Overall Rating: 4.05 Matt: 3.9 Eric: 4.2 Writer: Tracey Forbes Director: David Solomon Cast : Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers, Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris, Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg, Marc Blucas as Riley Finn, James Marsters as Spike, Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles. Main guest stars : Bailey Chase as Graham Miller, Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates, Amber Benson as Tara, Emma Caulfield as Anya, Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. Holt, Casey McCarthy as Julie, Neil Daly as Mason, Jeff Wilson as Evan, Bryan Cuprill as Roy. Original broadcast date : April 25, 2000 My one-line description: Shagadelic, baby! In the graveyard, Buffy and Riley fight a vampire. However, a blue horned demon comes to the bloodsucker’s rescue, and the couple has to slay them both. After it’s done, they comment on the weirdness of a demon defending a vampire, but instead of reporting it to Giles, they go back to Riley’s dorm… Already kissing by the time they get there, they fall to the bed without wasting time. In the middle of the night, Riley wakes up and pads down the hall to identify the dripping sound that woke him up. Getting to the bathroom, he notices someone hasn’t shut the faucets in the bathtub correctly. The next day, Xander – trying yet another job – pulls up a curb in his ice cream truck. Anya, in the truck with him, tries to convince him to go to Riley’s party at Lowell House that evening; turns out that the ex-demon isn’t all that keen on being alone with demon hunters. Then the couple argues about how often they’ve skipped sex nights these days, and an irate Xander tells Anya that if she wants sex, alright, they’ll have sex, and he starts to take off his clothes… just as the couple spots the parents and kids lining up for ice cream, staring at them. In the student lounge, the Scoobies discuss the demon-vampire alliance of the previous night. Giles is puzzled, since the two species don’t get along that well. They conclude that Adam must be involved somehow, and Giles asks Buffy and Riley to look out for any other odd happenings. Riley then invites Giles to his party, but the Watcher declines, claiming "grownup things" to do at the Expresso Pump. Buffy and Riley realize they have 20 minutes of free time before class, and hurry off… to do the thing. That evening, Forrest and Graham fight the inexplicable cold at Lowell House. On their way downstairs, they stop by Riley’s room, where they hear him and Buffy keeping warm their own way… The two are in bed doing their thing, and can’t seem to stop; their ardour only seems to intensify… Downstairs, the fire burning in the fireplace suddenly grow larger, igniting Mason, one of Riley’s dorm mates. Forrest smothers the flames with a flag, while Graham goes to get help. The following evening, Spike jumps out of an alley and bellows at Anya, trying to frighten her into giving him her wallet. She refuses, but he explains that it’s how he keeps himself supplied in blood and beer. Then he notes that she’s not with Xander, and mockingly asks if he had better things to do. At Lowell House, the party is on, and the guys – Forrest, Graham and Riley – are making small talk by the stairs. But Riley isn’t completely there – he’s staring lovingly at Buffy across the room. Buffy is not paying much attention to what Xander is saying to her, Willow and Tara about his fight with Anya. At the Bronze, Anya is having a beer with Spike. She tells him how much she misses her vengeance demon powers, which would have allowed her to eviscerate Xander with a mere thought. Spike can relate to that; he says he wishes they could get their vengeance right now (and he could stake Dru). Anya declines any immediate action, but encourages Spike to stake Drusilla. At the party, Roy – one of the guys from Beer Bad – is hitting on a girl, when he puts his hand on the wall. The touch sends him waves of sexual pleasure, freaking him out. Meanwhile, at the other end of the room, Xander starts flirting with Julie, a beautiful redhair who seems to like him… Buffy walks up to Riley and serves him an excuse for them to go back to his room, which they do in a hurry. Meanwhile, Willow and Tara, sitting on the stairs, chat about horseback riding and a bad experience Willow had as a kid. Tara tells Willow she’ll be safe with her, and Willow tenderly puts her hand on Tara’s knee. Tara suddenly recoils, asking Willow not to touch her; as the redhead asks her what’s wrong, Tara retreats to the bathroom upstairs. Anya arrives at the party with Spike – who recognizes some of the Initiative soldiers. An angry Xander demands to know what she’s doing there with him, and they argue. Xander tries to get Spike noticed by calling him "Hostile 17", but the commandos are oblivious to him. Spike goes to get a beer, and Xander and Anya decide that they’re through – and stomp off in different directions. Xander joins a game of spin-the-bottle, and gets lucky – the bottle stops in Julie’s direction. He modestly pecks her on the cheek, but she climbs over him and kisses him passionately. Suddenly, she stops in shock and runs away, ashamed. A concerned Xander goes to look for her, passing by a group assembled around the orgasmic spot in the wall. He hears her crying in a locked closet, and tries to get her to come out. Inside, Julie is hacking off her hair, crying "I’m bad". Willow goes to the bathroom to find Tara, but the room is empty – apart from a boy drowning in the bathtub. Willow reaches to save him, but he disappears. Then he reappears behind her, and she screams. In their room, Buffy and Riley hear her, and pause for a second… before resuming their, ahem, activity. Willow finds Xander, who’s looking for Julie’s friends, and tells him about the ghost. Tara arrives, and tells them they should go. Just then, the spinning bottle of beer explodes, sending shards of glass in the players’ faces. The Scoobies decide to warn Buffy, and climb upstairs. They knock on the door, but get no answer – Buffy and Riley are too, ahem, busy. Then vines begin sprouting from the floor and growing to cover the door… Then an earthquake hits, and the partygoers evacuate Lowell House. Spike is glad – the party is starting to liven up. However, he’s soon magically tied to his chair, spilling his beer in the process. He finally frees himself, and joins Willow, Tara, Xander and Anya in their escape. Xander spots a now nearly-bald Julie crying for help, and pulls her outside, where she runs away. Xander decides to go back inside for Riley and Buffy, and Spike volunteers to join him – before remembering that he doesn’t even like them in the first place. He wanders off, and Xander attacks the house alone. He’s promptly thrown out, and suggests they go get Giles. At the Expresso Pump, a group of baby-boomers is listening to a performer singing and playing guitar ("Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who). The performer is Giles, and he’s GOOD. The Scoobies take it all in – Willow’s hanging-jaw expression is priceless – and Xander proclaims he wants to go back to the haunted house. However, Tara and Anya think Giles is good, and so does Willow – once she’s recovered her voice. Giles and the gang go to a library, where they find that from 1949 to 1969, Lowell House was a home for runaways, juvenile delinquents and emotionally disturbed children. Giles, Xander and Anya go to meet with Mrs. Holt, the woman who used to run the place. The old lady says that none of the children died under her care, but that she punished those who were "dirty". She’d cut off the hair of the girls who showed too much vanity, and forcibly baptized those who had impure thoughts by holding them underwater in the bathtub. A furious Giles accuses Mrs. Holt of ruining the children’s lives, and the gang leaves. One their way back to campus, Giles explains that all the repressed sexual emotions in the house have created some poltergeist, who are drawing energy from Riley and Buffy’s activity. When the couple’s energy is drained, the two will die… At Lowell House, Buffy and Riley are still breathlessly going at it like… lost souls. The Scoobies meet in Willow’s room at Stevenson Hall to attempt a binding spell. Xander and Anya depart, loaded with weapons, intent on hacking their way back inside Lowell House. Giles, Willow and Tara are left to perform the spell, calling on the spirits of the Lowell House kids. Then, when the house is freed, Xander and Anya enter the jungle that is now in the place and hack their way upstairs. Meanwhile, Giles and Tara encourage the spirits to find rest; Willow gives it a personal twist, asking the spirits to "get over it". However, the spirits have sensed Xander and Anya’s presence (or Willow’s insult) and left to go back to Lowell House. Xander is thrown into the bathroom, and Anya is flung over the stairs down to the living room. Xander gets forced head first into the bathtub; as he starts to drown, he sees the Lowell House kids looking down at him. Meanwhile, Anya has regrouped and started to make her way up the stairs, despite the poltergeist screaming at her and stabbing her hand with a vine. She bursts into the bathroom and saves Xander. The two of them make their way to Riley’s bedroom, where the vines attack them. The couple manages to force the door open, breaking the spell. Seemingly unaware that anything has happened, Buffy chides Xander for not bothering to knock. Exhausted, Xander and Anya look at each other and walk away. The next day, Buffy still can’t believe it… Giles was really singing. Willow comments that it was sexy, and Xander offers to pay her to stop saying that. Switching back to serious matters, Buffy and Riley blame themselves for what happened, but Willow tells them they were under the influence of powerful magic, and comments it must have been horrible. Buffy and Riley exchange a look, and innocently tell her that it was indeed horrible (riiiight). Summary by OttsFiveByFive.