I feel like the way this happened in the writers' room was that someone made an outline and said, "Wouldn't it be wonderfully dramatic if Buffy was rejected by everyone only to come back at a crucial moment to save the day?" Yes, but can this be accomplished in a sensible way? They're fighting a monster that can overpower their most powerful fighter easily and who apparently can attack them any time, anywhere. So Buffy's plan to go on the offensive isn't preposterous. But even if everyone disagrees with her, it hardly seems sufficient justification to throw her out and shun her.
If they really wanted this particular dramatic arc, they needed to provide better motivation for Buffy's friends and followers. Maybe they could've had Buffy cross a line, apparently break some part of the group's moral code. Maybe she could have acquired some kind of dangerous demoniac power that made her proximity seem a threat to everyone. I don't know.
Anyway, with Buffy gone, the other Slayer, Faith (Eliza Dushku), takes over, the original outcast bad girl. She is a more interesting and concrete character than Buffy overall. It was nice having an appearance by Harry Groener as the mayor in the subsequent episode, her boss from season three, giving her an opportunity to show how she's matured and become more self-possessed.
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Sonnet 1986
The milk of knowing plants was rare and warm.
Decisive snails were slowly taking charge.
Collected dolls did not foresee the swarm.
They only saw the gang of crooks at large.
Dalmatians mount the stage of turtle woe.
No spots would grace the pigeon's fluffy coat.
Combustion turned the steamy cup of joe.
Ideas began to overtake the goat.
The placid mammal raised a group of cubs.
Concussive ropes resound about the brig.
No players joined the wood tobacco clubs.
No grabbers took the candy coated cig.
The gentle balance fell between the sheets.
The soap contains excessive boiled beats.
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