Episode 11: Showtime
Written by David Fury
Buffy picks up--and saves from the Bringers--another Potential Slayer, Rona.
They return back to the house to find everyone, including three new Potentials,
Eve, Vi and Chloe, awake and discussing the situation. Giles suggests going
to an oracle for information. Meanwhile, Spike escapes the First and finds Buffy--but
it's only a dream. The First, in the form of Buffy, taunts Spike some more,
but Spike insists Buffy will come for him. Giles and Anya visit an old flame
of Anya's, Torg, because only a demon can open a gateway to the oracle. While
Buffy decides to release Andrew from the ropes, as long as he doesn't run, Willow
learns another Potential has come to town. Buffy and Xander go to find her.
The Potentials are scared, nervous, and demoralized, and the situation becomes
worse when Buffy and Xander find the dead body of one of the Potentials in a
motel room and rush back to confront her. But they can do nothing as the First
dematerializes. Meanwhile, Giles and Anya find out from the oracle that there
is a vulnerability in the Slayer line caused by the Slayer. Giles interprets
this to mean that Buffy's resurrection was what caused the vulnerability. Anya
feels guilty. Back at the Summers' home, everyone is in an uproar worrying about
the coming night. Buffy asks Willow to create a magical barrier to protect them
from the Ubervamp. The Ubervamp arrives and attacks. Willow's magical barrier
can barely hold, so Buffy urges them all to run. They split up, hoping the Ubervamp
will follow Buffy, but it follows the others. Xander has led them to a construction
pit where the Ubervamp finds them. But Buffy is there and tells the Ubervamp
that they will fight to the death there, and Buffy kills the Ubervamp, impressing
the Potentials. Buffy gives another inspiring speech about how they will defeat
the First. Later, Spike is alone, bound to the wall, when Buffy arrives. At
first he thinks it is the First, but then he realizes it is Buffy, who has come
for him. She cuts him down and supports him as they walk away.