Surprise

Surprise is Episode 13 of Season 2 on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

In this episode, the Scoobies are planning a surprise birthday for Buffy's 17th birthday. Willow is asked by Oz on a date, but is reminded of the party after promising him she will agree. She invites him to the party.

Drusilla also has a birthday, and Spike plans to reassemble The Judge for her. The ancient demon would destroy humanity. One of the pieces Spike arranged to be shipped to Sunnydale is intercepted by Buffy, however, as Ms. Calendar drives her to the surprise party. Buffy slays the vampires transporting an arm of The Judge and crashes through the wall and into her party. Oz, surprised, is told that vampires exist and finds that would "explain a lot."

Jenny, who was revealed earlier in the episode to be Janna of the Kalderash tribe (the gypsies who cursed Angel with a soul), takes advantage of the situation by sending Angel to hide the arm in the farthest corner of the earth. As Buffy and Angel say their goodbye at the docks, Spike's vampires attack them and steal the arm. Returning empty-handed, they decide to go to the factory where Drusilla is having her party. There, they find the judge fully assembled and narrowly escape with their life. Angel and Buffy end up at Angel's apartment drenched, leading to Angel finally revealing his love for her. Buffy tells Angel she loves him as well and both share their first intimate night together. While Buffy sleeps contented afterwards, Angel finds himself kneeling on his knees outside, crying out Buffy's name in the heavy storm in pain and fear.

Quotes and trivia

 * Brian Thompson, who played The Judge, also played Luke in "Welcome to the Hellmouth". Both episodes were two-parters in which his character died in the second part.
 * Together with "Innocence", the show transitioned from Mondays to Tuesdays. This was the last episode to be played on a Monday -- all subsequent episodes were played on Tuesdays.