A vengeful Willow uses her enormous power to track down Warren, despite Buffy's strong feelings about targeting humans.

Fueled by black magic, Willow targets Andrew and Jonathan, leading to a battle between Buffy and Willow; Spike fights an unstoppable foe.

Giles arrives to face Willow, armed with powerful borrowed magic. Willow, overwhelmed by power and grief, plans a ritual to put the world out of its misery.

Sunnydale High is re-opened, with a new designed campus and a new principal, Robin Wood. It is Dawn's first day at school there and Buffy accompanies her to class, only to discover evil spirits lurking in the basement.

The gang meet a young woman who is being chased by a giant worm.

Willow returns to Sunnydale, but fears her friends have abandoned her when she finds herself completely unable to perceive them. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang don’t see Willow either, but fear she is involved when a body turns up without its skin.

Buffy and her friends fear Spike may be to blame when a number of people around town mysteriously disappear.

Buffy and the gang capture and interrogate Spike and Andrew.