Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 5 Episode 12 Checkpoint
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 5 Episode 12 Checkpoint
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00:00Layer turns 18. It's a time-honored rite of passage.
00:04It's an archaic exercise in cruelty. We're finished.
00:07Not quite. She passed. You didn't. I've recommended her to the council.
00:12You'll be relieved of your duties as watcher immediately.
00:16You're fired.
00:18The council's orders are to concentrate on...
00:20I don't think I'm going to be taking any more orders.
00:23Wesley, go back to your council and tell them,
00:26until the next layer comes along, I'm not working for them anymore.
00:30What about the key? Are they all over it?
00:32Well, they're interested.
00:33But they didn't guess about Dawn, right? I mean, they don't know that it's her.
00:38No.
00:43Here, I'll get that. Sorry.
00:47Mom's still not 100%, and I guess I haven't really been taking up the slack.
00:51No, the place looks fine, Matthew.
00:54Yeah, it's just us.
00:55That must have belonged to, uh...
00:58Aren't we supposed to have a meeting?
01:03Yes, yes, we're here for a reason.
01:07I've had some rather... I've had some news.
01:11It seems that the council of watchers has found some information that may help us out.
01:18About Glory?
01:19Presumably. I think we'll find that out when they arrive.
01:23It could be very important.
01:24Arrive? They're coming here? Now?
01:28Why do they have to come here?
01:29Yeah, don't they have phones?
01:32Hello, Buffy. Here's some stuff for you, you know. Pip-pip.
01:34Yeah, phones. See, I'd like them on phones.
01:37Well, what's so bad about them coming here? Aren't they good guys?
01:41I mean, watchers. That's just like other Gileses, right?
01:44Yeah, they're good guys.
01:46I mean, watchers. That's just like other Gileses, right?
01:50Yeah, they're scary and horrible.
01:53Um, they can appear a bit, well, um, hard-nosed,
01:58but essentially their agenda is the same as ours.
02:00They want to save the world and kill demons.
02:04Kill the current demons, right? Current demons.
02:08Giles, I don't want them to come here.
02:10I don't trust them. Make them not come here.
02:13Well, they're probably already on their way.
02:15Our old friend, Quentin Travers, is heading up a delegation.
02:20They put me through that test and almost killed me.
02:23And then when I was fate, they almost killed me again.
02:26Honestly, I really can't handle almost being killed right now.
02:28I don't like the sound of this.
02:30They don't sound very X-Demon compatible.
02:34Are you sure they're English?
02:36I thought English people were gentler than normal people.
02:41Maybe it won't be so bad this time.
02:44I mean, Buffy, they did think you were Faith last time.
02:47Now that they know you're just you,
02:49maybe they won't care enough to kill you.
02:51It's not just that.
02:53They're going to screw everything up.
02:56It's a delicate time right now.
02:58I have to take care of Dawn.
03:00But that's not new. You've always taken care of her.
03:04Right. Right, I know that.
03:07It's just, you know, there's Glory,
03:09and I don't need the council looking over my shoulder
03:12when I don't even know what we're dealing with.
03:14That's precisely what we need to talk about.
03:18Dawn, honey, what are you doing up at this hour?
03:22Go back to bed.
03:24I was just getting a snack.
03:26Dawn, are you listening?
03:28I can get a snack if I want to.
03:34She was listening.
03:35Does it matter?
03:37I mean, is she really going to set the junior high school buzzing with,
03:41oh, there's a delegation coming?
03:44I guess not.
03:46You know, it's just sometimes we say stuff, and it's all good.
03:54Giles, you were saying something?
03:57Just that if the council knows something about Glory,
04:02her agenda or her origins,
04:04then maybe it will help us get a grip on what we're dealing with.
04:11I mean, right now, I think we're a bit lost.
04:15Please don't hurt me.
04:31I beg of you.
04:32If you just let me go, I swear I won't tell anyone.
04:37We're here for you, great one.
04:45Drink.
04:50Oh, what is this?
04:53What the hell are you doing?
05:12Very good.
05:13Delicious.
05:16No, I'm good.
05:18It's okay.
05:26I know you're all always looking at me.
05:29I can tell.
05:31Always tell.
05:31I can see.
05:34My hat.
05:35Yes, my hat.
05:40My hat.
05:44Try not cutting things so close next time.
05:47Understood?
05:48Yes, we live to serve, as always.
05:52Cool.
05:54Take this mess out with the rest of the trash.
05:58And you, have something to tell me?
06:03Indeed, Glorificus.
06:05And I'm waiting.
06:07We have found that the signs of the alignment are moving faster than expected.
06:14Meaning?
06:15If you are to use the key, you must act quickly.
06:22Fine.
06:24I have been cooling my heels in this crappy little towel long enough.
06:28Sunnydale's got too many demons and not enough retail outlets.
06:33All you need is the key.
06:36Yes, and I bet Mousy the Vampire Slayer has an idea where it is.
06:41If I may remind your eminence, you don't have much time.
06:47Baby, if that girl's the only thing between me and my key, I don't need much time.
07:59If you're serious about this, madam, you need to be very careful.
08:08Measure precisely and please don't step ahead.
08:12No, he's quite right.
08:15Wouldn't want to do anything dangerous.
08:19Turn the wrong person into a badger.
08:23Quentin.
08:25I didn't realize you were here.
08:28Evidently.
08:31It's been a while.
08:34You've brought some of our colleagues with you.
08:39Would you care to introduce us?
08:42First, I thought we might catch on.
08:46Certainly, certainly.
08:47Well, this is the shop, obviously.
08:52It's been a very interesting transition into the world of retail.
08:56In fact, I think it's going rather well.
08:58I'll give you a grand tour if you like.
09:00Oh, that's all right.
09:01I think I can see what you're being up to.
09:05Yes, well, I do limit my time here, obviously.
09:10Buffy and I have been training a great deal these days.
09:13There's a back room that we've had.
09:15Oh, yes.
09:16I thought perhaps you were keeping that space for the really dangerous items
09:20that should be kept out of the public's hands.
09:24Maybe you don't worry about that.
09:27I'm very careful.
09:29Most of this stuff couldn't harm anyone.
09:32Incense, dime store trinkets.
09:34But there are some things.
09:36I'm sorry, who are you?
09:37There are some very potent elements here.
09:40Focusing crystals, runic artifacts, an amulet of caldus.
09:46Also, this statue.
09:48Its removal from Burma is a criminal offense.
09:52And when triggered, it has the power to melt human eyeballs.
09:57In that case, I severely underpriced it.
10:00Hey, Giles.
10:01Sorry, but this is just for the duration of our stay.
10:06I think you can see why.
10:08What?
10:09What, what?
10:10What is just for the duration?
10:12Magic box shoppers.
10:14We're going to have to ask you to leave.
10:16The store is closing early today.
10:20Terribly sorry for the inconvenience.
10:24Hey, Giles.
10:26What are they doing?
10:27Customers.
10:29Please bring your money back.
10:34You knew you were going to do this before you even saw the place.
10:37I'm sorry.
10:39Just for the duration of the council's review.
10:42Council?
10:43You're the council?
10:46Welcome to our store.
10:47We're closed now.
10:48I'll be in the back.
10:51What review, Quentin?
10:53Let's just stop a moment and talk about this.
10:55Miss, excuse me.
10:56You work here?
10:59Yes, I do.
11:01Ever since I moved here from southeastern Indiana,
11:05where I was raised by both a mother and a father.
11:07I need to go.
11:08You don't have to talk to him.
11:11She works for me.
11:14Now, tell me about this review.
11:16No one said anything to me about this.
11:18Let's sit down and talk about it over here.
11:26You all stand around and look somber.
11:39Good job.
11:40You used to respect us, Giles.
11:43You used to be one of us.
11:45You used to pay me.
11:47If you recall, firing me was not my idea.
11:50Touché.
11:52But you were on the inside once.
11:54You know what sort of resources we command.
11:59We've discovered information about this creature, your glory.
12:04Some of it is clearly vital.
12:07The rest, nearly extremely disturbing.
12:13And it won't be handed over until we are convinced
12:16that you and your slay are prepared for it.
12:19That's the review.
12:21I'm not having you put her through another one of your insane tests.
12:25It's not a test.
12:27It's a check of her methods.
12:30We need to know that this information is safe.
12:34You can trust her.
12:38Buffy's come very far recently.
12:41She's acquired a remarkable focus.
12:44Now, Rasputin was associated with a certain obscure religious sect.
12:50They held the tenet that in order to be forgiven,
12:53one first had to sin.
12:55Rasputin embraced this doctrine
12:57and proceeded to sin impressively and repeatedly.
13:02The notion that he was in fact evil
13:05gained strength years later
13:06when the conspirators who set out to kill him
13:09found it nearly impossible to do so.
13:13Nearly impossible?
13:14I'm sorry, there was a question?
13:19Miss Summers, of course.
13:29I, uh, about, you know, killing him.
13:33You know, they poisoned him and they beat him
13:36and they shot him and he didn't die.
13:41Until they rolled his body in a carpet and drowned him in a canal.
13:45But there are reported sightings of him as late as the 1930s, aren't there?
13:49I can assure you there is near consensus in the academic community
13:53regarding the death of Rasputin.
13:55There's also a near consensus about Columbus, you know,
13:58until someone asked the Vikings what they were up to in the 1400s
14:02and they're like discovering this America-shaped continent.
14:07I just, I'm only saying, you know, it might be interesting
14:12if we came at it from, you know, a different perspective, that's all.
14:18Well, I'm sorry if you find these facts so boring, Miss Summers.
14:23Maybe you prefer I step aside so that you can teach your own course.
14:28Speculation 101, perhaps?
14:32Intro to flights of fancy?
14:35I only meant...
14:36What was it you were going on about last week?
14:38The mysterious sleeping patterns of the Prussian generals?
14:45Now, some of us are here to learn.
14:47Believe it or not, we're interested in finding out what actually happened.
14:52It's called studying history.
14:56You can sit down now.
14:59Unless you have something else to add, Professor?
15:06Miss Summers?
15:08Some of us are here to learn, Professor.
15:17Maybe you would like to teach your own class.
15:24Who are you talking to?
15:41Spike, why did you do that?
15:44Not for money, if that's what you're thinking.
15:47Your heartfelt gratitude's plenty.
15:50I suspect I'll be getting that any moment.
15:52Gratitude?
15:54For getting in my way?
15:55Getting in your way?
15:57I saved you.
15:59I was regrouping.
16:01You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.
16:04You needed help.
16:06I didn't need you.
16:07I never need you, Spike.
16:11Oh, I get it.
16:13You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all.
16:16Wishing I was your boyfriend.
16:17What's his height?
16:18Oh, wait, he's run off.
16:19You know what?
16:20I don't need a boyfriend to rescue me or for any other reason.
16:23Don't need a can't keep.
16:25You keep making notches in the headboard,
16:27but eventually they get up out of the bed and run off, don't they?
16:31You're disgusting.
16:34Rough talk.
16:36Now, maybe that's your problem.
16:38Maybe you push them away.
16:40Or is it the other?
16:41Maybe cling too much.
16:43Or maybe your beauty's fading.
16:46Stress of slang.
16:47Aging prematurely.
16:49Things not as high, not as firm.
16:52You know what, Spike?
16:53The more I get to know you, the more I wish I didn't.
16:57Or maybe you just don't hold their interest.
17:13Doctor, can you tell her to speak again?
17:15Begging permission to speak with you, sir.
17:18Don't touch me.
17:20You're crusty.
17:21What do you want?
17:22Oh, not me.
17:24The magnificent Glory.
17:26She wants...
17:27She wants more information on the Slayer.
17:30She knows you know her.
17:33The Slayer?
17:34I don't know any Slayer.
17:36Get away from me.
17:37You shouldn't be here.
17:37Oh, I believe you do, sir.
17:39She's short, symmetrical, hair on top.
17:42Buffy something.
17:44Buffy Summers is the Slayer?
17:46That's the one.
17:47Very clever of you, sir.
17:49The Slayer.
17:51How does Glory know this?
17:53I do not know.
17:54I was not there.
17:55But the beauteous Glory said for you to tell us, please,
18:00where her dwelling is, who her friends are.
18:05Why?
18:06So Glory can find her, do something to her?
18:09Why would I do that?
18:11I don't know, sir.
18:13She just said to tell you to do it.
18:16For her.
18:18That was her message.
18:21Well, I've got a message for Glory, too.
18:24We've been developing a sort of a hybrid fighting style.
18:29Let me outline her progress for you,
18:31and I think you'll see that your review isn't strictly needed.
18:38Bad day.
18:40Bad, bad, bad day.
18:41Miss Summers.
18:45Good to see you again.
18:51Mr. Travers.
18:53Giles has just been telling us of your training regiment.
18:56Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here.
19:00Right now?
19:02No need to rush you.
19:04They're staying a little longer than I'd anticipated.
19:08We've already laid out our project for Mr. Giles.
19:11Nigel?
19:13It's an exhaustive examination of your procedures and abilities.
19:17Observe your training, talk to your friends.
19:20Talk to my friends?
19:21Yes, we understand you're still taking civilians out on your patrols.
19:26Oh, you've got to be kidding me.
19:28Buffy, I consent your resistance.
19:31I don't blame you.
19:33But I think your watcher hasn't reminded you lately
19:36of the relative status of the players in our little game.
19:40The council fights evil.
19:42The Slayer is the instrument by which we fight.
19:45The council remains.
19:46The Slayers change.
19:48It's been that way from the beginning.
19:50Well, it's a very comforting, bloodless way of looking at it, isn't it?
19:54Giles, let me talk to Buffy because I think she's understanding me.
20:00Glory is stronger than you.
20:03She's a more powerful instrument, if you will.
20:07We can help you.
20:09We have information that will help.
20:12Pass the review and we give it to you without reservation.
20:16Fail the review either through incompetence or by resisting our recommendations.
20:23Resisting your recommendations?
20:25She fails if we don't do whatever you say.
20:28How much under your thumb do you think we are?
20:31How much do you want our help?
20:33She's not your bloody instrument and you have no right to do any of this.
20:36Giles!
20:43I understand you think this is unfair,
20:45but there are factors which should motivate you to go along with the review.
20:51I don't want to do this, but obviously we could shut this place down permanently.
20:57You can't do that.
20:59You don't have that kind of power.
21:00Of course we do, and a great deal more.
21:03In fact, if you insist on fighting us,
21:05we'll arrange to have Mr. Giles deported within the day.
21:10Never set foot in this country again.
21:13Perhaps you're used to idle threats and sloppy discipline, Miss Summers,
21:19but you're dealing with grown-ups now.
21:24Am I making myself clear?
21:33You
21:43Jinx!
21:46Hey, what's the deal with your face?
21:49It's a message from Ben.
21:53He isn't going to help.
21:57He isn't going...
22:01He isn't going to help?
22:03No.
22:04All he has to do is turn over that tiny, squirming Slayer girl.
22:08I have business to do with her.
22:10If she knows where I can start looking for my key...
22:22Why won't he help?
22:25He knows her.
22:26He could go to her.
22:28He could talk to her.
22:30He could seduce her and bang the key out of her.
22:33He is quite attractive.
22:35Well, of course he's attractive.
22:39But he drives me insane.
22:42You know what I mean?
22:45He drives you insane?
22:46Yeah.
22:48That's it, exactly.
22:57Sweet, lumpy minion.
23:01You're the only one that understands.
23:07Probably because I haven't sucked your brain out yet.
23:12He makes me so mad.
23:17If I could just get my hands on him...
23:23You know?
23:25I'll just find her myself.
23:27It's a power player, that's what it is.
23:30It's about who has the power.
23:33I'm guessing they do.
23:35Big power outage in Buffy County.
23:39I should have set you loose on them.
23:40That's what I should have done.
23:42Charles, that Traverse guy is like 60.
23:45I can't hit him.
23:49Can I?
23:51I suppose not.
23:53Well, I could.
23:56I think I will.
24:00Can they really do the stuff they threatened?
24:04Take you out of the country?
24:06They're a heartbeat.
24:09See, the rough stuff, they're all right out there.
24:11They're a bit ham-handed, but they get it done.
24:13But this stuff, the bureaucracy, the pulling of political strings...
24:20They're the best in the world.
24:21They can kill you with a stroke of a pen.
24:24Poncy's soft.
24:26Am I going to be able to get through this review?
24:32Well, I...
24:35I suppose they'll make it as difficult as they want to.
24:40The physical stuff could be a bit of a challenge.
24:43That's not what I'm worried about.
24:46It's the other stuff.
24:49Examining decisions I've made.
24:52Examining decisions I've made.
24:55I mean, twice now I've been within slaying distance of Gloria, and twice.
24:59She's kicked my ass without even tensing a muscle.
25:03And I haven't been able to figure out what she is or anything about her,
25:07except that she wants the key, which I have,
25:09and I can't even figure out if it's okay for me to tell anyone that.
25:12Buffy, no one could have done any better than you.
25:15But no one else is going to be asked the questions that I can't answer.
25:19They're going to expect me to...
25:21to be like a slayer and know stuff,
25:24but I'm just me and I don't know anything,
25:27and they're going to go away,
25:28and they're not going to tell me how to fight Gloria,
25:30and I'm not going to be able to protect Dawn.
25:32Buffy, calm down.
25:35The scandal here is not anything you've done wrong.
25:39It's the way they're behaving.
25:41Holding what they know hostage with a gun pointed at my bleeding green card, no less.
25:48It's humiliating.
25:51All so smart.
25:54They picked the perfect thing.
25:57I can't lose you.
26:05I guess I should be getting ready.
26:08What do you think it'll be like?
26:10How do you think they'll start?
26:12Anya Christina Emanuella Jenkins, 20 years old.
26:16Born on the 4th of July,
26:17and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, Mr. Cazor.
26:21Who's our little patriot, they'd say, when I was younger,
26:24and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
26:27So, you spell it A-N-Y-A, then?
26:35Yes.
26:36Fine.
26:38Now, I'm going to ask you a question.
26:40Fine.
26:42Now, we can get to the questions.
26:44Questions.
26:45Great.
26:46We can answer questions.
26:48Well, I need to know a little bit more about the Slayer,
26:52and about the both of you.
26:54Your relationship, whatever you can tell me.
26:58Our relationship?
27:00We're friends.
27:02Good friends.
27:05Girlfriends, actually.
27:08Yes, we're girlfriends.
27:09We're in love.
27:11We're lovers.
27:14Lesbian, gay-type lovers.
27:17I meant your relationship with the Slayer.
27:22Um, just good friends.
27:27Best friends.
27:28Willow and me and Buffy.
27:30The three of us have been together from the beginning.
27:32We've always gone on patrols,
27:34and done demon research with her and everything.
27:37Have you mastered any fighting disciplines over the years?
27:41No.
27:42So, you have no special skills,
27:47or powers, or knowledge that you bring to the mix.
27:51Neither of you.
27:52Just enthusiasm for killing the demons.
27:55Go, deadness for the demons.
27:58I don't have any powers, but I do help.
28:00How? Be specific.
28:02Last year, Willow, Giles, and me combined our essence with Buffy.
28:07Which isn't as weird as it sounds.
28:10We merged, and I was the heart part of the super Buffy.
28:15Again, let me stress the not-as-weird thing.
28:18I'm told it was all very professional.
28:21Are you saying that the Slayer needs that level of help from you often?
28:26No, no, she doesn't need help.
28:28She'd be fine without us.
28:30Sometimes she goes off and does stuff without even telling us.
28:33Not that she's like a weird loner or anything.
28:37I'm not sure we're saying this right.
28:39See, here's the thing.
28:40We can help because we do magics.
28:43I'm working on this ball of sunshine thing.
28:47See, I have this theory.
28:48It's very cool.
28:49And if it works, easier slaying for Buffy.
28:52Not that it's hard for her now.
28:54Interesting.
28:56What level are you at?
28:58Level?
29:01Magical proficiency level.
29:03Oh, a high level.
29:07Very high.
29:09One of those top levels.
29:12Five.
29:17And you're registered as practicing witches under the names as you gave them to me?
29:23We're registered?
29:25Oh, yes, yes, of course we're registered.
29:29Do either of you know anything about the key?
29:32Nope.
29:33Sounds demon-y to me.
29:36I don't hold up that demon nonsense.
29:38Muffin?
29:39I cook them myself.
29:44So, Buffy sometimes protects you from the dangerous elements of her work.
29:50Yes, she saved my life lots of times.
29:52The vampires in this town hate her.
29:55But we understand that you help the Slayer.
29:58How pitiful she pays me.
30:00She pays you?
30:02She gives you money?
30:04Money, a little nip of blood out of some stray victim, whatever.
30:08Blood?
30:09Well, they're gonna die anyway.
30:14Come to think of it, though, that's a bit scandalous, isn't it?
30:17Personally, I'm shocked.
30:18The girl's slipping.
30:20You've noticed a decline in her work?
30:22Oh, yeah.
30:23See, the poor little twig can't keep a man.
30:26Gets her all down.
30:28A few more disappointments, she'll be crying on my shoulder.
30:32Mark my words.
30:33Is that what you want?
30:36I'd think you'd want to kill her.
30:38You've killed Slayers before.
30:43Heard of me, have you?
30:48I wrote my thesis on you.
30:51Well, well.
30:53In that knee.
30:55Yes.
30:56Tell me, Peg.
30:58When I was such good friends, how's the Slayer doing?
31:02Is she okay?
31:04High marks in all categories?
31:07Agility, clarity, stamina, and strength.
31:10These are the qualities that the Slayer must possess to do her job.
31:15What came after agility?
31:17She wanted to attack the dummy.
31:18No, no, no.
31:19Philip will attack the dummy.
31:22The Slayer's job is to protect him.
31:25Do you understand?
31:27Protect the dummy?
31:29As if it were precious.
31:32Getting the best of Philip will require agility.
31:36Listening to my instructions at the same time, that will demonstrate clarity.
31:42And stamina and strength will win the long fight.
31:46Good luck.
31:47Instructions?
31:49Yeah, I'll be telling you what to do, how to counter Philip's thrusts.
31:53We assume you're familiar with the Japanese names for Aikido jiu-jitsu moves.
31:59Japanese?
32:00And go!
32:01Whoa, hold on a second.
32:03We, you know, in America, we usually just work our way up to go.
32:08Show me knee day.
32:10Huh?
32:11Um, he wants you to bow.
32:13Take a bow.
32:22Show me Nzuki.
32:36Punch him.
32:37Thanks, Giles.
32:39Sorry.
32:41Ushiro geri empiuchi.
32:43Um, back kick.
32:47Elbow strike.
32:50How have you been training?
32:52I'm trained to win.
32:54Know what?
32:55I'm gonna have to do it my way, guys.
32:56Oh, I think you just broke my rib.
33:23Yes, well.
33:25I didn't mean to.
33:26Um, you know, I can do better.
33:29I think I might be getting this, like, inner ear thing.
33:31And so maybe if I got a note, I could try again.
33:35No, it's all right.
33:36I don't think we need to see any more physical tests for a while.
33:41You can move on to the real review.
33:43Look into your strategies, plans.
33:48Figure out what's going on in that head.
33:52Good.
33:53Head stuff.
33:55We start at seven tonight.
33:57Give you time to, uh, well, however you prepare.
34:24Long day, sweetie.
34:34So, this is where the Slayer eats, sleeps, and combs her hair.
34:46Ah, so cute.
34:49So, this is where the Slayer eats, sleeps, and combs her hair.
35:01Cute.
35:04Can't even stand it.
35:07Personally, I need more space.
35:10But, uh, this is good for you.
35:13It's, it's so quaint.
35:18Buffy, if I wanted to fight, you could tell by the being dead already.
35:25So, play nice, little girl.
35:27What do you want?
35:29The key.
35:31Why else do you think I'd come here?
35:33See, I think you know where it is.
35:38And that's a good thing.
35:40I'm glad you think so.
35:41Well, it's the only thing keeping you alive right now.
35:44Because you may be tiny, queen, and vampire world.
35:48But to me, you're a vampire queen.
35:51Vampire world.
35:53But to me, you're a bug.
35:56You should get down on your knees and worship me.
36:00But, oh no, you still think it's neat having Slayer strength.
36:04Ooh, big deal.
36:06Stronger than humans.
36:09Who isn't?
36:11I could crush the life from you as easy as you'd break a nail.
36:15But I need the key.
36:17Kid.
36:21Chimera suck.
36:22Leave her out of this.
36:23Not asking twice.
36:25This is between you and me.
36:27No.
36:28This is between me and my key.
36:31You just happen to be the thing in the way.
36:39And you are just the darlinest thing I ever did see in my life.
36:46What's your name, honey?
36:48Dawn.
36:49Dawn?
36:50Did you know your sister took my key, Donnie?
36:52And she won't give it back.
36:54I bet you know where she put it, don't you?
36:57She doesn't know anything.
37:01I know some stuff.
37:03I bet she takes your stuff all the time without asking, doesn't she?
37:07Where's my key, Dawn?
37:09Go upstairs, Dawn.
37:12You're always talking about stuff I'm not supposed to hear.
37:16I'm gonna figure it out, you know.
37:18Ooh, I like her.
37:20She's sassy.
37:25And I'll kill her.
37:27I'll kill your mom.
37:30I'll kill your friends.
37:33And I'll make you watch when I do.
37:38Just give me the key.
37:41You either have it or you know where to find it.
37:48Obviously, this is a one-time-only deal.
37:51Next time we meet, something you love dies bloody.
37:57You know you can't take me.
37:59You know you can't stop me.
38:13Buffy, who was that?
38:15Pack a bag.
38:21Oh, it's the Slayer.
38:24For a second there, I was worried.
38:34So, what's with the family outing?
38:37I need your help.
38:40I'm not sure I can do it.
38:42I need your help.
38:44Great, I need your cash.
38:45I'm serious.
38:49You have to look after them.
38:52Well, that's a boatload of manly responsibility
38:55to come flying out of nowhere.
38:56What's the matter, Slayer?
38:58You're not feeling 100%?
39:00No.
39:01They didn't put a chip in your head, did they?
39:03No.
39:03It'd be funny if they did.
39:04Spike, I need an answer now.
39:07In or out.
39:11You're the only one strong enough to protect them.
39:20All right, then.
39:22Ladies, come on in.
39:26There's plenty of blood in the fridge.
39:29Do you mean, like, real blood?
39:33What do you think?
39:35Mostly, I think, ew.
39:38Keep down here as long as you can.
39:41I'll be back soon.
39:42Okay.
39:47I don't think I need to remind you, but...
39:48Yeah, yeah.
39:49Anything happens to him, I'll stake you good and proper.
39:53Sing me a new one sometime, eh?
39:55That bit's gone stale.
40:11I love what you've, um, neglected to do with the place.
40:18Just don't break anything.
40:23Don't make a lot of noise.
40:26Passions is coming on.
40:28Passions?
40:30Oh, do you think Timmy's really dead?
40:32Oh, no, no.
40:34She can just sew him back together.
40:35He's a doll, for God's sake.
40:37What about the wedding?
40:39I mean, there's no way they're gonna go through with that.
40:47Look at them.
40:49Big, tough council members picking on the books.
40:52Fascists.
40:54Why doesn't Mr. Giles put them all out of here?
40:56Because if they deport him, they're not just destroying his career.
40:59They're condemning the man to a lifetime diet of blood sausage, bangers, and mash.
41:09Yeah, or slayers.
41:1120 minutes late and counting, Rupert.
41:14Buffy will be here, I assure you.
41:17Yes, but when?
41:38Uh, guys?
41:48Any way we could not do this?
42:08Oh.
42:39Oh.
43:01Okay, let's see what you are.
43:06Or who you are.
43:08One soldier in a vast army.
43:11What army?
43:14The Knights of Byzantium and Ancient Order are now your enemy.
43:20You work for Glory?
43:23You think we ally ourselves with the Beast?
43:26You must be mad.
43:27You're the ones who tried killing me.
43:29Oh, we were fools, three alone.
43:31But if it takes a hundred men, we send a hundred men.
43:35And if it takes a thousand, we send a thousand.
43:39A thousand?
43:41So long as you protect the key, the Brotherhood will never stop until we destroy it and you.
43:49You are the Slayer, and we know what we must do.
43:55Now, be done with it.
44:00Be done with it.
44:02Kill us and let legions follow.
44:29Go.
45:00You're late.
45:03Yeah.
45:05Was, was there an attack?
45:07Yeah.
45:09We can begin the review at last.
45:11We'll, uh, skip the more obvious.
45:13Questions?
45:15Quickly.
45:17There isn't going to be a review.
45:19Sorry?
45:21No review.
45:23No interrogation.
45:25No questions you know I can't answer.
45:27No hoops.
45:29No jumps.
45:31No interruptions.
45:37See, I've had a lot of people talking at me the last few days.
45:43Everyone just lining up to tell me how unimportant I am.
45:47at me the last few days. Everyone just lining up to tell me how unimportant I
45:53am. And I finally figured out why.
46:00Power. I have it. They don't.
46:09This bothers them.
46:12Glory came to my home today. Buffy, are you? Just to talk. She told me I'm a bug.
46:23I'm a flea. She could squash me in a second. Only she didn't.
46:32She came into my home and we talked. We had what in her warped brain probably
46:39passes for a civilized conversation. Why? Because she needs something from me.
46:48Because I have power over her.
46:55You guys didn't come all the way from England to determine whether or not I
46:59was good enough to be let back in. You came to beg me to let you back in. To
47:12give your jobs, your lives some semblance of meaning. This is beyond
47:18influence. I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions. That was excellent.
47:32You're watchers. Without a Slayer, you're pretty much just watching Masterpiece
47:40Theater. You can't stop Glory. You can't do anything with the information you
47:48have except maybe publish it in the Everyone Thinks We're Insaneos home
47:52journal. So here's how it's gonna work. You're gonna tell me everything you know
48:03and you're gonna go away. You'll contact me if and when you have any further
48:08information about Glory. The magic shop will remain open. Mr. Giles will stay
48:14here as my official watcher reinstated at full salary. Retroactive. To be paid
48:22retroactively from the month he was fired. I will continue my work with the
48:28help of my friends. I don't want the sword thrown at me but civilians, we're
48:35talking about children. We're talking about two very powerful witches and a
48:42thousand-year-old ex-demon. Willow's a demon? The boy? No power there. The boy's
48:52clocked more field time than all of you combined. He's part of the unit. That's
48:58why they speak. Five o'clock field time. Now, you all may be very good at your
49:06jobs. The only way we're gonna find out is if you work with me. You can all take
49:14your time thinking about that. But I want an answer right now from Quentin
49:21because I think he's understanding me.
49:28Your terms are acceptable.
49:38See? No begging.
49:55Oh, Rupert. Quentin? When we infiltrated your shop, we found a bottle of single malt
50:03scotch behind the incense. It's not, you know, during working hours. I think I
50:11could use a glass. I suppose we could... Just a minute.
50:19Glory, I want to know. Yeah, there's a lot to go through. Just tell me what kind of
50:28demon I'm fighting. Well, that's the thing, you see. Glory isn't a demon. What is she?
50:39She's a god.
50:46Oh.
51:28Grr. Arrgh.