1 00:00:02,016 --> 00:00:04,291 Previously on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer": 2 00:00:04,976 --> 00:00:08,286 Evil. They want an apocalypse? We'll give 'em one. 3 00:00:08,376 --> 00:00:09,968 Cos we just became an army. 4 00:00:10,056 --> 00:00:11,330 It's not a happy scenario, 5 00:00:11,416 --> 00:00:14,328 but we're dealing with the Big Bad that can be any dead person it wants. 6 00:00:14,416 --> 00:00:17,328 What do you want from me, Jonathan slash the First? 7 00:00:17,416 --> 00:00:20,249 - I have an assignment for you. - You want me to hurt the girls? 8 00:00:20,336 --> 00:00:24,170 - The girls must die. - Nice place. Bit of a mess. 9 00:00:24,256 --> 00:00:26,816 - (Dawn) They're all slayers? - Potential slayers. 10 00:00:26,896 --> 00:00:31,651 Waiting for one to be called. There were many more like them all over the world. 11 00:00:31,736 --> 00:00:34,534 Now there's just a handful, all on their way to Sunnydale. 12 00:00:34,616 --> 00:00:35,765 Glad we talked. 13 00:00:35,856 --> 00:00:39,974 - In the spirit of air-clearing... - Yeah? 14 00:00:40,056 --> 00:00:42,490 I feel like I need to be honest about something. 15 00:00:45,536 --> 00:00:49,165 (Buffy) Spike has a soul now. That's what's gonna stop him from hurting people. 16 00:00:49,256 --> 00:00:53,454 - Buffy... - He can be a good man, Giles. I feel it. 17 00:00:59,816 --> 00:01:03,570 - I guess we should talk. - How do you know about slayers? 18 00:01:03,656 --> 00:01:06,489 My mother was one. She was killed when I was four. 19 00:01:06,576 --> 00:01:10,046 - Something got her. A demon...? - A vampire. 20 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:13,811 - So, how do you two know each other? - He works with me. 21 00:01:13,896 --> 00:01:16,615 You know, in the struggle against evil. 22 00:01:16,696 --> 00:01:18,687 - He's a vampire. - I should move out. 23 00:01:18,776 --> 00:01:23,611 - No. You have to stay. - You've got another demon fighter now. 24 00:01:23,696 --> 00:01:26,130 - That's not why I need you here. - Why's that then? 25 00:01:26,216 --> 00:01:28,525 Cos I'm not ready for you to not be here. 26 00:01:29,776 --> 00:01:32,051 - You're not my mother. - Like to know who killed me? 27 00:01:32,136 --> 00:01:34,809 You met him. You know him. 28 00:01:34,896 --> 00:01:40,050 - You fought at his side. - Spike. 29 00:02:29,136 --> 00:02:31,127 (sobbing) 30 00:02:34,616 --> 00:02:36,413 Chloe? 31 00:02:36,496 --> 00:02:38,726 It is Chloe, right? 32 00:02:47,096 --> 00:02:48,848 It's not enough. 33 00:03:54,856 --> 00:03:59,327 I'm a bright girl. Good education, quick on the uptake. 34 00:03:59,416 --> 00:04:04,729 So, why in the name of almighty Grothnar would I let myself become human again? 35 00:04:04,816 --> 00:04:06,727 You're talking to the wrong fella. 36 00:04:06,816 --> 00:04:09,933 Sure, the vengeance demon gig has some downsides... 37 00:04:10,016 --> 00:04:13,452 - All jobs do. - But being human? Urgh! 38 00:04:14,456 --> 00:04:17,892 You're always icky on the inside and disgusting on the outside. 39 00:04:17,976 --> 00:04:20,695 Your outside's not so bad. 40 00:04:22,576 --> 00:04:26,888 The only thing worse than being human is being trapped inside a house full of humans. 41 00:04:26,976 --> 00:04:30,173 - Preaching to the choir, love. - It's like Slayer Central. 42 00:04:30,256 --> 00:04:35,410 I swear, if Buffy rooms or boards one more of the potential girls, I'm gonna call a... 43 00:04:35,496 --> 00:04:38,568 - I'm gonna call a health inspector. - I like my plan better. 44 00:04:38,656 --> 00:04:42,012 Get up, get out, get drunk. Repeat as needed. 45 00:04:42,096 --> 00:04:44,087 It's just more elegant. 46 00:04:46,616 --> 00:04:50,575 - Thanks for having me along. - Don't mention it. 47 00:04:50,656 --> 00:04:55,013 At first I thought "It's weird - is Spike asking me out on a date?" 48 00:04:55,096 --> 00:04:57,166 Cos that would just be... 49 00:04:58,176 --> 00:05:00,246 - nuts. - Right. 50 00:05:00,336 --> 00:05:02,725 I'm just out for the alcohol. 51 00:05:02,816 --> 00:05:05,284 Right there with you, scooter. 52 00:05:05,376 --> 00:05:10,370 - Tonight I plan to drink you under the table. - You're on, then. 53 00:05:10,456 --> 00:05:12,253 Good. 54 00:05:13,136 --> 00:05:16,526 Of course, once you're down there, I could join you. 55 00:05:16,616 --> 00:05:19,733 Kidding. I like my sex on top of the table. 56 00:05:19,816 --> 00:05:24,253 Would you let it go? You're like a dog with a bone! 57 00:05:24,336 --> 00:05:27,089 - So what? - It's my bone. Just drop it. 58 00:05:27,176 --> 00:05:29,371 OK. OK. 59 00:05:30,376 --> 00:05:33,686 I wasn't proposing. Time goes by, a girl gets hungry. 60 00:05:33,776 --> 00:05:35,209 - Oh, thank God. - What? 61 00:05:35,296 --> 00:05:36,934 - Demon. - Huh? 62 00:05:38,336 --> 00:05:42,045 - D'Hoffryn says you die. - Of course he does. 63 00:05:47,416 --> 00:05:49,611 Oh, hey! 64 00:05:51,936 --> 00:05:55,326 - This may mean more than you think. - Is that so? 65 00:05:55,416 --> 00:05:57,976 I think we have a couple of chuckle-heads 66 00:05:58,056 --> 00:06:00,695 who thought that a cafeteria fistfight would impress. 67 00:06:00,776 --> 00:06:04,086 I'm not impressed. Buffy, are you impressed? 68 00:06:04,176 --> 00:06:08,454 Still, I'm gonna cut you guys some slack this time. 69 00:06:11,936 --> 00:06:15,645 Third fight this week, and it's just getting worse. 70 00:06:15,736 --> 00:06:20,685 Plus, a rise in vandalism, three students missing. 71 00:06:20,776 --> 00:06:24,166 Tell me something, Buffy, in your professional opinion. 72 00:06:24,256 --> 00:06:26,247 (screaming) 73 00:06:29,216 --> 00:06:31,286 It's started, hasn't it? 74 00:06:33,216 --> 00:06:38,165 The Hellmouth has begun its semi-annual percolation. Usually it blows around May. 75 00:06:38,256 --> 00:06:40,008 Was it like this before? 76 00:06:40,096 --> 00:06:43,532 It just seems as if things are getting bad faster than we thought. 77 00:06:43,616 --> 00:06:47,734 - We're a little ahead of schedule. - I can't say I'm too surprised. 78 00:06:47,816 --> 00:06:51,365 I knew I signed on for something, but, Buffy, I'm just a guy. 79 00:06:51,456 --> 00:06:54,971 Granted, a cool and sexy vampire-fighting guy, but still. 80 00:06:55,056 --> 00:06:58,844 - Don't forget "snappy dresser". - Mm. Thank you. 81 00:06:58,936 --> 00:07:02,292 - But this is gonna get bigger than me. - Yeah, it is. 82 00:07:02,856 --> 00:07:05,734 That's why I've decided to give you this. 83 00:07:10,016 --> 00:07:12,371 - What is it? - An emergency kit. 84 00:07:13,336 --> 00:07:16,328 This bag belonged to my mother. 85 00:07:17,856 --> 00:07:21,690 - A slayer keepsake. I couldn't. - Well, you have to. 86 00:07:21,776 --> 00:07:25,655 Technically, it should have been passed down to you through the years. 87 00:07:25,736 --> 00:07:30,526 After my mother died, I guess I just couldn't part with it. 88 00:07:31,456 --> 00:07:32,571 Wow. 89 00:07:32,656 --> 00:07:36,854 I don't know what's inside, but it has something to do with her power. 90 00:07:36,936 --> 00:07:41,373 - Well, your power now. - I don't know what to say. 91 00:07:41,456 --> 00:07:43,447 Try "Thank you, Principal Wood." 92 00:07:43,536 --> 00:07:47,575 - Thank you, Principal Wood. - Ah, call me Robin. 93 00:07:47,656 --> 00:07:50,728 And now I'd like to see where you work. 94 00:07:52,416 --> 00:07:56,568 Here, actually. This is my desk, and... 95 00:07:56,656 --> 00:07:59,216 - these are my pencils. - No. 96 00:07:59,296 --> 00:08:02,129 Where you do your other work. 97 00:08:03,136 --> 00:08:07,368 So, all the potential slayers - who keep popping up from every corner of the earth - 98 00:08:07,456 --> 00:08:09,253 were getting killed. 99 00:08:09,336 --> 00:08:11,406 - By the First. - Agents of. 100 00:08:11,496 --> 00:08:15,284 We thought the Council could protect them, but no one protected the Council. 101 00:08:15,376 --> 00:08:19,255 All their watchers were killed. They've all been coming here since. 102 00:08:19,336 --> 00:08:21,975 Nothing like the end of the world to bring us together. 103 00:08:22,056 --> 00:08:23,569 It's heart-warming. 104 00:08:23,656 --> 00:08:27,046 Anyway, this is... it. Command Central. 105 00:08:29,216 --> 00:08:32,891 Where the hell have you been? This funnel cake is kicking my ass. 106 00:08:32,976 --> 00:08:35,126 Yeah, I hear they're tricky. 107 00:08:35,216 --> 00:08:37,491 Robin Wood, this is Andrew. 108 00:08:37,576 --> 00:08:39,806 It's a pleasure. 109 00:08:39,896 --> 00:08:41,887 Andrew is our... 110 00:08:41,976 --> 00:08:44,012 Actually, he's our hostage. 111 00:08:44,096 --> 00:08:48,055 I like to think of myself more as a "guestage." 112 00:08:48,136 --> 00:08:51,014 So, you hold him here against his will? 113 00:08:51,096 --> 00:08:55,408 Well, he was evil, and people got killed, and now he... bakes. 114 00:08:55,496 --> 00:08:56,929 - It's a thing. - Oh. 115 00:08:57,016 --> 00:09:00,850 Could we try to just keep our secret headquarters a little bit secret? 116 00:09:00,936 --> 00:09:03,496 Keep bringing people in, they'll see everything. 117 00:09:03,576 --> 00:09:05,885 They'll see the big board. 118 00:09:06,536 --> 00:09:09,096 Andrew, we don't have a big board. 119 00:09:12,176 --> 00:09:15,373 - I made it myself. - I wouldn't have guessed. 120 00:09:15,456 --> 00:09:22,168 This is us. And this represents the First in various incarnations. 121 00:09:22,256 --> 00:09:29,048 And there's no pattern to the naked eye yet, but the instant one emerges, I'm on it. 122 00:09:36,456 --> 00:09:38,048 Where do we put our receipts? 123 00:09:40,936 --> 00:09:45,088 You'll have to forgive Andrew. Or not. Your call. 124 00:09:45,176 --> 00:09:48,930 We do have a lot more working for us than just the "big board". 125 00:09:49,016 --> 00:09:51,405 So I see. 126 00:09:51,496 --> 00:09:53,373 Huh! 127 00:09:53,456 --> 00:09:55,765 Punch block combo! 128 00:09:55,856 --> 00:09:58,654 - Huh! - Cross block kick! 129 00:09:59,856 --> 00:10:02,051 - Huh! - Chamber your energy. 130 00:10:03,616 --> 00:10:05,846 Punch block combo! 131 00:10:05,936 --> 00:10:07,927 - Huh! - Hold it! 132 00:10:09,056 --> 00:10:12,128 What do you call that, potential? In the field, you are dead. 133 00:10:12,216 --> 00:10:14,810 - Drop and give me 20. - 20 what? 134 00:10:14,896 --> 00:10:16,887 Push-ups, maggot! 135 00:10:24,976 --> 00:10:29,174 I love this job! Did you see that? I called that girl a maggot. 136 00:10:29,256 --> 00:10:33,568 - Hi. Who the hell are you? - An ally. 137 00:10:33,656 --> 00:10:37,535 So, what do you think? My girls ready to kick some ass, or what? 138 00:10:37,616 --> 00:10:40,369 - Looking strong. - But...? 139 00:10:40,456 --> 00:10:45,132 I'm just not sure the First has an ass you can actually, you know, kick. 140 00:10:45,216 --> 00:10:48,811 - Guess we'll see. - Principal Wood, hi! 141 00:10:49,336 --> 00:10:52,169 It's so weird seeing you outside of school. 142 00:10:52,256 --> 00:10:55,692 What are you waving at, potential? 143 00:10:55,776 --> 00:10:57,573 - Attention! - Huh! 144 00:10:57,656 --> 00:10:59,567 - You're right. - Rising sun! 145 00:10:59,656 --> 00:11:03,126 - It's not enough. - That's not what I said, Buffy. 146 00:11:03,216 --> 00:11:07,414 - It's an impressive group of recruits. - They're not recruits. 147 00:11:07,496 --> 00:11:10,568 Recruits are... recruited. 148 00:11:10,656 --> 00:11:12,408 These girls were chosen. 149 00:11:12,496 --> 00:11:14,930 You're doing the best you can with what you've got. 150 00:11:15,016 --> 00:11:16,927 They're not all gonna make it. 151 00:11:17,016 --> 00:11:20,691 Some will die, and nothing I can do will stop that. 152 00:11:21,696 --> 00:11:24,051 Oh, hi. Hey. 153 00:11:24,136 --> 00:11:27,651 Well, Buffy, I see that our preparation 154 00:11:27,736 --> 00:11:34,050 for the school pep dance cheer drill contest are coming along. 155 00:11:35,056 --> 00:11:38,526 - Bring it on! - It's OK, I filled him in on everything. 156 00:11:38,616 --> 00:11:44,088 Oh, thank God! If I had to explain all these weapons, I had nothing. 157 00:11:45,456 --> 00:11:50,325 Buffy tells me you've been - Oh, how shall I put it? - experimenting. 158 00:11:50,936 --> 00:11:54,292 - With the magics? - Oh! Yeah. 159 00:11:54,376 --> 00:11:58,255 Nothing too heavy, though. Just the lighter, safer stuff. 160 00:11:58,336 --> 00:12:01,373 If Kennedy asks, her pointy stuff's right there. 161 00:12:01,456 --> 00:12:05,165 See you inside. So much cooler than Snyder. 162 00:12:11,216 --> 00:12:15,528 - Did she really almost destroy the world? - Yep. 163 00:12:15,616 --> 00:12:18,892 - Remind me not to make her crabby. - Might be better if you did. 164 00:12:18,976 --> 00:12:20,807 How's that work? 165 00:12:20,896 --> 00:12:23,854 Oh, I don't know. It's just... 166 00:12:24,856 --> 00:12:28,246 The First is coming, and then look at us: the army. 167 00:12:28,336 --> 00:12:31,885 We've got a bunch of fighters with nothing to hit, a wicca who won't-a, 168 00:12:31,976 --> 00:12:35,048 and the brains of our operation wears oven mitts. 169 00:12:35,136 --> 00:12:38,811 Well, you're redefining the job, Buffy, and that takes guts. 170 00:12:38,896 --> 00:12:41,888 This isn't your full arsenal anyway. 171 00:12:41,976 --> 00:12:44,012 Show me the vampire. 172 00:12:44,336 --> 00:12:46,930 - But you just let him go. - After saving your life. 173 00:12:47,016 --> 00:12:51,328 For now. That was one of D'Hoffryn's killers. He won't stop coming till he kills me. 174 00:12:51,416 --> 00:12:54,488 Yet here you are, walking, talking, annoying. 175 00:12:54,576 --> 00:12:58,205 You fought like a wimpire, with the lifting and running. Why not kill him? 176 00:12:58,296 --> 00:13:00,685 Anya, think. 177 00:13:00,776 --> 00:13:06,726 I fight, demon boy gets lucky, I get knocked out, you get killed. True? 178 00:13:06,816 --> 00:13:13,733 We both know the best way of saving your life was to keep you with me, away from danger. 179 00:13:13,816 --> 00:13:17,729 No need to thank me. I'm just the one who beat him off. 180 00:13:19,456 --> 00:13:22,971 "Repelled him" would perhaps be the better phrase. 181 00:13:23,056 --> 00:13:25,251 - Demon. - Figured. 182 00:13:25,336 --> 00:13:29,295 - I hope we're not intruding. - Not a bit. 183 00:13:29,376 --> 00:13:32,129 What brings our good principal to this neck of the gloom? 184 00:13:32,216 --> 00:13:34,684 I'm showing him our operation. 185 00:13:34,776 --> 00:13:36,414 Us. 186 00:13:37,416 --> 00:13:40,533 Fine by me. Big fight against evil coming up. 187 00:13:40,616 --> 00:13:42,766 The more good guys, the longer we all live. 188 00:13:42,856 --> 00:13:45,768 Is that what you are? A good guy? 189 00:13:45,856 --> 00:13:47,972 I haven't heard any complaints. 190 00:13:48,056 --> 00:13:52,493 Well, I've heard a few, but then I killed whoever spoke up, and that was that. 191 00:13:52,576 --> 00:13:55,374 - He's joking. - No, he's not. 192 00:13:55,456 --> 00:13:57,447 No, I'm not. 193 00:13:57,536 --> 00:14:00,573 But... that's the old me I'm talking about. 194 00:14:01,296 --> 00:14:05,574 - Why don't you tell me about that? - Not much to tell. I've changed. 195 00:14:05,656 --> 00:14:09,331 Oh, now that you have a soul. 196 00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:15,085 Yeah. That was a big deal. Very... private. 197 00:14:15,176 --> 00:14:17,326 What, are you just telling everyone now? 198 00:14:17,416 --> 00:14:21,409 Oh, come on, Spike. Don't blame Buffy. I asked. 199 00:14:22,336 --> 00:14:24,327 Right, the educator. 200 00:14:28,576 --> 00:14:33,286 Yeah, I went to great lengths. Lots of trouble, and now I'm unique. 201 00:14:33,376 --> 00:14:37,688 Well, more or less. Got myself a soul, whatever that means. 202 00:14:37,776 --> 00:14:40,893 - And how's that working out for you? - In progress. 203 00:14:40,976 --> 00:14:43,092 Well, you've had some time. 204 00:14:43,176 --> 00:14:45,815 - You've been in Sunnydale, what...? - Years. 205 00:14:45,896 --> 00:14:47,090 - How many? - A few. 206 00:14:47,176 --> 00:14:49,212 - Before that? - Around. 207 00:14:54,056 --> 00:14:59,574 - I think we'd better get back upstairs. - Right. Give him the full tour. 208 00:14:59,656 --> 00:15:03,854 You don't want to miss a look at her weapons' chest. 209 00:15:07,816 --> 00:15:10,614 I looked inside that emergency bag of Principal Wood's. 210 00:15:10,696 --> 00:15:12,732 - And? - Smelled weird. 211 00:15:12,816 --> 00:15:15,011 Kinda like Grandma's closet, but worse. 212 00:15:15,096 --> 00:15:18,133 I didn't know that was possible. Anything we could use? 213 00:15:18,216 --> 00:15:22,334 Trinkets, weapons, one very large textbook. 214 00:15:22,416 --> 00:15:24,725 Translation's gonna be a bitch, but... 215 00:15:24,816 --> 00:15:27,489 Do you know ancient Sumerians did not speak English? 216 00:15:27,576 --> 00:15:31,364 They're worse than the French. Anything else? 217 00:15:31,456 --> 00:15:34,892 Yeah. A box. A big, fat, unopenable box. 218 00:15:34,976 --> 00:15:38,685 I bet the big deal about this emergency bag is in the box. 219 00:15:38,776 --> 00:15:42,086 Good. Keep on it. Don't you have any real homework? 220 00:15:42,176 --> 00:15:43,768 - You mean schoolwork? - Yes. 221 00:15:43,856 --> 00:15:46,131 I've got a system. It's called flunking out. 222 00:15:46,216 --> 00:15:48,366 Just kidding. I'm paying someone to do it. 223 00:15:48,456 --> 00:15:52,051 I'm kidding. I love to see your eyeballs change colour when you think... 224 00:16:04,296 --> 00:16:06,526 What happened? We heard... 225 00:16:07,576 --> 00:16:11,091 Dawn, get a knife. I'm cutting her down. 226 00:16:11,176 --> 00:16:14,532 Good thinking. But, on the other hand, why rush? 227 00:16:14,616 --> 00:16:18,655 Up or down, I'll still be dead. 228 00:16:18,736 --> 00:16:22,092 - You're not Chloe. - Neither is she any more. 229 00:16:22,176 --> 00:16:24,565 Now she's just Chloe's body. 230 00:16:24,656 --> 00:16:28,934 - What did you do to her? - Nothing! We just talked all night. 231 00:16:29,016 --> 00:16:36,172 Well, I did most of the talking, but Chloe is... I'm sorry, was a good listener. 232 00:16:36,256 --> 00:16:39,328 Till she hanged herself. Like when you called her a maggot. 233 00:16:39,416 --> 00:16:43,125 - She really heard that. - Don't listen to it, any of you. 234 00:16:43,216 --> 00:16:45,366 - It's the First. - Oh, let 'em. 235 00:16:45,456 --> 00:16:49,369 Chloe offed herself because she knew what you're not getting. 236 00:16:49,456 --> 00:16:52,926 I'm coming. You're going. 237 00:16:54,016 --> 00:16:57,372 All this? It's almost over. 238 00:16:57,456 --> 00:17:00,254 - We'll be here. - All of you? 239 00:17:00,336 --> 00:17:04,011 But wait. I thought... (Buffy's voice) "They're not all gonna make it." 240 00:17:04,096 --> 00:17:07,930 "Some will die, and there's nothing I can do that will stop it." 241 00:17:08,016 --> 00:17:12,612 (Chloë's voice) Hey, I didn't say it. But I'll be seeing all of you. 242 00:17:12,696 --> 00:17:17,167 One by one. TTFN. 243 00:17:20,616 --> 00:17:24,495 - What's "TTFN"? - It's "ta-ta for now." 244 00:17:25,176 --> 00:17:30,534 - It's what Tigger says when he leaves. - Chloe loved Winnie the Pooh. 245 00:17:36,336 --> 00:17:38,566 Dawn, where's that knife? 246 00:18:19,456 --> 00:18:21,811 Is everyone here? 247 00:18:22,856 --> 00:18:24,494 All accounted for. 248 00:18:25,936 --> 00:18:30,009 Anyone want to say a few words about Chloe? 249 00:18:30,696 --> 00:18:32,812 Let me. 250 00:18:32,896 --> 00:18:35,649 Chloe was an idiot. 251 00:18:35,736 --> 00:18:38,170 Chloe was stupid. 252 00:18:38,256 --> 00:18:42,852 She was weak. And anyone in a rush to be the next dead body I bury, it's easy. 253 00:18:42,936 --> 00:18:46,451 Just think of Chloe, and do what she did. 254 00:18:46,536 --> 00:18:50,290 And I'll find room for you next to her and Annabelle. 255 00:18:50,976 --> 00:18:53,695 I'm the Slayer. The one with the power. 256 00:18:54,536 --> 00:18:59,007 And the First has me using that power to dig our graves. 257 00:19:00,056 --> 00:19:04,607 I've been carrying you - all of you - too far, too long. 258 00:19:04,696 --> 00:19:07,415 - Ride's over. - You're out of line! 259 00:19:07,496 --> 00:19:11,648 - No, she's not. - You're gonna let her talk to you like that? 260 00:19:11,736 --> 00:19:15,445 Willow, she's not even the most powerful one in this room. 261 00:19:15,536 --> 00:19:18,414 With you here, she's not close. 262 00:19:18,496 --> 00:19:23,968 You're new here, and you're wrong. Because I use the power that I have. 263 00:19:24,056 --> 00:19:26,251 The rest of you are just waiting for me. 264 00:19:26,336 --> 00:19:29,453 Well, yeah, but only because you kinda told us to. 265 00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:31,492 You're our leader, as in "follow the". 266 00:19:31,576 --> 00:19:34,215 From now on I'm your leader, as in "do what I say". 267 00:19:34,496 --> 00:19:38,728 Jawohl! But let's not try to forget, we're also your friends. 268 00:19:39,256 --> 00:19:42,885 - I'm not. - Then why are you here? 269 00:19:42,976 --> 00:19:47,766 Aside from getting rescued, what is it that you do? 270 00:19:47,856 --> 00:19:51,326 I provide much-needed... sarcasm. 271 00:19:52,296 --> 00:19:55,129 That would kinda be my job, actually. 272 00:19:55,216 --> 00:19:59,448 - You're here because you're scared. - Same goes for everyone in this room. 273 00:19:59,536 --> 00:20:03,051 Fine. Anya, all of you, 274 00:20:03,136 --> 00:20:06,606 be as scared as you'd like, just be useful while you're at it. 275 00:20:06,696 --> 00:20:10,450 Come on, Buffy. You know everyone here's doing everything they can. 276 00:20:10,536 --> 00:20:12,686 And the First isn't impressed. 277 00:20:12,776 --> 00:20:17,008 It already knows us. It knows what we can do, and it's laughing. 278 00:20:17,096 --> 00:20:19,769 You wanna surprise the enemy? Surprise yourselves. 279 00:20:19,856 --> 00:20:24,088 Force yourself to do what can't be done, or else we are not an army. 280 00:20:24,176 --> 00:20:29,569 We're just a bunch of girls waiting to be picked off and buried. 281 00:20:32,016 --> 00:20:37,488 - Where are you going? - Out. Since I'm neither a girl, nor waiting. 282 00:20:37,576 --> 00:20:40,613 All this speechifying doesn't really apply to me, does it? 283 00:20:40,696 --> 00:20:42,846 Fine. Take a cellphone. 284 00:20:42,936 --> 00:20:48,727 That way, if I need someone to get weepy or wailed on, I can call you. 285 00:20:48,816 --> 00:20:51,728 - If you've got something to say... - Just said it. 286 00:20:51,816 --> 00:20:54,330 You keep holding back, you might as well walk. 287 00:20:54,416 --> 00:20:58,011 Holding back? You're blind. 288 00:20:58,096 --> 00:21:00,849 I've been here, right in it. Fighting, scrapping. 289 00:21:00,936 --> 00:21:02,972 Since you got your soul back? 290 00:21:03,056 --> 00:21:07,288 As a matter of fact, I haven't been quite relishing the kill the way I used to. 291 00:21:07,376 --> 00:21:11,449 - You were a better fighter then. - I did this for you! 292 00:21:11,536 --> 00:21:13,686 The soul, the changes. It's what you wanted. 293 00:21:13,776 --> 00:21:18,531 What I want is the Spike that's dangerous. The Spike that tried to kill me when we met. 294 00:21:18,616 --> 00:21:21,972 Oh, you don't know how close you are to bringing him out. 295 00:21:22,056 --> 00:21:24,968 I'm nowhere near him. 296 00:21:25,976 --> 00:21:29,969 Dawn, get the potentials upstairs and break out that emergency kit. 297 00:21:30,056 --> 00:21:35,050 - What are you gonna do? - I'm declaring an emergency. 298 00:21:37,256 --> 00:21:40,089 - We thought you'd want to be here. - You thought right. 299 00:21:40,176 --> 00:21:42,292 The emergency bag has some neat stuff in it. 300 00:21:42,376 --> 00:21:45,209 Weapons, charms, advanced reading assignments. 301 00:21:45,296 --> 00:21:48,254 Yeah, cool stuff, but we've seen it all before. 302 00:21:48,336 --> 00:21:50,213 Not this. What's inside it? 303 00:21:50,296 --> 00:21:52,491 I don't know. It hasn't been opened since... 304 00:21:52,576 --> 00:21:54,055 Well, since now. 305 00:21:57,176 --> 00:21:59,406 Puppets. 306 00:21:59,496 --> 00:22:02,215 That's it. The First hates puppets. 307 00:22:02,296 --> 00:22:06,972 Now if we can just airlift Kermit and Miss Piggy into town, the First'll be a-running. 308 00:22:07,056 --> 00:22:10,207 - Those are Muppets. - And these things are shadow-casters. 309 00:22:10,296 --> 00:22:14,175 You put them in motion, and they tell you a story. 310 00:22:14,256 --> 00:22:17,771 It says you can't just watch, you have to see. 311 00:22:17,856 --> 00:22:21,166 - What the hell does that mean? - It's cryptic. I don't like it. 312 00:22:21,256 --> 00:22:25,727 Every time instructions get cryptic, someone gets hurt - usually me. 313 00:22:25,816 --> 00:22:28,967 "You can't just watch, you have to see?" See what? 314 00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:33,572 That's where all my fancy translating skills break down, but I think it's an origin myth. 315 00:22:33,656 --> 00:22:37,615 - The story of the very first slayer. - I saw her. 316 00:22:37,696 --> 00:22:39,607 You saw the First Slayer? 317 00:22:39,696 --> 00:22:43,530 The other night, in my dream. It's gotta mean something, right? 318 00:22:48,856 --> 00:22:51,928 OK. According to this, I think, 319 00:22:53,336 --> 00:22:55,645 you put on those puppet guys one by one. 320 00:22:55,736 --> 00:22:59,445 They cast shadows and the shadows tell the story. 321 00:22:59,536 --> 00:23:02,334 "First, there is the earth." 322 00:23:07,336 --> 00:23:10,089 - (# tribal drumbeat) - What's that sound? 323 00:23:11,096 --> 00:23:15,328 - OK. So far, so creepy. - Hm. OK. 324 00:23:15,416 --> 00:23:18,567 "Then there came the demons." 325 00:23:20,816 --> 00:23:24,889 - "After demons, there came men." - (growling) 326 00:23:25,896 --> 00:23:29,809 - "Men found a girl." - (screaming) 327 00:23:29,896 --> 00:23:35,846 "The men took the girl to fight the demon - all demons." 328 00:23:35,936 --> 00:23:39,292 "They chained her to the earth." 329 00:23:41,016 --> 00:23:43,814 "And then..." 330 00:23:47,336 --> 00:23:49,531 I can't read this. 331 00:23:49,616 --> 00:23:52,733 - Something about darkness. - What about darkness? 332 00:23:52,816 --> 00:23:56,570 It says you cannot be shown. "You cannot just watch, but you must see." 333 00:23:56,656 --> 00:23:59,454 "See for yourself, but only if you'll make the exchange." 334 00:23:59,536 --> 00:24:01,492 When did you get so good at Sumerian? 335 00:24:01,576 --> 00:24:04,454 It's not in Sumerian any more. 336 00:24:05,416 --> 00:24:07,407 (noises intensify) 337 00:24:24,816 --> 00:24:26,534 But what does it mean? 338 00:24:30,616 --> 00:24:33,574 - It means I have to go in there. - No, it doesn't! 339 00:24:33,656 --> 00:24:35,487 Where does it say that? It doesn't! 340 00:24:35,576 --> 00:24:37,692 You don't know what you're exchanging. 341 00:24:37,776 --> 00:24:40,893 - You don't even know if you're ready yet. - That's the point. 342 00:24:40,976 --> 00:24:43,968 We don't know where you're going or how we'll get you back. 343 00:24:44,056 --> 00:24:46,775 - Buffy, you can't! - How will we get you back? 344 00:24:46,856 --> 00:24:48,847 Find a way. 345 00:24:51,016 --> 00:24:53,007 - She's gone. - Huh! 346 00:24:53,096 --> 00:24:56,168 What was that about an exchange? 347 00:24:59,656 --> 00:25:01,772 This must be the exchange student. 348 00:25:09,816 --> 00:25:12,455 Willow! Use your magic. Send him back! 349 00:25:12,536 --> 00:25:14,572 Um... trying. 350 00:25:14,656 --> 00:25:16,453 Redi! 351 00:25:22,336 --> 00:25:23,735 Weapon! 352 00:25:34,336 --> 00:25:37,806 Get out of here, all of you. Unless you wanna end up dead and useless. 353 00:25:37,896 --> 00:25:40,046 What are you gonna do? 354 00:25:40,136 --> 00:25:42,047 What I do best. 355 00:25:59,216 --> 00:26:02,094 - Are you injured? - Just hurt. 356 00:26:02,176 --> 00:26:04,929 Don't make a case out of it. 357 00:26:05,656 --> 00:26:08,250 - How about you? - I think we'll live. 358 00:26:08,336 --> 00:26:09,564 Except maybe Spike. 359 00:26:09,656 --> 00:26:12,489 Is getting thrown through the ceiling what he does best? 360 00:26:12,576 --> 00:26:15,727 - I'll go check on him. - We've got bigger problems than that. 361 00:26:15,816 --> 00:26:19,650 - Yeah. Demon loose, no slayer. - We need Buffy. 362 00:26:19,736 --> 00:26:23,092 You gotta get her back. Looks like it's spell o'clock. 363 00:26:23,176 --> 00:26:26,009 Which spell? I mean, didn't you see that thing? 364 00:26:26,096 --> 00:26:29,771 You expect to reopen the portal without sending Willow off the deep end? 365 00:26:29,856 --> 00:26:31,972 - Thanks for your support. - It's true. 366 00:26:32,056 --> 00:26:37,255 - We're going to have to find another way. - There isn't, and Buffy knew it. 367 00:26:37,336 --> 00:26:40,772 - I've gotta get her back. - We don't even know where she went. 368 00:26:57,856 --> 00:27:00,051 Well, guess that worked. 369 00:27:12,616 --> 00:27:14,095 (Xander) What's the book say? 370 00:27:14,176 --> 00:27:17,885 Not much. Once Buffy left, it got a little tougher to read. 371 00:27:17,976 --> 00:27:19,967 - Oh. - It's OK. 372 00:27:20,056 --> 00:27:22,047 We'll start with what we know. 373 00:27:22,136 --> 00:27:24,331 Great, so far we know Jack about squat. 374 00:27:24,416 --> 00:27:28,455 - You've got the magic, use it. - I don't even know what magic to use. 375 00:27:28,536 --> 00:27:32,893 Why not just try all 32 flavours? Worst thing that happens is you go brunette. 376 00:27:32,976 --> 00:27:35,410 That's not the worst thing that can happen. 377 00:27:35,496 --> 00:27:38,056 She's right. And you know we have a choice. 378 00:27:38,136 --> 00:27:43,051 We can risk Willow's life and the rest of ours to get Buffy back, or we leave her out there. 379 00:27:43,136 --> 00:27:46,094 If we play it safe back here, Buffy could stay lost. 380 00:27:46,176 --> 00:27:50,374 You missed her "everyone sucks but me" speech. Let her find her own way back. 381 00:27:50,456 --> 00:27:52,253 The First is already up and running. 382 00:27:52,336 --> 00:27:57,012 Every second Buffy's not here is a chance for it to show up and rip us to pieces. 383 00:27:57,096 --> 00:28:00,975 - Willow, how would you get Buffy back? - I don't even know. 384 00:28:01,056 --> 00:28:04,366 But if another witch was to do it, where would she start? 385 00:28:04,456 --> 00:28:08,529 - Physics, principles, basic laws. - Such as? 386 00:28:08,616 --> 00:28:14,054 Conservation of energies. You can't really create or destroy anything, just transfer. 387 00:28:14,136 --> 00:28:16,366 - I'm sorry, are you helping? - No. 388 00:28:16,456 --> 00:28:18,651 But I'm not going in the wrong direction. 389 00:28:18,736 --> 00:28:21,170 - Magic works off physics. - Not without a catalyst. 390 00:28:21,256 --> 00:28:24,054 To transfer energies, you need a conduit. 391 00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:28,049 - Like a kraken's tooth. - Yeah, skin of Draconis, 392 00:28:28,136 --> 00:28:31,890 - ground up Baltic stones, something. - OK. Good. 393 00:28:31,976 --> 00:28:35,252 Plus an exchange, like you said. I'm thinking a slayer for a demon. 394 00:28:35,336 --> 00:28:40,490 Right. If we want Buffy back, we have to find that demon and send it through. 395 00:28:40,576 --> 00:28:44,489 - It matter if it's dead or alive? - (Spike) I vote dead. 396 00:28:46,216 --> 00:28:49,413 The Slayer's counting on you, Willow. Get cracking on that portal. 397 00:28:49,496 --> 00:28:53,205 And don't be stingy with the mojo. The demon's mine. 398 00:28:53,296 --> 00:28:58,211 Hate to say it, "Big Bad", but you look like you can barely stand. We're trained. 399 00:28:58,296 --> 00:29:02,574 And the only thing we know for sure about this demon is it kicked your ass. 400 00:29:02,656 --> 00:29:04,647 It did, at that. 401 00:29:05,536 --> 00:29:08,004 Where are you going? 402 00:29:08,096 --> 00:29:10,087 Something I need. 403 00:29:17,376 --> 00:29:19,094 Hello? 404 00:29:19,816 --> 00:29:22,125 I'm Buffy, I'm the Slayer. 405 00:29:33,136 --> 00:29:36,014 Good. That's good then. Um... 406 00:29:36,096 --> 00:29:41,250 We have bigger issues to deal with, but how'd I understand anything you guys just said? 407 00:29:41,336 --> 00:29:44,851 I know. Ancient magics. I just thought it was neat. 408 00:29:50,616 --> 00:29:53,688 The neat of it just left. End of what? 409 00:29:57,776 --> 00:30:00,927 Latest. You mean latest guardian. 410 00:30:01,936 --> 00:30:07,329 OK, I have a First to fight, OK? So just tell me what I need to know. 411 00:30:07,416 --> 00:30:08,735 I came to learn. 412 00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:15,245 You know what I think? I'm not really here. 413 00:30:15,336 --> 00:30:18,169 None of this is actually happening. This is like a play. 414 00:30:18,256 --> 00:30:23,967 Like some shadow play. Some non-reality re-enactment hologramy... 415 00:30:26,776 --> 00:30:28,448 This is gonna help us how? 416 00:30:28,536 --> 00:30:31,369 The sand forms a circle, the circle acts as a barrier, 417 00:30:31,456 --> 00:30:34,732 and the barrier contains the portal. 418 00:30:34,816 --> 00:30:38,206 Now what? We hold hands and chant "Kumbaya" or something? 419 00:30:38,296 --> 00:30:44,974 Maybe. Till we get the magics up and running, I'm working on my best guess here. 420 00:30:45,056 --> 00:30:46,933 - Maybe we should wait. - For what? 421 00:30:47,016 --> 00:30:48,893 Spike. See if he can get that demon. 422 00:30:48,976 --> 00:30:55,131 No, I don't think we should wait right now. Opening a portal this size could take days. 423 00:30:55,216 --> 00:30:57,207 Better get started. 424 00:30:57,976 --> 00:31:00,774 I think I might pee my pants. 425 00:31:00,856 --> 00:31:03,575 You can do it. The magics, not the pants thing. 426 00:31:03,656 --> 00:31:05,567 OK. 427 00:31:12,696 --> 00:31:19,329 Via temporis, iam clamo ad te, via spatii te jubeo aperire. 428 00:31:22,856 --> 00:31:24,653 Aperi! 429 00:31:26,816 --> 00:31:29,330 Put on some coffee. This could take awhile. 430 00:31:30,936 --> 00:31:32,415 (screams) 431 00:31:39,016 --> 00:31:41,007 What is this? 432 00:31:57,296 --> 00:31:59,412 I thought I brought me here. 433 00:31:59,496 --> 00:32:04,286 Listen, you guys. I'm already the Slayer, bursting with power. Really don't need more. 434 00:32:08,696 --> 00:32:10,846 (drumming) 435 00:32:43,576 --> 00:32:45,373 This is how you...? 436 00:33:09,096 --> 00:33:10,324 No! 437 00:33:13,216 --> 00:33:15,013 By making me less human? 438 00:33:32,776 --> 00:33:34,767 (screams) 439 00:33:52,336 --> 00:33:53,815 Make this stop! 440 00:33:56,016 --> 00:33:57,688 No, this isn't the way. 441 00:34:18,256 --> 00:34:19,894 - Where you going? - Got a job. 442 00:34:19,976 --> 00:34:23,446 - Nice coat. Where'd you get it? - New York. 443 00:34:28,096 --> 00:34:33,409 Via, concursus, tempus, spatium, audi me ut imperio. 444 00:34:33,496 --> 00:34:38,331 Screw it! Mighty forces, I suck at Latin, OK? But that's not the issue. 445 00:34:38,416 --> 00:34:41,965 I'm the one in charge, and I'm telling you open up, portal, now! 446 00:34:42,056 --> 00:34:44,365 - It's not happening. - She's getting it. 447 00:34:44,456 --> 00:34:47,209 Or something's getting her. Back up a little. 448 00:34:47,296 --> 00:34:49,287 No! 449 00:35:00,696 --> 00:35:03,688 Oh, come on now, nancy. Call yourself a demon? 450 00:35:03,776 --> 00:35:06,085 I thought you were up for a proper fight. 451 00:35:08,856 --> 00:35:10,733 Now we're talking. 452 00:35:39,136 --> 00:35:40,535 Yeah! 453 00:35:40,616 --> 00:35:44,086 You think I came all this way to get knocked up by some demon dust? 454 00:35:44,176 --> 00:35:45,973 I can't fight this. 455 00:35:46,056 --> 00:35:47,774 I know that now. 456 00:35:47,856 --> 00:35:50,290 But you guys? You're just men. 457 00:35:51,296 --> 00:35:54,413 Just the men who did this... to her. 458 00:35:54,496 --> 00:35:56,646 Whoever she was before the First Slayer. 459 00:35:57,816 --> 00:36:00,774 No, you don't understand! You violated that girl. 460 00:36:00,856 --> 00:36:03,324 Made her kill for you because you're weak, pathetic, 461 00:36:03,416 --> 00:36:06,772 and you obviously have nothing to show me. 462 00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:37,933 I don't know your feelings, big guy, but to me, a tussle like that... 463 00:36:45,696 --> 00:36:47,687 is good for the soul. 464 00:36:56,776 --> 00:36:58,494 I knew it. It's always the staff. 465 00:37:00,096 --> 00:37:02,132 Tell me something I don't know. 466 00:37:56,696 --> 00:37:58,493 Hey. 467 00:37:59,976 --> 00:38:01,409 You OK? 468 00:38:01,496 --> 00:38:05,808 - You've been kinda quiet since... - You sucked the life out of me? 469 00:38:05,896 --> 00:38:08,490 Yeah, since then. 470 00:38:08,576 --> 00:38:13,604 Look, it's important that you know... what I am, 471 00:38:13,696 --> 00:38:18,133 what I'm like when I'm... like that. 472 00:38:18,856 --> 00:38:24,533 I thought it would be, I don't know, cool somehow. It just hurt. 473 00:38:25,456 --> 00:38:27,606 Yeah, I'm really sorry. 474 00:38:27,696 --> 00:38:32,486 It's just... you were the most powerful person nearby, and... 475 00:38:32,576 --> 00:38:34,885 well, that's how it works. 476 00:38:35,976 --> 00:38:38,809 That's... how I work. 477 00:38:40,176 --> 00:38:43,964 I got that. You told me. 478 00:38:49,656 --> 00:38:51,931 I'll see you in the morning. 479 00:39:05,496 --> 00:39:07,771 How you doing? 480 00:39:08,776 --> 00:39:11,813 Thanks for bringing me back. Again. 481 00:39:11,896 --> 00:39:13,887 That's what I do. 482 00:39:15,896 --> 00:39:18,490 I was hard on you guys today. 483 00:39:18,576 --> 00:39:20,692 Oh, it's all right. You needed to be. 484 00:39:20,776 --> 00:39:26,931 Although Twinkies and Kisses? Also peachy motivational tools. 485 00:39:27,576 --> 00:39:29,851 You OK? 486 00:39:29,936 --> 00:39:32,086 I think I made a mistake. 487 00:39:32,176 --> 00:39:33,973 What? 488 00:39:34,776 --> 00:39:38,769 Those men that I met. You know, the shadow men? 489 00:39:39,496 --> 00:39:44,286 They offered me more power, but I didn't like the loophole. 490 00:39:44,896 --> 00:39:47,808 So you turned it down? 491 00:39:47,896 --> 00:39:51,730 It's OK, Buffy. We'll get by. We always do. 492 00:39:53,336 --> 00:39:55,327 I don't know. 493 00:39:56,656 --> 00:40:00,285 - They showed me... - Showed you what? 494 00:40:01,496 --> 00:40:05,569 That the First Slayer was right. It isn't enough. 495 00:40:05,656 --> 00:40:08,932 Why, Buffy? What did you see? 496 00:40:11,096 --> 00:40:13,087 What did they show you? 497 00:40:47,336 --> 00:40:49,406 Visiontext Subtitles: David Van-Cauter 498 00:40:53,656 --> 00:40:55,533 Urgh! Argh! 499 00:40:56,416 --> 00:40:58,407 ENGLISH SDH