 Buffy is completely excited with Ripley and The Initiative, questioning many points of the operation. After capturing a demon, Buffy and Ripley make love, but Professor Maggie Walsh sees Buffy as a complication for the group and decides to get rid off her, betraying and sending Buffy to face death with two powerful demons. Meanwhile, Willow misses her friend and becomes closer to Tara Maclay (Amber Benson). The selfish Spike looks for help with Giles to remove a tracking device from his shoulder.