1 00:00:01,980 --> 00:00:03,604 Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 2 00:00:05,062 --> 00:00:06,646 Tara? Oh, God! 3 00:00:08,187 --> 00:00:10,104 Somebody! [ Yells ] 4 00:00:10,104 --> 00:00:11,980 - Things just got worse. - How worse? 5 00:00:11,980 --> 00:00:14,187 End of the world worse. Willlow's going to destroy it. 6 00:00:14,187 --> 00:00:16,521 [ Crying ] 7 00:00:16,521 --> 00:00:18,980 I love you. 8 00:00:18,980 --> 00:00:22,980 Things really suck lately. That's all gonna change. 9 00:00:22,980 --> 00:00:24,896 And I'm gonna be there when it does. 10 00:00:24,896 --> 00:00:27,438 Make me what I was. 11 00:00:27,438 --> 00:00:30,896 - We will return your soul. - [ Yelling ] 12 00:00:55,813 --> 00:00:57,938 [ Panting ] 13 00:01:49,896 --> 00:01:51,771 [ Grunts ] 14 00:01:51,771 --> 00:01:54,563 [ Cries Out, Grunts ] 15 00:02:05,312 --> 00:02:07,521 It's about power-- 16 00:02:07,521 --> 00:02:11,438 who's got it, who knows how to use it. [ Growling ] 17 00:02:11,438 --> 00:02:14,980 So, who's got the power, Dawn? 18 00:02:14,980 --> 00:02:18,521 [ Sighs ] Well, I've got the stake. 19 00:02:18,521 --> 00:02:22,021 - The stake is not the power. - But he's new. 20 00:02:22,021 --> 00:02:24,438 - He doesn't know his strength. - [ Growls ] 21 00:02:24,438 --> 00:02:28,771 He might not know all those fancy martial arts skills they inevitably seem to pick up. 22 00:02:28,771 --> 00:02:30,729 Who's got the power? 23 00:02:32,021 --> 00:02:34,646 - He does. - Never forget it. 24 00:02:34,646 --> 00:02:37,479 It doesn't matter how well-prepped you are or how well-armed you are. 25 00:02:37,479 --> 00:02:39,813 You're a little girl. Woman. 26 00:02:39,813 --> 00:02:41,479 Little woman. I'm taller than you. 27 00:02:41,479 --> 00:02:43,771 He's a vampire. Okay? Demon? 28 00:02:43,771 --> 00:02:47,354 Preternaturally strong, skilled with powers no human could possibly ever-- 29 00:02:47,354 --> 00:02:49,855 Excuse me-- I think I'm stuck. 30 00:02:49,855 --> 00:02:52,479 You're stuck? 31 00:02:52,479 --> 00:02:54,980 My foot's caught on a root or something. 32 00:02:54,980 --> 00:02:57,479 I don't even know how I got down there. 33 00:02:57,479 --> 00:02:59,563 If you girls could just give me a hand? 34 00:02:59,563 --> 00:03:03,438 [ Clears Throat ] So, he's got the power. 35 00:03:03,438 --> 00:03:05,521 - Zip it. - I really appreciate it. It's just so dark, 36 00:03:05,521 --> 00:03:07,521 and I don't even know what I'm doing here. 37 00:03:08,646 --> 00:03:10,896 Whoa! 38 00:03:10,896 --> 00:03:15,187 Whew. Thanks. That was a help. 39 00:03:15,187 --> 00:03:17,229 Unfortunately, it was the last-- 40 00:03:17,229 --> 00:03:20,563 [ Choked ] thing you'll ever do. Listen up. I'm the Slayer. 41 00:03:20,563 --> 00:03:24,604 You don't want to get into it with me. You want blood? You can have hers. 42 00:03:25,771 --> 00:03:28,062 [ Growls ] Power. He's got it. 43 00:03:28,062 --> 00:03:29,896 He's going to use it. You don't have it, so-- 44 00:03:32,604 --> 00:03:34,646 Use that. Perfect. 45 00:03:38,229 --> 00:03:41,104 - [ Vampire Grunts ] - [ Dawn Whimpers ] 46 00:03:58,104 --> 00:04:00,312 Buffy! 47 00:04:24,521 --> 00:04:26,938 [ Sighs ] 48 00:04:28,688 --> 00:04:32,271 It's real. It's the only lesson, Dawn. 49 00:04:32,271 --> 00:04:34,271 It's always real. Let me see. 50 00:04:34,271 --> 00:04:37,396 It's nothing. It's just a scrape. 51 00:04:37,396 --> 00:04:39,354 Plus, I had a plan the whole time. 52 00:04:39,354 --> 00:04:42,229 Really? Yeah. I planned to... 53 00:04:42,229 --> 00:04:46,104 get killed, come back as a vampire and bite you. You wanted to be trained. 54 00:04:46,104 --> 00:04:48,438 Well, just the next time-- You did pretty well. 55 00:04:49,938 --> 00:04:52,521 I did? Yeah. 56 00:04:52,521 --> 00:04:54,729 'Cause, you know, with the whole rolling thing, 57 00:04:54,729 --> 00:04:57,855 I was actually using his strength, and it was very tai chi. 58 00:04:57,855 --> 00:04:59,896 Plus, I nearly got the heart. 59 00:04:59,896 --> 00:05:02,688 My first time out, I missed the heart too. 60 00:05:02,688 --> 00:05:06,229 No way. Just the once. 61 00:05:06,229 --> 00:05:08,604 Well, the next vampire I meet-- 62 00:05:08,604 --> 00:05:11,563 The next vampire you meet, you run away. 63 00:05:11,563 --> 00:05:13,604 I just wish that was all we had to worry about. 64 00:05:13,604 --> 00:05:17,813 Vampires, demons, they're nothing compared to what's coming. 65 00:05:17,813 --> 00:05:21,229 I know. I just can't believe it's back. 66 00:05:21,229 --> 00:05:23,938 Believe me. I thought I was long past it. 67 00:05:23,938 --> 00:05:26,187 I guess you never are. 68 00:05:26,187 --> 00:05:28,521 Just a few more days till it starts, 69 00:05:28,521 --> 00:05:30,646 and then we'll never know what's coming next. 70 00:05:30,646 --> 00:05:34,771 It is my great pleasure and privilege to announce the official opening, 71 00:05:34,771 --> 00:05:37,604 on the very ground that it first stood upon, 72 00:05:37,604 --> 00:05:40,479 of the brand-new, state-of-the-art... 73 00:05:40,479 --> 00:05:42,312 Sunnydale High! 74 00:06:41,771 --> 00:06:43,563 [ Horse Snorts ] 75 00:07:22,271 --> 00:07:24,604 [ Giles ] That doesn't belong there. No, it doesn't. 76 00:07:25,771 --> 00:07:28,729 That's a flora kua alaya. 77 00:07:28,729 --> 00:07:32,187 Native of Paraguay, if my botany serves. 78 00:07:32,187 --> 00:07:35,646 Is there anything you don't know everything about? 79 00:07:35,646 --> 00:07:37,521 Synchronized swimming. Complete mystery to me. 80 00:07:44,604 --> 00:07:48,146 Yep. Paraguay. 81 00:07:48,146 --> 00:07:50,104 Where does it come from? Paraguay. 82 00:07:52,062 --> 00:07:54,604 You brought it through the earth. It's all connected-- 83 00:07:54,604 --> 00:07:59,187 the root system, the molecules, the energy. 84 00:07:59,187 --> 00:08:02,230 Everything's connected. 85 00:08:02,230 --> 00:08:03,896 You sound like Miss Hartness. 86 00:08:03,896 --> 00:08:06,104 She's taught me a lot. 87 00:08:07,438 --> 00:08:09,229 Then why aren't you in your lesson? 88 00:08:09,229 --> 00:08:11,855 Sorry. 89 00:08:11,855 --> 00:08:14,438 - It's all right. She was just-- - Afraid. 90 00:08:14,438 --> 00:08:18,104 Yeah. They all are. 91 00:08:18,104 --> 00:08:20,604 The coven is-- 92 00:08:20,604 --> 00:08:23,688 They're the most amazing women I've ever met, 93 00:08:23,688 --> 00:08:26,896 but there's this-- this look that they get, 94 00:08:26,896 --> 00:08:31,104 like I'm gonna turn them all into bangers and mash or something-- 95 00:08:31,104 --> 00:08:34,146 which I'm not even really sure what that is. 96 00:08:34,146 --> 00:08:37,604 They're cautious. I trust you understand that. 97 00:08:37,604 --> 00:08:39,771 I don't have that much power, I don't think. 98 00:08:39,771 --> 00:08:42,563 Everything is connected. 99 00:08:42,563 --> 00:08:46,938 You're connected to a great power, whether you feel it or not. 100 00:08:46,938 --> 00:08:50,230 Well, you should just take it from me. 101 00:08:50,230 --> 00:08:52,312 [ Giles ] You know we can't. 102 00:08:52,312 --> 00:08:55,438 This isn't a hobby or an addiction. 103 00:08:55,438 --> 00:08:58,813 It's inside you now, this magic. 104 00:08:58,813 --> 00:09:00,896 You're responsible for it. 105 00:09:00,896 --> 00:09:05,396 Will they always be afraid of me? Maybe. Can you handle it? 106 00:09:05,396 --> 00:09:08,188 I deserve a lot worse. 107 00:09:08,188 --> 00:09:10,062 I killed people, Giles. 108 00:09:10,062 --> 00:09:12,312 I've not forgotten. When you brought me here, 109 00:09:12,312 --> 00:09:15,813 I thought it was to kill me... 110 00:09:15,813 --> 00:09:19,729 or to lock me in some mystical dungeon for all eternity... 111 00:09:19,729 --> 00:09:22,521 or with the torture. 112 00:09:22,521 --> 00:09:25,688 Instead, you go all Dumbledore on me. 113 00:09:25,688 --> 00:09:28,855 I'm learning about magic, 114 00:09:28,855 --> 00:09:33,271 all about energy and Gaia and root systems. 115 00:09:33,271 --> 00:09:35,479 Do you want to be punished? 116 00:09:38,062 --> 00:09:41,354 I wanna be Willow. 117 00:09:41,354 --> 00:09:46,229 You are. In the end, we all are who we are, 118 00:09:46,229 --> 00:09:49,187 no matter how much we may appear to have changed. 119 00:10:00,938 --> 00:10:03,604 Dawn? Xander's here. 120 00:10:03,604 --> 00:10:06,104 Just a minute! You're gonna be late. 121 00:10:06,104 --> 00:10:08,312 I'm comfortable with that. 122 00:10:08,312 --> 00:10:11,312 Morning. Well, you gotta eat something. I made cereal. 123 00:10:11,312 --> 00:10:14,104 Okay! You're unconscionably spiffy. 124 00:10:14,104 --> 00:10:16,980 Client meeting. How exactly do you make cereal? 125 00:10:16,980 --> 00:10:19,896 Ah. You put the box near the milk. I saw it on the Food Channel. 126 00:10:19,896 --> 00:10:24,479 You want something? I ate. I'm good. How are you? 127 00:10:24,479 --> 00:10:27,688 My sister's about to go to the same high school that tried to kill me for three years, 128 00:10:27,688 --> 00:10:30,521 I can't change districts, I can't afford private school, 129 00:10:30,521 --> 00:10:34,187 and I can't begin to prepare for what could possibly come out of there. 130 00:10:34,187 --> 00:10:36,771 So, peachy with a side of keen. That would be me. 131 00:10:36,771 --> 00:10:38,646 Well, here's a little something for what ails ya. 132 00:10:38,646 --> 00:10:41,312 Mmm. You got the rest? Take a look. 133 00:10:48,271 --> 00:10:50,396 Hey. Check out double-O Xander. 134 00:10:50,396 --> 00:10:52,896 Go. Talk with your mouth full. 135 00:10:52,896 --> 00:10:56,521 I've got two crews working on this diabolical, yet lucrative, new campus. 136 00:10:56,521 --> 00:10:58,354 One here, finishing the science building, 137 00:10:58,354 --> 00:11:00,938 and one here, reinforcing the gym. 138 00:11:00,938 --> 00:11:04,021 There are no pentagrams, no secret passageways. 139 00:11:04,021 --> 00:11:06,062 Everything's up to code and safe as houses. 140 00:11:06,062 --> 00:11:10,688 - Nothing creepy? Strange? From beyond? - Maybe we're just paranoid? 141 00:11:10,688 --> 00:11:13,396 Well, there is one interesting detail. 142 00:11:13,396 --> 00:11:17,187 I managed to scare up the plan from the old high school. 143 00:11:17,187 --> 00:11:20,271 You remember the very center of Sunnydale's own Hellmouth? 144 00:11:20,271 --> 00:11:21,896 [ Buffy ] Under the library. Right. 145 00:11:21,896 --> 00:11:24,896 So, I lined up the plans, new and old, 146 00:11:24,896 --> 00:11:28,021 and right exactly where the library was, we now have-- 147 00:11:28,021 --> 00:11:30,729 Principal's office. 148 00:11:30,729 --> 00:11:34,187 - So, the principal's evil? - Or in a boatload of danger. 149 00:11:34,187 --> 00:11:37,646 Well, the last two principals were eaten. Who'd even apply for that job? 150 00:11:37,646 --> 00:11:40,021 I guess we'll see. Oh, we have to leave though. 151 00:11:40,021 --> 00:11:43,563 - Do you have everything? Books? Lunch? Stakes? - Check thrice. 152 00:11:43,563 --> 00:11:47,396 Did you give her the-- No. I was saving it. 153 00:11:47,396 --> 00:11:49,271 [ Dawn ] What is it? 154 00:11:50,729 --> 00:11:52,688 Back-to-school gift. 155 00:11:54,438 --> 00:11:56,479 It's a weapon, isn't it? 156 00:11:56,479 --> 00:12:00,062 Yes. It is. 157 00:12:00,062 --> 00:12:01,896 [ Chattering ] 158 00:12:05,438 --> 00:12:07,563 I'm gonna take her to class, have a look around. 159 00:12:07,563 --> 00:12:10,688 Okay. I'll be on-site all day, so if you have any needs. Thanks. 160 00:12:20,980 --> 00:12:23,438 Now remember, if you see anything strange or, you know, 161 00:12:24,813 --> 00:12:27,396 dead-- Got it. 162 00:12:27,396 --> 00:12:31,062 And stay away from hyena people, or any lizardy-type athletes, 163 00:12:31,062 --> 00:12:33,521 or if you see anyone that's invisible. Hey, Buffy. 164 00:12:33,521 --> 00:12:37,438 I think it's pretty safe to say I'm not gonna see anybody that's invisible. 165 00:12:37,438 --> 00:12:40,980 You know, you can still drop out. Only nerds finish high school. 166 00:12:40,980 --> 00:12:44,688 I don't really think it's fair for you to try and scare me on my first day of high school, 167 00:12:44,688 --> 00:12:48,688 'cause it is so redundant. This place is evil. 168 00:12:48,688 --> 00:12:52,021 Tough to let 'em go, huh? 169 00:12:52,021 --> 00:12:55,021 Hi? I'm Robin Wood, the new principal. 170 00:12:55,021 --> 00:12:58,563 Oh, uh, Buffy Summers. This is Dawn. 171 00:12:58,563 --> 00:13:00,438 - Nice to meet you. - Hi. 172 00:13:00,438 --> 00:13:03,438 So, you're the new principal. I expected you to be more... 173 00:13:03,438 --> 00:13:06,479 aged. [ Chuckles ] 174 00:13:06,479 --> 00:13:09,271 You seem a bit young to have such a grown-up daughter. 175 00:13:09,271 --> 00:13:13,230 No. [ Stammers ] No, uh, sister. 176 00:13:13,230 --> 00:13:16,938 Oh, right. Um. Of course. 177 00:13:16,938 --> 00:13:19,229 [ Laughing ] You didn't really think she's my-- 178 00:13:19,229 --> 00:13:21,896 It's my hair. I have mom hair. 179 00:13:21,896 --> 00:13:24,438 No. I actually have heard of you, Miss Summers. 180 00:13:24,438 --> 00:13:26,813 You graduated from the old high school. Am I right? 181 00:13:26,813 --> 00:13:30,438 Um, yeah. How did you-- I better get back to work. 182 00:13:30,438 --> 00:13:34,396 Gotta start deadening young minds. It's really nice to meet you. You have fun. 183 00:13:36,688 --> 00:13:40,604 That was suspicious. You betcha. Bye. 184 00:13:40,604 --> 00:13:43,688 Oh, Dawn! I know! You never know what's coming. 185 00:13:43,688 --> 00:13:47,312 The stake is not the power. To Serve Man is a cookbook. I love you. Go away. 186 00:13:54,312 --> 00:13:57,229 [ Bell Rings ] 187 00:14:05,271 --> 00:14:07,646 [ Sighs ] 188 00:14:16,729 --> 00:14:19,354 [ Ball Bouncing ] 189 00:14:46,187 --> 00:14:48,813 [ Chattering ] 190 00:14:49,896 --> 00:14:52,021 You know? I know. Totally. 191 00:14:55,271 --> 00:14:58,271 Okay. I'm Mr. Lonegrin. 192 00:14:58,271 --> 00:15:01,146 Why don't we go around the room and introduce ourselves, hmm? 193 00:15:01,146 --> 00:15:03,938 Let's start with-- 194 00:15:15,271 --> 00:15:17,563 It's not mom hair. 195 00:15:23,771 --> 00:15:25,938 You can't protect her. Couldn't protect me. 196 00:15:33,563 --> 00:15:35,563 Get out! Get back! Get out! 197 00:15:45,729 --> 00:15:47,938 I love to dance. I like music. 198 00:15:47,938 --> 00:15:51,312 I'm very into Britney Spears's early work, before she sold out. 199 00:15:51,312 --> 00:15:55,229 [ Chuckling ] So, mostly her finger painting and macaroni art. 200 00:15:55,229 --> 00:15:57,604 Very underrated. 201 00:15:57,604 --> 00:16:03,062 Uh, favorite activities include not ever having to do this again, and, uh-- 202 00:16:03,062 --> 00:16:06,396 - Dawn! - What? 203 00:16:06,396 --> 00:16:09,688 - We have to go. It's not safe. - But-- 204 00:16:09,688 --> 00:16:12,688 We, um-- I mean, I saw-- 205 00:16:14,896 --> 00:16:16,938 Can I help you? 206 00:16:18,146 --> 00:16:20,146 No. I, uh-- 207 00:16:22,062 --> 00:16:26,896 Dawn, I just thought you were in danger... of smoking. 208 00:16:30,771 --> 00:16:32,604 I'll be around. 209 00:16:35,729 --> 00:16:38,729 I also have a sister. 210 00:16:40,938 --> 00:16:45,729 ♪ You've done for me everything I ♪ 211 00:16:45,729 --> 00:16:48,187 ♪ Have ever dreamed ♪ 212 00:16:48,187 --> 00:16:53,187 ♪ You are a miracle ♪ 213 00:16:53,187 --> 00:16:55,813 [ Together ] ♪ In my eyes ♪ 214 00:16:55,813 --> 00:16:58,855 [ Woman ] ♪ How do I ever say to you ♪ 215 00:16:58,855 --> 00:17:02,855 God, they're depressing. Oh, who are they kidding with that happy, shiny crap? 216 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:06,230 ♪ Everyone I have ever ♪♪ 217 00:17:06,230 --> 00:17:08,354 Six weeks tops and she's calling on me for vengeance. 218 00:17:08,354 --> 00:17:12,188 Ooh, he better run for cover. [ Chuckles ] 219 00:17:12,188 --> 00:17:15,646 What's that supposed to mean? Oh, sweetie, you know exactly what it means. 220 00:17:15,646 --> 00:17:18,563 Excuse me? It's the talk of the order. 221 00:17:18,563 --> 00:17:22,354 They're calling you Miss Soft Serve. Tell me you don't know this. 222 00:17:22,354 --> 00:17:24,855 But-- Who? Listen, Anya. 223 00:17:24,855 --> 00:17:27,563 I know I've always been a little competitive with you. 224 00:17:27,563 --> 00:17:32,230 I mean, there was that thing in the Crimean War. We laugh about it now. 225 00:17:32,230 --> 00:17:34,146 The fact is I've actually always looked up to you. 226 00:17:34,146 --> 00:17:37,855 You were the single-most hard-core vengeance demon on the roster, and everybody knew it. 227 00:17:37,855 --> 00:17:40,104 Do I have to mention Mrs. Cholgash? 228 00:17:40,104 --> 00:17:43,896 [ Chuckles ] Good times. 229 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:45,938 And then you lost your powers. 230 00:17:45,938 --> 00:17:49,271 It happens. And you fell for this Xander guy. 231 00:17:49,271 --> 00:17:53,271 It was a glitch, a summer thing. I am so back in the vengeance fold. 232 00:17:53,271 --> 00:17:56,354 No deaths, no eviscerations. You're not goading women into anything inventive, 233 00:17:56,354 --> 00:17:58,479 and you're not delivering when it is. 234 00:17:58,479 --> 00:18:01,187 I don't even know-- That waitress downtown, wished her husband was a frog? 235 00:18:01,187 --> 00:18:03,062 You made him French. 236 00:18:05,230 --> 00:18:09,104 He's smelly. And with the little mustache, he-- Listen, Anya. 237 00:18:09,104 --> 00:18:12,271 If it was just me-- What do you mean if it was just you? 238 00:18:12,271 --> 00:18:14,813 D'Hoffryn, the lower beings-- 239 00:18:14,813 --> 00:18:17,271 They're all feeling the heat. 240 00:18:17,271 --> 00:18:19,563 Something's rising. 241 00:18:19,563 --> 00:18:22,521 Something older than the old ones, and everybody's tail is twitching. 242 00:18:22,521 --> 00:18:25,104 This is a bad time to be a good guy. 243 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:28,229 Well, what is this, an intervention? Shouldn't all my demon friends be here? 244 00:18:28,229 --> 00:18:30,229 Sweetie, 245 00:18:31,604 --> 00:18:34,230 they are. 246 00:18:34,230 --> 00:18:36,479 [ Chattering ] [ Saw Buzzing ] 247 00:18:39,062 --> 00:18:42,563 So, how's it lookin'? Does the place pass inspection? 248 00:18:42,563 --> 00:18:45,230 Oh, it's great, if you're a zombie ghost thing. 249 00:18:45,230 --> 00:18:47,229 So, school's back in session, huh? 250 00:18:48,729 --> 00:18:50,521 Seems like old times. 251 00:18:54,938 --> 00:18:58,062 So, zombies or ghosts? I'm not sure. 252 00:18:58,062 --> 00:18:59,896 They were in the mirror, but they disappeared. 253 00:18:59,896 --> 00:19:02,104 Um, but they touched me, I think. 254 00:19:02,104 --> 00:19:06,396 Let's just start with dead and pissed. They were after you personally? 255 00:19:06,396 --> 00:19:10,479 They talked about protecting people. Told me to leave. No damage though. 256 00:19:10,479 --> 00:19:13,896 I think I may have destroyed Dawn's social life in all of about 30 seconds, 257 00:19:13,896 --> 00:19:16,771 but apart from that, no. Ah, being popular isn't so great. 258 00:19:16,771 --> 00:19:19,521 Or so I've read in books. 259 00:19:19,521 --> 00:19:22,604 This isn't a coincidence, you know. The school being rebuilt. 260 00:19:22,604 --> 00:19:25,438 It means something. As in what? 261 00:19:30,521 --> 00:19:32,354 Can I borrow a pencil? 262 00:19:39,062 --> 00:19:41,354 - Thanks a lot. - [ Screams ] 263 00:19:41,354 --> 00:19:43,229 [ Whimpering ] 264 00:19:43,229 --> 00:19:45,354 Are you all right? 265 00:19:51,479 --> 00:19:53,813 I'm sorry. 266 00:19:53,813 --> 00:19:57,813 There was a bee. It flew in my eye. I'm-- 267 00:19:57,813 --> 00:19:59,729 I'm very allergic. 268 00:20:00,896 --> 00:20:02,855 I think it's gone. 269 00:20:04,187 --> 00:20:07,479 - Can I go to the bathroom? - Of course. 270 00:20:12,980 --> 00:20:14,604 Guess it runs in the family. 271 00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:34,229 [ Sobbing ] 272 00:20:44,896 --> 00:20:46,855 [ Sobbing Continues ] 273 00:21:02,354 --> 00:21:05,062 Ooh! Sorry. Whoa. 274 00:21:05,062 --> 00:21:08,980 Miss Summers. I didn't know you were still about. 275 00:21:08,980 --> 00:21:11,271 Uh, yeah. I was just looking for-- You know, I thought in general, 276 00:21:11,271 --> 00:21:13,896 it was customary for a person who's graduated to, um, 277 00:21:13,896 --> 00:21:16,855 you know-- [ Chuckles ] go somewhere else. 278 00:21:18,729 --> 00:21:22,021 Well, it's a new campus. Just getting to know it. 279 00:21:22,021 --> 00:21:24,521 You know, make sure it's safe for my sister. 280 00:21:35,813 --> 00:21:38,396 [ Dawn ] Hey. 281 00:21:38,396 --> 00:21:39,729 What's wrong? 282 00:21:39,729 --> 00:21:42,729 [ Whimpers ] There's someone in here. 283 00:21:45,312 --> 00:21:47,271 It's only me. 284 00:21:49,271 --> 00:21:52,396 No. It's not. 285 00:21:52,396 --> 00:21:55,646 You know, I, um, have to be honest. 286 00:21:55,646 --> 00:22:00,062 I actually know a little bit more about you than I let on before. 287 00:22:00,062 --> 00:22:03,354 Isn't that interesting. Oh, it really is. 288 00:22:03,354 --> 00:22:05,438 Let's get you out of here, okay? 289 00:22:05,438 --> 00:22:08,104 Maybe we can get some air. 290 00:22:08,104 --> 00:22:10,312 [ Sighs ] 291 00:22:12,271 --> 00:22:13,896 I'm Dawn. 292 00:22:15,354 --> 00:22:17,438 Kit. 293 00:22:18,646 --> 00:22:21,479 Saw something pretty creepy, huh? 294 00:22:21,479 --> 00:22:24,438 You wouldn't believe me. 295 00:22:24,438 --> 00:22:27,312 I kinda sorta think I will. 296 00:22:27,312 --> 00:22:30,021 Was there a pencil involved in any of-- 297 00:22:33,438 --> 00:22:35,813 [ Screaming ] 298 00:22:36,563 --> 00:22:38,354 Come on! 299 00:22:51,396 --> 00:22:53,771 [ Gasps ] 300 00:22:53,771 --> 00:22:56,604 Just breathe. [ Faintly ] Giles. 301 00:22:56,604 --> 00:23:00,062 I-- I... can't. Goddess. 302 00:23:00,062 --> 00:23:02,104 Just breathe. 303 00:23:06,354 --> 00:23:09,438 What happened? 304 00:23:09,438 --> 00:23:11,229 What do you remember? 305 00:23:14,438 --> 00:23:17,896 We were talking, and I felt-- 306 00:23:21,229 --> 00:23:23,938 I felt the earth. 307 00:23:23,938 --> 00:23:26,021 It's all connected. 308 00:23:26,021 --> 00:23:28,396 It is, but... 309 00:23:28,396 --> 00:23:33,146 it's not all good and pure and rootsy. 310 00:23:33,146 --> 00:23:37,646 There's deep, deep black. There's-- 311 00:23:39,354 --> 00:23:42,104 I saw-- I saw the earth, Giles. 312 00:23:42,104 --> 00:23:46,729 I saw its teeth. The Hellmouth. 313 00:23:46,729 --> 00:23:50,229 It's gonna open. 314 00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:52,062 It's gonna swallow us all. 315 00:24:04,563 --> 00:24:07,729 Hey. Hey, wake up. 316 00:24:07,729 --> 00:24:09,688 Please wake up. 317 00:24:11,230 --> 00:24:13,438 Oh, God. 318 00:24:16,646 --> 00:24:19,646 Are you okay? 319 00:24:19,646 --> 00:24:21,771 We have to leave. 320 00:24:21,771 --> 00:24:23,604 You're not wrong. 321 00:24:25,938 --> 00:24:28,938 Come on. There's gotta be a staircase. 322 00:24:31,187 --> 00:24:34,312 The school board recommended I spend a little time reading your record. 323 00:24:34,312 --> 00:24:38,438 It's, um, quite a page-turner. Kind of a checkered past. 324 00:24:38,438 --> 00:24:41,354 Uh, more like a plaid. 325 00:24:41,354 --> 00:24:44,604 Kind of a clan tartan of badness, really. 326 00:24:44,604 --> 00:24:47,104 Uh, you know, but there were factors. 327 00:24:47,104 --> 00:24:49,479 What did you see... 328 00:24:49,479 --> 00:24:53,021 when I found you in the stall? 329 00:24:53,021 --> 00:24:55,938 A girl. 330 00:24:55,938 --> 00:25:00,354 She said she died here, and that everybody dies here and that we would too. 331 00:25:00,354 --> 00:25:02,354 Here I was worried about not fitting in. 332 00:25:02,354 --> 00:25:03,771 [ Both Scream ] 333 00:25:03,771 --> 00:25:05,479 Who are you? 334 00:25:05,479 --> 00:25:07,896 Who are you? Are you dead? 335 00:25:07,896 --> 00:25:10,604 Stop sayin' that. Whoa. We're not dead. 336 00:25:10,604 --> 00:25:13,021 We saw creepy dead people, and we're just trying to get out. 337 00:25:13,021 --> 00:25:16,062 I just came down here for a smoke, you know, and I saw a-- 338 00:25:16,062 --> 00:25:19,229 It was a janitor. He was yelling at me. I thought he was just pissed, but-- 339 00:25:19,229 --> 00:25:21,187 I saw him in the light. 340 00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:23,521 Wait. You came downstairs? Where? 341 00:25:23,521 --> 00:25:26,729 Man, I got no clue. I ran away like a girl. 342 00:25:26,729 --> 00:25:28,521 I don't know this place at all. 343 00:25:29,938 --> 00:25:32,896 Okay. So we can run around in circles-- 344 00:25:32,896 --> 00:25:36,062 [ Deep Voice ] You really think you can run away? 345 00:25:37,729 --> 00:25:40,271 - It's not real. - [ Dawn ] Lesson one: 346 00:25:40,271 --> 00:25:42,312 It's always real. 347 00:25:42,312 --> 00:25:45,104 I tried to run too. 348 00:25:45,104 --> 00:25:49,187 [ Dead Girl ] I tried to scream. It doesn't matter how much you scream. 349 00:25:49,187 --> 00:25:51,271 Nobody ever hears you. 350 00:25:53,062 --> 00:25:55,646 Hear me! Right! Oh! I got a present. 351 00:25:55,646 --> 00:25:59,813 What is it? A weapon. 352 00:25:59,813 --> 00:26:02,521 Well, it's clear your sister looks up to you, which I think is great-- 353 00:26:02,521 --> 00:26:05,438 No, she's much, much worse than me. 354 00:26:05,438 --> 00:26:08,813 Troublemaker. Expulsion is really the only way to go. 355 00:26:08,813 --> 00:26:13,062 You know, or you could suspend her for... three years. 356 00:26:13,062 --> 00:26:16,187 Well, how about we give her a chance first. As long as she keeps her grades up-- 357 00:26:16,187 --> 00:26:18,438 [ Cell Phone Ringing ] 358 00:26:18,438 --> 00:26:21,688 Boy, that's loud. That's part of why we don't allow cell phones in-- 359 00:26:21,688 --> 00:26:23,688 Excuse me. Yeah? 360 00:26:26,312 --> 00:26:30,771 Uh, sorry. My dog. Uh, dog walker. 361 00:26:30,771 --> 00:26:32,771 Three dead? 362 00:26:32,771 --> 00:26:35,104 Oh, my God. 363 00:26:35,104 --> 00:26:38,688 Uh, no. I'll be right there. Your dogs are dead? 364 00:26:38,688 --> 00:26:43,271 And Buffy? Isn't this reception amazing? I'm in the freaking basement. 365 00:26:44,438 --> 00:26:47,521 - Okay. - Sorry about that. 366 00:26:47,521 --> 00:26:49,771 Um, I-- I have to-- 367 00:26:49,771 --> 00:26:54,604 Yeah, no. Of course. And good luck with that... dog tragedy. 368 00:26:56,521 --> 00:26:58,980 Help is on the way, guys. We've just gotta figure out-- 369 00:27:04,688 --> 00:27:07,230 Where did they go? 370 00:27:41,230 --> 00:27:43,021 Dawn! 371 00:27:54,312 --> 00:27:57,062 [ Cell Phone Ringing, Distant ] 372 00:28:01,479 --> 00:28:04,896 Dawn? I'm close by. [ Dead Man ] Too late. 373 00:28:04,896 --> 00:28:08,229 But then, you're always too late, aren't you? 374 00:28:08,229 --> 00:28:10,563 Sure as hell didn't save me. 375 00:28:13,563 --> 00:28:18,021 - Where's my sister? - I think she's lost. 376 00:28:18,021 --> 00:28:21,230 If I'm the one who let you die, why take it out on her? 377 00:28:21,230 --> 00:28:23,521 I'm right here. Come on. What are you after? 378 00:28:23,521 --> 00:28:25,938 Fear? Revenge? Tasty brains? 379 00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:28,396 I think I'd like Dawn to be my girlfriend. 380 00:28:28,396 --> 00:28:32,479 Again, wrong sister. I'm the one that dates dead guys. 381 00:28:32,479 --> 00:28:34,563 And no offense, but they were hotties. 382 00:28:34,563 --> 00:28:37,062 I mean, I'm sure you had a great personality. 383 00:28:37,062 --> 00:28:39,896 [ Dead Girl ] Were you busy making out with your dead boyfriend... 384 00:28:39,896 --> 00:28:42,312 while I was ripped to death by a werewolf? 385 00:28:42,312 --> 00:28:44,438 Is that why you let me die? 386 00:28:44,438 --> 00:28:46,521 I was screaming for help when they pulled me down-- 387 00:28:46,521 --> 00:28:50,438 Hello! Not making myself clear. I don't care how you died. 388 00:28:50,438 --> 00:28:54,229 I'm sorry for your loss, but where is my sister? Dawn! 389 00:28:54,229 --> 00:28:56,771 [ Dead Man ] She's not gonna hear you. This place is like a maze. 390 00:28:56,771 --> 00:29:00,479 This place is ours now. It was built on our graves. 391 00:29:00,479 --> 00:29:05,146 All we want is for you to leave, so we can rest again. 392 00:29:05,146 --> 00:29:10,354 Actually, I'm thinking all you want is to get between me and that door. 393 00:29:13,396 --> 00:29:15,271 Who's for finding out why? 394 00:29:28,855 --> 00:29:30,938 If at first you don't succeed, 395 00:29:32,688 --> 00:29:34,938 cheat. 396 00:29:39,563 --> 00:29:41,396 Dawnie, we have to get o-- 397 00:29:53,021 --> 00:29:54,938 Spike. 398 00:29:57,688 --> 00:29:59,813 Are you real? 399 00:29:59,813 --> 00:30:01,813 [ Giggles ] 400 00:30:11,729 --> 00:30:16,146 Buffy, duck-- What? 401 00:30:16,146 --> 00:30:19,354 Duck? There's a duck? 402 00:30:19,354 --> 00:30:23,062 No visitors today. Terribly busy. 403 00:30:23,062 --> 00:30:24,896 Told you he'd get out. 404 00:30:35,604 --> 00:30:37,563 They'll probably show up in a sec. 405 00:30:37,563 --> 00:30:39,729 Nobody comes in here. 406 00:30:39,729 --> 00:30:41,938 It's just the three of us. 407 00:30:41,938 --> 00:30:43,813 Have you seen Dawn? She came down here with some kids. 408 00:30:43,813 --> 00:30:46,104 Don't you think I'm trying? 409 00:30:48,896 --> 00:30:52,271 I'm not fast. Not a quick study. 410 00:30:54,521 --> 00:30:58,146 I dropped my board in the water, and the chalk all ran. 411 00:30:59,312 --> 00:31:01,771 Sure to be caned. 412 00:31:01,771 --> 00:31:05,312 [ Laughing ] Should've seen that coming. 413 00:31:31,479 --> 00:31:33,646 What did you do? 414 00:31:36,104 --> 00:31:39,187 I tried to-- 415 00:31:39,187 --> 00:31:42,563 I tried to cut it out. 416 00:31:44,438 --> 00:31:46,604 [ Cell Phone Ringing ] 417 00:31:48,896 --> 00:31:51,813 - Dawn? - Buffy, where are you? 418 00:31:51,813 --> 00:31:54,396 I-- [ Shuffling ] 419 00:31:54,396 --> 00:31:57,021 - [ Muttering ] - Where are you? 420 00:31:58,980 --> 00:32:01,438 I don't know. In a room by the furnace. 421 00:32:01,438 --> 00:32:04,855 Near where we fell in. They dragged us in here, and then they disappeared. 422 00:32:04,855 --> 00:32:07,813 Yeah, they came after me too. What do they want? 423 00:32:07,813 --> 00:32:11,104 So far, to piss me off. Please tell me it's working. 424 00:32:11,104 --> 00:32:14,604 Oh, I'm damage-bound. I just can't figure them. Ghosts can't touch you. 425 00:32:14,604 --> 00:32:16,813 Zombies can't disappear. I don't know what we're dealing-- 426 00:32:16,813 --> 00:32:19,021 Not ghosts. [ Dawn ] Who was that? 427 00:32:20,312 --> 00:32:22,479 Hold on. You know what they are? 428 00:32:24,604 --> 00:32:28,354 Manifest spirits controlled by a talisman, raised to seek vengeance. 429 00:32:28,354 --> 00:32:31,062 A four-year-old could figure it. 430 00:32:31,062 --> 00:32:33,521 Hang tight. I'll find you. 431 00:32:33,521 --> 00:32:35,980 These things can hurt you. You can hurt them too. 432 00:32:35,980 --> 00:32:38,563 Find a weapon. I'll come for you. 433 00:32:38,563 --> 00:32:41,271 - Spike, you gonna help me out? - This is my home. 434 00:32:41,271 --> 00:32:43,729 I belong here. Always been here. 435 00:32:45,604 --> 00:32:47,438 Cheers for stopping by. 436 00:32:49,187 --> 00:32:51,229 It's in the walls. 437 00:32:53,146 --> 00:32:55,729 [ Whimpers ] 438 00:32:55,729 --> 00:32:58,813 I'll... get back to you. 439 00:33:03,855 --> 00:33:05,646 Guys? 440 00:33:08,229 --> 00:33:10,479 Resentful dead guys? 441 00:33:15,896 --> 00:33:18,855 This can't be good. 442 00:33:18,855 --> 00:33:23,396 Come on. Manifest spirits raised up, controlled by a... 443 00:33:24,813 --> 00:33:26,646 talisman. 444 00:33:32,479 --> 00:33:33,479 Xander. 445 00:33:33,479 --> 00:33:35,438 We need to find some kind of a weapon, 446 00:33:35,438 --> 00:33:37,271 just to hold them off. 447 00:33:40,855 --> 00:33:44,855 - I got these. - Kit, gimme your bag. 448 00:33:58,563 --> 00:34:00,688 Do you think they're gonna come back? 449 00:34:00,688 --> 00:34:04,438 Think they're gonna come back? We never left. 450 00:34:04,438 --> 00:34:06,938 We'll always be here, just like you. 451 00:34:06,938 --> 00:34:09,396 No. 452 00:34:09,396 --> 00:34:11,604 Why do you think we picked you? 453 00:34:11,604 --> 00:34:14,938 The ones no one will miss. The ones that don't belong. 454 00:34:16,438 --> 00:34:19,396 Spend all your time trying to get out of high school, 455 00:34:19,396 --> 00:34:21,479 and now you'll never, ever leave. 456 00:34:26,604 --> 00:34:28,729 [ Screams ] 457 00:34:34,187 --> 00:34:36,771 Whoa. 458 00:34:36,771 --> 00:34:39,646 Contracty goodness. 459 00:34:39,646 --> 00:34:41,855 Talisman. Talisman. 460 00:34:43,771 --> 00:34:46,354 [ Gasps ] You can thank your sister for this. 461 00:34:51,479 --> 00:34:53,896 Thanks, Sis. We just need to keep them at bay. 462 00:34:55,479 --> 00:34:57,479 [ Dawn ] The bag! 463 00:35:32,146 --> 00:35:34,146 Yes! 464 00:35:35,187 --> 00:35:37,187 Talisman. 465 00:35:45,896 --> 00:35:47,896 You really wanna keep this up? 466 00:35:47,896 --> 00:35:49,855 What are you gonna do? Kill us? 467 00:35:49,855 --> 00:35:51,729 [ Straining ] 468 00:35:55,729 --> 00:35:57,396 [ Screams ] 469 00:36:02,604 --> 00:36:05,354 - Are they gone? - Yeah. 470 00:36:05,354 --> 00:36:08,271 The talisman must've been destroyed. 471 00:36:08,271 --> 00:36:11,479 How'd you know it was a talisman? 472 00:36:11,479 --> 00:36:14,229 There's always a talisman. 473 00:36:14,229 --> 00:36:17,312 [ Sighs ] The real question is who put it there. 474 00:36:17,312 --> 00:36:20,354 [ Buffy ] Come on, you guys. Let's go find a way upstairs. 475 00:36:20,354 --> 00:36:22,229 Assuming there is one. 476 00:36:24,479 --> 00:36:27,855 You really weren't kidding about this place. 477 00:36:27,855 --> 00:36:30,729 I guess it hasn't changed. 478 00:36:30,729 --> 00:36:33,271 I don't know. Seems smaller. 479 00:36:36,062 --> 00:36:38,229 You guys are gonna be okay. 480 00:36:38,229 --> 00:36:40,813 The school's intense, but you'll do all right, as long as you're careful. 481 00:36:40,813 --> 00:36:44,104 And, uh, you might wanna think about stickin' together. 482 00:36:44,104 --> 00:36:46,021 Thank you. 483 00:36:47,896 --> 00:36:51,229 Yeah, I mean it. You are the coolest mom ever. 484 00:36:53,104 --> 00:36:57,354 Okay. Come on. We still have a few more classes to live through. 485 00:37:03,855 --> 00:37:06,855 "Curiouser and curiouser." 486 00:37:06,855 --> 00:37:10,896 What is? Carlos Trejo and Kit Hollburn, right? 487 00:37:10,896 --> 00:37:16,062 Possibly the only two students in this school whose files are as thick as yours was. 488 00:37:16,062 --> 00:37:18,104 You really did your homework, didn't you? 489 00:37:18,104 --> 00:37:21,479 I was looking for one or both of them to actually implode in a fearsome way... 490 00:37:21,479 --> 00:37:27,229 right before midterms, but now I see you got them socializing and hugging, 491 00:37:27,229 --> 00:37:29,938 and actually, if I'm not mistaken, headed to class. 492 00:37:29,938 --> 00:37:33,354 Well, we shared an... encounter. 493 00:37:33,354 --> 00:37:36,479 Look. I know you're probably more than happy to get out of this place, 494 00:37:36,479 --> 00:37:38,604 but I gotta tell ya, Miss Summers. 495 00:37:38,604 --> 00:37:40,896 I think you belong here. Hmm, new? 496 00:37:40,896 --> 00:37:42,813 Listen. I know this school's reputation. 497 00:37:42,813 --> 00:37:45,271 What, you think I got this job based on seniority? 498 00:37:45,271 --> 00:37:47,521 We got a lot of troubled students here, 499 00:37:47,521 --> 00:37:49,938 and just enough money to keep this place from caving in. 500 00:37:49,938 --> 00:37:52,396 Yeah, you might need a little extra there. 501 00:37:52,396 --> 00:37:54,855 Well, we do have a community outreach program, 502 00:37:54,855 --> 00:37:59,021 and the money we could pay you wouldn't even fold, 503 00:37:59,021 --> 00:38:01,062 but it would just be a couple of days a week? 504 00:38:01,062 --> 00:38:05,188 Are you asking me to be a counselor? 505 00:38:05,188 --> 00:38:08,229 Well, we have a guidance counselor, but I was thinking the kids could use someone, 506 00:38:08,229 --> 00:38:10,021 you know, closer to their age, who's still-- 507 00:38:10,021 --> 00:38:11,896 I'm in. 508 00:38:11,896 --> 00:38:16,188 What? You serious? You did hear the part about the money, right? 509 00:38:16,188 --> 00:38:19,479 Yeah, I heard. My schedule might be a little "funtastic," 510 00:38:19,479 --> 00:38:23,062 but, uh, I'll work it out. 511 00:38:23,062 --> 00:38:27,396 I'd like to keep an eye on this place. That's great. 512 00:38:27,396 --> 00:38:29,521 Look at that. It's not even noon, 513 00:38:29,521 --> 00:38:31,688 and I've already bullied my first family member into helping out. 514 00:38:31,688 --> 00:38:33,271 I'm gonna be the best principal ever. 515 00:38:37,438 --> 00:38:39,271 [ Spike ] Everything is. 516 00:38:40,563 --> 00:38:42,855 I had a speech. 517 00:38:42,855 --> 00:38:44,688 I learned it all. 518 00:38:46,438 --> 00:38:49,855 Oh, God. She won't understand. She won't understand. 519 00:38:49,855 --> 00:38:55,729 Of course she won't understand, Sparky. I'm beyond her understanding. 520 00:38:55,729 --> 00:38:59,813 She's a girl-- with sugar and spice and everything useless, unless you're baking. 521 00:38:59,813 --> 00:39:02,563 I'm more than that. 522 00:39:02,563 --> 00:39:06,479 More than flesh, more than blood, 523 00:39:06,479 --> 00:39:11,104 I'm-- You know, I honestly don't think there's a human word fabulous enough for me. 524 00:39:12,521 --> 00:39:15,771 Oh, my name will be on everyone's lips, 525 00:39:15,771 --> 00:39:19,104 assuming their lips haven't been torn off. 526 00:39:19,104 --> 00:39:23,021 But not just yet. That's all right though. 527 00:39:23,021 --> 00:39:25,271 I can be patient. 528 00:39:25,271 --> 00:39:28,146 Everything is well within parameters. 529 00:39:29,855 --> 00:39:33,271 She's exactly where I want her to be, 530 00:39:33,271 --> 00:39:36,521 and so are you, Number 17. 531 00:39:36,521 --> 00:39:38,896 You're right where you belong. 532 00:39:41,688 --> 00:39:46,062 So, what did you think? You'd get your soul back, and everything would be jim-dandy? 533 00:39:46,062 --> 00:39:49,146 A soul's slipperier than a greased weasel. Why do you think I sold mine? 534 00:39:49,146 --> 00:39:52,187 [ Chuckles ] 535 00:39:52,187 --> 00:39:56,479 Well, you probably thought that you'd be your own man, and I respect that. 536 00:39:56,479 --> 00:39:58,813 But you never will. 537 00:40:00,104 --> 00:40:03,187 [ Drusilla ] You'll always be mine. 538 00:40:03,187 --> 00:40:06,855 You'll always be in the dark with me, 539 00:40:06,855 --> 00:40:10,604 singing our little songs. 540 00:40:10,604 --> 00:40:13,521 You like our little songs, don't you? 541 00:40:13,521 --> 00:40:15,813 You've always liked them. 542 00:40:15,813 --> 00:40:19,021 Right from the beginning. 543 00:40:19,021 --> 00:40:21,896 And that's where we're going. 544 00:40:21,896 --> 00:40:24,604 Right back to the beginning. 545 00:40:24,604 --> 00:40:29,813 Not the bang. Not the word. 546 00:40:29,813 --> 00:40:33,729 The true beginning. 547 00:40:33,729 --> 00:40:36,771 The next few months are going to be quite a ride, 548 00:40:36,771 --> 00:40:41,104 and I think we're all going to learn something about ourselves in the process. 549 00:40:41,104 --> 00:40:44,563 You'll learn you're a pathetic schmuck, 550 00:40:44,563 --> 00:40:48,021 if it hasn't sunk in already. 551 00:40:48,021 --> 00:40:50,312 Look at you... 552 00:40:50,312 --> 00:40:53,021 trying to do what's right, 553 00:40:53,021 --> 00:40:55,312 just like her. 554 00:40:55,312 --> 00:40:57,479 You still don't get it. 555 00:40:57,479 --> 00:41:01,604 It's not about right. It's not about wrong. 556 00:41:08,271 --> 00:41:11,229 It's about power. 557 00:41:43,229 --> 00:41:45,062 Grr! Arrgh!