1 00:00:01,235 --> 00:00:03,371 GILES: Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 2 00:00:03,403 --> 00:00:06,573 So it's her. Under our noses all this time. 3 00:00:06,607 --> 00:00:08,541 -Glorificus will find the witch. -Witch? 4 00:00:08,576 --> 00:00:10,711 -Tara. -You're not the key. You're nothing. 5 00:00:10,743 --> 00:00:13,047 -No! -(shouting) 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:14,214 Tara! 7 00:00:14,247 --> 00:00:15,349 I'm so sorry. 8 00:00:15,382 --> 00:00:17,818 They kill mice. 9 00:00:17,850 --> 00:00:20,221 -Not if I get the key first. -Could you do it? 10 00:00:20,254 --> 00:00:22,722 Take a human life with your own hands? 11 00:00:24,225 --> 00:00:25,893 I told you this wasn't over. 12 00:00:25,925 --> 00:00:27,928 Such pure green energy. 13 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,897 -The key. -Just pack up whatever supplies we need, and that's it. 14 00:00:30,931 --> 00:00:32,100 We're gone. 15 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:34,101 -Giles! -I see them. 16 00:00:36,304 --> 00:00:39,039 -WILLOW: Help me! -BUFFY: How is he? 17 00:00:39,073 --> 00:00:41,075 -Wil? -I think I got him stabilized, 18 00:00:41,109 --> 00:00:43,743 but there's a lot of damage. We need to get him out of here. 19 00:00:44,911 --> 00:00:46,012 XANDER: We got company. 20 00:00:46,045 --> 00:00:47,381 The key. 21 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:54,755 Once the key is activated, the walls separating realities will crumble. 22 00:00:54,787 --> 00:00:57,191 Dimensions will bleed into each other. 23 00:00:57,225 --> 00:00:59,960 I won't let anything happen to you. 24 00:00:59,993 --> 00:01:01,362 -Let me out. -Wil, open the door. 25 00:01:01,395 --> 00:01:02,963 No! Ah! 26 00:01:04,132 --> 00:01:06,200 -Buffy! -Dawn! 27 00:01:06,233 --> 00:01:07,801 Buffy, you have to get up. 28 00:01:07,834 --> 00:01:11,739 (echoing) Buffy, please. Buffy? 29 00:01:17,076 --> 00:01:19,112 MURK: Quickly, quickly! 30 00:01:19,146 --> 00:01:22,382 Already we're behind schedule. Someone's bound for a beheading. 31 00:01:22,415 --> 00:01:24,284 Let's make sure it's not me. 32 00:01:24,317 --> 00:01:28,956 Why don't we remain, when our moment of triumph lies so close at hand? 33 00:01:28,989 --> 00:01:32,293 The Glorious One, having acquired much in this world, 34 00:01:32,325 --> 00:01:33,993 doesn't exactly travel lightly. 35 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:37,997 Hey! Minions, I can hear you. 36 00:01:38,031 --> 00:01:40,301 God-like ears don't miss much, know what I'm sayin'? 37 00:01:40,334 --> 00:01:43,837 -Come here! -'Twas he who blasphemed, Your Magnificence. 38 00:01:43,871 --> 00:01:47,073 -Spurred on by treacherous urging. -Guys! 39 00:01:47,106 --> 00:01:50,109 I'm not gonna kill you. 40 00:01:50,144 --> 00:01:53,980 I'm not in the mood. What do you think that's about? 41 00:01:54,014 --> 00:01:56,683 In mercy does your power lie? 42 00:01:56,716 --> 00:02:00,653 No, brainless. In torture, death, and chaos does my power lie. 43 00:02:03,156 --> 00:02:05,659 So tell me-- Why am I not popping your head like a zit right now? 44 00:02:08,195 --> 00:02:11,632 -Maybe I'm just hungry. -Yes, we shall fetch a lovely, uh-- 45 00:02:11,664 --> 00:02:14,634 No, I'm not hungry. (Sighs) 46 00:02:14,668 --> 00:02:17,305 (grunts) I'm just a little tight in this skin is all. 47 00:02:17,337 --> 00:02:21,341 I've been waiting an eternity-- well, 25 human years-- 48 00:02:21,375 --> 00:02:23,843 and it all comes down to tonight. 49 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:27,146 -The portal shall open. -And the great Glorificus shall return. 50 00:02:27,181 --> 00:02:29,383 To the hell I came from, 51 00:02:29,417 --> 00:02:33,721 where I'm gonna rain down more super-sized portions of slaughter, mayhem 52 00:02:33,753 --> 00:02:36,389 and bloodshed than any of you scabs can even dream about. 53 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:41,728 So, how come I ain't happy? 54 00:02:43,230 --> 00:02:46,133 I've got everything I ever wanted. 55 00:02:46,165 --> 00:02:49,569 Still, something's off. 56 00:02:51,504 --> 00:02:54,007 I don't know. What do you think? 57 00:02:57,711 --> 00:03:00,514 (whimpering) 58 00:03:00,548 --> 00:03:02,250 (door opens) 59 00:03:02,282 --> 00:03:05,151 Better part of a century spent in delinquency just paid off. 60 00:03:05,185 --> 00:03:08,055 Hot-wired Ben's auto. Who's for gettin' the hell out of here? 61 00:03:08,087 --> 00:03:10,557 All in favor, let's do it. You good to go? 62 00:03:10,591 --> 00:03:13,561 Oh, don't worry about me. How's Buffy? 63 00:03:13,593 --> 00:03:16,597 The same. Still. 64 00:03:16,629 --> 00:03:19,266 It's been almost a half an hour. 65 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:21,269 The Slayer's gonna be all right, won't she? 66 00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:26,205 You should try again, Wil. 67 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,578 All right. But I'm not even sure she's, you know, 68 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:32,913 really in there. 69 00:03:32,945 --> 00:03:36,049 -Try. -(sighs) 70 00:03:40,621 --> 00:03:44,292 Can you hear me? Buffy! 71 00:03:47,461 --> 00:03:48,896 Buffy. 72 00:03:51,299 --> 00:03:53,266 WILLOW: Buffy? 73 00:03:59,006 --> 00:04:00,407 (theme music playing) 74 00:04:48,721 --> 00:04:50,324 SPIKE: Buffy? 75 00:04:52,393 --> 00:04:55,596 She can't just be brain dead. 76 00:04:55,629 --> 00:05:00,166 I mean, she's still Buffy. Somewhere in there, right? 77 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:03,536 XANDER: Spike, come on. We're not gonna get Dawn back by sittin' around here. 78 00:05:03,571 --> 00:05:07,173 You're not gonna get Dawn back any way you slice it, Harris. That's for Buffy to decide. 79 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:09,610 Good. Panic. That ought to help. 80 00:05:09,643 --> 00:05:13,514 We should move her. Un-Unless we shouldn't. 81 00:05:13,547 --> 00:05:16,949 -Should we? -Couldn't that make it worse? 82 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:18,985 I think I read that somewhere. 83 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:21,555 I am so large with not knowing. 84 00:05:21,588 --> 00:05:24,524 It's impossible to know for sure. 85 00:05:24,557 --> 00:05:27,495 Losing Dawn, after all that Buffy's been through-- 86 00:05:27,528 --> 00:05:30,230 I think it's pushed her too far, into some sort of catatonia. 87 00:05:30,262 --> 00:05:32,365 You don't need a diploma to see that. 88 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:35,268 Snap her out of it. Buffy! 89 00:05:36,769 --> 00:05:39,740 -Oi! Rise and shine, love! -Spike. 90 00:05:39,773 --> 00:05:42,209 Come on, people. Girl's endowed with Slayer strength. 91 00:05:42,242 --> 00:05:44,577 It's hardly the time to get dainty. Buffy! 92 00:05:44,612 --> 00:05:45,913 We tried that! 93 00:05:47,047 --> 00:05:48,215 Ow! 94 00:05:48,247 --> 00:05:50,884 -We didn't try that. -Are you insane? 95 00:05:50,918 --> 00:05:52,886 We could be dealing with neurological damage here. 96 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,423 -You want to kill her? -We have to do something. 97 00:05:56,456 --> 00:05:59,692 I can't just sit here watching. You waste time with kid gloves. 98 00:05:59,726 --> 00:06:02,629 I'm willing to wager, when all's said and done, Buffy likes it rough. 99 00:06:04,732 --> 00:06:06,033 Separate. 100 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:15,776 Buffy's out. Glory has Dawn. 101 00:06:15,809 --> 00:06:17,877 Sometime real soon, she's gonna use Dawn... 102 00:06:17,911 --> 00:06:20,781 to tear down the barrier between every dimension there is, 103 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:25,853 so if you two want to fight, you do it after the world ends, okay? 104 00:06:25,886 --> 00:06:29,689 All right. First, we head back to Sunnydale. 105 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:32,192 Xander'll take Giles to a hospital. 106 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:34,293 Anya's looking after Tara, 107 00:06:34,326 --> 00:06:37,396 and, Spike, you find Glory. 108 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:39,699 Check her apartment. See if she's still there. 109 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:42,603 Try anything stupid like payback 110 00:06:42,636 --> 00:06:44,971 and I will get very cranky. 111 00:06:47,841 --> 00:06:49,141 Everyone clear? 112 00:06:51,144 --> 00:06:52,411 Anya? 113 00:06:52,446 --> 00:06:55,716 Um, w-what will you do? 114 00:06:55,749 --> 00:06:59,552 -I'll help Buffy. -Okay, then. 115 00:06:59,586 --> 00:07:02,790 TARA: The world is spinning... 116 00:07:02,822 --> 00:07:06,826 straight to a new day. Big day. Big, big day. -Shh. 117 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:09,562 -WILLOW: Shh, shh, shh. -(moans) 118 00:07:09,596 --> 00:07:13,266 Uh, Wil? Now, uh... 119 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:16,103 don't turn me into a horned toad for asking, 120 00:07:16,136 --> 00:07:19,807 but, what if we come across Ben? 121 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:22,742 I-I don't think a doctor's what Buffy needs right now. 122 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:26,079 Well, yeah. Especially not one who also happens to be Glory. 123 00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:29,917 -What do you mean? -You know. Ben is Glory. 124 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:32,519 You mean... Ben's with Glory? 125 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:35,588 "With" in what sense? 126 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:38,625 -They're working together? -No. No. 127 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:41,661 Ben is Glory. Glory's Ben. They're one and the same. 128 00:07:44,731 --> 00:07:46,165 Well, when did all this happen? 129 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:49,569 Not one hour ago. Right here, before your very eyes. 130 00:07:50,838 --> 00:07:53,105 Ben came, turned into Glory, 131 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:55,875 snatched the kid, and pftt! Vanished. Remember? 132 00:07:58,011 --> 00:07:59,713 You do remember? 133 00:08:01,180 --> 00:08:02,983 Is everyone here very stoned? 134 00:08:05,017 --> 00:08:09,122 Ben! Glory! He's a doctor. She's The Beast. 135 00:08:09,156 --> 00:08:11,959 Two entirely separate entities sharing one body. 136 00:08:11,992 --> 00:08:14,562 It's like a bloody sitcom. Surely you remember. 137 00:08:14,595 --> 00:08:17,029 So you're saying... 138 00:08:17,064 --> 00:08:20,466 -Ben and Glory-- -Have a connection. 139 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,636 Yes, obviously. But what kind? 140 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:26,005 (snickers) Oh, I get it. 141 00:08:26,038 --> 00:08:28,207 That's very crafty. 142 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,343 Glory's worked the kind of mojo 143 00:08:30,377 --> 00:08:33,513 where anyone who sees her little presto-chango instantly forgets. 144 00:08:33,547 --> 00:08:36,549 And yours truly, being somewhat other than human, stands immune. 145 00:08:38,250 --> 00:08:43,023 So... Ben and Glory... a-are the same person? 146 00:08:44,356 --> 00:08:46,693 Glory can turn into Ben, 147 00:08:46,726 --> 00:08:49,897 and Ben turns back into Glory. 148 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:53,200 And anyone who sees it instantly forgets. 149 00:08:53,232 --> 00:08:55,702 (sighs) And a Kewpie doll for the lady. 150 00:08:56,937 --> 00:09:00,673 Excellent. Now... 151 00:09:00,707 --> 00:09:03,876 do we suspect that there may be some kind of connection 152 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:06,245 between Ben and Glory? 153 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:09,282 (sighs) 154 00:09:19,993 --> 00:09:22,962 The key. The key. 155 00:09:22,995 --> 00:09:25,432 -(loud hammering) -MEN: (continue chanting) The key. The key. 156 00:09:25,465 --> 00:09:28,368 (sawing) 157 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,571 (chanting continues) The key, the key. 158 00:09:43,817 --> 00:09:46,919 GLORY: Unbelievable how annoying the groupies can be. (chanting) 159 00:09:46,953 --> 00:09:50,256 They merely sense that tonight, at last, the dimensional portal shall open. 160 00:09:50,289 --> 00:09:53,059 GRONX: Ushering in the long and bloody reign of the great-- 161 00:09:53,092 --> 00:09:56,797 -What's he doing? -(praying) 162 00:09:56,830 --> 00:10:01,301 -I must anoint the key. -You really don't. Go. 163 00:10:01,333 --> 00:10:02,501 -But-- -Get out! 164 00:10:02,534 --> 00:10:03,971 Get out! Get out! 165 00:10:07,606 --> 00:10:09,743 -(door slams) -You know, 166 00:10:09,777 --> 00:10:14,346 you recapture your godhood and unleash Armageddon, and all of a sudden 167 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:16,716 everybody wants to be a part of the inner circle. 168 00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:22,889 -(whimpers) -(sighs) You okay? 169 00:10:25,524 --> 00:10:27,527 (weakly) I want to go home. 170 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:32,032 Sweetie! Oh. 171 00:10:35,302 --> 00:10:38,605 -You're about to. -(sobs) 172 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:40,673 Not that fake suburban nightmare 173 00:10:40,707 --> 00:10:42,775 the monks cooked up for you, I mean your real home. 174 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:47,047 As the key, you fit in a lock. 175 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:52,351 Well, it's like a lock. Hey. You want a pizza? 176 00:10:52,384 --> 00:10:55,688 -No. -Pillow? 177 00:10:55,722 --> 00:10:58,057 I don't know if this thing gets cable. Doubtful. 178 00:10:58,091 --> 00:11:02,195 (sobbing) Please. Stop. 179 00:11:02,229 --> 00:11:05,698 -You nervous? -Yes. 180 00:11:08,034 --> 00:11:12,538 I know how you feel. It is your last night. 181 00:11:13,941 --> 00:11:16,543 As, you know, a human. 182 00:11:16,576 --> 00:11:20,913 This body? Ugh. It's just a rental, Dawnie. 183 00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:24,583 Being human-- It's like a costume for girls like you and me. 184 00:11:25,786 --> 00:11:28,855 Being something else-- that's what we are. 185 00:11:28,889 --> 00:11:30,256 (softly) Don't. 186 00:11:31,924 --> 00:11:33,192 What? 187 00:11:33,225 --> 00:11:35,863 Don't call me "Dawnie." 188 00:11:35,895 --> 00:11:38,097 (chuckles) 189 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:44,004 (chuckling) Wow. 190 00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:46,206 You know, that actually hurt my feelings. 191 00:11:46,239 --> 00:11:50,309 -I'm sorry. -Not the point. 192 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:56,182 I'm just thinking. Here I am, trying to make you feel better, 193 00:11:56,216 --> 00:11:59,686 when comforting others-- not part of my life. 194 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:03,190 And I'm doing it so I can stop 195 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:05,958 feeling so, um-- 196 00:12:06,994 --> 00:12:10,462 (snapping fingers) Help me out. Guilty? 197 00:12:11,999 --> 00:12:15,302 Guilty. (chuckles) That's it. 198 00:12:18,938 --> 00:12:21,740 But I'm not supposed to feel guilty. 199 00:12:21,774 --> 00:12:23,743 I'm not supposed to feel anything. 200 00:12:23,777 --> 00:12:28,447 I'm-I'm-- I'm a God. I'm above it. 201 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,251 I'm-- You. 202 00:12:34,453 --> 00:12:36,556 You did this to me, didn't you? 203 00:12:36,588 --> 00:12:39,225 Some sort of spell. You've been hanging with the Wicca. 204 00:12:39,259 --> 00:12:40,559 You could have-- 205 00:12:40,592 --> 00:12:41,928 But no. 206 00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:46,099 Not magic. It's something else. 207 00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:48,434 Still, it is you doing this. 208 00:12:49,701 --> 00:12:51,738 I-I'm not doing anything. 209 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:54,474 -I swear. -We'll see. 210 00:12:55,842 --> 00:12:58,245 Anoint this thing now! 211 00:12:58,278 --> 00:13:01,648 You know what they're all chanting for out there, Dawnie? 212 00:13:01,681 --> 00:13:06,586 Blood. 'Cause we found out your blood is the key to the key. 213 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:09,589 All I gotta do is bleed you dry, 214 00:13:09,621 --> 00:13:13,092 -the portal opens up, and I can go home. -(praying) 215 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:17,463 So knock yourself out, girlfriend. Make me feel bad as you can. 216 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:24,636 'Cause tomorrow you bleed, little girl. 217 00:13:27,139 --> 00:13:28,607 ANYA: You sure you know what you're doing? 218 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,342 I think so. 219 00:13:31,543 --> 00:13:34,147 I don't know. 220 00:13:34,181 --> 00:13:37,716 It's not exactly well-explored territory, but... 221 00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:40,452 I gotta try. 222 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:43,623 A spell like this could be really dangerous for Buffy. 223 00:13:43,655 --> 00:13:45,825 And you. TARA: Time-- 224 00:13:45,859 --> 00:13:48,161 Oh, time is coming. 225 00:13:48,195 --> 00:13:53,033 Shh. It's okay. I'm here. (whimpering) 226 00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:57,703 -You'll look after her while I'm-- -Sure. 227 00:13:57,736 --> 00:13:59,206 What do I do? 228 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:04,177 Mostly just be here for her. 229 00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:07,980 And there's some pills in my knapsack. 230 00:14:08,014 --> 00:14:11,250 Half of one every two hours keeps her pretty mellow. 231 00:14:11,283 --> 00:14:13,352 Y-You think you'll be gone more than two hours? 232 00:14:14,721 --> 00:14:17,557 -Wish me luck? -(sighing) Okay. 233 00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:23,529 -(feigning enthusiasm) Good luck! -Thanks. 234 00:14:26,298 --> 00:14:29,068 Okay. Be good now, sweetie. 235 00:14:29,101 --> 00:14:32,639 I'll be back as soon as I can. Okay? 236 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:35,475 We're good? 237 00:14:39,778 --> 00:14:42,749 (whimpers) 238 00:14:46,818 --> 00:14:48,455 (softly) Good luck. 239 00:15:54,354 --> 00:15:57,624 Hi, Willow. 240 00:15:59,658 --> 00:16:01,128 Hello, Buffy. 241 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:29,781 YOUNG BUFFY: What are you doing here? 242 00:17:31,483 --> 00:17:35,387 Actually, I'm, uh, looking for you. 243 00:17:35,422 --> 00:17:37,923 Do you like dolls? 244 00:17:37,957 --> 00:17:41,027 Buffy, what are you doing here? 245 00:17:41,059 --> 00:17:43,195 I like it here. 246 00:17:43,230 --> 00:17:45,964 But... 247 00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:48,234 you know we need you. 248 00:17:48,268 --> 00:17:51,403 -You have to come out. -Why? 249 00:17:51,438 --> 00:17:53,605 To be with your friends. 250 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,942 It's a big day for me. 251 00:17:55,974 --> 00:17:57,609 -(door opens) -WOMAN: Hello? 252 00:17:57,644 --> 00:17:59,746 Mommy! Daddy! 253 00:17:59,778 --> 00:18:01,913 You're back! You're back! 254 00:18:01,948 --> 00:18:04,916 -Hello, Buffy. -How's my girl? 255 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:08,988 Are you ready to meet your new baby sister? 256 00:18:09,020 --> 00:18:12,892 Oh, come on, now, Buffy. She's nothing to be afraid of. 257 00:18:12,924 --> 00:18:15,795 -Who's afraid? -Don't you want to be the big sister? 258 00:18:15,827 --> 00:18:18,298 No. I want to be the baby. 259 00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:21,768 -DAD: Buffy. -You're gonna pay more attention to her 260 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,836 and forget all about me. 261 00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:26,439 Oh. 262 00:18:26,472 --> 00:18:30,176 -(gurgling) -Doesn't she look funny? 263 00:18:30,210 --> 00:18:32,711 Like a wrinkly old grandpa. 264 00:18:34,213 --> 00:18:36,015 Like this. 265 00:18:36,048 --> 00:18:39,451 Okay, support the head. There you go. 266 00:18:39,486 --> 00:18:41,621 We're calling her Dawn. 267 00:18:41,653 --> 00:18:43,055 Dawn. 268 00:18:44,691 --> 00:18:46,625 I-I could be the one 269 00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:50,563 to look after her sometimes if you need a helper. 270 00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:54,032 Mom? Can I take care of her? 271 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:57,836 (chuckles) Yes, Buffy, you can take care of her. 272 00:18:57,869 --> 00:18:59,806 (footsteps) 273 00:19:12,519 --> 00:19:14,421 Okay. 274 00:19:20,426 --> 00:19:23,128 Can you, uh-- 275 00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:25,298 There. 276 00:19:25,332 --> 00:19:29,301 How you doin'? It only hurts when I answer pointless questions. 277 00:19:29,336 --> 00:19:33,005 Where's Buffy? Willow's on it. Or in it. 278 00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:35,842 She's workin' some spell, trying to reach Buffy psychically. 279 00:19:35,875 --> 00:19:39,246 She's gone into Buffy's mind? Pretty trippy stuff. 280 00:19:39,278 --> 00:19:43,883 It's extraordinarily advanced. I was thinking we should check on Glory's victims... 281 00:19:43,915 --> 00:19:47,487 while we're here. The mental ward? I already been. 282 00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:49,521 The vegetable section's closed. Nobody there. 283 00:19:49,556 --> 00:19:52,491 It's like they all just got up and walked away. (gasping) 284 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:56,328 Checked out Glory's flat. Looks like the great one has scampered. 285 00:19:56,363 --> 00:19:58,897 Gone to, uh, perform her ritual with Dawn 286 00:19:58,931 --> 00:20:01,233 and leaving us entirely clueless. 287 00:20:01,268 --> 00:20:04,036 Not entirely. 288 00:20:04,069 --> 00:20:07,006 I know this bloke. 289 00:20:07,038 --> 00:20:09,875 Well, not so much a bloke so much as a demon. 290 00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:15,281 But still bookish. All tuned in to the nastier corners of this, our magic world. 291 00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:17,250 It's a bit of a last resort, really, 292 00:20:17,284 --> 00:20:20,086 but still, we might persuade him... 293 00:20:20,118 --> 00:20:22,221 to suss out Glory's game plan. 294 00:20:25,424 --> 00:20:27,826 -Sound worthy? -(sighs) 295 00:20:29,296 --> 00:20:32,632 Off we go, then. Meet back at the shop. 296 00:20:32,664 --> 00:20:37,068 (coughing) Found Ben's room at Glory's. Didn't learn much. 297 00:20:37,103 --> 00:20:41,540 Wait, wait, wait, wait. Ben? At Glory's? 298 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:43,710 You're saying all this time he's been subletting from her? 299 00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:46,045 This is gonna be worth it. 300 00:20:46,077 --> 00:20:48,280 -Ow! -Ow! 301 00:20:48,315 --> 00:20:51,983 (chuckling) Last time. From the top. 302 00:20:53,853 --> 00:20:56,221 (sighs) I'm hating this, Murk. 303 00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:59,558 And "this" would be what exactly, Your Holiness? 304 00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:03,663 Memories. I'm starting to remember the things Ben did, 305 00:21:03,695 --> 00:21:06,231 people he spoke with, stuff he wore. 306 00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:08,134 Mmm. Kid. 307 00:21:10,036 --> 00:21:13,640 I came-- He came to see you, didn't he? 308 00:21:13,673 --> 00:21:17,009 -Ben? -Yeah, Ben! 309 00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:22,914 You called him to the desert when you were hiding from me. 310 00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:26,919 And he came. And then he was me. You remember? 311 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:28,820 Yes. 312 00:21:28,855 --> 00:21:31,857 (gasps) See? She's not supposed to remember that. 313 00:21:31,891 --> 00:21:35,761 Nobody should! The cloak between Ben and me is fading. 314 00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:39,566 I almost helped her! He-- I wanted to. 315 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:42,634 Huh! I can't do this! 316 00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:48,875 -Get him out of me. -Wh-What? 317 00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:53,311 Ben. The human meatsack who's infecting me. 318 00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:55,347 Do your mojo. Make an incision... 319 00:21:55,382 --> 00:21:57,282 or removal or whatever you gotta do. 320 00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:00,219 (sniffling) Help me. 321 00:22:00,251 --> 00:22:03,055 I'm-I'm thinking Ben's thoughts, 322 00:22:03,088 --> 00:22:06,025 and I'm feeling his feelings 323 00:22:06,057 --> 00:22:08,795 and-- (groans) I-- 324 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:10,663 Can't kill the girl. 325 00:22:12,263 --> 00:22:13,833 Damn it. 326 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:18,069 Help me. 327 00:22:18,104 --> 00:22:21,007 Th-This I cannot do. 328 00:22:21,039 --> 00:22:23,809 You risk terrible magics 329 00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:26,011 in opening the portal. 330 00:22:26,045 --> 00:22:27,980 Nothing comes without a price. 331 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:30,182 This is yours. 332 00:22:30,215 --> 00:22:34,220 (breathing heavily) Gods don't pay. 333 00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:40,593 -(gasps) -We do this now. 334 00:22:44,130 --> 00:22:46,665 Hey! I know you. 335 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:48,567 You-You're the first original Slayer 336 00:22:48,601 --> 00:22:50,802 who tried killing us all in our dreams. 337 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:54,507 How've you been? 338 00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:56,075 Death is your gift. 339 00:22:57,242 --> 00:23:00,680 -Death is my gift? -Wait. Death is her what? 340 00:23:00,712 --> 00:23:02,449 Death is your gift. 341 00:23:17,763 --> 00:23:19,230 Where are you going? 342 00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:22,401 -MURK: Glorificus! Wait! 343 00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:24,770 Kill the key now, and all will be lost. 344 00:23:24,804 --> 00:23:27,539 We'll be stuck on this mortal plane forever. 345 00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:30,409 (choking) All right. You're right. 346 00:23:30,442 --> 00:23:35,381 It's cool. I'm just a little emotional right now. 347 00:23:35,413 --> 00:23:37,884 (chuckles) Which, if you're into irony-- funny. 348 00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:42,588 Leave. We need a little girl time. Good-bye. 349 00:23:47,826 --> 00:23:49,996 How do they do it? 350 00:23:50,028 --> 00:23:52,330 -(door closes) -Do what? 351 00:23:52,364 --> 00:23:55,300 People. How do they function here like this 352 00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:57,836 in the world with all this bile running through them? 353 00:23:57,869 --> 00:24:01,440 Every day, it's whoo! You have no control. They're not even animals. 354 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:03,409 They're just these meatbaggy slaves 355 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:05,411 to hormones and pheromones 356 00:24:05,443 --> 00:24:07,346 and their-- and their feelings. 357 00:24:07,378 --> 00:24:10,249 Hate 'em. I mean, really. 358 00:24:10,281 --> 00:24:12,951 Is this what the poets go on about? This? 359 00:24:14,854 --> 00:24:16,788 Call me crazy, but as hard-core drugs go, 360 00:24:16,823 --> 00:24:19,025 human emotion is just useless. 361 00:24:19,057 --> 00:24:21,661 People are puppets, everyone getting jerked around 362 00:24:21,693 --> 00:24:23,128 by what they're feelin'. 363 00:24:23,162 --> 00:24:27,199 Am I wrong? Really. I want to know. 364 00:24:29,902 --> 00:24:31,971 Gonna bleed you either way. 365 00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:36,208 Depends on the person. 366 00:24:36,241 --> 00:24:39,878 So you're saying some people like this. Some. 367 00:24:39,912 --> 00:24:42,381 Funny, 'cause I look around at this world 368 00:24:42,413 --> 00:24:45,317 you're so eager to be a part of, and all I see 369 00:24:45,351 --> 00:24:48,386 is six billion lunatics looking for the fastest ride out. 370 00:24:49,756 --> 00:24:52,724 Who's not crazy? Look around. 371 00:24:52,759 --> 00:24:56,828 Everyone's drinking, smoking, shooting up... 372 00:24:56,863 --> 00:25:00,066 shooting each other, or just plane screwing their brains out 373 00:25:00,098 --> 00:25:01,867 'cause they don't want 'em anymore. 374 00:25:03,702 --> 00:25:05,738 I'm crazy? 375 00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:08,540 Honey, I'm the original one-eyed chicklet 376 00:25:08,575 --> 00:25:10,643 in the kingdom of the blind-- 377 00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:13,846 (sighs) 'Cause at least I admit the world makes me nuts. 378 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,682 Name one person who can take it here. 379 00:25:16,715 --> 00:25:18,684 That's all I'm asking. 380 00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:20,920 Name one. 381 00:25:20,952 --> 00:25:23,055 Buffy. 382 00:25:28,728 --> 00:25:33,031 I can't keep following you around like this, Buffy. We have to go. 383 00:25:34,299 --> 00:25:37,604 You have to talk to... me. 384 00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:49,882 -I'm sorry. -Don't be. 385 00:25:51,217 --> 00:25:54,185 Death is my gift. 386 00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:58,423 Yeah, I keep hearing that, but I'm not exactly sure what it means. 387 00:25:58,457 --> 00:26:01,527 It's really not that complicated. 388 00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:03,394 Not for you, maybe. 389 00:26:06,932 --> 00:26:09,535 It's what I do. 390 00:26:09,567 --> 00:26:12,270 I mean, come on. You've known me... for how long? 391 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:16,075 It's what I'm here for. It's all I am. 392 00:26:17,175 --> 00:26:21,713 -(softly weeping) -Buffy, stop! 393 00:26:21,748 --> 00:26:23,449 -(struggling breaths) -No! 394 00:26:25,116 --> 00:26:26,653 God, no! 395 00:26:26,685 --> 00:26:28,988 What? 396 00:26:29,020 --> 00:26:32,625 I keep telling you, Wil. I-I figured it out. 397 00:26:32,659 --> 00:26:34,794 Death is my gift. 398 00:26:43,970 --> 00:26:46,337 Oh, Ben. This is really not a good time. 399 00:26:46,372 --> 00:26:48,240 (breathing hard) 400 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:50,442 Dawn, has Glory hurt you? 401 00:26:50,476 --> 00:26:54,681 Uh, no. Not yet. 402 00:26:54,713 --> 00:26:57,449 But I have to get out of here. 403 00:26:59,818 --> 00:27:02,320 Ben? 404 00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:05,290 You okay? 405 00:27:06,692 --> 00:27:08,126 Where is it? 406 00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:12,163 Wh-Where's what? 407 00:27:12,198 --> 00:27:14,866 All the blood. 408 00:27:14,901 --> 00:27:19,838 I can feel it, still warm and wet. 409 00:27:19,872 --> 00:27:23,342 And Glory. Oh, God. 410 00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:27,145 She slaughtered hundreds of men. 411 00:27:27,179 --> 00:27:29,280 But I can feel them breaking. 412 00:27:29,315 --> 00:27:33,652 Ben. Something is happening to both you and Glory. 413 00:27:33,685 --> 00:27:37,455 (breathing hard) I'm remembering her, aren't I? 414 00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:39,991 The things she's done. Things she's going to do. 415 00:27:40,026 --> 00:27:43,028 I know. Sh-She told me. 416 00:27:43,061 --> 00:27:46,065 I think, whatever the magic is that keeps you guys apart 417 00:27:46,097 --> 00:27:48,534 is starting to break down. 418 00:27:48,567 --> 00:27:50,970 Ben, Glory could come back any minute. 419 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:53,204 How could she do this? 420 00:27:53,239 --> 00:27:56,041 I don't know. But we have to get out of here 421 00:27:56,075 --> 00:27:59,846 and find Buffy. No! I mean, I have a job. 422 00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:02,013 I have a life. And Glory? 423 00:28:02,048 --> 00:28:04,150 She never once thinks about me in all this. 424 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:06,551 (knocking on door) 425 00:28:08,287 --> 00:28:10,923 -Help me. -How? 426 00:28:10,957 --> 00:28:12,391 HIGH PRIEST: Highness? 427 00:28:13,925 --> 00:28:15,426 Please. 428 00:28:15,461 --> 00:28:16,895 HIGH PRIEST: Is everything all right? 429 00:28:18,865 --> 00:28:19,932 You're not-- 430 00:28:26,605 --> 00:28:29,842 I'll take you as far as I can. Ditch you before she comes back. 431 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,778 WILLOW: Okay. Now, this is weird. 432 00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:36,281 Hi, Willow. What are you doing here? 433 00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:39,786 Actually, I'm, uh, looking for you here. 434 00:28:39,818 --> 00:28:41,720 Again. 435 00:28:45,057 --> 00:28:47,058 Do you like dolls? 436 00:28:47,093 --> 00:28:51,730 No, and I think we already "deja'd" this vu. 437 00:28:51,763 --> 00:28:54,532 (giggles) You talk funny. 438 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:56,969 Yes. As you'll tell me again 439 00:28:57,002 --> 00:28:59,637 when we're older and in chem class. 440 00:28:59,671 --> 00:29:02,641 Buffy, what are we doing here? 441 00:29:02,673 --> 00:29:04,576 Don't you like it here? 442 00:29:04,609 --> 00:29:07,413 We don't have time. 443 00:29:07,445 --> 00:29:09,816 -(door opening) -Mommy! Daddy! 444 00:29:09,848 --> 00:29:12,984 DAD: We're home! YOUNG BUFFY: You're back! You're back! 445 00:29:13,019 --> 00:29:15,520 Hi, Buffy. 446 00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:20,092 We're calling her Dawn. 447 00:29:25,832 --> 00:29:27,298 (baby cries softly) 448 00:29:27,333 --> 00:29:30,269 I could be the one to look after her sometimes. 449 00:29:38,210 --> 00:29:41,047 -(knocking on door) -It's always open! 450 00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:43,648 What can I do for you boys? 451 00:29:43,682 --> 00:29:45,284 Want some cocoa? 452 00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:48,287 SPIKE: No. 453 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:50,455 We need information. We need-- 454 00:29:50,489 --> 00:29:52,157 Ben's Glory! 455 00:29:52,191 --> 00:29:53,791 Who's what? 456 00:29:53,826 --> 00:29:55,794 Look at this-- Special Ed remembers. 457 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:59,365 Yeah, I do. Ben's Glory, and Glory's Ben. 458 00:29:59,397 --> 00:30:01,633 It's like this fog's liftin'. 459 00:30:01,666 --> 00:30:03,602 Wonderful. But not why we're here. 460 00:30:03,634 --> 00:30:06,204 Hell-god type, name of Glory-- 461 00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:09,275 -XANDER: A.K.A. Ben-- -Has gone missing. 462 00:30:09,307 --> 00:30:11,343 She's brewing up some major league bad. 463 00:30:11,376 --> 00:30:14,012 And she's nicked the Slayer's kid sister in the bargain. 464 00:30:14,046 --> 00:30:18,817 Hmm. That girl you brought here. Sweet little thing. 465 00:30:18,851 --> 00:30:23,689 How'd things work out with her mom? Changed her mind, didn't she? 466 00:30:23,721 --> 00:30:27,259 Yeah. You got any idea where Glory would take her? 467 00:30:28,594 --> 00:30:33,398 Glory. Glory. Ooh! 468 00:30:33,432 --> 00:30:35,867 Y-You don't mean Glorificus? 469 00:30:35,902 --> 00:30:38,670 Gosh. What do you want to get mixed up with her for? 470 00:30:38,703 --> 00:30:40,638 That's a sure way to get yourselves killed. 471 00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:43,075 I hear she's awfully unpleasant. 472 00:30:43,108 --> 00:30:45,844 When it comes to hell-gods, my best advice... 473 00:30:45,877 --> 00:30:49,214 is get out of the way and stay there. 474 00:30:49,248 --> 00:30:51,217 Love to. Can't. 475 00:30:51,250 --> 00:30:56,587 Well, uh, other than that, I'd like to help. 476 00:30:58,289 --> 00:31:00,526 But I-I'm a small town guy. 477 00:31:00,558 --> 00:31:03,362 This Glorificus-- if it is her-- 478 00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:05,696 Whew. She's big city. 479 00:31:05,730 --> 00:31:07,499 She's got Dawn. 480 00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:08,934 Right. 481 00:31:10,936 --> 00:31:13,105 Well, I may know a fella, 482 00:31:13,138 --> 00:31:15,540 you know, who knows a fella in-in China. 483 00:31:15,574 --> 00:31:18,176 He might-- How the hell are we supposed to get to China? 484 00:31:18,210 --> 00:31:20,211 -Teleport? -I guess. 485 00:31:20,246 --> 00:31:24,282 You know, if you're in that much of a hurry, I wish you luck. 486 00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:26,085 You're lying. 487 00:31:27,385 --> 00:31:30,056 And what's more, I believe you're standing... 488 00:31:30,088 --> 00:31:32,157 right in front of the very thing we need. 489 00:31:37,895 --> 00:31:41,267 -(whispering) Idiot. -(grunts) Get him! 490 00:31:42,433 --> 00:31:43,801 (grunting) 491 00:31:48,807 --> 00:31:52,478 You think only underworld bottom-feeders worship The Beast? 492 00:32:00,618 --> 00:32:03,654 Her day is coming, boys! 493 00:32:03,689 --> 00:32:06,992 And when she returns, then you're gonna see something. 494 00:32:12,530 --> 00:32:14,400 -(groans) -Ow! 495 00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:17,336 (grunting) 496 00:32:28,146 --> 00:32:31,717 What do we got? Something worth dying for. 497 00:32:33,951 --> 00:32:36,188 (sizzling) 498 00:32:43,828 --> 00:32:46,698 WILLOW: Buffy, will you just stop a second and listen to me? 499 00:32:46,731 --> 00:32:48,866 Buffy. 500 00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:51,869 You have to stop doing this. Doing what? 501 00:32:51,903 --> 00:32:54,272 -Killing Dawn. -Why? 502 00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:56,275 Because this never happened. 503 00:32:56,307 --> 00:32:58,443 You never killed your sister. 504 00:32:58,477 --> 00:33:02,681 -Wil, I did this. -In your imagination. 505 00:33:02,713 --> 00:33:04,482 None of this is real. 506 00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:06,817 Y-You're stuck in some kind of loop. 507 00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:10,521 I don't know what you're talking about. Excuse me. 508 00:33:10,556 --> 00:33:13,791 Buffy, why are you doing this? 509 00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:16,028 (panting, gasping) 510 00:33:16,061 --> 00:33:20,066 I think they see us. Stay close to me. Don't look back. 511 00:33:20,098 --> 00:33:21,900 (breathing nervously) 512 00:33:23,868 --> 00:33:25,936 Shh! Stay very still. (men chattering) 513 00:33:32,411 --> 00:33:34,011 (grunts) 514 00:33:35,780 --> 00:33:37,182 I'm sorry. 515 00:33:38,717 --> 00:33:40,086 Sorry? 516 00:33:41,386 --> 00:33:45,290 That actually hurt, you prepubescent puke. 517 00:33:53,030 --> 00:33:55,901 Okay. First thought-- just totally spontaneous, unfiltered, 518 00:33:55,933 --> 00:33:58,036 off the top of my head: Ow! 519 00:33:58,069 --> 00:34:00,038 (clattering) 520 00:34:00,071 --> 00:34:04,175 You hit Ben in his soft human head, and I remember the pain. 521 00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:07,078 (gasps, cries out) 522 00:34:07,113 --> 00:34:10,047 You probably think I won't waste any precious blood of yours till tonight. 523 00:34:10,081 --> 00:34:12,251 You're right. But I know 524 00:34:12,284 --> 00:34:14,385 -a thousand ways to hurt you... -(screams) 525 00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:17,922 that won't spill a drop-- and you know those pesky feelings I've been having? 526 00:34:17,956 --> 00:34:19,391 Like guilt, empathy? 527 00:34:19,425 --> 00:34:22,893 I decided I'm gonna take 'em and mash 'em back down where they belong. Okay? 528 00:34:22,927 --> 00:34:26,097 Now, let's have big girl fun-- 529 00:34:26,132 --> 00:34:27,932 -(gasps) -Just you and-- 530 00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:29,900 -Ow! -Leave her alone. 531 00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:35,072 I said, leave her alone. 532 00:34:35,106 --> 00:34:39,244 No, no. Little late in the game to start growing a backbone, Benjamin. 533 00:34:39,277 --> 00:34:42,079 Now, be good, and stay quiet. No, you don't! 534 00:34:42,114 --> 00:34:44,449 Get over yourself, Ben! 535 00:34:44,483 --> 00:34:47,318 This is the way things are. I'm strong. You're weak. 536 00:34:47,353 --> 00:34:51,056 (chuckles) This is reality. Stop trying to infect me with your-- 537 00:34:51,088 --> 00:34:53,724 Do you ever stop talking? 538 00:34:53,759 --> 00:34:56,795 I don't know which is worse. waking up in a dress, not knowing where I've been, 539 00:34:56,827 --> 00:35:00,465 or having to hear all your self-involved ranting! 540 00:35:00,498 --> 00:35:03,101 -Animal. -Wrong, Glory. I'm no animal. 541 00:35:03,135 --> 00:35:05,137 This is humanity you're feeling. 542 00:35:05,170 --> 00:35:08,005 -Welcome to the world. -No, no, no! 543 00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:13,911 Stick around, chica. 544 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:16,481 I won't let you hurt her, Glory. 545 00:35:16,514 --> 00:35:19,818 Ooh! Shut your hole, you sanctimonious little meatworm. 546 00:35:19,851 --> 00:35:23,054 I'm going home no matter what you do. 547 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:28,659 You really think I'll just let that happen? 548 00:35:28,693 --> 00:35:31,197 Benjamin, what are you doing? 549 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:33,498 You need her blood? 550 00:35:33,532 --> 00:35:36,534 When I'm through, there won't be enough left to fill a bottle cap. 551 00:35:36,568 --> 00:35:39,237 -Then you, hellbitch, have nowhere left-- -To go. (gasps) 552 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:43,875 (bottle shatters) 553 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:47,679 You can't hurt her, and you know it, Ben. 554 00:35:49,347 --> 00:35:51,817 I know it because I feel what you're feeling. 555 00:35:51,849 --> 00:35:54,719 Scared. Shh! Shh! It's okay. 556 00:35:54,753 --> 00:35:57,789 You don't want to die. Who would? 557 00:35:57,822 --> 00:36:00,858 -(chuckles) I don't. -You can't. You're immortal. 558 00:36:02,059 --> 00:36:04,795 GLORY: Nobody has to die here, Ben. 559 00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:08,666 Just let me bleed the girl and go home. Everything'll work out fine. 560 00:36:08,699 --> 00:36:12,237 Do you really believe, with all I know, that you can trick me? 561 00:36:12,271 --> 00:36:14,539 Stop and think, baby. 562 00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:17,708 We bleed the kid, return me to my seat of power. 563 00:36:17,742 --> 00:36:19,878 I become a God again. 564 00:36:19,911 --> 00:36:24,750 -And I disappear. -Ooh, unless somebody up there likes you. 565 00:36:24,782 --> 00:36:28,820 Give up the girl, I could like you a lot. 566 00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:31,590 BEN: I won't make a deal with you, Glory. 567 00:36:31,623 --> 00:36:34,025 When exactly did you get stupid? 568 00:36:34,059 --> 00:36:37,128 I'm offering immortality here. 569 00:36:39,797 --> 00:36:42,601 I believe you. That's not the problem. 570 00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:44,735 You make me immortal. Then what? 571 00:36:44,769 --> 00:36:47,606 I have to kill her to do it, and I won't be able to live with that. 572 00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:49,907 Not even for a day. Forget about eternity. 573 00:36:49,940 --> 00:36:52,911 Hey, baby, Baby, baby Ben. 574 00:36:52,943 --> 00:36:55,614 Why do you worry so much? 575 00:36:55,646 --> 00:36:59,918 When you're immortal, all this crap you've been carrying around inside-- 576 00:36:59,951 --> 00:37:03,922 The guilt, the anger, the crazy-making pain-- 577 00:37:03,954 --> 00:37:07,726 Ooh, it all just melts away like ice cream. 578 00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:11,061 Trust me. When all this is over, 579 00:37:11,096 --> 00:37:13,632 I can set you up real nice. 580 00:37:13,664 --> 00:37:15,800 I'm makin' it easy. 581 00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:18,269 It's you or the girl. 582 00:37:19,637 --> 00:37:22,641 I can't accept that. (breathing heavily) 583 00:37:22,673 --> 00:37:25,476 Accept it. (chuckles) 584 00:37:25,510 --> 00:37:28,079 I'm a God, stupid. 585 00:37:36,487 --> 00:37:39,958 I'm sorry. 586 00:37:39,990 --> 00:37:42,126 (gasps) 587 00:37:43,961 --> 00:37:46,297 Don't make this harder than it already is. 588 00:37:46,331 --> 00:37:49,800 I'm sorry. I got no choice. It's you or me. 589 00:37:58,043 --> 00:38:01,780 No. Buffy! Leave Dawn alone. What is this? 590 00:38:01,813 --> 00:38:04,181 My gift. This is what I do. 591 00:38:04,215 --> 00:38:07,018 I'm not talking about this. I'm talking about... 592 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:10,054 this. 593 00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:21,266 Right here, it happened. I know 594 00:38:21,298 --> 00:38:24,635 it's something small, but it's something. 595 00:38:24,670 --> 00:38:27,873 -What? -Don't go there, Wil. 596 00:38:27,905 --> 00:38:31,677 I'm not. You're the one who keeps dragging me back here. 597 00:38:31,710 --> 00:38:33,811 A-And you wouldn't be doing that... 598 00:38:33,844 --> 00:38:37,047 if you weren't trying to show me something. 599 00:38:37,081 --> 00:38:39,684 Do I? 600 00:38:39,717 --> 00:38:42,853 Buffy, come on. It-it's your brain. Just tell me. 601 00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:48,193 WILLOW: What happened here? 602 00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:52,364 This was when I quit, Wil. 603 00:38:52,398 --> 00:38:55,132 You did? 604 00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:56,902 Just for a second. 605 00:38:58,268 --> 00:39:00,204 -BUFFY: I remember. 606 00:39:00,237 --> 00:39:02,807 I was in the magic shop. 607 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,175 I put a book back for Giles. 608 00:39:06,612 --> 00:39:10,581 Nothing special about it. And then it hit me. 609 00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:13,184 What hit you? 610 00:39:15,052 --> 00:39:17,021 I can't beat Glory. 611 00:39:17,054 --> 00:39:19,056 Glory's going to win. 612 00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:21,192 You can't know that. 613 00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:24,094 I didn't just know it. 614 00:39:24,128 --> 00:39:28,233 I felt it. Glory will beat me. 615 00:39:28,266 --> 00:39:30,768 And in that second of knowing it, Wil? 616 00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:32,871 I wanted it to happen. 617 00:39:32,903 --> 00:39:35,974 -Why? -I wanted it over. 618 00:39:37,775 --> 00:39:40,411 This is-- All of this-- 619 00:39:41,947 --> 00:39:43,914 It's too much for me. 620 00:39:43,949 --> 00:39:46,217 I just wanted it over. 621 00:39:46,251 --> 00:39:50,121 If Glory wins, then Dawn dies. 622 00:39:50,155 --> 00:39:54,659 And I would grieve. People would feel sorry for me. 623 00:39:55,994 --> 00:39:57,929 But it would be over. 624 00:39:59,597 --> 00:40:01,833 I imagined what a relief it would be. 625 00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:09,740 I killed Dawn. 626 00:40:13,612 --> 00:40:15,646 Is that what you think? 627 00:40:15,681 --> 00:40:17,849 BUFFY: My thinking it made it happen. 628 00:40:19,349 --> 00:40:21,487 Some part of me wanted it. 629 00:40:23,454 --> 00:40:26,492 And in the moment, Glory took Dawn. 630 00:40:26,525 --> 00:40:28,460 I know I could've done something better. 631 00:40:30,295 --> 00:40:31,862 But I didn't. 632 00:40:33,130 --> 00:40:35,800 I was off by some fraction of a second. 633 00:40:35,833 --> 00:40:37,802 And this is why-- 634 00:40:37,835 --> 00:40:40,338 I killed my sister. 635 00:40:40,371 --> 00:40:43,742 WILLOW: I think Spike was right back at the gas station. 636 00:40:43,775 --> 00:40:45,309 Snap out of it! 637 00:40:45,342 --> 00:40:47,244 -What? -What? 638 00:40:47,277 --> 00:40:50,581 All this-- it has a name. 639 00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:54,085 It's called guilt. It's a feeling, and it's important. 640 00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:56,755 But it's not more than that, Buffy. 641 00:40:56,788 --> 00:41:00,791 Buffies. You've carried the weight of the world on your shoulders 642 00:41:00,826 --> 00:41:04,329 since high school-- and I-I know you didn't ask for this, 643 00:41:04,362 --> 00:41:07,331 but you do it, every day. 644 00:41:07,364 --> 00:41:11,135 And so, you wanted out for one second. 645 00:41:11,168 --> 00:41:12,538 So what? 646 00:41:12,570 --> 00:41:15,206 I got Dawn killed. 647 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:18,510 Hello! Your sister? Not dead yet. 648 00:41:18,543 --> 00:41:21,146 But she will be if you stay locked inside here 649 00:41:21,179 --> 00:41:22,413 and never come back to us. 650 00:41:23,681 --> 00:41:24,916 And what if I can't? 651 00:41:26,552 --> 00:41:31,088 Then I guess you're right, and you did kill your sister. 652 00:41:33,891 --> 00:41:37,094 Wait. Where are you going? 653 00:41:40,532 --> 00:41:44,402 Where you're needed. Are you coming? 654 00:41:55,780 --> 00:41:57,347 (breathing fitfully) 655 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,735 -(door opens, bell rings) -Buffy? 656 00:42:16,768 --> 00:42:19,036 She's back. XANDER: You're okay? 657 00:42:19,070 --> 00:42:23,108 Yeah. I'm okay. I hear you found the ritual text. 658 00:42:23,141 --> 00:42:25,110 Uh, something like that, yes. 659 00:42:25,143 --> 00:42:27,244 Did you know that Ben is Glory? 660 00:42:27,277 --> 00:42:29,780 So I'm told. What do we know? 661 00:42:29,815 --> 00:42:32,884 Um, well, uh, according to these scrolls, 662 00:42:32,918 --> 00:42:35,320 uh, it is possible for Glory to be stopped. 663 00:42:37,088 --> 00:42:39,523 I-I'm afraid it's, um-- 664 00:42:39,556 --> 00:42:41,626 Buffy, I've read these things very carefully, 665 00:42:41,659 --> 00:42:44,362 and there's not much margin for error. 666 00:42:44,394 --> 00:42:46,364 You understand what I'm saying? 667 00:42:46,396 --> 00:42:49,067 Might help if you actually said it. 668 00:42:51,769 --> 00:42:54,905 Um-- (grunts) 669 00:42:54,940 --> 00:43:00,244 Glory plans to open a dimensional portal 670 00:43:00,277 --> 00:43:02,748 by way of a ritual bloodletting. 671 00:43:04,349 --> 00:43:06,617 -Dawn's blood. -Yes. 672 00:43:08,119 --> 00:43:11,588 Once the blood is shed at a certain time and place, 673 00:43:11,623 --> 00:43:15,525 the fabric which separates all realities will be ripped apart. 674 00:43:17,295 --> 00:43:19,831 Dimensions will pour into one another... 675 00:43:19,864 --> 00:43:22,132 with no barriers to stop them. 676 00:43:23,333 --> 00:43:25,335 Reality as we know it will be destroyed, 677 00:43:25,369 --> 00:43:29,007 and chaos will reign on earth. 678 00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:31,009 So how do we stop it? 679 00:43:31,041 --> 00:43:35,346 The portal will only close once the blood is stopped. 680 00:43:35,380 --> 00:43:37,983 And the only way for that to happen is, um-- 681 00:43:42,721 --> 00:43:44,856 Buffy, the only way is to kill Dawn. 682 00:44:25,931 --> 00:44:27,699 Grr! Arrgh!