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Season
One -
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
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