Meanwhile, in the 23rd century, Fray arrived in a new and improved future changed by the Reckoning, welcomed by her sister Slayers. Status It was written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon and originally aired on UPN on May 20, 2003. Winners of the Buffy triviafirst of their nameand The Chosen Two. Xander yells for Anya, but doesn't see her dead and mangled body lying nearby. Buffy arises with renewed determination and knocks several Turok-Han off the ledge. In ". Spike confronts Buffy on her kissing of Angel and after reconciling, she is visited by the First, whose taunts give Buffy an idea of how she and her army can defeat the First's Ubervamp minions. At the en After killing Caleb, Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all. [155], She and her friends were able to move to a haunted building in Tenderloin, with discount on their rent after exorcising the place. WebBuffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) had always been something of a rebel in terms of how she approached her duties as Slayer and fighting this final battle was no exception. [34] With the prospect of eternal happiness with Angel in the new paradise dimension, Buffy quested the reality, especially after observing that her friends were fighting the demons on earth unleashed by the creation of the new dimension. The Council interviewed Buffy's friends and allies in order to ascertain if she was "worthy" of the knowledge they had to deliver. Buffy then took a pregnancy test and was shocked to discover it positive. [22] Xander subsequently revived her by performing CPR, but this momentary death was enough to activate Kendra as the Slayer. Her major victories included the masters in the forces of evil Lothos,[20] the Master,[22] Angel,[53] Adam,[75] Caleb,[21] D'Hoffryn,[38] and Harth Fray. At that moment,Simone awakened as a fully intelligent vampire and attacked them. Chosen: Directed by Joss Whedon. [127] Buffy found herself suddenly and inexplicably imbued with new powers, including flight,[128] super speed, and even greater strength than before; she quickly used these abilities to contain the three Wrathful goddesses that had been unleashed during the battle. As opposed to Spike's "perfect, noble" death, Whedon wanted another character to die in a "real middle-of-the-battle death" and to have it done "brutally and suddenly and never really pay it off". Buffy also considered the fact that she had to resume her responsibilities and focus on saving the world.[165]. With Buffy's help, Willow renounced the usage of her magic altogether and was put on the road to recovery.[98]. Angel became obsessed with destroying Buffy's life and joined Spike and Drusilla, who had reassembled the invincible demon Judge to destroy humanity. Accompanied with Satsu, her most trusted fighting companion, she discovered the other Slayer's feelings for her, and, despite flattered, she was mostly worried for Satsu's safety due to her own past relationships, describing that people tended to get hurt. They climb down the hole in the ground and come face to face with the army of Turok-Han. And this was the trick. [177], Willow then performed a spell to concentrate the grown powers of thousands of Slayers back in Buffy,[177] allowing Buffy to survive Wise's attacks empowered by Shenlong's absorbed magic. [21], With the other survivors, Buffy looked on at the crater where her hometown had been. She leaps onto the top of the bus. She assisted in Jean Anthony' case, who was attacked by an incubus. She's such a badass character that I enjoy editing! [99] However, after the death of Tara and Willow's subsequent dark magic-fueled rampage, Buffy realized that life was worth living. Buffy tells him that this time it's plans are more ambitious than there were during Angel's last encounter with it as now its raising an army. [122], On a mission to New York City, Buffy was transported several centuries into the future. Afterward, Willow expresses to Kennedy her concerns about using magic again. Despite this, Buffy was perfectly willing and able to kill demons when they committed bad deeds, and while not speciesist per se, when Anya, having become a vengeance demon again, killed several fraternity boys in accordance with a wish and visibly regretted, showing obvious morals and humanity, Buffy decided right then and there that she had to kill Anya rather than talk her down or find other options like they did with Dark Willow, who was in fact evil and trying to end the world out of nothing more than hatred and spite, justifying it by stating that Willow was a human and Anya was a demon, and reminding Xander that she killed Angel because it was necessary, stating that as the Slayer, she was the law and her judgment on demons was absolute. Willow invokes a magic spell that alters the ancient Slayer spell and gives Buffy the allies she needs to fight the Uber-Vamp army. [15] However, Andrew, Spike, and Buffy went to retrieve Buffy's body, which was captured by Simone. Upon her return, she discovered that Spike had forced Warren to build Buffybot, a robotic sex toy in her likeness, which had resulted in him being captured by Glorificus' minions in the belief that he was the Key. Her experience with Parker was made more difficult by Spike, who had returned to Sunnydale after Drusilla left him once again. Buffy grudgingly allows her to stay. Buffy tells Spike coyly that Faith still sleeps in her bedroom and she has nowhere to sleep. Walk Through The Fire, from Once More With Feeling. [7], Though Buffy and Angel attempted to simply be friends and nothing more, they eventually continued dating, though they took care to keep their relationship celibate. [93] Another example was when she had smashed the Seed of Wonder and remained indifferent over Willow's pleas of returning magic, hardly thinking of the consequences of the action because she did what she had to do; in this case, she was finally forced to face the negative consequences of the Seed's destruction when she discovered that without magic, Dawn was fading away. Buffy also tended to unconsciously babble out almost senseless sentences when she was emotional or nervous (much to the dismay, amusement or confusion of others). Upon investigating the creature that had been released, Buffy encountered an ancient and powerful vampire known as a Turok-Han. Angel experiences a moment of happiness with Buffy. Buffy leads the Scoobies into the Reckoning. It's really emotional you're supposed to laugh, cry, and gasp with excitement as well as take away a beautiful feminist message. ", implying that Angel's jealousy over her echoes that of, Spike thought the amulet he had to wear made him look like the actress, Xander refers to adopting a new look to suit his eyepatch and considers a secret agent style, referencing the comic book character, In reference to the mall's destruction, Xander lists the. You came pretty close to smacking me down," before asking Buffy "What more do you want?" Faith impeded these efforts by poisoning Angel with Killer of the Dead, leaving him on the verge of death; when the Watchers Council refused to help on the grounds that Angel was a vampire, a furious and disgusted Buffy chose to stop following the Council's orders altogether, severing all ties with them. Willow invokes a magic spell that alters the ancient Slayer spell and gives Buffy the allies she needs to fi Read allAfter killing Caleb, Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all. Buffy masterfully used horror and fantasy tropes as metaphors for the teen existence (Credit: Alamy) [12] The L.A. Times also named the episode number 13 as their most memorable TV series finales.[13]. The First disappears as Spike wakes, and Buffy tells Spike she's realized something she hadn't considered: they are going to win. Additionally, she refused to kill Warren Mears despite his vicious crimes, including Tara's murder, preferring to let him face human justice, whereas Xander and Dawn were so disgusted and furious with him that they openly supported Willow's intent to kill until after she actually did it and then targeted Andrew and Jonathan, who had nothing to do with Tara's death. Buffy volunteers to be in the Safe Zone to protect those unfairly imprisoned. Meanwhile, Spike hired assassins from the Order of Taraka to kill her so Buffy wouldn't interrupt a ritual to heal the weakened Drusilla. The trick is always to make the audience go through exactly what she's going through. [6][19] Buffy was originally living in Los Angeles, but, due to an incident involving a gang of vampires at Hemery High School,[20] she moved to Sunnydale with her mother,[16] where she acted as guardian of the Hellmouth for seven years before the town's destruction in mid-2003. Giles left the majority of his assets to Faith in his will; Buffy's only inheritance was Vampyr, the book he presented her with on their first meeting. Spike, who had also relocated to San Francisco ensuing the destruction of the Seed, continuously warned her about a new evil force stalking her, while Willow tried to make Buffy realize the consequences of shattering the earth's literal "spark of creation. Buffy managed to escape, and subsequently alienated Spike from the Scoobies and had Willow recant his invitation into her house something she had not bothered to do since he first helped her during their fight against Angel. Menu. However, UPN only ordered 22 episodes instead of the required 23. Eventually, Severin overpowered Buffy and began to drain her powers, as well as Spike's when he arrived to help her, but just before he could drain the two completely, detective Dowling, having been anonymously tipped off, arrived and made the save by shooting Severin four times in the chest. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Willow invokes a magic spell that alters the ancient Slayer spell and gives Buffy the allies she needs to fight the Uber-Vamp army. [81] Buffy dealt with Riley's departure as best as she could but remained emotionally sensitive. Simultaneously, in Los Angeles, Angel and his Angel Investigations team began working at the Los Angeles branch of the demonic law firm Wolfram & Hart. Struggling to feel alive and seeking someone who understood her, Buffy began a violent sexual relationship with Spike which left neither of them satisfied, keeping it secret from everyone but Tara out of fear of their reaction. BUFFY walks over to CALEB, who's body is on the floor, covered in blood. Luckily for her, Buffy discovered that she wasn't actually the perpetrator of the crime and the death was ruled as a suicide; nonetheless, Buffy realized that the Trio was becoming too dangerous for her to ignore and resolved to bring them to justice. [139], Confronting Andrew, Buffy and Spike learned that she was actually Buffy's mind transferred into Buffybot; based on Warren's notes, Andrew had transferred Buffy's mind into the robot in order to help her escape a rumored assassination attempt while leaving her body living a civilian life in another part of the country. [101] However, throughout her focus of the Slayer mission, she stated that she would be able to kill a human to save the world;[186] indeed, Buffy had made exceptions to her rule of not killing humans: she was apparently willing to kill Faith to save Angel's life,[61] killed several members of the Knights of Byzantium to protect Dawn,[87] and bisected Caleb with the Scythe. She repeatedly asked her mother if she could take lessons, to little avail. [195], Buffy had a tendency to mangle the names of vampires, demon species, and mystical terminology, much to Giles' constant irritation. [9] SFX, a British sci-fi magazine, listed "Chosen" the 8th best episode of Buffy (number one was "Hush"). Buffy's allies stood over her body and wept openly. [68], Buffy briefly joined forces with the Initiative, but her relentless questioning of the organization's motives, as well as her relationship with Riley, began to unsettle Professor Maggie Walsh, who tried to have her killed in action. This mirrors the scene in the alley in ", Buffy will also tell Spike she loves him in, Spike will return from his apparent death to be resurrected nineteen days later in the, Spike once again destroys the "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign a third and final time, after his arrivals in the episodes ", Andrew's exaggerated storytelling abilities explored in ", Giles mentions the existence of a Hellmouth in Cleveland. In the DVD commentary, Whedon says that he wanted Angel to exit the show exactly like he entered, backing out into the darkness behind him. [53], In Los Angeles, Buffy spent the summer waiting tables in a diner under a false identity (her middle name, Anne), trying to turn her back on her destiny. The next morning, everyone arrives at Sunnydale High in a school bus. Web"Chosen," the final episode, is the twenty-second episode of the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the 144th in the series. As Willow performs the actual magic, Kennedy tells Willow that she is a goddess. WebBuffy the Vampire Slayer S7E22 "Chosen". He pointed out his inability to give her a normal life despite his want, and it'd be easier for them to call things off before it hurts worse later. Season 6 (4.5 stakes) begins with Willow calling Buffy back from her grave and ends with Darth Rosenberg trying to put the Slayer back in it. Arriving at the Deeper Well, Buffy and her friends stand up to the Council, who was there to protect the entrance.[150]. As they made their escape, Simone attacked them and dragged Buffy off, determined to kill her once and for all. Via magic, Willow successfully dove into Buffy's mind and helped her overcome her helplessness. The Potentials, Faith and Spike are waiting, and the Potentials cut their hands to open the seal with their blood. She suffered from constant loneliness, especially since she felt the burden of being the Slayer was something no one could understand or share with her. He overpowered Buffy and bit her neck, declaring it was her that would set him free as her Slayer blood gave him the power to cross his mystical prison. BUFFY exits, and THE FIRST (as BUFFY) walks over to CALEB. Originally the series finale was planned as a two-hour event. Buffy then appeared to turn in her resignation to her boss. [146] During her crush on Ford, she listened to the song "I Touch Myself" by the Divinyls. When she was eight, she witnessed Celia's murder in her hospital bed by Der Kindestod, a demon that killed sick children and was only visible to those who were ill. Buffy was left with a fear of hospitals after the experience. Three Turok-Hans, burned by the sun, by Dawn. [153] However, a burst of magical energy incinerated Maloker, but Willow was able to save Buffy, Xander, and the surviving members of the Council. One Harbinger of Death, killed by Andrew with a sword. [29] Buffy also tended to venture out of the Slayer's typically supernatural jurisdiction, often dealing with crazed robots[10][82] and even human criminals. [209] When probed of this habit, Buffy would simply say it was because she knew how to use it. Buffy runs across rooftops to catch up, and leaps onto the top of the bus. [34] In one of these dreams, she had Spike commenting that she could no longer tell them apart. When she and Willow decided to check the Vampyr book, they were shocked to discover that its pages were completely blank, leaving Buffy to wonder exactly what they did in the Deeper Well. Frustrated with his own inability to be either a man or a monster and disgusted with himself for his own actions, Spike fled Sunnydale.[100]. I wanted a death that was a real middle-of-the-battle death the opposite of the Spike death, [which was] perfect, noble. Chosen: Directed by Joss Whedon. Just as she thought it couldn't get any better, Angel arrived in a tuxedo, not wanting to take her back but to give her the slow dance she desired.[60]. [163] Saddened he wanted to help but only making her angry, Spike suggested them to break up. ", Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, This article is about the episode. At first, Buffy enjoyed this new power, by tricking the mentality of the social worker Doris Kroeger, who had been unimpressed by Buffy's ability as Dawn's guardian; and by going to Spike for sex, without the risk of their affair being discovered. [36] Buffy eventually restored magic on Earth,[37] took responsibility for its new rules with the Vampyr book, became the leader of a new Magic Council,[38] and exposed a government conspiracy to criminalize supernatural beings. [90] However, her friends feared that her spirit had been trapped in a hell dimension due to the mystical circumstances of her death, so they resurrected Buffy months later. ", "Live Blog: Joss Whedon takes on Comic-Con to talk Buffy, Firefly, and more. Angel tells her he has all the information on what's been happening, and knows that the First is responsible. It then kneels down in front of her and mocks her attempt to stop its plans: "You pulled a nice trick. Her hair, although changing in tone, haircut, and hairstyle through the years in accord to fashion and mood, was naturally[88] and constantly blond. She tells him that if she fails to stop the First, she's going to need him to organize a second front. However, she accepted her fate after Willow discovered bodies of their classmates slaughtered inside the school. Robin becomes the only known principal to survive his tenure at Sunnydale High School, as opposed to, Potential Slayers in the world become actual Slayers, with the attendant physical strength, instincts, and visions. While chanting a spell, she places her hands on the scythe, and both she and the weapon light up in an ethereal glow and her hair turns white, the opposite of Dark Willow. [68] Satsu was Buffy's fellow Slayer, as well as her first and only same-sex liaison. [7], Buffy was required to improve her grades by doing several makeup tests, obtain a recommendation from a member of the school staff that wasn't Giles himself, and receive counseling for a short time. "Chosen," the final episode, is the twenty-second episode of the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the 144th in the series. After Angel discovered that Buffy would die much sooner if he remained human, Angel had The Oracles create a temporal fold to reverse his transformation into a human. 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