Episode 14: First Date

Written by Jane Espenson

Giles is telling Buffy and the Potentials about his escape from the Bringer's attack in episode 8 when Spike attacks him, thinking he is the First. Giles learns that Buffy had Spike's chip removed, and later he questions that her judgment is clouded by her feeligns for Spike. Buffy denies this but defends Spike and his potential to be a good person. Meanwhile, she decides to investigate Principal Wood, which leads to a dinner date. Meanwhile, Xander meets a woman and asks her out on a date. At dinner with Wood, Buffy learns that his mother was a Slayer, and he fights vampires hoping some day that he will dust the one who killed his mother. However, Xander's date turns out to be a demon who tries to use Xander's blood to open the Seal of Danthazar and raise her own Ubervamp. The others use Andrew as bait to try to get information on the First, who says he has future plans for Spike. When Xander sends out a distress signal, Spike interrupts Buffy and Wood's date to go rescue Xander. After they defeat the demon, Buffy rushes to Spike, demonstrating to Wood that Buffy and Spike share a connection of some sort. Later, Spike tells Buffy that the First still has plans for him and offers to leave town, but Buffy asks him to stay. And the First visits Wood in the form of his mother and tells Wood who her killer was.