Buffy goes on a date with Principal Wood and they are attacked in an alley way. When buffy sees him hold his own against a couple of vampires, questions arise. He later tells her that he is the son of a Slayer and that he moved to Sunnydale to help in the fight against evil. While at a hardware store, Xander sets up a date with a new woman he meets there. As is par for Xander's luck, she turn out to be a demon who tries to use Xander's blood to re-open the hellmouth and release more Turok-Han. Spike shows up at Buffy's date to tell her and Principal Wood about Xander. They rescue him and Wood discovers that Spike is a vampire in the process.