Becoming: Part 2
- Episode aired May 19, 1998
- TV-PG
- 44m
IMDb RATING
9.5/10
5.2K
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Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.
Anthony Head
- Rupert Giles
- (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Robia Scott
- Jenny Calendar
- (as Robia LaMorte)
James MacDonald
- Detective Stein
- (as James G. MacDonald)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz practiced with sword fighting instructors and did some of the fighting themselves, but it's clear that the stunt doubles do most if not all of the wide shots.
- GoofsNear the end when Spike gets Drusilla in a 'sleeper hold', she passes out. It has been established in the series, and vampire mythology in general, that vampires don't have a pulse and don't breathe. Therefore, a 'sleeper hold' would do nothing but restrain a vampire. They would not pass out.
- Quotes
Joyce Summers: Have we met?
Spike: Um... You hit me with an ax one time. Remember, uh, "Get the hell away from my daughter"?
- Crazy creditsThe Mutant Enemy mascot, the little monster that goes "Grr Argh" at the end of all episodes, is changed here: it says 'Oh, I need a hug."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Faith, Hope & Trick (1998)
- SoundtracksFull Of Grace
Written and Performed by Sarah McLachlan
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This was the episode that got me!
I must admit that I hadn't been watching BTVS when this episode aired, but I do remember that everyone at work was talking about it. I was surprised that a TV based on a less-than-ideal movie was generating such a buzz...
...and when the DVD set came out I didn't think about getting it until a friend insisted I watch the episodes that had the Angelus vs. Buffy storyline, which of course, culminated in 'Becoming Part 2'. I was so stunned by what I saw! Joss Wheldon had (again) turned convention on its' ear by not only making the good guy a bad guy (and a really bad guy at that!) but then plotting the entire episode so that, timing being what it was, Willow just managed to cast the spell that returned Angel's soul... just in time for Buffy to have to kill Angel, not Angelus to save the world! A scene that could have been so campy was instead transformed into one of the most poignant and tragic sequences ever. In the denouement, listening to the bittersweet strains of Sarah McLaughlin as Buffy makes her decision to leave town left me near-tears, and the final scene of Buffy riding the slow bus out of town... just amazing. There were plenty of scenes between all the major characters that were great, and some of the quotes from this show are still being quoted today! "Happy Meals with legs"? Too funny!
This was it -- the episode that cemented Buffy in my mind for all time.
...and when the DVD set came out I didn't think about getting it until a friend insisted I watch the episodes that had the Angelus vs. Buffy storyline, which of course, culminated in 'Becoming Part 2'. I was so stunned by what I saw! Joss Wheldon had (again) turned convention on its' ear by not only making the good guy a bad guy (and a really bad guy at that!) but then plotting the entire episode so that, timing being what it was, Willow just managed to cast the spell that returned Angel's soul... just in time for Buffy to have to kill Angel, not Angelus to save the world! A scene that could have been so campy was instead transformed into one of the most poignant and tragic sequences ever. In the denouement, listening to the bittersweet strains of Sarah McLaughlin as Buffy makes her decision to leave town left me near-tears, and the final scene of Buffy riding the slow bus out of town... just amazing. There were plenty of scenes between all the major characters that were great, and some of the quotes from this show are still being quoted today! "Happy Meals with legs"? Too funny!
This was it -- the episode that cemented Buffy in my mind for all time.
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- rookzparliament
- Jun 8, 2006
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