Two to Go
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| “Two to Go” | |||||||
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 21 |
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| Written by | Douglas Petrie | ||||||
| Directed by | Bill L. Norton | ||||||
| Guest stars | Danny Strong (Jonathan) Tom Lenk (Andrew) Jeff Kober (Rack) Anthony Stewart Head (Giles) |
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| Production no. | 6ABB21 | ||||||
| Original airdate | May 21, 2002 | ||||||
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"Two to Go" is the 21st episode of season 6 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
[edit] Summary
After flaying Warren alive, Dark Willow turns to Jonathan and Andrew --who are still in jail-- while Buffy, Xander and Anya rush to the Sunnydale police station to protect them and try to stop Willow.
Meanwhile, at Spike's place Dawn convinces Clem to take her to Rack's in order to find Willow. It turns out that Willow is already there, has murdered Rack and absorbed his magick in order to become more powerful. After leaving Andrew and Jonathan safe at the Magic Box, Buffy finds Dawn at Rack's with Willow and a fight ensues. Magically, the fight ends up at The Magic Box. Giles appears, to stop Dark Willow.
[edit] Expanded overview
In the minutes after Willow's flaying of Warren, Buffy, Xander and Anya run through the woods and Xander fights the urge to be sick after what he saw. Buffy says that they must reach Willow before she gets to Andrew and Jonathan who are still at the county jail for their attempted robbery. Xander asks why Willow would now try to kill Jonathan and Andrew since they had nothing to do with killing Tara. Buffy says that Willow has an addictive personality and once she starts something, she won’t stop. Anya then brings up the fact that Willow will take some time to get to the jail, even at her magic level. Using her new demon powers, Anya teleports herself to get there first so she can save the boys. Buffy and Xander then talk about Willow with Buffy saying that now that Willow has killed someone, things change. Xander, however, tries to justify Willow's actions by again reminding Buffy that Warren was a cold-blooded serial killer of women just getting started, and that he finally got what he deserved. Despite this, Buffy still doesn't believe that Warren deserved to die for killing Tara, but she and Xander agree that Jonathan and Andrew don't deserve to die since they never killed anybody. Seconds later, Buffy and Xander find Xander's car destroyed, courtesy of Willow, and Buffy runs ahead by herself.
At the jail, Andrew is still convinced Warren is coming to save them, but Jonathan has a bit of a more realistic view and the two argue. Anya appears in the cell and updates the guys on the events that have happened since they were put in jail. Anya calls to the guard and tries to convince him that he needs to let the guys out because something terrible is coming for them.
Willow arrives outside the police station, puts an officer down with a sleep spell, and uses magic to tear apart the brick wall that keeps her from Andrew and Jonathan's cell. Officers try to stop Willow, but she keeps them all at bay. Anya is pretty much helpless and can't get the guys out of the cell as the wall breaks apart. Meanwhile, Buffy arrives on the scene and sneaks into the building. Willow floats up to the opening in the wall, but finds that the cell is empty, the bars have been bent apart. Buffy has apparently gotten the guys out. Anya tries to talk to Willow, but Willow knocks her out with a bolt of energy, and lets out a powerful and seemingly endless primeval scream.
Xander steals a police car and gives Buffy, Andrew and Jonathan an escape. Buffy and Xander talk about their plans and question why Willow isn't after them already. They don't have to wait long as a huge semi-truck approaches from behind with Willow on top, controlling the vehicle. Eventually though, Willow runs out of power and the driver stops the truck while Xander and the others escape. Meanwhile, Clem tries to entertain Dawn, but she is focused more on the fact that she is cooped up in the crypt with him and wants to be helping her sister and friends. In the cave in Africa, Spike reviews the rules of the trial with the demon. Then a large man with flaming fists approaches and starts to attack Spike.
Back in Sunnydale, Dawn has Clem lead the way to Rack's moving shop, despite his strong misgivings, where Dawn hopes to find Willow. Meanwhile, Anya helps the others into the magic shop and goes to one of the few books Willow didn't drain, a book of protection spells. Jonathan tries to help, but Buffy isn't interested and he only manages to let them know that Willow will need a recharge soon. Buffy and Xander talk about keeping Willow from killing Andrew or Jonathan and what is going to happen when they do actually find her.
Willow pays Rack a visit and he starts to chat with her, but things don't go as he planned when she starts to suck the power from him. Minutes later, Clem finally gets Dawn to Rack's place and Dawn goes in to talk with him, but finds Rack dead and a much more powerful Willow waiting for her.
Dawn is frightened by the new Willow, looking more pale with black veins running across her face. Dawn asks Willow if she killed Rack, and Willow replies that the killing was a nice clean improvement over Warren. Dawn starts to run, but Willow won't let her leave. Dawn mentions Tara saying that she misses her. Irritated with Dawn, Willow suggests ending Dawn's constant whining by sending her back to being a ball of energy, but Buffy arrives in time to stand in the way. At the Magic Box, Jonathan continues to offer help to Xander and Anya as they struggle to translate the book, but Xander suggests he get back to sitting down unless he can do the translating for them. Andrew wonders why Jonathan is helping their supposed enemies and suggests a plan to escape before Willow can get to them. Nearby, Anya and Xander bicker about both the handling of the situation with Willow and the sour turns their relationship took. Xander expresses his guilt about the current situation because he saw Warren's gun before Warren shot Buffy and Tara, but he froze and was unable to do anything. Xander believes that he really is a useless coward, and that he always will be. Anya says nothing, apparently agreeing with him.
At Rack's shop, Buffy tries to reason with Willow and get Dawn out safely, but Dark Willow tells Buffy that she tired of being the old Willow because the only good part of that involved Tara. Willow doesn't buy Buffy's lame attempt to convince her life is worth living because everyone knows that Buffy is anything but someone who wants to live. Buffy tries denying it, but she is not a good liar. Even Dawn scoffs at Buffy's attempts to tell Willow about the goodness in the world. With a mesmerizing stare, Willow transports the three of them into the Magic Box where Buffy and Dawn collapse to the floor, weakened by the teleportation, and Willow turns her magic on Andrew and Jonathan, hurling bolts of lethal magic at them. Xander again freezes, unable to move or speak, frightened by the appearance of Willow. However, a protection barrier stops Willow from hurting Jonathan and Andrew because Anya, hiding around a corner, continuously chants a Sumerian protection spell from the book, some of which she had managed to translate. Meanwhile in Africa, a burned and bloodied Spike finally manages to defeat his challenger by breaking the man's neck. But Spike quickly finds out that that this was only the first of many tests he must pass. At the Magic Box, Buffy recovers and tries to talk with Willow and stop her from hurting Andrew or Jonathan. But Willow is relentless and casts a spell on herself to make herself supernaturally strong. Buffy steps up to physically stop Willow, but she's carelessly tossed aside. Buffy recovers quickly and returns the favor by punching Willow.
A frightened Xander takes the opportunity to get Dawn, Jonathan and Andrew out of the shop while Willow is momentarily down. Willow attempts to stop then but Buffy stands in her way. The two former friends fight, wrecking the shop until Willow gets the upper hand due to the magical advantage. Anya continues to chant the protection spell until Willow finds her. Nearby, Andrew decides that he doesn't want to stay in Sunnydale where Willow can find him and wants to escape to Mexico, but Xander doesn't agree. Andrew rebels and pulls a sword on Xander, but Jonathan pulls a sword on Andrew and informs Andrew that they're not getting away, they're going to go back to jail. Willow tosses Anya aside and then does the same to Buffy. Standing over her two bruised and unconscious former friends, Willow boasts in a confident tone that no one can stop her now. Suddenly, a bright green light sends Willow flying across the shop as Giles appears in the doorway and very calmly says "I'd like to test that theory.""
[edit] Acting
[edit] Main cast
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers
- Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris
- Emma Caulfield as Anya Jenkins
- Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn Summers
- James Marsters as Spike
- Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg
[edit] Recurring role
- Tom Lenk as Andrew Wells
- Danny Strong as Jonathan Levinson
- Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles
[edit] Guest stars
- Jeff Kober as Rack
[edit] Production details
[edit] Quotes and trivia
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- Andrew: "You saw her. She's a truck-driving magic mama! And we've got maybe seconds before Darth Rosenberg grinds everybody into Jawa burgers, and not one of you bunch has the Midi-chlorians to stop her."
- Andrew comments that Willow is, "like Dark Phoenix up there!" referencing the character and related storyline from X-Men comics.
- After Willow is consumed by the dark arts she uses the phrase "bored now..." which her vampire self also used in the episode "The Wish." This seems to be a favourite expression shared by all of Willow's evil incarnations.
- In the scene right after the opening credits, Andrew tells Jonathan, "Laugh it up, Fuzzball", another Star Wars quote.
- Tara, despite her death, remains in brief scenes that are part of the opening credits.
- When Willow is draining Rack's power, if one looks closely it is apparent that Jeff Kober, who plays Rack, is climbing up a step stool or something similar to give the illusion that Willow is lifting him up.
- Willow's lines "Let me tell you something about Willow. She's a loser. And she always has been. People picked on Willow in junior high school, high school, up until college. With her stupid mousy ways. And now? Willow's a junkie," recall a similar line from season one, episode two, "The Harvest." Vampire Jesse McNally says "Okay... Let's deal with this. Jesse was an excruciating loser who couldn't get a date with anyone in the sighted community! Look at me. I'm a new man," as Xander tries to reason with him.
- Spike, when confronted with the flaming-fists opponent in Africa, says "Here we are now, entertain us," referencing the Nirvana song "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
- The name of the episode is a reference to the previous one, which ends with Willow saying "One Down" after killing Warren. It is also a double entandre as to there being two episodes left in the season (this one and "Grave").
- Right before Giles comes into the Magic Box, Willow says, "It's about power." This line has been referenced before (particularly in "Checkpoint"), is echoed several times throughout season seven and, indeed, is a main theme of the final season.
- This episode, and its second part, Grave, were shown, back-to-back, as a two-hour feature on its original airing in both the USA and UK – consequently, the presentation of this episode on DVD includes credits such as "Grave" Written by...
- Giles's line "I'd like to test that theory," is repeated by Willow in Buffy Season 8.
- In this episode, Buffy seems to have been able to find Rack's place on her own even though it's cloaked and can only be found by demons and witches. Last time she needed Spike to find it but considering Spike was in Africa and Clem was already inside with Dawn there would have been nobody who could have helped Buffy find it. It should be noted that Buffy found Rack's place after Rack was killed, it is possible that the cloaking spell failed after his death.
[edit] Translations
- Italian title: "Due da Eliminare" ("Two to Eliminate")
- German title: "Dann waren's nur noch zwei" ("Then There Were Only Two") Refers to a German nursery rhyme which is based on a song by Septimus Winner called "Ten Little Injuns"
- French title: "Toute la peine du monde - 1ère partie" ("The Sadness Of The Whole World - Part 1")
[edit] Continuity
[edit] Arc significance
- Warren is probably dead as of this episode (although events from the Season 8 comics throw that into question).
- Buffy and Xander learn that Anya has become a vengeance demon again.
- Giles returns to Sunnydale (again).
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse chronology: January 2002 - Spring 2002 (non-canon = italic) |
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| Sunnydale, 2002 | B6.13 Dead Things |
| L.A., 2002 | Angel book: Fearless |
| L.A., 2002 | A3.13 Waiting in the Wings |
| Sunnydale, 2002 | B6.14 Older and Far Away |
| L.A., 2002 | A3.14 Couplet |
| Sunnydale, 2002 | B6.15 As You Were |
| L.A., 2002 | A3.15 Loyalty |
| Sunnydale, 2002 | B6.16 Hell's Bells |
| L.A., 2002 | A3.16 Sleep Tight |
| Sunnydale, 2002 | B6.17 Normal Again |
| L.A., 2002 | A3.17 Forgiving |
| L.A., 2002 | Angel comic: Spike: Old Times |
| Sunnydale, 2002 | B6.18 Entropy |
| L.A., 2002 | A3.18 Double or Nothing |
| Sunnydale, 2002 | B6.19 Seeing Red |
| L.A., 2002 | A3.19 The Price |
| Sunnydale, 2002 | B6.20 Villains |
| Sunnydale, 2002 | Buffy books: Wicked Willow |
| L.A., 2002 | A3.20 A New World |
| Sunnydale, 2002 | B6.21 Two to Go |
| Sunnydale, 2002 | B6.22 Grave |
| L.A., 2002 | A3.21 Benediction |
| L.A., 2002 | A3.22 Tomorrow |
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