Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 2

Cast


Principal Cast
 * In order of character appearances
 * Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers (22/22)
 * Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris (22/22)
 * Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg (22/22)
 * Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase (22/22)
 * Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles (22/22)
 * David Boreanaz as Angel (21/22) (does not appear in "Inca Mummy Girl ")

Regular Cast
 * In order of character appearances
 * Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers (12/22)
 * James Marsters as Spike (12/22)
 * Juliet Landau as Drusilla (12/22)
 * Robia LaMorte as Jenny Calendar (11/22)
 * Seth Green as Oz (10/22)
 * Armin Shimerman as Principal Snyder (9/22)
 * Danny Strong as Jonathan Levinson (7/22)
 * Bianca Lawson as Kendra (4/22)
 * Andrew J. Ferchland as The Anointed One (2/22)
 * Jason Hall as Devon MacLeish (2/22)
 * Robin Sachs as Ethan Rayne (2/22)
 * Larry Bagby as Larry Blaisdell (2/22)
 * Saverio Guerra as Willy (2/22)
 * Brian Thompson as The Judge (2/22)
 * Max Perlich as Whistler (2/22)
 * Julie Benz as Darla (2/22)
 * Mark Metcalf as The Master (1/22)
 * Dean Butler as Hank Summers (1/22)
 * Jeremy Ratchford as Lyle Gorch (1/22)
 * James Parks as Tector Gorch (1/22)
 * Elizabeth Anne Allen as Amy Madison (1/22)
 * Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall (1/22)

Season Summary
Buffy returns to the town after leaving her friends bored in Sunnydale to spend the summer with her dad in L.A. and interrupts a moment of tenderness between Xander and Willow. She works to overcome her feelings regarding her "death". Season Two continues with many standalone episodes, but the tone soon turns serious along with the relationship between Buffy and her vampire lover. The Anointed One is soon placed in sunlight by Spike, who with his mad lover Drusilla became Buffy's adversaries. Halfway through the season, Buffy loses her virginity to Angel. Unbeknownst to the major characters, Angel's moment of happiness took away his soul and he once again became Angelus -- a vicious killer. This is perhaps the most potent example of the show's metaphoric exploration of adolescent fears. It is an allegory for the girl who sleeps with a man and discovers that he changes completely afterwards. Angelus joins with Spike and Drusilla as they torment Buffy and her friends.

New characters this season include Oz, a guitar player and werewolf who becomes Willow's boyfriend; Kendra, a Slayer called when Buffy died; Jenny Calendar, a descendant of the gypsies who cursed Angel; and Ethan Rayne, an evil but weak Warlock who knows Giles from his rebellious youth.

Angelus' torments become more sinister as he kills Jenny, just as she discovers a way to restore his soul, and leaves her body in Giles' bed, as he knew the two were about to become romantically involved. Ultimately, Angelus discovers an ancient demon he can revive to destroy the world by sucking it into hell. The particulars of the ritual dictate that, once Angelus opens the portal, the only way to close it is by killing him. The gang hopes to either kill Angelus or restore his soul before he can perform the ritual. However, in a classically tragic conclusion, they succeed in restoring his soul only after he has performed the ritual.

Even though Buffy's love has been restored and made "good" again, she still must kill Angel to save the world. In the end, having been expelled from school, revealed her demon-fighting life to her mother, and killed her true love, Buffy leaves Sunnydale with the intention of never coming back.