Episode 147: S7E22 Chosen
June 2nd, 2014 by bthomas
Buffy dispatches Caleb once and for all and shares an evening with Angel talking about where they are in life. She admits that Spike now has a soul and is “in her heart,” but she professes no desire for a relationship with either of the vampires. Instead, she wants to discover the person she’s destined to become — if she makes it through the impending apocalypse.
Podcast Length: 51:30
Podcast Format: MP3
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Buffy again faces off with Caleb, this time armed with a powerful new weapon: the Scythe, which she slides effortlessly from its rocky resting place. But before Buffy can deploy her new toy, Caleb reveals that Faith and the potentials have fallen victim to his latest experiment in demolitions. Buffy rushes off the find Faith injured, several potentials dead, and three über-vamps on the loose. 
While Buffy searches for someplace to get some sleep, Faith takes command of the Potentials and settles on a scheme to kidnap one of the Bringers. Dawn locates a spell to communicate with the captive enemy, who reveals the location of this brethren. Meanwhile, Spike, having learned of Buffy’s ouster, locates the distraught Slayer and offers comfort to her wounded psyche.
While Xander recovers at the hospital from having his eye gouged out, Buffy has to deal with the emotional fallout of having dragged her friends and the potentials into an ambush. Meanwhile, the citizens of Sunnydale stage a mass exodus from their apocalypse-plagued town.
A group of Bringers chase a new Potential into the grasp of Caleb, an agent of the First disguised in priest’s clothing. He gives her a message for the Slayer, burns her, stabs her, and throws her out of the car. Willow and Faith return to Sunnydale and find the injured girl, who tells Buffy that Caleb says he has something of hers.
Giles shows up with a mystical means of tracing The First’s hold on Spike though he is still upset at Buffy had the chip removed. Spike reluctantly submits to the insertion of a magical slug into his eye socket. Once inside the creature shakes loose lots of memories. Spike recalls the close relationship he shared with his crippled mother and his disastrous decision to sire her once Drusilla entered the picture. 
Principal Wood tells Buffy to go home and concentrate on her “real” job, killing monsters and getting ready to battle the First. Buffy takes him to the house and introduces him to the rest of the crew, including Spike. The tension between Spike and Wood is visible to all. Principal Wood gives Buffy a bag of items that used to belong to his mother.
While Buffy and Giles disagree on removing Spike’s chip, Giles reveals how he got away from the Bringers attack. Buffy, wanting to know more about Principal Wood, agrees to go goes on a date with him. They are jumped by a group of vamps and he shows off some slayer-like skills by dusting a few.
After sharing a lingering kiss with Potential Slayer Kennedy, Willow transforms into Warren as a mysterious spell hits. Meanwhile, Giles had taken the Potentials to the desert to meet the First Slayer but the gang get word that Giles may be an agent of the First and race to intervene. Xander and others arrive to learn that Giles is indeed himself.
Buffy and Spike begin to train the potential Slayers, teaching them the smartest thing to do right now is RUN when confronted with a baddie. Willow performs a locator spell and discovers another potential is right under their noses at Sunnydale High.
