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<i>Previously on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer“:</i>

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- I'm Faith.
- I'd say there was a new slayer in town.

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She's unstable, Buffy.

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Faith, no.

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- <i>You killed a man.
- I don't care.</i>

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<i>No one can stop the Ascension.
Mayor's got it wired, B.</i>

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He built this town for demons to feed on.
Come Graduation Day, he's gettin' paid.

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- Open your present.
- <i>This is a thing of beauty, boss.</i>

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No.

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Faith?

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I'm leaving - after the Ascension.

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You don't wanna be with me?

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I don't.

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I can't believe you're breaking up with me.

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OK. Thanks a lot.

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I can't believe this loser look.
I lobbied so hard for the teal.

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No one ever listens to me.

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Lone fashionable wolf.

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I like the maroon. It has more dignity.

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Dignity? You? In relation to clothes?
I'm awash in a sea of confusion.

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I just wanna look respectable in this.
Considering I'm probably gonna die in it.

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- Excuse me?
- I'm telling ya.

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I woke up the other day with
this feeling in my gut. I just know:

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there is no way
I'm getting out of this school alive.

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Wow. You've really mastered
the power of positive giving up.

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I've been lucky too many times.
My number's comin' up. And I was short.

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One more rotation, and I'm shippin' stateside.

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- You know what I mean?
- Seldom, if ever.

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Bye. We'll keep in touch.

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- Willow, will you sign my yearbook?
- Yeah. You have to sign mine, too.

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You know, I really wish
we'd got to know each other better.

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- Me, too.
- I mean, you're so smart.

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- I always wanted to be like that.
- Thanks. You're so sweet.

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- I hope we don't lose touch.
- No. We'll hang out.

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- Bye.
- Bye.

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- Oh, I'm gonna miss her.
- Don't you hate her?

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Yes, with a fiery vengeance.
She picked on me for ten years.

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The vacuous tramp.

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It's like a sickness, Buffy.
I'm just missing everything.

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- I miss PE.
- I think it's contagious.

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The whole senior class
has turned into the sixties,

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or what I imagine
the sixties would have been like,

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without the war and the hairy armpits.

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- You don't feel it?
- No, I don't.

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I mean, I guess I'll miss stuff, but
I just don't get the whole graduation thing.

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You get a piece of paper,
and nothing changes.

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I don't even think I'm gonna go.

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Oh, trusty soda machine.

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I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.

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What do you mean, not go? Why not?

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Ascension. Mayor becoming a demon,
snacking upon populace.

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- I was planning on fighting him.
- You can't do both?

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Both what?

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Go to graduation, and fight the Mayor.

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The Mayor? What, you guys didn't hear?

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- Hear what?
- Who our commencement speaker is.

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- Siegfried?
- No.

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- Roy? One of the tigers?
- No. Come out of the fantasy, Will.

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I don't believe this.

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Lends credence to my
"I'm gonna die" theorem, doesn't it?

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Mayor at graduation.
100 helpless kids to feed on.

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You got any other surprises for us?

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Just a moment.

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- Hi. I'm looking for Professor Worth.
- That's me.

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But I should ask you
to come back during office hours.

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- Students generally...
- I'm not from the college.

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I work for Mayor Wilkins. I'm Faith.

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Well, come in. Please.

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I was so surprised when he called.

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I didn't expect a politician
to be interested in my research.

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- He's a big fan, Professor.
- Lester's fine.

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Are we alone here, Lester?

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Well, yes.

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Lifelong bachelor.

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- I like my space.
- I hear that.

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You wanna turn and face the wall, Lester?

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- What are you doing?
- I'll make it quick.

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Put that away.

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- I'll scream.
- Who wouldn't?

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- Please.
- Sorry, friend. Boss wants you dead.

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- Why?
- You know, I never thought to ask.

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And everything went
smoothly with Mr Worth?

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Not if you're Mr Worth.

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Well, that's swell.

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You know how I feel about loose ends.

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And the big day is so close,
you can smell the excitement in the air.

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Say, are you ever coming out of there?

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- I don't know.
- Come on.

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Wow. Aren't you a vision!

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I feel wicked stupid in this.

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You look lovely. Perfect for the Ascension.

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Any boys that manage to survive
will be lining up to ask you out.

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It just isn't me, though.

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Not you?

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Let me tell you something.

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Nobody knows what you are.

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Not even you, Little Miss Seen It All.

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The Ascension isn't just my day.

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It's yours, too. Your day to blossom, show
the world what a powerful girl you are.

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When I think of what you've done,
what I know you will do...

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No father could be prouder.

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- I hope I don't let you down.
- Impossible.

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Now, come on. Change back into
your street clothes. I'll buy you an icy.

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- Hey, Rosenberg.
- Hey, Percy.

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Check it out. History final.

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- B minus. That's great.
- I'm a scholar. I'm, like, a scholar.

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- Congratulations.
- Hey, listen.

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Thank you. I mean, for helping me.

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Being so patient. And also for not
kicking my ass like you did in the Bronze.

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You know, Percy, that was
actually for your own good.

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I know, I know.

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- Hey.
- Hey.

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- History's important, you know.
- No, I totally get that now.

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And I got the grades,
and I'm graduating tomorrow.

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I can forget all this crap.

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Well, after graduation, he may not
have the chance to forget it all.

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I'm just trying to keep things light.

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But things aren't light. I mean, it's
bad enough we have to fight the Mayor.

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I don't want him
eating Percy and the whole class.

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We have to find a spell or something
to stop the Ascension.

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Then we will.

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Thank you for joining us, Mr Harris.

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Look, I realise you've all finished your finals
and you're ready to move on.

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But you haven't graduated yet.

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This is still a class,
and everyone will participate.

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Mr Harris, would you care to begin?

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- E.
- No.

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There's no <i>E.</i>

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They always go for the <i>E.</i>

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- Next...
- Hi.

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- Steven.
- Hey.

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- L?
- So I was wondering...

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Maybe if you're free this weekend,
maybe we could do some entertaining thing.

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Would that be you telling me about
the men you destroyed in your demon days?

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Cos pencil me in.

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Well, we could do something else you like.
We could...

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watch sports of some kind.

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- I don't know.
- Men like sports. I'm sure of it.

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Yes. Men like sports.

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Men watch the action movie. They eat of
the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms.

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A thousand years,
and that's all you've learned?

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Hey, I'm trying, OK?
You don't need to take my head off.

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I'm sorry.

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Look...

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I don't even know if
I'm gonna make it to next weekend.

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Tell you what, I survive the Ascension,

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then maybe you and I
could do some sports-related...

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What?

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- Faith.
- You're sure?

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It's one of her pieces.
I recognise the brushwork.

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"Brutally stabbed. Lester Worth,
visiting professor of geology."

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There's nothing in here
that bellows "motive".

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Random killing, perhaps? Fit of rage?

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Everybody does seem to be going a bit mad,
and Faith has something of a head start.

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Doesn't read. I think it's homework.

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- The Mayor wanted him out of the way.
- Which leads to the question "How come?"

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I'm gonna destroy the entire city,
but I kill harmless Lester first?

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Tying up loose ends?
Lester had something, or knew something.

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And I wanna know too. The Mayor's
trying to hide. I say we go seek.

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By attempting to keep
a valuable clue from us,

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the Mayor may have
inadvertently led us right to it.

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What page are you on, Wes?
Cos we already got there.

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Yes. Well...

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You will go tonight, look over his apartment.
Anything of note, report back here.

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I just love it
when you take charge, you man, you.

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That... Was that a yes?

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- I'm having trouble keeping track.
- I'll go.

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Be careful. If Faith should show up...

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I don't think she'll show. Been there,
killed that. She's not much for follow-up.

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Nonetheless, keep watch.
Faith has you at a disadvantage, Buffy.

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Cos I'm not crazy, or cos I don't kill people?

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Both, actually.

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I hear you. I can't kill her,
fun as it may sound.

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I can make her cry uncle, though,
and I mean to.

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Don't let your feelings about Faith
interfere with your work.

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Stopping Faith is my work.
Take a beat to love this energy.

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Faith is a footnote. Our priority
is stopping the Ascension.

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Easier said than done, Monarchy Boy.

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If you don't have
something constructive to add...

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You guys wanna know about the Ascension?

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Well, meet the only living person
who's ever been to one.

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About 800 years ago
in the valleys above the Urals,

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there was a sorcerer there
who achieved Ascension.

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He became the embodiment
of the demon Lohesh.

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I was there cursing a shepherd
who'd been unfaithful.

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- His wife had wished that all his sheep...
- Could we cut back to the chase?

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Sorry. Lohesh was...

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It... it decimated the village within hours.

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Maybe three people got out.

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I've seen some horrible things. I've been the
cause of most of them, actually, but this...

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I'm sorry. Lohesh was
a four-winged soul killer. Am I right?

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I was given to understand
that they're not that fierce.

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- Of all the demons we've faced...
- You've never seen a demon.

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Excuse me. Killing them
professionally four years running.

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All the demons that walk the Earth are
tainted, are human hybrids like vampires.

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The Ascension means that a human
becomes pure demon. They're different.

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- Different?
- How?

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Well, for one thing, they're bigger.

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The kids are here,
the parents off to the side there.

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We'll go up, they'll play the processional,
and then you'll give the address.

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- It all looks wonderful.
- As long as nobody makes any trouble.

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Stop worrying.
Just make sure the kids show up.

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Anybody who doesn't feel like coming,
they'll just have to live without a diploma.

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- They'll be here, sir.
- Call me Richard.

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You've done a great job here.

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I know things are, well,
different here in Sunnydale.

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We've seen all sorts of things. What's
important is that we keep it under control.

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- And that's what you've done.
- I believe in order.

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Sunnydale owes you a debt. It will be repaid.

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Yes, sir. We'll mark that invoice "Paid in full".

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It doesn't sound like Lohesh.
The rituals are all different.

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- I wish that was a relief.
- What's goin' on?

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How come Evil Girl's in the mix?

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Anya witnessed an Ascension.

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OK, then.

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What about the spiders? The Mayor
had a box of spiders that he had to eat.

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Or the box of... I wanna say "gravlax"?

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- Gavrok.
- It doesn't ring a bell.

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Well, there must be something
that would be helpful.

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So...

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This is the inner sanctum.

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Faith tells me this is where you folks like
to hang out, concoct your little schemes.

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It's just nice to see that some young people
are still interested in reading

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in this modern era.

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So, what are kids reading nowadays?

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"The beast will walk upon the earth,
and darkness will follow."

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"The several races of man will be
as one in their terror and destruction."

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That's kinda sweet.
Different races coming together.

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You never get even a little tired
of hearing yourself speak, do you?

230
00:15:35,665 --> 00:15:38,179
That's one spunky little girl you've raised.

231
00:15:41,505 --> 00:15:44,099
I'm gonna eat her.

232
00:15:49,025 --> 00:15:50,584
Whoa.

233
00:15:51,185 --> 00:15:54,257
Well, now, that was a little thoughtless.

234
00:15:56,305 --> 00:15:59,616
Violent outbursts like that?
In front of the children?

235
00:15:59,705 --> 00:16:03,300
You know, Mr Giles,
they look to you to see how to behave.

236
00:16:03,385 --> 00:16:05,376
Get out.

237
00:16:07,545 --> 00:16:10,378
I smell fear. That's smart.

238
00:16:13,265 --> 00:16:17,224
But some of your deaths will be quick,
if that's worth anything.

239
00:16:17,305 --> 00:16:20,104
Well... See you all at graduation.

240
00:16:21,425 --> 00:16:24,736
You don't wanna miss
my commencement address.

241
00:16:24,825 --> 00:16:27,419
It's gonna be one heck of a speech.

242
00:16:40,185 --> 00:16:42,938
Anya, wait. Where are you goin'?

243
00:16:43,025 --> 00:16:47,542
Anywhere. If there's a lunar shuttle
going up anytime soon, I'm on it.

244
00:16:47,625 --> 00:16:50,139
We need you here. You might be able to help.

245
00:16:50,225 --> 00:16:52,341
Or I might be able to live.

246
00:16:52,425 --> 00:16:56,783
You can't stop the Ascension, Xander.
You were right the first time.

247
00:16:56,865 --> 00:17:00,062
The only thing
any sane person can do now is run.

248
00:17:01,545 --> 00:17:03,980
- What's her saga?
- She's freakin'.

249
00:17:04,225 --> 00:17:08,139
- About what?
- The Mayor is gonna kill us all.

250
00:17:09,425 --> 00:17:11,780
- Are you gonna go to fifth period?
- I might skip it.

251
00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:13,742
Yeah. Me, too.

252
00:17:16,705 --> 00:17:19,504
Buffy, I'm home. Do you wanna go to a...

253
00:17:21,625 --> 00:17:24,094
What are you doing?

254
00:17:25,145 --> 00:17:27,534
You're running away again?

255
00:17:28,225 --> 00:17:31,855
- And you're taking my clothes.
- Mom, I need you to leave town. Tonight.

256
00:17:31,945 --> 00:17:35,301
- Buffy, I'd miss your graduation.
- Yeah, that's sort of the idea.

257
00:17:35,385 --> 00:17:38,696
- I wouldn't dream of it.
- Graduation is a pointless ceremony

258
00:17:38,785 --> 00:17:44,303
where you sit around till someone hands
you a piece of paper that says you graduated.

259
00:17:44,385 --> 00:17:47,582
And maroon does nothing
for my complexion, so don't argue, OK?

260
00:17:47,665 --> 00:17:51,454
What, is some terrible demon
going to attack the school?

261
00:17:54,945 --> 00:17:56,936
I see.

262
00:17:57,905 --> 00:18:02,217
You know, Buffy, looking back
at everything that's happened...

263
00:18:02,305 --> 00:18:06,583
- I should have sent you to a different school.
- Just promise me you'll be far away.

264
00:18:06,665 --> 00:18:10,374
I am not leaving you to face
an awful monster. If I go, you go with me.

265
00:18:10,465 --> 00:18:13,662
- You know that I can't.
- Well, then, I can't either.

266
00:18:15,705 --> 00:18:18,857
- I know sometimes you wish I were different.
- Buffy, no.

267
00:18:18,945 --> 00:18:21,141
I wished I could be a lot of things for you.

268
00:18:21,225 --> 00:18:25,423
A great student,
a star athlete, remotely normal.

269
00:18:26,185 --> 00:18:28,540
I'm not.

270
00:18:28,625 --> 00:18:32,664
But there is something I do better
than anybody else in the world.

271
00:18:32,745 --> 00:18:36,818
I'm gonna fight this thing.
But I can't do it and worry about you.

272
00:18:36,905 --> 00:18:40,216
- Buffy, I just can't...
- You stay, you'll get me killed.

273
00:18:41,225 --> 00:18:43,535
You have to trust me on this.

274
00:18:44,145 --> 00:18:45,977
Can you do that?

275
00:18:56,985 --> 00:18:59,215
This is so frustrating.

276
00:19:00,305 --> 00:19:02,865
- Nothin' useful?
- No, it's great.

277
00:19:03,465 --> 00:19:07,936
If we want to make farms invisible
or communicate with shrimp,

278
00:19:08,025 --> 00:19:10,414
I've got the goods right here.

279
00:19:11,225 --> 00:19:13,978
Our lives are different than other people's.

280
00:19:14,865 --> 00:19:18,620
Who am I kidding? I'm not gonna
find a spell to stop the Ascension.

281
00:19:18,705 --> 00:19:23,575
I'm no witch. I can't even
change poor Amy back to a person.

282
00:19:26,705 --> 00:19:32,257
But you got the swinging Habitrail goin'.
I think Amy's in a good place emotionally.

283
00:19:32,345 --> 00:19:35,144
- Oz.
- What?

284
00:19:35,625 --> 00:19:39,414
Could you just pretend to care
about what's happening, please?

285
00:19:40,305 --> 00:19:43,935
- You think I don't care?
- I think we could be dead in two days' time,

286
00:19:44,025 --> 00:19:47,177
and you're being ironic detachment guy.

287
00:19:47,545 --> 00:19:50,822
- Would it help if I panic?
- Yes. It'd be swell.

288
00:19:50,905 --> 00:19:54,136
Panic is a thing people can
share in times of crisis,

289
00:19:54,225 --> 00:19:58,139
and everything's really scary now,
and I don't know what's gonna happen.

290
00:19:58,225 --> 00:20:01,820
And there's things you're supposed
to get to do after high school,

291
00:20:01,905 --> 00:20:05,864
and I was looking forward to doing them,
and we're probably just gonna die.

292
00:20:05,945 --> 00:20:08,619
And I'd like to feel that maybe you would...

293
00:20:13,745 --> 00:20:16,498
- What are you doin'?
- Panicking.

294
00:20:48,825 --> 00:20:50,816
Stealthy!

295
00:20:51,905 --> 00:20:55,899
Not my best entrance.
I think they were moppin' in the halls.

296
00:20:56,785 --> 00:20:59,061
What are you doing here?

297
00:20:59,145 --> 00:21:02,342
I checked in with Giles.
He asked me to back you up.

298
00:21:02,425 --> 00:21:06,214
- He's afraid I'll run into Faith.
- And you're not?

299
00:21:06,305 --> 00:21:09,218
It's gonna happen sooner or later.

300
00:21:09,305 --> 00:21:11,296
What's that?

301
00:21:11,385 --> 00:21:14,343
A report. Excavation of some old lava bed.

302
00:21:14,945 --> 00:21:17,937
The guy was a volcano-ologist or something.

303
00:21:18,185 --> 00:21:20,620
Anything that connects him to the Mayor?

304
00:21:20,705 --> 00:21:23,823
I looked through it,
but all I understood were the commas.

305
00:21:23,905 --> 00:21:26,340
I'll bring it to Giles,
see if he can do better.

306
00:21:26,425 --> 00:21:28,496
Let me give you a hand.

307
00:21:40,425 --> 00:21:42,814
Thank you, but I can take it from here.

308
00:21:42,905 --> 00:21:46,944
- It's all right. I'll walk you there.
- Look, I don't need an escort.

309
00:21:47,025 --> 00:21:50,381
I'm a big girl, with superpowers, remember?

310
00:21:50,465 --> 00:21:52,661
I don't need you crowding me.

311
00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:56,454
- I didn't think I was.
- No, of course you don't.

312
00:21:56,545 --> 00:22:00,015
You just show up at the prom
and then you disappear into the ozone.

313
00:22:00,105 --> 00:22:02,096
For all I know, you left town.

314
00:22:02,185 --> 00:22:05,382
Are you mad at me for being
around too much, or not enough?

315
00:22:05,465 --> 00:22:07,695
- Duh! Yes.
- Which?

316
00:22:07,945 --> 00:22:10,459
- What?
- I don't get you.

317
00:22:10,545 --> 00:22:12,536
No, you don't. Not any more.

318
00:22:12,625 --> 00:22:16,255
Are you just making this harder
to make this easier on yourself?

319
00:22:16,345 --> 00:22:18,541
Could we stop with the brain-teasers?

320
00:22:18,625 --> 00:22:23,222
- I just wish it was over. Done.
- It's not that simple. Once the Mayor...

321
00:22:23,305 --> 00:22:26,263
I know. World in peril
and we have to work together.

322
00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:29,383
This is my last office romance,
I'll tell you that.

323
00:22:29,465 --> 00:22:33,618
- You want me out of your face?
- Isn't it even a little hard for you?

324
00:22:33,945 --> 00:22:37,017
How can you ask me that?
Just cos I'm not acting like a brat...

325
00:22:37,105 --> 00:22:40,700
- It's nice to know what you think of me.
- What do you expect me to say?

326
00:22:40,785 --> 00:22:42,617
I can't do this any more.

327
00:22:42,705 --> 00:22:46,255
I can't have you in my life
when I'm trying to move on.

328
00:22:50,465 --> 00:22:52,456
Angel.

329
00:22:57,545 --> 00:22:59,821
Missed the heart.

330
00:22:59,905 --> 00:23:01,782
Meant to.

331
00:23:05,905 --> 00:23:08,738
- There.
- OK, ready?

332
00:23:08,825 --> 00:23:11,260
- Yeah.
- On three.

333
00:23:11,345 --> 00:23:14,576
- One...
- I knew you were gonna do that.

334
00:23:14,745 --> 00:23:18,500
- Not too much blood here.
- I heal fast. I should be all right.

335
00:23:18,585 --> 00:23:22,180
- I'm just glad Faith's such a suck shot.
- Are we sure it was her?

336
00:23:22,265 --> 00:23:25,576
Well, I've narrowed down
my list of one suspect.

337
00:23:26,585 --> 00:23:28,895
- Fascinating.
- What?

338
00:23:29,345 --> 00:23:32,656
It seems our Mr Worth
headed an expedition in Kauai,

339
00:23:32,745 --> 00:23:36,261
digging through old lava beds
near a dormant volcano.

340
00:23:36,345 --> 00:23:39,701
- I'm not fascinated yet.
- He found something underneath.

341
00:23:40,065 --> 00:23:42,864
A carcass, buried by an eruption.

342
00:23:42,945 --> 00:23:45,380
- A carcass?
- A very large one.

343
00:23:45,465 --> 00:23:50,494
Mr Worth posits that it might be
some heretofore undiscovered dinosaur.

344
00:23:50,785 --> 00:23:54,779
- A demon?
- The Mayor would want to keep that secret.

345
00:23:54,865 --> 00:23:58,699
If it's the same kind of demon he's
turning into and it's dead, it means

346
00:23:58,785 --> 00:24:01,743
he's only impervious
to harm until the Ascension.

347
00:24:01,825 --> 00:24:03,975
In this demon form, he could be killed.

348
00:24:04,065 --> 00:24:08,184
Great. So all we need is a million tons
of burning lava. We're saved.

349
00:24:08,265 --> 00:24:10,415
Well, it's a start, anyway.

350
00:24:10,505 --> 00:24:14,214
OK, you have been a real klutz today.
You need to...

351
00:24:14,305 --> 00:24:16,103
Damn.

352
00:24:22,305 --> 00:24:25,377
- We'll have to run some tests.
- My shoulder's numb.

353
00:24:25,785 --> 00:24:29,904
- You're burning up.
- It's poison. I can feel it.

354
00:24:30,745 --> 00:24:33,134
Call the others. Get them here.

355
00:24:34,425 --> 00:24:37,941
We need to move him to the safety
of his own bed before the sun comes up.

356
00:24:38,025 --> 00:24:43,577
- Will you be able to find out what this is?
- The Council has all known toxins on file.

357
00:24:43,665 --> 00:24:46,339
- I'll contact them immediately.
- Thanks.

358
00:24:53,145 --> 00:24:55,534
You're gonna be OK.

359
00:25:21,025 --> 00:25:23,665
I feel different. You know?

360
00:25:24,265 --> 00:25:27,735
I guess that makes sense.
Do you feel different?

361
00:25:27,825 --> 00:25:30,294
Oh, no, you've already...

362
00:25:30,385 --> 00:25:32,774
Probably no big change for you.

363
00:25:33,505 --> 00:25:35,974
It... it was nice.

364
00:25:36,065 --> 00:25:39,057
Was it nice? Should this be a quiet moment?

365
00:25:40,625 --> 00:25:43,014
I know exactly what you mean.

366
00:25:44,265 --> 00:25:46,575
Which part?

367
00:25:47,585 --> 00:25:49,974
Everything feels different.

368
00:26:03,185 --> 00:26:05,176
Hello?

369
00:26:07,385 --> 00:26:08,898
We gotta go.

370
00:26:11,025 --> 00:26:13,301
- He's dropped, boss.
- Applause, applause.

371
00:26:13,385 --> 00:26:19,017
Right in the back. He pitches over and
Buffy's freakin', looking around all panicked.

372
00:26:19,105 --> 00:26:21,494
That should keep her occupied for a spell.

373
00:26:21,585 --> 00:26:24,577
- What next?
- The ritual of Gavrok.

374
00:26:25,825 --> 00:26:28,943
I have to ingest
several of the inhabitants of this box.

375
00:26:29,025 --> 00:26:31,665
- Ingest?
- Eat.

376
00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:36,822
- You're wicked gross.
- Well, you don't have to watch.

377
00:26:36,905 --> 00:26:39,784
Just go home, take it easy.
It's a big day tomorrow.

378
00:26:39,865 --> 00:26:44,063
You gotta give me something to do.
Don't you need anyone dead? Or maimed?

379
00:26:44,145 --> 00:26:48,059
- I can settle for maimed.
- You little firecracker.

380
00:26:48,145 --> 00:26:50,261
My mom used to call me that.

381
00:26:50,345 --> 00:26:53,781
When I was little.
I was always runnin' around...

382
00:26:57,905 --> 00:27:01,136
Tomorrow. The Ascension and all that.
Am I gonna get to fight?

383
00:27:01,225 --> 00:27:03,739
If everything goes smoothly,
you won't have to.

384
00:27:03,825 --> 00:27:08,535
- But how often do things go smoothly?
- So you'll still need me in there.

385
00:27:08,625 --> 00:27:10,616
Always.

386
00:27:11,385 --> 00:27:15,265
When I was a kid, a couple of miles
outside of Boston there was this quarry.

387
00:27:15,345 --> 00:27:18,064
All the kids used to swim there
and jump off the rocks.

388
00:27:18,145 --> 00:27:21,342
And there was this one rock, like, 40 feet up.

389
00:27:21,425 --> 00:27:25,214
I was the only one that would jump off it.
All the older kids were too scared.

390
00:27:25,345 --> 00:27:27,416
Not you, though.

391
00:27:27,545 --> 00:27:29,934
No. I could do it easy.

392
00:27:32,625 --> 00:27:35,299
Get some rest.

393
00:27:38,025 --> 00:27:40,539
Good luck with your spiders there.

394
00:27:48,665 --> 00:27:50,781
They should have this at the magic shop.

395
00:27:50,865 --> 00:27:54,142
I can run a trace analysis,
see if it's a mystical poison.

396
00:27:54,225 --> 00:27:57,456
- I'm a little short on cash.
- Just tell 'em it's for me.

397
00:27:57,545 --> 00:27:59,536
Right.

398
00:28:06,065 --> 00:28:08,056
Xander?

399
00:28:09,785 --> 00:28:13,699
What are you doin' here?
I thought you'd be in Aruba by now.

400
00:28:13,785 --> 00:28:16,174
Hey, I'm packed. My car's right outside.

401
00:28:16,265 --> 00:28:18,620
I just...

402
00:28:18,705 --> 00:28:20,901
I... I had to...

403
00:28:21,505 --> 00:28:23,701
What?

404
00:28:25,465 --> 00:28:28,059
You could come with me.

405
00:28:28,145 --> 00:28:31,024
Come with you? You mean that?

406
00:28:31,705 --> 00:28:36,142
Why not? We could just
get in the car and drive and...

407
00:28:37,065 --> 00:28:40,945
No one would miss us.
We could take turns driving,

408
00:28:41,545 --> 00:28:43,934
keep each other awake.

409
00:28:44,945 --> 00:28:47,175
You're going to die if you stay here.

410
00:28:49,585 --> 00:28:51,861
I guess I might.

411
00:28:51,945 --> 00:28:57,736
When I think that something could happen to
you, it feels bad inside. Like I might vomit.

412
00:28:58,745 --> 00:29:01,863
- Welcome to the world of romance.
- It's horrible.

413
00:29:01,945 --> 00:29:04,414
No wonder I used to get so much work.

414
00:29:04,505 --> 00:29:07,497
Well, I'm sorry I give you barfy feelings.

415
00:29:09,385 --> 00:29:11,456
Come with me.

416
00:29:13,465 --> 00:29:16,457
- I can't.
- Why not?

417
00:29:18,305 --> 00:29:21,218
- I got friends on the line.
- So?

418
00:29:23,105 --> 00:29:25,699
That humanity thing's
a work in progress, isn't it?

419
00:29:25,785 --> 00:29:30,177
Are you really gonna be that much help to
them? You'll probably just get in the way.

420
00:29:30,265 --> 00:29:35,339
- Your stock's plummetin' here, sweetheart.
- Fine. You know what? I hope you die.

421
00:29:37,425 --> 00:29:39,701
Aren't we gonna kiss?

422
00:30:04,305 --> 00:30:06,581
It'll be OK.

423
00:30:08,185 --> 00:30:10,461
You'll be OK.

424
00:30:25,425 --> 00:30:28,019
Did you reach the Council?

425
00:30:29,225 --> 00:30:31,216
Yes.

426
00:30:32,105 --> 00:30:34,096
They...

427
00:30:34,905 --> 00:30:37,135
They couldn't help.

428
00:30:37,225 --> 00:30:39,216
Couldn't?

429
00:30:39,865 --> 00:30:43,301
Wouldn't. It's not Council policy
to cure vampires.

430
00:30:43,385 --> 00:30:46,264
- Under special circum...
- Not under any circumstances.

431
00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:49,463
- I did try to convince them.
- Try again.

432
00:30:51,065 --> 00:30:56,265
They're very firm. We're talking about laws
which have existed longer than civilisation.

433
00:30:56,345 --> 00:30:58,734
I'm talking about watching my lover die.

434
00:31:00,825 --> 00:31:04,705
I don't have a clue what you're
talking about, and I don't care.

435
00:31:04,785 --> 00:31:06,822
Buffy, we'll find a cure.

436
00:31:06,905 --> 00:31:10,296
- The Council's orders are to concentrate...
- Orders?

437
00:31:14,745 --> 00:31:18,500
I don't think I'm gonna
be taking any more orders.

438
00:31:19,505 --> 00:31:22,179
Not from you, not from them.

439
00:31:22,865 --> 00:31:25,175
You can't turn your back on the Council.

440
00:31:26,825 --> 00:31:30,864
They're in England. I don't think
they can tell which way my back is facing.

441
00:31:30,945 --> 00:31:33,334
Giles, talk to her.

442
00:31:33,865 --> 00:31:36,539
I have nothing to say right now.

443
00:31:38,185 --> 00:31:41,894
Go back to your Council and tell them
until the next slayer comes along,

444
00:31:42,425 --> 00:31:44,257
they can close up shop.

445
00:31:44,345 --> 00:31:46,382
I'm not working for them any more.

446
00:31:46,745 --> 00:31:48,895
Don't you see what's happening?

447
00:31:48,985 --> 00:31:53,297
Faith poisoned Angel to distract you,
to keep you out of the Mayor's way.

448
00:31:53,385 --> 00:31:55,899
And it's working. We need a strategy,

449
00:31:55,985 --> 00:31:59,057
I have a strategy. You're not in it.

450
00:32:01,105 --> 00:32:03,142
This is mutiny.

451
00:32:07,545 --> 00:32:10,105
I like to think of it as graduation.

452
00:32:16,785 --> 00:32:19,504
I can't stay here.
I'll go see if I can help the others.

453
00:32:19,585 --> 00:32:21,940
- Of course.
- You'll watch him?

454
00:32:22,025 --> 00:32:24,414
I'll call if there's any change.

455
00:32:25,905 --> 00:32:27,862
Buffy...

456
00:32:28,185 --> 00:32:30,461
You don't know what you're doing.

457
00:32:31,865 --> 00:32:34,061
Get a job.

458
00:32:45,425 --> 00:32:49,020
Finding the poison wasn't that hard.
It's a mystical compound.

459
00:32:49,105 --> 00:32:53,861
The Latin name translates roughly to
"Killer of the Dead". Used on vampires.

460
00:32:53,945 --> 00:32:55,538
And the cure?

461
00:32:55,625 --> 00:32:58,663
There aren't a lot of instances
of it being cured.

462
00:32:59,145 --> 00:33:01,659
- But there are some.
- One or two.

463
00:33:01,745 --> 00:33:04,419
Pretty vague accounts.

464
00:33:04,505 --> 00:33:06,576
How is he?

465
00:33:07,305 --> 00:33:09,376
- Hold it.
- You got somethin'?

466
00:33:09,465 --> 00:33:11,695
- I'm not sure.
- Be sure.

467
00:33:11,785 --> 00:33:16,382
OK. "Killer of the Dead". That's our boy,
and here's a vamp that walked away from it.

468
00:33:16,465 --> 00:33:18,854
Does it talk about the cure?

469
00:33:18,945 --> 00:33:21,016
Damn.

470
00:33:21,105 --> 00:33:23,540
- Nothing?
- No, it's in here, but...

471
00:33:24,705 --> 00:33:27,777
Wait. "Completely reversed the effects."

472
00:33:28,985 --> 00:33:29,895
What?

473
00:33:29,985 --> 00:33:33,023
Come on, guys.
The suspense is killing Angel.

474
00:33:34,105 --> 00:33:38,338
The only way to cure this thing
is to drain the blood of a slayer.

475
00:33:47,265 --> 00:33:50,018
- Good.
- Good? What did I miss?

476
00:33:51,785 --> 00:33:56,256
No, it's perfect. Angel needs to
drain a slayer, then I'll bring him one.

477
00:33:56,345 --> 00:34:00,134
Buffy, if Angel drains Faith's blood,
it'll kill her.

478
00:34:00,225 --> 00:34:02,614
Not if she's already dead.

479
00:34:08,505 --> 00:34:13,022
A leasing agreement, not in her name. If the
Mayor's putting her up, it might be in his.

480
00:34:13,105 --> 00:34:18,339
- Maybe he's charging it to the city.
- Cross-reference realty with municipal funds.

481
00:34:18,425 --> 00:34:21,417
- You wanna drive?
- Sorry.

482
00:34:24,585 --> 00:34:27,862
Someone should take over
for Giles after a while, watch Angel.

483
00:34:27,945 --> 00:34:30,983
I don't mean to play devil's advocate,
but are you up to this?

484
00:34:31,065 --> 00:34:33,056
It's time.

485
00:34:33,145 --> 00:34:35,136
We're talking to the death.

486
00:34:35,225 --> 00:34:39,014
I can't play kid games any more.
This is how she wants it.

487
00:34:40,985 --> 00:34:43,659
- I just don't wanna lose you.
- I won't get hurt.

488
00:34:43,745 --> 00:34:46,021
That's not what I mean.

489
00:34:46,705 --> 00:34:48,901
Just get me an address.

490
00:35:25,145 --> 00:35:27,421
I got it.

491
00:35:51,145 --> 00:35:53,421
Thought I'd stop by.

492
00:35:54,905 --> 00:35:58,421
- Is he dead yet?
- He's not gonna die.

493
00:35:59,425 --> 00:36:02,383
It was a good try, though. Your plan?

494
00:36:03,025 --> 00:36:06,541
The Mayor got me the poison.
He said it was wicked painful.

495
00:36:07,745 --> 00:36:10,658
- There's a cure.
- Damn. What is it?

496
00:36:10,865 --> 00:36:13,379
Your blood.

497
00:36:15,225 --> 00:36:18,775
As justice goes,
it's not unpoetic, don't you think?

498
00:36:19,265 --> 00:36:22,018
Come to get me?
You're gonna feed me to Angel?

499
00:36:23,825 --> 00:36:28,217
- You know you're not gonna take me alive.
- Not a problem.

500
00:36:28,305 --> 00:36:31,935
Well, look at you.
All dressed up in big sister's clothes.

501
00:36:33,865 --> 00:36:36,505
You told me I was just like you.

502
00:36:39,265 --> 00:36:41,381
That I was holding it in.

503
00:36:41,705 --> 00:36:43,582
Ready to cut loose?

504
00:36:44,705 --> 00:36:47,618
- Try me.
- OK, then.

505
00:36:50,265 --> 00:36:53,018
Give us a kiss.

506
00:37:45,785 --> 00:37:50,177
You're not getting tired, are you?
I'm just starting to feel it.

507
00:38:11,905 --> 00:38:13,976
Stick around.

508
00:38:15,865 --> 00:38:17,856
Buffy...

509
00:38:25,345 --> 00:38:27,336
Right. Right.

510
00:38:30,225 --> 00:38:33,343
- Something about the demon?
- Villagers near the volcano

511
00:38:33,465 --> 00:38:36,503
make reference to the legend of Olukai.

512
00:38:36,585 --> 00:38:39,259
It might be a bastardisation of "Olvikan".

513
00:38:39,745 --> 00:38:44,501
- Who's Olvikan?
- I know it's a demon. I might have a picture.

514
00:38:44,585 --> 00:38:47,976
It's a good thing no one ever wanted
to check these books out, huh?

515
00:38:48,065 --> 00:38:51,057
- Yes, it's very convenient.
- Come on, Olvikan.

516
00:39:02,065 --> 00:39:04,420
We're gonna need a bigger boat.

517
00:39:19,905 --> 00:39:22,294
My God, what a feeling.

518
00:39:22,945 --> 00:39:25,664
The power of these creatures.

519
00:39:25,745 --> 00:39:28,134
It suffuses my being.

520
00:39:31,665 --> 00:39:34,100
I can feel the changes begin.

521
00:39:35,105 --> 00:39:39,497
My organs are shifting, merging,
making ready for the Ascension.

522
00:39:40,505 --> 00:39:44,544
Plus these babies are high in fibre. And
why become a demon if you're not regular?

523
00:39:44,625 --> 00:39:47,299
Am I right?

524
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,661
We don't knock during dark rituals?

525
00:39:49,745 --> 00:39:52,783
Sir, there may be trouble. At Faith's.

526
00:40:16,465 --> 00:40:20,538
What's the matter? All that killing
and you're afraid to die?

527
00:40:32,545 --> 00:40:35,583
- That's mine.
- Well, you're about to get it back.

528
00:40:47,585 --> 00:40:49,701
Man, I'm gonna miss this.

529
00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:03,218
You did it.

530
00:41:14,265 --> 00:41:16,654
You killed me.

531
00:41:27,025 --> 00:41:29,141
Still won't help your boy, though.

532
00:41:31,745 --> 00:41:34,134
You shoulda been there, B.

533
00:41:37,425 --> 00:41:40,099
Quite a ride.

534
00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:08,894
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535
00:42:45,385 --> 00:42:47,376
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