Council, reuniting with the
reincarnation of Tara Maclay, a Slayer. Together they try to
stop an army of demons created by the Council itself with
the help of the only surviving Summers family member, a
woman named Aurora. In Scarecrow, the suit of a long gone
Watcher/Magic abuser comes back to haunt Giles and as he,
Willow and Rowena go to an Ohio farm to investigate they
find themselves battling not only mystical enemies but
mother nature. During the outing Willow realizes she’s
starting to have strong feels for Rowena but says nothing.
In
Gangland, while coming home from adult education class Faith
comes upon a group of 'lost girls' who have Slayer strength
and banded together. She tries to convince them to join the
council. In Lessons Learned, as Kennedy grapples with the
decision to stay or leave the council, Faith and the
Watchers try to instill the newfound rebels to their cause,
including one young woman named Mia who takes a liking to
Kennedy. In High Art, as Giles celebrates his 50th birthday
he's faced with the death of a new Watcher recruit and a
painting he acquires at an auction with Becca turns out to
be more than just a pretty picture but showing a window
inside himself. While Giles and Becca consummate their
relationship Amy returns to put a hex on Willow, Faith and
Xander making them reverse in age in Child’s Play. As the
Watchers and Slayer prepare for Beltaine, in the episode May
Day, Bonnie and the Presidium cast a spell on various
religion groups to attack the council. In Another Day, Faith
is kidnapped and placed as bait inside a cave. Buffy and
Kennedy rescue her but not without Rona being killed. In the
Season One finale, Another Apocalypse, the gang works
together to take on the Presidium each using their skills to
foil the plans of the Engineer. (CLICK
HERE to Read the Season 1 Episodes)
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