Season: Episode 7 of Season 2
Original Air Date: 11/03/1997
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Joss Whedon

<b>Notes:</b>

Buffy's old friend Ford comes to Sunnydale intent on becoming a vampire.

<b>Plot Highlights:</b>

Buffy sees Angel warning Dru to leave town. Cordelia expounds on Marie Antoinnette. Ford shows up at Sunnydale High. Angel meets Ford at the Bronze. Ford reveals he knows Buffy's the slayer. Angel asks Willow to research Ford. Willow, Xander & Angel investigate the vampire-worshipping club Ford's involved with. Giles gratefully breaks off his Monster Truck date with Jenny. Dru's dead pet bird won't sing. Ford strikes a bargain with Spike. Angel tells Buffy about siring Dru. Ford traps Buffy & vampire worshippers in a bomb shelter. Buffy uses Dru to force Spike to let everyone go. Buffy asks Giles to lie to her.

<b>Quotes:</b>

BUFFY: Nothing's ever simple anymore. I'm constantly trying to work it out. Who to love or hate. Who to trust. It's just, like, the more I know, the more confused I get.

GILES: I believe that's called growing up.

BUFFY: I'd like to stop then, okay?

GILES: I know the feeling.

BUFFY: Does it ever get easy?

(casually stakes Ford who rises from a grave behind her)

GILES: You mean life?

BUFFY: Yeah. Does it get easy?

GILES: What do you want me to say?

BUFFY: Lie to me.

GILES: Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

BUFFY: Liar.