One of Buffy's slayers in Japan tracks down the vampires that attacked Buffy in Scotland. Xander goes to find out what Dracula knows about these vampires.
After a flight of fantasy, Buffy and Willow enter the demonic lair of Sephrilian, a dangerous realm of unstable reality where the friends' darkest secrets, both past and future, are revealed.
Posing as a viscount's daughter, Faith infiltrates Lady Genevieve's gala and is attacked by Roden's gargoyle security team. Elsewhere, Willow offers to Dawn with her plus-sized problem and is called upon to upgrade the castle's defense system.
Faith is approached by Giles with a dangerous assignment--to pose as a British aristocrat in order to assassinate a wealthy, rogue slayer under the tutelage of an Irish warlock.
Buffy is learning to deal with life since all the Slayers were activated and Sunnydale was destroyed. Meanwhile, the Military has decided that Buffy is trouble and has rescued Amy and another from the ruins of Sunnydale and recruited them to kill Buffy.