8. I, Robot... You, Jane

Complete story — includes the ending

In Cortona, Italy 1418, priests trap the demon Moloch inside a book. In the present day, Willow scans that book into the computer, and the text in the book disappears. The following week, Willow tells Buffy that she has developed an online relationship with a boy named "Malcolm". Moloch, who has passed into the computer, instructs a student named Fritz to watch Buffy. Wanting to learn more about "Malcolm", Buffy talks to another student, Dave. He warns Buffy to leave Willow alone. Willow asks to meet "Malcolm", but when he mentions information about Buffy's past, she becomes suspicious and ends the chat. Dave tells Buffy that Willow wants to meet her in the locker room, but suddenly warns her just before she is electrocuted in a trap set by Fritz. Fritz fakes Dave's suicide on Moloch's orders. Giles asks Jenny Calendar, Sunnydale's computing teacher, to work with him to stop Moloch. He is surprised to learn that Jenny is already familiar with demons. Fritz kidnaps Willow, taking her to a facility where Moloch, who pretended to be Malcolm, has taken control of a robotic body. Giles and Jenny cast a spell to purge Moloch from the internet, while Buffy destroys his robot body. The next day, Buffy, Willow, and Xander agree their love lives are doomed thanks to the Hellmouth.