Anya is (slowly) getting used to her new teen persona, and asks Xander to the Prom. Joyce visits Angel and expresses concern about his and Buffy’s relationship, while somewhere a caged demon is getting antsy in someone’s basement.

Angel essentially dumps Buffy, saying she deserves more. He’s leaving Sunnydale after the ascension. The demon bursts out of the cage, and while Xander and Cordelia are at the dress shop she works at, it attacks a guy in a tux. Reviewing the videotape footage the Slayerettes conclude that it’s a Hellhound, and has been trained to kill students in formal dress, for the Prom. Cordelia is working at the shop because her Dad has lost all his money, and is trying to save up for a dress. Buffy is determined that everyone enjoys Prom night, hunts down the Hellhound and his master - student Tucker, and kills the other three hounds before they can reach the Prom. She wins a special award, Angel appears, and everyone has a really nice night. For a change.

Review:
Buffy and Angel’s relationship is handled with real sensitivity and care, as is Cordelia and Xander’s. A real feel-good episode, to warm the cockles of even the iciest hearts. It’s nice to see Anya back, too.

Best line: Anya: “Look, I know you find me attractive; I've seen you looking at my breasts.”

Xander: “Nothing personal, but when a guy does that, it just means his eyes are open.”

Bloopers: In the dream wedding between Buffy and Angel, she puts a ring on his left little finger. Strange.

Trivia: To condition the Hellhounds, Tucker plays them videos of Carrie, Pretty In Pink, Pump Up The Volume, The Club, Prom Night and Prom Night IV.