Ted

Tabula Rasa, B!tches!: A Buffy Rewatch Show

Buffy returns from a night out with Xander and Willow to find Joyce kissing a man called Ted. Ted is charm personified and bakes superbly, impressing everyone but Buffy. Buffy recognizes she may be biased against men her mom is dating, but something about Ted feels off to Buffy.

Ted and Joyce take the gang mini-golfing, and Ted and Buffy have an unpleasant confrontation over the rules of that great sport.

Cordy and Xander continue to smooch in school broom closets illicitly.

Buffy decides to spy on Ted, but he finds out. Ted is waiting for Buffy when she climbs through her window after sneaking out for a patrol. Ted has gone through Buffy’s things, he threatens her, and during their argument, Ted hits Buffy. She lets loose and kicks him down the stairs, where he lands and breaks his neck. The police question Buffy, and even though no charges are brought, Buffy feels like even more of an outcast at school, made even worse by investigators speaking with Buffy’s teachers.

Giles saves Jenny's life while patrolling, and some trust is re-established. When Ted mysteriously shows back up at the Summers’ residence, and after Willow, Xander, and Cordy do some snooping, we learn that Ted is actually a homicidal robot who has been drugging people around him with his delicious cooking. Ted attempts to kidnap Joyce but is defeated by a skillet-toting Buffy. We end with a sweet reconciliation moment between Buffy and Joyce on the porch.

Credits

• Hosted by Allie Press & Nick Mercer
• Edited by Allie Press
• Music by InflatonCult
• Artwork by Charlotte Fleming Design
• Consultation by Evo Terra

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