Written by Jane Espenson ~ Directed by Michael Lange
While in the graveyard with Giles, Buffy doubles her slaying with studying for the SAT's. At school the next day, Buffy tells Willow and Oz of a SAT related nightmare, then Oz offers to help her study for the SAT's and Willow brags about how smart Oz is. Buffy tells them about how Giles and her Mom have her scheduled 24/7 to keep her out of trouble. They find Principal Snyder in the Cafeteria handing out boxes of candy, which they have to sell to make money for Band uniforms.
Buffy tries to sell the candy to her mom, but she only buys 20 bars. They talk about Buffy driving and her mom says no, partly because she completely flunked last year and she just doesn't want her to be able to leave on her own. At the library, Buffy is training with Giles where he blindfolds her and hands her a ball to throw at him. She throws it at a wall and it bounces off hitting Giles in the head. Buffy, satisfied with proving Giles wrong again, leaves claiming to be going back home.
Instead, she goes to visit Angel at the mansion where he's practicing Tai Chi. Buffy brings him blood, and he asks her about Scott, but instead of Buffy telling him she's no longer dating Scott, she say's he's fine. He tells her that he worries about her, and then tells her that it'll be better when he doesn't need her anymore. Arriving home late, Buffy is caught by her mother and Giles. They found out that she had been lying to them about where she was. Buffy is sent to bed, and Giles and Joyce sit on the couch and eat some of the chocolate Buffy sold them.
The next day at school, Giles doesn't show up to watch over Study Hall. Xander and Willow play footsie under the table until Cordelia turns around. Worried, Buffy goes to Giles place and finds that he's looking through records while her mom is sitting on the couch. Giles said he was working on scheduling Buffy's activities with her mom and he just didn't come into work. Her mom offers her the car keys, and Buffy takes the opportunity, not wanting to blow her chances of getting to drive. After she leaves, Giles lights up a cigarette and Joyce pulls out a bottle of wine.
Buffy is driving wildly through Sunnydale with a very frightened Willow in the passenger seat and the parking break on (which she later removes). Back at Giles' (now 'Ripper') place, he and Joyce are listening to music and smoking. Joyce suggests the Bronze, but Ripper wants to go out and have some fun, instead of that 'dead' place.
At the Bronze, "The Dingoes" are playing on the stage as Buffy and Willow come in and discover that all the adults of Sunnydale are there, acting like a bunch of teenagers. Even Ms. Barton is there, and she's literally wasted. Snyder starts hanging around Buffy and Willow and ends up following them everywhere they go. After a bit too much scary images implanted into their minds, Buffy, Willow and Oz leave, and Snyder follows.
While Buffy and friends are driving to find Giles, a car whose driver is not looking hits them where he's going. Mr. Trick checks up on Ethan and the production of the chocolate bars then leaves to perform the "tribute."
Meanwhile, Ripper and Joyce are roaming the streets until Joyce notices a coat that she likes in the window of a closed store. Ripper uses a trashcan to break the window and then steals the jacket. When the alarm goes off, a cop shows up. Giles tells him that he'll never use it, then when the cop turns his head, Giles beats him up, and steals the gun. He and Joyce then start making out on the hood of the police car. After realizing that the vampires weren't around and coming to the conclusion Buffy sends Willow and Oz to find Xander and Cordy and look up information on "candy curses."
At the factory, Buffy and Snyder go to where the chocolate is but Buffy runs into her Mother and Giles making out in the middle of the street. Buffy tries to reason with her mother, but no luck. She then goes into the factory, taking her Mother along with her; Giles and Snyder follow after. Inside, Buffy finds Ethan and chases him. After getting caught and hit a few times, Ethan gives up all the information that he has. It seems that Trick needed the adults of Sunnydale to be out of it so that they could take what was needed for Laconus--a snake-like demon that the Mayor had to pay tribute to.
Meanwhile, four vampires come into the library and they take four newborn babies. At the library, the rest of the Scooby gang is looking up information on the situation with all the adults in Sunnydale. Buffy later calls Willow and finds out that Laconus eats babies. They chain up Ethan with some handcuffs her Mother somehow had on her, then go to the hospital where they try to figure out where they find the babies. Giles has an information flash, and remembers that Laconus is a large demon that they'll find in the sewers.
Buffy, Giles and Joyce crash the party underground where The Mayor and Trick are waiting for the demon to come and take the offerings. Buffy beats up and stakes three of the four vampires while Giles and her Mother get the babies to safety. The Mayor escapes as one of the vamps is thrown into a pool of water. Laconus then comes out and eats him. Trick tries to take on Buffy, but Giles steps in the way and ends up getting thrown into the pool. As he comes out, and just before Laconus can eat him, Buffy pulls down a gas pipe, and lights the gas on fire and uses it to burn Laconus.
After Mr. Trick says a few last words, Buffy, Giles and Joyce head home.
The next day at school, most of the adults have come down, including Snyder who promptly chooses Willow, Oz, Xander and Cordelia, as volunteers to clean "Kiss Rocks" off of the lockers. Buffy complains to Giles about how the SAT's went. They meet up with Joyce out front and Buffy tries to defend herself and the large dent in the car by saying how she got to her Mom and Giles before they did anything. However, as she gets into the car, Giles and Joyce subtly confirm that something did happen.
