This episode opens where the previous one left off; Buffy is in a mausoleum pinned down by vampire Luke. She fights him off and rescues her new friends Willow and Xander but Jesse is still in the hands of the vampires. The next day Xander and Willow are coming to terms with the fact that vampires are real and Buffy is keen to try to rescue Jesse who they believe may still be alive. Buffy returns to the mausoleum where she meets the mysterious Angel again; he advises her not to go in but she does anyway
followed by Xander who is determined to help. They enter a system of tunnels and find Jesse
unfortunately he has been turned into a vampire and they are lucky to get out alive. It is then learnt that something known as 'The Harvest' is due to take place that night and when it does the Hell Mouth will open and the world will be flooded with evil beings and The Master will be freed from his prison. As the vampires prepare to feast on the teens of Sunnydale at 'The Bronze' nightclub Buffy gets ready to stop them
it is just a pity that her mother has grounded her!
This was a solid second episode with a great mix of humour and scares. The scene where Willow tricks Cordelia into deleting her computer work after being insulted was priceless; Alyson Hannigan is great as the 'nerdy' Willow. The scenes where Xander and Buffy try to rescue Jesse are suitably tense; there is a real sense of danger as at this point in the series nobody, apart from Buffy, is established enough to be considered safe. The final confrontation in The Bronze was a lot of fun; combining action and danger with just enough humour. Not surprisingly the episode does not end with The Apocalypse but it is clear that it is only postponed and that our protagonists can expect to face more than just vampires in future episodes.
This was a solid second episode with a great mix of humour and scares. The scene where Willow tricks Cordelia into deleting her computer work after being insulted was priceless; Alyson Hannigan is great as the 'nerdy' Willow. The scenes where Xander and Buffy try to rescue Jesse are suitably tense; there is a real sense of danger as at this point in the series nobody, apart from Buffy, is established enough to be considered safe. The final confrontation in The Bronze was a lot of fun; combining action and danger with just enough humour. Not surprisingly the episode does not end with The Apocalypse but it is clear that it is only postponed and that our protagonists can expect to face more than just vampires in future episodes.
