These shows often depend on a creative way to create horror. Here, it is Halloween. First of all, that idiot principal saddles Buffy and her pals with taking kids trick or treating. He calls them juvenile delinquents and despises them, even though Buffy has saved his bacon a couple times. The creative twist is that any costumes purchased from a certain costume shop, will turn that person into that character. Only Willow makes a stupid ghost costume out of a sheet and is saved from becoming this. Spike is back and since Buffy and the others are vulnerable, having lost their identities, he decides its time to kill her. Spike is quite a character. When he gets in a tight spot he runs away to fight another day. He has a girlfriend, Drusilla, who is sort of a zombie. He dotes on her and hopes to resupply her with enough blood to get her back in action. Overall, there is much fun. Angel appears eventually. He and Buffy are getting closer all the time.