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Chapter 9- The Bachelor Party
"Remember future you said she'd watch the next one with us?" Xander reminded.
"Yeah, and I have a feeling it's not pretty", Buffy said before they started it.
Angel was reading a book as Doyle paced impatiently, saying they could go out to a Sports Bar but Angel wasn't interested and then Cordelia arrived in a stunning black strapless sheath, bragging about her wealthy date.
"She looks stunning", Xander said, jaw dropped.
"Cordelia has a thing where she can look stunning when required", Buffy quipped.
"Especially since she's going out with a rich guy now", Willow said.
"Which means poor Doyle again", Tara pointed out.
Doyle said just money couldn't make one happy so Cordelia bragged about his house in Montecito and Mercedes CLK 320, and a place in the hills with a lap pool.
"I'm jealous", Xander muttered.
"I have a feeling it didn't last though", Willow told him.
There was a knock as Cordelia said if she didn't return, they could clear out her desk as she'd moved up, and then her date Pierce arrived, complimenting her as they prepared to go but Angel wanted to be introduced, so Cordelia introduced them quickly and prepared to go, but Angel inquired a bit more about Pierce's work and where he was taking Cordelia out, and then asked Cordelia how late she would be, to which she said not to wait, and walked off with Pierce as Angel closed the door.
"I think asides from money, he doesn't have anything", Dawn said.
"No, but right now, Cordy doesn't care much", Buffy said.
Doyle was a bit dejected as he flipped through Angel's book, talking about how most of his family were Demons, and said it would make his chances even less than zero, and then a picture of Buffy fell out which Doyle picked up, complimenting her and asking Angel if she was an old squeeze.
"Bit more than that", Buffy said, clearly uncomfortable.
"So he stills keeps pictures of you around", Tara said randomly.
"It hasn't been too long since we broke up", Buffy said.
Doyle asked how she felt about a man with an Irish accent but on noticing Angel's expression, realized it was Buffy and apologized.
"Well, that's done for", Giles said and Buffy sighed in relief.
Then Doyle fell to the sofa in pain, seeing a guy hanging by his wrists on chains, and told Angel about a Vampire nest downtown who'd kill the boy, so they decided to go.
"Another night, another mission", Xander said.
At the restaurant, Pierce made some boring talk while Cordelia just stared at him with glazed eyes, and he asked if there was anything more exciting than that.
"On the contrary, is there anything more boring?" Dawn asked and all shook their heads.
Angel and Doyle battled the Vamps, Doyle getting thrown against a wall as his face got spiky, but he morphed back to human. A Vamp was about to hit him with a beer keg when Angel jabbed him with a piece of wood from behind, dusting him before they started leading the guy away, Angel asking why he shook off his Demon face when he was stronger that way, and Doyle saying he didn't like fighting that way.
"Why does he not like his own Demon face?" Dawn wondered.
"Maybe he does not like an imaginary, potential evil of his demonic side and fears it", Tara said, and all realized she knew exactly what that felt like, since the men in her family had tricked the women for a long time into believing they were evil Demons.
"Anyone else notice these Vamps are punks?" Xander asked randomly and no one disagreed.
Angel called him out over it but Doyle said it wasn't his style, and as they left, a burly Vamp with a topknot stepped the corner behind them.
"So they missed one", Willow said and all groaned.
Doyle walked the steps to Angel Investigations as the Vamp watched, and then Pierce arrived in his Mercedes, Cordelia having lied she didn't feel well.
"After hearing that many boring stories, including the one with the pig and beans, who would?" Buffy asked.
"Not me for sure", Xander said.
In spite of Cordelia's protests, Pierce decided to walk her back and then the Vamp arrived, making the two scream as he wrapped his hand around Cordelia's neck, with Pierce jumping into his car and burning the rubber off.
"He just left her!" Xander said in an outraged tone, speaking for everyone who were worried for Cordelia.
"So, he's not just a bore but a coward too", Giles said.
"Somebody save her", Willow said in worry.
Cordelia bit his arm, making him leave her but then grabbed her by the hair. Doyle then arrived, aiming a crossbow, trying to aim properly so he wouldn't hit Cordelia before shooting the Vamp on his left foot, making him scream as he threw Cordelia on the street behind him, before pulling the bolt out as he lunged at Doyle. They fought, rolling down the steps as the bolt fell free, and they scuffled, the Vamp beating Doyle down as Cordelia watched. Doyle tried to reach for the bolt as the Vamp tried to stop him but Doyle elbowed his face and picking the bolt, staked him finally.
Everyone sighed in relief as Buffy said. "Now there's her hero."
"Yup, just the man Cordelia actually needs", Willow quipped.
Cordelia slowly got up as she said Doyle was so brave, and Doyle jokingly asked her to say that without the shock, and Cordelia told him she was grateful.
"Anyone thinking now Doyle has a chance?" Dawn asked.
"I do", Xander said.
"Me too", Tara added.
"Yup", Willow nodded.
"I think it's all of us", Buffy said.
"Yes it is", Giles agreed too. "Hopefully."
Next day, as Angel looked at some papers, Cordelia bad mouthed Pierce, saying she'd thought if he ever saw a Demon he'd throw his shoe and run like a weasel, but the throwing shoe part was giving him too much credit.
"Yeah, sure was", Buffy said.
"So I guess she is actually almost accurate at reading people", Xander said
"Sounds right to me", Willow told him.
Angel said it was just human nature but Cordelia said now rich and handsome wasn't enough, she wanted a brave guy, blaming it on Angel and Doyle.
"What about me?" Xander asked.
"I don't think she was attracted to your bravery, though you were brave", Willow said.
"Then what would it be?" Xander wondered.
"You're a nice guy, and sometimes girls do notice", Buffy assured and Xander nodded gratefully.
Angel said she was changing now and it could be a good thing, and Cordelia complimented Doyle, saying how he had inquired about her well-being after the fight, showing his substance, and Angel said there was more to him than met the eye.
"You have no idea", Tara said.
Cordelia said she needed to kill herself as after going down that road with Xander Harris, she'd be dead than date a fixer-upper again.
"Hey come on, I wasn't that bad before…..that happened!" Xander said lamely.
"Well, she loved you rather than just liked, so that would make her resentment deeper", Tara said and Xander nodded with a sigh.
Cordelia said Doyle might have depths, and now she'd buy him a moccachino to thank him for saving her, and left soon. Doyle was reenacting the fight with a ruler when Cordelia arrived, making him feel embarrassed, and Cordelia said maybe he didn't have zero potential, making Doyle thank her.
"If Cordelia says you don't have zero potential, she actually means you have a lot of it", Buffy said.
"You are well-versed in Cordelia speak", Willow noted.
"I was practically her before my calling", Buffy reminded everyone.
"Yeah, I remember", Dawn said with a groan.
Cordelia said she appreciated Doyle when a blonde woman arrived, Doyle looking at her as she greeted him as 'Francis', and Doyle greeted her as 'Harry', confusing Cordelia while Doyle asked how she'd been, and she said she'd been touring, and when Cordelia asked who Francis was, he said his full name was Allen Francis Doyle, and Harry was his wife.
"He is married?" Xander sputtered. "Then, what…..how?"
"I thought she was an ex, no idea they were still married", Buffy muttered.
"But based on how they're talking, they're clearly separated", Tara said.
"But not divorced", Dawn realized.
Cordelia's smile vanished as she stared at Doyle while he and Harry shared some awkward talk before hugging as Cordelia looked away, shaking her head, and the two separated, Doyle crossing his arms while the two complimented each other, and then Angel came, Cordelia introducing Doyle's wife, and the two shook hands. Harry complimented the office as Doyle said he was a PI now, and this was his company with Angel and Cordelia being his helpers. Cordelia tried to protest but Angel elbowed her from behind, stopping her.
"Aaaawkkwaard", Dawn sang.
Harry told Cordelia she and Doyle were still married according to paperwork, and they used to be madly in love but things were different now, and then the door opened as a guy stuck his head inside, and walked in after sharing some words with Harry, introducing himself as Richard Straley, and assumed Angel was Doyle, calling him handsome before noticing the real Doyle and said he was good looking too.
"Just not broody", Buffy said.
"Still awkward", Tara commented.
"Even more now", Willow said.
Harry told Richard to shake Doyle's hand and he ended up mentioning their upcoming wedding, to Doyle's surprise, and Cordelia decided to sit down and listen but Angel lead her out with the excuse of some reports.
"Now it's even worse", Xander said.
Harry called Richard 'Hon bun' and asked him to leave so she could handle it, and he did, and then Harry said she was marrying him as he had a good heart just like Doyle, who wondered why she'd come to tell him, and she produced divorce papers for him to sign, and Doyle joked he should have his people look over so he doesn't end up buying an ostrich farm, Harry saying she'd come back in a few days. She put her hand on top of his but he pulled away as she turned for the door, calling him 'Francis' as she said it was good to see him again, but Doyle said he was just Doyle now, and she left with a nod.
"With how they talked, it seemed like they have been separated for a long time", Dawn said.
"Yeah, but maybe a small part of Doyle had a fool's hope that this could still work somehow, and now that little hope has been taken away from him", Tara said and Dawn nodded in understanding, everyone feeling bad for Doyle.
"So just as Cordelia gets interested in him, his soon to be ex-wife drops this bombshell", Buffy said.
"Tough luck pal", Xander said to Doyle.
Later, at his apartment Angel tried to pour Doyle a drink but he said Harry was right about those doing him no good, and Doyle said how the end had been rough since they hadn't even been 20 during their wedding, and they had fought a lot, with her walking out due to good reason, as he had changed from the man she had married.
"Not even 20", Giles muttered. "Not so sound judgmental, but that doesn't really sound like an age where you should marry."
"Yeah, you're still very young, there are still things you need to do, changes you need to go through, marriage isn't really something that should be considered during that time", Xander said in agreement, still hating himself over breaking Anya's heart when he had obviously not been ready.
Angel sympathized, Doyle saying they had been planning to have kids until his Demon self had showed up, and he hadn't even known due to never having met his father, and his mother had wanted to see if he carried his father's genes before confessing, and his Demonic side had shown up only when he was 21.
"So that's how it happened", Buffy said, everyone sympathizing again. "Sounds like his Demonic side messed up his life."
"And he found out when he was 21, that's quite late", Tara said sadly. "Poor guy."
"We've been saying that a lot, haven't we?" Xander wondered.
"It's not untrue", Willow said.
Doyle said it was for the best as Richard could give her a good life, but then prodded Angel to look into Richard, since if he did it, it would look wrong, and Angel agreed, just asking not to tell Cordelia as she'd charge him. Doyle happily patted his back before downing Angel's drink.
"So now they are going to look into the upcoming husband", Giles commented.
"What could possibly go wrong?" Dawn said.
"A lot", Tara told her.
Richard walked across a dark street with Angel following him on rooftops. Richard crossed the street and leaned into the window of a black car stopped at the corner. When he leaned back he had a small square package under his arm. He looked around to make sure no one saw him and walked off as the car drove away.
"Behaving suspiciously already", Buffy said.
"Something's off", Willow agreed.
Angel watched as Richard went to his steakhouse, and then he and Harry talked in the kitchen before he went into the wine pantry, pouring himself some wine. He then took a sip of it and morphed into a red-faced Demon, walking back to the kitchen, picking up a knife.
Everyone's jaws dropped.
"So, he's a Demon too?" Xander blurted out.
"Looks like it", Buffy shrugged.
"And he is up to no good as well", Dawn said.
"Guess Doyle was right about him", Tara sighed.
Richard walked behind Harry with the knife when Angel jumped in through a window and tackled him, hitting his face and stomach, though Richard didn't fight back, but Harry stopped him, revealing she knew he was a Demon and the knife was just for some box strings and the package just contained legal stuff to serve customers, Harry realizing Angel followed him due to Doyle.
"Huh?"! All went together.
"So…..she knows huh", Dawn said lamely. "And now she knows Doyle sent Angel."
"So this is not gonna end well", Willow sighed.
"If she knows this guy's a Demon, then I don't think she'd have left Doyle because he was half-Demon", Buffy pointed out and no one disagreed.
"Let's see what happened then", Xander said.
Richard didn't mind much as Harry said she was in good hands, and that Richard and his clan were Ano-movic, but totally peaceful and had assimilated into their culture, with Richard saying Harry was an ethno-demonologist and a good one, revealing how they'd met.
"Huh, now this is even stranger", Dawn said.
"So they are a clan of peaceful Demons", Tara said. "That's a good thing then."
"And she studies Demons as a profession", Buffy commented. "That's new."
"How much does it pay?" Xander wondered.
"I have got no idea", Giles said.
Harry then said she had freaked out over Doyle's changes at first but then gotten over it, and even encouraged him to go out and meet other Demons, and she considered the Demon world a rich one to be explored, but Doyle couldn't accept himself and was angry all the time.
"So he did give her a reason to walk out then", Willow said. "It was just not the Demon."
"Couldn't accept it, can't totally blame him, it is hard to live with", Tara said sadly.
Doyle was surprised on finding out as Angel looked up Ano-movic Demons and said they used to be violent but gave up their orthodox teachings later. Doyle said when Harry had tried to encourage him, he just thought she did it out of pity for him, but now he knew she was genuine. She hadn't left because of the Demon in him, she had left because of him. So he got up and with a sigh, signed the divorce papers.
"It's over then", Buffy said.
"So it was him who made her walk out", Willow said. "And now it's too late to work out."
"Just hope they part on good terms", Xander said.
Doyle later handed the divorce papers to Harry who thanked him as Richard shook his hand in appreciation, and Harry left for a copier, and then Richard decided to talk to Doyle. Harry told Cordelia that Richard wanted to ask Doyle to come to the Bachelor Party so he could get Doyle's blessings, and they were all very nice and sweet people.
"They do sound like it", Xander said.
"A family of sweet Demons", Dawn said happily.
"It's like they are a family of Clems then", Buffy said and all chuckled.
Harry then asked Cordelia to come and she agreed, while Richard told Doyle it'd mean a lot to both him and Harry.
"So ex-husband and upcoming husband go to the latter's Bachelor party together", Buffy said. "I'm hoping someone finishes that joke."
Later, at a nice house in a residential neighborhood, Richard's family sat together for dinner, including his mom, dad, brother, aunt and cousin, while his mom distributed a bucket of KFC chicken.
"I'm jealous", Xander muttered. "And hungry."
"We can ask future us to give us that stuff", Willow suggested.
His mom even knew about the hired stripper and Richard mentioned Doyle to them, saying he was sweet and all would like him, and also decided to submit to the stripper. And then his dad read stuff from the list, which included greeting him, then drinking, then bringing food, then drinking again, then the stripper, then darts, then ritual eating of the ex-husband's brains, and then charades. The brother looked up in surprise due to the charades, but all decided it would be fun.
"Wait what? Eating the ex-husband's brains?" Willow asked and all gulped.
"Just when I of all people thought this clan was decent", Giles muttered.
"Here I thought these were actually nice people", Buffy sighed. "I'm guessing they didn't give up some of the orthodox traditions."
"And Doyle is going", Tara said.
"Really hope they change their mind, or he runs off", Xander said.
"They are not a family of Clems anymore", Dawn said, a little angry at this family now.
Angel and Doyle arrived at the party at night, Richard hugging Doyle and introducing him to the rest of the family, and Angel joked about using the door this time. Richard then told everyone the party was more for Doyle than him, who was the real bachelor.
"Yeah, considering he is going to be the delicacy", Xander said angrily.
"Leading him on like this only to kill him, its shameless", Buffy said. "And I don't think Harry knows."
Richard and Doyle walked over to the bar as the former's brother and cousin talked in their tongue while Angel gave them a look so they gave a silly grin and he moved on. Richard and Doyle toasted to Harry and then Richard asked about how Harry was back when she was with him.
"I am thinking younger and stupider, like everyone else", Willow said.
At Harry's shower, she and Cordelia talked, with Harry revealing Doyle used to teach the third grade, to her surprise, and he had his teaching credentials for a long time, and he was also a volunteer at a soup kitchen. Aunt Martha then called them for pornographic pictionary time so they went off there.
"The guy used to teach third grade?" Xander said in surprise. "Never expected that."
"People always have surprises up their sleeves", Tara told him.
At the party, Angel wandered around as the rest wondered about the stripper, while Richard and Doyle talked more, and Richard said he felt like he was living in Doyle's shadow, and then finally asked for his blessing, but then he was led away and made to sit in a chair as the stripper came to him, and then Angel inquired about Doyle's well-being, and he said he was fine.
"He won't be if something isn't done soon", Dawn said in concern.
Angel followed the brother and cousin, ending up in an attic where Richard's dad bled his palm with a knife and the blood dropped into a pot, fire flaring up, and he chanted too.
"He's onto 'em", Buffy said with a smirk.
"Which means Doyle will be saved soon", Willow sighed in relief.
Cordelia was called up by Angel who asked to speak to Harry, and Cordelia gave the phone to her as Angel asked her to translate the Aratuscan chant, and asked her to look into it, to which she agreed. He then hung up but turned to face the cousin, who pushed him back, accusing him of disrespecting him. Angel denied so the cousin called him a liar and punched him twice before Angel retaliated, and then two more rushed up as a brawl ensued.
"Now it's obvious they are not nice at all", Tara said.
"Yup, true colors are here for all to see", Xander agreed.
The stripper danced around Richard as Angel now fought against 4 people, and was thrown headfirst into a wall. The four grabbed him and threw him headfirst into some wooden ventilation slats. He rolled down the roof, bounced off the lid of a metal trash container and came to rest unconscious on the ground in front of it. The cousin commented he couldn't hold his liquor.
"Oh you horrible, horrible people", Dawn snarled at them.
"It's Angel, he'll make an entrance", Buffy said, remembering his entrance at the Battle during Graduation Day.
Richard walked back to Doyle, commenting he hoped Harry never heard about it, and Doyle said now both he and Harry had a second chance. She could be happy without him in the way, so he gave Richard his blessing, but didn't want to hug. Richard then told everyone Doyle had given his blessing and consented, so all cheered.
"So, in their language, blessing the marriage means consenting to having your brains eaten?" Willow said in disgust.
"Whatever helps them sleep at night", Giles told her.
The dad and the ones who had beat up Angel surrounded Doyle and pushed him back into a red box with a hole on the top, locking him so just his head stuck out, and Richard said he appreciated the sacrifice as all of them turned Demon, with one of them injecting something into Doyle's head as it went numb, with someone putting a lobster bib on Richard who said they didn't want him to feel pain as they cut into his skull. Doyle watched as Richard was handed the curved knife.
"Is that supposed to make it better?" Buffy asked angrily.
"Like I said before, whatever helps them sleep at night", Giles said.
Cordelia and Harry looked at some books, Harry finding out this was about ingesting past love, and Cordelia knew it was Doyle, so Harry walked to the other ladies, asking them about it. Aunt Martha jokingly said they wouldn't eat her ex-husband's brains, and so the two women grabbed their stuff and hurried out.
"Well, at least they are coming now", Willow said.
"Just hope someone reaches in time", Buffy said.
Angel lay motionless on the street as Doyle called out for him, a guy marking a dotted line on his forehead, and Richard said Angel needed to be ejected for starting a fight.
"Actually, you lot started it and ejected him", Dawn said angrily.
Doyle asked how he'd explain it to Harry, and Richard said she loved and accepted their culture just like she did for him, and the dad scolded the brother called Nick for getting a shrimp fork and asked for a soup spoon. Richard told Doyle to bear with them as it had been a long time since anyone in the clan had married a divorcee, and the dad said ingesting a past love's brain would ensure a happy second marriage.
"They really believe in all that crap?" Willow wondered.
"So, they are modern in a sense, but still orthodox in the worst ways possible", Buffy sighed.
Doyle asked them to not cannibalize him but Richard said it'd just be him, and told Doyle not to back out after giving his blessing, eventually saying he'd be honored to eat his brains. Angel got back up outside as the cut disappeared and he morphed into Vamp face.
"Oh yeah, now they're gonna get it", Willow smirked, everyone excited.
"Can't wait", Dawn said.
The dad gave Richard a knife to make the first cut and all watched in anticipation when the double doors were busted off of their hinges, taking half the frame too as Angel stood there in his Vamp face. "The party is over."
"Oh my, that was so badass!" Dawn said, everyone excited again.
"It's like he is a completely new and different kind of beast there", Buffy said in agreement.
"At least Doyle is saved now", Tara sighed in relief.
"Just in time", Xander said.
"You brought a Vampire to my brother's bachelor party?" Nick asked Doyle incredulously.
"Considering the Vampire is going to save him, good move", Giles said
Angel threw an Ano-movic off, battling the others as he beat them up effortlessly, elbowing one and kicking another away as Richard watched in shock.
"Still wanna eat his brains?" Willow asked.
"So, he is stronger in Vamp face as well", Dawn noted.
"And really pissed off", Buffy added.
Richard tried to attack him with a knife but Angel spin kicked it out of his hands before kicking him back.
"They are all so screwed", Xander said, everyone enjoying their beat down.
Doyle's box on rollers was pushed around during the fight as one attacked Angel with a beer keg but was beaten, and then another grabbed him from behind but was tossed down too, and Angel threw another at Doyle's box, pushing it again as it hit a corner and the lock snapped open. Doyle put on his Demon face and said. "Harry says I should mix with other Demons, I'll mix!"
"I bet they won't like him mixing around", Dawn said, satisfied.
Angel was grabbed by 2 Demons as he kicked one away and then Doyle leapt at one of those two, throwing him down and punching off as another pushed him back. An old one grabbed Doyle but he head-butted him with his Demon face, making him back off in pain.
Everyone cringed, touching their faces as Willow said. "It's like if a porcupine was thrown on your face."
"We don't need the visual, Will", Xander said.
Angel and Doyle fought the Demons, with Doyle being thrown over a table when Harry ran in, stopping the fight, and Cordelia came in after her. Richard said lamely this was for guys only but Harry said she knew what he was up to. Richard said the stripper wasn't his idea, only shocking Harry more.
"Now you're busted", Dawn said with a smirk.
"Let's see how he justifies it", Buffy said.
Cordelia called Richard out for trying to eat her friend's brains, and then Doyle started sitting up next to Cordelia. Cordelia, still unaware of Doyle's Demon side, picked up a silver tray and proceeded to bash his face till Angel stopped her.
Everyone cringed again as Buffy said. "Poor Doyle."
"I was expecting Harry would accidentally expose his Demonic side to Cordelia in this one", Tara said.
"Maybe some other time", Willow shrugged.
Angel calmed Cordelia down as Doyle got back up behind her, now in his human face, and Cordelia spun around to see the marks on his head, remarking on what they had done to him as Doyle just nodded.
"You did more than them", Dawn said and all chuckled.
Harry inquired about Richard planning to eat Doyle's brains, and he said he was thinking of not telling her, and she was hurt he was going to start their new life together with deceit, though Doyle commented to Angel she was missing the point, and he nodded.
"Yeah, she is", Buffy said in agreement.
Harry called them out on their barbaric customs as they tried to defend them, but Harry reminded them that they never followed them, till now. A cousin called her a racist.
"Is she though?" Tara wondered.
"If they weren't fooling her into thinking they didn't follow orthodox traditions till now, then they would have a foot to stand on", Buffy said. "Though eating a guy's brains, still horrible."
Richard said his family would never consent unless he finished the ritual. Harry took his hand in hers while looking at Angel and Doyle, and then turned and walked off as Richard looked at the engagement ring she had returned to him. She walked by Doyle who opened his mouth but she warned him to shut up or she'd eat his brains.
"Never try to talk to a woman who has just broken up", Buffy said from experience.
"At least she has left that guy now", Dawn said about Richard. "No more than he deserved."
"Yup", Tara agreed.
Richard's brother and cousin stepped up to comfort him, bad-mouthing Harry.
"See? Everyone but them are at fault", Xander said in disgust.
Later, at Angel Investigations, Doyle got up from the computer to lay down on the sofa, as Angel and Cordelia watched, Angel saying he needed some time, and Cordelia said someone needed to cheer him up. Angel started going but Cordelia stopped him, saying he needed someone with a heartbeat.
"Now he's gonna be even more depressed", Willow said and all chuckled.
Cordelia walked to Doyle, saying he wasn't the only loser-pining guy since they had one in Angel, offending both the men.
"See?" Willow asked.
Cordelia said Angel could get away with it due to his looks, but Doyle had to move on and let it go, forget it, since there was another day, and then mentioned letting go again, making Doyle comment about it. Cordelia assured him he'd get through this as nice guys didn't always finish last. Doyle asked if she really found him nice, and she said. "I think it, I say it. That's my way."
"Yes, that is", Buffy agreed.
"Looks like I was wrong, she is cheering him up", Willow said.
Doyle thanked her, saying now he felt better when he doubled over with pain as Cordelia jumped from the sofa. He was having a vision, and then there was a blurry image of Buffy fighting 2 guys.
"Huh?!" Buffy said in surprise. "He's having a vision about me?"
"Looks like it", Xander said.
"When would this be?" Willow wondered.
"I think I remember", Buffy said as she realized what this was. "This would be around the time those vengeful spirits of Chumash Indians arrived on Thanksgiving."
"Meaning the time Spike approached us", Giles sighed in remembrance.
Doyle looked up at Angel as he asked what he had seen, and he swallowed as the screen went black.
"So, we're going to see that from his point of view or something?" Dawn asked.
"No idea, but future me said she'd watch this with us", Buffy reminded.
"So, let's wait for them then", Tara said and they agreed.
Personally, I find this episode underrated. Sure, it's not too special, but its fun IMO, and I love it.
Though Doyle having a vision of Buffy in trouble felt slightly contrived to me, I mean, she's in trouble every week, so he should be having painful visions of her like, all the time!
But anyway, I still liked the crossover a lot, and while I'm not a Bangel shipper, 'I Will Remember You' still makes me cry, mainly because Sarah's and David's performances is one of the few things Bangel has working for it, and they were intense in that scene.
Hope everyone enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter. Stay safe from the coronavirus ya all!