Alternative realities. Are they? BUFFY: My friends. Buffy emerges from the basement, frowning slightly. Buffy looks at the demon, back at her friends, then up the stairs. Cut to a wider shot and we see Buffy sitting on the bed and Joyce sitting on it next to her, in the same positions as Buffy and Dawn were in the bedroom. Her suitcase is gone and some of her stuff. Its pokey stinger carries an antidote to its own poison. JONATHAN: The packages. No sign of the demon. Tara! That's horrible. Use your imagination. Warren and Andrew put down their boxes. Xander jumps up and attacks the demon, which is attacking Dawn.
Plan: A: a demon; Q: What do Warren, Jonathan, and Andrew unleash? A: her friends; Q: Who does Buffy believe are figments of her imagination? A: her basement; Q: Where does Buffy lock her friends? A: Tara; Q: Who finds the trio of friends? A: the demon's poison; Q: What does Buffy recover from by drinking an antidote? Summary: Warren, Jonathan, and Andrew unleash a demon whose powers make Buffy believe that her friends are figments of her imagination. Buffy attempts to attack her friends, locks them in her basement and unleashes the same demon on them. Tara eventually finds the trio and Buffy recovers from the demon's poison by drinking an antidote. By the end of the episode however, it is unclear which world is reality.