The Freshman
As Buffy adjusts to college life, she realises that her classmates are mysteriously disappearing., Buffy, Willow and Oz enrol at Sunnydale University, but while her friends are in their element, Buffy struggles to fit in and feels isolated with Angel gone and Giles moving on with his life., In the fourth season opener, Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Willow (Alyson Hannigan) have entered college in Sunnydale and set about choosing courses. Despite a roommate who snores, Willow is confident in the new intellectual environment, but Buffy feels unsure of herself and completely out of place. Soon, she meets Eddie (Pedro Balmaceda), another insecure freshman clutching his favorite book, Of Human Bondage. After they part ways, Eddie is attacked by a group of vampires led by Sunday (Katherine Towne), a punkish vampire on campus. Later, Buffy realizes that Eddie was not in class and goes to his dorm room only to find his things missing, except for the book. While on slayer patrol, a newly vamped Eddie lures Buffy into a confrontation with Sunday. In other plot developments, Xander (Nicholas Brendon) has not entered college, but gone on a trip across America, ending in Oxnard and a stint in a male strip club — as a dishwasher. Buffy also meets Riley (Marc Blucas), a psychology grad student who will factor more prominently in her life in the future., In the Season 4 opener, the Slayer and friends face their biggest challenge: university. Buffy tries to adjust to classes and living away from home, while keeping her identity secret. But it gets difficult when students start disappearing and she has to investigate., The Slayer and friends face their biggest challenge: college. Buffy tries to adjust to classes and living away from home, while keeping her identity secret. But it gets difficult when students start disappearing and she has to investigate. Riley: Marc Blucas. Kathy: Dagney Kerr. Eddie: Pedro Balmaceda. Buffy: Sarah Michelle Gellar. Oz: Seth Green. Willow: Alysson Hannigan.
