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The First Evil appears to Angel in the form of Jenny Calendar |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 10 |
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| Directed by | Joss Whedon | ||
| Written by | Joss Whedon | ||
| Production code | 3ABB10 | ||
| Original air date | December 15, 1998 | ||
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"Amends" is episode 10 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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It's Christmas in Sunnydale and Angel is haunted with dreams of the people he murdered over the years as Angelus. When Buffy starts getting dragged into his memory-nightmares, experiencing Angel's dreams also, they realize something not natural is happening. Visions of his past victims, including Jenny Calendar, appear to him and try to get him to kill Buffy, saying that he will be released from the pain if he does so. Angel cannot bring himself to do this, so instead he opts to kill himself by standing on a hill and waiting for the sun to come up. Meanwhile Oz tells Willow he's willing to give their relationship another chance while Cordelia isn't as forgiving and resumes her previously hostile ways towards the Scooby gang.
Buffy and Giles figure out The First Evil has been driving Angel insane. Buffy finds the Bringers and pummels them. After the First appears to her, informing her that she can't possibly fight it and that Angel is about to be dust, she runs to his mansion to stop him.
Oz goes to Willow's house to watch videos only to find her dressed up and playing Barry White music, intending to sleep with him. Oz appreciates the gesture, but explains to Willow that he wants their first time to be special rather than just a way for her to try to make things up to him.
Buffy finds Angel atop the hill behind the mansion, awaiting sunrise. They have a tense and heartbreaking conversation in which Buffy punches him and he throws her to the ground. He wants her to leave him alone because he thinks the world is better off without him. With tears in both of their eyes, looking at each other, the heatwave from which Sunnydale has been suffering abruptly ends and the first flakes of snow start to fall. With the weather report saying the sun shouldn't be expected to be seen at all today, Buffy and Angel take a romantic walk through the town.
Buffy is standing outside at a phone booth. Strangely, it appears to be snowing in Sunnydale. Buffy says "This season with 1-800-COLLECT, you don't have to be alone for the holidays." She then begins dialing the phone. Buffy hears footsteps behind her. She turns and grabs a stake-shaped icicle, and makes a staking motion before Angel grabs her hand. Angel: "Sorry I'm late." Buffy replies, "You should have called." The two smile, look into the snowing sky, then walk off together.
The promo was offering fans the chance to enter a sweepstakes every time they made a call using the 1-800-COLLECT communications system. The prize was a walk-on part on Buffy. Jessica Johnson of Maryland won a three-day trip for two to participate in the episode "The Prom", which aired later in the third season.
The commercial would take place shortly after "Amends", since snow just started falling in Sunnydale at the end of the episode. It is clearly not part of the Buffyverse canon since both the narrator and Buffy actively break the fourth wall.
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