James C. Leary

Feeling ignored by Buffy and her friends, Dawn makes a wish that's granted by a mysterious demon, endangering the whole Scooby Gang.

Tara's sudden death pushes Willow over the edge. After magically saving Buffy from her own wounds, Willow, consumed by anger and dark magic, hunts down Warren and tortures and kills him.

Xander gets cold feet on the brink of his wedding to Anya, after a bizarre stranger plants seeds of doubt in his mind by showing him what their future together will be like.

Warren acquires a pair of demonic orbs that imbue him with strength and invulnerability, and he faces off with Buffy but loses. He comes back with a gun, and shoots both Buffy and Tara.

After their horrifying loss at the vineyard, the gang turn against Buffy and begin to follow Faith instead. Meanwhile, Spike and Andrew travel to an old church to question a priest about Caleb.

Buffy takes the Potentials to a demon bar, and then to Spike's crypt, in order to teach them the art of slaying. When Willow casts a spell to seek out the next Potential, the spell leads them to believe that Dawn may be a future slayer.