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Season 7, Episode 20
Written by Rebecca Rand Kirshner
Directed by David Solomon
Original Airdate: 6 May 2003
"He's a breath of fresh air, isn't he? Thank god I
don't breathe."
Spike
REGULAR CAST
SPECIAL GUEST STARS
GUEST STARRING
CO-STARRING
SYNOPSIS
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With Buffy gone, the rest of the gang sit around
and debate how they're going to deal now that they don't have Buffy
making decisions for them. In the midst of their debating and arguing,
the power goes out and Faith concludes the power company has left town
and taken the power with them. Meanwhile, Buffy watches as people load
up their cars and plan to escape the city, then breaks into a house in
search of a place to stay. The owner is still there, but Buffy quietly
convinces him it's a smart idea to leave town because nothing in
Sunnydale belongs to any of them anymore.
Andrew talks incessantly to Spike while the vampire impatiently waits
for the sun to go down again. Worried about Buffy, Spike temporarily
gets Andrew to shut up and they continue to wait. Down in the Summers
basement, Faith and the others talk about their plan and their enemies.
Kennedy pushes for a say in decisions, but Faith steps up and makes it
very clear that now that Buffy's gone, she's the leader they all voted
for and they all need to accept that. Faith decides they should go after
the Bringers to attempt to gain information about the First or Caleb
from one of them. Kennedy walks alone down an alley until a Bringer
steps out of the shadows and tries to attack her. The Bringer is
ambushed by the rest of the Scooby gang and taken as a captive. Back at
the house, they find that the Bringer is without a tongue. Dawn suggests
a spell she heard about that would allow them to communicate with the
Bringer.
Andrew and Spike return and when Spike asks about where Buffy is and
when she will return, Willow tries to explain with an embellished
version of what happened the previous night. Spike is not convinced that
Buffy would "take a time off" during an Apocalypse and realizes that the
others turned their back on Buffy by kicking her out. Furious over their
betrayal, he snaps at them for being ungrateful, saying that Buffy died
three times "saving their asses". However, Faith is not impressed by him
until they start to fight each other. Spike yells at her for being
jealous off Buffy because she had the life Faith never had. Spike breaks
off the fight and steps outside. He catches Buffy's scent and start to
look for her.
In the basement, Willow uses a spell to get the Bringer to talk while
Kennedy, Giles, Xander and Andrew sit around waiting. Andrew begins to
talk whilst the group wonders if the spell worked, but they soon realize
that he's speaking for the Bringer. Andrew explains that the Bringers
are everywhere preparing for battle, taunting them with words until
Giles hears enough and slashes the throat of the Bringer, breaking his
spell on Andrew, who feels unnerved by the whole experience.
Spike finds Buffy curled up in a bed at the house she broke into,
noticing that Sunnydale is now truly evil, explaining that he didn't
need an invitation. He tells her about the vineyard and what they found.
She was right, but Buffy doesn't seem to care anymore and is ready to
give up. Spike tries to convince her that she shouldn't listen to what
they said, reminding her of everything that ever happened, but she never
gave up.
Giles and Faith look over a map as they plan to begin a search through
the sewers for the Bringer's hideout. As Giles leaves, the First in the
Mayor's form appears to Faith. She knows what he is and isn't fazed, but
he prods anyway, praising her for kicking Buffy out and warning that
Buffy is a dangerous threat. Buffy breaks down from exhaustion and Spike
tries to explain to her that she's needed still by the others.
She talks about how she detached herself from the Potentials and how
detaching herself from people is something she's done for as long as
she's been the Slayer.
Meanwhile, Spike still tries to convince Buffy and finally starts to
talk about his feelings. He says he has always thought to be sure of
what he was doing, being a vampire and kill people. That was until he
met her. He says he has never been sure of anything in the world but
her. By saying that he loves the way she is, saying she's the one, Spike
professes his true love for Buffy. He then starts to leave, but Buffy is
so touched by him that she asks him to stay and just hold her. Robin
interrupts Faith's chat with the First and they start to talk about the
First's visits with both of them and the effect it had. The two rant to
each other about their problems and failures, then Faith takes things in
a different direction and they kiss and tumble onto the bed.
Willow returns to her room to find Kennedy waiting for her and all of
the other Potentials gone from the room. They kiss, but Willow breaks it
up, worried that if they let things go too far, something bad may
happen. Kennedy convinces her that everything will be okay and she'll
protect Willow, then the two get back to kissing. This is unusual for
the series, which primarily shows only Buffy and occasionally Xander
having sex with their respective partners. It's "special" that this time
Buffy is the only one of the Scoobies not having sex. Buffy and Spike
continue to hold each other while at the house, Anya and Xander, Faith
and Robin, Willow and Kennedy all have sex. The First talks about the
gang and the knowledge that they're all taking comfort in each others'
arms. Caleb talks to it about how he has its strength inside of him and
the First's need to feel. Later, Faith gives out her orders to the gang,
sending some to watch over Buffy and others to help her investigate the
sewers. Spike wakes up to find Buffy gone and a note left in her
absence.
At the vineyard, the First talks with Caleb about their progress, but
the First is impatient, worried that Buffy may get her hands on what
they have. A Bringer is tossed down the stairs of the cellar and the
real Buffy stands at the top, asking for whatever it is Caleb has of
hers. Buffy goads Caleb into attacking her, but instead of taking a
beating, she keeps her distance and avoids his blows. In the sewers,
Faith and the girls find the Bringer's lair and the Bringers that live
there. Meanwhile, as the battle with Caleb dies down, Buffy spots a trap
door in the floor and dives through it. The girls battle with the
Bringers, eventually disposing of all of them. After the fight ends,
Kennedy finds a stairway that leads to an area below the sewers. Buffy
finds a scythe embedded in a rock while Faith finds a locked metal box.
Faith breaks open the box only to find a bomb inside, ticking away with
a few seconds to go as she tells everyone to take cover.
TRIVIA
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The scythe which Buffy finds has been
seen before in the Slayer comic book called Fray, created by Joss
Whedon. The book centres around a Slayer called Melaka Fray set 500
years in the future.
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This episode was filmed after
End of Days
so that Eliza Dushku could film the pilot of Tru Calling.
CONTINUITY
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Mayor Wilkins refers to Faith as a
'firecracker', a name he called her in season three and also what her
mother used to also.
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Andrew is seen carrying the football
helmet from the previous episode.
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Faith and Spike have a fight in this
episode, which harkens back to when Spike promised he would fight her as
soon as his chip was removed in season four's
Who Are You.
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Riley said in
As You Were that Buffy was 'one Hell
of a woman.' Spike repeats his words here.
GOOFS
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The episode starts as a direct
continuation from last week. Anya's hair was straight then but is curly
now. When did she curl it?
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When Buffy first met the Bringers in
Amends, they were chanting. How did
they do this if they have no tongues?
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When Faith and Wood sit on the bed, a
boom mike can be seen briefly over her head.
Lessons |
Beneath You |
Same Time, Same Place |
Help |
Selfless
Him |
Conversations With Dead People |
Sleeper |
Never Leave Me |
Bring on the Night |
Showtime
Potential |
The Killer in Me |
First Date |
Get It Done |
Storyteller |
Lies My Parents Told Me
Dirty Girls |
Empty Places |
Touched |
End of Days |
Chosen
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