Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Angel stands in the alleyway outside his apartment reeling in pain. A smoking young woman notices his distress and offers her assistance. As the pain subsides, he rounds on the unsuspecting woman, drinking deeply of her. Finally sated, he drops the body, blowing his victim's own smoke-laden breath from his mouth. A slow, evil grin spreads across his face. Angelus is back.

Meanwhile, the Judge is returning to full power, and Spike is impatient to get on with the killing when Angelus walks in and declares that he is back. The reunited trio prepare to unleash the Judge on Sunnydale, and Angelus persuades them to let him kill Buffy before they begin.

Willow discovers Xander and Cordelia kissing and runs from the library, only to be met by Angelus. Buffy comes in and fights him off and they ponder what could have happened to turn him evil. Buffy realizes that she was the cause and runs off. Angel appears to her in a dream to warn her about Ms. Calendar and Buffy confronts the duplicitous teacher, demanding answers. She reveals her gypsy heritage, explaining that the curse can only be lifted if Angel experiences a moment of true human happiness, and is no longer plagued by guilt and remorse, if only momentarily.

Distraught, Buffy still keeps her eye on the ball long enough to defeat the Judge with a rocket launcher acquired by Xander, and then, in her fight with Angelus, she realizes that she cannot, yet, kill him.