As Buffy's eighteenth birthday approaches she loses her Slayer powers just as she must go up against a crazed vampire who has kidnapped her mother.
Brass travels to Hollywood, California to try to track down his estranged daughter's friend, meanwhile trying to rekindle some kind of relationship with her.
Ray starts to make arrangements for his family, in case he gets arrested when Kate publishes her story. Meanwhile, Cookie gives Ray a million dollars to track down and buy a stalkerazzi video of the shooting.
Dr. Mike (Jane Seymour) finds a heartbroken and self-destructive Matthew (Chad Allen) courting danger in a plague-ridden town.
Al disturbs the neighbours when he decides to build a dog house.