Episode 23 of "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer"
s02e11 Ted
Title: Ted
Original Air Date: 12/08/1997 on WB
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt
Guest Stars: John Ritter (Ted), Ken Thorley (Neal), James G. MacDonald (Detective Stein), Jeff Pruitt (Vampire #2)
Plot Outline:
Buffy has parental issues when Joyce comes home with a boyfriend, the computer expert and master chef Ted... whose charming personality impresses everyone. Everyone except Buffy that is, who is not at all willing to give her mother up to someone else.