Wild child Faith arrives and starts slaying, but she’s been followed by Mr Trick and Kekistos, a vampire so old he has cloven hands and feet.

Faith claims her Watcher is on a retreat in England, whereas actually Kekistos has killed her. She enjoys the freedom. Giles asks her exactly what happened the night she killed Angel - for a binding spell. Buffy starts getting friendly with fellow student Scott, but has trouble forgetting Angel, and also feels threatened by the lively Faith. The two Slayers are hunted down by Kekistos - Buffy stakes him but it isn’t enough so Faith jams a roof beam right through him. Buffy tells Giles that Angel was cured when she cured him, and Giles reveals to Willow that there is no binding spell. Crafty. That night, a naked Angel falls from the sky into the mansion.

Review:
This episode introduces two of the most important characters of the third season, in Faith and Trick - not forgetting the significance of Angel’s return from hell! The first seeds of doubt in Faith’s motivations are sown when she seems to enjoy the slaying just a little too much. Another consistently entertaining episode from the most consistently entertaining show on TV.

Best line: Xander: “They say young people don’t learn anything at High School nowadays, but I’m learning to be afraid.”

Bloopers: When Angel hits the floor, it looks like the tattoo on his back is missing.

Trivia: Apparently, there are no leprechauns in the Buffy mythology. Shame.

Pop culture reference: “I’m the one getting Single White Female’d here!” (Buffy.)

Eliza Dushku played young Dana Tasker in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s hit True Lies.

Kekistos is Greek for ‘the worst of the worst’.

The Watcher’s Council is mentioned for the first time.