Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 2 Episode 8 The Dark Age
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 2 Episode 8 The Dark Age
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00:00And against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness, she is the Slayer.
00:25Can I help you?
00:27Rupert Giles. I need to see him.
00:30Mr. Giles? He's our librarian.
00:33Next building over, first door on your left.
00:39You're welcome.
00:56Oh, God.
01:12Deirdre?
01:14Finn.
01:21Finn.
01:27Help! Help! Somebody, please!
01:46Must we have this noise during your calisthenics?
01:50It's not noise! Music!
01:51I know music. Music has notes. This is noise.
01:57I'm aerobicizing. I must have the beat.
02:02Wonderful. You work on your muscle tone while my brain dribbles out of my ears.
02:08Help! Help, please! Help me, someone, please!
02:21Help me! Help me! Help me!
02:38Very good. And the rest is silence.
02:51Oh, God.
03:21Oh, God.
03:51Oh, God.
04:12Time to go to sleep.
04:22I'm on a beach, but not one of those American beaches,
04:26one of those island beaches where the water's way too blue.
04:30And I'm laying on my towel, and it's just before sunset,
04:35and Gavin Rosedale's massaging my feet.
04:39Oh, that's good.
04:42I'm in Florence, Italy. I've rented a scooter.
04:47I'm in Florence, Italy. I've rented a scooter that's parked outside.
04:53I'm in a little restaurant eating ziti, and there are no more tables left,
04:59so they have to seat this guy with me, and it's John Cusack.
05:04Very impressive. You have such an eye for detail.
05:07Because with the ziti...
05:09What are you two up to?
05:11Just having a quick game of Anywhere But Here.
05:13Oh, Amy Yip at the waterslide park.
05:17You never come up with anything new.
05:20I'm just not fickle like you two, okay? I'm constant in my affections.
05:24Amy Yip at the waterslide park.
05:27Do you think Giles ever played Anywhere But Here when he was in school?
05:32Giles lived for school.
05:34He's actually still bitter that there were only 12 grades.
05:37He probably sat in math class thinking,
05:39there should be more math. This could be mathier.
05:41Come on, you don't think he ever got restless as a kid?
05:45Are you kidding? His diapers were tweed.
05:48Giles.
05:50Oh, there you are.
05:52Hey, morning.
05:54Say, is that tweed?
05:56What? Oh, yes.
05:59Now, look, tonight is very important.
06:02Now, that's a surprise.
06:07So, what's on tap tonight that's so important?
06:09Uprising, prophesied ritual, preordained death fest?
06:13Ah, the old standards.
06:15Medical transporters delivering a monthly supply of blood to the hospital.
06:20Vampire meals on wheels.
06:22Hopefully not.
06:24We'll meet outside the hospital at 8.30 sharp.
06:27I'll bring the weaponry.
06:29I'll bring the party mix.
06:31Just don't be late.
06:33Have I ever let you down?
06:35Do you want me to answer that or shall I just glare?
06:37Morning, England.
06:39Hello, this is, uh, uh, Jenny.
06:42Feel the passion.
06:44Willow.
06:46Coughing, not speaking.
06:48We still on for tomorrow?
06:50What's tomorrow?
06:52I'm reviewing some computer basics with a couple of students who've fallen behind.
06:55Willow's helping out for extra credit.
06:57Those poor schlubs have to attend school on Saturday.
07:009 a.m. okay with you, Zander?
07:06Got a bit of schlub on your shoe there.
07:09Well, Cordelia's gonna meet us.
07:11Ooh, gang, did you hear that?
07:13A bonus day of class plus Cordelia.
07:15Mixed in a little rectal surgery and it's my best day ever.
07:19Walk me to class?
07:21Pleasure.
07:23Look at them.
07:25A twosome of cuteness.
07:27Can't you just imagine them getting together?
07:32Oh, thank you so much for loaning me the forest world.
07:35It's wonderful.
07:37I'm glad you enjoyed it.
07:39It was so evocative.
07:41That edition was my father's.
07:43I must have read it 20 times.
07:46You know how you have to dog ear your favorite pages
07:49so you can go back to them?
07:51What?
07:53Well, I mean, I practically had to fold back every single page.
07:55So finally I just started underlining all the pages
07:57I really wanted to discuss.
07:59Underlined?
08:01But then, of course, I spilled coffee all over it.
08:03I can't even read it.
08:05It's the first edition.
08:07I'm lying, Rupert.
08:09It's fine.
08:12I just love to see you squirm.
08:16That's why I trust I gave good squirm.
08:21Did anyone ever tell you you're kind of a fuddy-duddy?
08:24Nobody ever seems to tell me anything else.
08:27Did anyone ever tell you you're kind of a sexy fuddy-duddy?
08:32No, actually, that part usually gets left out.
08:35I can't imagine why.
08:39This weekend.
08:42Would you like to go out?
08:45No, I think I'd like to stay in.
09:01This Saturday.
09:03Saturday night.
09:04Okay.
09:08Let's see if I can make you squirm.
09:26Rupert Giles?
09:29Yes?
09:31Detective Winslow.
09:32You're going to have to come with me.
09:34Why?
09:36There was a homicide on campus last night.
09:39The victim had no identification,
09:41but he was carrying this slip of paper
09:44with your name and address on it.
09:47My name?
09:50Well, evil just compounds evil, doesn't it?
09:53First time sentence to a computer tutorial on Saturday.
09:56Now I have to read some computer book.
09:59There are books on computers.
10:00Isn't the point of computers to replace books?
10:03Cordelia.
10:05I'm a little busy right now.
10:08Oh, great.
10:10Can you help me with a ticket?
10:12It's totally bogus.
10:14It was a one-way street.
10:16I was going one way.
10:18Cordelia!
10:20What?
10:22Why does everyone always yell my name?
10:24I'm not deaf, and I can take a hint.
10:27What's the hint?
10:28To come back later.
10:31Yeah, when you visited decaf land.
10:41Where do you want me to go?
10:53Have you had your breakfast?
10:55No.
10:56That was probably a good idea.
11:04Do you know him?
11:06Yes.
11:08I mean, I did.
11:11His name's Philip Henry.
11:13He's a friend of mine in London.
11:16I haven't spoken to him in 20 years.
11:19Can you think of any reason
11:21why he might have wanted to contact you?
11:24No.
11:27Do you know what that is?
11:32The tattoo.
11:35No.
11:39No, I don't.
11:49Don't be late.
11:51Sheesh.
11:52Don't be late.
11:54Sheesh.
12:17Howdy, fellas.
12:19All's well that ends with cutie,
12:21our doctors, I always say.
12:34Since when do doctors take deliveries?
12:48Hey!
12:50No sampling the product.
13:18Angel!
13:19Buffy!
13:20Look out!
13:49How did you know about this?
13:51It's delivery day.
13:53Everybody knows about this.
13:55They only ruined one bag.
13:59Do you think you could make sure
14:01the hospital gets the rest?
14:07Thanks.
14:09I'm worried about Giles.
14:11He was supposed to meet me here.
14:13Maybe he's late.
14:15Giles?
14:16Who counts tardiness is like
14:18the eighth deadly sin.
14:20Right.
14:22Go.
14:40Buffy.
14:42It's late.
14:44Are you all right?
14:46I was going to ask you the same thing.
14:48Yes, I'm fine, fine.
14:50Look, I'm, uh...
14:52I'm rather busy at the moment,
14:54so I'll see you on Monday at school.
14:58Giles, did you forget?
15:00The hospital, vampires,
15:02handy carry-out packets of blood.
15:05Oh.
15:07Yes.
15:09Are you all right?
15:10Were you hurt?
15:12No.
15:13I mean, my feeling's a little.
15:14What's wrong?
15:16Nothing, nothing.
15:18Nothing's wrong.
15:20I'm just in the middle of something
15:22extremely important,
15:24and I'm sorry,
15:26but I'm going to have to say goodnight now.
15:34I'm sorry to disturb you.
15:36I realize it's, um...
15:38five in the morning there.
15:41Um...
15:42I'm trying to reach Deidre Page.
15:45My name is Rupert Giles.
15:47She knows me.
15:49It's very important.
15:56I'm terribly sorry.
15:59I didn't know.
16:01When did she pass away?
16:06Oh.
16:08Let me explain.
16:10Um...
16:12Yes, yes, um...
16:14We were friends when we were young.
16:19My condolences.
17:28So...
17:31you're back.
17:39Yes.
18:09I'm sorry.
18:39Ah!
18:41Ah!
18:57This isn't right.
18:59School on a Saturday.
19:01It throws off my internal clock.
19:03When are we going to need computers
19:05for real life, anyway?
19:06There's home, school, work, games.
19:09You know, computers are on the way out.
19:11I think paper's going to make a big comeback.
19:13And the abacus.
19:15Yeah, you know, you don't see enough abaci.
19:23All right, guys,
19:25the first thing we're going to do is buffy.
19:27Huh? Did I fall asleep already?
19:29Aw, you miss your friends.
19:31Sit here, Buffs.
19:33Demilitarize the zone between me and Cordelia.
19:34Yeah, and delouse him while you're at it.
19:36Actually, I wanted to talk to you for a second.
19:39Something wrong?
19:41Is there some crisis that requires instant action
19:44very far from here?
19:48It's Giles.
19:50He's all right, isn't he?
19:52I don't know.
19:54He didn't show up when he was supposed to last night.
19:56And then when I went over to his place,
19:58he was acting, well, very anti-Giles.
19:59He wouldn't let me in.
20:01And he looked really bad.
20:04I think he might have been...
20:08I think he was drinking.
20:10He was home alone drinking?
20:13But tea, right?
20:16It wasn't tea, Will.
20:18Yep, yep, I knew this would happen.
20:20Nobody can be wound as straight and narrow as Giles
20:23without a dark side erupting.
20:25My father was a very strict man.
20:26Nobody can be wound as straight and narrow as Giles
20:28without a dark side erupting.
20:30My Uncle Rory was the stodgiest taxidermist
20:32you've ever met by day.
20:34By night, it was booze, whores, and fur flying.
20:38With her horse?
20:40He was alone.
20:42Give it time.
20:44So, none of you guys have noticed
20:46anything different lately?
20:48No, not really.
20:50You haven't seen anything weird?
20:52Nope.
20:54No, you seem perfectly normal.
20:57And you waited till now to tell us this because?
21:01I didn't think it was important.
21:03We understand.
21:05It wasn't about you.
21:07What were the police talking to him about?
21:09Oh, don't tell me I know this one.
21:11Um...
21:13Something about...
21:15a homicide.
21:17That's it.
21:19I'm calling him right now.
21:26Okay.
21:56Oh, my...
22:22Oh!
22:24Ah!
22:26I know you. You were in that costume shop. Oh, I'm pleased you remember. You sold me
22:32that dress for Halloween and nearly got us all killed. But you look great.
22:45So now we're even? I'll let you know when we're even. What are you doing here?
22:50Snooping around. Honesty. Nice touch. It's one of my virtues. Not really. I've got a
22:59great idea. Why don't I just call the police and have you arrested for
23:03breaking and entering and then I can get back to my fun Saturday. Yes, the police.
23:07Well, they'll have all those questions and they'll really need Rupert to answer
23:11them all. You know Giles. We go back. Way back. You don't happen to know where he is, do you?
23:20Hello. Giles, it's me. It's Buffy. Unless this is an emergency, I'll see you on Monday. What's the mark of
23:46Igon? Giles? Cat got his tongue. I'm in your office with someone who claims to
23:55be an old friend of yours. Ethan Reign. He's there with you?
24:01Listen, Buffy. You're in grave danger while Ethan's there. I want you to put the phone
24:07down and get out of the library as soon as possible. I'm not going anywhere until
24:11you give me some answers.
24:17Buffy?
24:37Don't let him get away!
24:46I'm not gonna get close enough to feel his pulse, but he looks dead. Except for
25:07the walking and attacking Buffy part. He's dead.
25:11Sorry, Philip. Really, I am. Is everyone all right? Super. I caked a guy. We're okay.
25:19Dead guy here interrupted our tutorial. Baby, I need to thank you for that.
25:26It can't be. Yes, it can. Hello, Ripper. I thought I told you to leave town. You did.
25:43I didn't. Shops leases pay till the end of the month. Why did he call him Ripper?
25:51You should have left when I told you. Oh. Giles! You put these people in danger,
25:59people I care about. If you cared so much about them, why didn't you leave town?
26:06You've been having the dreams, I know. I have. We both know what's coming. What
26:13dreams? What is going on here? Tell her, Ripper. Giles.
26:21Timmy!
26:51Oh, there's something you don't see every day. I'm gonna be in therapy till I'm 30.
26:59Where's Ethan? Where'd he go?
27:07You all right, Timmy? Ow. Careful. Oh. Can you stand? I think so. This is what happens when you have
27:20school on Saturday. Lean on me. It'll be all right. Promise? I promise. I believe you.
27:50How's your head? Throbbing. I lost Ethan. Giles, what's going on? It's complicated,
28:07Buffy, and quite frankly, it's private. I don't care from private. I care from dead
28:14guys attacking us. I care from you lost week ending in your apartment. I wasn't... I was
28:21just trying to find a solution. Giles Sher, what is the mark of Igon? Hey, this is not
28:29your battle, and as your watcher, I'm telling you unequivocally to stay out of it. I have to get Jenny home.
28:44We have work to do. Will, I want you to find out anything and everything you can about the mark of Igon.
29:03I'll try the net, but mark of Igon sounds like Giles and his book sort of deal. Then we hit the books.
29:11Xander, how do you feel about digging through some of Giles' personal files and seeing what
29:17you can find? I feel pretty good about it. Does that make me a sociopath? Yeah. What?
29:27What about me? I care about Giles. Work with Xander. Well, when I say care, I mean... Cordelia?
29:37Okay, okay. Thanks for bringing me here. I'm not quite ready to be home alone just yet.
29:49Jenny, I'm so very sorry about all of this. I never meant for you to be involved in
30:18any of this. So I got involved. It's what happens when two people get involved.
30:30I really am gonna have to get you home. It's not... I'm not a very safe person to be around at the
30:50moment. Nothing's safe in this world, Rupert. Don't you know that by now? Ah, aha! It's not
31:04Egyptian, it's Etruscan. Mistaken for Egyptian by the design pattern, but any fool can see it
31:10predates their iconology. Look, the mark of Igon, worn by his initiates. Igon, also called the
31:18sleepwalker, can only exist in this reality by possessing an unconscious host. Temporary
31:25possession imbues the host with a euphoric feeling of power. Yeah, but what about not
31:31temporary? Unless the proper rituals are observed, the possession is permanent and Igon will be born
31:38from within the host. I'm guessing you. Wait, hey, listen. Once called, Igon can also take
31:46possession of the dead, but its demonic energy soon disintegrates the host and it must jump to
31:53the nearest dead or unconscious person to continue living. I still don't get what this has to do with
31:59Giles. I don't know about Giles, but ancient sex used to induce possession for bacnals and
32:05orgies. Okay, Giles and orgies in the same sentence. I could have lived without that one. Oh wait a
32:13minute. The dead guy's all puddly now. So the demon's gone. There was no undead to jump into. I
32:20mean, we're all not dead, right? No, no undead. But someone unconscious.
32:28What was that? What was what? I thought I heard something. I didn't. Here, drink that and then I'll drive you home. You
32:56could take me home. Or you could take advantage of me in my weakened state. Thank you, operator.
33:06There's no answer at Miss Callender's and Giles' phone is out of order. I'm gonna go over there. Jenny,
33:17I'm really very attracted to you, but now really isn't the right time. Oh, there's never been a
33:29better time. It's not right. I would be taking advantage. God, you just don't change, do you? What? It's not right. It wouldn't be
33:53proper. People might get hurt. You're like a woman, Ripper. You cry at every funeral. You never had the strength for me. You don't deserve me. But guess what? You've got me.
34:17Under your skin. Was it good for you? Oh, you never had this stomach. But that's okay. Because I'm about to rip it out.
34:47Back off. Three down, two to go. Be seeing you.
35:18Are you all right? Oh, Jenny. Oh, God. Giles, how do we stop this? What have I done? Talk to me. Giles, you're scaring me. Don't be sorry. Be Giles. Come on, we fight monsters. This is what we do. They show up, they scare us, I beat them up, and they go away.
35:46This isn't any different. It is different. Because you don't know how to stop it? Because I created it. Did you find anything? The most meticulous banking and phone records you've ever seen. And, um, this. That's Giles? I was 21. Studying history at Oxford. And, of course, the occult by night. I hated it.
36:17The tedious grind of study, the overwhelming pressure of my destiny. I dropped out and went to London. Fell in with the worst crowd that would have me.
36:32We practiced magics. Small stuff for pleasure, okay? And Ethan and I discovered something bigger. Igon. Yes. One of us would, um, go into a deep sleep.
37:02And the others would, uh, summon him. It was an extraordinary high. God, we were fools. You couldn't control it? One of us, Randall. He lost control.
37:22Igon took him whole. We tried to exorcise the demon from Randall. But it killed him. We killed him. We thought we were free of the demon after that.
37:47But now he's back. And, one by one, he will kill us all. Three down, two to go. Then it's going after Ethan. Better beat it there? We'd better. I'd better. Giles, you're barely mobile and speed is of the serious essence here.
38:12I don't know how to stop it without killing Jimmy. Got the guys working on it. I'll, um, try to contain it until we figure something.
38:29Buffy? I'm sorry. I know.
38:39Ethan? Ethan? Giles told me everything. Look, it's coming for you.
39:06And you came to protect me. I'm touched. Don't worry, it's nothing personal. To protect Giles, I have to protect you. How does Ripper inspire such goodness?
39:20Guess he's Giles. And I'm not. Still, lucky me. Hmm, lucky you. Well, we can't run. Igon will find us. This marks like a homing beacon. It's okay. I'm not much into running. I'd be manly. One of us is. You're gonna hide till it's over. Excellent plan. Is there a way in through the back?
39:45There's a back door. It's locked. I think it's solid. We'll set up there. Let's go. Oh, no, please. Ladies first.
40:03Wakey, wakey. You're missing all the fun. What fun? Your initiation. You know what? I'm not real interested in joining your club. Too late. I already voted you in.
40:25You know, I hope you're not taking this personally, Buffy. I actually kind of like you. It's just that I like myself a lot more. If you think of it karmically, this is really big for your soul, you know, taking my place with the demon, giving so that others may live.
40:47I'm gonna kill you. Will that blow the whole karma thing? Sweet child. Now, this may sting a little just at first, but don't worry. That'll go away once the searing pain kicks in. You can go ahead and scream if you like.
41:08We have to figure out how to kill this thing, and we need to do it fast. Uh, hot lava. That's for a heretic. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Uh, ooh, ooh, bury a potato. No, that's for warts. Who writes this stuff?
41:32I've got the solution right here. To kill a demon, cut off its head. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll, uh, find Miss Calendar, then we'll decapitate her. Hey, she'll be the first headless computer teacher in school. You think anybody will notice? Do you know what you need, Xander, besides a year's supply of acne cream? A brain. That's it. Twelve years of you and I'm snapping. I don't care if you're a girl or not. I'm throwing down. Come on.
41:59I've seen you fight, and don't think I can't take you. Give it your best shot. Hey! We don't have time for this. Our friends are in trouble. Now we have to put our heads together and get them out of it. And if you two aren't with me a hundred and ten percent, then get the hell out of my library. We're sorry. We'll be good.
42:29Okay. Now we've done the research. We just have to figure out how to use it. Oh, hey, why don't we find another dead body for the demon to jump into? Yes, at the cemetery. Well, that won't kill the demon. It'll only give it a change of scenery. Oh. Oh. Oh, I've got it! I've got it!
42:56She's good. Hmm. I think I missed my calling as an artist. Ethan, listen to me. This is a bad idea. You're dealing with something very dangerous. But it will get Igon off my scent.
43:12Now relax. Finish with you. This is for me.
43:40Oh, yeah.
44:07Well, I hate to mutilate and run, but...
44:36It's your time.
44:56Take me.
45:17Get out of here.
45:21No.
45:34I've been waiting a long time to do this.
45:50She's killing her.
46:21Jenny.
46:41Rupert.
46:44You knew that if the demon was in trouble, it was gonna jump into the nearest dead person.
46:48I put it in danger.
46:50And it jumped.
46:52But I've had a demon inside me for a couple hundred years. Just waiting for a good fight.
46:59Winner and still champion.
47:01Uh, I think that Ethan guy disappeared again.
47:04Darn. I really wanted to hit him till he bled.
47:07Well, at least it's over.
47:23You know what the worst thing is? I was saving up for some very important shoes.
47:27And now I have to blow my entire allowance to get this stupid tattoo removed.
47:32Let's just hope my mom doesn't see it first.
47:34Putting that demon into Angel is pretty brill.
47:37I wasn't sure it was gonna work.
47:40But it did.
47:41Like a charm.
47:42Hey, maybe you should consider a career as a watcher.
47:45Oh, no. I don't think I could handle the stress.
47:48And the dental plan is crap.
47:50I don't see how Giles does it.
47:54I don't think he has a choice.
48:02Jenny. Jenny.
48:05Rupert, hi.
48:07Hi.
48:10I tried to call you last night, but I didn't see how you were.
48:13Yeah, I left my phone off the hook.
48:17Seemed to need a lot of sleep lately.
48:20But you all right? Is there anything you need?
48:23No, I'm fine.
48:25I mean, I'm not running around winded in my hair.
48:29The hills are alive with the sound of music, fine, but...
48:35I'm coping.
48:38I would like to help.
48:40I know.
48:42Perhaps we could talk sometime.
48:46Dinner or a drink.
48:50When you're feeling stronger.
48:52Sure. Sometime.
48:56Yeah, sometime.
49:02I better get to class.
49:05Of course.
49:21Hey.
49:25Is she okay?
49:29The hills are not alive.
49:32I'm sorry to hear that, I think.
49:36I don't think she'll ever really forgive me.
49:40Maybe she should.
49:42Maybe you should.
49:45I never wanted you to see that side of me.
49:49I'm not going to lie to you.
49:52It was scary.
49:55I'm so used to you being a grown-up, and...
49:59then I find out that you're a person.
50:02Most grown-ups are.
50:05Who would have thought?
50:08Some are even...
50:11short-sighted, foolish people.
50:15So...
50:17All this time...
50:19we finally find out that we do have something in common.
50:23Which, apart from being a little weird...
50:27is kind of okay.
50:35I think we're supposed to be training right now.
50:38Yes, yes.
50:41You need to concentrate on your flexibility.
50:44And you know what?
50:46Just the perfect music.
50:49Go on, say it.
50:51You know you want to.
50:53It's not music, it's just meaningless sounds.
50:56There. Feel better?
50:58Yes, thanks.
51:05Bay City Rollers. That's music.
51:08I didn't hear that.
51:16Bay City Rollers.
51:47Bay City Rollers.
51:56Grr. Arrgh!