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CC's mom is moving away - and taking CC with her! The girl's have a farewell sleepover, but things turn nasty when truth or dare is interrupted by an escaped killer named Knifey... Also: Zack gets more rebellious, and Cynth is devastated to find out her crush has a girlfriend!

Regulars:

• Candy
• Cynth
• CC
• Zak

Other Characters:

• Christian - the cutest hottest boy in school
• Karate Sensei - CC's and Christian's sensei
• Rufus - a deadly vampire
• Alison Ridgeway - Candy's watcher, John's mother
• Opie - a deranged vampire
• Coral, the White Lady - a mysterious vampire
• Bea Crewdson - CC's mother
• Meryll Stevens-Knight - Candy's mother
• Brian Stevens - Zak's father
• Troy - School nuisance #1
• Alistair McAlistair - School nuisance #2
• Max - Cynth's friend, CC's love interest
• Mike - one of Christian's friends
• Andrew - Cynth's neighbour, Christian's best friend
• Jessica - doomed teenager
• Lolly - Queen Bee mean girl of Exeter Junior High
• Stephie - Lolly's sidekick and sycophant
• Hettie - Bottom of the Lolly-Stephie pecking order
• Phil - Zak's best friend
• "Police Officer" - actually a killer!
• "The Knifey" - deadly knife-weilding maniac!
• Pizza guy - Destined never to be kissed by Cynth.

Episode Synopsis:

CC is at karate with Christian. She's taking it seriously, because she knows vampires are real. Meanwhile, Candy takes on a vamp named Rufus, and narrowly beats him while Alison watches. Also watching are Opie and a mysterious lady, who drive away undetected.

CC's mother Bea tells her that they are moving to New York - on Saturday! Cynth finds out that her longtime penpal/crush Ethan has a girlfriend, and Candy tries to comfort her. Zak and stepmother Meryll continue to clash.

At school, CC tells Cynth and Candy she's going. They agree to hold a sleepover on CC's last night. CC's departure from drama class means her crush Max has to kiss Lolly! At home, Zak and Candy argue over Meryll.

Christian asks CC to bring Candy to a restaurant, but when they arrive Christian has all his friends there. Candy sneaks away when she hears that a girl has been killed. She and Alison investigate - it was a knife murder.

That night, the girls hold their sleepover at CC's and play Truth or Dare. CC and Cynth demand the truth from Candy about her 'gym class'. Zack rushes in after seeing someone with a knife outside. A police officer arrives at the door and is welcomed in, but this proves a mistake - the officer lets Knifey in. The kids work together to stop Knifey, and he dies in an explosion in the kitchen. The fake police officer flees the scene.

The next day, CC says goodbye to Cynth, Candy, Zak and Max, and she leaves Exeter with her mother.

Trivia and Notes:

• Pre-credits script for the episode (.pdf file, 49K)
• Jenni wrote detailed notes of this episode.
• CC (Rachael Worboys) leaves the series in this episode. She does not return until a guest appearance in Season 3, Episode 6.
• John (Andrew Salmond) does not appear in this episode.
• This episode includes the first appearance of Troy and Alistair, who will become frequent sources of comic relief throughout the series.
• Also appearing for the first time is Max, who will become more involved in the Slayers East in future episodes.
• Cynth's penpal and crush Ethan never appeared in the series. He was slated to make a guest appearance in the 7th episode of Season Two, 'The Cabin', as rumoured on 30/8/00: "Rumoured also is an unexpected guest appearance in Episode Seven or Eight that might turn the world upside down for one of the Slayers East!". Ethan was supposed to appear as one of the people at the summer camp in that story, but this plotline was cut when it was apparent that The Cabin would significantly overrun.