1 00:00:02,465 --> 00:00:05,139 In every generation, there is a Chosen One. 2 00:00:05,225 --> 00:00:10,015 She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. 3 00:00:10,105 --> 00:00:12,096 She is the Slayer. 4 00:01:23,145 --> 00:01:24,783 No. 5 00:02:25,305 --> 00:02:27,023 Oh, great. A book. 6 00:02:30,105 --> 00:02:35,498 Oh, I haven't gone through the new arrivals. Put it in... that pile. 7 00:02:35,585 --> 00:02:39,419 - Here, I'll get it. - Oh. Thanks, Dave. Willow pile. 8 00:02:39,505 --> 00:02:41,940 When I've examined it, you can... er... 9 00:02:42,745 --> 00:02:46,375 - ..skim it. - "Scan" it, Rupert. That's "scan" it. 10 00:02:46,825 --> 00:02:49,943 - Of course. - I know our ways are strange to you. 11 00:02:50,025 --> 00:02:53,575 But soon you will join the 20th century, with three years to spare! 12 00:02:53,905 --> 00:02:57,694 Ms Calendar, I'm sure your computer-science classes are fascinating. 13 00:02:57,785 --> 00:03:03,144 But one can survive in modern society without being a slave to the... idiot box. 14 00:03:03,225 --> 00:03:05,614 That's TV. The idiot box is TV. 15 00:03:05,705 --> 00:03:09,414 - This... is the good box. - I still prefer a good book. 16 00:03:09,505 --> 00:03:11,496 The printed page is obsolete. 17 00:03:11,585 --> 00:03:15,374 Information isn't bound up any more. It's an entity. 18 00:03:15,465 --> 00:03:17,456 The only reality is virtual. 19 00:03:17,545 --> 00:03:20,298 If you're not jacked in, you're not alive. 20 00:03:22,545 --> 00:03:26,664 Thank you, Fritz, for making us all sound like crazy people. 21 00:03:26,745 --> 00:03:30,181 Fritz comes on a little strong, but he does have a point. 22 00:03:30,985 --> 00:03:34,182 For the last two years more e-mail was sent than regular mail. 23 00:03:34,265 --> 00:03:37,656 More digitised data crossed phone lines than conversations. 24 00:03:37,745 --> 00:03:40,737 That is a fact that I regard with genuine horror. 25 00:03:41,425 --> 00:03:43,416 I'll bet it is. 26 00:03:43,505 --> 00:03:47,578 - Let's wrap it up for today. - I've just got a few more. I'll hang for a bit. 27 00:03:47,665 --> 00:03:49,064 Cool. Thanks. 28 00:03:49,145 --> 00:03:52,456 - Xander, wanna stay and help? - Are you kidding? 29 00:03:53,145 --> 00:03:55,341 Yes. It was a joke I made up. 30 00:03:55,745 --> 00:03:58,942 - Willow, I love you but... bye! - See you tomorrow. 31 00:03:59,025 --> 00:04:03,144 - Buffy, wait up. - I'm going to stay and clean up a little. 32 00:04:03,225 --> 00:04:06,456 - I'll be back in the Middle Ages. - Did you ever leave? 33 00:05:44,465 --> 00:05:47,344 Willow! Willow, hey, wait up! 34 00:05:47,985 --> 00:05:49,976 Oh, Buffy. I didn't even see you. 35 00:05:50,065 --> 00:05:53,820 Or hear me! What was up last night? I tried your line a million times. 36 00:05:53,905 --> 00:05:57,899 - Oh, I was... I was talking. - Talking to...? 37 00:05:58,225 --> 00:06:01,343 - You have a secret and that's not allowed. - Why not? 38 00:06:02,185 --> 00:06:04,176 Cos... there's a rule. 39 00:06:04,985 --> 00:06:07,454 Well... I sort of met someone. 40 00:06:07,545 --> 00:06:09,741 I knew it! When did you meet? 41 00:06:09,825 --> 00:06:13,181 Last week, after we did the scanning project in the library. 42 00:06:13,265 --> 00:06:15,825 Is he here? What's his name? Did you kiss? What's he like? 43 00:06:15,905 --> 00:06:17,896 No. Malcolm. No. And very nice. 44 00:06:17,985 --> 00:06:20,898 You are evil for not telling me this right away. 45 00:06:20,985 --> 00:06:23,625 I wasn't sure there was anything to tell. 46 00:06:23,705 --> 00:06:26,060 But last night we talked all night. 47 00:06:26,145 --> 00:06:27,943 It was amazing. 48 00:06:28,025 --> 00:06:32,940 He's so smart, Buffy, and he's romantic, and we agree about everything. 49 00:06:33,865 --> 00:06:36,334 - What's he look like? - I don't know. 50 00:06:45,265 --> 00:06:47,256 Yes, I will. I promise. 51 00:06:50,585 --> 00:06:54,215 So you've been seeing a guy and you don't know what he looks like. 52 00:06:54,305 --> 00:06:56,694 OK, this is a puzzle. I'm good at these. 53 00:06:56,785 --> 00:06:59,379 Does it involve a midget and a block of ice? 54 00:06:59,465 --> 00:07:01,376 I met him on line. 55 00:07:01,465 --> 00:07:03,456 On line for what? 56 00:07:04,585 --> 00:07:07,020 - Oh! - Good morning, kids. 57 00:07:10,025 --> 00:07:13,416 - Buffy, are you supposed to be somewhere? - No, I have a free. 58 00:07:13,905 --> 00:07:17,136 Cool. But this is lab time, so make it a short visit, OK? 59 00:07:17,625 --> 00:07:19,775 - Sure. - You have mail. 60 00:07:19,865 --> 00:07:22,095 It's him. 61 00:07:25,105 --> 00:07:28,018 - He's so sweet! - He's a sweetie. 62 00:07:28,665 --> 00:07:31,862 What should I write back? 63 00:07:31,945 --> 00:07:35,825 Willow, I think it's really great that you have this cool pen pal, but... 64 00:07:35,905 --> 00:07:39,057 ...don't you think you're kind of rushing all into this? 65 00:07:39,465 --> 00:07:41,456 "I'm thinking of you, too." 66 00:07:41,545 --> 00:07:43,855 No. That's incredibly stupid. 67 00:07:43,945 --> 00:07:48,496 Down, girl. Let's focus here, OK? What do you actually know about this guy? 68 00:07:49,545 --> 00:07:51,695 Oh, I knew you'd react like this. 69 00:07:52,065 --> 00:07:56,059 Like what? I just wanna make sure you're careful, that's all. 70 00:07:56,145 --> 00:07:57,704 Buffy... 71 00:07:57,785 --> 00:08:01,141 He could be different than you think. 72 00:08:31,225 --> 00:08:33,819 His name is Malcolm Black. He's 18. 73 00:08:33,905 --> 00:08:37,899 He lives is Elmwood, about 80 miles from here, and he likes me. 74 00:08:37,985 --> 00:08:40,135 Short? Tall? Skinny? Fat? 75 00:08:40,225 --> 00:08:42,580 Why does everything have to be about looks? 76 00:08:43,025 --> 00:08:46,256 Not everything, but... some stuff is. 77 00:08:46,345 --> 00:08:52,944 What if you guys get really intense, and then you find out that he has... a hairy back? 78 00:08:53,345 --> 00:08:57,657 Well... No. He doesn't talk like somebody who would have a hairy back. 79 00:08:57,745 --> 00:09:02,945 And anyways, that stuff doesn't matter when you really care about each other. 80 00:09:03,025 --> 00:09:05,744 Maybe I'm not his ideal either. 81 00:09:05,985 --> 00:09:10,661 Hey, I just hope he's good enough for you. I think it's great that you met someone. 82 00:09:12,465 --> 00:09:14,456 Hey, Fritz. 83 00:09:15,465 --> 00:09:20,414 I'm looking at the logs. You and Dave are clockin' a scary amount of computer time. 84 00:09:20,505 --> 00:09:22,894 - New project. - Ooh! Will I be excited? 85 00:09:23,785 --> 00:09:24,980 You'll die. 86 00:09:25,425 --> 00:09:30,454 This isn't my report. "Nazi Germany was a model of a well-ordered society"?! 87 00:09:30,545 --> 00:09:33,537 I didn't write that! Who's been in my files? 88 00:09:36,425 --> 00:09:38,780 - Guess who. - Uh... Xander? 89 00:09:38,865 --> 00:09:41,334 Yeah, but keep guessing anyway. 90 00:09:41,425 --> 00:09:43,416 - Xander. - Aw, I can't fool you. 91 00:09:43,505 --> 00:09:45,621 You see right through my petty charade. 92 00:09:45,705 --> 00:09:49,938 - Are we going to the Bronze tonight? - Not me. I think I'll call it an early night. 93 00:09:50,025 --> 00:09:51,857 Oh. Malcolm, right? 94 00:09:52,585 --> 00:09:54,576 Yeah, I heard. But you'll miss out. 95 00:09:54,665 --> 00:09:57,896 I'm planning to make fun of everyone who won't talk to me. 96 00:09:57,985 --> 00:09:59,862 That's nice. Have a good time. 97 00:10:03,145 --> 00:10:04,977 She certainly looks perky. 98 00:10:05,065 --> 00:10:08,342 Yeah. Colour in the cheeks, bounce in the step. 99 00:10:08,425 --> 00:10:10,496 I don't like it. It's not healthy. 100 00:10:10,585 --> 00:10:12,815 So, are you going to the Bronze tonight? 101 00:10:12,905 --> 00:10:17,695 Oh, you probably have some vampire slaying or some lame endeavour like that, don't you? 102 00:10:17,785 --> 00:10:19,776 Everyone deserts me. 103 00:10:19,865 --> 00:10:22,937 - Check out the jealous man! - What are you talking about? 104 00:10:23,025 --> 00:10:25,016 - You're jealous. - Of what? 105 00:10:25,105 --> 00:10:29,099 - Willow has a thang and you're left hanging. - That's meaningless drivel. 106 00:10:29,185 --> 00:10:33,179 - I'm not interested in Willow like that. - You liked being the belle of the ball. 107 00:10:33,265 --> 00:10:38,214 It's just this Malcolm guy. What's his deal? Tell me you're not slightly wigged. 108 00:10:38,305 --> 00:10:41,536 OK, slightly. Just not knowing what he's really like. 109 00:10:41,625 --> 00:10:46,222 Or who he really is. I mean, he says he's a student, but I can say I'm a student. 110 00:10:46,705 --> 00:10:50,414 - You are. - But I can also say I'm an old Dutch woman. 111 00:10:50,505 --> 00:10:53,099 And why not, if I'm in the old Dutch chat room? 112 00:10:53,185 --> 00:10:55,176 I get your point. 113 00:10:55,745 --> 00:10:57,577 I get your point. 114 00:10:57,665 --> 00:11:02,057 This guy could be anybody. He could be weird or crazy or old or... 115 00:11:02,145 --> 00:11:06,457 - He could be a circus freak. He probably is! - We read about it all the time. 116 00:11:06,545 --> 00:11:11,745 People meet on the Net, they talk, meet up, have dinner, a show - horrible axe murder. 117 00:11:11,825 --> 00:11:15,705 Willow, axe-murdered by a circus freak? OK, what do we do? 118 00:11:16,665 --> 00:11:18,463 What are we doing? Xander! 119 00:11:18,545 --> 00:11:21,378 You get me started! We are totally overreacting. 120 00:11:21,465 --> 00:11:23,502 But it's fun, isn't it? 121 00:11:25,825 --> 00:11:27,816 I'm jacked in. 122 00:11:28,945 --> 00:11:30,936 I'm jacked in. 123 00:11:32,065 --> 00:11:34,056 I'm jacked in. 124 00:11:36,345 --> 00:11:38,143 I'm jacked in. 125 00:11:45,865 --> 00:11:47,856 Whoa. You're a little late, girl. 126 00:11:48,305 --> 00:11:50,581 - I overslept. - Till fifth period? 127 00:11:52,225 --> 00:11:54,660 - Talkin' to Malcolm last night? - Yeah. 128 00:11:57,025 --> 00:12:00,814 - What? - Nothing. 129 00:12:01,585 --> 00:12:03,383 You're having an expression. 130 00:12:05,065 --> 00:12:06,658 I'm not. 131 00:12:06,745 --> 00:12:10,340 But if I was, it'd be saying: this just isn't like you. 132 00:12:10,745 --> 00:12:12,782 Not like me to have a boyfriend? 133 00:12:13,305 --> 00:12:15,296 He's boyfriendly? 134 00:12:16,185 --> 00:12:19,655 I don't understand why you don't want me to have this. 135 00:12:19,745 --> 00:12:22,863 I mean, boys don't chase me around all the time. 136 00:12:22,945 --> 00:12:26,700 - I thought you'd be happy for me. - I just want you to be sure. 137 00:12:26,785 --> 00:12:28,776 To meet him face to face. 138 00:12:28,865 --> 00:12:32,540 In daylight, in a crowded place, with some friends. 139 00:12:32,985 --> 00:12:35,818 You know, before you become all... obsessive. 140 00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:39,902 Malcolm and I really care about each other. 141 00:12:39,985 --> 00:12:43,774 Big deal if I blow off a couple of classes. 142 00:12:44,265 --> 00:12:46,256 I thought you said you overslept. 143 00:12:47,185 --> 00:12:50,064 Malcolm said you wouldn't understand. 144 00:12:50,585 --> 00:12:52,576 Malcolm was right. 145 00:13:01,465 --> 00:13:03,456 Dave? 146 00:13:05,065 --> 00:13:07,056 Hey there, Dave. Anybody home? 147 00:13:09,385 --> 00:13:13,777 - What do you want? - To ask you something, if you have a minute. 148 00:13:14,465 --> 00:13:18,060 - What is it? - Well, you're a computer geek... genius... 149 00:13:18,145 --> 00:13:20,659 ...and I sort of have a technical problem. 150 00:13:20,745 --> 00:13:25,376 If I wanted to find out about someone who e-mailed me, could I trace the letter? 151 00:13:26,745 --> 00:13:30,898 Well, you could pull out somebody's profile based on their user name. 152 00:13:30,985 --> 00:13:34,979 But they write the profile themselves, right? So they can say what they want. 153 00:13:35,465 --> 00:13:38,344 - True. - Wow. I had knowledge. 154 00:13:39,945 --> 00:13:43,575 Is there a way to find out exactly where an e-letter came from? 155 00:13:43,665 --> 00:13:45,736 The actual location of the computer? 156 00:13:46,785 --> 00:13:48,298 That's a challenge. 157 00:13:49,425 --> 00:13:53,623 - Cos Willow's got this boyfriend Malcolm... - Leave Willow alone. 158 00:13:53,705 --> 00:13:57,096 - What do you mean? - That's none of your business. 159 00:13:59,385 --> 00:14:01,854 - Dave, are you Malcolm? - Of course not. 160 00:14:03,305 --> 00:14:07,697 - Dave, what's going on? - Look. I'll talk to you later, OK? 161 00:14:08,705 --> 00:14:11,015 I've got work to do. 162 00:14:13,905 --> 00:14:15,896 So do I. 163 00:14:19,745 --> 00:14:23,136 I'm telling you, something is going on. It's not just Willow. 164 00:14:23,225 --> 00:14:27,662 - Dave, Fritz... they're all wicked jumpy. - They aren't sparklingly normal as it is. 165 00:14:28,025 --> 00:14:30,016 - Giles, trust me. - I do. 166 00:14:30,105 --> 00:14:32,335 I really don't know how to advise you. 167 00:14:32,425 --> 00:14:35,781 Things involving the computer fill me with a childlike terror. 168 00:14:35,865 --> 00:14:39,062 If it were a nice ogre or some such, I'd be more in my element. 169 00:14:40,825 --> 00:14:45,103 I suppose you could tail Dave. See if he's up to something. 170 00:14:45,185 --> 00:14:48,974 Follow Dave? What, in dark glasses and a trench coat? Please. 171 00:14:49,065 --> 00:14:51,181 I can work this out myself. 172 00:15:47,065 --> 00:15:50,376 She's too close. What do I do? 173 00:15:56,505 --> 00:15:58,496 Party. 174 00:16:03,345 --> 00:16:05,734 Whatever Dave is into, it's large. 175 00:16:06,145 --> 00:16:08,864 - What was the name of this place? - It said CRD. 176 00:16:08,945 --> 00:16:11,300 But I wasn't close enough to see what it was. 177 00:16:11,385 --> 00:16:17,620 A computer research lab. Sunnydale's third largest employer till it closed down last year. 178 00:16:17,705 --> 00:16:22,063 - What, I can't have information sometimes? - It's just somewhat unprecedented. 179 00:16:22,145 --> 00:16:26,025 Well, my uncle used to work there... in a floor-sweeping capacity. 180 00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:28,376 - But it closed? - Uh-huh. 181 00:16:28,465 --> 00:16:31,821 Looked functional to me. I don't have a clue what they were doing. 182 00:16:31,905 --> 00:16:36,103 - And what do they need Dave for? - Something about computers, right? 183 00:16:36,185 --> 00:16:38,335 I mean, he is off-the-chart smart. 184 00:16:38,425 --> 00:16:40,735 We still don't know an enormous amount. 185 00:16:40,825 --> 00:16:43,544 Whatever is going on there may be on the up and up. 186 00:16:43,625 --> 00:16:47,584 - If CRD opened, it woulda been on the news. - I can tell something's wrong. 187 00:16:47,665 --> 00:16:51,340 - My spider sense is tingling. - Your... spider sense? 188 00:16:51,425 --> 00:16:55,658 - Pop-culture reference. Sorry. - I think we're still at a standstill. 189 00:16:55,745 --> 00:16:58,737 - Short of breaking in... - Breaking in. This is the plan. 190 00:16:58,825 --> 00:17:00,896 - I'm free tonight. - Tonight it is. 191 00:17:00,985 --> 00:17:03,295 A moment, please, of quiet reflection. 192 00:17:04,105 --> 00:17:06,858 I did not suggest that you illegally enter... 193 00:17:06,945 --> 00:17:11,178 ...data into the file so the book will be listed by title as well as author. 194 00:17:13,025 --> 00:17:17,622 I came to check your database, make sure your cross-reference table isn't glitching. 195 00:17:17,705 --> 00:17:22,063 - Cos I bet you haven't gone near it. - I'm still sorting through the chaos you left. 196 00:17:22,145 --> 00:17:23,738 Hmm. 197 00:17:24,465 --> 00:17:27,856 You here again? You kids really dig the library, don't you? 198 00:17:27,945 --> 00:17:31,859 - We're literary. - To read... makes our speaking English good. 199 00:17:31,945 --> 00:17:35,859 - We'll be going now. - We'll continue this conversation later. 200 00:17:35,945 --> 00:17:37,140 We're done. 201 00:17:37,225 --> 00:17:39,819 - "Makes our speaking English good"? - I panicked. 202 00:17:39,905 --> 00:17:44,376 I've never felt this way about anyone before, Willow. 203 00:17:45,145 --> 00:17:47,705 I know what you mean. 204 00:17:47,785 --> 00:17:50,777 I feel like you know me better than anyone. 205 00:17:52,185 --> 00:17:55,974 - I do. - Do you think we should... meet? 206 00:17:57,265 --> 00:17:59,017 I think we should, soon. 207 00:17:59,825 --> 00:18:01,782 I'm nervous. 208 00:18:01,865 --> 00:18:04,539 I'm not. Isn't that strange? 209 00:18:04,625 --> 00:18:07,139 That's what Buffy doesn't understand. 210 00:18:08,105 --> 00:18:10,699 How comfortable you can make me feel. 211 00:18:12,945 --> 00:18:17,860 Buffy just makes trouble. That's why she got kicked out of her old school. 212 00:18:21,305 --> 00:18:23,421 How did you know that? 213 00:18:23,505 --> 00:18:26,224 It's on her permanent record. 214 00:18:28,185 --> 00:18:30,495 You must have mentioned it. 215 00:18:33,905 --> 00:18:36,215 I guess. 216 00:18:36,745 --> 00:18:39,100 Let's not worry about her any more. 217 00:18:39,905 --> 00:18:42,704 I have to sign off. I'll talk to you later. 218 00:18:44,305 --> 00:18:45,375 Don't. 219 00:18:50,785 --> 00:18:52,935 - You're a snob. - I am no such thing. 220 00:18:53,025 --> 00:18:55,016 Oh, you are a big snob. 221 00:18:55,105 --> 00:18:58,416 You think knowledge should be kept in guarded repositories... 222 00:18:58,505 --> 00:19:00,655 ...where only a few white guys can get at it. 223 00:19:00,745 --> 00:19:04,295 Nonsense! I simply don't adhere to a knee-jerk assumption... 224 00:19:04,385 --> 00:19:07,059 ...that because something is new, it's better. 225 00:19:07,145 --> 00:19:10,501 This isn't a fad, Rupert. We are creating a new society here. 226 00:19:10,945 --> 00:19:14,017 A society in which human interaction is all but obsolete? 227 00:19:14,105 --> 00:19:17,382 In which people are completely manipulated by technology? 228 00:19:18,145 --> 00:19:20,375 Thank you, I'll pass. 229 00:19:21,065 --> 00:19:25,263 Well, I think you'll be very happy here with your musty old books. 230 00:19:26,705 --> 00:19:31,461 These musty old books have much more to say than in any of your fabulous Web pages. 231 00:19:33,785 --> 00:19:36,254 This one doesn't have a whole lot more to say. 232 00:19:37,905 --> 00:19:39,782 What is it? Like a diary? 233 00:19:41,665 --> 00:19:43,656 How odd. 234 00:19:43,745 --> 00:19:46,976 I haven't looked through all the volumes yet and I didn't... 235 00:19:49,705 --> 00:19:51,104 What is it? 236 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:54,184 Er, nothing. 237 00:19:54,305 --> 00:19:57,138 A diary, yes. I imagine that's what it is. 238 00:19:59,065 --> 00:20:01,056 Well, it's been so nice talking to you. 239 00:20:01,945 --> 00:20:04,937 - We were fighting. - Must do it again sometime. 240 00:20:06,105 --> 00:20:07,698 Bye now. 241 00:20:09,505 --> 00:20:14,022 I checked the computer. His file says nothing about being allergic to penicillin. 242 00:20:14,105 --> 00:20:15,903 - Buffy. - Dave. 243 00:20:15,985 --> 00:20:17,783 - How are you doin'? - OK. 244 00:20:17,865 --> 00:20:19,856 I'm sorry about yesterday. 245 00:20:19,945 --> 00:20:23,256 - I haven't slept much lately. - Don't sweat it. 246 00:20:24,265 --> 00:20:27,337 - Willow was looking for you. - Good. I need to talk to her. 247 00:20:27,425 --> 00:20:29,018 Do you know where she is? 248 00:20:30,265 --> 00:20:34,179 - She said she'd be in the girls' locker room. - Great. 249 00:20:34,265 --> 00:20:36,541 Thanks. 250 00:20:42,545 --> 00:20:44,536 Will? 251 00:20:50,065 --> 00:20:51,863 Willow? 252 00:21:01,145 --> 00:21:03,739 Will? Are you taking a shower? 253 00:21:08,185 --> 00:21:10,176 I guess not. 254 00:21:16,865 --> 00:21:18,742 This is how droughts start. 255 00:21:21,545 --> 00:21:23,582 Buffy! Get out! 256 00:21:45,465 --> 00:21:47,741 I can't do it! I'm not gonna do it. 257 00:21:48,785 --> 00:21:50,696 But you promised. 258 00:21:51,185 --> 00:21:53,699 Buffy isn't a threat to you! 259 00:21:53,785 --> 00:21:55,776 It's not worth it. 260 00:21:55,865 --> 00:22:00,302 The project is almost complete. You won't have to do it again. 261 00:22:02,825 --> 00:22:04,224 I can't. 262 00:22:04,305 --> 00:22:06,262 I've shown you a new world, Dave. 263 00:22:06,345 --> 00:22:09,701 Knowledge, power... I can give you everything. 264 00:22:09,785 --> 00:22:11,822 All I want is your love. 265 00:22:11,905 --> 00:22:13,942 No. 266 00:22:14,025 --> 00:22:17,097 This isn't right. None of it is. 267 00:22:20,265 --> 00:22:23,701 I'm sorry. I've been a terrible person. 268 00:22:23,785 --> 00:22:27,255 I'm a coward and I can't go on living like this. 269 00:22:27,345 --> 00:22:30,098 Forgive me, Mom and Dad. 270 00:22:31,025 --> 00:22:33,699 At least now I'll have some peace. 271 00:22:33,785 --> 00:22:35,617 Remember me. 272 00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:37,903 Love, Dave. 273 00:22:44,145 --> 00:22:46,455 - I'm gonna kill Dave! - He tried to warn me. 274 00:22:46,545 --> 00:22:48,536 Warn you that he set you up? 275 00:22:48,625 --> 00:22:52,141 - Is she gonna be OK? - She was only grounded for a moment. Still... 276 00:22:52,225 --> 00:22:54,341 If you'd been anyone but the Slayer... 277 00:22:55,705 --> 00:22:58,584 Tell me the truth. How's my hair? 278 00:22:59,745 --> 00:23:02,214 It's great. It's your best hair ever. 279 00:23:02,305 --> 00:23:04,103 Oh. Yes. 280 00:23:04,185 --> 00:23:08,418 I just don't understand what would make Dave do a thing like that. 281 00:23:08,505 --> 00:23:10,496 I think perhaps I do. 282 00:23:15,585 --> 00:23:19,340 - Does this look familiar to either of you? - Yeah, sure. 283 00:23:19,425 --> 00:23:21,621 - It looks like a book. - I knew that one. 284 00:23:21,705 --> 00:23:26,700 In the Dark Ages, the souls of demons were sometimes trapped in certain volumes. 285 00:23:26,785 --> 00:23:32,064 They remained locked within the book, harmless, unless the pages were read aloud. 286 00:23:32,145 --> 00:23:35,103 Unless I'm mistaken, this is Moloch, the Corrupter. 287 00:23:35,945 --> 00:23:37,936 A very deadly and seductive demon. 288 00:23:38,025 --> 00:23:41,859 He draws people to him with promises of love, power, knowledge. 289 00:23:41,945 --> 00:23:44,778 - He preys on impressionable minds. - Like Dave's. 290 00:23:44,985 --> 00:23:46,976 Dave and who knows how many others. 291 00:23:47,465 --> 00:23:51,345 - And Moloch is inside that book? - Not any more. 292 00:23:51,745 --> 00:23:54,897 - You released Moloch? - Way to go! 293 00:23:54,985 --> 00:23:59,821 I didn't read it! That dreadful Calendar woman found it and it was already blank. 294 00:24:00,425 --> 00:24:05,022 So a powerful demon with horns is walking around Sunnydale and nobody's noticed? 295 00:24:05,225 --> 00:24:07,614 If he's so big and strong, why use Dave? 296 00:24:07,705 --> 00:24:10,584 - Why didn't he attack Buffy himself? - I don't know. 297 00:24:10,665 --> 00:24:13,498 And who read that book? It wasn't even in English. 298 00:24:13,585 --> 00:24:19,024 - Where was it? - In a pile with others that were... scanned. 299 00:24:21,585 --> 00:24:23,974 That released the demon? 300 00:24:24,065 --> 00:24:27,057 No, he's not out here. He's in there. 301 00:24:27,145 --> 00:24:29,341 The scanner read the book. 302 00:24:29,425 --> 00:24:31,939 It brought Moloch out as 303 00:24:32,025 --> 00:24:34,016 information to be absorbed. 304 00:24:34,105 --> 00:24:36,460 He's gone binary on us. 305 00:24:37,825 --> 00:24:40,783 OK, for those of us in our studio audience who are me, 306 00:24:40,865 --> 00:24:43,459 you guys are saying Moloch is in this computer? 307 00:24:44,065 --> 00:24:46,705 And in every computer connected to it by a modem. 308 00:24:47,345 --> 00:24:50,383 - He's everywhere. - What are we gonna do? 309 00:24:50,865 --> 00:24:56,975 Willow scanned him into her file. it may be a futile gesture, but I suggest we delete it. 310 00:24:57,065 --> 00:24:59,056 Solid. 311 00:25:01,785 --> 00:25:04,584 - Don't get too close. - OK. 312 00:25:05,905 --> 00:25:07,498 OK. 313 00:25:09,425 --> 00:25:11,735 So which file do you think it is? 314 00:25:12,745 --> 00:25:13,735 Willow? 315 00:25:17,345 --> 00:25:20,736 That's probably it, right? I'll just delete the whole thing. 316 00:25:25,065 --> 00:25:29,138 Stay away from Willow! It is none of your business! 317 00:25:30,625 --> 00:25:33,060 So that's what Malcolm looks like. 318 00:25:35,865 --> 00:25:39,176 - So much for "Delete file". - This is very bad. 319 00:25:39,265 --> 00:25:42,656 Are we overreacting? He's in a computer. What can he do? 320 00:25:42,745 --> 00:25:46,704 Besides convince a perfectly nice kid to try and kill me? I don't know. 321 00:25:47,105 --> 00:25:51,497 - Mess up medical equipment everywhere. - Randomise traffic signals. 322 00:25:51,585 --> 00:25:55,704 - Access launch codes for nuclear missiles. - Destroy the world's economy. 323 00:25:56,225 --> 00:26:00,617 - I think that nuclear missile thing capped it. - Right. Yours was best. 324 00:26:00,705 --> 00:26:04,619 OK, he's a threat. I'm on board with that now. But what can we do about it? 325 00:26:05,185 --> 00:26:10,385 First, we find Willow. She's probably talking to him right now. God, that creeps me out! 326 00:26:10,465 --> 00:26:13,662 - What does he want with Willow? - Let's never find out. 327 00:26:15,145 --> 00:26:17,261 OK. I'm gonna check the computer lab... 328 00:26:17,345 --> 00:26:19,336 ...and you guys call her home. 329 00:26:33,665 --> 00:26:35,303 Willow? 330 00:27:01,385 --> 00:27:03,695 - No answer. - Damn it. 331 00:27:03,785 --> 00:27:06,459 It wasn't busy either, so she's not on line. 332 00:27:07,985 --> 00:27:10,818 - She's not home. - What did you find? 333 00:27:10,905 --> 00:27:14,341 - Willow isn't...? - Dave. 334 00:27:14,425 --> 00:27:16,416 - He's dead. - How? 335 00:27:16,505 --> 00:27:19,019 Well, it looks like suicide. 336 00:27:19,105 --> 00:27:21,176 With a little help from my friends? 337 00:27:21,265 --> 00:27:24,383 I'd guess Fritz. Or one of their zomboids from CRD. 338 00:27:25,385 --> 00:27:27,695 OK. You and I are going to Willow's house. 339 00:27:27,785 --> 00:27:30,299 Giles, you find a way to get Moloch out of the Net. 340 00:27:30,385 --> 00:27:34,265 I have records of the ceremonies, but that's for a creature of the flesh. 341 00:27:34,345 --> 00:27:37,144 This could be something completely different. 342 00:27:37,225 --> 00:27:39,694 Then get Ms Calendar. Maybe she can help you. 343 00:27:39,785 --> 00:27:43,301 Even if she could, how do I convince her there's a demon on the Internet? 344 00:27:43,385 --> 00:27:45,615 Fine. Then come up with a better plan. 345 00:27:45,705 --> 00:27:47,298 Come on. 346 00:28:01,385 --> 00:28:02,978 Mom? 347 00:28:03,385 --> 00:28:04,978 Dad? 348 00:28:16,545 --> 00:28:18,741 You have mail. 349 00:28:42,545 --> 00:28:45,583 You have mail. 350 00:28:53,985 --> 00:28:56,215 Dad, did you forget your keys again? 351 00:29:08,465 --> 00:29:11,025 No more waiting. 352 00:29:11,265 --> 00:29:16,180 A spokesman blamed computer error for the financial discrepancy. 353 00:29:16,265 --> 00:29:18,176 "Binding ritual..." 354 00:29:18,265 --> 00:29:22,862 All FBI serial-killer profiles have been mysteriously downloaded from... 355 00:29:22,945 --> 00:29:26,575 - I got your message. What's so urgent? - Thank you for coming. 356 00:29:26,665 --> 00:29:28,656 Er... I need your help. 357 00:29:29,385 --> 00:29:34,903 But before that, I need you to believe something that... you may not want to. 358 00:29:35,545 --> 00:29:41,223 Er, there's... Something's got into the... inside, erm... 359 00:29:42,465 --> 00:29:44,456 There's a demon in the Internet. 360 00:29:45,105 --> 00:29:47,176 I know. 361 00:29:53,585 --> 00:29:55,223 Willow? 362 00:29:56,065 --> 00:29:58,056 This isn't good. 363 00:29:58,985 --> 00:30:00,783 Willow? 364 00:30:01,825 --> 00:30:03,816 Willow? 365 00:30:06,465 --> 00:30:08,456 OK, any thoughts? 366 00:30:09,625 --> 00:30:11,662 "No more waiting. I need you to see me"? 367 00:30:12,145 --> 00:30:14,136 See him how? Where? 368 00:30:14,225 --> 00:30:16,455 - What about CRD? - The research place? 369 00:30:16,545 --> 00:30:19,856 - I'm guessing that's Moloch Central. - That's our best lead. 370 00:30:19,945 --> 00:30:22,175 Let's just hope Giles can back us up. 371 00:30:24,465 --> 00:30:28,140 You already know? How exactly is that? 372 00:30:28,225 --> 00:30:31,104 Come on. There have been portents for days. 373 00:30:31,185 --> 00:30:33,859 Power surges, on-line shutdowns... 374 00:30:33,945 --> 00:30:36,334 You should see the bones I've been casting. 375 00:30:36,745 --> 00:30:39,055 I knew this would happen sooner or later. 376 00:30:39,145 --> 00:30:43,104 It's probably a mischief demon, like Kelkor or... 377 00:30:43,185 --> 00:30:45,176 It's Moloch. 378 00:30:45,265 --> 00:30:47,939 The Corrupter? Oh, boy. 379 00:30:48,905 --> 00:30:53,217 - I should have remembered. - You don't seem exactly surprised. 380 00:30:54,225 --> 00:30:58,344 - Who are you? - I teach computer science at high school. 381 00:30:58,425 --> 00:31:01,099 That hardly involves the casting of bones. 382 00:31:01,185 --> 00:31:06,385 Wrong, snobby. You think the mystical is limited to ancient texts and relics? 383 00:31:06,945 --> 00:31:09,824 That bad old science made the magic go away? 384 00:31:09,905 --> 00:31:13,102 The divine exists in cyberspace, same as out here. 385 00:31:13,185 --> 00:31:15,017 Are you a witch? 386 00:31:15,985 --> 00:31:19,979 I don't have that kind of power. "Techno pagan" is the term. 387 00:31:21,585 --> 00:31:23,781 There are more of us than you think. 388 00:31:24,905 --> 00:31:27,545 Well, er... you can definitely help me. 389 00:31:30,305 --> 00:31:34,264 What's in cyberspace at the moment is less than divine. 390 00:31:34,345 --> 00:31:37,656 I have the binding rituals, but I'm completely out of my idiom. 391 00:31:37,745 --> 00:31:39,736 Well, I can help - I think. 392 00:31:39,825 --> 00:31:43,056 I hope. I mean, this is my first real... 393 00:31:43,145 --> 00:31:44,863 Do you know how he got in? 394 00:31:44,945 --> 00:31:49,860 - He was... "scanned" is the term, I believe. - And you want him back in the book. 395 00:31:54,345 --> 00:31:56,063 - Buffy? - Yeah. 396 00:31:56,145 --> 00:31:59,342 - Willow? - Not at home. Looks like she was taken away. 397 00:31:59,425 --> 00:32:01,416 - Where are you? - CRD. 398 00:32:01,505 --> 00:32:04,623 Whatever Moloch wants Willow for is probably in there. 399 00:32:04,705 --> 00:32:07,015 Ms Calendar and I hope to get Moloch off line. 400 00:32:07,105 --> 00:32:09,096 Here's a tip: hurry. 401 00:32:31,625 --> 00:32:34,014 Welcome, my love. 402 00:32:34,105 --> 00:32:37,575 I can't tell you how good it is to see you 403 00:32:42,265 --> 00:32:44,495 with my own two eyes. 404 00:32:51,625 --> 00:32:54,219 - Willow. - Malcolm. 405 00:32:59,625 --> 00:33:02,697 This world is so new, so exciting. 406 00:33:03,665 --> 00:33:05,975 I can see all of it. 407 00:33:06,065 --> 00:33:08,181 Everything flows through me. 408 00:33:08,265 --> 00:33:13,180 I know the secrets of your kings, but nothing compares to having form again. 409 00:33:13,265 --> 00:33:16,064 To be able to walk. To touch. 410 00:33:20,145 --> 00:33:22,136 To kill. 411 00:33:36,785 --> 00:33:38,776 - Back way? - Back way. 412 00:33:46,305 --> 00:33:47,818 Here they come. 413 00:33:50,545 --> 00:33:54,379 The first thing we have to do is form the Circle of Kayless. Right? 414 00:33:54,465 --> 00:33:58,299 Form a circle? But there's only two of us. It's really more of a line. 415 00:33:58,385 --> 00:34:03,619 We have to form the circle inside. I'll put out a flash. I hope enough of my group responds. 416 00:34:03,705 --> 00:34:05,457 Won't Moloch just shut you down? 417 00:34:05,545 --> 00:34:08,219 I'm betting he won't figure it out till it's too late. 418 00:34:08,305 --> 00:34:14,017 - Hoping and betting, that's what we've got. - Wanna throw in praying? Be my guest. 419 00:34:14,105 --> 00:34:16,904 I don't understand. What do you want from me? 420 00:34:16,985 --> 00:34:19,215 I want to give you the world. 421 00:34:19,625 --> 00:34:22,219 - Why? - You created me. 422 00:34:22,305 --> 00:34:25,138 I brought these humans together to build me a body. 423 00:34:25,225 --> 00:34:27,182 But you gave me life. 424 00:34:27,265 --> 00:34:29,381 Took me out of the book that held me. 425 00:34:30,825 --> 00:34:33,578 - I want to repay you. - By lying to me? 426 00:34:34,585 --> 00:34:37,145 By pretending to be a person? 427 00:34:38,625 --> 00:34:40,423 Pretending you loved me? 428 00:34:40,865 --> 00:34:42,458 I do. 429 00:34:48,025 --> 00:34:49,777 Buffy! 430 00:34:50,865 --> 00:34:53,505 - It's her. - Yeah. Who's the other guy? 431 00:34:56,745 --> 00:35:00,375 Don't you see? I can give you everything. 432 00:35:00,465 --> 00:35:02,456 I can control the world. 433 00:35:03,505 --> 00:35:07,464 Right now a man in Beijing is transferring money to a Swiss bank account 434 00:35:07,545 --> 00:35:09,934 for a contract on his mother's life. 435 00:35:10,945 --> 00:35:12,140 Good for him. 436 00:35:17,785 --> 00:35:21,494 - I can't bust it. It's heavy steel. - Then let's find another way in. 437 00:35:28,425 --> 00:35:30,382 What's goin' on? 438 00:35:30,465 --> 00:35:32,979 The building security system is computerised. 439 00:35:33,585 --> 00:35:34,620 Whoops. 440 00:35:38,225 --> 00:35:39,784 Almost there. 441 00:35:39,865 --> 00:35:44,735 Couldn't you just stop Moloch by entering some computer virus? 442 00:35:44,825 --> 00:35:46,736 You've seen way too many movies. 443 00:35:46,825 --> 00:35:49,135 OK, we're up. 444 00:35:49,225 --> 00:35:52,183 - You read, I type. Ready? - I am. 445 00:35:52,945 --> 00:35:56,063 "By the power of the divine, 446 00:35:56,145 --> 00:35:58,534 by the essence of the word, 447 00:35:59,065 --> 00:36:00,464 I command you." 448 00:36:10,545 --> 00:36:13,264 - Let me leave. - But I love you. 449 00:36:13,705 --> 00:36:15,343 Don't say that. 450 00:36:15,425 --> 00:36:18,065 That's a joke. You don't love anything. 451 00:36:18,145 --> 00:36:19,863 You are mine. 452 00:36:19,945 --> 00:36:22,585 I'm not yours. I'm never gonna be yours. 453 00:36:22,665 --> 00:36:24,656 Never. 454 00:36:28,985 --> 00:36:30,464 Pity. 455 00:36:30,545 --> 00:36:32,934 "By the power of the Circle of Kayless, 456 00:36:33,025 --> 00:36:35,221 I command you." 457 00:36:36,425 --> 00:36:37,620 Kayless with a K. 458 00:36:44,745 --> 00:36:46,736 I'll miss you. 459 00:36:49,745 --> 00:36:51,497 Demon, come! 460 00:36:54,985 --> 00:36:56,498 I command you! 461 00:37:01,585 --> 00:37:03,576 Ow! The guy's made of metal. 462 00:37:08,865 --> 00:37:11,584 No! I won't go back! 463 00:37:12,985 --> 00:37:15,579 Demon, come! 464 00:37:16,945 --> 00:37:17,935 Whoa! 465 00:37:23,065 --> 00:37:25,136 Hey! I got to hit someone! 466 00:37:47,545 --> 00:37:49,536 He's out of the Net. 467 00:37:49,625 --> 00:37:51,616 He's bound. 468 00:38:05,065 --> 00:38:07,181 He's not in the book. 469 00:38:08,745 --> 00:38:10,941 He's not in the book. 470 00:38:12,385 --> 00:38:13,659 Where is he? 471 00:38:25,105 --> 00:38:27,176 - Let's go this way. - Wait! 472 00:38:40,825 --> 00:38:46,025 I was omnipotent. I was everything! Now I'm trapped in this shell. 473 00:38:48,665 --> 00:38:50,736 Malcolm! 474 00:38:50,825 --> 00:38:53,055 Remember me - your girlfriend? 475 00:38:53,305 --> 00:38:55,262 I think it's time we break up! 476 00:38:55,345 --> 00:38:57,222 But maybe we can still be friends! 477 00:39:06,625 --> 00:39:10,539 This body is all I have left, but it's enough to crush you. 478 00:39:12,945 --> 00:39:14,504 Take your best shot. 479 00:39:46,945 --> 00:39:48,936 Well, look who's here. 480 00:39:49,025 --> 00:39:52,143 Welcome to my world. Are you scared? 481 00:39:52,785 --> 00:39:54,935 I'm... remaining calm, thank you. 482 00:39:55,985 --> 00:39:58,135 I just wanted to return this. 483 00:39:59,145 --> 00:40:02,740 I found it among the new books and naturally I thought of you. 484 00:40:02,825 --> 00:40:04,623 Cool. Thanks. 485 00:40:05,905 --> 00:40:07,896 Well, I'll see you anon. 486 00:40:07,985 --> 00:40:10,977 Can't get out of here fast enough, can you? 487 00:40:11,065 --> 00:40:15,423 Truthfully, I'm even less anxious to be around computers than I used to be. 488 00:40:16,345 --> 00:40:20,657 Well, it was your book that started all the trouble, not a computer. 489 00:40:22,225 --> 00:40:26,184 Honestly, what is it about them that bothers you so much? 490 00:40:26,265 --> 00:40:27,744 The smell. 491 00:40:28,105 --> 00:40:30,096 Computers don't smell, Rupert. 492 00:40:30,185 --> 00:40:32,176 I know. 493 00:40:32,745 --> 00:40:36,340 Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. 494 00:40:36,425 --> 00:40:42,023 A certain flower or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. 495 00:40:43,865 --> 00:40:45,856 Books smell 496 00:40:45,945 --> 00:40:47,936 musty and rich. 497 00:40:48,945 --> 00:40:51,619 The knowledge gained from a computer is... 498 00:40:52,425 --> 00:40:54,860 it has no... no texture, no context. 499 00:40:54,945 --> 00:40:56,936 It's there and then it's gone. 500 00:40:57,905 --> 00:41:01,739 If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be... tangible. 501 00:41:01,825 --> 00:41:03,736 It should be 502 00:41:03,825 --> 00:41:05,054 smelly. 503 00:41:07,905 --> 00:41:11,102 Well, you really are an old-fashioned boy, aren't you? 504 00:41:12,145 --> 00:41:15,422 Well, I don't dangle a corkscrew from my ear. 505 00:41:16,345 --> 00:41:18,336 That's not where I dangle it. 506 00:41:25,545 --> 00:41:28,139 Are we going to the Bronze tonight? We three? 507 00:41:28,225 --> 00:41:30,216 It'll be fun. 508 00:41:30,305 --> 00:41:32,296 Yeah, Willow. Fun? 509 00:41:32,385 --> 00:41:34,661 Remember fun? That thing where you smile? 510 00:41:34,745 --> 00:41:37,498 I'm sorry, guys. I'm just thinking about... 511 00:41:37,585 --> 00:41:41,374 - Malcolm? - Malcolm... Moloch... Whatever he's called. 512 00:41:41,465 --> 00:41:45,538 The one boy that's really liked me and he's a demon robot. 513 00:41:45,625 --> 00:41:49,505 - What does that say about me? - It doesn't say anything about you. 514 00:41:50,665 --> 00:41:54,454 - I mean, I thought I was really falling... - Hey, did you forget? 515 00:41:54,585 --> 00:41:58,101 The one boy I've had the hots for here turned out to be a vampire. 516 00:41:58,185 --> 00:42:01,576 And the teacher I had a crush on? Giant praying mantis. 517 00:42:02,145 --> 00:42:03,738 That's true. 518 00:42:04,345 --> 00:42:05,858 That's life on the Hellmouth. 519 00:42:05,945 --> 00:42:09,176 Let's face it. None of us are ever gonna have a happy, normal relationship. 520 00:42:09,505 --> 00:42:11,303 - We're doomed. - Yeah. 521 00:42:18,465 --> 00:42:18,545 Visiontext subtitles: Doreen Trenerry 522 00:42:18,545 --> 00:42:22,254 Visiontext subtitles: Doreen Trenerry 523 00:42:56,865 --> 00:42:58,856 ENGLISH PAL