MMM...
UNH! AAH!
MMM.
♪ I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW... ♪
HA! TOUCHDOWN! OH, YEAH.
GO, TEAM ME!
HEH.
♪ JUST SPIN ME AROUND... ♪
ANYBODY EVER TOLD TEAM YOU
THE QUARTERBACK THROWS LIKE A GIRL?
I DO?
♪ I KNOW THAT THIS IS DEEPER THAN YOU GET ♪
OHH! UHH.
OH, SORRY.
NO! NO, DON'T YOU!
NO, NO, NO! [GRUNTING]
I'M EXHAUSTED JUST LOOKING AT THOSE TWO.
ALL THIS SPLASHING AND JUMPING AND RUNNING...
SHOULDN'T RELAXING INVOLVE LESS EXERTION?
ABSOLUTELY.
EXERTION CAN LEAD TO SWEATINESS.
WHICH CAN CAUSE THE PAIN AND HEARTBREAK OF STINKINESS.
BETTER TO JUST STAY PUT.
I THINK WE'VE JUST PUT OUR FINGER
ON WHY WE'RE THE SIDEKICKS.
GAME OVER?
UH, BUFFY SLAYED THE FOOTBALL.
WHERE'S MY BURGER?
YEAH, MAN, I'M STARVING.
COW ME.
THE FIRE'S NOT COOPERATING.
IT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT I LACK
THE CULINARY FINESSE OF A CAVEMAN.
IGNIS INCENDE!
WILLOW, CHECK YOU OUT. WITCH-FU.
IT'S NO BIG.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BALANCE THE ELEMENTS,
SO WHEN YOU AFFECT ONE, YOU DON'T WIND UP CAUSING--
[THUNDER]
AAH!
I DIDN'T DO IT. I DIDN'T DO IT!
[THUNDER]
AAH! AAH!
COME ON, HURRY IT UP. I'M GETTIN' SOAKED.
I'M TRYIN'.
JEEZ, THIS THING WEIGHS--
NICE. GOOD JOB.
LOOK AT THIS. GUY'S CARTIN' DIRT AROUND.
LEAVE IT. WE'LL-- WE'LL TURN IT ON ITS SIDE.
DIRT? MAN, RICH PEOPLE ARE--
AAH--UHH.
THERE YOU GO. ALL SET.
THANK YOU, WILLOW.
OBSTINATE BLOODY MACHINE SIMPLY REFUSED TO WORK FOR ME.
JUST CALL ME "THE COMPUTER WHISPERER."
LET'S GET SCANNIN'. I WANT TO SEE THIS PUPPY GO.
START WITH THOSE.
START? WHERE IS FINISH?
WILLOW, IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE BEGIN TO ARCHIVE THE LIBRARY.
I MEAN, MOST OF THESE TEXTS HAVE NO DUPLICATES.
BUT...NOW?
DOESN'T WINTER SEEM MORE LIKE ARCHIVING SEASON?
WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, WILLOW.
I MEAN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LEAVE IF, UH...
NO. IT'S FINE.
IT'S JUST YOU'VE BEEN MR. PROJECT ALL SUMMER.
YOU KNOW?
LABELING THE AMULETS AND INDEXING YOUR DIARIES.
I DRAW THE LINE AT MAKING GIANT RUBBER BAND BALLS.
THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO GET A LIFE.
[CLEARS THROAT]
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO, ACTUALLY,
IS, UM, GET A LIFE.
IT MIGHT GO BETTER IF YOU LEFT THE HOUSE.
WILLOW, UM...
YOU MUSTN'T REPEAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY...
ESPECIALLY NOT TO BUFFY.
UH-OH.
YOU PROMISE?
OH, GOD.
WELL, I GUESS.
NOW THAT I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING TO KNOW,
I CAN'T NOT KNOW JUST BECAUSE I'M AFRAID
SOMEBODY WILL KNOW I KNOW. YOU KNOW?
DID THAT MEAN YES?
YEAH.
WE'RE DOING ALL THIS BECAUSE I WANT YOU AND THE OTHERS
TO HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.
YOU SEE, I'M-- I'M GOING BACK TO ENGLAND.
YOU'RE...WHAT? BUT YOU CAN'T.
YOU'RE... BUFFY'S WATCHER.
I MEAN, IN A FIRED WAY, BUT...
WELL, IT'S BECOME QUITE OBVIOUS
THAT BUFFY DOESN'T NEED ME ANYMORE.
AND I DON'T SAY THAT IN A SELF-PITYING WAY.
I'M--I'M QUITE PROUD, ACTUALLY.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US?
WE STILL NEED TO BE WATCHED.
PERSONALLY, I CAN'T GET THROUGH A DAY
WITHOUT A LITTLE HAIRY EYEBALL.
HEH.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT,
BUT IT'S-- IT'S JUST NOT SO.
YOU'LL BE FINE. YOU ALL WILL.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH.
YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL ME WHENEVER YOU LIKE.
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA TELL BUFFY?
SOON.
IT WON'T BE EASY, BUT, UH...
I KNOW SHE'LL UNDERSTAND.
THANKS, MOM. EVERYTHING WAS YUMMY.
HEY, YOU UP FOR DESSERT?
WE COULD TAKE A DRIVE, GET SOME ICE CREAM.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD, BUT I KINDA HAVE TO GET OUT ON PATROL.
NOW? IT'S 8:30.
WELL, VAMPS DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT TIME IT IS.
YOU KNOW, DARK EQUALS DINNER BELL.
RIGHT. OF COURSE.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET USED TO
THIS PLACE WITHOUT YOU AGAIN.
IT GETS SO QUIET.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD MAKE A REGULAR DATE OF THIS
WHEN SCHOOL STARTS.
MMM.
I'M SORRY. DUTY CALLS.
IT'S A TOTAL DRAG.
UHH! UHH! UNH!
UNH!
AAH! OHH! UNH!
OOH!
YAAH!
VERY IMPRESSIVE HUNT.
SUCH POWER.
THAT WAS NO HUNT.
THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER DAY ON THE JOB.
CARE TO STEP UP FOR SOME OVERTIME?
WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIGHT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT A SLAYER IS?
DO YOU?
WHO ARE YOU?
I APOLOGIZE. I ASSUMED YOU KNEW.
I AM DRACULA.
GET OUT.
XAND, WHAT IF SOMEBODY HAD A SECRET,
AND THAT SOMEBODY PROMISED SOMEBODY ELSE
THAT THEY WOULDN'T TELL ANYONE?
NEWS FLASH, WILL. EVERYBODY KNOWS.
NO, THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME AND TARA.
OH. WELL, NOT THAT I WOULDN'T BE ALL EARS
IF YOU WANTED TO TELL ME A SECRET ABOUT YOU TWO,
EVEN IF IT WAS VERY, VERY NAUGHTY.
SORRY. THIS IS OF THE NON-NAUGHTY VARIETY,
AND I'M NOT TELLING YOU.
OK. WANT TO SEE IF BUFFY'S HANGING AROUND THE HEADSTONES?
SURE.
SO IF I WAS GONNA TELL YOU, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO...
SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
YOU'RE...
DRACULA,
THE GUY, THE COUNT.
I AM.
AND YOU'RE SURE THIS ISN'T JUST SOME FANBOY THING?
'CAUSE I'VE FOUGHT MORE THAN A COUPLE
PIMPLY, OVERWEIGHT VAMPS THAT CALLED THEMSELVES LESTAT.
YOU KNOW WHO I AM.
AS I WOULD KNOW WITHOUT QUESTION
THAT YOU ARE BUFFY SUMMERS.
YOU'VE HEARD OF ME?
NATURALLY. YOU'RE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
NAH. REALLY?
WHY ELSE WOULD I COME HERE?
FOR THE SUN?
I CAME TO MEET THE RENOWNED KILLER.
YEAH, I PREFER THE TERM SLAYER.
YOU KNOW, KILLER JUST SOUNDS SO...
NAKED?
LIKE I PAINT CLOWNS OR SOMETHING.
I'M THE GOOD GUY, REMEMBER?
PERHAPS, BUT YOUR POWER IS ROOTED IN DARKNESS.
YOU MUST FEEL IT.
NO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I FEEL?
BORED.
UNH!
OK, THAT'S CHEATING.
HEY, BUFF, WHAT'S UP?
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU JUST--
GET OUT OF HERE. NOW.
FINE, BUT I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU A SIP
OF MY DOUBLE-MINT MOCHA, BUT--
BEHIND YOU.
HI.
NICE.
LOOK WHO'S GOT A BAD CASE OF DARK-PRINCE ENVY.
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN YOU.
LEAVE US.
NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU.
AND WHERE'D YOU GET THAT ACCENT, SESAME STREET?
1, 2, 3-- 3 VICTIMS. MWA HA HA HA!
XANDER, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S DRACULA.
WOW. REALLY?
HEY, SORRY, MAN. I WAS...
JUST JOKIN' AROUND.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME.
I WILL SEE YOU SOON.
BAT!
AND THEN BUFFY'S ALL, "LOOK OUT!"
AND THEN FRIGGIN' DRACULA'S STANDING RIGHT BEHIND US.
AND THEN HE LUNGES AT US, LIKE, WHOOSH!
HE TOTALLY LOOKED SHORTER IN PERSON.
I TOLD YOU HE'D HEARD OF ME, RIGHT?
I MEAN, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
COUNT FAMOUS HEARD OF ME.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT THE FIRST 20 TIMES YOU TOLD US,
BUT IT'S STARTING TO SINK IN NOW.
I'M SORRY, AM I REPEAT-O GIRL?
I WAS JUST... BLOWN AWAY.
IT'S NOT THAT SURPRISING HE'S HEARD OF YOU, BUFFY.
YOU ARE THE SLAYER.
I GUESS.
IT WAS JUST THE WAY HE SAID IT, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, HE MADE IT SOUND SO...
SEXY? I BET HE MADE IT SOUND SEXY.
KINDA.
HE OF THE DARK, PENETRATING EYES AND LILTY ACCENT.
Xander: I WONDER IF HE KNOWS FRANKENSTEIN.
YOU THOUGHT DRACULA WAS SEXY?
OH! NO...
HE--HE WAS...YUCK.
RIGHT, EXCEPT FOR THE WHOLE TALL, DARK, AND HANDSOME THING.
YUCK-O.
HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?
WELL, WE HUNG OUT A FEW TIMES.
BACK IN MY DEMON DAYS. YOU KNOW, ONCE OR TWICE.
HE'S PRETTY COOL. [SIGHS]
YOU KNOW, FROM A WHOLE EVIL-THING PERSPECTIVE.
PLEASE. HE WAS NO BIG WHOOP.
Willow: NO BIG WHOOP? WHAT ABOUT THAT THING
WHERE HE TURNED HIMSELF INTO A BAT?
THAT WAS AWESOME.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN, YES.
I MUST ADMIT, I'M SORRY I MISSED THAT.
ME, TOO. THE WHOLE TIME, I WAS THINKING,
"GOSH, I WISH GILES WERE HERE. HE'D KNOW WHAT TO DO."
DIDN'T YOU GUYS... THINK THAT?
ACTUALLY, I WAS MORE THINKING, "BAT!"
HOW COME HE CAN DO THAT?
I HAVE NO IDEA.
THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF MYTH ABOUT DRACULA.
I IMAGINE THE TRICK TO DEFEATING HIM
LIES IN SEPARATING THE FACT FROM THE FICTION.
GREAT POINT! THAT IS SO GILES
TO THINK OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW?
THAT--THAT WE WOULD HAVE NEVER...
SO WE SHOULD TAKE THINGS SLOW WITH DRACULA.
I MEAN, HE SAID THAT WE WOULD MEET AGAIN,
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AVOID THAT UNTIL WE DO SOME SERIOUS HOMEWORK.
I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, HE MAY HAVE A BUNCH OF SWELL PARTY TRICKS,
BUT HE'S STILL JUST A VAMPIRE.
I SAY WE LOAD UP WITH STAKES AND CROSSBOWS
AND GO AFTER HIM NOW.
SECOND.
NO, BUFFY'S RIGHT. DRACULA'S TOO SLICK
TO FALL FOR THE USUAL STUFF.
WE HOLD OFF. NO KILLING UNTIL WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
YOU'RE NOT JUST SAYING THAT
BECAUSE OF THOSE DARK, PENETRATING EYES OF HIS, ARE YOU?
NO. HIS EYES WERE--
THERE WERE-- THERE WAS NO PENETRATION.
CROSS MY HEART.
ALL RIGHT. UM, WILLOW,
YOU AND TARA FIND OUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN
ABOUT THE ACTUAL LEGEND OF VLAD THE IMPALER ON THE INTERNET,
AND, UH, I'LL CHECK THE LIBRARY.
IF THE INITIATIVE WAS STILL AROUND,
WE'D BE ABLE TO FIND EVERYTHING ON THIS GUY IN A FEW HOURS.
WE MAY NOT BE AS FAST, BUT WE'LL FIND HIM.
YOU GUYS, WE'LL RECONVENE HERE IN THE MORNING.
WHAT'S YOUR PLAN?
THE BIG SLEEP.
MY COUNT ENCOUNTER WIPED ME OUT.
I'M KIND OF WIRED.
MAYBE I SHOULD JUST LET YOU GET YOUR REST.
YOU SURE?
I MEAN, MAYBE IF YOU JUST LIE DOWN WITH ME--
NOTHING YOU ARE ABOUT TO SAY WILL LEAD TO REST.
I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING?
MM-HMM. WITH DONUTS.
HMM. HEAVEN.
SEE? A LITTLE SUGAR, AND I'M ALL YOURS.
DRACULA SHMAKULA.
I DOUBT HE'D REMEMBER ME.
I WAS JUST A SILLY YOUNG THING, I MEAN, LIKE 700 OR SO.
BUT HE DID SAY THAT THIS GUY I CURSED WAS DOOMED FOREVER,
WHICH WAS REALLY SWEET, DON'T YOU THINK?
ADORABLE.
IT WAS A GREAT SPELL.
I MADE THIS JERK INCREDIBLY FAT, LIKE A HUMAN MINIVAN.
YOU SHOULD JUST MENTION MY NAME IF YOU SEE HIM AGAIN.
OR BETTER YET, WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO SIT ON TOP OF A CRYPT
AND FLAUNT YOUR NECK CLEAVAGE UNTIL DRACULA SHOWS UP?
THEN YOU TWO CAN TALK PRIVATE.
OH, PLEASE. DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE JEALOUS?
OH, NO. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE PANTING OVER THE GUY.
I AM NOT PANTING.
NOW STOP BEING SILLY.
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
YOU DON'T WANT TO COME BACK TO MY PLACE?
IT'S WHITES DAY, REMEMBER?
THE BLEACH SMELL MAKES ME NAUSEOUS.
FINE. I SUPPOSE DRACULA DOESN'T USE BLEACH, HUH?
HE'S A DARKS-ONLY MAN.
GREAT.
PERFECT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE NOT SO BIG.
ONE ROUND OF OLD-FASHIONED FISTICUFFS,
I BET YOU'D FOLD LIKE A BITTY BABY.
OK, LET'S DO IT...
AND NO POOFIN'.
COME ON, PUFFY SHIRT.
PUCKER ON UP, 'CAUSE YOU CAN KISS YOUR PALE ASS--
SILENCE.
YES, MASTER.
NO, THAT'S NOT--
YOU WILL BE MY EMISSARY,
MY EYES AND EARS IN DAYLIGHT.
YOUR EMISSARY?
SERVE ME WELL.
YOU WILL BE REWARDED.
I WILL MAKE YOU AN IMMORTAL--
A CHILD OF DARKNESS THAT FEEDS ON LIFE ITSELF...
ON BLOOD.
BLOOD? YES, YES!
I WILL SERVE YOU, YOUR EXCELLENT SPOOKINESS.
OR MASTER. I'LL JUST STICK WITH MASTER.
YOU ARE STRANGE AND OFF-PUTTING.
GO NOW.
BUT, MASTER, HOW CAN I FIND--
BRILLIANT. WHAT AN EXIT.
GUY'S A GENIUS. HEH.
HEH HEH HEH HEH.
WELL, WELL. YOU CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE INITIATIVE,
BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE INITIATIVE OUT OF THE BOY.
I'D PUT THAT DOWN,
UNLESS YOU'RE BUCKING FOR ONE HELL OF A HEADACHE.
I CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL.
I GOT QUITE A FEW DEMONS AFTER ME THESE DAYS.
I'M LOOKIN' FOR SOME INFORMATION.
MIGHT PAY A LITTLE.
I'LL PLAY.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT DRACULA?
DRACULA?
PONCY BUGGER OWES ME £11, FOR ONE THING.
YOU KNOW HIM?
KNOW HIM? WE'RE OLD RIVALS.
BUT THEN HE GOT FAMOUS.
FORGOT ALL ABOUT HIS FOES.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT-- THAT GLORY HOUND'S
DONE MORE HARM TO VAMPIRES THAN ANY SLAYER.
HIS STORY GETS OUT, AND SUDDENLY EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO KILL US.
YOU KNOW, THE MIRROR BIT...
BUT HE'S NOT JUST A REGULAR VAMPIRE.
HE HAS SPECIAL POWERS, RIGHT?
NOTHIN' BUT SHOWY GYPSY STUFF.
WHAT'S IT TO YOU, ANYWAY?
HE'S IN TOWN, MAKING HIS PRESENCE KNOWN.
DRAC'S IN SUNNYDALE-WAY?
I GUESS THE OLD BOY NEEDED CLOSURE AFTER ALL.
ACTUALLY, HE'S GUNNING FOR BUFFY,
BUT I'M OUT TO FIND HIM BEFORE HE GETS ANOTHER SHOT AT HER.
TOUGH TALK, COWBOY...
BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA CATCH HIM NAPPING IN A CRYPT.
NO. THE COUNT HAS TO HAVE HIS LUXURY ESTATE
AND HIS BUG-EATERS AND HIS SPECIAL DIRT, DOESN'T HE?
SO YOU'RE SAYING I SHOULD CHECK OUT MANSIONS, THAT SORT OF THING?
NO.
I'M SAYING YOU SHOULD GO HOME
TO YOUR SUPERHONEY,
HAVE A NICE SAFE SNOG.
YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR DEPTH ON THIS ONE, BOY.
YOU'VE HELPED BUFFY BEFORE,
SO SHE HAS A PROBLEM WITH KILLING YOU NOW THAT YOU'RE HELPLESS.
I DON'T.
I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY.
WOULD YOU?
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA FIND HIM.
NOT BEFORE HE GETS TO HER.
[GASPS]
YOU ARE MAGNIFICENT.
I BET YOU SAY THAT BEFORE YOU BITE ALL THE GIRLS.
NO. YOU ARE DIFFERENT.
KINDRED.
KINDRED? HARDLY--
PULL YOUR HAIR BACK.
THIS ISN'T HOW I USUALLY FIGHT.
YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST WAFT IN HERE WITH YOUR MUSIC-VIDEO WIND
AND YOUR HYPNO-EYES...
I HAVE SEARCHED THE WORLD OVER FOR YOU.
I HAVE YEARNED FOR YOU...
FOR A CREATURE WHOSE DARKNESS RIVALS MY OWN.
YOU HAVE BEEN TASTED.
HE WAS--
UNWORTHY.
HE LET YOU GO.
BUT THE EMBRACE...
HIS BITE...
YOU REMEMBER.
NO.
DO NOT FIGHT.
I CAN FEEL YOUR HUNGER.
[CRUNCH]
UNH...UNH.
HERE'S A JELLY ONE. YOU WANT IT?
NO.
GOT IT. GOT IT! MINE, MINE.
WELL, I THINK WE HAVE DRACULA FACTOIDS.
LIKE ANY OF THAT'S ENOUGH TO FIGHT THE DARK MASTER--
BATOR.
A LOT OF IT WE ALREADY KNEW.
TURN-OFFS: WOOD, FIRE, CROSSES, GARLIC.
TURN-ONS: NICE DUDS, MINIONS,
LONG, SLOW BITES THAT LAST FOR DAYS.
Riley: YEAH, I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH, TOO.
DRACULA LIKES TO LIVE IN STYLE.
WHICH MEANS WE CAN RULE OUT THE USUAL DUMPS VAMPIRES HAUNT.
AH, BUT HE'S SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE
THAT WE PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THAT.
I'M GUESSIN' HE'S LAYIN' LOW.
ACTUALLY, MY RESEARCH BACKS RILEY UP.
DRAC ISN'T THE LAY-LOW TYPE.
SO WE CAN CHECK OUT THE NICER PLACES.
DON'T YOU THINK, BUFFY?
YEAH, WE'LL CHECK ALL THE SWANKY PLACES FIRST.
WHAT ELSE DID YOU GUYS GET?
WELL, WILLOW HAS MOST OF IT, ACTUALLY.
ONLY BECAUSE YOU GAVE ME SUPER POINTERS.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE--
JUST...GO AHEAD, WILLOW.
OK. DRACULA'S MODUS OPERANDI
IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER VAMPIRES.
HE WILL KILL JUST TO FEED,
BUT HE'D RATHER HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HIS VICTIMS,
AND HE HAS ALL OF THESE MENTAL POWERS TO DRAW THEM IN.
HE--HE CAN READ AND CONTROL MINDS,
APPEAR IN DREAMS.
UH-HUH.
MAKES SENSE.
THAT STARE...
HE JUST KINDA LOOKED RIGHT THROUGH YOU.
DIDN'T YOU FEEL IT, BUFFY?
NO.
NO, I DIDN'T.
SEE?! BUFFY DIDN'T FEEL IT.
I THINK YOU'RE DRAWING A LOT OF CRAZY CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE UNHOLY PRINCE!
BATOR.
THE POINT IS, THOUGH HE GOES THROUGH THE MOTIONS
OF AN INTIMATE SEDUCTION,
THE END RESULT IS THE SAME--
HE TURNS THEM INTO A VAMPIRE.
WELL, THAT IS INTIMATE.
DRACULA'S GIFTING THESE LADIES WITH HIS OWN BLOOD.
AND BLOOD--
BLOOD IS LIFE.
ACCORDING TO THEM.
UH, JUST BE AWARE THAT
HE TENDS TO FORM A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS PREY.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR HIM TO TAKE HER.
SHE MUST WANT TO BE TAKEN. SHE MUST...BURN FOR HIM.
THAT'S INTERESTING. I'M GONNA GO FIND HIM.
YOU SHOULDN'T GO BY YOURSELF, BUFFY.
I MEAN, THIS GUY'S SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS.
IT'S COOL. I GOT IT.
HEY.
TAKE OFF THAT SCARF.
WHAT? NO.
YOU'RE UNDER THE THRALL OF THE DARK PRINCE.
I AM NOT UNDER THE THRALL OF THE DARK PRINCE.
THEN TAKE OFF THE SCARF.
OH, LET GO OF ME! THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
Giles: WELL, WHY DIDN'T SHE SAY ANYTHING?
'CAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT TO WORRY US, RIGHT, BUFFSTER?
IT'S NOTHIN'. JUST A SCRATCH.
2 DEEP, PUNCTURE-Y SCRATCHES.
I'M NOT SURE WHY I TRIED TO HIDE IT.
UH, THERE WAS JUST THIS VOICE,
AND IT WAS TELLING ME TO COVER IT.
AND WHAT DID I TELL YOU?
THAT'S THRALL.
YOU'RE SAYING DRACULA HAS SOME SORT OF
FREAKY MIND CONTROL OVER HER?
YOU'RE WATCHIN' TOO MANY CREATURE FEATURES, MAN.
Buffy: BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE HE HAS THIS CONTROL OVER ME,
EVEN THOUGH A BIG PART OF ME IS RESISTING.
NO, THAT'S OK.
I--I SHOULDN'T TAKE THIS PERSONALLY.
I MEAN, WHAT WITH ANGEL,
I MEAN, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THERE WOULD BE TRANSFERENCE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE BOTH BROODY IMMORTALS.
I AM NOT TRANSFERRING.
I SWEAR TO YOU...
I'M YOUR GIRL, AND I'M GONNA STAY THAT WAY.
OK, BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE NEAR HIM AGAIN.
RILEY'S RIGHT. YOU SHOULD STAY OUT OF SIGHT.
LET THE REST OF US LOOK FOR DRACULA.
I CAN'T GO HOME. HE ALREADY GOT INSIDE ONCE.
YOU CAN COME OVER TO MY PLACE.
I'LL MAKE SURE YOU STAY PUT.
GOOD. RILEY AND I CAN--
CAN SEARCH FOR DRACULA.
WILLOW, YOU AND TARA COULD DO A PROTECTION SPELL AT BUFFY'S HOUSE
TO PREVENT HIM FROM RETURNING.
GOT IT. HOW'D HE GET INSIDE, ANYWAY?
HE SEEMED SO NICE AND NORMAL...
A LITTLE PALE.
A GOOD SUNNYDALE RULE OF THUMB--
AVOID WHITE-SKINNED MEN IN CAPES.
I'M NOT LIKE THIS. I DON'T INVITE STRANGE MEN OVER FOR COFFEE.
IT'S JUST...
OH, WHEN YOU GIRLS ARE OLDER, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.
IT'S HARD TO DATE.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST FEEL LIKE GIVING UP ON MEN ALTOGETHER.
ANOTHER BUST.
AND IT'S GETTING DARK.
I SHOULD HAVE TURNED UP A BETTER LEAD.
THERE MUST BE AN EASIER WAY TO FIND HIM.
AH, TOO LATE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW.
IF WE HURRY, WE CAN HIT THESE LAST PLACES.
SO HOW COME I HAVE TO BE HERE SLAYER-SITTING
WHILE THE OTHER GUYS GET TO LOOK FOR DRACULA?
I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE I'M--
WHAT TIME IS IT?
UH, ALMOST 6:00.
LOOK, I MEAN, I'M THE ONE WHO KNOWS HIM.
I'M THE ONE WHO HAD A REALLY GOOD LOOK AT HIM,
AND SO, I MEAN-- WHAT? HEY, WHAT? HEY!
I'M SUPPOSED TO DELIVER YOU TO THE MASTER NOW.
THERE'S THIS WHOLE DEAL WHERE I GET TO BE IMMORTAL.
YOU COOL WITH THAT?
TAKE ME TO HIM.
Anya: COME ON, XANDER. THIS ISN'T FUNNY. LET ME OUT!
MASTER?
I DELIVERED THE SLAYER.
SHE WHO YOU MOST DESIRE.
SORRY. WHOM.
SO NOW COMES THE IMMORTALITY, RIGHT?
YOU DO THE THING AND--
LEAVE US.
WE MUST NOT BE INTERRUPTED.
YOU BET.
I KNEW YOU'D COME.
WHY?
BECAUSE I'M UNDER YOUR THRALL?
WELL, GUESS AGAIN, PAL.
PUT THE STAKE DOWN.
OK.
RIGHT.
THAT WAS NOT YOU.
I DID THAT.
I DID THAT BECAUSE... I WANTED TO.
MAYBE I SHOULD RETHINK THAT THRALL THING.
OHH...
I'VE LIVED IN SUNNYDALE A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
KNOW WHAT I'VE NEVER NOTICED BEFORE?
UH, A CASTLE?
A BIG, HONKING CASTLE.
STAY AWAY FROM ME.
ARE YOU AFRAID I WILL BITE YOU?
SLAYER, THAT'S WHY YOU CAME.
NO. LAST NIGHT...
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
STOP ME.
STAKE ME.
I...ANY MINUTE NOW.
DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU CANNOT RESIST?
'CAUSE YOU'RE FAMOUS?
BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO.
MY FRIENDS ARE--
THEY'RE HERE.
THEY WILL NOT FIND US.
WE ARE ALONE...
ALWAYS ALONE.
THERE IS SO MUCH I HAVE TO TEACH YOU.
YOUR HISTORY, YOUR POWER,
WHAT YOUR BODY IS CAPABLE OF.
I DON'T NEED TO KNOW.
YOU LONG TO...
AND YOU WILL HAVE ETERNITY TO DISCOVER YOURSELF.
BUT FIRST...
A LITTLE TASTE.
I WON'T LET YOU.
I DIDN'T MEAN FOR ME.
NOBODY HARMS MY MASTER.
YOUR MASTER?
YOU WANT HIM?
YOU COME THROUGH ME.
OKEY-DOKEY.
HAII!
OH, GOOD SHOW, GILES.
OH, AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T GET KNOCKED OUT
FOR A CHANGE.
OH, OH...
OH, LADIES.
YOU WOULD BE THE 3 SISTERS, YES?
EXCELLENT. RIGHT.
UH, I'D HEARD THAT YOU WERE MYTH...
OBVIOUSLY ERRONEOUS.
OH! UH, UH...
OOH, THAT'S...
THAT'S--
TICKLES.
OOH, OH, UH...
OH, DEAR GOD.
WHAT ARE YOU--
ALL THESE YEARS FIGHTING US,
YOUR POWER SO NEAR TO OUR OWN...
AND YOU'VE NEVER ONCE WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT IT IS WE FIGHT FOR?
NEVER EVEN A TASTE?
IF I DRINK THAT--
I HAVE NOT DRUNK ENOUGH FOR YOU TO CHANGE.
YOU MUST BE NEAR DEATH TO BECOME ONE OF US,
AND THAT COMES ONLY WHEN YOU PLEAD FOR IT.
I'M NOT HUNGRY.
NO. YOU'RE CRAVING GOES DEEPER THAN THAT.
YOU THINK YOU KNOW...
WHAT YOU ARE, WHAT'S TO COME.
YOU HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN.
FIND IT.
THE DARKNESS.
FIND YOUR TRUE NATURE.
UNH! HYAH!
WOW.
THAT WAS GROSS.
YOU ARE RESISTING.
LOOKS LIKE.
COME HERE...
COME TO ME.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK THE THRALL
HAS GONE OUT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.
BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR OPENING UP MY EYES A LITTLE.
WHAT IS THIS?
MY TRUE NATURE.
YOU WANT A TASTE?
[GROWLS]
UNH.
BUFFY, ARE YOU IN--
GILES, GILES!
COME ON, COME ON. GRAB MY HAND.
THANK GOD YOU CAME.
COME ON!
THERE WAS NO POSSIBLE ESCAPE.
[GRUNTING]
OK.
OH, MY SHOE.
SILLY ME, I'LL JUST POP--
NO, NO, NO, SIR!
NO MORE CHICK PIT FOR YOU. COME ON.
A GUY LIKE YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT GOING ELECTRIC.
SERIOUSLY.
AAH!
HOW DO YOU LIKE MY DARKNESS NOW?
BUFFY.
YOU OK?
YEAH.
CHOCK FULL OF FREE WILL.
AND DRACULA?
EUROTRASHED.
WHERE IS HE?
WHERE'S THE CREEP THAT TURNED ME
INTO A SPIDER-EATING MAN-BITCH?
HE'S GONE.
DAMN IT!
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M SICK OF THIS CRAP.
I'M SICK OF BEING THE GUY WHO EATS INSECTS
AND GETS THE FUNNY SYPHILIS.
AS OF THIS MOMENT, IT'S OVER.
I'M FINISHED BEING EVERYBODY'S BUTT MONKEY.
CHECK.
NO MORE BUTT MONKEY.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
AT LEAST YOU WEREN'T MAKING TIME
WITH THE DRACUBABES LIKE GILES HERE.
I WAS NOT MAKING TIME.
I--I WAS JUST ABOUT TO KILL THOSE UH, LOATHSOME CREATURES
WHEN RILEY INTERRUPTED ME.
REALLY?
YOU WERE GONNA NUZZLE 'EM TO DEATH?
OF COURSE NOT. I WAS IN COMPLETE...
CONTROL.
YOU THINK I DON'T WATCH YOUR MOVIES?
YOU ALWAYS COME BACK.
I'M STANDING RIGHT HERE.
Buffy: YOU WANTED TO SEE ME?
YES. THANKS FOR COMING.
CAN I OFFER YOU SOME TEA?
OH, NO, THANKS.
OOH, COOKIES.
HOW COME I RATE LITTLE COOKIE TREATMENT?
WELL, ACTUALLY, I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.
ACTUALLY, I HAVE SOMETHING THAT
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, TOO.
WELL, YOU GO FIRST, BY ALL MEANS.
NO. GO AHEAD.
NO, I INSIST.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN MY WATCHER FOR A WHILE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN TRAINING...
AND I HAVEN'T REALLY NEEDED
TO COME TO YOU FOR HELP.
I AGREE.
AND THEN THIS WHOLE THING WITH DRACULA--
IT MADE ME FACE UP TO SOME STUFF.
EVER SINCE WE DID THAT SPELL
WHERE WE CALLED ON THE FIRST SLAYER...
I'VE BEEN GOING OUT A LOT.
EVERY NIGHT.
PATROLLING?
HUNTING.
THAT'S WHAT DRACULA CALLED IT,
AND HE WAS RIGHT.
HE UNDERSTOOD MY POWER BETTER THAN I DO.
HE SAW DARKNESS IN IT.
I NEED TO KNOW MORE...
ABOUT WHERE I COME FROM, ABOUT THE OTHER SLAYERS.
I MEAN, MAYBE...
MAYBE IF I CAN LEARN TO CONTROL THIS THING,
I COULD BE STRONGER, I COULD BE BETTER.
BUT I'M SCARED.
I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE HARD.
AND I CAN'T DO IT...
WITHOUT YOU.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
I NEED YOU TO BE MY WATCHER AGAIN.
[SIGHS]
BOY, I JUST--I JUST KEEP TALKING, DON'T I?
I'M SORRY. YOU-- YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY.
NO.
IT'S NOTHING.
I'M OUT OF HERE.
RILEY AND I ARE GOING TO THE MOVIES.
OK. HAVE A GOOD TIME.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
BUFFY?
IF YOU'RE GOING OUT,
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE YOUR SISTER?
MOM! MOM!
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