Season: Episode 6 of Season 2
Original Air Date: 10/27/1997
Written by: Carl Ellsworth
Directed by: Bruce Seth Green

<b>Notes:</b>

Ethan Rayne turns everyone into their Halloween costumes.

<b>Plot Highlights:</b>

Buffy slays in a pumpkin patch. Cordelia keeps Angel company. Snyder 'volunteers' the gang for Halloween duty. Buffy saves Xander from a Larry-pounding. Buffy & Willow snag historical info about Angel from Giles. Buffy spies the perfect dress at Ethan's shop. Spike studies video footage of Buffy fighting. Cordelia complains about Devon to Oz. Buffy tries to convince Willow to wear a sexy Halloween outfit. Ethan's spell takes effect. Flighty Buffy runs away from Angel. Willow & Giles find Ethan. Spike finds Buffy, but just then Giles reverses the spell & she reverts to form. Oz watches Willow cross the street. Angel reveals he thought girls back when were dull.

<b>Quotes:</b>

GILES: Hello, Ethan.

Ethan: Hello, Ripper.

(...)

Ethan: What? No hug? Aren't you pleased to see your old mate, Rupert?

GILES: I'm just surprised I didn't guess it was you. This Halloween stunt stinks of Ethan Rayne.

Ethan: Yes, it does, doesn't it? Don't wish to blow my own trumpet, but it's genius. The very embodiment of 'be careful what you wish for'.

GILES: It's sick, brutal, and it harms the innocent.

Ethan: Oh, and we all know that you are the champion of innocents and all things pure and good, Rupert. It's quite a little act you've got going here, old man.

GILES: It's no act. It's who I am.

Ethan: Who you are? The Watcher, sniveling, tweed-clad guardian of the Slayer and her kin? I think not. I know who you are, Rupert, and I know what you're capable of. But they don't, do they? They have no idea where you come from.