The Zeppo
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode | |
Newly confident after his secret adventure, Xander is untouched by Cordelia's insults
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | James Whitmore, Jr. |
| Written by | Dan Vebber |
| Production code | 3ABB13 |
| Original air date | January 26, 1999 |
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"The Zeppo" is episode thirteen of season three of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was written by Dan Vebber, directed by James Whitmore, Jr., and first broadcast on January 26, 1999. Feeling left out by the gang, Xander ends up accompanying a student named Jack O'Toole. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang are trying to stop an apocalypse.
When a student throws Xander a football, he drops it onto Jack O'Toole's lunch, resulting in Jack threatening to beat him up. Cordelia, having witnessed the event, tells Xander he is useless and extraneous, since all of his friends are slayers, werewolves, witches, and watchers, while he is nothing. Meanwhile, Giles informs Buffy that the end of the world is near. The Sisterhood of Jhe, a group of fierce demons, is planning to reopen the Hellmouth.
Xander gets himself a car in the hope it will make him useful and cool. At the Bronze, Xander rear-ends Jack who is sitting in a parked car. Jack threatens Xander with a knife, but when a cop shows up, Xander covers for Jack and gains his respect. They go to get the rest of Jack's friends who, being dead, need to be raised from their graves.
At the library, Buffy, Willow and Giles are researching. Giles leaves to try and contact some spirits and hopefully get their help with stopping the sisterhood.
Xander takes Jack and his group of friends to get supplies. He spots Willow leaving the magic shop and tries to talk to her. She tells Xander that she loves him before hurrying off to help Buffy. When Jack and friends decide to initiate Xander into their group, he flees. He rescues Faith from a member of the sisterhood by hitting it with his car. He takes Faith to her motel room where she seduces him. Afterwards, she kicks him out, clothes in hand.
Meanwhile, back at the library, Willow and Giles struggle to get Oz (in werewolf form) away from the Hellmouth. They sedate him and lock him in the basement.
Xander realizes that Jack and his group have built a bomb. He seeks help from Buffy, but she is too busy having an emotional encounter with Angel. On his way to see Giles he encounters the group and drags one of them with his car until he confesses the location of the bomb. Xander finds the bomb in the school basement, but Jack shows up and they fight. Xander positions himself between Jack and the exit door so that Jack has no hope of escaping before the bomb explodes. Jack defuses the bomb with seconds to spare and turns to leave, swearing revenge. He opens the door releasing Oz, who immediately attacks him. Meanwhile, Buffy, Angel, Faith, Giles and Willow are at the library fending off the giant multi-headed monster and the members of the Sisterhood of Jhe. They succeed in closing the Hellmouth.
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