Written by Doug Petrie and directed by James A. Contner, it originally aired on November 16, 1999 on the WB network.
[1] Riley, and his friends Forrest and Graham, watch Buffy making a mess of the soda and yogurt machines.
Spike, having been knocked out by a Taser in the previous episode, awakes in a facility where various types of demons are held captive behind electrically charged barriers.
Riley is also called away; he and Forrest break away from the party and, after passing through several electronic checkpoints, go down a hidden elevator to the underground facility where Spike had been held.
After a short, calm dialogue with multiple metaphorical references to impotence, Willow hits him with a lamp and runs out just as Riley and friends cut the power and then work their way up to the dorm room.
It has a kind of slapstick charm to it: There’s the newly escaped and bechipped Spike trying to bite Willow, only to suffer from some performance issues; there’s Xander and Harmony’s slow-motion slap fight.
"[2] Billie Doux, giving a rating of 4 out of 4 stakes, writes, "Episodes like this one are the reason I've become such a big fan of this show.