Revelations (17 Nov. 1998)

With some help from Faith's new watcher, Buffy seeks to destroy a weapon-like glove before it falls into the hands of a demon.

Director:

James A. Contner

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), Douglas Petrie

Stars:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Charisma Carpenter	...	Cordelia Chase
David Boreanaz	...	Angel
Seth Green	...	Oz
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Serena Scott Thomas	...	Gwendolyn Post
Eliza Dushku	...	Faith
Jason Hall	...	Devon MacLeish
Kate Rodger	...	Paramedic

Storyline

Gwendolyn Post, an uptight, by-the-book English Watcher, arrives in Sunnydale claiming that the Watchers Council sent her as Faith's new one, or rather to assess the whole situation in Sunndydale, looking down upon understandably stressed Giles as on his library. She takes charge of their next, common mission: slaying the demon Lagos and destroying his weapon, the glove of Myhnegon, which is in the tomb of the von Hauptman family on Restfield cemetery. Meanwhile, Angel, back to his tender self, gets it for Buffy, but is seen kissing her by Xander, who reports this to Giles, who is deeply hurt, especially with Miss Post breathing down his neck, but doesn't tell her. With all of her friends angry and upset that Buffy didn't tell them that Angel had returned from Hell, Xander, worried and (despite kissing Willow again) again maliciously goes behind Buffy's back and informs Faith about Angel's return and persuades her to kill him before he may turn evil again. When Giles shows the ...

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Plot Keywords:

library | heroine | female protagonist

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Irish

Release Date:

17 November 1998 (USA)

Filming Locations:

1800 Stewart St., Santa Monica, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy, Kuzui Enterprises, Sandollar Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At 36:14, as Buffy says, "Faith, we can figure this out," you can see the tip of the boom microphone dipping into the top of the frame.

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Quotes

Gwendolyn Post: Mr. Giles, where do you keep the rest of your books?
Giles: I-I'm sorry, the rest?
Gwendolyn Post: Yes, the *actual* library.
[pause while Giles looks confused]
Gwendolyn Post: Oh, I see.
Giles: I can assure you, Mrs. Post, this is the finest occult reference collection...
Gwendolyn Post: This side of the Atlantic, I'm sure.

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Connections

References Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Beauty and the Beasts (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Silver Dollar"
Performed by Man of the Year

User Reviews

Xander sees Buffy kissing Angel and tells the gang, later he tells the Faith, who tries to kill Angel

I really liked this episode but-what was Xander thinking trying to kill Angel with Faith, Buffy would probably kill them. Also, how does he have the right to criticize Buffy for keeping Angel, I mean he has had two girlfriends (Cordelia and Willow) who he has kept secrets. Also, he didn't tell Buffy about Willow trying to cast the spell to get Angel's soul in "The Becoming Part 2". And considering the number of times that Angel has saved his life-how can Xander hate him so much? (Actually, as long as Angel is good, I don't understand how anyone couldn't like him.) Anyway, I liked how it was hard to tell who the villain was, I was kinda shocked when it turned out that it was that annoying watcher. I really liked this episode.