"Some Assembly Required" - 5V02
The body of a dead cheerleader is dug up from the cemetery, and
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is officially back in the saddle. Cordelia
accidentally stumbles upon a bunch of body parts in a dumpster, and
the parts add up to three people -- the dead cheerleader and her two
friends who were killed in the same car accident -- only some of the
parts are missing. Giles suspects zombie activity, and clues lead to
Chris -- a science whiz who's been quiet and withdrawn since his brother
Daryl's death. We discover Chris, with his buddy Eric, has been secretly
assembling a woman from these body parts for Daryl, so he won't have to
be alone through eternity. The only part they don't have yet is a head --
the cheerleader's heads are unusable because the formaldehyde used to
preserve dead bodies causes rapid deterioration of brain cells. There
are currently three live head donors being considered: Buffy, Willow and
Cordelia. Daryl votes for Cordelia, but Chris doesn't want to kill anyone,
and Daryl becomes enraged. Meanwhile, Giles is courting Ms. Calendar,
and their first official date is to the school's football game. That
night, Eric decides to kill Cordelia, since Chris can't bring himself
to do the deed, but Buffy arrives just in time to save her. As Buffy
struggles with Daryl, a can of gasoline spills. A fire starts and Xander,
who has arrived to help, pushes Cordelia to safety. Chris, seeing his
headless fiancee is about to perish in the fire, throws himself on
top of her and pledges his undying love. Angel and Buffy finally talk
things out -- he admits he was jealous of her attention to Xander, and
he feels left out of her life since he can only be with her at night.
They walk off together as we see Daryl's tombstone.