Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
Buffy and Xander are talking at the cemetery about Xander's silver heart
pendent gift to Cordelia. Buffy tries to show she cares and that she is happy
with his decision but can't hold back. After Xander goes on about how dating is
easier than slaying, a vampire comes out and attacks him. Buffy slays the
vampire and they walk off. The next day at school, Cordelia is snubbed by her
friends because of her relationship with Xander. As the bell rings to end one
class, Willow brags to Amy about her boyfriend being in the band and Buffy
reveals that she hates Valentine's Day for obvious reasons. As the class leaves,
everyone hands the teacher their homework. When Amy reaches the teacher's desk,
she just stares at her and then the teacher take the invisible homework from
Amy. Xander stands in the background in awe.
Xander meets up with Buffy and Willow as they run into Giles. Ms. Calendar
shows up and creates a very awkward scene. Giles and Buffy proceed to the
library where Giles warns Buffy about Angel's feeding pattern around V-day. He
suggests she stay in for a few days. Meanwhile Spike gives Drusilla a beautiful
necklace. As she admires it, Angel slaps a human heart, (or what appears to be)
on the table in front of her. The tension between all of them holds strong while
Spike tries to get over the fact that he's in a wheelchair and Angel is doing
things for Dru.
That night at the Valentine's Day dance, Willow drools over Oz as he plays on
the stage. Cordelia is snubbed again by her so-called friends while Xander
gathers up the nerve to give her his gift. Xander confronts Cordelia about their
relationship and after a long lecture, presents his gift to her. After she
thanks him, she tells him she wants to break up. He is terribly wounded and
walks off leaving her hurt as well. Meanwhile, Buffy and her mother spend the
night resting in front of the TV. Angel annonmously drops off a little
Valentine's day pressent for Buffy. A dozen red roses and a note reading: SOON.
The next day, everyone at school stares as Xander walks the halls. Xander
runs into Cordelia and her friends. They make fun of him as Cordelia just sits
there speechless. He tries to grab Buffy's attention but she is in a rush to
tell Giles about Angel's little message. He spies Amy and pulls her aside. He
accuses of being a witch then blackmails her into putting a love spell on
Cordelia. Xander gets Cordelia to give him back the locket so that Amy can use
it for the spell. She tells him it's in her locker but removes it from around
her neck when he isn't looking.
At the library, Buffy presents Giles with the note and asks for him to tell
her everything about what Angel does. That night, Xander and Amy work the spell.
She chants as he sits in a circle with paint on him and holding a candle. The
next day he confronts Cordelia assuming the spell worked and realizes that it
didn't when she tells him off. In the library, Buffy comes on to Xander and just
as they are about to kiss Amy walks into the library wanting to talk to Xander.
They go out and talk then Amy comes on to Xander. He begins to get what is going
on when another girl comes over and asks him to study with her that night. He
rushes off in hopes of saving himself. He rushes home to his room. When he sits
down on his bed, Willow pops up from under the covers. He is very nervous and
tries to get her to leave. She refuses and continues to approach him. Once he is
pegged against the door she begins to suck on his ear. He continues to push her
off and then runs away leaving her confused.
The next day at school, Xander walks in cautiously as every girl in school
checks him out and every guy in school gives him a look of anger and jealousy.
He runs to the library hoping for cover and tells Giles what happens. He
apologizes but obviously it isn't enough. Ms. Calendar comes in and tries to
explain herself to Giles but is distracted by Xander. Giles goes for help and
takes Ms. Calendar with him. Xander locks himself in the library only to be
found by a barely dressed Buffy. She enters and asks him to undress her but he
refuses. Then Amy arrives to have Xander to herself. Buffy hits her and then Amy
turns Buffy into a rat. Giles and Xander try to find Buffy behind a shelf. As
they look, Oz comes in and hits Xander in the face. He complains about how
Willow spent the whole night crying to him about Xander.
Giles tells Xander to get out of his face then asks Oz to go find Buffy who
has escaped the library. Ms. Calendar and Amy stay with Giles while he tries to
find out how to reverse the spell. Meanwhile, Xander saves Cordelia from an
angry mob of girls who are trying to kill her for not loving Xander. While Giles
is lecturing Amy about what damage she has done, Ms. Calendar sneaks out of the
library. Xander and Cordelia escape one mob only to encounter Willow and many
other girls who want to kill Xander for not loving them. The two mobs collide
leaving Xander and Cordy a few seconds to escape. The rush to Buffy's house and
hide inside. Cordelia goes upstairs to get some bandages and Joyce comes onto
Xander. Cordelia throws her outside and tells her to stay away from her
boyfriend, former.
Joyce breaks the window as Xander begins to explain how it all happened. They
rush up to Buffy's room where Xander thinks they would be safe. Angel then pops
in through the window and pulls Xander out onto the roof. Xander is thrown onto
the ground from the roof of Buffy's house. Angel jumps down by him. They fight
and just as Angel is about to bite him, Drusilla grabs Angel and throws him up
against a tree. She kisses Xander and tells Angel off. As she is about to turn
Xander into a vampire, the mob of girls comes at them. Cordelia saves Xander
from an ax-happy Willow and they rush into the basement of Buffy's house. While
nailing the door shut, Cordelia finds out that the spell was meant for her. Just
then the girls begin to break the door down. The mob makes their way in and
start to attack Cordelia and Xander.
While all this is going on Giles and Amy are breaking the spell. Oz is down in the basement of the school looking for Buffy. Amy removes the spell from Buffy and she is returned to her old self in the basement where Oz finds her naked. Giles then removes the spell from all the rest of the girls just in time to save them from being killed. Buffy is embarrassed and gets Oz to get her some clothes. Xander and Cordelia tell everyone about the "scavenger hunt" they were having in hopes that no one remembered anything. The next morning everyone is back to normal except Willow. She was hurt terribly by Xander since she loved him even without the spell. Cordelia tells off Harmony about how rude she was to Xander. They walk away hand in hand as Cordelia realizes what she did. Xander comforts her and they walk off.