Dracula (no not drusilla) will be the main villain for this episode but not the entire series a bit like Sunday.
Xander is the first and only to be captive from Dracula.
Rudolph Martin plays Dracula.
Dawn (Michelle Tractenberg) also appears at the end of this episode.
A well-known celebrity also makes an appearence. It is not Britney Spears or Freddie Prinze Jr though.
A new vampire gang in Sunnydale, headed by Harmony kills the magic shop owner, but the Scooby Gang don't seem concerned.
Everything soon changes when Harmony is invited into Buffy's home by Buffy's sister, Dawn.
We also see the beginning of the break up between Anya and Xander because Anya becomes jealous of Dawn's crush on
Xander.
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After a fight Buffy has there becomes a good Xander and bad Xander.
Buffy discovers that Xander was hit by an Egyptian deity.
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Buffy is in a race against time when the physical aftereffects of Riley's being used as a lab rat by The Initiative threatens his very life. When Riley stubbornly refuses help and goes into hiding, Buffy reluctantly turns to Spike for help, but he takes advantage of her situation for his own plot to rid his life of the slayer once and for all.
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Buffy finds out why Dawn is posing as her sister and what her destiny is.
Clare Kramer joins the cast as a villain from hell sent to kill Dawn.
Buffy runs into a blind monk who tells her that Dawn is destined for big things
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Willow feels betrayed when Tara`s family makes a surprise visit to Sunnydale for her birthday threatening to reveal a shocking secret that could endanger all of their lives. Meanwhile, Buffy and Giles secretly try to learn more about the new evil that is hunting her and her family.
Buffy forces Spike to explain how he killed two slayers, and his flashbacks reveal the first time he met Drusilla, as well as their collaboration with fellow bloodsuckers Angelus and Darla . Meanwhile Joyce's condition worsens and she has to spend the night at the hospital.
Joyce discovers she has a brain tumour and in order to protect Dawn, Buffy must face a horrible beast that has been conjured by the powerful demon Glory to help seek out "The Key."
Sunnydale has become over run with 'loonies'. A demon from outer space is called who kills crazy people. The Scooby's are on the case, while Buffy looks after her mum, who is having moments of insantiy due to the pressure on her brain. Joyce checks out of hospital and unknowingly takes the Quellar demon with her.
Everyone is relieved when Joyces operation is a success. However Buffy's joy is shortlived when Spike shows her what Riley has been up to. She walks in on Riley being bitten by a vampire. The military want Riley back and he says he'll leave with them unless Buffy can give him a reason to stay. Angry and hurt by his betrayal and ultimatum she decides to late that she wants him to stay and watches him fly off in a helicopter.
Giles heads off to England to try and get some information about Glory from the Watchers Council. While he is gone Anya and Willow have been left in charge of the shop. The two constantly argue and Willow accidentally conjours a troll, who turns out to be an ex-boyfriend of Anya's in her pre-demon days. Olaff the Troll makes Xander chose between Anya and Willow. He says he can't chose between his girlfriend and his best friend. Luckily he doesn't have to as Buffy enters, ready to kick some ass.
The Watcher's Council arrive in Sunnydale, announcing that Buffy would have to pass a review if they are to hand over the information, they also threatened Giles with deportation if they were not fully co-operative. The council interview all the scoobys about their relationship with the slayer. Buffy is held up for one of her test by the Knights of Byzantium, who declare themselevs her enemy. It is after this encounter that Buffy realises that she holds power over all these people, including the council and so demands things be done her way. Quentin Travers reluctantly agrees. Giles is back on a salary and Glory is revealed to be a god.
While Buffy and the Scoobys are celebrating her 20th birthday, Dawn is off with Spike, they break into the Magic Shop and find Giles journal. Dawn discovers she is the key, a fact that she does not take to well. She goes to the hospital, to see if the mental patients can shed some light on who she is. While there she runs into Ben, she tells him that she is the key and then Ben suddenly changes into Glory, who has no memory of Ben's converation. She tries to pump information out of Dawn (and vice versa) before Buffy and the scoobys storm in. Willow and Tara teleport Glory somewhere, and Buffy convinces Dawn that she is a Summers.
Spike finally admits his love to Buffy, who is disgusted by the idea. Drucilla turns up back in Sunnydale. Spike chooses to go off with Dru over Harmony. Dru kills for Spike so he can feed. Buffy decides to go the Spike's crypt to make sure he knows that he has no chance with her. She is surprised to find Dru who knocks her out with a taser, but they Spike does the same to her. Both Buffy and Dru are tied up and Spike offers to kill Dru to impress Buffy, but then Harmony turns up and starts fighing with Spike, Dru gets free and goes to feed off the helpless slayer. however Spike throws her away from her. Both Harmony and Dru leave. Buffy punches Spike before leaving herself.
At a party a young woman is looking for her boyfriend Warren. In a bid to make Buffy jealous Spike hits on her, only to be thrown out the window. It doesn't take long for the gang to figure out that she is a robot. Buffy tracks down Warren, who admits to creating April, the perfect girlfriend', but claims that he has now found a real girl and he doesn't understand why April's batteries haven't run out. They find April who soon starts a fight with Buffy, thinking that she is trying to take Warren away from her. Her batteries soon do die out and as she dies Buffy tells her that she doesn't need a man to be complete. A piece of advise she decides to take herself as she breaks off a date with Ben. Spike finds Warren and demands that he make him a robot Buffy. Buffy goes back home to find Joyce lying lifeless on the sofa.
Buffy calls an ambulance when she dicovers that her mum is not breathing. She attempts CPR but stops when she announces that Joyce is cold. Buffy calls Giles just before the ambulance arrive, telling him to come to the house. Buffy appears detached at this point. The ambualnce arrives and they attempt to bring Joyce round but fail and call it. Giles arrives and Buffy stops him from moving 'the body'. Willow and Tara are in their dorm room. Willow can't decide what to wear to the hospital, she wants the bleue top but can't find it. In a bid to calm Willow down Tara kisses her. Xander and Anya arrive, Anya states that she doesn't understand anything, Xander pnches his fist into the wall and Willow changes once more before thay al finally head off to the morgue. Buffy goes to Dawn's school to break the news. As Buffy tells her Dawn breaks down. They all meet at the morgue. Dawn wants to see Joyce, so she sneaks into the morgue, where a vampire is waking up. Buffy comes in just in time to save Dawn. As the vamp is turned to dust they look up and the sheet has fallen off reveling Joyce's head.