Season Four Recap

Season Four opens with Better Days as the gang tries to adjust to the world knowing that demons are real while Faith deals with her new found celebrity and Kennedy tries to save friendly demons from slaughter. In Unspoken, Kennedy and Rowena must travel to Siberia for an ancient text using borrowed magic from Althenea. In A Little Faith, the slayer finds her sister Hope has slayer powers, but soon learns it's not slayerness but a demon taking position of her identity. Based on a True Story is Andrew's attempt at Hollywood when a screenplay he's written about the council is made into a movie that tells anything but the truth. In Withdrawal Rowena continues her vampire experiments with Skye with some unexpected consequences. In Hide N Seek, a mad-man takes Vi, Faith, Rowena and Heli in a fun house. They escape only for Vi to be killed by poison later in her apartment. They soon realize it wasn't a mad-man at all but the work of sociopath Heli who flees. 

In the second run, starting with Collateral Damage, Xander deals with Vi's death while Kennedy and Kadin face their own troubles when Coen returns looking for revenge on Kadin for killing his werewolf family. In Revelation 9:6 Faith meets the anti-slayer who takes away the powers of any slayer she touches. In From the Bottom Up we see a day in the life of the lesser known members of the council. In Trinity, Dawn, Skye and Shannon hit the road trying to escape from their problems but realize running isn't the answer. In Auld Lang Syne, Rowena, Giles, Andrew and Faith get stranded for New Years and trade stories about other New Years that were important to them. In Meiyo we learn more about an organization named Bureau Nine run by a man named Jason Felix. The organization protects people, like the Watchers Council, but they do it at a price. In their employ is powerful mage Ethan Rayne and old-guard James Tyrell. 

The third run opens with You Never Know about a bungling pair of demons set on world destruction that fail at every turn. In Drawn Together, Willow and Andrew get trapped in a comic book based on Faith's life. In Hidden after saving a wealthy woman's family she rewards the council with a trip to her private island. However, James Tyrell has his son (and Rowena's ex) Jordon perform magic that makes Faith, Buffy, Xander, Willow, Rowena, Kennedy and Kadin lose their inhibition. What begins as a sexy affair ends up nearly killing all involved. Upon learning of James Tyrell's betrayal Jason Felix eliminates Tyrell from his organization with a single gun shot to the head. In Lockdown the council is overrun by a fundamentalist Islamic group and it's up to Amira, a Muslim herself, to plan a rescue attempt much to her subordinates suspicions. In Alluvion, Gwen is hired by Bureau Nine to steal an artifact but she fails in the attempt. When the council comes into position of it, we see that Grace's mother, Dianne, takes the artifact to Felix, therefore betraying the Council. In the last episode of the run we have Sacrifice. Heli, still at large, continues to wreck havoc with the council by killing slayers and toying with them by staying one step ahead. Kennedy's obsession with finding Heli puts a strain on her relationship with Kadin which is only multiplied when Kennedy is forced to kill Kadin in order to save Willow. 

The final run opens with Serena. Kadin who returned from the dead at the end of Sacrifice is back at the council with her formerly dead sweetheart Serena. In the end though Kadin decides Kennedy is the woman for her. In Tokyo Nights Kennedy gets a solid lead that Heli is on the island. After a confrontation Kennedy shoots Heli repeatedly, bringing an end to Heli reign of terror but kill her own morals in the process. In Bloodlines, Faith feels she's 'losing her touch' when a younger slayer starts to upstage her. In the end she teaches the girl a valuable lesson about team work. In The Price Kennedy is doing a TV interview and makes a 'wish' propelling her into a world that's far worse than the one she left. She comes to accept the things she's done regarding Heli and realizes her life is worth living. In part one of the season ender, Childe Roland, Willow and Rowena plan their nuptials in Canada but before she can say 'I do', Willow and the entire coven collapse thanks to Jason's Felix plans to rid the world of magic to make it a better place. In the season four ender, The Dark Tower, the council must race to restore magic to save the dying coven and also protect themselves from the demons who know they are defenseless. In the end, using the anti-slayer and the presence of a witch, watcher and slayer in a magic circle the group saves the day. (CLICK HERE to Read the Season 4 Episodes)