Lie to Me

Tabula Rasa, B!tches!: A Buffy Rewatch Show

The episode opens with Angel saving a kid from Drusilla’s clutches and urging her and Spike to leave town. Unbeknownst to them, Buffy is out patrolling and observes and misconstrues the interaction.

The next day in school, Buffy and the gang learn that Billy "Ford" Fordham, Buffy’s fifth-grade crush, has transferred to Sunnydale High. Xander is, unsurprisingly, jealous, and Angel is as well when he runs into the Scoobies at the Bronze that night. Later, Ford sees Buffy stake a vampire, confessing that he already knew she was the Slayer.

Angel is suspicious about Ford and teams up with Willow and Xander to investigate him. They learn that Ford isn’t actually enrolled at Sunnydale High and that he is part of a cult of vampire wannabes. Ford finds his way to Spike’s hideout and cuts a deal: make Ford a vampire, and Ford will deliver Buffy.

Ford lures Buffy into the cult’s converted bomb shelter and locks everyone in, awaiting the vampires to come and convert them. Buffy learns Ford is doing this because he has cancer, is dying, and that he feels he doesn’t have a choice. Buffy reminds him, “you don’t have a good choice, but you have a choice.”

The vampires break in, and Buffy holds Drusilla hostage, telling Spike to let the humans go. Spike does, and everyone except Ford escapes. The next night, Ford rises as a vampire and is staked by Buffy while she and Giles talk about the complicated nature of life.

Credits

• Hosted by Allie Press & Nick Mercer
• Edited by Allie Press
• Music by InflatonCult
• Artwork by Charlotte Fleming Design
• Consultation by Evo Terra

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