Directed by James Whitmore Jr ~ Written by Dan Vebber
After a discussion with Oz about what makes someone cool, Xander gets himself a car that he believes will make him cool. Buffy and Willow aren't at all impressed due to the hellmouth reopening and they fail to tell Xander about it because they want him out of the loop. While getting donuts for the rest of the researching gang, Xander meets a girl who likes his car and wants to go for a ride, but as it turns out she only likes the car. At the Bronze that night, Xander rear-ends a parked car which Jack was in. A cop shows up, Xander covers for Jack and then the two, and car girl leave to go get the rest of Jack's friends. It turns out that all of Jack's friends are already dead and he's raising them from their graves.
At the library Buffy, Willow and Giles are researching, while Oz--in werewolf mode--is freaking out in the cage. Willow thinks it's because he can sense trouble. Giles leaves to try and contact some spirits and hopefully get their help with stopping Sisterhood of Jhe, a group of fierce demons (the ones that the gang killed in the cave a few days before) that plans to end the world.
Xander, now "Car Guy" for Jack and his friends takes them to get supplies to "bake a cake," or rather build a bomb. While the boys are getting the supplies from a hardware store, Xander spots Willow leaving the magic shop and she, thinking the world may end, tells him she loves him. After Jack and friends decide to initiate Xander into the club by killing him and then raising him again, he runs and manages to escape in his car. He rescues Faith, who was fighting off the demons and then takes her to her apartment and she persuades him to sleep with her. She kicks him out, clothes in hand, quickly after.
Xander, after realizing Jack was building a bomb, and finding it's location, heads the school to stop it followed by Jack and his group of dead guys. After disposing of Jack's friends, Xander heads down to the boiler room to diffuse the bomb. Jack shows up, and after some careful persuasion from Xander, Jack diffuses the bomb with seconds to spare. Meanwhile, Buffy, Angel, Faith, Giles and Willow are at the library trying to fend off the giant multi-headed monster and members of the group of female demons. In the end, the Hellmouth is closed, everyone's a little beat up, and Xander's a better person from it all.
