Buffy The Vampire Slayer S2 Ep 10 Commentary

The episode picks up with the assailant revealing herself to be a Slayer too. But how can it be, that Buffy is the Slayer, right? Turns out that when Buffy sort of died at the end of the first season a new Slayer was chosen and this assailant is the new chosen one but Buffy got resurrected and she is also the chosen one. So after finding out each other's identities they join forces to thwart Spike from reinvigorating his girlfriend by killing Angel. Also, there is a subplot where Cordelia and Xander are followed by a bug man so they hide in the basement where they kiss. Cordelia sort of has grown on me. In the beginning, she was superficial, dumb, blonde, and mean. Now, She is very likable to me. Her exchanges with Xander are very engaging. Also, The decision of Xander and Cordelia to be together was an excellent writing choice. They always fought each other and maintained a large amount of tension. But, now the tension has turned romantic. Also, I liked Buffy teaming up with another Slayer. Their chemistry was very good and it showed in the scenes. But, She leaves Sunnydale at the end of the episode. They could have explored it a little bit more or maybe she will come back later anyways I thought this was a pretty neat idea. However, the best scene for me was when Cordelia and Xander kill the Bugman with such resourcefulness. You can't just shoehorn a romantic angle between two characters you have to really sell it and they really did in this episode. Overall, the episode was pretty good.