Spike brings in three professional bounty hunters to eliminate Buffy while she ponders on what her profession might be if her fate wasn't already sealed.

Buffy joins forces with another Slayer in hopes of saving Angel from the clutches of Spike and Drusilla.

As the Christmas holiday approaches, Angel is tormented by evil apparitions who want him to eliminate Buffy.

Xander experiences an adventure of his own when he encounters a group of reanimated corpses out to construct a bomb. Meanwhile, Buffy and her friends battle the forces of evil when the Hellmouth reopens.

Tension erupts between Buffy and an ailing Riley as they pursue Professor Maggie Walsh's killer.