Written by Marti Noxon ~ Directed by Michael Lange
Buffy wakes up and walks to the bathroom only to find that her bathroom is replaced by the Bronze. With Drusilla silently following her, Buffy walks throught the crowds, encountering her mother and Willow before finally finding Angel. Suddenly, from behind, Drusilla stakes Angel. The next day goes over to Angel's place before school. She tells him about her dream, and while she has to get to school, she has a hard time saying goodbye to Angel. At school, Buffy and Willow talk about whether Buffy is ready to take her relationship with Angel further.
Willow goes to talk to Oz, and they make plans to attend Buffy's surprise birthday party together. Meanwhile, Xander tries to ask Cordelia to be his date to the party but, she doesn't want anyone else to know about her relationship with him. We see Spike--although confined to a wheelchair--is on his way to recovery while Drusilla is strong as ever. Ms. Calendar is visited by her Uncle, who remindes her of her gypsy duties. Her responsibility is to make sure Angel's curse remains, and therefore must keep Buffy from him.
Buffy asks her mom about getting her driver's licence, but her Mom responds with something she said in Buffy's dream and it scares Buffy. That night, Ms. Calendar tries to set Buffy up but her plan is ruined when Buffy spots several vampires and goes to slay them. After killing the last vampire, Buffy discovers the party that was planned. Oz witnesses the killing of the last vampire and is not terribly shocked. Ms. Calendar brings out a box which the vampires were transporting and they open it to find a hand. The hand however comes to life and strangles Buffy. After rescuing Buffy, Angel explains that he thinks Drusilla is trying to bring back a demon called "The Judge". This demon's intention is to kill everything with humanity and leave only demons remaining, so Angel suggests that he take the hand to another country and hide it from Dusilla.
At the warehouse, Drusilla is threatening to poke Dalton's eyes out for loosing her present. Spike convinces her to give him a chance and she does. Buffy and Angel go to the dock where Angel is to get on a boat. He gives her a claddagh ring and she tries to convince him to stay. As they are kissing, some vampires attack them in hopes of getting the box back. They fight but Buffy is thrown off the pier and Angel goes to save her. The vampires make it away with the box containing the Judge's arm.
At the warehouse, Spike and Drusilla are having a party as they bring "The Judge" back to life. Everyone researches at the library to find out how to stop the Judge. After a dream reveals the location, Buffy and Angel find Drusilla at the warhouse, but are captured. The Judge attempts to kill Buffy but she and Angel break free. At his apartment, Angel gives Buffy some clothes to change into. She begins to change and finds that she has a cut on her back. Angel looks at it and then she ends up crying in his arms. Worried that she may not have the opportunity again, Buffy kisses Angel, indiciating that she wants to take their relationship to the next level. Later, Angel wakes up, apparently in a lot of pain. He gets up and somehow ends up outside dressed. Falling to the ground, he cries out Buffy's name. Buffy continues to sleep, unable to hear Angel's cries.
