Bad Girls

In which a new Watcher arrives, the Mayor becomes invulnerable, Buffy gets her groove on, Giles is kidnapped, and Faith turns into Lady Macbeth.

Official back-of-box synopsis:

Mr Trick brings the swords of El Eliminati vampires to Mayor Wilkins, who doesn't want anything to get in the way of the upcoming 'dedication'. But Buffy and Faith are determined to eliminate the Eliminati, and nothing will stop them.

From the old WB Buffy website:

TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - A taste of the wild life leaves Buffy wanting more, and while Sunnydale is being inhabited by a long-dead demon and his vampire minions, Buffy follows Faith into her irresponsible world of reckless slaying abandon. Meanwhile, Giles fights to maintain his sanity in the face of the pompous and stuffy new watcher, while Willow, Xander and Oz ponder their options for life after high school.

Links:

This episode's page at http://www.restlessbtvs.com/, the Restless BTVS Trivia Guide

This episode's page at http://www.vrya.net/bdb/, the Buffyverse Dialog Database

Cross-reference:

episodes featuring literary references:

• Some Assembly Required
  "Thank you, Cyrano" -- Giles responds to Buffy's val-speak advice on wooing Jenny
• Band Candy
  The gang are getting "all Willy Loman" with the candy
• Enemies
  Faith is less punctual than Godot
• The Prom
  Buffy quotes Frost -- "miles to go"
• Fear, Itself
  Willow calls Oz "Brutus" and then has to explain the reference...
• New Moon Rising
  Buffy threatens to get William-Burroughsy with Colonel MacNamara
• Crush
  Dru riffs on Othello: "We can love quite well. If not wisely."
• The Gift
  Spike's "we band of buggered" echoes Henry V
• this episode
  Faith, Lady-MacBeth-like, scrubs away at an already-clean shirt

episodes in which there's dancing:

• When She Was Bad
  Bad!Buffy has Xander all hot and bothered
• Faith, Hope And Trick
  Faith is first seen dancing
• The Prom
  Buffy and Angel 4 EVA!!!
• Who Are You?
  Faith takes Buffy's body onto the dancefloor
• The Replacement
  The Snoopy Dance
• Once More, With Feeling
  Again with the "well duh!"
• Him
  Daddy like! Oh my god that's Dawn!
• this episode
  Buffy and Faith dance subtextily together

Cast:

• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy
• Alyson Hannigan as Willow
• Nicholas Brendon as Xander
  

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• Anthony Stewart Head as Giles
• Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia
• David Boreanaz as Angel
• Kristine Sutherland as Joyce
• Seth Green as Oz
• Eliza Dushku as Faith
• K Todd Freeman as Mr Trick
• Harry Groener as The Mayor
• Jack Plotnick as Deputy Mayor Finch
• Alexis Denisof as Wesley
• Christian Clemenson as Balthazar
• Alex Skuby as Vincent
• Wendy Clifford as Mrs Taggert