Afterlife Written by Jane Espenson

Buffy can face demons yet still has plumbing problems. The plumber charges Buffy a hefty price. Anya suggests she charge people for slaying demons. Buffy finds out she's broke and tries to get a loan. The loan officer says she cannot get a loan since she has no income. A demon bursts in while three sets of hands clean out the cash registers. Buffy defeats the demon and it escapes. Buffy is shocked that afterwards the officer still refuses to give her a loan. At a hideout the demon returns to his employer, three 'super villians' Warren, Jonathon and Andrew. The demon is given the address of the Slayer as the trio gape at their money. Giles is back and glad that Buffy is alive. He confronts Willow about resurrecting Buffy saying she is playing with too much dark magic. Willow retorts back that Giles better not piss her off since she's so powerful. The M'Fashnik demon bursts in to kill Buffy. He wrecks some of the furniture. Buffy then gets Spike to take him into the basement as she doesn't have enough money to pay for the repairs. In the basement the demon smashes the repaired pipes. Furious Buffy drowns the demon in the flooded basement. Giles and Anya are prepared to give Buffy the help and advice to pay for some of these bills but is interrupted by a call from Angel who has found out she is alive. Buffy leaves to see Angel.

Another Halloween draws a huge crowd into the Magic Box. Meanwhile a creepy old man hums and examines his butcher knife. Xander and Anya finally announce their engagement and the gang throw a party. Tara is annoyed when Willow uses magic to fill the house with decorations. Dawn says she's sleeping over at her friend Janice's house but then sneaks out with Janice for some partying with two guys Zack and Justin. Justin likes Dawn. Dawn volunteers for a prank to smash a pumpkin on the old man's door. The old man appears scaring her but they are strangely invited in. Once in they look around nervously. Justin helps the old man in the kitchen. The old man picks up the knife and turns around just to be drained by Justin who is a vampire. The gang find out from Janice's mum that the teens have tricked them both. Willow and Tara go to the Bronze to look. Meanwhile the four teens are in a var. Janice and Zack run off making out leaving Dawn with Justin. Justin gives Dawn her first kiss. Tara is even more angry when Willow suggests using magic to transport everyone over 16yrs old into a alternate dimension for a second so they can find Dawn easier. The two start fighting. Justin vamps out in the middle of their make out. Buffy enlists Spike's help. Giles finds Zack feeding on Janice and dusts him. He finds Dawn with Justin who is about to bite her. Suddenly other vampires appear along with Buffy and Spike. They all fight. Justin chases Dawn intent on turning her. Upset Dawn manages to dust the only guy she's ever kissed. Back at home Giles says they should talk to Dawn about lying to them. Giles is about to leave Buffy to deal with Dawn. Buffy rushes off assuming that Giles will take that responsibility. Willow casts a spell on Tara to make her forget about their fight.

Once More With Feeling Written by Joss Whedon

Spike confronts Buffy about their kiss when attacked by a demon who says Spike owes him some kittens. The gang are talk about Buffy's revelation. Willow suggests a memory spell and Tara is furious. She confronts Willow about using a spell on her and that she wants to break up. Upset Willow promises that she'll prove herself by not doing magic for a week. Next morning Willow hurries to go. When every one is gone she uses magic to get ready. She then does a memory spell on Tara and Buffy which will come into effect when the crystal turns black. Meanwhile Buffy is upset that Giles is leaving. Spike rushes in dressed like a nerd as he is hiding. The crystal turns black and they all fall asleep. When they wake they remember nothing- the spell has gone wrong. Willow and Xander find out who they are from their licenses and assume they are a couple since they woke up all over each other. Anya and Giles assume they are married and own the Magic Box. Spike finds he is British and his name is Randy. He assumes that he is Giles's son. Buffy can't figure her name so she dubs herself Joan. Dawn and Buffy figure they are sisters. Leaving to the hospital they are shocked to find vampires who are hired by the demon. Stunned there are vampires they hear they calling for Spike. Thinking they want spikes 'Randy' finds some stakes. They burst in and 'Randy' gives them the stakes. 'Joan' dusts one easily and is deduces that she is a superhero. The Willow, Xander, Tara and Dawn go in the sewers while 'Joan' and 'Randy' lead the vampires away. Anya and Giles stay to look up some spells that may help them. During a fight 'Randy' vamps out. Anya and Giles accidentally conjure up monsters and bunnies. Willow, Xander, Tara and Dawn run from vampires in the sewers. 'Joan' tells 'Randy' that he is a vampire and he assumes that he is a good vampire with a soul while 'Joan' scoffs at that lame idea. Giles and Anya get rid of the monsters and they kiss. Willow drops the crystal and Xander steps on it. They all get their memory back and Tara realizes what Willow did and she cries. Anya and Giles remember in the middle of the kiss and spend the rest of the time obsessively cleaning the shop. Buffy storms off from Spike. Tara leaves as Willow cries. Buffy and Spike make out in the Bronze. Giles leaves on the plane. 

Smashed Written by Drew Z. Greenberg

Buffy blows off Spike about their kiss again. Feeling lonely Willow manages to de-rat Amy. At the museum the trio steal a diamond and use their freeze ray to stop a guard. Amy catches up with Willow and Buffy. Buffy goes to investigate the frozen guard. She encounters Spike. Angry she hits him and he hits her back. Shockingly he doesn't feel pain but feigns it anyway. Thinking the chip is malfunctioning he attacks a human but the chip still works. The gang research the diamond and Willow uses magic again to search the internet. Spike goes to the trio to figure out why his chip works on some humans and not on others. Willow and Amy go out for some fun. They then start using magic at the Bronze on people to make it more interesting. Warren tells Spike that the chip is fine. Spike concludes that if there's is nothing wrong with him there must be something wrong with Buffy. Spike sets up some music and drinks to invite Buffy over. Buffy, Xander and Anya talk about how Willow has a taste for power now. Buffy is confronted by Spike who hits her. Shocked he feels no pain, Spike then announces that she came back wrong. They fight. Amy and Willow continue playing with the crowd turning some into animals or making them do crazy dances. Spike and Buffy continue to fight in a abandoned house. The walls start to crack from their fighting when Buffy starts kissing Spike. They make out not noticing the house crumbling around them. 

Dawn and Tara wake finding neither Buffy or Willow came home last night. Buffy wakes up naked with Spike in the crashed building horrified at what she's done. She tries to leave but starts kissing him. Willow and Amy come home. Tara hears about Willow using her magic for fun and leaves upset. Buffy and Willow then crash leaving Dawn without breakfast and feeling forgotten. Willow finds her magic exhausted. Later the gang research about the diamond as they talk about Willow's magic. Amy shows Willow a hidden place where Rack a warlock does dark magic. He does a dark spell with Amy and Willow that gives them a euphoric feeling while leaving them exhausted. Dawn and Willow go out for a movie. Buffy comes home and finds Amy stealing stuff. Amy tells Buffy about Willow being addicted to Rack's magic. Buffy is shocked that Willow took Dawn. Willow takes Dawn to Rack's leaving her in the waiting room. Willow gets wasted and sees a vision of a demon interrupting her spell. When she comes out, Dawn is angry as it has been 3 hrs. Buffy enlists Spike's help to find Dawn. Dawn is scared and wants to go home but Willow refuses dazed from the spell. The demon from her vision attacks them but they drive away. High on the spell, Willow drives into a tree. Injured Dawn gets out only to be attacked by the demon. Buffy comes to the rescue. Willow uses a spell to blow him up. Buffy and Spike rush to Dawn as Willow realizes what she has done. Angry Dawn slaps Willow leaving her crying on the ground. Dawn and Spike leave as Buffy angrily confronts Willow. Later Dawn is okay and Willow swears to give up magic. Buffy agrees silently swearing to give up seeing Spike. 

Willow clears away all her magic stuff. Dawn is angry at both Willow and Buffy. Spike pops by and moves in on Buffy until Xander laughs at him saying that only a loser would go out with Spike. A social worker pops by the house unexpectedly just as Dawn rushes out of the house late and angry. The social worker is even more worried when she sees Willow's herbs and thinks they are drugs. She then sees Spike and thinks that he is Buffy's boyfriends when he asks for his blanket. Buffy assures her that she doesn't live with anyone but Dawn just as Willow calls her. The social worker leaves convinced that Buffy is some nut. Upset Buffy is confronted by Spike. Angry she runs up stair and cries looking at herself in the mirror. Frustrated she cuts her hair with scissors. The trio have assembled their invisibility ray. Buffy gets her hair cut and leaves just as the trio accidentally fires it at her. Buffy shows off her new invisiblity to Anya and Xander. She goes out. Xander suspects this happened because of one of Willow's spells. Willow struggles to not use magic as Xander wrongly accuses her. Buffy plays around with people then heads to the social workers department for revenge. She makes the social worker seem insane to her boss so the Summers case is handed to someone else. Xander and Willow downtown find some other objects that are invisible. Buffy pays Spike a visit. Anya and Xander discover a invisible item has started turning into nothing and hurry to warn Buffy that it could be same for her. Xander finds a naked Spike 'working out' in his bed. Buffy is kicked out by Spike. Buffy meets Dawn who is horrified at how unconcerned Buffy is. Buffy hear a warning from Xander about the effects. Willow finds the trio's hideout but is kidnapped. Buffy meets them at the arcade where they use the ray to reverse the effects. However Willow notices that the ray is set to kill her. Buffy fights against the invisible trio while Willow turns them back revealing their identity. They then run off. Buffy tells Willow that when she heard Xander's message she was actually scared about dying.

Buffy announces she is working at the Double Meat Palace. Decked out in a cheesy uniform she goes for her first day. After a graphic video on the productions of Double Meat Palace Buffy is shown around by Manny the Manager. She notices that the employees are dazed and takes note that many employees don't last very long here. She attempts to serve some customers including a family and a old lady. She explores the freezer but is stopped by Manny who warns her that she shouldn't be so nosy. The gang show up but aren't convinced that Buffy's instincts about the place is right. Spike shows up but Buffy blows him off. A worker Gary is about to leave but is attacked by something. Next day Buffy notices Gary gone. Buffy works on the grill as a worker announces 'new meat' has just come in. Xander is confronted by a demon Halfrek who soon turns out to be old friends with Anya. Buffy finds that some of the last employees didn't take their stuff- they just disappeared. Spike and Buffy make out. Buffy finds a finger in the pile of meat and confronts Manny. She runs out telling the customers that the secret ingredient is human meat. Willow tells Amy to leave her alone since she is giving up magic. Amy goes but not before giving Willow a little dose of Magic. Buffy takes some of the meat for Willow to analyse. Xander eats some before hearing that it may be human meat. Buffy finds Manny's foot. Willow discovers that the secret ingredient isn't human meat but vegetable. Buffy encounters the real killer. It is the old lady who is actually a slimy demon. They fight but Buffy is paralyzed by the demon's venom. Willow helps Buffy and they manage to push the demon through meat grinder. Next day Buffy is about to resign when the new manager says that the secret ingredient is vegetable. She offers to keep Buffy as a worker if Buffy will keep the ingredient a secret. 

Buffy and Spike are getting it on. Buffy is worried about her addiction with Spike. The trio have created a globe called the Cerebral Dampener that can turn any woman into their loyal sex slave. Tara visits Buffy at Double Meat Palace. Buffy tells Tara that Spike can hurt her and Tara agrees to check if the resurrection spell has any side effects. Jonathon and Andrew sit in the van with a camera while Warren looks around at which woman they should try their new toy on. He spots his ex Katrina and uses it on her. Back at their lair Katrina is dressed up in a waitress uniform obeying their every command. However the dampener starts to wear off. Angry she tries to go to the police but Warren stops her by knocking her out with a bottle. She hits the concrete floor dead. Scared that they've committed murder Warren proposes a way to get rid of the body and Buffy at the same time. The gang are out at the Bronze. Spike tempts Buffy to join him in the darkness. She goes out and finds a Rwasundi demon attacking a girl-Katrina. Suddenly Buffy finds her self hearing voices as the monster disappears and appears. Spike appears then is gone. The same scene starts again as Buffy tries to fight the monster. In the confusion she hits the girl-Katrina. Shocked she finds she has killed Katrina. Spike gets her out of there as 'Katrina' looks on from behind a tree. 'Katrina' tells the trio that it's done and turns back into Jonathon. Buffy has nightmares about her fight with Katrina and tells Dawn that she must go to the police. Dawn says she doesn't care since Buffy around much anyway. Spike stops Buffy as she walks to the police. She beats him up. She then overhears at the station that the victim was Katrina and figures that Warren and the trio must have something to do with this. The gang find out that the trio must have conjured the Rwasundi demon who can cause a time lapses. Buffy realizes she is innocent as the trio realize proudly that they got away with murder. Tara tells Buffy that there is nothing wrong with her. Buffy doesn't believe that thinking that she would never be with Spike. She confesses to Tara about her relationship with Spike.