Don Dowe

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.

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. Mickey, Terry, Daryll, and Mr. Keith rob the pot store, but it doesn't quite go as planned, and Terry gets left behind and arrested. Conor is waiting in the SRO when Shorty's oxygen tanks explode, leading to a confrontation between Ray and Mickey at the scene of the blast. Ezra tells Ray and Avi that Kate needs to be stopped.

Al's noisy attempts to build Lucky a doghouse force Marcy to sic the city inspector (Ian Patrick Williams) on him.

Capt. Brass seeks the assistance of a former colleague (Donna Murphy) in Los Angeles after his estranged daughter calls for help.