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Season 5, Episode 12
Written by Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson
Directed by Nick Marck
Original Airdate: 22 January 2001
"Just enthusiasm for killing the demons. Go
deadness for the demons!"
Anya
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
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Wesley Mask as Professor Roberts
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Justin Corence as Orlando
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Peter Husmann as Mailman
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Jack Thomas as Council Member #4
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John O’Leary as Council Member #5
SYNOPSIS
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The Scooby Gang gather at Buffy's house to discuss
the Council's plans to come to Sunnydale, which Buffy is very upset
about. Glory is at her place, panting and in pain until Dreg and another
demon, Jinx, bring a mailman for her to drain the sanity from. She gets
up, refreshed and the mailman leaves disoriented. The other demon warns
her that she has even less time now to use the Key, but Glory isn't
worried as long as Buffy is the only obstacle.
Quentin Travers and a team of Watchers arrive at the shop and critique
the merchandise harshly and close the shop down for as long as the
Council is in town conducting a review. Quentin announces that they have
information on Glory, but won't reveal it until Buffy's skills have been
tested and she proves she can handle the information. In class, Buffy
challenges the professor, but he only makes her feel bad about what she
shares. That night, Buffy complains about class to a vampire she's
fighting until Spike arrives and stakes the vampire for her. He expects
gratification, but he doesn't get it and the two verbally attack each
other.
Jinx confronts Ben at the hospital and relays a message from Glory,
requesting Ben's assistance in getting Buffy out of the way. Ben sends
Glory his own message of refusal by beating up the demon. Quentin
informs Buffy and Giles that she must pass the review or he will shut
down the shop and deport Giles. Buffy and Giles realize that Buffy has
no choice but to do what the Council asks, because they can do
everything they've threatened and much more. Buffy worries that she may
fail and she'll lose someone very close to her like Giles or Dawn.
Council members interview the rest of the Scooby Gang, including Spike,
for information about the Slayer. With the exception of Spike, they all
try not to incriminate Buffy to the Council, and explain their
importance to her. In the training room, Buffy is blindfolded and tested
of her fighting skills against one of the Council members, but she
doesn't pass the test. Upon returning home, Buffy finds Glory in her
house, and becomes very worried when Dawn appears in the room. Glory
threatens Buffy's family and it worries Buffy enough to resort to asking
Spike to protect her mother and sister at his crypt for a while.
On her way to the shop to meet with the Council, several well-armed men
wearing masks attack Buffy. Buffy takes them out and discovers from the
last conscious one that they are the Knights of Byzantium and are in
town to get the Key. Buffy returns to the shop and informs Mr. Travers
that she's not going to deal with the review anymore because she holds
the power and the Council needs her. She demands that Giles receive
retroactive pay, her friends stay involved and the Council work with her
and not against her.
Quentin reluctantly agrees then informs Buffy that Glory isn't a demon.
She's a god.
TRIVIA
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David Fury mentioned in his commentary for season
three's
Helpless
that when Harris Yulin returned to play Quentin Travers in this episode,
he had a goatee beard. Buffy producers felt that the beard wasn't
really something that Quentin would have, but they were too intimidated
by the famous actor to ask him to shave it off.
CONTINUITY
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Quentin Travers arrives in Sunnydale with
six other Watchers. Lydia questions Spike, and she tells him she wrote
her thesis on him. Nigel questions Willow and Tara about their magical
proficiency and Phillip talks to Anya and Xander about how they help
Buffy. All three Watchers are shown in the Council Headquarters when it
is blown up in Never Leave Me.
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Anya tells the Watcher's Council that she
grew up in South East Indiana. She says her full name is Anya Christina
Emmanuella Jenkins, and her birth date as July 4th, 1980. She also bakes
muffins to try and bribe the Watcher questioning her.
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The Knights of Byzantium make their first
appearance in Sunnydale. They seem to be human and have a tattooed
symbol on their foreheads. They use swords and wear chain mail armour.
Buffy fought three of them but one of the Knights, Orlando, tells her
that they will be replaced with hundreds, if not thousands of Knights.
They believe that the key and its protector should be destroyed as they
do not want the Key to fall into the hands of their enemy, Glory.
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The Scoobies mention events from past
episodes several times in this one: Willow and Tara mention the ball of
sunshine that they were talking about in
Triangle;
Giles not only gets reinstated as Buffy's Watcher, but he also mentions
the "arcane ritual," no doubt referring to Buffy's Cruciamentum from
Helpless; Xander talks about the
spell to infuse Buffy with power from
Primeval; Buffy states that the Council tried to kill her when she
was Faith (Who Are You) and also
mentions that's she been in Slayer range of Glory twice (No Place Like
Home and
Shadow)
but has yet to kick her ass.
GOOFS
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When the Scoobies hold a meeting, the
sleeves on Buffy's t-shirt change in different shots without her
touching them.
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The council member asks Xander if he has
any special skills to help Buffy and Xander replies "no". What about the
soldier skills he obtained in Halloween
which helped Buffy to defeat the Judge and Mayor Wilkins?
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Nigel says "dime store trinkets" which is
something an English person would never say.
Buffy Vs.
Dracula | Real Me |
The Replacement |
Out of My Mind |
No Place Like
Home
Family |
Fool for Love |
Shadow | Listening to Fear |
Into the Woods |
Triangle
Checkpoint
| Blood Ties |
Crush | I Was Made to Love You |
The Body |
Forever
Intervention
| Tough Love |
Spiral | The Weight of the World |
The Gift
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