After Cordelia berates Xander for being a non-productive memeber of the team, he starts feeling down.  While the gang help to defeat the opening of the Hellmouth, Xander has his own adventures with a gang of dead men.  As the excitement ensues in the library, Xander is able to save the school from being blown up by these dead ex-schoolmates.  When Cordelia razzes him again he shows a strange new confidence.