1 00:00:02,213 --> 00:00:04,169 Previously on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer": 2 00:00:04,253 --> 00:00:06,369 - You're just scared. - Of course I'm scared. 3 00:00:06,453 --> 00:00:09,809 Last time we were here, 33.3 bar per cent of us were flayed alive. 4 00:00:09,893 --> 00:00:11,042 Nice job. 5 00:00:11,133 --> 00:00:13,693 Do you have any idea how hard it's been to act this cool? 6 00:00:13,773 --> 00:00:16,367 That death thing was all part of the master plan. 7 00:00:17,373 --> 00:00:20,729 If Short Round pulls off his end of the bargain, we'll both become gods. 8 00:00:28,453 --> 00:00:29,568 (Dawn) I saw Mom. 9 00:00:29,653 --> 00:00:32,008 - Things are coming, Dawn. - Why are you...? 10 00:00:32,093 --> 00:00:35,085 When it's bad, Buffy won't choose you. 11 00:00:35,173 --> 00:00:37,767 - It wasn't her. - What? 12 00:00:37,853 --> 00:00:41,812 It's the Big Bad, Dawn. The one we knew was coming. 13 00:00:41,893 --> 00:00:42,803 What the hell happened? 14 00:00:42,893 --> 00:00:47,762 This big evil that's been promising to devour us - well, I think it's started chomping. 15 00:00:47,853 --> 00:00:51,129 - Oh, God. - Buffy, this thing knows us. 16 00:00:51,213 --> 00:00:53,966 It made us think that we were talking to people we knew. 17 00:00:54,053 --> 00:00:57,204 I'm just a guy with his ear to the ground, but even I can feel it. 18 00:00:57,293 --> 00:01:01,047 Something's coming. I don't know what exactly, but something's brewing. 19 00:01:01,133 --> 00:01:05,411 And it's so big, ugly and damned, it makes you and me look like little bitty puzzle pieces. 20 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:10,282 Buffy, he's been feeding... on human blood. That's gotta do stuff. 21 00:01:10,373 --> 00:01:14,446 I think there was something there, talking to him, making him do things. 22 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:18,082 # How could you use a poor maiden... 23 00:01:18,173 --> 00:01:19,492 Spike! 24 00:01:24,173 --> 00:01:25,970 I remember. 25 00:01:26,053 --> 00:01:31,730 I've killed, and I can feel 'em. I can feel every one of 'em. 26 00:01:33,373 --> 00:01:36,365 There's something playing with us. 27 00:01:36,453 --> 00:01:39,923 - Why is it doing this to me? - I don't know. 28 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:41,971 - Help me. - I'll help you. 29 00:01:42,053 --> 00:01:44,362 This thing has been closer to Spike than any of us. 30 00:01:44,453 --> 00:01:49,322 - And if you wanna understand it.... - I'm gonna have to get close to Spike. 31 00:01:49,893 --> 00:01:52,487 Robson, are you here? 32 00:01:53,893 --> 00:01:55,121 Robson! 33 00:01:58,213 --> 00:02:01,011 - Dear God, I thought you... - Gather them. 34 00:02:01,093 --> 00:02:03,732 - What? - It's started. 35 00:02:04,533 --> 00:02:07,605 It's all right. I understand. I'll take care... 36 00:02:09,133 --> 00:02:13,126 - So the basement was filled with bodies? - Apparently. 37 00:02:14,693 --> 00:02:19,608 And Spike could've sired countless others and buried them around town. 38 00:02:20,413 --> 00:02:23,962 And we're waiting for him to do what, exactly? Do something crazy? 39 00:02:24,053 --> 00:02:25,884 It's not that simple. 40 00:02:25,973 --> 00:02:30,967 Shouldn't we stab him in the chest? Isn't that what we do when these things happen? 41 00:02:31,053 --> 00:02:35,729 - Look, Buffy knows what she's doing. - Xander, you know what we're talking about. 42 00:02:35,813 --> 00:02:38,452 You've always been part of the "Spike is evil" faction. 43 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:40,967 I've got a house to put back together. 44 00:02:41,053 --> 00:02:44,409 Fine. You guys keep your heads buried in the sand, 45 00:02:44,493 --> 00:02:48,611 but we should prepare for the possibility that William the Bloody is back. 46 00:02:58,253 --> 00:03:01,529 Right. Looking good. How do you feel? 47 00:03:01,613 --> 00:03:04,366 - Good. - Excellent. We've got work to do. 48 00:03:04,453 --> 00:03:08,332 Do I have to do work right now? Can't I just walk around for a while in my coat? 49 00:03:08,413 --> 00:03:13,726 Don't go soft on me now. We're right in the trench, and the exhaust port's in sight. 50 00:03:13,813 --> 00:03:18,409 I thought that was it. I did what you told me. It's not my fault it didn't work. 51 00:03:18,493 --> 00:03:21,371 - Why do I have to do all the wet work? - Hey! 52 00:03:21,453 --> 00:03:25,969 You know the rules. I can't take corporeal form. Here. Feel. 53 00:03:30,173 --> 00:03:32,926 - Cool. - Pretty bitchin', right? 54 00:03:33,253 --> 00:03:36,051 - I'm like Obi-Wan. - Or Patrick Swayze. 55 00:03:37,493 --> 00:03:40,166 Believe me, I would do this stuff if I could. 56 00:03:40,253 --> 00:03:42,005 I can't. 57 00:03:42,093 --> 00:03:45,005 I need you. You're my iron fist. 58 00:03:45,573 --> 00:03:48,292 I just don't think I can kill anybody else. 59 00:03:48,373 --> 00:03:52,332 - Will you stop worrying about that? - I didn't want to kill you. Warren made me. 60 00:03:52,413 --> 00:03:56,645 Hey, I'm glad he did. This is the best thing that's ever happened to me. 61 00:03:56,733 --> 00:03:59,850 It didn't hurt too much? I'm not very good at stabbing. 62 00:03:59,933 --> 00:04:01,685 You know, it wasn't that bad. 63 00:04:01,773 --> 00:04:06,449 It was like a sharp pain, then a burning, then a general queasiness. 64 00:04:06,533 --> 00:04:11,049 It was like getting ulcers in high school, only at the end I became one with light and hope. 65 00:04:11,133 --> 00:04:13,169 I can't do it. I can't do it any more. 66 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:16,450 Hey, this isn't your fault, OK? 67 00:04:16,533 --> 00:04:19,252 It's my fault the ritual didn't work. I screwed up. 68 00:04:19,333 --> 00:04:22,689 I'm little. I don't have as much blood as other people. 69 00:04:22,773 --> 00:04:26,129 And I probably should've told someone I was anaemic. 70 00:04:26,213 --> 00:04:29,011 Don't worry. We're gonna fix it. 71 00:04:29,093 --> 00:04:31,687 You gotta trust us. We know what we're doing. 72 00:04:31,773 --> 00:04:37,643 - I can't kill anybody else. - OK, calm down. We can work around that. 73 00:04:43,893 --> 00:04:49,206 We're gonna get to the bottom of this. We just can't take any chances. 74 00:04:49,293 --> 00:04:51,124 Don't. 75 00:04:52,013 --> 00:04:55,005 Make it tighter. The knots will give. 76 00:04:55,893 --> 00:04:58,691 If I get free, someone's gonna die. 77 00:05:55,133 --> 00:05:58,364 Now, guys, look, we can settle this one of two ways. 78 00:05:58,453 --> 00:06:01,251 You can repaint the walls, or... 79 00:06:01,333 --> 00:06:06,407 I can suspend you and report this little incident on your permanent record. 80 00:06:06,493 --> 00:06:08,927 Fine. Do that. 81 00:06:09,813 --> 00:06:13,362 OK, I was bluffing. I hadn't really thought that one through. 82 00:06:13,453 --> 00:06:17,366 Listen, this whole permanent-record thing is a myth. 83 00:06:17,453 --> 00:06:19,921 Colleges never ask for anything past SAT scores. 84 00:06:20,013 --> 00:06:25,371 It's not like employers are gonna call to check how many days you missed in high school. 85 00:06:25,453 --> 00:06:28,843 So, listen, I could suspend you, 86 00:06:28,933 --> 00:06:32,528 but that would mean calling your parents, alerting your teachers, 87 00:06:32,613 --> 00:06:36,572 filling out paperwork and quite possibly having to talk to the school board. 88 00:06:36,653 --> 00:06:40,248 All of which sounds positively exhausting to me. 89 00:06:40,973 --> 00:06:42,770 No. 90 00:06:42,853 --> 00:06:46,562 No, I think it would be much easier if I just called the police. 91 00:06:46,653 --> 00:06:49,611 Let them deal with it. 92 00:06:49,693 --> 00:06:52,491 Oh, and, in case you were wondering, 93 00:06:52,573 --> 00:06:56,486 this is the part where I'm not bluffing. 94 00:06:56,573 --> 00:06:59,645 - We'll repaint it. - Good job. 95 00:06:59,733 --> 00:07:01,724 (knock at door) 96 00:07:02,613 --> 00:07:04,604 Excuse me. 97 00:07:07,293 --> 00:07:10,205 Miss Summers. I'm with students. 98 00:07:10,853 --> 00:07:14,323 I just wanted to tell you that Buffy won't be in today. She's sick. 99 00:07:14,413 --> 00:07:15,766 Oh, no. 100 00:07:15,853 --> 00:07:19,641 Yeah. Last night she was vomiting. This morning she was vomiting more, 101 00:07:19,733 --> 00:07:24,204 and then, just when we thought she was done, she started vomiting again. 102 00:07:24,293 --> 00:07:26,488 Yeah, we got that stomach flu going around. 103 00:07:26,573 --> 00:07:30,805 Her exact words were "I've got stuff coming out of both ends." 104 00:07:30,893 --> 00:07:32,372 Thank you. 105 00:07:32,453 --> 00:07:34,808 That's... very helpful. 106 00:07:34,893 --> 00:07:37,282 Sure. No problem. 107 00:07:37,373 --> 00:07:40,046 - Hey, guys. How's it going? - Pretty good. 108 00:07:40,133 --> 00:07:44,012 Tell your sister not to worry about it. We'll soldier on without her here. 109 00:07:44,093 --> 00:07:47,085 Just... tell her to concentrate on getting better. 110 00:07:47,173 --> 00:07:51,724 Yeah, she'll be fine. She just needs to get some stuff out of her system. 111 00:07:52,053 --> 00:07:55,728 I need to find him as soon as possible. He's not answering any of his numbers. 112 00:07:55,813 --> 00:08:01,729 Miss Summers, the Watchers' Council does not keep track of our lapsed employees. 113 00:08:01,813 --> 00:08:04,930 Ever since Mr Giles pulled up his stake in Sunnydale, 114 00:08:05,013 --> 00:08:08,528 we've not made it our business to follow his every move. 115 00:08:08,613 --> 00:08:13,971 You don't need to get all British and dodgy. I know you have ways of finding him. 116 00:08:14,053 --> 00:08:17,329 I suppose if you feel the matter's urgent, we can look into it. 117 00:08:17,413 --> 00:08:20,723 - I'd appreciate it. Thank you. - Not at all. Good day. 118 00:08:23,133 --> 00:08:25,727 The girl knows nothing. 119 00:08:29,373 --> 00:08:32,092 And we need to find Rupert Giles. 120 00:08:35,773 --> 00:08:37,968 As soon as possible. 121 00:08:39,093 --> 00:08:41,084 (breathes jerkily) 122 00:08:59,373 --> 00:09:01,568 Can I do something? 123 00:09:01,653 --> 00:09:03,962 I think you should probably g... 124 00:09:04,053 --> 00:09:05,645 (groans) 125 00:09:06,453 --> 00:09:08,045 Here. 126 00:09:09,613 --> 00:09:11,922 (snarls and growls) 127 00:09:17,653 --> 00:09:22,283 He's been feasting on humans for weeks. He's having some pretty bad withdrawals. 128 00:09:22,373 --> 00:09:26,571 - I think we need to get him some blood. - Do you want me to kill Anya? 129 00:09:26,653 --> 00:09:27,847 No. 130 00:09:27,933 --> 00:09:30,527 We should probably try to wean him off humans. 131 00:09:30,613 --> 00:09:33,810 - He'll have to make do with animal blood. - I'll go get some. 132 00:09:33,893 --> 00:09:37,044 - You don't mind? - No, I have to get out of the house. 133 00:09:37,133 --> 00:09:42,287 Xander's installing the new windows and he keeps giving lectures on tool maintenance. 134 00:09:42,373 --> 00:09:44,967 Tool talk - not my thing. 135 00:09:45,653 --> 00:09:47,883 Thank you. 136 00:09:48,773 --> 00:09:51,526 How are you doin' in there? 137 00:09:52,093 --> 00:09:56,564 He's in pretty bad shape, past the point where he can tell me anything. 138 00:09:56,653 --> 00:10:01,169 - I wasn't asking about him. - I'll be OK. 139 00:10:02,933 --> 00:10:04,844 (Warren) She won't feel a thing. Just do it. Fast. 140 00:10:05,973 --> 00:10:10,285 Cut her deep. Cut her quick. It'll be over before she knows what hit her. 141 00:10:10,373 --> 00:10:14,286 - What if she squeals? - Better go for her throat first. 142 00:10:14,373 --> 00:10:15,647 (squeals) 143 00:10:15,733 --> 00:10:18,008 Babe 2: Pig in the City was underrated. 144 00:10:18,093 --> 00:10:20,084 - Don't think about Babe. - Right. 145 00:10:20,173 --> 00:10:23,006 You're Conan. You're the Destroyer. 146 00:10:23,933 --> 00:10:28,006 It's you against nature. You're the hunter. You're primal. 147 00:10:28,093 --> 00:10:30,891 You live off the land. You're Andrew. 148 00:10:30,973 --> 00:10:33,362 Everyone knows you. You play by your own rules. 149 00:10:33,453 --> 00:10:36,251 - It's kill or be killed. - That'll do, pig! 150 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:37,766 (pig squeals) 151 00:10:37,853 --> 00:10:40,367 You gotta corner it. 152 00:10:40,453 --> 00:10:43,570 - Stay between it and the hall, or... - (pig squeals) 153 00:10:49,653 --> 00:10:53,692 That's the worst attempted pig slaughtering I've ever seen. 154 00:10:53,773 --> 00:10:57,971 I'm not very good at stabbing. Isn't there some other way we could get blood? 155 00:10:58,053 --> 00:11:00,521 Number 87. 156 00:11:02,533 --> 00:11:05,206 I'd like 12 pork chops... 157 00:11:05,973 --> 00:11:08,282 two pounds of sausage... 158 00:11:08,853 --> 00:11:12,084 eight quarts of pig's blood, three steaks, um... 159 00:11:13,093 --> 00:11:15,812 halibut, and uh... 160 00:11:15,893 --> 00:11:18,043 some toothpaste... 161 00:11:19,533 --> 00:11:23,242 This is a butcher's shop, Neo. We don't sell toothpaste. 162 00:11:23,333 --> 00:11:25,051 Um... 163 00:11:25,133 --> 00:11:27,601 OK, just the other stuff then. 164 00:11:28,653 --> 00:11:30,644 You got it. 165 00:11:32,213 --> 00:11:34,283 Hi. 166 00:11:34,373 --> 00:11:36,364 Ooh, steak sauce. 167 00:11:47,413 --> 00:11:49,404 (butcher) Number 88. 168 00:11:55,693 --> 00:11:57,684 Wait a minute! 169 00:11:58,533 --> 00:12:00,524 - Don't kill me! - I'm not gonna kill you. 170 00:12:00,613 --> 00:12:03,366 Don't send me to an eternal pain dimension. 171 00:12:03,453 --> 00:12:05,762 - I'm not gonna. - Warren killed Tara. 172 00:12:05,853 --> 00:12:09,368 I didn't do it. And he was aiming for Buffy anyway. 173 00:12:10,053 --> 00:12:13,329 - Not making it better. - And you got your revenge. 174 00:12:13,413 --> 00:12:15,643 You killed my best friend. We're even. 175 00:12:15,733 --> 00:12:19,772 Even? You think I get satisfaction from what I did? 176 00:12:20,653 --> 00:12:25,966 Maybe not, but let me keep my skin, OK? I'm not bad. I'm not bad any more. 177 00:12:26,053 --> 00:12:29,045 I'm good. I do good things now. 178 00:12:29,133 --> 00:12:31,693 Then why do you need lots and lots of blood? 179 00:12:33,813 --> 00:12:38,728 I am bad. I'm bad, I'm evil, but I'm protected by powerful forces. 180 00:12:38,813 --> 00:12:42,886 Forces you can't even begin to imagine... little girl. 181 00:12:42,973 --> 00:12:46,761 If you harm me you shall know the wrath of he that is darkness and terror. 182 00:12:46,853 --> 00:12:49,492 Your blood will boil. You will know true suffering. 183 00:12:49,573 --> 00:12:52,485 Stand down, she-witch. Your defeat is at hand... 184 00:12:52,573 --> 00:12:54,803 Shut your mouth. 185 00:12:54,893 --> 00:12:57,043 I am a she-witch. 186 00:12:57,133 --> 00:12:59,601 A very powerful she-witch. 187 00:12:59,693 --> 00:13:03,891 Or "witch", as is more accurate. I am not to be trifled with... 188 00:13:03,973 --> 00:13:06,692 - But I... - I'm talking. Don't interrupt me. 189 00:13:06,773 --> 00:13:08,764 Insignificant man. 190 00:13:09,933 --> 00:13:12,652 I am Willow. I am death. 191 00:13:12,733 --> 00:13:18,046 If you dare defy me, I will call down my fury, exact fresh vengeance, 192 00:13:18,133 --> 00:13:20,966 and make your worst fears come true. 193 00:13:22,453 --> 00:13:24,125 OK? 194 00:13:27,093 --> 00:13:30,768 - Look who I found. - Oh, this can't be good. 195 00:13:30,853 --> 00:13:33,731 Guess who was buying mass amounts of blood. 196 00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:37,772 - Your hair's not even black any more. - What're you doing back in town? 197 00:13:37,853 --> 00:13:42,324 - You'll get nothin' out of me, carpenter. - We'll see about that. 198 00:13:43,693 --> 00:13:47,732 - Careful with my coat. It's expensive. - Is it new? 199 00:13:47,813 --> 00:13:50,088 Hey. Ow! 200 00:13:50,173 --> 00:13:53,882 Now, we can do this the hard way, if you want. 201 00:13:54,773 --> 00:13:58,652 But believe me when I tell you, this will go much easier 202 00:13:58,733 --> 00:14:03,329 - if you just tell us what... you... know. - Ow! 203 00:14:03,413 --> 00:14:06,564 You're barkin' up the wrong asparagus. I don't know anything. 204 00:14:06,653 --> 00:14:10,328 Here's the thing. I don't believe you. 205 00:14:10,413 --> 00:14:13,007 I haven't done anything wrong. 206 00:14:13,093 --> 00:14:15,288 Then you won't mind if we ask a few questions. 207 00:14:15,373 --> 00:14:17,011 Yeah, OK. 208 00:14:17,093 --> 00:14:20,165 Why were you buying blood at the butcher shop? 209 00:14:20,253 --> 00:14:22,289 I fell in love with a vampire in Mexico. 210 00:14:22,373 --> 00:14:27,322 Now we're trying to make a go of it on the straight and narrow, here in Sunnydale. 211 00:14:27,413 --> 00:14:30,928 You think this is a game, junior? People are dying. 212 00:14:31,013 --> 00:14:33,846 - Friends' lives are in danger. - Hey, Anya. 213 00:14:33,933 --> 00:14:37,767 Now you wanna waste my time with deceptions? Not on my watch! 214 00:14:37,853 --> 00:14:39,684 Hey, Anya! 215 00:14:39,773 --> 00:14:42,571 Can I talk to you outside for a second? 216 00:14:58,613 --> 00:15:01,923 Did you see that? I actually made him cry. 217 00:15:02,013 --> 00:15:05,323 You were perfect. I worried I overdid it with the "hard way" thing. 218 00:15:05,413 --> 00:15:08,211 No, you were great! I wasn't sure if I should slap him, 219 00:15:08,293 --> 00:15:10,761 but then he made me want to, so I thought "OK." 220 00:15:10,853 --> 00:15:13,208 - He'll be singing in no time. - What do we do now? 221 00:15:13,293 --> 00:15:17,002 We let him stew in his own juices for a bit, then we give him the hard brace. 222 00:15:17,093 --> 00:15:19,891 Right. What's the status with your guy? 223 00:15:20,853 --> 00:15:24,641 He's not talking yet. We'll get there. How's your guy? 224 00:15:24,733 --> 00:15:27,088 The weasel wants to sing. He just needs a tune. 225 00:15:27,173 --> 00:15:30,085 He's primed. I'll be pumping him in no time. 226 00:15:31,853 --> 00:15:34,003 He'll give us information soon. 227 00:15:41,893 --> 00:15:43,485 Better? 228 00:15:45,533 --> 00:15:47,603 Good. 229 00:15:48,013 --> 00:15:50,402 I don't remember anything. 230 00:15:51,733 --> 00:15:55,362 - You were having a pretty bad withdrawal. - No, not that. 231 00:15:56,173 --> 00:15:59,802 I don't remember... what I did. 232 00:16:00,493 --> 00:16:03,530 - Nothing? - Some flashes here and there. 233 00:16:04,573 --> 00:16:10,523 It's like I'm watching someone else... do it, kill people. 234 00:16:11,773 --> 00:16:16,449 I've been losing time for a while now. Waking up in strange places. 235 00:16:19,333 --> 00:16:22,006 When did your chip stop working? 236 00:16:22,093 --> 00:16:25,324 I wasn't aware that it had, you know. Not till now. 237 00:16:26,133 --> 00:16:30,172 And the losing time? How long has that been going on? 238 00:16:30,253 --> 00:16:35,168 Oh, things have been wonky for me ever since I got back. Ever since... 239 00:16:35,253 --> 00:16:37,323 You got your soul. 240 00:16:37,413 --> 00:16:41,964 I figured that's what it was like. Been so long since I had one. 241 00:16:42,053 --> 00:16:45,841 How did you do it? How'd you get your soul back? 242 00:16:47,973 --> 00:16:50,806 Saw a man about a girl. 243 00:16:53,533 --> 00:16:56,127 I went to seek a legend out. 244 00:16:57,933 --> 00:17:02,643 Travelled to the other side of the world, made a deal with a demon. 245 00:17:02,733 --> 00:17:07,124 - Just like that? - No, not just like that. There was a price. 246 00:17:07,213 --> 00:17:09,329 There were trials. 247 00:17:09,413 --> 00:17:11,369 Torture. 248 00:17:11,453 --> 00:17:15,765 Pain and suffering... of sorts. 249 00:17:15,853 --> 00:17:18,526 - Of sorts? - Well, it's all relative, isn't it? 250 00:17:18,613 --> 00:17:20,683 Meaning? 251 00:17:20,773 --> 00:17:26,086 I have come to redefine the words "pain and suffering" since I fell in love with you. 252 00:17:28,933 --> 00:17:31,527 How can you say that? 253 00:17:32,133 --> 00:17:38,083 I just slaughtered half of Sunnydale. I'm not really worried about being polite any more. 254 00:17:38,173 --> 00:17:40,687 So that's what this is about. 255 00:17:40,773 --> 00:17:45,164 - You're feeling sorry for yourself, Spike? - I'm feeling honest with myself. 256 00:17:45,253 --> 00:17:47,369 You used me. 257 00:17:47,453 --> 00:17:48,886 Yes. 258 00:17:49,373 --> 00:17:52,171 You told me that, of course. 259 00:17:52,253 --> 00:17:54,483 I never understood it though. 260 00:17:54,573 --> 00:17:56,882 Not until now. 261 00:17:57,493 --> 00:18:01,122 You hated yourself, and you took it out on me. 262 00:18:03,013 --> 00:18:05,368 You figured that out just now? 263 00:18:07,213 --> 00:18:10,603 A soul's not all about moonbeams and penny whistles, love. 264 00:18:10,693 --> 00:18:13,287 It's about self-loathing. 265 00:18:13,373 --> 00:18:16,763 I get it. I had to travel around the world, but... 266 00:18:18,653 --> 00:18:21,167 I understand you now. 267 00:18:21,253 --> 00:18:25,371 - I understand the violence inside. - Violence? 268 00:18:25,453 --> 00:18:29,162 William the Bloody now has insight into violence? 269 00:18:29,253 --> 00:18:31,244 Not the same. 270 00:18:32,133 --> 00:18:38,971 As bad as I was, as evil and as wretched as I was, I never truly hated myself back then. 271 00:18:39,053 --> 00:18:41,692 Not like I do now. 272 00:18:53,013 --> 00:18:55,607 - How's your face? - OK. 273 00:18:57,253 --> 00:19:00,643 Sorry about that. She shouldn't have hit you. 274 00:19:03,773 --> 00:19:05,365 OK. 275 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:08,804 Thirsty? Go on. 276 00:19:12,693 --> 00:19:15,161 That chick's psycho. 277 00:19:15,253 --> 00:19:17,767 You don't know the half of it. 278 00:19:17,853 --> 00:19:20,242 She's a vengeance demon, you know. 279 00:19:20,333 --> 00:19:22,324 She's bad news. 280 00:19:23,173 --> 00:19:26,370 This one time I saw her having sex with Spike. 281 00:19:27,853 --> 00:19:31,163 - She's killed more men than smallpox. - Does it still kill people? 282 00:19:31,253 --> 00:19:34,802 She's killed a lot of men. She tortures them. 283 00:19:34,893 --> 00:19:37,771 Anyone who incurs her wrath. 284 00:19:37,853 --> 00:19:40,321 One time she... 285 00:19:40,413 --> 00:19:41,687 - Never mind. - What? 286 00:19:41,773 --> 00:19:44,492 - It's not important. - What did she do? 287 00:19:44,573 --> 00:19:47,371 Well, there was this one guy. 288 00:19:47,453 --> 00:19:52,083 There was this one guy. He hurt her real bad, so she paid him back. 289 00:19:52,173 --> 00:19:55,688 She killed him, but she did it real slow. 290 00:19:57,053 --> 00:20:01,683 See, first she stopped his heart, and then she replaced it with darkness, 291 00:20:01,773 --> 00:20:03,843 then made him live his life like that. 292 00:20:03,933 --> 00:20:07,812 But he still had to go do his job and see his friends 293 00:20:07,893 --> 00:20:10,327 and wake up in the morning and go to bed at night, 294 00:20:10,413 --> 00:20:13,723 but he had to do it all... empty. 295 00:20:14,693 --> 00:20:17,924 Without anything to look forward to. Ever. 296 00:20:18,013 --> 00:20:21,892 - Sounds bad. - Well, then she tore out his intestines, 297 00:20:21,973 --> 00:20:24,362 - rubbed it in his face and took pictures. - God. 298 00:20:24,453 --> 00:20:26,967 But she's downstairs. Don't worry about her. 299 00:20:27,053 --> 00:20:29,487 - What if... - See, the thing is, 300 00:20:29,573 --> 00:20:31,768 we've all been a little on edge lately. 301 00:20:31,853 --> 00:20:36,324 Bad things have been happening. The girls are all looking for someone to blame. 302 00:20:36,413 --> 00:20:39,291 - I didn't do anything. - (Anya) You lying son of a bitch! 303 00:20:39,373 --> 00:20:41,728 You're gonna tell us what we need to know, now! 304 00:20:41,813 --> 00:20:44,088 - Anya, no! - Stop it! 305 00:20:44,173 --> 00:20:47,290 Get off me, Harris! 306 00:20:49,653 --> 00:20:53,248 - Come here, you pipsqueak! - Xander, get her off me! I'll tell you! 307 00:20:53,333 --> 00:20:56,405 I'll tell you what you need to know! 308 00:20:57,693 --> 00:20:59,684 Excuse me. 309 00:21:06,053 --> 00:21:07,645 Well. 310 00:21:10,213 --> 00:21:13,011 We've got ourselves a problem. 311 00:21:14,333 --> 00:21:16,688 (Andrew) Somebody help. Ow! 312 00:21:16,773 --> 00:21:18,843 Everything OK? 313 00:21:18,933 --> 00:21:20,571 Fine. 314 00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:22,482 OK. 315 00:21:25,453 --> 00:21:30,322 (Spike) What'd I do, get it half-done? Never send a boy to do a man's job. 316 00:21:31,773 --> 00:21:33,923 è Oh, don't deceive me 317 00:21:34,013 --> 00:21:36,163 è Oh, never leave me 318 00:21:44,653 --> 00:21:47,213 - Who were you talking to? - What's that? 319 00:21:47,293 --> 00:21:49,648 I heard you. Who were you talking to? 320 00:21:49,733 --> 00:21:53,043 Nobody. I was just keeping myself company. 321 00:21:54,373 --> 00:21:56,841 - Are you OK? - Fine. 322 00:21:57,733 --> 00:21:59,530 How are you? 323 00:21:59,613 --> 00:22:04,084 You could talk, or I could keep hitting you. Believe me, I'd love to keep hitting you. 324 00:22:04,813 --> 00:22:08,089 - Spike? - I'm fine, Buffy. Really. 325 00:22:08,173 --> 00:22:12,689 I'm just... feeling a bit peckish, I suppose. 326 00:22:12,773 --> 00:22:14,764 Do you mind? 327 00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:38,562 We needed more blood to activate the Seal of Dan... 328 00:22:41,533 --> 00:22:43,489 Argh! Argh! 329 00:23:10,533 --> 00:23:12,763 He didn't seem to want anything to do with me. 330 00:23:12,853 --> 00:23:15,242 He just pushed me aside and charged at the wall. 331 00:23:15,333 --> 00:23:17,927 - Are you hurt? - Not really. 332 00:23:18,733 --> 00:23:20,644 How's whatshisname? 333 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:23,725 He's got a chunk taken out of his neck but he'll be all right. 334 00:23:23,813 --> 00:23:27,931 Had to tie him up again but mainly to keep him from scratching at his bandages. 335 00:23:28,013 --> 00:23:31,528 - What the hell happened up there? - I don't know. 336 00:23:31,613 --> 00:23:34,650 Spike and I were having a conversation, and he was fine. 337 00:23:34,733 --> 00:23:38,362 I mean, you know, fine as Spike can be. Then I went to check on you guys, 338 00:23:38,453 --> 00:23:42,492 and when I got back, it was... like he was a completely different person. 339 00:23:42,573 --> 00:23:45,485 Different like William-the-Bloody-type different? 340 00:23:45,573 --> 00:23:50,044 He was talking to someone. I heard through the door. He was having this conversation. 341 00:23:50,133 --> 00:23:53,808 - And then he started singing. - Maybe it's another musical. 342 00:23:55,293 --> 00:23:59,491 - A much crappier musical. - He mentioned a song in the cellar. 343 00:23:59,573 --> 00:24:02,485 He changed there too. Instantly became another person. 344 00:24:02,573 --> 00:24:04,211 Trigger. 345 00:24:04,293 --> 00:24:07,330 - The horse? - No, in his head. 346 00:24:07,413 --> 00:24:10,007 It's a trigger. It's a brainwashing term. 347 00:24:10,093 --> 00:24:12,732 It's how the military makes sleeper agents. 348 00:24:12,813 --> 00:24:19,082 They brainwash operatives and condition them with a specific trigger, like a song, 349 00:24:19,173 --> 00:24:22,324 that makes 'em drastically change at a moment's notice. 350 00:24:22,413 --> 00:24:24,973 Is this left over from your days in the army? 351 00:24:25,053 --> 00:24:29,604 No, this is left over from every army movie I've ever seen. But it makes sense. 352 00:24:29,693 --> 00:24:32,685 We've had ghosts or something haunting us, right? 353 00:24:32,773 --> 00:24:36,846 Well, what if Spike's ghosts have figured out a way to - not only haunt him - 354 00:24:36,933 --> 00:24:39,322 what if they figured out how to control him? 355 00:24:39,413 --> 00:24:42,723 Spike's been seeing things since I found him in the basement. 356 00:24:42,813 --> 00:24:48,922 So he gets his soul back, he starts seeing spooky things, and he goes extra-extra-crazy. 357 00:24:49,013 --> 00:24:52,801 This trigger. How do we... holster or... safety or... 358 00:24:52,893 --> 00:24:55,805 I don't know guns. How do we make it stop? 359 00:24:55,893 --> 00:24:58,043 Usually, the operative completes his task 360 00:24:58,133 --> 00:25:01,603 and either blows his head off or steals a submarine. 361 00:25:02,653 --> 00:25:06,692 I need information. If Spike's a bomb, I need to know how to defuse him. 362 00:25:06,773 --> 00:25:10,846 I wanna know what did this to him. Spirits, ghosts, demons - check the lot. 363 00:25:10,933 --> 00:25:14,403 Look for anything that could haunt or possibly control like this. 364 00:25:14,493 --> 00:25:16,529 I need to know what we're dealing with. 365 00:27:24,493 --> 00:27:27,007 Did I hurt anybody? 366 00:27:27,093 --> 00:27:29,527 You took a good bite out of Andrew. 367 00:27:30,493 --> 00:27:32,085 Who? 368 00:27:32,173 --> 00:27:34,368 Tucker's brother. 369 00:27:34,453 --> 00:27:36,523 Oh. 370 00:27:36,613 --> 00:27:39,446 He'll be OK. 371 00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:41,649 I don't remember. 372 00:27:42,893 --> 00:27:44,884 It's OK. 373 00:27:46,773 --> 00:27:48,843 Buffy, I don't know why. 374 00:27:49,573 --> 00:27:51,564 We think we do. 375 00:27:51,653 --> 00:27:53,484 Something's playing you. 376 00:27:53,573 --> 00:27:57,930 Some ghost or demon has figured out how to control you. 377 00:27:58,453 --> 00:28:01,525 Got the gang researching it right now. 378 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:05,401 Xander has this theory that you're being triggered. 379 00:28:06,293 --> 00:28:08,409 Kill mm. 380 00:28:09,453 --> 00:28:12,411 - What? - Buffy, you have to kill me. 381 00:28:13,613 --> 00:28:17,208 You don't understand. When I left the room, I heard you talking to... 382 00:28:17,293 --> 00:28:20,569 Do you have any idea what I'm capable of? 383 00:28:24,133 --> 00:28:26,852 I was in the cellar with you. I saw what you did. 384 00:28:26,933 --> 00:28:31,449 I'm not talking about the cellar. The people in the cellar got off easy. 385 00:28:31,533 --> 00:28:34,730 I'm talking about me. 386 00:28:34,813 --> 00:28:38,123 Buffy, you've never met the real me. 387 00:28:39,853 --> 00:28:45,052 - I'm well aware of what you're capable of. - No. You got off easy too. 388 00:28:50,693 --> 00:28:56,165 Do you know how much blood you can drink from a girl before she'll die? I do. 389 00:28:56,253 --> 00:28:59,370 You see, the trick is to drink just enough, 390 00:28:59,453 --> 00:29:03,287 to know how to damage them just enough 391 00:29:03,373 --> 00:29:06,410 so that they'll still cry when you... 392 00:29:08,973 --> 00:29:12,045 Cos it's not worth it if they don't cry. 393 00:29:12,693 --> 00:29:15,810 It's not your fault. You're not the one doing this. 394 00:29:15,893 --> 00:29:18,965 I already did it. It's already done. 395 00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:23,930 You wanna know what I've done to girls Dawn's age? 396 00:29:27,413 --> 00:29:29,483 This is me, Buffy. 397 00:29:29,573 --> 00:29:32,326 You've got to kill me before I get out. 398 00:29:33,893 --> 00:29:37,283 We can keep you locked up. Keep you here and we'll figure it out. 399 00:29:37,373 --> 00:29:41,412 Have you ever really asked yourself why you can't do it? Off me? 400 00:29:41,493 --> 00:29:45,725 After everything I've done to you, to people around you. 401 00:29:45,813 --> 00:29:48,646 It's not love. We both know that. 402 00:29:48,733 --> 00:29:52,203 You fought by my side. You've saved lives. You've helped... 403 00:29:52,293 --> 00:29:54,284 Don't do that. 404 00:29:55,253 --> 00:29:58,928 Don't rationalise this into some noble act. 405 00:30:00,053 --> 00:30:03,045 Because we both know the truth of it. 406 00:30:07,013 --> 00:30:09,607 You like men who hurt you. 407 00:30:09,693 --> 00:30:11,524 No. 408 00:30:13,053 --> 00:30:15,806 You need the pain we cause you. 409 00:30:15,893 --> 00:30:19,442 You need the hate. You need it to do your job, to be the Slayer. 410 00:30:19,533 --> 00:30:21,330 No. 411 00:30:23,093 --> 00:30:25,084 I don't hate like that. 412 00:30:26,293 --> 00:30:29,171 Not you... or myself. 413 00:30:30,893 --> 00:30:33,487 Not any more. 414 00:30:33,573 --> 00:30:38,363 You think you have insight now because your soul's drenched in blood? 415 00:30:38,453 --> 00:30:41,286 You don't know me. 416 00:30:41,373 --> 00:30:43,523 You don't even know you. 417 00:30:43,613 --> 00:30:48,892 Was that you who killed those people in the cellar? Was it you who waited for those girls? 418 00:30:48,973 --> 00:30:51,771 - There's no one else. - That's not true. 419 00:30:53,173 --> 00:30:55,050 Listen to me. 420 00:30:55,133 --> 00:30:58,728 You're not alive because of hate or pain. 421 00:31:00,493 --> 00:31:05,613 You're alive because I saw you change. Because I saw your penance. 422 00:31:05,893 --> 00:31:07,884 Window-dressing. 423 00:31:07,973 --> 00:31:10,806 Be easier, wouldn't it, if it were an act. 424 00:31:10,893 --> 00:31:12,884 But it's not. 425 00:31:14,813 --> 00:31:19,125 You faced the monster inside of you and you fought back. 426 00:31:19,213 --> 00:31:22,125 - You risked everything to be a better man. - Buffy... 427 00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:23,965 And you can be. 428 00:31:25,133 --> 00:31:26,612 You are. 429 00:31:27,293 --> 00:31:30,603 You may not see it, but I do. 430 00:31:31,733 --> 00:31:33,724 I do. 431 00:31:35,453 --> 00:31:38,092 I believe in you, Spike. 432 00:34:07,053 --> 00:34:08,725 - (Xander) Buffy! - Dawn? 433 00:34:08,813 --> 00:34:12,692 She's OK. Is this it? I thought there was more of 'em. 434 00:34:12,773 --> 00:34:14,126 Spike. 435 00:34:31,253 --> 00:34:34,211 (Xander) They were so fast. 436 00:34:34,293 --> 00:34:35,487 And organised. 437 00:34:35,573 --> 00:34:38,565 They were after Spike all along. 438 00:34:38,653 --> 00:34:41,451 And we were just in the way. 439 00:34:46,653 --> 00:34:49,486 I know these guys. 440 00:34:49,573 --> 00:34:52,167 I've fought them before. 441 00:34:53,173 --> 00:34:55,368 We aren't being haunted. 442 00:34:55,453 --> 00:34:59,605 This isn't some demon. It's all the same thing. 443 00:34:59,693 --> 00:35:05,404 Spike's ghosts, the people that you guys saw, "from beneath us..." 444 00:35:06,613 --> 00:35:09,844 It's all the same thing. 445 00:35:09,933 --> 00:35:12,003 I know what we're up against. 446 00:35:13,893 --> 00:35:15,884 The First. 447 00:35:21,413 --> 00:35:24,564 (man) They took our files, wiped out our records. 448 00:35:24,653 --> 00:35:28,692 We've lost contact with operations in Munich, Switzerland and Rome. 449 00:35:28,773 --> 00:35:33,324 We've got casualty confirmations coming in from as far away as Melbourne. 450 00:35:33,413 --> 00:35:36,007 Sir, we are crippled. 451 00:35:38,773 --> 00:35:41,003 It's all right, Lydia. 452 00:35:41,093 --> 00:35:44,369 We are still masters of our fate. 453 00:35:44,453 --> 00:35:47,411 We are still captains of our souls. 454 00:35:50,333 --> 00:35:52,324 Yes, sir. 455 00:35:55,853 --> 00:35:58,526 Ladies and gentlemen. 456 00:35:58,613 --> 00:36:01,173 Our fears have been confirmed. 457 00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:06,044 The First Evil has declared all-out war on this institution. 458 00:36:06,813 --> 00:36:10,089 The first volleys proved most effective. 459 00:36:11,573 --> 00:36:15,361 I, for one, think it's time we struck back. 460 00:36:17,533 --> 00:36:21,287 Get me confirmations on all remaining operatives. 461 00:36:22,293 --> 00:36:24,648 Visuals and tacticals. 462 00:36:25,613 --> 00:36:28,844 Highest alert. Get them here as soon as possible. 463 00:36:28,933 --> 00:36:31,493 Begin preparations for mobilisation. 464 00:36:31,573 --> 00:36:34,883 Once we're accounted for, I want to be ready to move. 465 00:36:34,973 --> 00:36:38,409 - Sir? - We'll be paying a visit to the Hellmouth. 466 00:36:39,893 --> 00:36:44,364 "My friends, these are the times that define us." 467 00:36:45,333 --> 00:36:47,324 Proverbs 24:6. 468 00:36:48,093 --> 00:36:51,881 "For by wise counsel you shall make your war." 469 00:37:08,613 --> 00:37:11,605 You'll have to excuse the spectacle, 470 00:37:11,693 --> 00:37:15,891 but I've always been a bit of a sucker for the old classics. 471 00:37:24,293 --> 00:37:26,090 Argh! 472 00:37:27,693 --> 00:37:28,842 Oh! 473 00:37:33,533 --> 00:37:36,001 Oh, don't look at me that way. 474 00:37:36,093 --> 00:37:38,288 I wanted to do this more subtle-like. 475 00:37:38,373 --> 00:37:42,730 My harbingers have a tendency to call attention to themselves. 476 00:37:42,813 --> 00:37:44,405 Argh! 477 00:37:48,453 --> 00:37:51,525 You're the one who couldn't hold his end of the bargain, 478 00:37:51,613 --> 00:37:54,047 who couldn't take care of whatshisname, 479 00:37:54,133 --> 00:37:57,842 who had to make breakthroughs and learn something about himself. 480 00:37:57,933 --> 00:37:59,969 Oh! 481 00:38:00,053 --> 00:38:06,049 So now, fittingly, you're the one who gets to do the honours. 482 00:38:07,053 --> 00:38:09,726 I have to admit, I'm glad it worked out this way. 483 00:38:09,813 --> 00:38:15,171 I was going to bleed Andrew, but you look a lot better with your shirt off. 484 00:38:20,493 --> 00:38:24,691 To be honest, I'm getting a little tired of subtle. 485 00:38:27,933 --> 00:38:31,926 I think it's about time we brought some authority to our presence. 486 00:38:32,013 --> 00:38:35,642 Now, Spike, you wanna see what a real vampire looks like? 487 00:38:36,813 --> 00:38:38,963 (chanting) 488 00:39:23,253 --> 00:39:25,244 (roars) 489 00:39:48,853 --> 00:39:51,606 Visiontext Subtitles: Abigail Smith 490 00:39:55,293 --> 00:39:57,124 Urgh! Argh! 491 00:39:57,853 --> 00:39:59,844 ENGLISH SDH