- Script
- Scott Lobdell; Fabian Nicieza
- Pencils
- Cliff Richards
- Inks
- Will Conrad
- Colors
- Dave McCaig; Lisa Gonzales (credited)
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Buffy Summers; April Levine; Dr. Primrose; Lothos (cameo flashback); Pike (cameo flashback); Marcus Sidle (cameo flashback); Mary Lou Sidle (cameo flashback); Joyce Summers; Dawn Summers; Rupert Giles; Quentin Travers; Wesley Wyndam-Pryce; Roger Wyndam-Pryce
- Synopsis
- Buffy defeats the demon in the mental institution. Dr. Primrose reveals to Buffy about the Watchers Council. Giles is selected and sent to be Buffy's new watcher.
- Reprints
This story is set during the time that Buffy was in an institution, before the beginning of Season 1 of the Buffy TV show. This time is alluded to in the episode "Normal Again" from Season 6.