Goodbye Iowa

Buffy fills the gang in on everything that's gone on since she started to work with the Initiative, and they question whether Riley was involved in the death mission Maggie sent Buffy on. Adam escapes through a vent and out into the real world. Buffy arms the group with weapons and make plans to find somewhere to hide out. They agree upon Xander's basement. Riley shows up at Giles's place asking Buffy for information, and recognizes Spike as Hostile 17. He gets upset about Buffy keeping the vampire but Spike manages to get away. Riley doesn't want to accept what the rest of them are saying about Professor Walsh and the Initiative.

Adam approaches a young boy playing in the park and questions what the boy is. Doctor Angleman slips in a pool of blood as he enters room 314 and finds Professor Walsh dead. Giles is grumpy when he wakes up in Xander's basement and the rest of the girls are watching cartoons. They talk about tough relationships, then turn the TV on to see a news story about a young boy who has been killed and mutilated. Riley talks with Forrest about what happened with Buffy. Forrest expresses his distaste for Buffy and then Graham arrives and informs them that Professor Walsh is dead.

When Riley and Forrest go to see Walsh's body, Forrest accuses Buffy of staking Maggie. Going against Dr. Angleman's orders, Riley instructs the other commandos to go out and search for the Polgara demon. Forrest and Graham enter a crypt and almost find Spike, but he's hiding. While Buffy tries to apologize to Riley at the scene of a crime, Riley informs her that Walsh is dead and asks if Buffy is happy about that. Willow goes to Tara's dorm room Willow asks Tara if she'll help her do a spell to call on the Goddess Thespia.

Buffy searches for information at Willy's but Riley also shows up, very angry. He's acting very weird, and shaking as he questions Buffy's intentions and even pulls a gun on a supposedly innocent woman. Buffy consoles Riley as she sees that he's sick and only getting sicker. He's shaking and sweating and scratching his hand so badly that it bleeds. Buffy tries to get him to rest and get better. Buffy asks for Xander to go undercover with her, but Anya doesn't want Xander going anywhere with Buffy.

Willow and Tara start to perform their spell but when Tara is supposed to blow a dust over a square she throws it under a bed, causing the spell to not work. Dressed as a scientist, Buffy gets herself and Xander--who is dressed in fatigues--into the Initiative. Riley wakes up and when Willow tries to stop him from going after Buffy, he pushes her to the ground and runs. Doctor Angleman talks to another scientist about their commandos being given drugs in their meals and the lack of those drugs are causing Riley's health deterioration.

Spike goes into Willy's bar but is met by an unfriendly demon. He is badly beaten up by the demons for associating with the Slayer. If he's seen around again, they'll kill him. Buffy follows after and grabs Doctor Angleman, demanding information. Riley arrives to help Buffy, but he doesn't want to accept the fact Professor Walsh was bad. Buffy wants to get answers about 314 and she gets an answer when Adam drops a dead body to the floor and reveals his presence. Adam is searching for answers about the world, and has returned to the Initiative so he can get answers about himself and who he is.

He has a disk drive in his chest and when he inserts a disk labeled "Adam" he offers information that reveals that he's part human, demon and machine. He explains that even though Riley had a real mother, Maggie was also his mother as she shaped and built him into a human machine so he could work for the Initiative. Adam kills Dr. Angleman and injures Riley before escaping again. The other commandos enter and take Riley away. The next day, Buffy talks to Willow about how Adam is out there and very dangerous. At the hospital, Riley lays in bed holding a scarf Buffy gave him earlier. Even though Buffy can't see him, he has part of her to hold on to.