Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Faith, Hope & Trick

"Sunnydale. Town's got quaint, and the people: he called me "sir", don't you just miss that? I mean, admittedly, it's not a haven for the brothers. You know, strictly the Caucasian persuasion here in the Dale. But you know you just gotta stand up and salute that death rate. I ran a statistical analysis and, Hello Darkness. Makes D.C. look like Mayberry. And ain't nobody sayin' boo about it. We could fit right in here. Have us some fun."

- Mister Trick

"Faith, Hope & Trick" is the title to the third episode of the supernatural action series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the thirty-seventh episode of the series overall. The episode was directed by James A. Contner with a script written by David Greenwalt. It first aired on the WB Network on Tuesday, October 13th, 1998. In this episode, a new Slayer emerges and comes to Sunnydale. Will she become an ally of Buffy and the Scoobies, or their worst enemy? I guess they'll have to take it on faith.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode has been made available on Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Collection and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Third Season DVD collections.


 * First appearance of Faith Lehane in the series. She will make regular appearances throughout season 3 and a few episodes towards the end of season 7. In total, Faith makes 20 appearances on the show and also appears in six episodes of the spin-off series Angel.


 * First appearance of K. Todd Freeman as Mister Trick. He also appears in "Homecoming", "Band Candy", "Bad Girls" and "Consequences".


 * Faith was called into service as a slayer following the death of Kendra at the hands of Drusilla in "Becoming (Part 1)".


 * Kakistos is also one of the major villains in the 2003 video game Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds.

Quotes

 * Buffy Summers: When I killed him, Angel was cured. Your spell worked at the last minute, Will. I was about to take him out, and, um... something went through him... and he was Angel again. He... he didn't remember anything that he'd done. He just held me. Um... but it... it was... it was too late, and I-I had to. Acathla was waking up and about to swallow the world into Hell. So, I-I told him that I loved him... and I kissed him... and I killed him. That's why I ran away without telling anyone. I just couldn't deal with it. I don't know if that helps with your spell or not, Giles.