Pangs

"Pangs"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Buffy's point of view of everyone's reaction when she learns Angel was in town
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 8
Directed by	Michael Lange
Written by	Jane Espenson
Production code	4ABB08
Original air date	November 23, 1999
Guest appearance(s)
David Boreanaz as Angel Marc Blucas as Riley Finn Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall Emma Caulfield as Anya Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates Bailey Chase as Graham Miller Tod Thawley as Hus - The Chumash Spirit Mark Ankeny as Dean Guerrero William Vogt as Jamie Margaret Easley as Curator
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"Pangs" is the eighth episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the restless and vengeful spirit of a member of the aboriginal Chumash tribe, who were wiped out by white settlers. During a tense confrontation, the Slayer fights a losing battle against her formidable foe - but fortunately, a mysterious protector watches over her from the shadows.

Buffy scholar Rhonda V. Wilcox has written, "It is unquestionably one of the most controversial episodes of Buffy. It is also one of Buffy creator Joss Whedon's declared favorites.".

Buffy, patrolling, finds a vampire, engages, and then slays it. Angel has been watching her from behind some bushes. The college's Dean Guerrero orates for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Anthropology building, and Xander is one of the construction workers. Xander begins to dig, but the ground suddenly caves out under him, and he drops into an old abandoned building. Accidentally and unnoticed, he frees the spirit, Hus, who wants revenge.

Buffy, upset that her mother is going to be out of town for Thanksgiving, decides to cook her own Thanksgiving dinner and invite all her friends.

Covered in a blanket and in terrible shape, Spike runs through the woods, trying to escape Riley and his Initiative team as they look for him.

Anya arrives at Xander's to find him incredibly sick, and right away starts taking care of him.

A green haze comes up from the old Mission and goes to the Cultural Center where some weapons are being kept. After the haze comes in contact with a knife, it turns into a large Native American man and kills the curator. Buffy and Willow later secretly investigate the murder, and wonder why the curator's body was missing an ear. They discover that a Chumash knife is missing.