Buffy is in class with Willow, and is not following the class discussion. They leave class and Tara meets up with them. Someone passes by her and bumps into her. Its part of the geek trio, planting her with an inhibitor. The van in the parking lot raises its antenna.

Willow heads off, and Tara hand Buffy a book. Buffy opens it up, and hears this noise. Tara is talking about Willow, when Buffy asks Tara if she heard the noise. Buffy thinks she just spaced out, and walks to the water fountain. She hears the noise again, and Tara is asking her if she is coming to class because they’re going to be late. Buffy knows something is happening to her.

The geek squad is watching Buffy and her reactions from their van. Buffy is running to catch up with Tara and the door closes to the class. Tara comes out and finds Buffy, asks her where she’s been. Buffy explains to Tara that something is going on. She looks at the clock and the minute hand runs through 20 minutes. She turns around and Tara is gone. She runs outside after Tara, and then all the students start passing her by like flies. She gets thrown and punched and is crawling on the grass to get protection under a table. She figures there is something on her, and finds the inhibitor. The guys are watching her, and they turn on the self – destruct. The inhibitor goes poof. All the students slow down and everything returns to normal. In the van, the two guys are rating the third on the inhibitor caper.

Buffy decides to pursue another avenue in her life and goes with Xander to work with him. As they walk through the construction site, Buffy is discussing the blackout episodes that occurred at college. Giles thinks she is stressed, while she thinks she had evil lint. Xander introduces Buffy to his crew, and they think he's brought Gidget. Xander leaves, and one of the crew tells Buffy to haul some beams. She picks up a beam that weighs about 500 pounds effortlessly. Another guy from the crew tells her to slow down because she'll make them look bad. Once again, the geek crew have followed her to the site. Its the second guy's turn to try to mess her up. He starts blowing this horn thing. From inside, Buffy hears it. She is getting water when all of a sudden, demons appears. She pushes the foreman out of the way, and fights with the demons. As she kills them, their bodies dissolve.

The geek squad is watching with binoculars, one of them lands on the horn, and Buffy notices the black van. After everything is over, she is trying to defend her actions when Xander arrives. There are no monsters and the crew is saying that she freaked out. The foreman says that she attacked him. Buffy is trying to tell Xander that there were demons. None of the crew remembers the demons, and Buffy leaves. Xander follows her and tells her that someone is messing with her. He tells her to go see Giles.

Buffy is now at the Magic Box, and working for Anya and Giles. Giles is trying to research the time anomaly, and the demon attack for her. Anya is showing her procedures. There is a skeleton that has a camera placed in it, and the geek squad is watching her through this. The third guy is ready for his shot at her. They are performing a ritual inside the van. A customer walks in and Buffy is assigned to give her great customer service. Giles is giving her a speech, and cleaning his glasses, and Anya tells her to go sell something. On her way there, Buffy helps out a guy find a romantic candle. The woman customer is looking for a mummy hand, and sends Buffy to get it. As Buffy grabs the hand, it attacks her and she kills it. She brings it out to the woman, with the dagger through it. The woman says the power of the hand is gone, and no good. Then, time goes back and the woman walks back into the store. Giles starts to give her his speech again. Buffy is confused and tells GIles something is happening to her. Inside the van, the third guy explains to his friends that he placed a spell in which she had to satisfy a customer with a task that needed solving. Buffy walks by the man and hands him the candle. She walks up to the woman and is trying to tell the customer that she doesn't have the mummy hand, but the customer wants the hand. Buffy goes back to get the hand.

The geek squad figures Buffy is onto the game. As Buffy is trying to get the hand, it is dancing around. She cut off the fingers and gave the hand to the customer. Time loops again, and the customer walks in. Time loops by several times, and Buffy tries walking out of the store and comes in through the back. One time, the mummy had is making fun of Buffy with tongs. Then, Buffy tears the bell off the door. Then, Buffy stomps on Giles glasses. Then, she ends up throwing a candle at the guy. Then, she starts fighting with the woman. Then she is crying. Buffy then tells the customer that the shop can deliver the mummy hand to her. She has satisfied the customer. The geek squad rates the third guy, and then they decide to play with her some more. Buffy walks out of the shop.

Buffy is with Spike taking shots of whiskey. She is telling him that someone is messing with her. Spike tells Buffy she has to ask questions. Spike ends up taking her to a bar. She grabs a bottle of whiskey and is making sour faces. Buffy goes into the back with Spike, where he plays cards with guys who are using kittens for the jackpot. He tells her that the group will give information while they play. The geek squad is on their way to find her for the final jeopardy round. Spike and the group end up fighting. Buffy ends up freeing the kittens, and walks out of the bar. Spike follows her, and she is telling him that he is lame.

The geek squad is fighting over who is the best James Bond. Spike and Buffy are outside the bar, and the van is there. Buffy recognizes the van and inside the squad sees Buffy approaching them. A demon comes out from the side of the van. As the van drives away, the drunk Buffy tires to fight it and falls. Spike helps her up. The demon calls on his portal and throws a smoke bomb, then runs away. The demon runs to the van, and ends the spell. Its a member of the squad, and he runs into the van. The squad is discussing how they faced the slayer and survived.

At the house, Giles gives Buffy water so she can feel better. Buffy is being hard on herself about letting this demon thing get to her, and Giles suggest she ease up, and it will all be okay. He gives her a check to help her out. Buffy says its kinda like having her mom back, and Giles asks if he can be her British uncle. She wants to go show Dawn the check.