Buffy mopes along a Sunnydale street. A police car pulls up next to her and a Sunnydale cop, so nonexistent in all previous episodes and so very prevalent in this one, jumps out and tells Buffy to put her hands on her head. If I were a struggling actor, I would hate to get these cop roles -- the clichéd dialog would send me to my bed weeping every night. Anyway, as Buffy raises her hands, someone kicks the crap out of the cop, who falls unconscious onto the hood of his car. "Hello, cutie," says Spike, and gives her a toothy grin. Sigh. They fight briefly but Spike backs off, claiming he's there to talk, not fight. He tells her he wants to get rid of Angelus, wants to put him "in the bloody ground," which of course is only a vampiric-type metaphor since a staked Angelus will leave behind nothing to bury. Buffy laughs and accuses Spike of trying to pull a "lame trick," but when Spike tells her Angelus has Giles, she lowers her stake and looks somewhat prepared to listen. As he searches through his pockets and then the cop's pockets for a smoke, Spike tells her he wants to save the world. Buffy is skeptical, but Spike explains, "I like this world. You've got dog racing, Manchester United. And you've got people. Billions of people walking around like Happy Meals with legs. It's all right here." Spike says that he wants Dru back and can't stand the way she acts around Angelus. Buffy is pissed by this explanation and snaps, "The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho? Well, let me take this opportunity to not care." Spike tells Buffy he's all she's got, and as the cop begins to wake up, they leave to talk.