Soon after Buffy's first day as Sunnydale High Guidance Counselor, the gang meets a young woman, Nancy, who's dog was eaten by a large creature living in the sewer. Spike offers his assistance in tracking down the monster, but the gang and Buffy are still a little uneasy with him being around. The gang soon discover the cause behind the monster is an old, estranged friend; who is relishing in her return to form. Meanwhile, Willow has mixed emotions as she prepares to leave England and return to Sunnydale.

Lorelai and Emily continue to fight about over what happened between them, and Rory has to run interference. At school, Rory also has to run interference between Paris and Francie, and eventually comes up with a way to stop their fighting. Kirk asks Lorelai out, and Lorelai has to figure out a way to let him down easy. Things seem to go better until Christopher shows up at Friday night dinner, and both Lorelai and Rory have to confront him about Sherry. Meanwhile, Rory talks to Jess about Shane and why she never wrote him during the summer.

After seeing how much money Bridget spends on keeping up with the latest fashions, Paul tells her to go out and get a job to learn how to be fiscally responsible. But when she lands a job at a trendy mall clothing store that offers its workers a 40% discount, Paul and Cate begin to worry that she may not be learning the true value of a dollar.

Clark gains a new power: heat-vision. As he struggles to control it, Lex gets married to the new Smallville High teacher, Desiree Atkins. Little does he know that she not only has an ulterior motive; but that she's coming on to Clark, too.

Jim buys a digital camera from one of Dana's ex-boyfriends, and it comes with stored pictures of the woman he dumped Dana for. Cheryl thinks it will make Dana feel better if she saw how ugly the new girl is, but Jim simply deletes the pictures because they weren't important enough for him. They start a fight about what's important to each one of them and Cheryl hides his new camera. Jim tries to get back at her, unsuccessfully. When Kyle starts to take his first steps, the camera is nowhere to be found and the moment is lost forever. That's when Cheryl realizes her actions didn't do any good. They make up and agree on paying more attention to what's important to each other.

An Israeli soldier is charged with desertion - by the U.S. Marine Corps. Bud returns to the U.S. to begin his rehabilitation. Admiral Chegwidden admits to Harm that there is a major complication with his relationship with Meredith.

Toxic caverns teaming with strange life-forms spark a brand new theory about how caves form.

Frasier drives Niles back from a shopping excursion. Just as they enter the parking garage, Frasier suddenly realizes that the clock in his car is incorrect and that he is going to be late for his show. He enters the garage, then immediately leaves. He is furious when the attendant says that he owes two dollars (the fee for parking for twenty minutes or less), and decides to park his car at the gate until his twenty minutes is complete. He refuses to allow Niles to pay for him because he thinks he is taking an important stand. All of the motorists become irate because Frasier is keeping them trapped in the garage. Niles disagrees with Frasier, but reluctantly stays with him to show his support. Even after he is offered several chances to leave without paying, Frasier refuses to move. The attendant calls a tow truck, and is prepared to bring in the police. Niles points out that Frasier has a habit of being stubborn and trying to force everyone to agree with him. He finally persuades him to leave before the twenty minutes is up. As he pays, Frasier gets himself in more trouble with a long-winded speech. Roz must fill in for Frasier while he is at the garage. After Kenny encourages her to take some calls, her advice to one caller inadvertently exposes the fact that she slept with Frasier. Meanwhile, Eddie has an unusual reaction as Daphne moves the rest of her belongings out of Frasier's apartment. She realizes how much Martin is going to miss her, and sets up a regular outing for the three of them.

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