1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:20,417 GOT YA. 2 00:00:20,417 --> 00:00:21,917 RIGHT IN THE HEART. 3 00:00:21,917 --> 00:00:23,750 SATISFIED? 4 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:25,917 I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE WORD. 5 00:00:25,917 --> 00:00:28,625 OK. I DIDN'T MEAN SATISFIED LIKE-- 6 00:00:30,875 --> 00:00:34,625 NO, I--I WASN'T TRYING TO-- 7 00:00:34,625 --> 00:00:36,625 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING SATISFACTION IN THE PERSONAL SENSE. 8 00:00:36,625 --> 00:00:41,041 OF COURSE. 9 00:00:41,041 --> 00:00:42,834 I SHOULD GO. GILES IS... 10 00:00:42,834 --> 00:00:45,125 IS WAITING FOR YOU. 11 00:00:45,125 --> 00:00:47,000 I KNOW. 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:47,917 THANKS. FOR THE WORKOUT. 13 00:00:47,917 --> 00:00:50,917 UM, AM I GOING TO SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND? 14 00:00:50,917 --> 00:00:53,542 YOU, UH, YOU PROBABLY HAVE PLANS. 15 00:00:53,542 --> 00:00:55,917 RIGHT, BIRTHDAY. 16 00:00:55,917 --> 00:00:57,625 UM...ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A THING. 17 00:00:57,625 --> 00:01:00,583 A THING? A DATE? 18 00:01:00,583 --> 00:01:03,625 NICE ATTEMPT AT CASUAL. 19 00:01:03,625 --> 00:01:06,625 ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A DATE. 20 00:01:06,625 --> 00:01:08,959 OLDER MAN. 21 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:10,417 VERY HANDSOME. 22 00:01:10,417 --> 00:01:12,000 HE LIKES IT WHEN I CALL HIM DADDY. 23 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,542 HUH, YOUR FATHER. 24 00:01:13,542 --> 00:01:15,959 IT IS YOUR FATHER, RIGHT? 25 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:17,500 HE'S TAKING ME TO THE ICE SHOW. 26 00:01:18,625 --> 00:01:19,917 WHICH SHOULD BE BIG FUN. 27 00:01:19,917 --> 00:01:22,000 I COULD USE A LITTLE FUN. 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,667 THIS ONE? 29 00:01:25,667 --> 00:01:28,041 AMETHYST. 30 00:01:28,041 --> 00:01:29,542 USED FOR? 31 00:01:29,542 --> 00:01:31,333 BREATH MINTS? 32 00:01:31,333 --> 00:01:33,000 CHARM BAGS, MONEY SPELLS, AND FOR CLEANSING ONE'S AURA. 33 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:38,166 OK, SO HOW DO YOU KNOW IF ONE'S AURA'S DIRTY? 34 00:01:38,166 --> 00:01:40,583 SOMEBODY COME BY WITH A FINGER AND WRITE "WASH ME" ON IT? 35 00:01:40,583 --> 00:01:43,333 BUFFY, I'M AWARE OF YOUR DISTASTE 36 00:01:43,333 --> 00:01:45,333 FOR STUDYING VIBRATORY STONES, 37 00:01:45,333 --> 00:01:46,875 BUT SINCE IT IS PART OF YOUR TRAINING, 38 00:01:46,875 --> 00:01:49,083 I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR GLIB-FREE ATTENTION. 39 00:01:49,083 --> 00:01:52,208 SORRY. IT'S JUST WITH FAITH ON ONE OF HER UNANNOUNCED WALKABOUTS, 40 00:01:52,208 --> 00:01:56,083 I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY SHOULD BE PATROLLING. 41 00:01:56,083 --> 00:01:57,834 FAITH IS NOT INTERESTED IN PROPER TRAINING, 42 00:01:57,834 --> 00:02:00,041 SO I MUST RELY ON YOU TO KEEP UP. 43 00:02:00,041 --> 00:02:01,333 I HATE BEING THE GOOD ONE. 44 00:02:01,333 --> 00:02:02,708 AND AS FOR PATROLLING, 45 00:02:02,708 --> 00:02:03,917 WELL, YOU'LL BE THERE SOON ENOUGH. 46 00:02:03,917 --> 00:02:07,000 WHY SO ANXIOUS? 47 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,583 I GUESS IT... 48 00:02:08,583 --> 00:02:09,792 I JUST HAVE SOME ENERGY TO BURN. 49 00:02:09,792 --> 00:02:14,083 WELL, IN DUE TIME, BUT FOR THE PRESENT, 50 00:02:14,083 --> 00:02:17,417 IF IT'S NOT ENTIRELY BEYOND YOUR CAPABILITIES... 51 00:02:17,417 --> 00:02:21,041 TRY TO CONCENTRATE. 52 00:02:21,041 --> 00:02:23,041 E 53 00:02:25,625 --> 00:02:27,542 [SIGHS] 54 00:02:32,959 --> 00:02:33,917 WOW, THAT WAS REALLY FUNNY-LOOKING. 55 00:02:33,917 --> 00:02:34,917 COULD YOU DO IT AGAIN? 56 00:02:34,917 --> 00:02:36,417 I'LL KILL YOU FOR THAT. 57 00:02:36,417 --> 00:02:38,250 FOR THAT? WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME FOR BEFORE? 58 00:02:42,959 --> 00:02:45,000 OK, SO HERE'S THE DEAL... 59 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:55,834 NO! 60 00:02:55,834 --> 00:02:57,000 AAH. 61 00:02:58,708 --> 00:02:59,834 LET ME KNOW IF I'M NOT DOING THIS RIGHT. 62 00:02:59,834 --> 00:03:03,209 [CLATTERS] 63 00:03:03,209 --> 00:03:04,458 BIT EARLY IN THE DAY. 64 00:03:04,458 --> 00:04:34,500 GILES, SOMETHING'S WRONG. 65 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:35,959 WRONG? 66 00:04:35,959 --> 00:04:38,333 AH. 67 00:04:38,333 --> 00:04:40,875 PERHAPS YOU SHOULDN'T... 68 00:04:40,875 --> 00:04:42,708 DO THAT ANYMORE. 69 00:04:44,708 --> 00:04:45,875 ON TOP OF THAT, I GOT A BAD CASE 70 00:04:45,875 --> 00:04:47,542 OF THE DIZZIES LAST NIGHT 71 00:04:49,125 --> 00:04:50,250 AND ALMOST LET A VAMP STAKE ME. 72 00:04:50,250 --> 00:04:51,834 WITH MY OWN STAKE! 73 00:04:51,834 --> 00:04:52,875 I'M WAY OFF MY GAME. 74 00:04:52,875 --> 00:04:54,375 MY GAME'S LEFT THE COUNTRY. 75 00:04:54,375 --> 00:04:56,959 IT'S IN CUERNAVACA. 76 00:04:58,875 --> 00:05:01,291 GILES, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 77 00:05:01,291 --> 00:05:02,792 WELL, PERHAPS YOU'VE GOT A BAD FLU BUG OR SOMETHING. 78 00:05:02,792 --> 00:05:04,417 NO. NO, NOT SICK. I CAN'T GET SICK. 79 00:05:04,417 --> 00:05:06,291 MY DAD'S COMING TO TAKE ME TO THE ICE SHOW. 80 00:05:06,291 --> 00:05:10,291 WE DO IT EVERY YEAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY. 81 00:05:10,291 --> 00:05:13,458 IF I CANCEL, IT'S GOING TO BREAK HIS HEART. 82 00:05:13,458 --> 00:05:15,875 WELL, JUST TAKE IT EASY FOR 48 HOURS. YOU KNOW, 83 00:05:15,875 --> 00:05:18,708 FOREGO PATROLLING UNTIL YOU FEEL YOURSELF AGAIN. 84 00:05:18,708 --> 00:05:21,041 NO. 85 00:05:21,041 --> 00:05:24,375 NO, I JUST NEED TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME TRAINING. 86 00:05:24,375 --> 00:05:27,166 [CRASH] 87 00:05:28,041 --> 00:05:29,458 I'M GONE. 88 00:05:29,458 --> 00:05:33,000 THANK YOU. 89 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 AN ICE SHOW? 90 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:35,917 A SHOW PERFORMED ON ICE. 91 00:05:35,917 --> 00:05:37,041 AND HOW OLD ARE WE AGAIN? 92 00:05:37,041 --> 00:05:38,125 I WENT TO SNOOPY ON ICE WHEN I WAS LITTLE. 93 00:05:38,125 --> 00:05:40,792 MY DAD TOOK ME BACKSTAGE 94 00:05:40,792 --> 00:05:42,583 AND I GOT SO SCARED I THREW UP ON WOODSTOCK. 95 00:05:42,583 --> 00:05:44,625 LOOK, I KNOW YOU GUYS THINK IT'S JUST A BIG, DUMB, 96 00:05:44,625 --> 00:05:45,959 GIRLIE THING, BUT IT'S NOT. 97 00:05:45,959 --> 00:05:49,250 I MEAN, A LOT OF THOSE SKATERS ARE OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS. 98 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:51,458 AND EVERY YEAR MY DAD BUYS ME COTTON CANDY 99 00:05:51,458 --> 00:05:53,041 AND ONE OF THOSE SOUVENIR PROGRAMS THAT HAS ALL THE PICTURES-- 100 00:05:53,041 --> 00:05:55,000 AND OK, IT'S A BIG, DUMB, GIRLIE THING, BUT I LOVE IT. 101 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,500 IT'S NOT SO GIRLIE. 102 00:05:57,500 --> 00:05:59,875 ICE IS COOL. IT'S WATER, BUT IT'S NOT. 103 00:05:59,875 --> 00:06:03,458 I THINK IT'S SWEET YOU AND YOUR DAD HAVE A TRADITION. 104 00:06:03,458 --> 00:06:05,209 ESPECIALLY NOW THAT HE'S NOT AROUND SO MUCH. 105 00:06:05,209 --> 00:06:07,875 IXNAY ON THE CARAMEL CORN, THOUGH, 106 00:06:07,875 --> 00:06:11,375 IF YOU GO BACKSTAGE. 107 00:06:11,375 --> 00:06:14,041 WE'RE STILL TALKING PARTY, RIGHT? 108 00:06:14,041 --> 00:06:16,125 I MEAN, SOME OF US STILL LOVE TO RELISH CELEBRATING 109 00:06:16,125 --> 00:06:17,417 IN THE BIRTH OF THE BUFF. 110 00:06:17,417 --> 00:06:19,000 OH, NO, NO. I THINK IT MIGHT BE TIME 111 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,208 TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON PARTIES IN MY HONOR. 112 00:06:21,208 --> 00:06:23,125 THEY TEND TO GO BADLY. 113 00:06:23,125 --> 00:06:25,000 MONSTERS CRASH. PEOPLE DIE. 114 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,917 BUT 18 IS A BIG ONE, BUFFY. 115 00:06:26,917 --> 00:06:28,208 I MEAN, YOU CAN VOTE NOW. 116 00:06:28,208 --> 00:06:30,125 YOU CAN BE DRAFTED. 117 00:06:30,125 --> 00:06:32,417 YOU CAN VOTE NOT TO BE DRAFTED. 118 00:06:32,417 --> 00:06:34,625 I THINK I'LL CHOOSE TO CELEBRATE THIS ONE WITH QUIET REFLECTION. 119 00:06:34,625 --> 00:06:36,500 WHERE'S IT WRITTEN THAT QUIET REFLECTION 120 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:39,250 CAN'T BE COMBINED WITH CAKE AND FUNNY HATS? 121 00:06:39,250 --> 00:06:42,583 [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES] 122 00:06:42,583 --> 00:06:44,000 BUFFY? 123 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,041 PRESENT. 124 00:06:53,417 --> 00:06:55,708 OOH, PRESENT. 125 00:06:55,708 --> 00:06:57,750 UH, THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE FROM YOUR FATHER. 126 00:06:57,750 --> 00:06:58,834 HIS, UH... 127 00:06:58,834 --> 00:07:01,209 QUARTERLY PROJECTIONS ARE UNRAVELING 128 00:07:01,209 --> 00:07:03,834 AND HE CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE OFF RIGHT NOW. 129 00:07:03,834 --> 00:07:05,000 HE PROMISES TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU. 130 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,125 IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE IN THE LETTER. 131 00:07:07,125 --> 00:07:09,083 IF YOU WANT, I COULD ASK SOMEBODY 132 00:07:09,083 --> 00:07:11,166 TO COVER FOR ME AT THE GALLERY. 133 00:07:11,166 --> 00:07:13,000 I MEAN, IF YOU WANT ME TO TAKE YOU. 134 00:07:15,083 --> 00:07:17,583 NO. 135 00:07:17,583 --> 00:07:19,291 NO, IT'S NOT NECESSARY. 136 00:07:19,291 --> 00:07:21,792 I WAS JUST THINKING IT MIGHT BE NICE 137 00:07:21,792 --> 00:07:22,875 TO HAVE A QUIET BIRTHDAY. 138 00:07:22,875 --> 00:07:24,750 HOW MUCH LONGER, HOBSON? 139 00:07:24,750 --> 00:07:26,834 5, MAYBE 6 HOURS, SIR. 140 00:07:26,834 --> 00:07:29,125 ONCE YOU FINISH, 141 00:07:29,125 --> 00:07:58,041 YOU AND BLAIR CAN GET SOME REST. 142 00:07:58,041 --> 00:08:00,041 BUT SLEEP IN SHIFTS. 143 00:08:00,041 --> 00:08:03,583 WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE. 144 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:04,667 THE SLAYER'S PREPARATION IS NEARLY COMPLETE. 145 00:08:04,667 --> 00:08:07,041 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST CARTOON CHARACTERS. 146 00:08:07,041 --> 00:08:09,083 THEY DO PIECES FROM OPERAS AND BALLETS. 147 00:08:16,708 --> 00:08:20,625 BRIAN BOITANO DOING CARMEN IS A LIFE CHANGER. 148 00:08:20,625 --> 00:08:23,583 OH, HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY PLAY CARMEN, 149 00:08:24,917 --> 00:08:27,333 BUT A LOT OF SOPHISTICATED PEOPLE GO. 150 00:08:27,333 --> 00:08:31,458 YES, I THINK WE SHOULD START WITH THE GROUNDING CRYSTAL AGAIN. 151 00:08:31,458 --> 00:08:36,125 YOU KNOW, IT'S USUALLY SOMETHING 152 00:08:36,125 --> 00:08:38,083 THAT FAMILIES DO TOGETHER. 153 00:08:38,083 --> 00:08:41,291 NOW, LOOK VERY CAREFULLY FOR THE TINY FLAW AT ITS CORE. 154 00:08:41,291 --> 00:08:46,291 IF SOMEONE WERE FREE, 155 00:08:46,291 --> 00:08:47,750 THEY'D TAKE THEIR DAUGHTERS 156 00:08:47,750 --> 00:08:50,917 OR THEIR STUDENT... 157 00:08:50,917 --> 00:08:53,166 OR THEIR SLAYER. 158 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:54,875 HMM? YES, BUT, BUFFY, I THINK WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE NOW. 159 00:08:54,875 --> 00:08:56,208 NOW, LOOK FOR THE FLAW AT ITS CENTER. 160 00:08:56,208 --> 00:08:58,542 BUFFY? 161 00:08:58,542 --> 00:09:00,458 OH, SORRY. DID I ZONE OUT ON YOU? 162 00:09:00,458 --> 00:09:04,083 IT'S JUST...I'M NURSING THAT FLU BUG. 163 00:09:04,083 --> 00:09:07,583 IT'S BEST TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. 164 00:09:07,583 --> 00:09:24,750 PERHAPS WE SHOULD... 165 00:09:24,750 --> 00:09:26,125 CALL IT A NIGHT. 166 00:09:26,125 --> 00:10:22,792 YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 167 00:10:22,792 --> 00:10:25,834 THANKS. 168 00:10:25,834 --> 00:10:28,291 GOOD NIGHT. 169 00:10:28,291 --> 00:10:29,792 SO, HOW'S IT GOING WITH AMY THE RAT? 170 00:10:29,792 --> 00:10:31,208 GOOD. SHE LOVES HER NEW EXERCISE WHEEL. 171 00:10:31,208 --> 00:10:32,875 SHE RUNS AROUND, HER NOSE WIGGLES-- 172 00:10:32,875 --> 00:10:35,750 I--I MEANT, HOW'S IT GOING 173 00:10:35,750 --> 00:10:38,166 CHANGING HER BACK INTO A HUMAN BEING? 174 00:10:42,917 --> 00:10:44,834 OH. 175 00:10:53,417 --> 00:10:55,583 STILL WORKING ON IT. 176 00:10:55,583 --> 00:10:57,792 BUT I JUST GOT HER THE CUTEST LITTLE BELL-- 177 00:10:57,792 --> 00:10:59,250 YOU DON'T DO THAT TO ME! 178 00:10:59,250 --> 00:11:00,625 I WAITED FOR YOU AT THE BRONZE ALL NIGHT! 179 00:11:00,625 --> 00:11:02,458 AND THE BIG DEAL IS? 180 00:11:02,458 --> 00:11:03,208 YOU MADE ME LOOK LIKE SOME KIND OF DORK IN FRONT OF MY POSSE. 181 00:11:03,208 --> 00:11:04,500 FIRST OF ALL, POSSE? PASSé. 182 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:06,750 SECOND OF ALL, ANYONE WITH A TEASPOON OF BRAINS 183 00:11:06,750 --> 00:11:08,083 KNOWS NOT TO TAKE MY FLIRTING SERIOUSLY. 184 00:11:08,083 --> 00:11:10,250 ESPECIALLY WITH MY EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. 185 00:11:10,250 --> 00:11:12,083 WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES? 186 00:11:12,083 --> 00:11:15,583 REBOUND! LOOK IT UP. 187 00:11:15,583 --> 00:11:18,917 HEY! 188 00:11:18,917 --> 00:11:21,583 I'M NOT THROUGH HERE. 189 00:11:21,583 --> 00:11:23,583 OH, I BEG TO DIFFER. 190 00:11:23,583 --> 00:11:26,667 UNH. 191 00:11:26,667 --> 00:11:28,583 [SCOFFS] 192 00:11:28,583 --> 00:11:30,083 WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? 193 00:11:30,083 --> 00:11:31,291 OW. 194 00:11:31,291 --> 00:11:32,625 THE CHICK STARTED IT. 195 00:11:32,625 --> 00:11:33,625 ARE YOU OK? 196 00:11:33,625 --> 00:11:34,625 OK, I JUST GOT SWATTED DOWN BY SOME NO-NECK 197 00:11:34,625 --> 00:11:35,708 AND RESCUED BY CORDELIA. 198 00:11:37,417 --> 00:11:38,792 WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING? 199 00:11:38,792 --> 00:11:40,625 I'M SURE IT'LL SORT ITSELF OUT. 200 00:11:40,625 --> 00:11:42,750 YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE BIG PICTURE HERE. 201 00:11:43,792 --> 00:11:45,708 I HAVE NO STRENGTH. 202 00:11:51,750 --> 00:11:54,875 I HAVE NO COORDINATION. 203 00:11:54,875 --> 00:11:56,750 I THROW KNIVES LIKE... 204 00:11:56,750 --> 00:11:58,125 A GIRL? 205 00:11:58,125 --> 00:11:59,667 LIKE I'M NOT THE SLAYER. 206 00:11:59,667 --> 00:12:01,250 LOOK, BUFFY, I ASSURE YOU... 207 00:12:01,250 --> 00:12:03,667 GIVEN TIME... 208 00:12:03,667 --> 00:12:06,583 WE'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM 209 00:12:06,583 --> 00:12:08,667 OF WHATEVER'S CAUSING THIS... 210 00:12:08,667 --> 00:12:10,041 ANOMALY. 211 00:12:11,583 --> 00:12:14,209 PROMISE ME. 212 00:12:14,209 --> 00:12:17,417 YES. I GIVE YOU MY WORD. 213 00:12:17,417 --> 00:12:19,166 YOU'RE HAVING DOUBTS. 214 00:12:19,166 --> 00:12:20,750 CRUCIAMENTUM IS NOT EASY 215 00:12:20,750 --> 00:12:22,708 FOR SLAYER OR WATCHER. 216 00:12:22,708 --> 00:12:23,792 BUT IT'S BEEN DONE THIS WAY FOR A DOZEN CENTURIES 217 00:12:23,792 --> 00:12:25,208 WHENEVER A SLAYER TURNS 18. 218 00:12:25,208 --> 00:12:28,750 IT'S A TIME-HONORED RITE OF PASSAGE. 219 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:32,667 IT'S AN ARCHAIC EXERCISE IN CRUELTY. 220 00:12:32,667 --> 00:12:34,834 TO LOCK HER IN THIS TOMB... 221 00:12:34,834 --> 00:12:36,917 WEAKENED, DEFENSELESS. 222 00:12:36,917 --> 00:12:39,959 AND TO UNLEASH THAT ON HER. 223 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:42,417 IF ANY ONE OF THE COUNCIL 224 00:12:42,417 --> 00:12:44,750 STILL HAD ACTUAL CONTACT WITH A SLAYER, THEY WOULD SEE, 225 00:12:44,750 --> 00:12:48,750 BUT I'M THE ONE IN THE THICK OF IT. 226 00:12:48,750 --> 00:12:52,667 WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED TO MAKE THIS DECISION. 227 00:12:52,667 --> 00:12:55,750 YOU'RE TOO CLOSE. 228 00:12:55,750 --> 00:12:57,708 THAT'S NOT TRUE. 229 00:13:02,625 --> 00:13:04,708 A SLAYER'S NOT JUST PHYSICAL PROWESS. 230 00:13:04,708 --> 00:13:07,041 SHE MUST HAVE CUNNING, IMAGINATION, 231 00:13:07,041 --> 00:13:08,667 A CONFIDENCE DERIVED FROM SELF-RELIANCE. 232 00:13:08,667 --> 00:13:10,875 AND BELIEVE ME, ONCE THIS IS ALL OVER, 233 00:13:10,875 --> 00:13:11,583 YOUR BUFFY WILL BE STRONGER FOR IT. 234 00:13:11,583 --> 00:13:13,209 OR SHE'LL BE DEAD FOR IT. 235 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:15,625 RUPERT. 236 00:13:15,625 --> 00:13:18,708 IF THIS GIRL IS EVERYTHING YOU SAY, 237 00:13:18,708 --> 00:13:22,708 THEN YOU'VE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. 238 00:13:22,708 --> 00:13:24,834 UH, SIR, IF YOU CAN SPARE ME FOR A SHORT SPELL, 239 00:13:24,834 --> 00:13:26,708 I'LL NEED TO MAKE A RUN TO THE HARDWARE STORE. 240 00:13:26,708 --> 00:13:29,083 I JUST NEED SOME-- 241 00:13:29,083 --> 00:13:39,792 [SCREAMING] 242 00:13:39,792 --> 00:13:41,500 TAKE CARE OF IT. 243 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:43,834 [SIGHS] 244 00:13:43,834 --> 00:13:46,208 [GROWLING] 245 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:53,708 COME ON. COME ON. 246 00:13:53,708 --> 00:13:54,750 KRALIK. YOUR PILLS. 247 00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:56,083 OPEN YOUR MOUTH. 248 00:13:56,083 --> 00:13:58,250 THAT'S ENOUGH. 249 00:13:58,250 --> 00:14:00,166 CLOSE IT UP. 250 00:14:01,667 --> 00:14:03,417 AHA! A CURSE ON SLAYERS. 251 00:14:08,708 --> 00:14:12,250 OH, NO. WAIT. IT'S LAWYERS. 252 00:14:20,834 --> 00:14:21,834 YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE ON THE WRONG TRACK 253 00:14:21,834 --> 00:14:32,708 WITH THE WHOLE SPELL, CURSE, AND WHAMMY THING. 254 00:14:32,708 --> 00:14:35,625 MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR IS SOMETHING LIKE, 255 00:14:35,625 --> 00:14:36,875 UM...SLAYER KRYPTONITE. 256 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:57,917 FAULTY METAPHOR. KRYPTONITE KILLS. 257 00:14:57,917 --> 00:14:58,917 YOU'RE ASSUMING I MEANT THE GREEN KRYPTONITE. 258 00:14:58,917 --> 00:15:00,750 I WAS REFERRING, OF COURSE, TO THE RED KRYPTONITE, 259 00:15:07,209 --> 00:15:11,000 WHICH DRAINS SUPERMAN OF HIS POWERS. 260 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,792 WRONG. 261 00:15:13,792 --> 00:15:16,291 THE GOLD KRYPTONITE'S THE POWER-SUCKER. 262 00:15:16,291 --> 00:15:18,708 THE RED KRYPTONITE MUTATES SUPERMAN 263 00:15:18,708 --> 00:15:21,667 INTO SOME SORT OF WEIRD-- 264 00:15:21,667 --> 00:15:23,125 GUYS. 265 00:15:23,125 --> 00:15:26,125 REALITY. 266 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:27,875 BUFFY. 267 00:15:27,875 --> 00:15:30,083 I KNOW YOU ARE DEFINITELY, WITHOUT A DOUBT, 268 00:15:30,083 --> 00:15:31,417 GOING TO GET YOUR POWERS BACK. 269 00:15:31,417 --> 00:15:33,083 THANKS, WIL. 270 00:15:33,083 --> 00:15:34,542 BUT WHAT IF YOU DON'T? 271 00:15:34,542 --> 00:15:36,625 OK, UH, 272 00:15:36,625 --> 00:15:37,917 IF I DON'T GET MY POWERS BACK, THEN I DON'T. 273 00:15:37,917 --> 00:15:38,959 I'LL DEAL. 274 00:15:38,959 --> 00:15:41,667 AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD SIDES TO IT. 275 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:44,000 ACTUALLY, THIS COULD OPEN UP SO MANY-- 276 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,625 DID YOU FIND ANYTHING? 277 00:15:47,625 --> 00:15:48,875 UH, NO. NOT YET. 278 00:15:48,875 --> 00:15:51,208 [SCREAMING] 279 00:15:51,208 --> 00:15:52,708 IT'S YOUR SHIFT. 280 00:15:53,708 --> 00:15:57,291 PILLS. 281 00:15:57,291 --> 00:16:01,125 YES. 282 00:16:01,125 --> 00:16:03,792 AAH! 283 00:16:03,792 --> 00:16:06,000 IT'S COMING! 284 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,458 [GROANING] 285 00:16:10,458 --> 00:16:11,834 PILLS! 286 00:16:11,834 --> 00:16:14,750 [GROANING] 287 00:16:14,750 --> 00:16:27,000 TAKE THEM. 288 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,209 PILLS! 289 00:16:32,208 --> 00:16:34,291 THEY'RE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. 290 00:16:34,291 --> 00:16:45,000 WHERE? 291 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,458 HERE. 292 00:16:46,458 --> 00:16:48,500 I CAN'T SEE... CAN'T...REACH IT. 293 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:58,500 OPEN YOUR EYES. 294 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:00,625 UHH! 295 00:17:03,417 --> 00:17:05,500 [CHOKING] 296 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:07,500 SHH. 297 00:17:14,208 --> 00:17:15,333 EVERYTHING'S OK NOW. 298 00:17:19,917 --> 00:17:22,000 THANK YOU. 299 00:17:24,917 --> 00:17:26,583 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 300 00:17:26,583 --> 00:17:27,875 YOU REALLY LIKE IT? 301 00:17:27,875 --> 00:17:29,000 OF COURSE I DO. 302 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,750 IT'S SWEET AND THOUGHTFUL AND... 303 00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:32,000 FULL OF NEAT WORDS TO LEARN AND SAY 304 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,792 LIKE "WILT" AND "HENCEFORTH." 305 00:17:41,875 --> 00:17:43,417 THEN WHY DID YOU SEEM MORE EXCITED LAST YEAR 306 00:17:43,417 --> 00:17:45,083 WHEN YOU GOT A SEVERED ARM IN A BOX? 307 00:17:46,834 --> 00:17:48,875 I'M SORRY. 308 00:17:48,875 --> 00:17:50,667 UH, IT'S JUST SUDDENLY THERE'S THIS CHANCE 309 00:17:50,667 --> 00:17:53,083 THAT MY CALLING'S A WRONG NUMBER, 310 00:17:53,083 --> 00:18:13,750 AND IT'S JUST FREAKING ME OUT A LITTLE. 311 00:18:13,750 --> 00:18:15,166 THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. 312 00:18:15,166 --> 00:18:17,209 ANGEL, WHAT IF I HAVE LOST MY POWER? 313 00:18:17,209 --> 00:18:18,375 YOU LIVED A LONG TIME WITHOUT IT. 314 00:18:18,375 --> 00:18:21,333 YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN. 315 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:25,542 I GUESS. 316 00:18:25,542 --> 00:18:28,291 BUT WHAT IF I CAN'T? 317 00:18:28,291 --> 00:18:31,417 I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH. 318 00:18:31,417 --> 00:18:33,417 I KNOW WHAT GOES BUMP IN THE NIGHT. 319 00:18:33,417 --> 00:18:35,750 NOT BEING ABLE TO FIGHT IT-- 320 00:18:35,750 --> 00:18:39,375 WHAT IF I JUST HIDE UNDER MY BED, 321 00:18:39,375 --> 00:18:42,625 ALL SCARED AND HELPLESS? 322 00:18:42,625 --> 00:18:45,625 OR WHAT IF I JUST BECOME PATHETIC? 323 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,875 HANGING OUT AT THE OLD SLAYER'S HOME, 324 00:18:47,875 --> 00:18:50,083 TALKING PEOPLE'S EARS OFF ABOUT MY GLORY DAYS, 325 00:18:50,083 --> 00:18:52,041 SHOWING THEM MR. POINTY, THE STAKE I HAD BRONZED. 326 00:18:52,041 --> 00:18:54,041 BUFFY. 327 00:18:54,041 --> 00:18:55,667 YOU COULD NEVER BE HELPLESS OR BORING, 328 00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:57,500 NOT EVEN IF YOU TRIED. 329 00:18:58,583 --> 00:19:00,583 DON'T BE SO SURE. 330 00:19:00,583 --> 00:19:02,208 BEFORE I WAS THE SLAYER, I WAS... 331 00:19:02,208 --> 00:19:05,333 WELL, I...DON'T WANT TO SAY SHALLOW, BUT... 332 00:19:05,333 --> 00:19:07,083 LET'S SAY A CERTAIN PERSON, WHO WILL REMAIN NAMELESS, 333 00:19:07,083 --> 00:19:09,041 WE'LL JUST CALL HER SPORDELIA, 334 00:19:09,041 --> 00:19:11,208 LOOKED LIKE A CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHER NEXT TO ME. 335 00:19:11,208 --> 00:19:13,000 ANGEL, IF I'M NOT THE SLAYER... 336 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 WHAT DO I DO? 337 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,291 WHAT DO I HAVE TO OFFER? 338 00:19:17,291 --> 00:19:19,750 WHY WOULD YOU LIKE ME? 339 00:19:19,750 --> 00:19:21,041 I SAW YOU BEFORE YOU BECAME THE SLAYER. 340 00:19:21,041 --> 00:19:22,875 WHAT? 341 00:19:22,875 --> 00:19:24,792 I WATCHED YOU, AND I SAW YOU CALLED. 342 00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:28,250 IT WAS A BRIGHT AFTERNOON 343 00:19:31,041 --> 00:19:35,125 OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR SCHOOL. 344 00:19:35,125 --> 00:19:39,125 YOU WALKED DOWN THE STEPS... 345 00:19:39,125 --> 00:19:42,125 AND... 346 00:19:42,125 --> 00:19:44,125 AND I LOVED YOU. 347 00:19:44,125 --> 00:19:46,625 WHY? 348 00:19:49,166 --> 00:19:51,708 'CAUSE I COULD SEE YOUR HEART. 349 00:19:51,708 --> 00:19:53,083 YOU HELD IT BEFORE YOU FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. 350 00:19:53,083 --> 00:19:55,542 AND I WORRIED THAT IT WOULD BE BRUISED OR TORN. 351 00:19:55,542 --> 00:19:58,125 AND MORE THAN ANYTHING IN MY LIFE 352 00:19:59,250 --> 00:20:02,208 I WANTED TO KEEP IT SAFE, 353 00:20:04,083 --> 00:20:05,250 TO WARM IT WITH MY OWN. 354 00:20:05,250 --> 00:20:09,083 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 355 00:20:10,583 --> 00:20:12,125 OR TAKEN LITERALLY, INCREDIBLY GROSS. 356 00:20:12,125 --> 00:20:14,583 I WAS JUST THINKING THAT, TOO. 357 00:20:14,583 --> 00:20:17,542 [HUMMING] 358 00:20:17,542 --> 00:20:19,583 OH, YOU'RE UP. 359 00:20:19,583 --> 00:20:22,125 I WAS AFRAID I DRAINED YOU TOO MUCH. 360 00:20:22,125 --> 00:20:24,208 I DO THAT SOMETIMES. 361 00:20:24,208 --> 00:20:27,750 EVER HAVE A TUNE YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD? 362 00:20:32,125 --> 00:20:34,834 IT KEEPS PLAYING OVER AND OVER AND OVER? 363 00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:38,750 DRIVES ME NUTS. 364 00:20:38,750 --> 00:20:40,333 AHH. 365 00:20:40,333 --> 00:20:44,041 THANK YOU. 366 00:20:44,041 --> 00:20:46,792 UHH. OHH. 367 00:20:52,708 --> 00:20:54,667 THAT...IS MUCH BETTER. 368 00:20:57,667 --> 00:21:00,917 MMM. 369 00:21:00,917 --> 00:21:04,208 IT'S A GAME, YOU KNOW. 370 00:21:06,125 --> 00:21:08,083 WE'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY BY THEIR RULES, BUT... 371 00:21:08,083 --> 00:21:22,667 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY. 372 00:21:22,667 --> 00:21:24,667 MMM. 373 00:21:24,667 --> 00:21:26,208 WHY DON'T YOU CALL YOUR FRIEND IN? 374 00:21:26,208 --> 00:21:28,291 WE'LL... DISCUSS IT OVER DINNER. 375 00:21:31,458 --> 00:21:33,875 QUENTIN? 376 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:38,417 HELLO? 377 00:21:38,417 --> 00:21:39,750 QUENTIN? 378 00:21:46,166 --> 00:21:47,542 HOB... 379 00:21:47,542 --> 00:21:49,333 OH! 380 00:21:50,333 --> 00:21:51,542 [MEN TALKING, LAUGHING] 381 00:21:51,542 --> 00:21:55,041 LET'S FIND OUT. 382 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:00,500 HEY, SWEET GIRL. 383 00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:07,208 HOW MUCH FOR A LAP DANCE FOR ME AND MY BUDDY? 384 00:22:07,208 --> 00:22:10,083 YEAH. 385 00:22:10,083 --> 00:22:12,458 WALK ME HOME, ANGEL? NO, I'M FINE. 386 00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:14,625 I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. 387 00:22:14,625 --> 00:22:16,458 [HUMMING] 388 00:22:16,458 --> 00:22:18,834 HUMMERS. BIG TURNOFF. 389 00:22:18,834 --> 00:22:31,875 I LIKE GUYS THAT CAN REMEMBER THE LYRICS. 390 00:22:31,875 --> 00:22:33,625 AAH. 391 00:22:33,625 --> 00:22:57,875 YOU KNOW, I WISH I COULD, 392 00:22:57,875 --> 00:22:59,875 BUT MY MIND JUST ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE. 393 00:23:02,166 --> 00:23:03,792 LET ME GO. 394 00:23:03,792 --> 00:23:05,792 YOU DIDN'T SAY PLEASE. 395 00:23:05,792 --> 00:23:55,750 GET...OFF ME! 396 00:23:55,750 --> 00:23:57,750 SOMEBODY, PLEASE! 397 00:23:57,750 --> 00:24:08,375 AAH! HELP ME, PLEASE! 398 00:24:08,375 --> 00:24:11,917 SOMEBODY! 399 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,417 SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP ME! 400 00:24:22,417 --> 00:24:24,083 STOP! 401 00:24:24,083 --> 00:24:27,125 PLEASE, I NEED HELP! 402 00:24:27,125 --> 00:24:28,750 [HORN HONKS] 403 00:24:37,125 --> 00:24:39,834 [TIRES SCREECH] 404 00:24:39,834 --> 00:24:42,291 PLEASE, STOP! 405 00:24:42,291 --> 00:24:44,375 [HORN HONKS] 406 00:24:44,375 --> 00:24:47,542 [TIRES SCREECH] 407 00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:50,834 HURRY! 408 00:24:50,834 --> 00:24:51,917 WHEN I HIT HIM, IT FELT LIKE MY ARM WAS BROKEN, 409 00:24:51,917 --> 00:24:53,458 IT HURT SO MUCH. 410 00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:55,708 I CAN'T BE JUST A PERSON. 411 00:24:55,708 --> 00:24:57,083 I CAN'T BE HELPLESS LIKE THAT. 412 00:24:57,083 --> 00:24:58,166 GILES, PLEASE, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME. 413 00:24:58,166 --> 00:25:00,208 IT'S AN ORGANIC COMPOUND 414 00:25:00,208 --> 00:25:02,125 OF MUSCLE RELAXANTS AND ADRENAL SUPPRESSORS. 415 00:25:03,166 --> 00:25:05,125 THE EFFECT IS TEMPORARY. 416 00:25:05,125 --> 00:25:06,834 YOU'LL BE YOURSELF AGAIN IN A FEW DAYS. 417 00:25:08,291 --> 00:25:11,125 YOU... 418 00:25:11,125 --> 00:25:31,792 IT'S A TEST, BUFFY. 419 00:25:31,792 --> 00:25:32,708 IT'S GIVEN TO THE SLAYER ONCE SHE-- 420 00:25:32,708 --> 00:25:34,333 UH, IF SHE REACHES HER 18th BIRTHDAY. 421 00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:35,458 THE SLAYER IS DISABLED 422 00:25:35,458 --> 00:25:36,959 AND THEN ENTRAPPED WITH A VAMPIRE FOE WHOM SHE MUST DEFEAT 423 00:25:36,959 --> 00:25:38,208 IN ORDER TO PASS THE TEST. 424 00:25:39,125 --> 00:25:41,000 THE VAMPIRE YOU WERE TO FACE... HAS ESCAPED. 425 00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:44,834 HIS NAME IS ZACKARY KRALIK. 426 00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:46,417 AS A MORTAL, HE MURDERED AND TORTURED MORE THAN A DOZEN WOMEN 427 00:25:46,417 --> 00:26:01,667 BEFORE HE WAS COMMITTED TO AN ASYLUM FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE. 428 00:26:01,667 --> 00:26:04,458 WHEN A-- 429 00:26:04,458 --> 00:26:06,166 YOU BASTARD. 430 00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:09,667 ALL THIS TIME, YOU SAW WHAT IT WAS DOING TO ME. 431 00:26:09,667 --> 00:26:13,041 ALL THIS TIME, AND YOU DIDN'T SAY A WORD. 432 00:26:13,041 --> 00:26:15,166 I WANTED TO. 433 00:26:23,250 --> 00:26:26,542 LIAR. 434 00:26:26,542 --> 00:26:31,125 IN MATTERS OF TRADITION AND PROTOCOL, 435 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:37,583 I MUST ANSWER TO THE COUNCIL. 436 00:26:37,583 --> 00:26:40,417 MY ROLE IN THIS... WAS VERY SPECIFIC. 437 00:26:43,458 --> 00:26:46,208 I WAS TO ADMINISTER THE INJECTIONS 438 00:26:47,625 --> 00:26:51,000 AND TO DIRECT YOU... 439 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,375 TO THE OLD BOARDINGHOUSE ON PRESCOTT LANE. 440 00:26:54,375 --> 00:26:58,500 I CAN'T. I CAN'T HEAR THIS. 441 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:02,625 BUFFY, PLEASE. 442 00:27:02,625 --> 00:27:07,125 WHO ARE YOU? 443 00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:08,500 HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? 444 00:27:11,041 --> 00:27:15,708 I AM DEEPLY SORRY, BUFFY, 445 00:27:17,458 --> 00:27:20,750 AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND-- 446 00:27:20,750 --> 00:27:25,667 IF YOU TOUCH ME, I'LL KILL YOU. 447 00:27:25,667 --> 00:27:29,625 YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME. 448 00:27:29,625 --> 00:27:31,208 BECAUSE I'VE TOLD YOU THIS, 449 00:27:32,417 --> 00:27:33,834 THE TEST IS INVALIDATED. 450 00:27:33,834 --> 00:27:37,250 YOU WILL BE SAFE NOW. I PROMISE YOU. 451 00:27:37,250 --> 00:27:39,500 WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO TO DEAL WITH KRALIK 452 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:41,417 AND TO WIN BACK YOUR TRUST-- 453 00:27:41,417 --> 00:27:43,209 YOU STUCK A NEEDLE IN ME. 454 00:27:43,209 --> 00:27:44,542 YOU POISONED ME. 455 00:27:44,542 --> 00:27:46,375 WHAT'S GOING ON? 456 00:27:46,375 --> 00:27:50,458 OH, GOD. IS THE WORLD ENDING? 457 00:27:50,458 --> 00:27:52,875 I HAVE TO RESEARCH A PAPER ON BOSNIA FOR TOMORROW, 458 00:27:52,875 --> 00:27:54,625 BUT IF THE WORLD'S ENDING, 459 00:27:54,625 --> 00:27:56,625 I'M NOT GOING TO BOTHER. 460 00:27:56,625 --> 00:27:58,667 YOU CAN'T WALK HOME ALONE, BUFFY. 461 00:27:58,667 --> 00:28:00,000 IT ISN'T SAFE. 462 00:28:02,834 --> 00:28:06,417 I DON'T KNOW YOU. 463 00:28:06,417 --> 00:28:08,625 DID SOMETHING TAKE HER MEMORY? 464 00:28:08,625 --> 00:28:10,167 HE'S GILES. 465 00:28:10,167 --> 00:28:11,375 GILES. 466 00:28:11,375 --> 00:28:14,083 HE HANGS OUT HERE A LOT. 467 00:28:16,208 --> 00:28:18,208 CORDELIA, COULD YOU PLEASE DRIVE ME HOME? 468 00:28:18,208 --> 00:28:19,708 OF COURSE. 469 00:28:19,708 --> 00:28:21,834 BUT IF THE WORLD DOESN'T END, 470 00:28:21,834 --> 00:28:24,625 I'M GOING TO NEED A NOTE. 471 00:28:24,625 --> 00:28:27,917 [CREAK] 472 00:28:27,917 --> 00:28:29,417 BUFFY? 473 00:28:29,417 --> 00:28:31,375 MOTHER. 474 00:28:31,375 --> 00:28:33,834 Kralik: MOTHER. 475 00:28:36,250 --> 00:28:37,625 MAY I CALL YOU MOTHER? 476 00:28:38,542 --> 00:28:41,166 MY OWN MOTHER 477 00:28:41,166 --> 00:28:43,458 WAS A PERSON WITH NO SELF-RESPECT OF HER OWN, 478 00:28:43,458 --> 00:28:44,667 SO SHE TRIED TO TAKE MINE. 479 00:28:44,667 --> 00:28:46,625 10 YEARS OLD, SHE HAD THE SCISSORS. 480 00:28:49,209 --> 00:28:50,542 YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE TOOK WITH THOSE. 481 00:28:50,542 --> 00:28:52,375 BUT SHE'S DEAD TO ME NOW. 482 00:28:55,083 --> 00:28:57,667 MOSTLY [GIGGLES] BECAUSE I KILLED AND ATE HER, 483 00:28:59,291 --> 00:29:01,250 BUT ALSO BECAUSE I KNOW 484 00:29:01,250 --> 00:29:02,625 I WON'T BE ALONE MUCH LONGER. 485 00:29:02,625 --> 00:29:05,208 I'LL HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER. 486 00:29:05,208 --> 00:29:07,458 I WON'T KILL HER, I'LL JUST MAKE HER LIKE ME. 487 00:29:09,166 --> 00:29:11,542 DIFFERENT. 488 00:29:11,542 --> 00:29:14,209 SHE'LL GO TO SLEEP, 489 00:29:15,708 --> 00:29:17,625 AND WHEN SHE WAKES UP, 490 00:29:17,625 --> 00:29:19,750 YOUR FACE WILL BE THE FIRST THING SHE EATS. 491 00:29:24,834 --> 00:29:26,750 I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MOTHERS. 492 00:29:26,750 --> 00:29:41,625 I'M AWARE OF THAT. 493 00:29:41,625 --> 00:29:43,708 I WAS JUST TRYING TO REACH YOU. 494 00:29:43,708 --> 00:29:50,166 I WAS ON WATCH OVER BY THE BOARDINGHOUSE. 495 00:29:50,166 --> 00:29:52,041 THEN YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED. 496 00:29:52,041 --> 00:30:41,750 YES. 497 00:30:41,750 --> 00:30:43,375 HE'S KILLED HOBSON AND MADE BLAIR ONE OF HIS OWN. 498 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,417 YOUR PERFECTLY CONTROLLED TEST 499 00:30:49,708 --> 00:30:51,875 SEEMS TO HAVE SPUN RATHER IMPRESSIVELY OUT OF CONTROL, 500 00:30:51,875 --> 00:30:54,375 DON'T YOU THINK? 501 00:30:54,375 --> 00:30:56,834 IT CHANGES NOTHING. 502 00:30:58,708 --> 00:31:00,834 WELL, THEN, ALLOW ME. 503 00:31:00,834 --> 00:31:03,625 I'VE TOLD BUFFY EVERYTHING. 504 00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:07,166 THAT IS IN DIRECT OPPOSITION 505 00:31:09,542 --> 00:31:12,708 TO THE COUNCIL'S ORDERS. 506 00:31:12,708 --> 00:31:14,542 YES. INTERESTINGLY, I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS 507 00:31:14,542 --> 00:31:17,750 ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S ORDERS. 508 00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:20,625 THERE WILL BE NO TEST. 509 00:31:20,625 --> 00:31:23,458 THE TEST HAS ALREADY BEGUN. 510 00:31:23,458 --> 00:31:26,708 YOUR SLAYER ENTERED THE FIELD OF PLAY ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO. 511 00:31:26,708 --> 00:31:28,583 WHY? 512 00:31:28,583 --> 00:31:30,667 I DON'T KNOW. 513 00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:35,125 I RETURNED THERE JUST AS SHE ENTERED. 514 00:31:37,708 --> 00:31:39,583 GILES, WE HAVE NO BUSINESS-- 515 00:31:39,583 --> 00:31:41,458 THIS IS NOT BUSINESS. 516 00:31:41,458 --> 00:33:20,834 [STRAINING] 517 00:33:20,834 --> 00:33:23,166 Kralik: HIDE-AND-SEEK. 518 00:33:23,166 --> 00:33:25,667 HIDE-AND-SEEK. 519 00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:27,667 [GASPS] [GROWLS] 520 00:33:27,667 --> 00:33:29,417 WHY DID YOU COME TO THE DARK OF THE WOODS? 521 00:33:29,417 --> 00:33:32,208 TO BRING ALL THESE SWEETS TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE. 522 00:33:32,208 --> 00:33:35,375 [LAUGHS] 523 00:33:35,375 --> 00:33:37,750 [SIZZLING] OH--OH, NO, NO. 524 00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:39,375 JUST A LITTLE LOWER. RIGHT-- 525 00:33:42,583 --> 00:33:44,333 OH, YES. YES. 526 00:33:44,333 --> 00:33:45,875 OH. [GASPS] 527 00:33:45,875 --> 00:33:48,834 OHH. 528 00:33:49,792 --> 00:33:51,708 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 529 00:33:51,708 --> 00:33:53,291 AHH. 530 00:33:53,291 --> 00:33:55,750 OH. OH. NO. 531 00:33:55,750 --> 00:33:56,834 AAH! 532 00:33:56,834 --> 00:33:58,834 IF YOU STRAY FROM THE PATH, 533 00:33:58,834 --> 00:34:00,583 YOU WILL LOSE YOUR WAY. 534 00:34:00,583 --> 00:34:03,917 I WON'T TAKE IT ALL. 535 00:34:03,917 --> 00:34:05,166 I WON'T TAKE IT ALL. 536 00:34:05,166 --> 00:34:06,250 [STRAINS] 537 00:34:06,250 --> 00:34:08,875 AAH. AAH. AAH. 538 00:34:08,875 --> 00:34:10,291 AAH. 539 00:34:10,291 --> 00:34:12,750 NO! NO! NO! 540 00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:38,917 BUFFY? 541 00:34:38,917 --> 00:34:40,583 BUFFY, WE HAVE TO-- 542 00:34:40,583 --> 00:35:23,834 [POUNDING ON DOOR] 543 00:35:23,834 --> 00:35:27,625 WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THEY?! 544 00:35:30,834 --> 00:35:32,917 AHH. AHH. 545 00:35:32,917 --> 00:35:46,667 AHH. AHH. 546 00:35:46,667 --> 00:35:48,333 YOU DON'T SEEM TO 547 00:35:48,333 --> 00:35:51,125 UNDERSTAND YOUR PLACE IN ALL OF THIS. 548 00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:55,959 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA-- 549 00:36:04,834 --> 00:36:07,250 OH, MY. 550 00:36:07,250 --> 00:36:08,458 WHAT HAVE YOU-- 551 00:36:08,458 --> 00:36:10,209 MY PILLS. 552 00:36:10,209 --> 00:36:12,209 [GROANS] 553 00:36:12,209 --> 00:36:14,000 NO. NO! 554 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,083 IF I WAS AT FULL SLAYER POWER, 555 00:36:16,083 --> 00:36:17,250 I'D BE PUNNING RIGHT ABOUT NOW. 556 00:36:18,667 --> 00:36:20,209 NO! AAH! 557 00:36:20,209 --> 00:37:00,708 AAH! 558 00:37:00,708 --> 00:37:02,625 BUFFY, THANK GOD YOU'RE OK. 559 00:37:02,625 --> 00:37:58,000 OH, THAT MAN... 560 00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,000 [STRAINS] 561 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,500 I CAN'T GET THESE. THEY'RE TOO TIGHT. 562 00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:02,125 CAN'T YOU JUST... 563 00:38:04,209 --> 00:38:05,625 NOT RIGHT NOW. 564 00:38:05,625 --> 00:38:07,375 MAYBE THERE'S SOME CLIPPERS AROUND. 565 00:38:07,375 --> 00:38:08,500 OH, BUFFY! 566 00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:11,667 AAH. 567 00:38:18,583 --> 00:38:20,041 Travers: CONGRATULATIONS, YOU PASSED. 568 00:38:25,083 --> 00:38:27,291 YOU EXHIBITED EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE 569 00:38:37,166 --> 00:38:39,250 AND CLEARHEADEDNESS IN BATTLE. 570 00:38:41,250 --> 00:38:42,458 THE COUNCIL IS VERY PLEASED. 571 00:38:42,458 --> 00:38:44,542 DO I GET A GOLD STAR? 572 00:38:47,041 --> 00:38:50,125 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE UPSET-- 573 00:38:50,125 --> 00:39:05,041 YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING. 574 00:39:05,041 --> 00:39:08,125 YOU SET THAT MONSTER LOOSE, 575 00:39:08,125 --> 00:39:11,417 AND HE CAME AFTER MY MOTHER. 576 00:39:13,083 --> 00:39:15,667 YOU THINK THE TEST WAS UNFAIR? 577 00:39:15,667 --> 00:39:18,500 I THINK YOU BETTER LEAVE TOWN 578 00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:20,542 BEFORE I GET MY STRENGTH BACK. 579 00:39:22,041 --> 00:39:23,875 WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF FAIR, 580 00:39:23,875 --> 00:39:26,125 MISS SUMMERS, WE'RE FIGHTING A WAR. 581 00:39:26,125 --> 00:39:27,125 YOU'RE WAGING A WAR. SHE'S FIGHTING IT. 582 00:39:31,542 --> 00:39:33,166 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. 583 00:39:35,417 --> 00:39:38,166 MR. GILES, IF YOU DON'T MIND-- 584 00:39:38,166 --> 00:39:39,708 THE TEST IS DONE. WE'RE FINISHED. 585 00:39:39,708 --> 00:39:41,834 NOT QUITE. SHE PASSED. 586 00:39:41,834 --> 00:39:44,500 YOU DIDN'T. 587 00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:47,708 THE SLAYER IS NOT THE ONLY ONE 588 00:39:53,083 --> 00:39:55,125 WHO MUST PERFORM IN THIS SITUATION. 589 00:39:55,125 --> 00:39:56,917 I'VE RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL, AND THEY'VE AGREED 590 00:39:56,917 --> 00:39:59,000 THAT YOU BE RELIEVED OF YOUR DUTIES AS WATCHER IMMEDIATELY. 591 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,166 YOU'RE FIRED. 592 00:40:01,166 --> 00:40:03,125 ON WHAT GROUNDS? 593 00:40:03,125 --> 00:40:05,250 YOUR AFFECTION FOR YOUR CHARGE 594 00:40:05,250 --> 00:40:08,125 HAS RENDERED YOU INCAPABLE 595 00:40:08,125 --> 00:40:09,333 OF CLEAR AND IMPARTIAL JUDGMENT. 596 00:40:13,792 --> 00:40:15,875 YOU HAVE A FATHER'S LOVE FOR THE CHILD, 597 00:40:25,375 --> 00:40:27,959 AND THAT IS USELESS TO THE CAUSE. 598 00:40:29,375 --> 00:40:31,166 IT WOULD BE BEST 599 00:40:31,166 --> 00:40:34,125 IF YOU HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE SLAYER. 600 00:40:34,125 --> 00:40:36,208 I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 601 00:40:36,208 --> 00:40:38,583 I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU WOULD ADHERE TO THAT. 602 00:40:38,583 --> 00:40:40,625 HOWEVER, IF YOU INTERFERE WITH THE NEW WATCHER 603 00:40:40,625 --> 00:40:43,291 OR COUNTERMAND HIS AUTHORITY IN ANY WAY, 604 00:40:43,291 --> 00:40:44,417 YOU WILL BE DEALT WITH. 605 00:40:44,417 --> 00:40:46,458 ARE WE CLEAR? 606 00:40:46,458 --> 00:40:48,583 WE'RE VERY CLEAR. 607 00:40:48,583 --> 00:40:50,166 CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 608 00:40:50,166 --> 00:40:52,375 BITE ME. 609 00:40:54,166 --> 00:40:55,625 YES, 610 00:40:55,625 --> 00:40:57,750 WELL, 611 00:40:57,750 --> 00:40:59,166 COLORFUL GIRL. 612 00:40:59,166 --> 00:41:00,291 I CAN'T BELIEVE GILES WAS FIRED. 613 00:41:00,291 --> 00:41:02,250 HOW COULD GILES GET FIRED? 614 00:41:02,250 --> 00:41:04,209 SO, HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO KILL KRALIK? 615 00:41:04,209 --> 00:41:06,250 OH, SHE WAS VERY CLEVER. 616 00:41:06,250 --> 00:41:08,166 YOU GO AHEAD AND TELL IT, DEAR. 617 00:41:08,166 --> 00:41:09,792 YOU TELL IT BETTER. 618 00:41:09,792 --> 00:41:12,250 NOW--NOW WHEN YOU SAY FIRED, 619 00:41:12,250 --> 00:41:15,333 DO YOU MEAN FIRED? 620 00:41:15,333 --> 00:41:18,417 YOU'RE NOT CRUISING PAST THAT CONCEPT 621 00:41:18,417 --> 00:41:19,792 ANY TIME SOON, ARE YOU? 622 00:41:21,625 --> 00:41:23,375 WELL, IT'S JUST-- I MEAN, HE'S BEEN FIRED. 623 00:41:23,375 --> 00:41:25,667 HE'S--HE'S UNEMPLOYED. 624 00:41:25,667 --> 00:41:27,041 HE'S BETWEEN JOBS. 625 00:41:27,041 --> 00:41:29,375 GILES ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE, WIL. 626 00:41:29,375 --> 00:41:33,333 HE'S STILL LIBRARIAN. 627 00:41:33,333 --> 00:41:36,250 OK, BUT I'M WRITING AN ANGRY LETTER. 628 00:41:36,250 --> 00:41:38,250 YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S REALLY GOING TO CHANGE. 629 00:41:38,250 --> 00:41:41,667 THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT I KEPT UP 630 00:41:41,667 --> 00:41:43,500 MY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY TRADITION 631 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:45,708 OF GUT-WRENCHING MISERY AND HORROR. 632 00:41:45,708 --> 00:41:48,166 BRIGHT SIDE TO EVERYTHING. 633 00:41:48,166 --> 00:41:51,125 JUST FEEL BETTER WHEN I GET MY STRENGTH BACK. 634 00:41:51,125 --> 00:41:52,792 GIVE YOU A HAND WITH THAT, LITTLE LADY? 635 00:41:52,792 --> 00:41:54,500 YOU'RE LOVING THIS FAR TOO MUCH. 636 00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:56,375 ADMIT IT. SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED A BIG STRONG MAN. 637 00:41:57,917 --> 00:42:00,166 Xander: UH, WIL, GIVE ME A HAND WITH THAT? 638 00:42:02,125 --> 00:42:03,750 GRR! ARGH!