Giles tells Buffy and s few of the potentials how he managed to avoid the Bringer's axe and actually kill it. While walking through the graveyard Giles is attacked by Spike who thinks that he's The First. Both are shocked when Giles finds out that Spike no longer has a chip and Spike finds out that Giles is in fact corporeal and not The First. The next morning Buffy's getting ready for work and Giles warns her about her risks of a chipless Spike. Though Buffy doesn't seem to think there's a problem because he has a soul now. Elsewhere, in a hardware store Xander is watching a demonstration when he sees a somewhat confused looking girl, looking at ropes. He offers to help her out, the conversation isn't brilliant then asks her out on a date and she says yes to Xander's surprise. At Sunnydale High Buffy is having a sneak around Principal Wood's office when he suddenly comes in. Buffy lies saying she was looking for stationary. As she's about to leave Robin asks her out on a date for that evening, and Buffy too says yes. As she leaves Robin goes to the panel which Buffy was close to, opens it and underneath a whiteboard reveals a gallery of knives and daggers. Robin replaces a blood covered dagger which he has just cleaned. At home Buffy breaks the news to Willow on her date. Buffy thinks that there may be something evil about Robin, but is going out with him to find out. But there could be some feelings between them, and she's willing to find out if there are. Xander rushes back home and he has news, though Buffy steals his thunder when Willow tells him that Buffy's got a date. Willow asks if Xander's date is evil, Xander reckons there's a chance as she seemed interested in him. Giles arrives back home with the new potential, Chao Ann who doesn't speak any English. They went shopping for clothes of hers. Giles doesn't appear to understand or correctly be able to translate a word Chao Ann says yet they still managed to get some things done. In the kitchen Andrew's reading through the manual for the new microwave when The First in Jonathan form appears and asks Andrew for some help. It wants Andrew to kill the potentials with the gun Willow bought when she tried to kill Kennedy. In the upstairs bathroom Anya's trying to wash a stain out of one of Buffy's tops so she can wear it that evening. Though it doesn't seem to be going out. Anya expresses some jealousy over the fact that Xander has a date and generally confuses Buffy. The stain doesn't come out and Buffy leaves the room to bump into Spike in the hallway while she's dressed in only her underwear for a top. Spike's okay with her having a date, and Buffy wants Spike to move on and do the same thing, start dating. That evening, eight thirty, Xander's waiting for Lissa to arrive, which she finally does. Things don't start as well as could be planned but eventually get better. At the Summers' home Willow, Dawn, Kennedy & Willow are all trying to get some dirt on Principal Wood, but nothings appears to be coming up, not even any records about his college degree or anything. Anya walks in with a disgusted look on her face. It appears that Giles has scared Chao Ann into the bathroom after showing her some rather gory flash cards of the situation. In an alley somewhere Buffy is being led to the restaurant which Robin is taking her too. Though before they can get there they're jumped by some vampires, Buffy thinks Robin set her up but after she sees him slaying a couple of vampires her mind is changed. They finally do get to the restaurant. Xander & Lissa's date still seems to be going well, Lissa recommends there's something better they could be doing. Buffy, still shocked at Robin's ability and know how asks him who & what he is. He tells her that he is the son of a slayer, his mother was killed when he was four and her watcher then raised him. He wants to get revenge on the vampire that killed his mother. He knew who Buffy was before he came to Sunnydale and knew of the big fight that's coming up and wants to help. At the Summers' home Jonathan/The First asks Andrew about the gun, he's got it. But then Andrew begins to ask questions about The First, The First figures out that Andrew's wearing a wire and in the basement Willow is listening in. The First begins to taunt Andrew and get him to do its bidding but it doesn't work. The First/Jonathan appears in the basement to Willow, Dawn, Kennedy & Amanda before disappearing again. Xander's date isn't all she's cracked up to be, he's now hanging above the seal of Danzathar and Lissa stabs him to get the blood flowing onto the seal. Back at the Summers' residence they're all recovering from the ordeal and they reckon they need Buffy, Spike's eager to go and get her, but Willow would prefer calling her. But he left her phone at home. Spike goes out to find her and find her he does, as she's biting into something tasty with Robin. Spike, Robin & Buffy go to get Xander, Buffy & Spike fight off Lissa while Robin gets Xander down before a Turok-Han is released. Robin sees Spike is actually a vampire. They all return home safe, they all muse about what just happened but Giles brings them back down to earth with a crash, reminding them about the seriousness of their situation. At Robin's, he's approached by The First in the form of his mother. She tells him who killed her, it's Spike.