"This isn't some fairy tale. When I kiss you, you don't wake up from a deep sleep and live happily ever after." "No. When you kiss me, I want to die." -"Reptile Boy" You've seen each episode and you've got them all on tape. You can practically recite each line by heart. But if you're any kind of fan, you'll want to get your hands on the actual scripts. Here, collected in one volume, are the original scripts of the first six episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Two. Read along as Buffy returns to Sunnydale after a relaxing summer to find that her penultimate foe, The Master, may be on the rise; as she first encounters The Big Bad, Spike, on the inauspicious parent-teacher night; and as her relationship with the ever soulful Angel continues to unfold. Complete with production notes, cut dialogue, and inside jokes! These scripts will knock you "When She Was Bad," "Some Assembly Required," "School Hard," "Inca Mummy Girl," "Reptile Boy," and "Halloween."

The fourth collection of the original shooting scripts from the hottest show on television The phenomenal success of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is owing to a great extent to the quality of the writing. Robert Hanks, TV critic of The Independent, wrote in September 2000: One of the most consistently brilliant piece of popular entertainment ever... it mixes these broad emotions with real sadness, shifting from wisecracks to loss, self-doubt and utter loneliness without missing a beat. It would be absurd to compare the show's writing to Shakespeare, but there aren't many other precedents for the way it refuses to observer the conventional divisions between comedy and tragedy. The Observer acknowledged the same qualities: Pulling off these shifts in tone from humour to horror to high emotion is a tribute to the strength of the writing. The Buffy scripts are as rewarding and as entertaining on the page as they are on screen. Now thanks to Pocket Books' volume-by-volume publication of the complete collected scripts from the show, fans can savour every moment of high emotion or of wisecracking quick-fire dialogue. With the added bonus of the original production notes and scenes that wer

Continuing the Pocket Books collection of complete Buffy scripts that enables fans to relive their favourite moments and savour their favourite lines...The complete Pocket Books collection of Buffy scripts now reaches the third volume of season two, with another five facsimile original shooting scripts from the show. In a series renowned for the quality of its writing and its snappy, insightful dialogue this volume brings you the best of the best: the pivotal season two story arc in which Giles loses his lover, Buffy loses her innocence and Angel loses his soul. Long regarded by critics and fans alike as some of the best episodes of the entire six-year run so far, this classic set of scripts is a must-have for all serious Buffy fans. The five scripts in this volume are: \The two-parter SURPRISE and INNOCENCE: in which Buffy's ex-boyfriend becomes her worst enemy when the consummation of their love causes Angel to lose his soul and revert to the vampire Angelus. \PHASES: in which Willow discovers that Oz is a werewolf. \BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED: in which a spell gone wrong causes all the women of Sunnydale to fall in love with Xander—which seems at first like a dream come true but soon turns into a Dionysian nightmare as their frenzied fighting threatens to tear him to pieces. \PASSION: in which Angelus murders Jenny to prevent her restoring his soul, and leaves her body in Giles' own bed for him to find.

Angel: "That's everything, huh? No weapons, no friends. No hope. Take all that away and what's left?" Buffy: "Me." — "Becoming, Part Two" Buffy the Vampire Slayer couldn't have known that a moment of perfect happiness would revert her soul mate, Angel, to the vicious vampire Angelus. She couldn't have predicted that he would stalk her cruelly or murder her friends and loved ones. And if she had known, she might not have been able to prevent herself from loving him, regardless. But she is prepared to kill him, even still. Read along to the wrenching conclusion of Season Two as Buffy must thwart Angelus' plan to bring about the destruction of mankind. The true Buffy-phile knows that the genius of the program lies in its savvy scriptwriting; now follow along with original shooting scripts—complete with inside jokes, production notes, cut dialogue, and more! Sink your teeth into these episodes: "Killed by Death," "I Only Have Eyes for You," "Go Fish," "Becoming, Park One," and "Becoming, Part Two."