On Buffy's seventeenth birthday she and Angel must prevent Spike and Drusilla from resurrecting The Judge, a demon who has the power to destroy humanity.
While Angel tortures Giles for needed information concerning a ritual, Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.
Buffy returns from summer vacation with a major attitude and recurring nightmares involving the Master - even as the Anointed One and his followers plot their revenge.
Sunnydale High School is haunted by the ghosts of a former student and teacher who reenact their tragic romance through the bodies of the school's current inhabitants.