As Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) turns 18, the Watchers Council comes to Sunnydale to administer a test -- the Cruciamentum -- given to all slayers who make it to this age. As part of the test, Buffy must face an imprisoned vampire. In this case, it is Kralik (Jeff Kober), an insane vampire who soon escapes from his shackles. Also as part of the test, Giles (Anthony Head) injects Buffy with a substance that temporarily takes away her slayer powers. This leaves her vunerable to Kralik and deeply hurt at Giles' complicity in the test. Meanwhile, Kralik captures Joyce (Kristine Sutherland) and Buffy must outwit the vampire using her cunning, as she is without her slayer strength. ~ Rovi