buffy runs into spike at the cemetery and they talk about the events of the wedding that didn't happen. a confrontation begins between xander and spike and as willow tries to break it up, buffy gets weak and collapses. xander manages one punch to spike before his attention is drawn by buffy. back in the 'reality' of the mental hospital, a doctor informs buffy that she's been hallucinating in the hospital for the past six years and everything she knew to exist in sunnydale isn't real. she's shaken and confused — especially when both of her parents appear together (with hank having abandoned his family years earlier and joyce having subsequently died in the sunnydale world). buffy falls back into the sunnydale world, finding herself surrounded by her concerned friends.