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Season One

Meet Xakiel, (played by Milo Ventimiglia), a man who was forced into this reality when Dawn Summers' blood opened the portal that bled every dimension into one another. He entered this world as the dragon we all saw in The Gift, but this reality was not capable of sustaining this form, and as Buffy Summers' sacrifice closed the portal, his dragon form faded away leaving his human self.

The series follows Xakiel's struggle to exist in this reality with the help of Charlie, (played by Alexis Bledel), a drug addict who is also the daughter of the evil warlock Rack, (played by Jeff Kober, and known by us all as Willow and Amy's dealer in Season 6). Xakiel's path also crosses with Cate, (played by Amanda Seyfried), the love-able ditzy blonde with dark roots, and his new boss Toole, (played by Alan Tudyk), an easy going guy with a past he can't escape.

Follow the series as Xakiel discovers his meeting with these four people was not at all by chance...

...Everything Happens For A Reason

1.01 - Hitch Hiker
Release Date - 16/3/06
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A man stumbles into this reality and attempts to kill Dawn Summers in order to return to his home world. Will a new friend and her father be able to persuade him that what he is prepared to do will solve nothing?

1.02 - Mockingbirds
Release Date - 20/3/06
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As Charlie starts having strange dreams Rack worries they’re in more danger than ever and pleads with her to ask for Xakiel’s help one more time but a blast from the past is about to change Charlie’s life more than she realises.

1.03 - In This Skin
Release Date - 26/3/06
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Xakiel adjusts to his new life by trying to get a normal job, but when the previous worker was murdered horribly, will he suffer the same fate? Cate makes amends with Charlie and her true side is revealed to Rack.

1.04 - Sticks And Stones
Release Date - 31/3/06
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Xak is forced to face the bitter truth about the life he has been living up until this point, will Charlie be able to convince him otherwise? Two characters have an unlikely heart to heart and learn more than they bargained.

1.05 - Jingle Hell
Release Date - 6/4/06
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Christmas in Sunnydale has a twist when Cate’s christmas dinner and attempt to reconcile the bond between Xak and Charlie ends in tragedy for one of the characters.

1.06 - The Rule Of Toole
Release Date - 11/4/06
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Toole is forced to relive a painful haunting, which puts him in more danger than any of the other characters had first imagined, and Melody puts her torture of Cate into first gear with disastrous results.

1.07 - Clique (Crossover Episode with "Rogue Redemption")
Release Date - 25/4/06
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After discovering Melody’s shocking secret, Charlie is forced to face the reality of Cate’s past, and has to decide once more if she can live with what her friend has done. (Crossover episode with Rogue Redemption)

1.08 - To Have And To Hold
Release Date - 30/4/06
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Charlie and Xak finally admit their true feelings for one another but Cate and Toole have a hard time coming to terms with recent revelations, and the reason behind the recent hauntings is revealed.

1.09 - A Darker Shade Of Me
Release Date - 7/5/06
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Charlie is forced to turn to Cate for help when she discovers what is in the Onyx Tonic that Rack has been giving her and Xak finds himself seduced by a new power.

1.10 - So, Metaphysical!
Release Date - 18/5/06
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Free from Rack’s mind raping drugs, The gang journey into Charlie’s freed mind to discover the truth about her lost memories, which unwittingly causes them to each discover a section of one another's past in the process.

1.11 - Hell Hath No Fury
Release Date - 26/5/06
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Rack teams up with The First in order to win back Charlie and annihilate Xak, who finds there is no end to the memories he finds himself remembering. Toole makes a startling discovery regarding Charlie’s heritage.

1.12 - Where She Walks
Release Date - 4/6/06
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Sephy has arrived in Sunnydale and she brings with her questions without answers, conflicts, unlikely meetings and more revelations. However, is she to blame for Xak’s more pressing matters, the scars that have yet to fade?

1.13 - Three
Release Date - 25/6/06
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The truth surrounding the three women is finally revealed as Sephy elucidates their intentions, and the first battle in an ancient war begins with an unexpected ally joining forces with Xak and the gang, while things take an unexpected twist for Cate.

1.14 - Cutting The Apron Strings
Release Date - 3/7/06
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Cate’s powers speak to her causing her to find out their origin and everything about them, forcing Charlie to seek out her father’s guidance in a family reunion she had never anticipated. Meanwhile Xak finds himself unwittingly being forced into a transgression, causing Toole to discover the true meaning of friendship.

1.15 - Hubris (Season Finale)
Release Date - 8/7/06
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The season comes to a dramatic end with The Bronze Ball being on a night no one will forget, a night full of murder and chaos. Maybe now, people will not forget that Tara Maclay wasn’t the only one who died that day…