The body of a dead cheerleader is dug up from the cemetery, and Buffy the
Vampire Slayer is officially back in the saddle. Cordelia accidentally stumbles
upon a bunch of body parts in a dumpster, and the parts add up to three people --
the dead cheerleader and her two friends who were killed in the same car accident
-- only some of the parts are missing. Giles suspects zombie activity, and clues
lead to Chris -- a science whiz who's been quiet and withdrawn since his brother
Daryl's death. We discover Chris, with his buddy Eric, has been secretly
assembling a woman from these body parts for Daryl, so he won't have to be alone
through eternity. The only part they don't have yet is a head -- the cheerleader's
heads are unusable because the formaldehyde used to preserve dead bodies
causes rapid deterioration of brain cells. There are currently three live head donors
being considered: Buffy, Willow and Cordelia. Daryl votes for Cordelia, but Chris
doesn't want to kill anyone, and Daryl becomes enraged. Meanwhile, Giles is
courting Ms. Calendar, and their first official date is to the school's football game.
That night, Eric decides to kill Cordelia, since Chris can't bring himself to do the
deed, but Buffy arrives just in time to save her. As Buffy struggles with Daryl, a can
of gasoline spills. A fire starts and Xander, who has arrived to help, pushes
Cordelia to safety. Chris, seeing his headless fiancee is about to perish in the fire,
throws himself on top of her and pledges his undying love. Angel and Buffy finally
talk things out -- he admits he was jealous of her attention to Xander, and he feels
left out of her life since he can only be with her at night. They walk off together as
we see Daryl's tombstone.
