Passion (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

"**Passion**"
"Passion"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 17
Directed by	Michael Gershman
Written by	Ty King
Production code	5V17
Original air date	February 24, 1998
Guest appearances
	Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers; Robia LaMorte as Jenny Calendar; Richard Assad as Shopkeeper; James Marsters as Spike; Juliet Landau as Drusilla; Danny Strong as Jonathan Levinson; Richard Hoyt Miller as Policeman;
Episode chronology
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"Passion" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the fantasy-horror television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003). The episode was written by Ty King and directed by Michael Gershman, who served as the show's cinematographer. It originally aired on The WB in the United States on February 24, 1998.

The premise of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is that an adolescent girl, Buffy Summers, is chosen by mystical forces and given superhuman powers to kill vampires, demons, and other evil creatures in the fictional town of Sunnydale. She is supported by a close circle of friends, nicknamed the Scooby Gang. In "Passion", Buffy attempts to protect herself and her close ones from Angelus and his murderous intent as Jenny Calendar continues to search for a spell to restore his soul.