As Xander and Cordelia are parked in 'Lovers' Lane' in Cordelia's father's convertible they are attacked by a large doglike creature
obviously a werewolf. Research reveals that they become werewolves on the night of the full moon and the two nights either side. As they are human for the remainder of the time is it quickly determined to try to take the creature alive. As they search for the creature it emerges that there is another werewolf hunter in the area and he intends to kill it for its pelt. That night there is an attack that Buffy and the gang assume is linked to the werewolf but it later emerges that it was Angel sending a message to Buffy. As the third night approaches they prepare to look for the werewolf again
not realising that he is rather closer to them than they think.
This was an impressive episode which didn't spend too much time dealing with the aftermath of Angel's return to evil but neither did it leave it altogether. There was some enjoyable character development as Willow worried that Oz was behaving a bit distantly and Cordelia complaining that Xander does mothering but talk about Willow and Buffy when he is on a date with her. A subplot involving a sexist jock provides a laugh when Buffy throws him and a surprise when it emerges that his behaviour was just his way of hiding the fact that he was gay the scene where he comes out to Xander was rather amusing. The revelation that Oz is the werewolf was a nice surprise when I first watched the episode and explained his behaviour towards Willow. Seth Green does a fine job in the role of Oz. The werewolf effects are decent enough; not as good as the classic werewolves of 'An American Werewolf in London' but that would have been too frightening for a prime time TV show! Cain, the werewolf hunter, was a good guest character; it was fun having a somewhat antagonistic human character who wasn't obviously evil just a bit unpleasant. Overall this was a pretty decent episode.
This was an impressive episode which didn't spend too much time dealing with the aftermath of Angel's return to evil but neither did it leave it altogether. There was some enjoyable character development as Willow worried that Oz was behaving a bit distantly and Cordelia complaining that Xander does mothering but talk about Willow and Buffy when he is on a date with her. A subplot involving a sexist jock provides a laugh when Buffy throws him and a surprise when it emerges that his behaviour was just his way of hiding the fact that he was gay the scene where he comes out to Xander was rather amusing. The revelation that Oz is the werewolf was a nice surprise when I first watched the episode and explained his behaviour towards Willow. Seth Green does a fine job in the role of Oz. The werewolf effects are decent enough; not as good as the classic werewolves of 'An American Werewolf in London' but that would have been too frightening for a prime time TV show! Cain, the werewolf hunter, was a good guest character; it was fun having a somewhat antagonistic human character who wasn't obviously evil just a bit unpleasant. Overall this was a pretty decent episode.