1 00:00:01,354 --> 00:00:02,604 Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 2 00:00:02,604 --> 00:00:04,938 If I'd known you were coming, I'd have baked a cake. 3 00:00:04,938 --> 00:00:07,604 Tell me you love me. I love you. 4 00:00:07,604 --> 00:00:10,479 - Tell me you want me. - I always want you. 5 00:00:11,312 --> 00:00:13,688 Do you even like me? 6 00:00:13,688 --> 00:00:16,521 - It's over. - I've memorized this tune, love. 7 00:00:16,521 --> 00:00:19,813 I'm using you, and it's killing me. 8 00:00:21,187 --> 00:00:22,813 - We're getting married. - Congratulations. 9 00:00:22,813 --> 00:00:24,771 Xander's missing? What do you mean, Xander's missing? 10 00:00:24,771 --> 00:00:28,396 When you were a vengeance demon, you crushed men like him. 11 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:31,521 I wish we could just go back to the way things were before. 12 00:00:31,521 --> 00:00:34,271 And I wish you were never born. 13 00:00:34,271 --> 00:00:37,396 I'm gonna make you feel it. No! Stop! 14 00:00:37,396 --> 00:00:40,229 Ask me again why I could never love you. 15 00:00:42,855 --> 00:00:45,938 Tara? Oh, God! 16 00:00:45,938 --> 00:00:48,271 Somebody! [ Yells ] 17 00:00:49,938 --> 00:00:52,187 [ Sobbing ] 18 00:00:52,187 --> 00:00:53,938 I love you. 19 00:00:53,938 --> 00:00:55,062 Make me what I was. 20 00:00:55,062 --> 00:00:57,896 We will return your soul. 21 00:00:57,896 --> 00:00:59,312 [ Screaming ] 22 00:00:59,312 --> 00:01:01,938 [ Willow ] When you brought me here, I thought it was to kill me. 23 00:01:01,938 --> 00:01:04,813 Instead you go all Dumbledore on me. 24 00:01:04,813 --> 00:01:07,938 Do you want to be punished? I killed people, Giles. 25 00:01:07,938 --> 00:01:09,354 I've not forgotten. 26 00:01:09,354 --> 00:01:11,062 Something's rising. 27 00:01:11,062 --> 00:01:14,229 Something older than the old ones, and everybody's tail is twitching. 28 00:01:14,229 --> 00:01:16,938 This is a bad time to be a good guy. 29 00:01:16,938 --> 00:01:21,187 It is my great pleasure and privilege to announce the official opening, 30 00:01:21,187 --> 00:01:24,021 on the very ground that it first stood upon, 31 00:01:24,021 --> 00:01:26,604 of the brand-new Sunnydale High! 32 00:01:26,604 --> 00:01:29,729 Are you asking me to be a counselor? 33 00:01:31,563 --> 00:01:33,312 Spike. 34 00:01:34,855 --> 00:01:37,312 What did you do? 35 00:01:37,312 --> 00:01:40,813 My home. I belong here. Always been here. 36 00:01:40,813 --> 00:01:42,771 Cheers for stopping by. 37 00:01:42,771 --> 00:01:45,729 I'll... get back to you. 38 00:01:47,104 --> 00:01:49,438 ♪♪ [ Techno ] 39 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:55,563 ♪♪ [ Woman Singing ] 40 00:02:38,729 --> 00:02:40,438 [ Gasps ] 41 00:02:41,980 --> 00:02:43,021 [ Grunts ] 42 00:02:53,688 --> 00:02:55,729 [ Grunts ] 43 00:03:06,146 --> 00:03:11,312 [ Distorted ] From beneath you, it devours. 44 00:03:11,312 --> 00:03:12,938 [ Screaming ] [ Dawn ] Buffy! Buffy! 45 00:03:12,938 --> 00:03:14,855 Buffy! 46 00:03:18,396 --> 00:03:21,688 I heard screaming. That was you. 47 00:03:22,771 --> 00:03:26,396 There was a girl. That would be me. 48 00:03:26,396 --> 00:03:28,980 Uh, no. It was-- 49 00:03:28,980 --> 00:03:31,021 Just a dream. 50 00:03:31,021 --> 00:03:35,354 It was just a dream, right? From beneath you, it devours. 51 00:03:36,354 --> 00:03:38,729 That's what she said, and then they-- 52 00:03:42,354 --> 00:03:45,938 There's more like her, Dawn, out there... 53 00:03:45,938 --> 00:03:47,855 somewhere, 54 00:03:54,563 --> 00:03:57,062 and they're gonna die. 55 00:04:06,855 --> 00:04:10,729 [ Rumbling ] 56 00:05:27,896 --> 00:05:29,771 [ Squeaks ] 57 00:05:31,604 --> 00:05:34,646 [ Spike ] No. No, no, no, no, no. 58 00:05:37,187 --> 00:05:40,896 Now is not the time. You know it. 59 00:05:40,896 --> 00:05:43,563 I know it. 60 00:05:43,563 --> 00:05:46,980 Making them understand... 61 00:05:49,187 --> 00:05:51,521 is a totally different matter. 62 00:05:53,104 --> 00:05:55,021 No manners is a problem. 63 00:05:56,021 --> 00:06:00,563 Proper breeding. Lack of etiquette. 64 00:06:00,563 --> 00:06:02,771 All of it lacking. 65 00:06:05,188 --> 00:06:07,646 All of it lost on them. [ Rumbling ] 66 00:06:11,896 --> 00:06:15,230 Not the time. Not hardly ready. 67 00:06:16,230 --> 00:06:19,479 Stop! Please stop! 68 00:06:19,479 --> 00:06:22,229 Begging now! Make it stop! 69 00:06:22,229 --> 00:06:26,146 Oh, God! 70 00:06:26,146 --> 00:06:28,521 [ Screams ] 71 00:06:30,646 --> 00:06:33,938 Could you die? 'Cause seriously, speaking for everybody... 72 00:06:33,938 --> 00:06:36,896 who are me in the car right now, we're very excited. 73 00:06:36,896 --> 00:06:39,312 Well, I'm glad for all of you then. 74 00:06:39,312 --> 00:06:42,729 I mean, it's just so cool. You're coming to school with me. 75 00:06:42,729 --> 00:06:44,896 You'll be, like, there the whole time. 76 00:06:44,896 --> 00:06:48,896 You understand you cannot talk to me, look at me or hang out with any of my friends, right? 77 00:06:48,896 --> 00:06:50,896 I doubt we'll even see each other, 78 00:06:50,896 --> 00:06:53,229 assuming I even half understand my fuzzy job description. 79 00:06:53,229 --> 00:06:57,271 It's not fuzzy. You're what? Dealing with troubled kids? 80 00:06:57,271 --> 00:06:59,396 At a spankin' new Hellmouth High. 81 00:06:59,396 --> 00:07:01,688 Please. Outside of drugs... 82 00:07:01,688 --> 00:07:04,230 and violence and unwanted pregnancy... 83 00:07:04,230 --> 00:07:06,479 and the unleashing of hordes of Armageddon... 84 00:07:06,479 --> 00:07:09,354 that comes pouring out of the school's foundation every now and then, 85 00:07:09,354 --> 00:07:13,230 - what trouble could these kids have? - Guess I'll find out. 86 00:07:13,230 --> 00:07:16,813 Those kids are damn lucky having a Slayer and a friend on campus there for 'em. 87 00:07:16,813 --> 00:07:19,938 I hope they appreciate it. I know I did. 88 00:07:22,438 --> 00:07:24,563 Days gone by, huh? 89 00:07:24,563 --> 00:07:26,479 [ Dawn ] I thought you hated Sunnydale. 90 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:29,229 Yes and no, with an emphasis on the "Yes." 91 00:07:29,229 --> 00:07:33,312 But, at least then I was dating. You could be dating now. 92 00:07:33,312 --> 00:07:37,312 Yeah, um-- I don't know what's not clicking for me right now. 93 00:07:37,312 --> 00:07:39,230 Well, there is that thing with Anya. 94 00:07:39,230 --> 00:07:41,938 The leaving her at the altar thing? Yeah, that one. 95 00:07:41,938 --> 00:07:44,896 It's not something you just bounce right back from. Sure it is. 96 00:07:44,896 --> 00:07:49,479 She bounced back to being a vengeance demon, and I bounced back to being a dateless nerd. 97 00:07:49,479 --> 00:07:51,604 Do you guys talk at all? 98 00:07:51,604 --> 00:07:53,729 I've seen her at The Bronze a couple of times. 99 00:07:53,729 --> 00:07:57,354 I guess there's a lot of scorned women there, making vengeance wishes on their exes. 100 00:07:57,354 --> 00:08:00,896 [ Southern Accent ] It's where I go to get my scorn on. 101 00:08:00,896 --> 00:08:04,021 You guys really need to ease up with the whole dating demons thing. 102 00:08:04,021 --> 00:08:08,604 Hello. I'm sorry. Wasn't that you having a smooch-a-thon with Teen Vampire last Halloween? 103 00:08:08,604 --> 00:08:13,438 See? This is why I don't want you talking to my friends. [ Sighs ] 104 00:08:13,438 --> 00:08:15,604 We'll sort of feel our way around. 105 00:08:15,604 --> 00:08:17,771 Some students will be sent to you, 106 00:08:17,771 --> 00:08:20,438 and others, I'm hoping, will start to come in on their own. 107 00:08:20,438 --> 00:08:22,271 What if they don't? Should I panic? 108 00:08:22,271 --> 00:08:25,563 You'll be surprised, Buffy. You're the youngest and, uh, 109 00:08:25,563 --> 00:08:28,312 least stuffy member of this faculty. 110 00:08:28,312 --> 00:08:30,646 I think the students are gonna want to talk to you, 111 00:08:30,646 --> 00:08:34,271 and when they do, don't evaluate them, just listen. 112 00:08:34,271 --> 00:08:36,729 They need to feel like there's someone around here... 113 00:08:36,729 --> 00:08:39,646 who actually understands them. 114 00:08:39,646 --> 00:08:42,229 Can I give detention? 115 00:08:42,229 --> 00:08:44,813 Okay by me. A little authority can be a wonderful thing. 116 00:08:44,813 --> 00:08:46,729 Just remember that while you are 117 00:08:46,729 --> 00:08:48,521 here to help, you're not here to be their friend. 118 00:08:48,521 --> 00:08:52,729 Trust me. You open that door, and these students will eat you alive. 119 00:08:52,729 --> 00:08:55,146 You heard about Principal Flutie, right? 120 00:08:55,146 --> 00:08:58,021 - Hmm? - Forget it. 121 00:08:58,021 --> 00:09:00,187 [ Bell Ringing ] Okay then. 122 00:09:00,187 --> 00:09:04,271 And, Buffy, relax. There's only three things these kids understand-- 123 00:09:04,271 --> 00:09:07,188 the boot, the bat and the bastinada. [ Chuckles ] 124 00:09:09,062 --> 00:09:12,604 It's the-- It's a-- It's a bad joke. 125 00:09:12,604 --> 00:09:15,771 It's the bastinada. No one ever knows what that that thing is. 126 00:09:15,771 --> 00:09:18,354 Wooden rod used to slap the soles of the feet in Turkish prisons, 127 00:09:18,354 --> 00:09:21,104 but if made with the correct wood, makes an awesome billy club. 128 00:09:22,438 --> 00:09:25,604 I think you're gonna fit in just fine. 129 00:09:25,604 --> 00:09:27,646 Is there something else? 130 00:09:27,646 --> 00:09:31,813 Um, yeah. Um, just one more thing. 131 00:09:31,813 --> 00:09:34,230 I was, uh, just curious, you know. 132 00:09:34,230 --> 00:09:36,813 I mean, not that I'm not grateful or anything, but, uh-- 133 00:09:36,813 --> 00:09:40,146 I guess I was wondering why I-- Have this job? 134 00:09:40,146 --> 00:09:43,938 - I still haven't finished college. - I know. 135 00:09:43,938 --> 00:09:46,021 Was it my sparkling personality? 136 00:09:46,021 --> 00:09:49,271 Or maybe you enjoyed my work at the Doublemeat Palace? 137 00:09:49,271 --> 00:09:51,563 I'm a vegetarian. 138 00:09:51,563 --> 00:09:54,354 These students need someone around here who understands them. 139 00:09:54,354 --> 00:09:56,688 I need someone who understands these students. 140 00:09:56,688 --> 00:10:00,688 Why? Is there something about you that I don't know that maybe I should? 141 00:10:00,688 --> 00:10:03,229 Nothing I can think of. 142 00:10:05,729 --> 00:10:10,187 [ Groans ] If you'll excuse me. The first catch of the day. 143 00:10:10,187 --> 00:10:12,646 I'll be in my office if you need me. Thanks! 144 00:10:12,646 --> 00:10:17,646 I'm just gonna have a look around. Get to know the place. 145 00:10:17,646 --> 00:10:21,438 Make sure it's all... school-like. 146 00:10:27,563 --> 00:10:30,146 [ Door Opens ] 147 00:10:36,479 --> 00:10:38,563 Spike? [ Squeaking ] 148 00:10:50,354 --> 00:10:52,688 Spike? 149 00:10:52,688 --> 00:10:55,479 [ Thunder Rumbling ] [ Raining ] 150 00:11:05,938 --> 00:11:10,771 The taxi's here. I know. 151 00:11:10,771 --> 00:11:14,104 And keeping with quaint, old British tradition, 152 00:11:14,104 --> 00:11:16,980 you would now be expected to get into it. 153 00:11:16,980 --> 00:11:19,938 I don't know if I can. 154 00:11:19,938 --> 00:11:22,062 Giles, I'm not done here. 155 00:11:26,479 --> 00:11:28,479 That's your fear talking. 156 00:11:28,479 --> 00:11:32,646 Yes, and my fear is a big, obnoxious blabbermouth. 157 00:11:32,646 --> 00:11:35,646 You're the one that keeps telling me to trust my instincts. 158 00:11:35,646 --> 00:11:40,062 True. So? Shouldn't we be listening? 159 00:11:40,062 --> 00:11:44,062 I don't wanna go back home just so I can screw up again. 160 00:11:44,062 --> 00:11:46,104 Why don't I stay? 161 00:11:46,104 --> 00:11:49,521 Not forever. Just long enough to-- 162 00:11:49,521 --> 00:11:52,062 I don't know-- make my fear shut up a little, maybe? 163 00:11:52,062 --> 00:11:54,396 [ Horn Honking ] 164 00:11:54,396 --> 00:11:56,229 It's possible, but-- 165 00:11:59,479 --> 00:12:03,479 Try to be very specific. What exactly are you afraid of? 166 00:12:03,479 --> 00:12:08,855 Ha. Well, for starters, how about the Hellmouth's getting all rumbly again. 167 00:12:08,855 --> 00:12:11,271 And now I know it's got teeth. 168 00:12:11,271 --> 00:12:14,396 And are those literal teeth, 'cause I don't know if I can handle it. 169 00:12:14,396 --> 00:12:16,604 And what if I can handle it? 170 00:12:16,604 --> 00:12:21,896 Does that mean I have to be a bigger, badder badass than the source of all badness? 171 00:12:21,896 --> 00:12:25,104 And what if I give up all this control stuff... 172 00:12:25,104 --> 00:12:28,187 and I go all veiny and homicidal again? 173 00:12:28,187 --> 00:12:30,563 And what if-- They won't take you back? 174 00:12:30,563 --> 00:12:32,396 Uh-huh. 175 00:12:36,021 --> 00:12:39,062 Willow, we could spend another two years here, 176 00:12:39,062 --> 00:12:41,688 training and practicing and learning to hone your powers, 177 00:12:41,688 --> 00:12:44,271 and still there'd be no way of knowing for sure... 178 00:12:44,271 --> 00:12:47,229 that the friends you left behind you are still your friends. 179 00:12:47,229 --> 00:12:51,271 Oh, sure. I mean, if you put it that way-- Duh. 180 00:12:51,271 --> 00:12:53,479 I'd love to offer you some guarantee... 181 00:12:53,479 --> 00:12:56,312 that you'll be welcomed back to Sunnydale with open arms, but I can't. 182 00:12:56,312 --> 00:12:58,896 You may not be wanted, 183 00:12:58,896 --> 00:13:00,855 but you will be needed. 184 00:13:00,855 --> 00:13:04,438 - That all you got? - For the moment, yes. 185 00:13:04,438 --> 00:13:06,604 Okay. 186 00:13:06,604 --> 00:13:08,896 Guess I'd better-- 187 00:13:11,396 --> 00:13:14,229 Trust yourself, and the others might follow. 188 00:13:25,479 --> 00:13:28,062 [ Growling ] 189 00:13:28,062 --> 00:13:32,396 Rocky. Come on. Do your business so I can go home. 190 00:13:34,479 --> 00:13:36,855 [ Sighs ] 191 00:13:36,855 --> 00:13:39,604 I could've gotten a cat, but no. 192 00:13:43,938 --> 00:13:46,062 [ Cracking ] [ Dog Whimpers ] 193 00:13:49,187 --> 00:13:52,479 Whoa! [ Screams ] 194 00:13:55,896 --> 00:13:58,396 [ Loud Growling ] 195 00:14:02,646 --> 00:14:05,438 Uh, hello. 196 00:14:05,438 --> 00:14:07,771 And whatever it was, it was big. 197 00:14:07,771 --> 00:14:10,104 And strong. Stronger than-- 198 00:14:10,104 --> 00:14:13,563 I mean, I don't know how it's possible. 199 00:14:13,563 --> 00:14:15,938 You hear things in this town, living here in Sunnydale, 200 00:14:15,938 --> 00:14:18,771 but nobody actually believes them, you know. 201 00:14:18,771 --> 00:14:21,146 You'd have to be crazy, and-- 202 00:14:21,146 --> 00:14:23,187 and you guys think that I'm crazy, don't you? 203 00:14:23,187 --> 00:14:27,187 - I don't. - We've seen things too, Nancy. 204 00:14:27,187 --> 00:14:29,771 And we're gonna take care of this. It's your lucky night, 205 00:14:29,771 --> 00:14:33,187 considering, you know, your dog just got all ate up and stuff. 206 00:14:33,187 --> 00:14:38,062 - Hey, can I freshen up your tea? - No, that's okay. Thanks. 207 00:14:38,062 --> 00:14:41,229 So, you say this thing just came up, out of the ground? 208 00:14:41,229 --> 00:14:43,354 I mean, without any warnings or signs or anything? 209 00:14:43,354 --> 00:14:47,229 Just this kind of rumbling, you know, like just before an earthquake. 210 00:14:47,229 --> 00:14:49,646 From beneath you, it devours. 211 00:14:49,646 --> 00:14:52,688 - What? - Nothing. 212 00:14:52,688 --> 00:14:57,021 - Nothing good. - It's sounding "monsterific," all right. 213 00:14:57,021 --> 00:14:59,062 Should we round up the gang? 214 00:14:59,062 --> 00:15:01,771 Good thinking, except this is the gang. 215 00:15:01,771 --> 00:15:04,104 Look, Nancy. We're gonna get into this, and I promise you, 216 00:15:04,104 --> 00:15:06,062 if your dog is alive, we're gonna find him. 217 00:15:06,062 --> 00:15:08,146 The only thing that I need is a little-- 218 00:15:08,146 --> 00:15:13,396 What you need is help. Fortunately, you've got me. 219 00:15:24,855 --> 00:15:28,021 - Buffy. - Spike. 220 00:15:30,104 --> 00:15:32,563 Who's that? He's-- 221 00:15:32,563 --> 00:15:34,938 - [ Dawn ] It's Buffy's-- - [ Xander ] Ex. 222 00:15:34,938 --> 00:15:39,438 And I'm thinking it's a little more complicated than just that. 223 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:41,604 [ Xander ] Always is. You've changed. 224 00:15:41,604 --> 00:15:45,062 - I have. - New clothing. Better hair. 225 00:15:45,062 --> 00:15:47,521 Not so much with the crazy. I like it. 226 00:15:47,521 --> 00:15:49,688 Now what do you want? Easy. 227 00:15:49,688 --> 00:15:52,604 If you think I like putting myself here, 228 00:15:52,604 --> 00:15:56,312 surrounded by people who don't particularly like me, you'd be wrong. 229 00:15:56,312 --> 00:15:59,688 If you're uncomfortable, we can make you leave. 230 00:15:59,688 --> 00:16:04,146 I'll be quick. We need to talk. Wanna do that here or privately? 231 00:16:04,146 --> 00:16:07,229 I'm thinking here, in the company of good friends and pointy weapons. 232 00:16:07,229 --> 00:16:10,271 -[ Buffy ] You said something about quick? -[ Spike ] I did. 233 00:16:11,396 --> 00:16:14,104 Before I start, and for the record, 234 00:16:14,104 --> 00:16:16,396 last you saw me, I was a mess, 235 00:16:16,396 --> 00:16:20,230 out of my head-- admitted. 236 00:16:20,230 --> 00:16:22,604 Last week, living in the school basement, 237 00:16:23,771 --> 00:16:26,438 well, you saw me. 238 00:16:28,104 --> 00:16:31,230 You did? 239 00:16:31,230 --> 00:16:33,938 Guys, just a second, okay? Yes, I saw Spike. I just didn't think-- 240 00:16:33,938 --> 00:16:36,604 What? You just... forgot to mention it? 241 00:16:36,604 --> 00:16:39,938 Things were insane in the basement. I saved your life. 242 00:16:39,938 --> 00:16:42,062 - We can discuss this later. - Sure. 243 00:16:42,062 --> 00:16:44,813 - [ Xander ] Whatever you want. - [ Dawn ] Right. 244 00:16:44,813 --> 00:16:47,855 'Cause that seems to be the only time you let us in, Buffy, whenever you want. 245 00:16:47,855 --> 00:16:50,104 - Now, in fairness to Buffy-- - Shut up, Spike! 246 00:16:50,104 --> 00:16:54,146 [ Buffy Sighs ] Okay. Guys, give us a second. 247 00:17:03,396 --> 00:17:07,146 Do not start by saying you're sorry. I didn't come here to atone. 248 00:17:07,146 --> 00:17:09,104 - What the hell do you want? - I'm here to help you. 249 00:17:09,104 --> 00:17:11,729 - Help me what? - I was hoping you'd tell me. 250 00:17:11,729 --> 00:17:17,479 You're the Slayer, connected to the visions, long line of worthies, right? 251 00:17:17,479 --> 00:17:20,688 I'm just a guy with his ear to the ground, but even I can feel it. 252 00:17:20,688 --> 00:17:25,062 Something's coming. I don't know what exactly, but something's brewing. 253 00:17:25,062 --> 00:17:28,646 It's so big, ugly and damned, it makes you and me look like little, bitty puzzle pieces. 254 00:17:30,688 --> 00:17:34,062 If I'm wrong, say so. Lovely. No hard feelings. 255 00:17:34,062 --> 00:17:38,354 I'll go out that door. You can lock it behind me with any spell you like. 256 00:17:38,354 --> 00:17:44,271 So? Am I wrong? Everything about you is wrong, Spike. 257 00:17:46,771 --> 00:17:48,980 But something is coming. 258 00:17:51,813 --> 00:17:56,729 You're gonna need some help. Since when did you become the champion of the people? 259 00:17:56,729 --> 00:17:58,938 I didn't. I'm just a guy who can lend a hand if you'll let me. 260 00:18:01,146 --> 00:18:03,271 Ball's in your court, Slayer. 261 00:18:06,188 --> 00:18:08,438 Okay. We're gonna split. Two pairs. 262 00:18:08,438 --> 00:18:10,729 Whatever this creature is, it's burrowing through solid ground. 263 00:18:10,729 --> 00:18:13,146 That means a strength and power that we don't usually deal with, 264 00:18:13,146 --> 00:18:16,563 but we may have to get used to, now the Hellmouth is getting all perky. 265 00:18:16,563 --> 00:18:20,688 Shouldn't we call the police or something? And tell them? 266 00:18:20,688 --> 00:18:23,229 I'll stop interrupting. 267 00:18:23,229 --> 00:18:26,563 [ Buffy ] Xander, take Nancy home. Drive, don't walk. 268 00:18:26,563 --> 00:18:28,729 And try not to stop till you get there. Understood. 269 00:18:28,729 --> 00:18:31,187 Is your girlfriend always this... commanding? 270 00:18:31,187 --> 00:18:34,062 Who? 271 00:18:34,062 --> 00:18:36,563 Buffy? 272 00:18:36,563 --> 00:18:39,021 Oh, no, no, no. See, uh-- I mean, she's-- 273 00:18:39,021 --> 00:18:43,771 She's a girl and-- and she's a friend, but she's not my girlfriend. 274 00:18:43,771 --> 00:18:46,479 Xander? A little drool. 275 00:18:50,396 --> 00:18:52,563 Spike and I will check out the scene. [ Xander ] Okay. 276 00:18:52,563 --> 00:18:55,604 In the biggest way, I am not loving this plan. 277 00:18:55,604 --> 00:19:00,021 I'm not loving Spike. [ Softly ] He tried to rape you. 278 00:19:00,021 --> 00:19:02,521 And he failed. I know I can take him. 279 00:19:02,521 --> 00:19:06,229 Xander, take Nancy home. Spike and I will patrol. 280 00:19:07,563 --> 00:19:11,354 I'm command central, so everybody check in with me. 281 00:19:11,354 --> 00:19:15,271 Okay. I'll be here doing my homework, but the other one sounded cooler. 282 00:19:15,271 --> 00:19:17,563 Be safe. Let's go. 283 00:19:19,396 --> 00:19:22,146 Righty-o, then. 284 00:19:22,146 --> 00:19:24,729 Spike? 285 00:19:26,688 --> 00:19:31,604 You sleep, right? You. Vampires. You sleep. 286 00:19:31,604 --> 00:19:34,438 Yeah. What's your point, niblet? 287 00:19:34,438 --> 00:19:36,729 Well, I can't take you in a fight or anything, 288 00:19:36,729 --> 00:19:40,729 even with a chip in your head, but you do sleep. 289 00:19:40,729 --> 00:19:45,104 If you hurt my sister at all, touch her, 290 00:19:45,104 --> 00:19:47,021 you're gonna wake up on fire. 291 00:19:53,146 --> 00:19:57,146 [ Spike ] You're awfully quiet. Wouldn't know what to say. 292 00:19:57,146 --> 00:20:01,312 Fine with me. I was more than half expecting to get an earful anyway. 293 00:20:01,312 --> 00:20:07,021 And when exactly did your sister get unbelievably scary? What are you doing? 294 00:20:07,021 --> 00:20:12,646 What? I told you once, straight up-- I'm here to help and that's all. 295 00:20:12,646 --> 00:20:16,521 Think this here's our spot? How'd you guess? 296 00:20:16,521 --> 00:20:18,938 I don't fancy sticking my head in that. 297 00:20:18,938 --> 00:20:21,855 Well, if something bites it off, that'd be a clue. 298 00:20:23,354 --> 00:20:25,438 [ Sighs ] 299 00:20:32,521 --> 00:20:34,563 So what happened to you? 300 00:20:34,563 --> 00:20:36,938 Well, you saw me. 301 00:20:36,938 --> 00:20:41,312 Those ghostly types in the school basement got in my head. 302 00:20:41,312 --> 00:20:44,896 They made me flat-out, bug-shaggin' crazy. 303 00:20:44,896 --> 00:20:48,521 And I'm not exactly bragging about it, but they were stronger than I was-- 304 00:20:48,521 --> 00:20:51,688 made me see things, do things. 305 00:20:53,938 --> 00:20:56,104 And how come you never told anyone you saw me? 306 00:20:56,104 --> 00:21:00,729 I don't know. I guess... 307 00:21:00,729 --> 00:21:03,479 I was partly hoping you were some kind of mirage. 308 00:21:03,479 --> 00:21:07,312 - Sorry to disappoint. - Not your fault. 309 00:21:07,312 --> 00:21:09,980 Hold the torch, will you? 310 00:21:14,938 --> 00:21:16,771 [ Straining ] 311 00:21:20,396 --> 00:21:24,563 [ Sighs ] Look. This-- us working together. It's not a way... 312 00:21:24,563 --> 00:21:27,187 for us to get back together, if that's what you want. 313 00:21:27,187 --> 00:21:29,021 It's not. 314 00:21:30,646 --> 00:21:32,771 Look. I can't blame you for being all skittish. 315 00:21:32,771 --> 00:21:36,688 Skittish? That's not a word I would use for it. 316 00:21:37,938 --> 00:21:39,771 You tried to rape me. 317 00:21:41,438 --> 00:21:45,604 - I don't have the words. - Neither do I. 318 00:21:45,604 --> 00:21:49,688 I can't say "Sorry." I can't use "Forgive me." 319 00:21:50,729 --> 00:21:55,062 All I can say is, Buffy, I've changed. 320 00:21:55,062 --> 00:21:58,563 - I believe you. - Well, that's something. 321 00:21:58,563 --> 00:22:01,104 I just don't know what you've changed into. 322 00:22:02,771 --> 00:22:05,479 You come back to town, you make with the big surprises. 323 00:22:05,479 --> 00:22:08,771 Twice. I don't know what your game is, Spike, 324 00:22:08,771 --> 00:22:11,354 but I know there's something you're not telling me. 325 00:22:11,354 --> 00:22:14,104 You're right. There is. 326 00:22:16,438 --> 00:22:19,855 But we're not best friends anymore, so too bad for me. I'm not sharing. 327 00:22:20,938 --> 00:22:23,187 We've been through things-- 328 00:22:23,187 --> 00:22:25,146 the end of the world and back. 329 00:22:25,146 --> 00:22:28,104 I can be useful 'cause, honestly, I've got nothing better to do. 330 00:22:28,104 --> 00:22:30,896 Make use of me if you want. 331 00:22:32,771 --> 00:22:36,396 And there's nothing here. Just a bit of slime. 332 00:22:36,396 --> 00:22:38,729 Mounds of displaced dirt and such. 333 00:22:38,729 --> 00:22:41,521 Whatever our beastie is, he's gone. 334 00:22:50,438 --> 00:22:52,312 [ Sighs ] 335 00:22:59,896 --> 00:23:03,354 Boy. I still can't believe that all of this is happening. 336 00:23:03,354 --> 00:23:07,938 I mean, even with this town's reputation for, you know, unexplained weirdness. 337 00:23:07,938 --> 00:23:11,646 Right. Sunnydale. Come for the food. Stay for the dismemberment. 338 00:23:11,646 --> 00:23:14,604 There's good food? 339 00:23:15,646 --> 00:23:19,230 Well, thanks. [ Clears Throat ] 340 00:23:20,729 --> 00:23:23,021 And that's a couple of levels of lameness right there-- 341 00:23:23,021 --> 00:23:26,563 me saying "thanks" after everything that you've done for me tonight. 342 00:23:26,563 --> 00:23:30,271 Well, you could slip me a 20, but then I'd have to act all offended. 343 00:23:30,271 --> 00:23:32,563 Got it. So, 344 00:23:32,563 --> 00:23:35,688 um, do you think I might instead... 345 00:23:35,688 --> 00:23:37,855 give you a call some time? 346 00:23:37,855 --> 00:23:40,438 Just to check in? No, actually I'm hitting on you. 347 00:23:40,438 --> 00:23:42,771 Even better. I'm very listed. 348 00:23:42,771 --> 00:23:47,354 And I'm really pushy, so that works out well then. 349 00:23:47,354 --> 00:23:50,104 [ Sighs ] 350 00:23:50,104 --> 00:23:53,604 Good night. Uh-- 351 00:23:53,604 --> 00:23:56,521 [ Rumbling ] 352 00:23:56,521 --> 00:23:58,104 Nancy-- 353 00:24:00,896 --> 00:24:02,896 I just got a swell idea. 354 00:24:04,062 --> 00:24:06,271 Run! [ Screams ] 355 00:24:11,271 --> 00:24:13,771 [ Roaring ] 356 00:24:16,062 --> 00:24:17,938 [ Screaming ] 357 00:24:25,146 --> 00:24:28,688 Are you okay? I just-- 358 00:24:28,688 --> 00:24:31,104 Dumb question. Are you injured? Are you hurt? 359 00:24:32,479 --> 00:24:34,771 I don't think so. I just-- 360 00:24:34,771 --> 00:24:37,646 I don't think that I can take any more of this. 361 00:24:39,771 --> 00:24:42,312 Two attacks in the same night. 362 00:24:42,312 --> 00:24:45,146 I'm starting to think it's not coincidence. 363 00:24:45,146 --> 00:24:48,312 Oh, sure. Why not? A monster trying to kill me. 364 00:24:48,312 --> 00:24:52,563 It's just the thing that was missing to make my life absolutely perfect. 365 00:24:52,563 --> 00:24:56,646 Oh. Ronnie would love this. Boy. Right. 366 00:24:59,312 --> 00:25:02,729 Who's Ronnie? Oh, um, 367 00:25:02,729 --> 00:25:07,521 only my psycho ex-boyfriend that I've been trying to get rid of for the past few weeks. 368 00:25:07,521 --> 00:25:09,438 [ Sighs ] I almost prefer the monster. 369 00:25:09,438 --> 00:25:13,271 Ronnie was, um, trouble. 370 00:25:13,271 --> 00:25:15,896 Uh-huh. And I'm just curious-- 371 00:25:15,896 --> 00:25:21,146 Was this Ronnie guy a borrowing money kind of trouble, or... 372 00:25:21,146 --> 00:25:25,146 was he a raising demon trouble kind of guy? 373 00:25:26,563 --> 00:25:29,146 Oh. Ronnie? He couldn't. 374 00:25:30,646 --> 00:25:33,312 He just-- 375 00:25:33,312 --> 00:25:37,729 He was an abusive bastard is the catchy headline. 376 00:25:37,729 --> 00:25:39,813 And he'd just show up, even after-- 377 00:25:41,980 --> 00:25:43,938 You know the feeling that you get... 378 00:25:43,938 --> 00:25:47,980 when your ex is constantly ruining every part of your life, and it just doesn't stop? 379 00:25:48,938 --> 00:25:50,855 Yes. 380 00:25:50,855 --> 00:25:55,729 And you get so tired of feeling helpless that all you can do is just wish that it would stop? 381 00:25:57,896 --> 00:25:59,771 Wish? 382 00:25:59,771 --> 00:26:02,230 And it's not the fact that he cheated. 383 00:26:02,230 --> 00:26:04,312 It's the way he cheated, you know? 384 00:26:04,312 --> 00:26:07,729 I mean, we could've talked. I could've handled it. 385 00:26:07,729 --> 00:26:10,396 Uh-huh. Uh-huh. I get it. Go on. 386 00:26:10,396 --> 00:26:14,354 You know what he is? He's spineless. Yeah, that's it. 387 00:26:14,354 --> 00:26:17,896 He's-- He's like this spineless little pig. 388 00:26:17,896 --> 00:26:21,312 And you know what I wish? God, do I want to. 389 00:26:28,312 --> 00:26:32,688 You were saying? Um, I want more quesadillas? 390 00:26:32,688 --> 00:26:34,938 Before that. A margarita. 391 00:26:34,938 --> 00:26:39,396 After that. Oh, yeah. God, my boyfriend's spineless. 392 00:26:39,396 --> 00:26:42,563 He should just-- 393 00:26:42,563 --> 00:26:46,938 You know, he should just be spineless for real. No spine. Got it. I can do that. 394 00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:49,521 What do you mean? See, honey, 395 00:26:49,521 --> 00:26:53,146 what I'm driving us towards here is sometimes, don't you just wish that-- 396 00:26:53,146 --> 00:26:55,104 Oh, penis. 397 00:26:56,604 --> 00:26:58,729 Is this the one you talked to? 398 00:26:58,729 --> 00:27:01,855 I tell you what. Why don't we put a pin in it? 399 00:27:01,855 --> 00:27:06,021 Why don't you go get yourself a drink, and we'll pick it up in a few? Okay? 400 00:27:09,521 --> 00:27:12,855 You guys, I am working here. We noticed. 401 00:27:12,855 --> 00:27:16,062 - It's why we're here. - [ Xander ] Right. 402 00:27:16,062 --> 00:27:19,521 Did you turn this nice lady's ex into a giant worm monster? 403 00:27:19,521 --> 00:27:22,354 [ Chuckles ] Yes. 404 00:27:22,354 --> 00:27:26,104 No way. Are you saying that that thing was Ronnie? 405 00:27:26,104 --> 00:27:28,187 You wish it. I dish it. I thought we were clear on this. 406 00:27:28,187 --> 00:27:30,563 I didn't think you were gonna go all narc on me. 407 00:27:30,563 --> 00:27:32,646 You wished your ex was a worm? 408 00:27:32,646 --> 00:27:34,438 We were just talking. 409 00:27:34,438 --> 00:27:38,229 Anya has a way of making things happen. 410 00:27:38,229 --> 00:27:41,354 I had a quota. The guy had it coming. What's the big? 411 00:27:41,354 --> 00:27:44,688 - I think I'm gonna be sick. - Anya, that thing you created... 412 00:27:44,688 --> 00:27:46,938 burst through solid pavement and ate her dog. 413 00:27:48,396 --> 00:27:50,438 Oh! Puppy! Wait. 414 00:27:50,438 --> 00:27:53,229 That gets your sad noise? People's lives are in danger, 415 00:27:53,229 --> 00:27:55,312 and you give it up for the Yorkie? 416 00:27:55,312 --> 00:27:59,813 - You never understood me, Xander. - Xander, who is this woman? 417 00:27:59,813 --> 00:28:02,396 Anya? She's, um, 418 00:28:02,396 --> 00:28:05,438 Anya, my ex. 419 00:28:05,438 --> 00:28:07,729 Oh. Hey! 420 00:28:07,729 --> 00:28:11,229 - Nobody's bragging here. - Ah, ah, ah. 421 00:28:11,229 --> 00:28:15,187 Hey! Hands off the merchandise, Spike. 422 00:28:15,187 --> 00:28:18,521 You don't get to go there again. Please. 423 00:28:18,521 --> 00:28:20,396 I've already forgotten about our little time together. 424 00:28:20,396 --> 00:28:22,938 I thought you were Xander's ex-girlfriend. 425 00:28:22,938 --> 00:28:25,479 - I am. - But you and Spike-- 426 00:28:25,479 --> 00:28:27,479 - Had a thing. - Didn't last. 427 00:28:27,479 --> 00:28:30,646 - But weren't you Buffy-- - Briefly. - Never serious. 428 00:28:30,646 --> 00:28:33,312 [ Sighs ] Is there anyone here that hasn't slept together? 429 00:28:33,312 --> 00:28:36,062 [ Anya ] Look. At least we're all bipeds, 430 00:28:36,062 --> 00:28:38,813 which is more than I can say for Ronnie the worm boy. 431 00:28:38,813 --> 00:28:40,771 Okay, guys. Can we focus here for just a second? 432 00:28:40,771 --> 00:28:44,855 Anya, this Ronnie? He wasn't a worm. Worms are, like, this big. 433 00:28:44,855 --> 00:28:48,229 - This thing was like-- - Sluggoth demon. Am I right? 434 00:28:49,312 --> 00:28:51,354 [ Sighs ] Maybe. 435 00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:54,187 Wait. I didn't wish for that. I don't even know... 436 00:28:54,187 --> 00:28:56,229 what this whatchamacallit demon thing is. 437 00:28:56,229 --> 00:28:59,855 Sluggoth demon. It's a very large, very nasty natural predator, 438 00:28:59,855 --> 00:29:01,813 who died around the Crusades. 439 00:29:01,813 --> 00:29:04,771 Same phylum. It's not cheating. I just embellished. 440 00:29:04,771 --> 00:29:07,230 Well, you can unembellish now. 441 00:29:08,312 --> 00:29:11,646 Bite me, Harris. I have rules to work with. 442 00:29:11,646 --> 00:29:14,188 Vengeance demon codes of conduct. 443 00:29:14,188 --> 00:29:16,521 But you'll never understand, 'cause you're all still so... 444 00:29:19,438 --> 00:29:22,646 human. [ Spike ] I'm not. 445 00:29:22,646 --> 00:29:26,771 Demon, just like yourself, Anya. 446 00:29:26,771 --> 00:29:29,187 Now, you're gonna turn the spell around, 447 00:29:29,187 --> 00:29:32,146 like a good little vengeance demon, or I-- What? 448 00:29:33,771 --> 00:29:36,021 Oh, my God. What are you staring at? 449 00:29:37,229 --> 00:29:40,312 Oh, my God. Right. Let's go. 450 00:29:40,312 --> 00:29:42,855 - How did you do it? - Spike, what is she talking about? 451 00:29:42,855 --> 00:29:46,146 I can see you. Nothing. Let's go. Got some worm hunting to do. 452 00:29:46,146 --> 00:29:47,479 How'd you do it? Shut up! 453 00:29:47,479 --> 00:29:49,771 - It shouldn't be possible! - Shut your mouth! 454 00:29:49,771 --> 00:29:52,479 How did you get it? I said, you shut up! 455 00:29:56,896 --> 00:29:58,646 [ Crowd Chattering ] [ Woman ] Somebody help her! 456 00:30:08,980 --> 00:30:11,521 I am so gonna kick your ass. 457 00:30:12,646 --> 00:30:14,646 Right, bitch. Round and round-- 458 00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:16,688 You haven't changed, Spike. 459 00:30:21,563 --> 00:30:24,479 Workin' out some personal issues, are we? 460 00:30:28,396 --> 00:30:32,062 Hey, I guess this'll be first contact, since you know when. 461 00:30:33,229 --> 00:30:35,646 Ooh. Up for another round on the balcony? 462 00:30:38,771 --> 00:30:40,688 [ Chuckles ] 463 00:30:42,187 --> 00:30:47,771 Right you are, luv. I haven't changed. Not a lick! 464 00:30:47,771 --> 00:30:53,021 And watching your face trying to figure me out was absolutely delicious. 465 00:30:53,021 --> 00:30:56,229 - Buffy! - Not now, Xander. 466 00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:59,563 Nancy. She's gone. And out there all alone, she's worm bait. 467 00:31:00,646 --> 00:31:03,062 [ Groans ] I'll go find her. 468 00:31:03,062 --> 00:31:06,146 You stay with Anya. Get her to reverse that spell. 469 00:31:06,146 --> 00:31:10,438 Hey, is that it? A little touchy-feely, then you're off to the batpoles? 470 00:31:13,187 --> 00:31:17,479 Freaks! Why do I surround myself with freaks? 471 00:31:17,479 --> 00:31:20,229 [ Rumbling ] 472 00:31:22,438 --> 00:31:24,813 Oh, God. 473 00:31:24,813 --> 00:31:27,563 God. 474 00:31:42,938 --> 00:31:45,396 [ Grunts ] Oh, somebody help me! 475 00:32:01,354 --> 00:32:03,688 [ Sighs ] 476 00:32:03,688 --> 00:32:06,187 [ Banging ] 477 00:32:12,729 --> 00:32:15,521 [ Screams ] Help me! 478 00:32:16,521 --> 00:32:19,062 Help me! 479 00:32:24,938 --> 00:32:27,271 What do you want me to do? 480 00:32:27,271 --> 00:32:29,604 Reverse the spell. It's not that easy, Xander. 481 00:32:29,604 --> 00:32:32,354 You can do it. Yeah, sure. The spell part. 482 00:32:32,354 --> 00:32:35,771 What about me? I'm in enough trouble as it is. 483 00:32:35,771 --> 00:32:40,396 Halfrek's all over my case. D'Hoffryn is not pleased with my work. 484 00:32:40,396 --> 00:32:43,396 You don't want to see him angry. Trust me. 485 00:32:43,396 --> 00:32:46,938 Nice friends you got. Nice friends I had. 486 00:32:46,938 --> 00:32:51,729 Chums, coworkers, bridesmaids-- I had the whole package until something fell apart. 487 00:32:51,729 --> 00:32:55,646 What could that be, Xander? You're saying this is my fault? 488 00:32:55,646 --> 00:33:00,187 All I'm saying is none of this happened until you dumped me at the altar. 489 00:33:00,187 --> 00:33:04,229 And sooner or later, Anya, that excuse just stops working. 490 00:33:09,646 --> 00:33:11,729 [ Screams ] 491 00:33:30,855 --> 00:33:35,312 You've had your turn, luv. Leave the real violence to the demons, yeah? 492 00:33:35,312 --> 00:33:37,479 [ Screams ] That's right! 493 00:33:37,479 --> 00:33:42,146 Big Bad's back, and looking for a little death! 494 00:33:44,521 --> 00:33:48,563 [ Screams ] [ Screams ] 495 00:33:55,688 --> 00:33:57,896 [ Ronnie ] Ow. 496 00:33:59,229 --> 00:34:01,312 I'm sorry. 497 00:34:06,729 --> 00:34:09,855 Right. Wrong. 498 00:34:09,855 --> 00:34:14,729 Wrong maneuver. Not hardly helpful. God, please help me. 499 00:34:14,729 --> 00:34:16,938 Help me! 500 00:34:16,938 --> 00:34:21,813 You're not the one who needs help. He's going into shock. 501 00:34:21,813 --> 00:34:23,855 - [ Phone Dialing ] - Too much. Too much. Too much. 502 00:34:23,855 --> 00:34:26,146 [ Buffy ] Yeah, I need an ambulance. Someone's been stabbed. 503 00:34:26,146 --> 00:34:30,062 - Oh, God. Uh, corner of Third and Fairview. - Inside me all the way. 504 00:34:30,062 --> 00:34:33,062 Help is coming. Try not to move. Deep, deep, deep inside me. 505 00:34:33,062 --> 00:34:35,896 - Spike, whatever you're doing-- - Get away! Get! [ Shudders ] 506 00:34:35,896 --> 00:34:38,729 Do it somewhere else! I am through with this! 507 00:34:38,729 --> 00:34:42,271 Oh, oh. Lucky girl. Call it quits. Now there's an option. 508 00:34:42,271 --> 00:34:45,563 If only it were so easy. If only-- If only-- If only-- 509 00:34:45,563 --> 00:34:48,938 What the hell are you screaming about? I can hear you. 510 00:34:48,938 --> 00:34:52,980 No need to shout! 511 00:34:55,312 --> 00:34:58,354 [ Chuckles ] 512 00:34:58,354 --> 00:35:02,479 I get it. Joke's on me. Lots of laughs. 513 00:35:04,062 --> 00:35:07,229 Yeah. Hey, bring the wife and kiddies. Come see the show. 514 00:35:08,229 --> 00:35:11,729 This is gonna be a circus. This-- 515 00:35:14,396 --> 00:35:18,146 Just the beginning, luv. A warm-up act. 516 00:35:18,146 --> 00:35:20,229 The real headliner's coming, 517 00:35:20,229 --> 00:35:24,354 and when that band hits the stage, all of this-- 518 00:35:24,354 --> 00:35:29,396 all this will come tumbling in death and screaming, 519 00:35:29,396 --> 00:35:32,396 horror and bloodshed. 520 00:35:32,396 --> 00:35:36,604 From beneath you, it devours. 521 00:35:38,938 --> 00:35:42,271 From beneath. 522 00:35:42,271 --> 00:35:44,438 Poor Rocky. 523 00:35:44,438 --> 00:35:46,479 [ Sobs Quietly ] 524 00:35:55,229 --> 00:35:57,438 [ Xander ] Buffy! 525 00:36:01,813 --> 00:36:04,312 You. 526 00:36:04,312 --> 00:36:08,604 You did this. What are you? 527 00:36:08,604 --> 00:36:11,896 [ Sighs ] 528 00:36:11,896 --> 00:36:16,771 - She's not calling me. - Okay. Help is on the way. Look after him. 529 00:36:16,771 --> 00:36:19,230 Where you going? 530 00:36:22,104 --> 00:36:27,146 You do know you did the right thing here. Tell him that. 531 00:36:27,146 --> 00:36:30,230 You reversed the spell. It took guts. 532 00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:33,146 I know this is bad, but it could be worse. 533 00:36:33,146 --> 00:36:36,062 Oh, it will be. 534 00:36:57,771 --> 00:36:59,855 [ Door Rattles ] 535 00:37:18,688 --> 00:37:21,521 - Didn't work. - What the hell are you-- 536 00:37:21,521 --> 00:37:27,021 Didn't work. Costume. Didn't help. 537 00:37:27,021 --> 00:37:29,354 Couldn't hide. 538 00:37:32,230 --> 00:37:35,312 No more mind games, Spike. No more mind games. 539 00:37:35,312 --> 00:37:37,354 No more mind. 540 00:37:39,021 --> 00:37:44,062 Tell me what happened to you. Hey! Hey! No touching. 541 00:37:44,062 --> 00:37:47,563 Am I flesh? Am I flesh to you? 542 00:37:47,563 --> 00:37:52,729 Feed on flesh. My flesh. Nothing else. Not a spark. 543 00:37:52,729 --> 00:37:55,438 Oh, fine. 544 00:37:55,438 --> 00:37:59,438 Flesh, then. Solid through. 545 00:37:59,438 --> 00:38:02,021 Get it hard. Service the girl. 546 00:38:02,021 --> 00:38:04,479 Stop it! 547 00:38:08,729 --> 00:38:14,229 Right. Girl doesn't wanna be serviced. 548 00:38:14,229 --> 00:38:17,062 Because there's no spark. 549 00:38:17,062 --> 00:38:19,230 Ain't we in a soddin' engine? 550 00:38:20,271 --> 00:38:22,646 Spike, have you completely lost your mind? 551 00:38:22,646 --> 00:38:25,146 Well, yes. Where have you been all night? 552 00:38:25,146 --> 00:38:28,688 You thought you would just come back here and... be with me? 553 00:38:28,688 --> 00:38:32,438 - First time for everything. - This is all you get. 554 00:38:32,438 --> 00:38:34,563 I'm listening. 555 00:38:34,563 --> 00:38:36,688 Tell me what happened. 556 00:38:38,146 --> 00:38:40,229 I tried to find it, of course. 557 00:38:40,229 --> 00:38:43,104 Find what? The spark. 558 00:38:43,104 --> 00:38:46,604 The missing-- The piece... 559 00:38:46,604 --> 00:38:50,563 that fit-- that would make me fit. 560 00:38:51,604 --> 00:38:54,104 Because you didn't want-- [ Sighs ] 561 00:38:56,354 --> 00:39:00,563 I can't. Not with you looking. 562 00:39:07,604 --> 00:39:09,646 I dreamed of killing you. 563 00:39:18,271 --> 00:39:20,813 I think they were dreams. 564 00:39:23,229 --> 00:39:25,771 So weak. 565 00:39:25,771 --> 00:39:28,229 And you make me weak. 566 00:39:28,229 --> 00:39:32,187 Thinking of you, holding myself, 567 00:39:32,187 --> 00:39:35,813 and spilling useless buckets of salt over your... 568 00:39:37,146 --> 00:39:39,813 ending. 569 00:39:39,813 --> 00:39:42,688 Angel, he should've warned me. 570 00:39:42,688 --> 00:39:44,729 He makes a good show of forgetting, 571 00:39:44,729 --> 00:39:48,021 but it's here in me... 572 00:39:48,021 --> 00:39:50,646 all the time. 573 00:39:50,646 --> 00:39:53,021 The spark. 574 00:39:57,230 --> 00:40:00,896 I wanted to give you what you deserve. 575 00:40:03,021 --> 00:40:05,354 And I got it. 576 00:40:05,354 --> 00:40:07,896 They put the spark in me, 577 00:40:07,896 --> 00:40:11,229 and now all it does is burn. 578 00:40:15,271 --> 00:40:17,187 [ Whispers ] Your soul. 579 00:40:19,729 --> 00:40:22,229 A bit worse for lack of use. 580 00:40:25,271 --> 00:40:29,312 You got your soul back. How? 581 00:40:29,312 --> 00:40:31,771 It's what you wanted, right? 582 00:40:31,771 --> 00:40:36,271 It's-- It's what you wanted, right? 583 00:40:38,229 --> 00:40:42,646 And-- And now everybody's in here, talking. 584 00:40:42,646 --> 00:40:46,396 Everything I did, everyone I-- 585 00:40:46,396 --> 00:40:49,271 And him... 586 00:40:49,271 --> 00:40:52,521 and it, the other. 587 00:40:52,521 --> 00:40:57,521 The thing beneath-- beneath you. 588 00:40:57,521 --> 00:41:00,146 It's here too. Everybody. 589 00:41:00,146 --> 00:41:04,563 They all just tell me go-- go... 590 00:41:04,563 --> 00:41:06,688 to hell. 591 00:41:08,438 --> 00:41:10,646 Why? 592 00:41:11,688 --> 00:41:13,729 - Why would you do-- - Buffy, shame on you. 593 00:41:16,813 --> 00:41:20,771 Why does a man do what he mustn't? For her. To be hers. 594 00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:24,646 To be the kind of man who would nev-- 595 00:41:27,271 --> 00:41:29,646 To be a kind of man. 596 00:41:32,521 --> 00:41:35,146 And she shall look on him... 597 00:41:35,146 --> 00:41:37,771 with forgiveness. 598 00:41:37,771 --> 00:41:40,813 And everybody will forgive and love. 599 00:41:43,104 --> 00:41:45,021 He will be loved. 600 00:41:49,187 --> 00:41:51,688 So everything's okay, right? 601 00:41:57,729 --> 00:42:00,604 Can we rest now? 602 00:42:01,688 --> 00:42:04,230 Buffy? 603 00:42:08,062 --> 00:42:10,146 Can we rest? 604 00:42:38,438 --> 00:42:40,312 Grr! Arrgh!