1 00:00:00,896 --> 00:00:02,312 [ Man ] Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 2 00:00:02,312 --> 00:00:05,646 There's only one thing I've ever been sure of- you. 3 00:00:06,354 --> 00:00:07,479 You're the one, Buffy. 4 00:00:07,479 --> 00:00:09,312 - Trying to turn a bunch of little girls into an army? 5 00:00:09,312 --> 00:00:11,062 - [ Buffy ] They're potential Slayers. 6 00:00:11,062 --> 00:00:14,771 We're dealing with a big bad that can be any dead person it wants. 7 00:00:14,771 --> 00:00:15,646 Where are we going? 8 00:00:15,646 --> 00:00:17,855 - [ Buffy's Voice ] Dearest Dawn. - What's this? 9 00:00:17,855 --> 00:00:18,813 Don't be angry with Xander. 10 00:00:18,813 --> 00:00:22,104 - This isn't the place for either of you. - [ Electrical Crackling ] 11 00:00:22,104 --> 00:00:25,729 A scythe forged in secrecy for one like you. 12 00:00:25,729 --> 00:00:27,646 Does this mean I can win? 13 00:00:27,646 --> 00:00:30,146 [ Caleb ] I was kind of hoping it would go this way. 14 00:00:30,146 --> 00:00:32,438 - Hey. - [ Groans ] 15 00:00:33,855 --> 00:00:36,688 At least you could tell me you're glad to see me. 16 00:00:37,855 --> 00:00:39,771 That bitch. 17 00:00:46,396 --> 00:00:50,563 Well, I guess that qualifies as "happy to see me." 18 00:00:50,563 --> 00:00:53,563 Angel, what are you doing h- 19 00:00:53,563 --> 00:00:58,229 Don't even. I just want to bask. 20 00:00:59,396 --> 00:01:01,646 Okay, I'm basked. What are you doing here? 21 00:01:01,646 --> 00:01:04,813 Not saving a damsel in distress, that's for sure. 22 00:01:04,813 --> 00:01:08,479 Well, you know me. Not much with the "damseling." 23 00:01:08,479 --> 00:01:12,312 - Got your share of distress though. - You heard? 24 00:01:12,312 --> 00:01:14,479 I got coverage on the whole thing. 25 00:01:14,479 --> 00:01:16,521 It's very gripping. It needs a third act. 26 00:01:16,521 --> 00:01:20,855 - You have to leave L.A. - It's the First, right? 27 00:01:20,855 --> 00:01:22,563 The First Evil? 28 00:01:22,563 --> 00:01:24,771 The power that tried to convince me to kill myself? 29 00:01:24,771 --> 00:01:27,396 Yeah. It's gotten a little more ambitious since then. 30 00:01:27,396 --> 00:01:31,271 - It's raising an army. - Yeah, well, it failed once, and I'm here to tell you- 31 00:01:33,563 --> 00:01:37,354 Are you ready to finish this, bitch? 32 00:02:40,980 --> 00:02:45,646 Okay. How many times do I have to kill you? 33 00:02:45,646 --> 00:02:48,855 - Ballpark figure? - You understand nothing. 34 00:02:59,146 --> 00:03:02,271 You think you have power over me? 35 00:03:05,396 --> 00:03:08,438 Stupid girl! You'll never stop me. 36 00:03:08,438 --> 00:03:11,479 - You don't have the- - [ Blow Lands ] 37 00:03:11,479 --> 00:03:15,438 - [ Gasping ] - Who does nowadays? 38 00:03:18,021 --> 00:03:22,479 Okay. Now I'm pissed. Where is he? 39 00:03:25,688 --> 00:03:28,521 He had to split. [ Snickering ] 40 00:03:29,354 --> 00:03:31,688 Yeah. She needs you real bad. 41 00:03:31,688 --> 00:03:35,396 I'll have the guys go through that, see if there's anything new. 42 00:03:35,396 --> 00:03:38,521 - Reliable source? - Not remotely. 43 00:03:38,521 --> 00:03:40,813 Mmm. Any port in an apocalypse. 44 00:03:40,813 --> 00:03:43,229 I, uh, brought somethin' else as well. 45 00:03:43,229 --> 00:03:47,354 I can already tell you I have nothing that goes with that. 46 00:03:47,354 --> 00:03:49,563 - It's not for you. - Explainy? 47 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:53,855 I don't know everything. It's very powerful and probably very dangerous. 48 00:03:53,855 --> 00:04:00,021 Has a purifying power or cleansing power- Possibly scrubbing bubbles. 49 00:04:00,021 --> 00:04:02,021 The translation is, uh- Ugh. 50 00:04:02,021 --> 00:04:04,604 Anyway, it bestows strength to the right person who wears it. 51 00:04:04,604 --> 00:04:07,479 - And the right person is? - Someone ensouled. 52 00:04:07,479 --> 00:04:11,729 But stronger than human. A champion. It isn't me. 53 00:04:11,729 --> 00:04:12,729 - Or me. - No. 54 00:04:12,729 --> 00:04:15,729 I don't know nearly enough about this to risk you wearing it. 55 00:04:15,729 --> 00:04:19,354 Besides, you got that real cool... 56 00:04:19,354 --> 00:04:21,688 ax thing goin' for you. 57 00:04:22,938 --> 00:04:26,187 So you're gonna be with me in this? 58 00:04:26,187 --> 00:04:29,104 Shoulder to shoulder. I'm yours. 59 00:04:29,104 --> 00:04:31,062 No. 60 00:04:31,062 --> 00:04:33,479 - "No" what? - No. 61 00:04:33,479 --> 00:04:35,688 You're not gonna be in this fight. 62 00:04:35,688 --> 00:04:38,938 - Why the hell not? - Because I can't risk you. 63 00:04:38,938 --> 00:04:42,438 - You need me in this. - No, I need you gone. 64 00:04:42,438 --> 00:04:44,938 Why? 65 00:04:45,980 --> 00:04:48,813 If I lose, if this thing gets past Sunnydale... 66 00:04:48,813 --> 00:04:52,896 then it's days, maybe hours, before the rest of the world goes. 67 00:04:52,896 --> 00:04:56,896 - I need a second front, and I need you to run it. - Okay. 68 00:04:58,354 --> 00:05:01,938 That's one reason. What's the other? 69 00:05:03,230 --> 00:05:05,396 There is no other. 70 00:05:06,396 --> 00:05:08,646 Is it Spike? 71 00:05:10,354 --> 00:05:12,729 You're not tellin' me somethin'. 72 00:05:12,729 --> 00:05:16,104 The scent- I remember it pretty well. 73 00:05:16,104 --> 00:05:17,771 You vampires. 74 00:05:17,771 --> 00:05:20,104 Anybody ever you the whole smelling people thing's a little gross? 75 00:05:20,104 --> 00:05:24,438 - Is he your boyfriend? - Is that your business? 76 00:05:25,104 --> 00:05:26,938 You in love with him? 77 00:05:26,938 --> 00:05:29,271 Okay, maybe I'm out of line... 78 00:05:29,271 --> 00:05:31,062 but this is kind of a curve ball for me. 79 00:05:31,062 --> 00:05:33,813 I mean, we are talkin' about Spike here. 80 00:05:33,813 --> 00:05:36,604 It's different. He's different. 81 00:05:36,604 --> 00:05:41,062 - He has a soul now. - Oh. 82 00:05:41,062 --> 00:05:43,312 - Well- - What? 83 00:05:43,312 --> 00:05:46,646 That's great. Everyone's got a soul now. 84 00:05:46,646 --> 00:05:50,187 - He'll make a difference. - You know, I started it- 85 00:05:50,187 --> 00:05:52,396 the whole "having a soul"- 86 00:05:52,396 --> 00:05:55,521 before it was all the cool new thing. 87 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:57,646 Oh, my God. Are you 12? 88 00:05:57,646 --> 00:06:00,104 I'm gettin' the brush-off for Captain Peroxide. 89 00:06:00,104 --> 00:06:02,229 It doesn't necessarily bring out the champion in me. 90 00:06:02,229 --> 00:06:03,813 You're not getting the brush-off. 91 00:06:03,813 --> 00:06:07,438 Are you just gonna come here and go all Dawson on me every time I have a boyfriend? 92 00:06:07,438 --> 00:06:11,604 - Aha! Boyfriend! - He's not. 93 00:06:13,479 --> 00:06:15,688 But... 94 00:06:17,354 --> 00:06:19,646 he is in my heart. 95 00:06:19,646 --> 00:06:21,938 That'll end well. 96 00:06:23,021 --> 00:06:25,813 What was the highlight of our relationship? 97 00:06:25,813 --> 00:06:29,230 When you broke up with me or when I killed you? 98 00:06:29,230 --> 00:06:35,230 I'm well aware of my stellar history with guys. 99 00:06:35,230 --> 00:06:38,438 [ Sighs ] And, no, I don't see... 100 00:06:38,438 --> 00:06:41,062 fat grandchildren in the offing with Spike. 101 00:06:42,229 --> 00:06:45,062 And I don't think that really matters right now. 102 00:06:47,271 --> 00:06:51,813 You know, in the midst of all this... insanity... 103 00:06:51,813 --> 00:06:54,646 a couple of things are actually starting to make sense. 104 00:06:54,646 --> 00:06:58,354 And the guy thing- 105 00:06:58,354 --> 00:07:01,104 [ Sighs ] 106 00:07:01,104 --> 00:07:03,771 I always figured there was something wrong with me... 107 00:07:03,771 --> 00:07:06,187 you know, because I couldn't make it work. 108 00:07:06,187 --> 00:07:09,104 Maybe I'm not supposed to. 109 00:07:09,104 --> 00:07:11,187 Because you're the Slayer. 110 00:07:11,187 --> 00:07:14,438 Because- 111 00:07:14,438 --> 00:07:17,813 Okay. I'm cookie dough. 112 00:07:19,688 --> 00:07:21,729 I'm not done baking. 113 00:07:21,729 --> 00:07:24,312 I'm not finished becoming... 114 00:07:24,312 --> 00:07:27,896 whoever the hell it is I'm gonna turn out to be. 115 00:07:28,813 --> 00:07:32,896 I make it through this and the next thing... 116 00:07:32,896 --> 00:07:35,104 and the next thing, and... 117 00:07:35,104 --> 00:07:39,896 maybe one day I turn around and realize I'm ready. 118 00:07:39,896 --> 00:07:41,896 I'm cookies. 119 00:07:41,896 --> 00:07:45,896 And then, you know, if I want someone to eat- 120 00:07:45,896 --> 00:07:50,312 or enjoy warm, delicious... 121 00:07:50,312 --> 00:07:53,980 cookie me, then... 122 00:07:53,980 --> 00:07:56,271 that's fine. 123 00:07:56,271 --> 00:07:58,980 That'll be then... 124 00:07:58,980 --> 00:08:00,896 when I'm done. 125 00:08:00,896 --> 00:08:05,563 Any thoughts on who might enjoy- 126 00:08:07,062 --> 00:08:09,771 Do I have to go with the cookie analogy? 127 00:08:09,771 --> 00:08:14,354 I'm not really thinking that far ahead. 128 00:08:14,354 --> 00:08:17,062 That's kind of the point. 129 00:08:26,604 --> 00:08:30,521 I'll go start workin' on the second front. 130 00:08:30,521 --> 00:08:33,146 Make sure I don't have to use it. 131 00:08:36,104 --> 00:08:38,146 Angel? 132 00:08:42,438 --> 00:08:45,312 I do... 133 00:08:45,312 --> 00:08:47,563 sometimes think that far ahead. 134 00:08:47,563 --> 00:08:51,479 Sometimes is something. 135 00:08:51,479 --> 00:08:54,062 Be a long time coming. 136 00:08:54,062 --> 00:08:56,021 Years, if ever. 137 00:08:56,855 --> 00:08:59,229 I ain't gettin' any older. 138 00:09:14,312 --> 00:09:18,104 - Ow. - Dumbass. 139 00:09:18,104 --> 00:09:22,104 Don't look at me. This is a Summers' thing. It's all very violent. 140 00:09:24,646 --> 00:09:27,646 If you get killed, I'm telling. 141 00:09:28,813 --> 00:09:31,187 Did you find out anything about the scythe? 142 00:09:31,187 --> 00:09:33,646 It slices, dices, and makes julienne preacher. 143 00:09:33,646 --> 00:09:37,187 - Caleb? - I cut him in half. 144 00:09:37,187 --> 00:09:39,521 - All right! - [ Anya ] He had that coming. 145 00:09:39,521 --> 00:09:43,771 Hey, party in my eye socket, and everyone's invited. 146 00:09:44,729 --> 00:09:48,062 Sometimes I shouldn't say words. 147 00:09:51,813 --> 00:09:55,062 So, where's tall, dark and forehead? 148 00:09:55,062 --> 00:09:58,021 Let me guess. You can smell him? 149 00:09:58,021 --> 00:10:00,855 Yeah. That, and I also used my enhanced vampire eyeballs... 150 00:10:00,855 --> 00:10:03,146 to watch you kissing him. 151 00:10:06,479 --> 00:10:08,771 It was... a hello. 152 00:10:08,771 --> 00:10:11,479 Most people don't use their tongues to say hello. 153 00:10:11,479 --> 00:10:14,688 Or I guess they do, but- 154 00:10:14,688 --> 00:10:18,896 There were no tongues. Besides, he's gone. 155 00:10:18,896 --> 00:10:21,312 Oh, just popped by for a quickie then? 156 00:10:21,312 --> 00:10:24,771 Good. Good. I haven't had quite enough jealous vampire crap for one night. 157 00:10:24,771 --> 00:10:27,938 He wears lifts, you know. 158 00:10:27,938 --> 00:10:32,271 You know, one of these days I'm just gonna put you two in a room and let you rassle it out. 159 00:10:32,271 --> 00:10:34,813 - No problem at this end. - Hmm. 160 00:10:34,813 --> 00:10:37,729 There could be oil of some kind involved. 161 00:10:37,729 --> 00:10:39,729 - Where's the trinket? - The "who-ket"? 162 00:10:39,729 --> 00:10:43,646 The pretty necklace your sweetie-bear gave you. The one with all the power. 163 00:10:43,646 --> 00:10:46,688 I believe it's mine now. 164 00:10:46,688 --> 00:10:51,604 - How do you figure? - Someone with a soul, but more than human. 165 00:10:51,604 --> 00:10:55,980 Angel meant to wear it. That means I'm the qualified party. 166 00:10:56,688 --> 00:10:58,521 It's volatile. We don't know- 167 00:10:58,521 --> 00:11:04,230 You'll be needing someone strong to bear it then. You plannin' on givin' it to Andrew? 168 00:11:06,563 --> 00:11:10,938 Angel said the amulet was meant to be worn by a champion. 169 00:11:28,729 --> 00:11:32,021 Been called a lot of things in my time. 170 00:11:32,021 --> 00:11:36,062 Faith still has my room. 171 00:11:36,062 --> 00:11:38,563 Well, you're not stayin' here. 172 00:11:38,563 --> 00:11:42,062 You can't buy me off with shiny beads and sweet talk. 173 00:11:42,062 --> 00:11:43,813 You got Angel breath. 174 00:11:43,813 --> 00:11:46,813 I'm not gonna just let you whack me back and forth like a rubber ball. 175 00:11:46,813 --> 00:11:49,271 I've got my pride, you know? 176 00:11:49,271 --> 00:11:51,062 I understand. 177 00:11:51,062 --> 00:11:55,896 Clearly you don't, 'cause the whole "havin' my pride" thing was just a smoke screen. 178 00:11:55,896 --> 00:11:58,980 Oh, thank God. 179 00:12:01,438 --> 00:12:05,146 I don't know what I would have done if you'd have gone up those stairs. 180 00:12:44,062 --> 00:12:46,729 Pretty, ain't it? 181 00:12:46,729 --> 00:12:50,980 - You're not him. - No, you killed him, right and proper. 182 00:12:50,980 --> 00:12:55,271 Terrible loss. This man was my good right arm. 183 00:12:56,021 --> 00:12:57,813 Course, it don't pain me too much. 184 00:12:57,813 --> 00:13:01,104 Don't need an arm. Got an army. 185 00:13:01,104 --> 00:13:04,604 An army of vampires. However will I fight- 186 00:13:04,604 --> 00:13:06,396 Every day our numbers swell. 187 00:13:06,396 --> 00:13:08,563 But then you do have an army of your own. 188 00:13:08,563 --> 00:13:12,271 Some 30-odd pimply-faced girls, don't know the pointy end of a stake. 189 00:13:12,271 --> 00:13:15,312 - Maybe I should call this off. - You ever considered a cool name? 190 00:13:15,312 --> 00:13:18,563 I mean, since you're incorporeal and basically powerless. 191 00:13:18,563 --> 00:13:21,729 How about the Taunter? Strikes fear in the heart of- 192 00:13:21,729 --> 00:13:24,021 I will overrun this earth. 193 00:13:24,021 --> 00:13:26,271 And when my army outnumbers the humans on this earth... 194 00:13:26,271 --> 00:13:30,980 the scales will tip, and I will be made flesh. 195 00:13:30,980 --> 00:13:34,646 Talk on. I'm not afraid of you. 196 00:13:34,646 --> 00:13:39,187 Then why aren't you asleep in your dead lover's arms? 197 00:13:42,646 --> 00:13:46,104 'Cause he can't help you. 198 00:13:46,896 --> 00:13:49,980 Nor Faith. Nor your friends. 199 00:13:49,980 --> 00:13:52,521 Certainly not your wanna-slay brigade. 200 00:13:52,521 --> 00:13:55,855 None of those girlies will ever know real power unless you're dead. 201 00:13:55,855 --> 00:13:58,354 Now, you know the drill. 202 00:13:59,229 --> 00:14:01,771 Into every generation, a Slayer is born. 203 00:14:01,771 --> 00:14:04,104 One girl in all the world. 204 00:14:04,104 --> 00:14:07,312 She alone will have the strength and skill to- 205 00:14:08,104 --> 00:14:10,396 There's that word again. 206 00:14:10,396 --> 00:14:13,229 What you are. How you'll die- 207 00:14:13,229 --> 00:14:15,312 alone. 208 00:14:18,312 --> 00:14:21,187 Where's your snappy comeback? 209 00:14:22,813 --> 00:14:24,729 You're right. 210 00:14:24,729 --> 00:14:26,938 Hmm. Not your best. 211 00:14:26,938 --> 00:14:29,396 I'm drowning in Cool Whip. 212 00:14:33,104 --> 00:14:35,354 Weird dream. 213 00:14:36,896 --> 00:14:39,187 Buffy. 214 00:14:40,896 --> 00:14:43,396 - Is there something wrong? - No. 215 00:14:43,396 --> 00:14:45,855 Yeah. 216 00:14:45,855 --> 00:14:48,229 I just realized something. 217 00:14:48,229 --> 00:14:53,146 Something that really never occurred to me before. 218 00:14:55,104 --> 00:14:58,312 We're gonna win. 219 00:15:08,646 --> 00:15:10,771 What do you think? 220 00:15:10,771 --> 00:15:12,688 That depends. 221 00:15:12,688 --> 00:15:15,855 Are you in any way... kidding? 222 00:15:15,855 --> 00:15:17,438 You don't think it's a good idea? 223 00:15:17,438 --> 00:15:21,479 - It's pretty radical, B. - It's a lot more than that. 224 00:15:21,479 --> 00:15:25,813 Buffy, what you said, it-it flies in the face of everything we've ever- 225 00:15:25,813 --> 00:15:30,312 every generation has ever done in the fight against evil. 226 00:15:30,312 --> 00:15:32,521 I think it's bloody brilliant. 227 00:15:34,021 --> 00:15:37,646 - You mean that? - If you want my opinion. 228 00:15:37,646 --> 00:15:39,229 - Really do. - Whoa. 229 00:15:39,229 --> 00:15:42,271 Hey. Not to-to poop on the party here... 230 00:15:42,271 --> 00:15:44,771 but I'm the guy that's gonna have to pull this thing off. 231 00:15:44,771 --> 00:15:46,438 It is beaucoup de mojo. 232 00:15:46,438 --> 00:15:49,104 This goes beyond anything I've ever done. 233 00:15:49,104 --> 00:15:51,229 It's a total loss of control... 234 00:15:51,229 --> 00:15:55,438 and not in a nice, wholesome, "my girlfriend has a pierced tongue" kind of way. 235 00:15:55,438 --> 00:15:58,646 I wouldn't ask if I didn't think you could do it. 236 00:15:58,646 --> 00:16:02,521 I-I-I'm not sure that I'm stable enough. 237 00:16:02,521 --> 00:16:05,479 You can do this, Willow. We'll get the coven... 238 00:16:05,479 --> 00:16:08,729 on the line, and-and we'll find out how they can help. 239 00:16:08,729 --> 00:16:10,729 Oh! 240 00:16:10,729 --> 00:16:12,312 Pierced tongue. 241 00:16:12,312 --> 00:16:14,688 - Dawn needs to do a research thing. - Yes, you do. 242 00:16:14,688 --> 00:16:18,646 It's cool. Watcher Junior to the library. 243 00:16:18,646 --> 00:16:21,563 I'll go dig up my sources- quite literally, actually. 244 00:16:21,563 --> 00:16:23,938 - Come on. - The only two people I have to speak to are dead. 245 00:16:23,938 --> 00:16:25,062 Let's go assemble cannon fodder. 246 00:16:25,062 --> 00:16:26,271 That's not what we're callin' 'em, sweetie. 247 00:16:26,271 --> 00:16:29,271 Not to their faces. What, am I insensitive? 248 00:16:36,354 --> 00:16:38,563 [ Buffy ] I hate this. 249 00:16:38,563 --> 00:16:41,813 I hate being here. 250 00:16:41,813 --> 00:16:45,146 I hate that you have to be here. 251 00:16:45,146 --> 00:16:47,646 I hate that there's evil... 252 00:16:47,646 --> 00:16:50,187 and that I was chosen to fight it. 253 00:16:50,187 --> 00:16:52,813 I wish a whole lot of the time that I hadn't been. 254 00:16:52,813 --> 00:16:57,187 I know a lot of you wish I hadn't been either. 255 00:16:57,896 --> 00:17:00,312 This isn't about wishes. 256 00:17:00,312 --> 00:17:02,229 This is about choices. 257 00:17:02,229 --> 00:17:05,271 I believe we can beat this evil. 258 00:17:05,271 --> 00:17:11,021 Not when it comes. Not when its army is ready. Now. 259 00:17:11,021 --> 00:17:15,312 Tomorrow morning, I'm opening the Seal. 260 00:17:15,312 --> 00:17:20,062 I'm going down into the Hellmouth, and I am finishing this once and for all. 261 00:17:20,062 --> 00:17:24,271 Right now you're asking yourself what makes this different. 262 00:17:24,271 --> 00:17:29,479 What makes us anything more than a bunch of girls being picked off one by one? 263 00:17:29,479 --> 00:17:35,146 It's true. None of you have the power that Faith and I do. 264 00:17:36,062 --> 00:17:38,729 So here's the part where you make a choice. 265 00:17:40,938 --> 00:17:43,062 It's one hell of a risky idea. 266 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:44,855 Buffy's wacky that way. 267 00:17:44,855 --> 00:17:46,855 Yeah. There's one more vent right by the stairs. 268 00:17:46,855 --> 00:17:50,479 If we block that, they got no sewer access. 269 00:17:50,479 --> 00:17:52,604 That should drive them straight up into the school proper. 270 00:17:52,604 --> 00:17:56,271 - That's assuming they get past us. - Which, no offense, I am. 271 00:17:56,271 --> 00:17:58,312 Come on. You gotta have a little faith. 272 00:17:58,312 --> 00:18:00,771 I think I've had my share, thanks. 273 00:18:00,771 --> 00:18:03,813 Well, I trundled right into that one, didn't I? 274 00:18:03,813 --> 00:18:08,771 Look, I'm sorry if it seemed like I was blowing you off the other day. 275 00:18:08,771 --> 00:18:12,230 I was just trying to, you know, blow you off. 276 00:18:12,230 --> 00:18:14,688 Yeah, you know what? I figured that one out all by myself. 277 00:18:14,688 --> 00:18:19,312 It's nothin' personal. It's just, after I get bouncy with a guy... 278 00:18:19,312 --> 00:18:21,646 there's not that much more I need to know about him. 279 00:18:21,646 --> 00:18:23,646 - That's bleak. - The way of the world. 280 00:18:23,646 --> 00:18:26,604 That's good to know, 'cause for a second there, I thought it was more... 281 00:18:26,604 --> 00:18:29,438 defensive, isolationist Slayer crap. 282 00:18:29,438 --> 00:18:31,229 [ Chuckling ] And he comes out swingin'. 283 00:18:31,229 --> 00:18:35,396 Faith, there's a whole world out there that you don't even know about. 284 00:18:35,396 --> 00:18:38,896 And a lot of the men in it are pretty decent guys. 285 00:18:38,896 --> 00:18:40,646 They'd surprise you. 286 00:18:40,646 --> 00:18:44,729 A guy looks at me, let's just say his priorities shift. 287 00:18:44,729 --> 00:18:48,396 - Oh, why? Because you're so hot? - It is what it is, yo. 288 00:18:48,396 --> 00:18:51,187 Oh, please. I am so much prettier than you are. 289 00:18:51,187 --> 00:18:53,646 Oh, and, uh, for the record... 290 00:18:53,646 --> 00:18:59,271 our little encounter didn't exactly change my world. 291 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:02,438 You're trippin'. That was rock 'em, sock 'em. 292 00:19:02,438 --> 00:19:05,187 Oh, no, no, no. It was- It was- It was nice enough, you know... 293 00:19:05,187 --> 00:19:09,771 and-and you're- you're very, um, mmm, enthused. 294 00:19:09,771 --> 00:19:12,729 And I think with a little more experience, you- 295 00:19:12,729 --> 00:19:17,438 - Dude, I got mad skills. - Yeah, of course. Let's finish up. 296 00:19:17,438 --> 00:19:20,188 Oh, hell with that. We're goin' again, baby. 297 00:19:20,188 --> 00:19:22,896 - You're gonna learn a little respect here, pal. - Faith- 298 00:19:22,896 --> 00:19:24,563 Make me a deal, all right? 299 00:19:24,563 --> 00:19:30,271 We live through this, you give me the chance to surprise you. 300 00:19:30,271 --> 00:19:32,229 What will be the surprise? 301 00:19:32,229 --> 00:19:36,855 You do know the meaning of the word, right? 302 00:19:38,229 --> 00:19:40,271 [ Buckling Belt ] Fine. Deal. 303 00:19:40,271 --> 00:19:42,563 Good enough. 304 00:19:44,146 --> 00:19:47,563 - No way you're prettier than me. - Little bit, yeah. 305 00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:52,229 I really wish she hadn't said that about me. 306 00:19:52,229 --> 00:19:54,396 What? The thing Buffy said? 307 00:19:54,396 --> 00:19:58,229 - I think it's true. - [ Whimpers ] 308 00:19:58,229 --> 00:20:00,938 I'll be with you to keep you grounded. 309 00:20:00,938 --> 00:20:05,855 Yeah, well, you might have to keep me "stab-ded" if I go to the bad place. 310 00:20:08,354 --> 00:20:10,563 You're sayin' I might have to kill you. 311 00:20:10,563 --> 00:20:12,688 - I am. - Bite me! 312 00:20:12,688 --> 00:20:16,855 I will. I mean, I do... mean it. 313 00:20:18,271 --> 00:20:22,855 The darkest place I've ever been- this is what lies beyond that. 314 00:20:24,479 --> 00:20:27,855 - This is too important for me- - Buffy believes in you. 315 00:20:27,855 --> 00:20:31,396 You know Buffy? Sweet girl. Not that bright. 316 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:35,604 Hey, I'm the first one to call her out when she's not making sense. 317 00:20:35,604 --> 00:20:39,312 In fact, this may have escaped your keen notice... 318 00:20:39,312 --> 00:20:42,396 but I'm... kind of a brat. 319 00:20:42,396 --> 00:20:45,855 I've always sort of gotten my way. 320 00:20:45,855 --> 00:20:49,896 So you're gonna make it through this, no matter how dark it gets. 321 00:20:49,896 --> 00:20:53,021 Because now... 322 00:20:53,021 --> 00:20:55,438 you're my way. 323 00:21:06,396 --> 00:21:08,896 I'd better go over this again. 324 00:21:12,646 --> 00:21:15,980 I-I-I'm all turned around. Y-You're here, yeah? 325 00:21:15,980 --> 00:21:17,813 By the pillar, yeah. Protecting this area. 326 00:21:17,813 --> 00:21:21,271 That puts me over by the door. Demons around the perimeter. 327 00:21:21,271 --> 00:21:23,146 Right. I open the door. 328 00:21:23,146 --> 00:21:27,271 "You go through the door and are confronted by Trogdor the Burninator." 329 00:21:27,271 --> 00:21:29,646 Oh, bugger it. A fight. 330 00:21:29,646 --> 00:21:33,187 Adios to five hit points. "Trogdor has badly wounded you." 331 00:21:33,187 --> 00:21:36,479 Wait a minute. What about my, uh, "bag of illusions"? 332 00:21:36,479 --> 00:21:39,104 [ Scoffs ] Illusions against a Burninator? 333 00:21:39,104 --> 00:21:41,479 Silly, silly British man. 334 00:21:41,479 --> 00:21:44,187 I invoke a time flux on Trogdor. 335 00:21:44,187 --> 00:21:47,271 - Step down, girlfriend. You can't just- - Ninth-level sorcerer... 336 00:21:47,271 --> 00:21:49,563 and I carry the Emerald Chalice. 337 00:21:49,563 --> 00:21:52,146 Trogdor is frozen in time. Deal with it. 338 00:21:52,146 --> 00:21:54,688 Smackdown on Red Riding Hood. This could get ugly. 339 00:21:54,688 --> 00:21:57,896 How could it possibly get uglier? I used to be a highly respected Watcher... 340 00:21:57,896 --> 00:22:02,563 and now I'm a wounded dwarf with the mystical strength of a doily. 341 00:22:02,563 --> 00:22:04,729 I just wish I could sleep. 342 00:22:04,729 --> 00:22:08,187 What kind of person could sleep on a night like this? 343 00:22:08,187 --> 00:22:11,062 Only the crazy ones. 344 00:22:11,062 --> 00:22:13,813 [ Snoring Softly ] 345 00:22:33,146 --> 00:22:35,771 [ Footsteps Approaching ] 346 00:22:57,438 --> 00:22:59,980 Welcome to Sunnydale High. 347 00:22:59,980 --> 00:23:03,896 There's no running in the halls, no yelling, no gum chewing. 348 00:23:03,896 --> 00:23:05,771 Apart from that, there's only one rule. 349 00:23:05,771 --> 00:23:10,146 - If they move, kill them. - Okay. Potentials in the basement. 350 00:23:10,146 --> 00:23:11,021 Follow Faith and Spike. 351 00:23:11,021 --> 00:23:12,896 If you have to go to the bathroom, it's to your left. 352 00:23:12,896 --> 00:23:16,187 If you don't have to go to the bathroom, picture what you're about to face. 353 00:23:16,187 --> 00:23:19,229 Better to go now. 354 00:23:19,229 --> 00:23:23,104 - Willow, my office is straight through there. - It's right over the Seal. 355 00:23:23,104 --> 00:23:25,896 - I'll start getting you set up. - Thanks. 356 00:23:25,896 --> 00:23:29,813 Okay. Civilians. If the vampires get upstairs... 357 00:23:29,813 --> 00:23:34,396 we have three areas they can get through to another building and then down into the sewers- 358 00:23:34,396 --> 00:23:36,479 down the hall in the atrium... 359 00:23:36,479 --> 00:23:38,771 the north hall here, and the primary target: 360 00:23:38,771 --> 00:23:41,271 through the lounge, straight to the science building. 361 00:23:41,271 --> 00:23:43,312 Now, odds are most of them will head there. 362 00:23:43,312 --> 00:23:46,229 Teams of two then. I suggest you and I take the lounge. 363 00:23:46,229 --> 00:23:49,229 - I concur. - Xander, I want you with Dawn. 364 00:23:49,229 --> 00:23:52,021 - I concur. - We'll check out the atrium. 365 00:23:52,021 --> 00:23:55,604 So that leaves me and the Dungeon Master in the north hall? 366 00:23:55,604 --> 00:23:59,104 - We will defend it with our very lives. - Yes. 367 00:23:59,104 --> 00:24:00,563 We will defend it with his very life. 368 00:24:00,563 --> 00:24:04,729 - And don't be afraid to use him as a human shield. - Good. Yes. Thanks. 369 00:24:04,729 --> 00:24:08,563 I just want to say how proud I am to die... 370 00:24:08,563 --> 00:24:11,688 for this very special cause with you guys. 371 00:24:11,688 --> 00:24:13,688 There's some, um- 372 00:24:13,688 --> 00:24:16,813 There's some people I'd like to thank... 373 00:24:16,813 --> 00:24:19,563 both good and evil, uh- 374 00:24:19,563 --> 00:24:21,729 A shout-out to my brother Tucker... 375 00:24:21,729 --> 00:24:24,646 who gave me the inspiration to summon demons... 376 00:24:24,646 --> 00:24:27,646 - and also- - Nobody cares, you little monkey. 377 00:24:28,729 --> 00:24:32,104 I'm gonna check out our field of engagement. 378 00:24:34,438 --> 00:24:37,855 - Dawn- - No. 379 00:24:39,146 --> 00:24:42,896 Anything you say is gonna sound like good-bye. 380 00:25:08,604 --> 00:25:12,104 - So, what do you guys want to do tomorrow? - Nothing strenuous. 381 00:25:12,104 --> 00:25:14,646 Well, mini-golf is always the first thing that comes to mind. 382 00:25:14,646 --> 00:25:16,230 I think we can do better than that. 383 00:25:16,230 --> 00:25:16,938 I was thinking about shopping... 384 00:25:16,938 --> 00:25:19,855 - as per usual. - Oh, there's an Arden B. in the new mall. 385 00:25:19,855 --> 00:25:21,521 I could use a few items. 386 00:25:21,521 --> 00:25:23,563 Are we gonna discuss this? Save the world or go to the mall? 387 00:25:23,563 --> 00:25:25,938 - I'm having a wicked shoe craving. - Aren't you on the patch? 388 00:25:25,938 --> 00:25:28,479 - Those never work. - Here I am, invisible to the eye. 389 00:25:28,479 --> 00:25:31,021 See, I need a new look. It's this whole eye patch thing. 390 00:25:31,021 --> 00:25:33,688 Oh! You could go with the full black secret-agent look. 391 00:25:33,688 --> 00:25:35,729 Or the puffy shirt, the pirate slash- 392 00:25:35,729 --> 00:25:38,271 The earth is definitely doomed. 393 00:26:09,062 --> 00:26:11,062 You first, B. 394 00:26:37,146 --> 00:26:39,604 [ Willow ] They should be in place. 395 00:26:39,604 --> 00:26:42,604 Okay. Magic time. 396 00:26:42,604 --> 00:26:45,604 You ready to- [ Nervous Chuckle ] kill me? 397 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:47,729 Starting to be. 398 00:26:47,729 --> 00:26:49,688 Good. Fun. 399 00:26:49,688 --> 00:26:52,271 Great. 400 00:26:52,271 --> 00:26:54,438 Brace yourself. 401 00:26:54,438 --> 00:26:58,229 Come on, Red. 402 00:26:58,229 --> 00:27:00,062 Make it happen. 403 00:27:01,396 --> 00:27:03,104 Not to be a buzz kill, luv... 404 00:27:03,104 --> 00:27:06,271 but my fabulous accessory isn't exactly tingling with power. 405 00:27:06,271 --> 00:27:09,479 - I'm not worried. - I'm getting zero juice here. 406 00:27:09,479 --> 00:27:12,813 - And I look like Elizabeth Taylor. - Cheer up, Liz. 407 00:27:12,813 --> 00:27:15,104 If Willow's big spell doesn't work... 408 00:27:15,104 --> 00:27:17,396 it won't matter what you wear. 409 00:27:17,396 --> 00:27:19,813 I'm not worried. 410 00:27:22,521 --> 00:27:26,229 - [ Vampires Snarling ] - [ Metal Clanging ] 411 00:27:47,771 --> 00:27:50,312 - I'm not worried. - [ Rona ] Really? 412 00:27:50,312 --> 00:27:54,563 - 'Cause I'm flashing back to Xander's whole bathroom speech. - Buffy? 413 00:27:54,563 --> 00:27:56,312 I'm not worried. 414 00:27:56,312 --> 00:27:59,813 Long as Willow can work her spell before they... 415 00:27:59,813 --> 00:28:02,229 - see us. - [ Roaring ] 416 00:28:12,396 --> 00:28:13,354 Willow? 417 00:28:19,646 --> 00:28:23,104 Oh... my... Goddess. 418 00:28:24,896 --> 00:28:28,062 So here's the part where you make a choice. 419 00:28:28,062 --> 00:28:31,354 What if you could have that power? Now? 420 00:28:31,354 --> 00:28:34,479 In every generation, one Slayer is born... 421 00:28:34,479 --> 00:28:40,688 because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule. 422 00:28:40,688 --> 00:28:43,479 They were powerful men. This woman... 423 00:28:43,479 --> 00:28:47,354 - is more powerful than all of them combined. - Mmm. 424 00:28:48,813 --> 00:28:51,688 So I say we change the rule. 425 00:28:51,688 --> 00:28:55,855 I say my power should be our power. 426 00:28:57,646 --> 00:29:01,479 Tomorrow, Willow will use the essence of the scythe... 427 00:29:01,479 --> 00:29:04,271 to change our destiny. 428 00:29:04,271 --> 00:29:07,062 From now on, every girl in the world... 429 00:29:07,062 --> 00:29:09,646 who might be a Slayer... 430 00:29:09,646 --> 00:29:11,187 will be a Slayer. 431 00:29:11,187 --> 00:29:15,729 Every girl who could have the power, will have the power. 432 00:29:15,729 --> 00:29:20,271 Can stand up, will stand up. 433 00:29:20,271 --> 00:29:22,354 Slayers. 434 00:29:22,354 --> 00:29:24,312 Every one of us. 435 00:29:25,354 --> 00:29:28,479 Make your choice. 436 00:29:28,479 --> 00:29:31,104 Are you ready to be strong? 437 00:29:35,771 --> 00:29:37,938 These guys are dust. 438 00:30:00,729 --> 00:30:03,062 Willow? 439 00:30:16,646 --> 00:30:19,688 You... are a goddess. 440 00:30:19,688 --> 00:30:22,229 And you're a Slayer. 441 00:30:22,229 --> 00:30:24,980 - [ Scythe Scrapes ] - Get this to Buffy. 442 00:30:31,646 --> 00:30:33,980 Ha! That was nifty. 443 00:30:44,396 --> 00:30:46,271 Buffy! 444 00:30:46,271 --> 00:30:48,187 Catch! 445 00:30:58,813 --> 00:31:01,354 I could get used to this. 446 00:31:16,187 --> 00:31:18,771 They're leaving! They're retreating! 447 00:31:18,771 --> 00:31:21,896 I think they're coming. 448 00:31:21,896 --> 00:31:25,354 Oh, God. I'm terrified. 449 00:31:25,354 --> 00:31:28,187 I didn't think. I mean, I- I just figured you'd be terrified... 450 00:31:28,187 --> 00:31:30,896 and I would be sarcastic about it. 451 00:31:30,896 --> 00:31:33,729 Picture happy things. A lake. 452 00:31:33,729 --> 00:31:36,438 Candy canes. Bunnies. 453 00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:40,229 Bunnies. 454 00:31:40,229 --> 00:31:45,229 Floppy, hoppy... bunnies. 455 00:32:02,771 --> 00:32:05,021 I have swimmer's ear! 456 00:32:15,688 --> 00:32:17,604 Buffy! 457 00:32:18,646 --> 00:32:21,438 Look at this thing now. 458 00:32:21,438 --> 00:32:24,438 I think it's- [ Groans ] 459 00:32:24,438 --> 00:32:28,312 Keep the line together! Drive them to the edge! We cannot let them- 460 00:32:50,396 --> 00:32:52,438 Buffy! 461 00:32:59,271 --> 00:33:01,479 Hold the line. 462 00:33:06,938 --> 00:33:10,146 [ Gasping ] 463 00:33:25,938 --> 00:33:29,563 We call it the greenhouse effect. Very dangerous. 464 00:33:49,187 --> 00:33:50,771 Rona! 465 00:34:07,604 --> 00:34:10,312 Oh, no. Ow. 466 00:34:10,312 --> 00:34:14,646 Mommy, this mortal wound is all itchy. 467 00:34:17,021 --> 00:34:19,271 You pulled a nice trick. 468 00:34:19,271 --> 00:34:23,230 You came pretty close to smacking me down. 469 00:34:23,230 --> 00:34:25,604 What more do you want? 470 00:34:27,729 --> 00:34:30,479 I want you... 471 00:34:31,938 --> 00:34:35,229 to get out of my face. 472 00:35:20,729 --> 00:35:22,646 Oh, bollocks. 473 00:35:28,062 --> 00:35:30,729 - Buffy! - Spike! 474 00:35:38,855 --> 00:35:41,438 Everybody out! Now! 475 00:35:45,604 --> 00:35:50,688 - I can feel it, Buffy. - What? 476 00:35:50,688 --> 00:35:52,771 My soul. 477 00:35:53,771 --> 00:35:56,688 It's really there. 478 00:35:58,438 --> 00:36:00,604 Kinda stings. 479 00:36:12,688 --> 00:36:15,938 [ Potential ] Get out of the way! 480 00:36:15,938 --> 00:36:19,646 - What? - Hurry up! 481 00:36:23,396 --> 00:36:25,729 - The bus. - Get 'em on the bus! 482 00:36:25,729 --> 00:36:28,771 Everybody, this way! 483 00:36:28,771 --> 00:36:31,062 [ Screams ] 484 00:36:31,062 --> 00:36:33,855 Anya? 485 00:36:33,855 --> 00:36:35,813 Anya? 486 00:36:40,646 --> 00:36:44,771 - Go on, then. - No. No, you've done enough. You could still- 487 00:36:44,771 --> 00:36:48,479 No. You've beat them back. It's for me to do the clean-up. 488 00:36:50,438 --> 00:36:52,479 Buffy, come on! 489 00:36:53,855 --> 00:36:55,187 Gotta move, lamb. 490 00:36:55,187 --> 00:36:57,771 Think it's fair to say, school's out for bloody summer. 491 00:36:59,855 --> 00:37:02,271 - Spike- - I mean it. I gotta do this. 492 00:37:34,688 --> 00:37:37,479 I love you. 493 00:37:39,813 --> 00:37:43,062 No, you don't. 494 00:37:43,062 --> 00:37:46,438 But thanks for sayin' it. 495 00:37:51,021 --> 00:37:53,563 Now, go! 496 00:37:56,187 --> 00:37:58,688 I want to see how it ends. 497 00:38:29,187 --> 00:38:31,729 [ Chuckling ] 498 00:38:37,563 --> 00:38:39,813 Oh, it's okay. 499 00:38:44,187 --> 00:38:46,438 Look at me! This is nothing! 500 00:38:46,438 --> 00:38:49,479 Stay awake! This is nothing! 501 00:38:51,563 --> 00:38:53,729 Why didn't I die? 502 00:39:31,062 --> 00:39:33,479 Ease off. We're clear. 503 00:40:00,855 --> 00:40:04,563 I don't understand. What did this? 504 00:40:07,521 --> 00:40:09,771 Spike. 505 00:40:25,062 --> 00:40:27,062 So did you see? 506 00:40:28,229 --> 00:40:29,980 I-I was scared. I'm sorry. 507 00:40:29,980 --> 00:40:32,938 Did you see what happened? I mean, was she- 508 00:40:37,312 --> 00:40:39,604 She was incredible. 509 00:40:40,896 --> 00:40:43,896 She died saving my life. 510 00:40:46,771 --> 00:40:50,896 That's my girl. Always doing the stupid thing. 511 00:40:56,604 --> 00:40:59,021 [ Faith ] It's not bad. You just sit here. 512 00:40:59,021 --> 00:41:02,312 - I'll get someone- - Hey. 513 00:41:02,312 --> 00:41:05,146 Did- Did we make it? 514 00:41:09,396 --> 00:41:12,688 We made it. We won. 515 00:41:32,146 --> 00:41:35,062 [ Coughing ] 516 00:41:41,980 --> 00:41:43,938 Surprise. 517 00:41:56,187 --> 00:41:59,938 [ Faith ] Looks like the Hellmouth is officially closed for business. 518 00:41:59,938 --> 00:42:05,646 There's another one in Cleveland, not to spoil the moment. 519 00:42:05,646 --> 00:42:08,021 [ Xander ] We saved the world. 520 00:42:08,021 --> 00:42:11,354 We changed the world. 521 00:42:11,354 --> 00:42:14,021 I can feel them, Buffy. 522 00:42:14,021 --> 00:42:15,646 All over. 523 00:42:15,646 --> 00:42:18,521 Slayers are awakening everywhere. 524 00:42:18,521 --> 00:42:20,938 - We'll have to find them. - We will. 525 00:42:20,938 --> 00:42:23,271 Yes, because the mall was actually in Sunnydale... 526 00:42:23,271 --> 00:42:25,396 so there's no hope of going there tomorrow. 527 00:42:25,396 --> 00:42:28,938 We destroyed the mall? I fought on the wrong side. 528 00:42:28,938 --> 00:42:30,980 All those shops gone- 529 00:42:30,980 --> 00:42:33,479 the Gap, Starbucks, Toys "R" Us. 530 00:42:33,479 --> 00:42:37,187 Who will remember all those landmarks unless we tell the world about them? 531 00:42:37,187 --> 00:42:39,688 We have a lot of work ahead of us. 532 00:42:39,688 --> 00:42:41,688 - Can I push him in? - You've got my vote. 533 00:42:41,688 --> 00:42:45,062 I just want to sleep, yo. For, like, a week. 534 00:42:45,062 --> 00:42:47,896 I guess we all could, if we wanted to. 535 00:42:47,896 --> 00:42:51,688 Yeah. The First is scrunched, so- 536 00:42:51,688 --> 00:42:54,271 What do you think we should do, Buffy? 537 00:42:54,271 --> 00:42:57,021 Yeah, you're not the one and only Chosen anymore. 538 00:42:57,021 --> 00:43:00,729 Just gotta live like a person. How's that feel? 539 00:43:00,729 --> 00:43:05,230 [ Dawn ] Yeah, Buffy. What are we gonna do now? 540 00:43:42,021 --> 00:43:44,104 Grr! Arrgh!