what has happened, offers to restore Vampire Willow to her own world in return for help in retrieving her amulet, and suggests capturing the other Willow to assist in the spell. Angel, Buffy and Xander head for the Bronze, but Willow turns back to get the tranquilizer gun and is grabbed by her doppelganger. Willow manages to shoot the vampire with the tranquilizer gun. The others arrive back in the library and they lock the unconscious vampire in the library cage, then Willow exchanges clothes with her in an attempt to pass herself off as Vampire Willow. They return to the Bronze. Cordelia arrives at the library and unwittingly releases Vampire Willow, who immediately attacks her, but Wesley intervenes and drives the vampire away. At the Bronze, although Anya exposes Willow's disguise, Buffy defeats the other vampires, then captures the returning doppelganger. Anya returns vampire Willow to her own timeline, where the alternate Oz immediately kills her before the reality erases. The next day, Percy, thoroughly intimidated by Willow's doppelganger (and believing she was the real Willow), shows up for tutoring with all his work completed and makes it clear he intends to please her from now on. Reception When the episode was originally broadcast in the United States on February 23, 1999, it received a Nielsen rating of 4.1. It was the second most watched program of the week on The WB Television Network. Noel Murray from The A.V. Club commented that the episode "is terrific on myriad levels, from the dialogue to the plot twists to the multiple spot-on character moments. But mostly it's a top-drawer episode for the way it binds the Buffyverse together, by demonstrating how adept the writing staff is at remembering everything they've done on the show before, and re-using the elements that still have plenty of juice in them." "Doppelgangland" primarily focuses on the character Willow. Series creator Joss Whedon has placed it fifth in his list of favorite episodes from the show, stating "one Willow is certainly not enough." Malinda Lo from AfterEllen.com included the episode in her top ten as well. Alyson Hannigan, who portrays the character Willow, also considers the episode to be one of her favorites in the series. According to TV.com, the episode holds an average score of 9.5/10, based on 658 compiled ratings. References Bibliography Kaveney, Roz (ed.) (2004). Reading the Vampire Slayer: The New, Updated, Unofficial