Lacking their own IDs, Buffy names herself Joan, and Spike mistakenly assumes the name Randy from the inside of his stolen coat is his name.Ī couple of vampires outside the shop scare the entire gang and they hide in fear. Xander, Willow, Anya, Giles, and Tara get their names from their IDs (although Xander is referred to as "Alex" by Dawn), and Dawn gets hers from her necklace. Spike suspects Giles is his father (because they're both English), Anya assumes she's getting married to Giles (because they jointly own the magic shop and woke up next to each other), and Willow and Xander tentatively assume they're dating (because they woke up lying next to each other and Willow was wearing Xander's coat). They wake up later that evening with absolutely no knowledge of who or where they are. Instead of just Buffy and Tara forgetting their recent upsets, the entire gang falls unconscious.
However, back at the Summers' house, a spark from the fireplace ignites the entire bag of Lethe's Bramble. Willow has a crystal in her pocket that was used with her forgetting spell and it glows brightly in her hand. Giles confesses that he is leaving and Buffy begins to have an emotional breakdown, unable to cope with her painful memories and the feeling that everyone is abandoning her. The whole gang, including a disguised Spike on the run from the loan shark, gather at the Magic Box during the day. In her rush, she accidentally leaves a bag of the Lethe's Bramble by the fireplace. As soon as they're gone, Willow uses magic to get dressed quickly and starts another spell by the fireplace that will make Tara and Buffy forget the damages of the spells Willow used on them. Without her magic, Willow is late getting ready to leave the house so Tara and Dawn leave for the Magic Box without her. Giles stands firm, assuring her he's doing the right thing but Buffy, deeply hurt and angry that her Watcher is seemingly abandoning her when she needs him most, tells him he's wrong. She begs him to stay, telling him she can learn to stand on her own with him around. He knows she is too dependent on him and he must leave if she's ever going to learn to survive on her own. Giles informs Buffy that he is returning to England for good and Buffy takes the news very badly. Tara asks her to try for a week, but doesn't promise that this will save the relationship. Tara then decides that things aren't working between them at the moment and starts to break up with her girlfriend, however Willow is desperate not to lose her and offers to go a month without magic to prove that she is not dependent. Willow suggests making Buffy forget about being in heaven, but Tara reveals she knows a memory-spell was used on her and lets Willow know how furious and violated she feels. Sensing the tension, Xander and Anya leave as Tara confronts Willow about her excessive and damaging use of magic. While the other three agree they need to stop thinking about their past actions and just try to make things better for Buffy, Willow (feeling very guilty over destroying Buffy's peaceful afterlife) isn't receptive to this and suggests fixing the mess with a spell. Willow, Xander, Anya, and Tara talk about calling Buffy back from Heaven and their feelings in the aftermath of the revelation.
The conversation is halted when Teeth, a demon loan shark (with a shark's head), confronts Spike about his kitten debt, but Buffy steps in and takes care of the thugs looking to beat 40 Siamese out of Spike. Buffy tries to brush it off as part of the spell they were under and tells him that she has no intention of kissing him again. Summaryīuffy patrols and runs into Spike, who wants to talk about their kiss. Alas, the spell goes awry and affects the minds of all the Scoobies. Despite Tara's misgivings about her overindulgence in witchcraft, Willow tries to cheer Buffy up by making the Slayer forget the idyllic afterlife she left behind.
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