"Never Leave Me" is the ninth episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which the Scooby Gang begins to realize the magnitude of their peril.
[1][2] Xander works to repair the living room window while Dawn, Willow and Anya help clean up and discuss the potential danger that is Spike.
Wearing a trench coat like Spike's, Andrew is coached by Warren to continue playing his part in the game.
Dawn drops by Principal Wood's office and informs him that Buffy is sick and unable to attend work.
At the butcher shop, Andrew orders an array of meats and pig's blood, but as he is leaving, he runs into Willow and spills his purchases on the ground.
She takes him back to the house with her, pointing out his suspicious behavior and purchase of animal blood to the rest of the group.
Upstairs, Buffy feeds Spike some of the animal blood as Anya and Xander meet in the bathroom to discuss their tactics with Andrew.
Buffy hears Spike singing through the door to her room and when she goes back inside, she finds him acting differently.
He claims to be hungry and asks for blood, but as soon as he gets it he breaks free from his chair and knocks Buffy down, leaving her stunned.
At the high school, Wood leaves his office, but detours through the basement where he finds Jonathan's dead body on top of the symbol.
Buffy recognizes the faces of the robed figures as harbingers representing the First Evil (first encountered four years ago) and realizes that is who they are dealing with.