Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996–2003): Season 1, Episode 7 - Angel - full transcript

Previously on
"Buffy the vampire slayer"...

Who are you?

I'm a friend.

That must be
angel.

That weird guy that warned
her about all the vampires?

The brethren from his order
would come to the master

to bring him
the anointed.

Who's that?

The anointed will be
my greatest weapon

against the slayer.

Welcome, my friend.



In every generation
there is a chosen one.

She alone will stand
against the vampires,

the demons,
and the forces of darkness.

She is the slayer.

Zackery didn't return
from the hunt last night.

The slayer.

Zackery was strong,
and he was careful,

and still the slayer
takes him,

as she has taken
so many of my family.

It wears thin.

Collin, what would you
do about it?

I'd annihilate her.

Out of the mouths
of babes.

Let me do it, master.



Let me kill her
for you.

You have a personal
interest in this.

I don't get
to have any fun.

I'll send the three.

The three?

Let's go.

Get it.

Come on, get it.
Right there.

I got it.

Free drink, please.

Ah,
the fumigation party.

Hmm?

It's an annual
tradition.

The closing of the
bronze for a few days

to nuke the cockroaches.

Oh.

It's a lot of fun.

What's it like
where you are?

I'm sorry.

I was just thinking
about things.

So we're talking
about a guy?

Not exactly a guy.

For us to have
a conversation about a guy,

there'd have to be a guy for us
to have a conversation about.

Was that a sentence?

You lack a guy.

I do.

Which is fine with me
most of the time, but...

What about angel?

Angel?

I can just see him
in a relationship.

"Hi, honey. You're in grave danger.
I'll see you next month."

He's not around much.
It's true.

When he is around, it's like the
lights dim everywhere else.

You know how it's like that
with some guys?

Oh, yeah.

Hey, Annie.

Dino, just leaving.

Ouch!

Please get your extreme
oafishness off my $200 shoes.

Sorry. I was just...

Getting off
the dance floor

before Annie Vega's boyfriend
squashes you like a bug?

Oh, so you noticed.

- Uh-huh.
- Yeah. Thanks for being so understanding.

Sure.

You know, I don't know what
everyone's talking about.

That outfit doesn't make
you look like a hooker.

Boy, that Cordelia's a
regular breath of vile air.

What are you vixens up to?

Just sitting here watching
our barren lives pass us by.

Oh, look.
A cockroach.

Whoa.

Let's stop this crazy whirligig of fun.
I'm dizzy.

All right. Now I'm infecting
those nearest and dear to me.

I'm gonna
call it a night.

Oh, don't go.

Yeah. It's early.

We could, um, dance.

Rain check?

Good night.

Want a free drink?

It's late,

I'm tired,

and I don't want
to play games.

Show yourself.

Oh, OK.

OK, nice.

OK, OK, look, I really don't
want to fight all three of you

unless I have to.

Good dogs don't... Bite.

Look out!

Run!

Get in. Come on.

It's all right.

A vampire can't come in
unless it's invited.

I've heard that before,

but I've never put it
to the test.

I'll go get
some bandages.

Take your jacket
and your shirt off.

Nice tattoo.

I was lucky
you came along.

How did you happen
to come along?

I live nearby.

I was just
out walking.

So you weren't
following me?

I just had this feeling
you were.

Why would I do that?

You tell me.

You're the mystery guy
that appears out of nowhere.

I'm not saying I'm not
happy about it tonight,

but if you are hanging around,
I'd like to know why.

Maybe I like you.

Maybe?

Honey,
what are you doing?

There's a lot of weird
people outside at night.

I just feel better with you
safe and sound inside.

You must be beat.

I am. We're a little gallery.
You've no idea...

Well, then why don't you go
upstairs and get into bed,

and I can bring you
some hot tea.

That's sweet.

What did you do?

Can't a daughter just be
concerned about her mother?

Hi.

Hi.

Oh, OK.

Um, angel, uh,
this is my mom.

Mom, this is angel.

We ran into each other
on the way home.

Nice to meet you.

What do you do,
angel?

He's a student.

Uh, first year
at community college.

Angel's been helping me
with my history.

You know
I've been toiling there.

It's a little late
for tutoring.

I'm going to go to
bed, and, uh, Buffy?

I'll say good night
and do the same.

It was nice to meet you.

Good night.

We'll hook up soon
and do that study thing.

Look, I don't want to get
you in any more trouble.

And I don't want
to get you dead.

They could still
be out there.

So, uh, oh.

Two of us, one bed.

That doesn't work.

Um, why don't you
take the bed?

You know,
you're wounded.

I'll take the floor.

Uh, no, that's not...

Believe me,
I've had worse.

OK.

Um, then why don't
you check and see

if the fang gang
is still loitering,

and, um, keep your back
turned while I change.

I don't see them.

You know,
I'm the chosen one.

It's my job to fight
guys like that.

What's your excuse?

Somebody has to.

Well, what does your family
think of your career choice?

They're dead.

Was it vampires?

It was.

I'm sorry.

It was a long
while ago.

So this is
a vengeance gig for you?

You even look pretty
when you go to sleep.

Well...

When I wake up, it's an
entirely different story.

Here.

Sleep tight.

Angel.

Hmm?

Do you snore?

I don't know.

It's been
a long time

since anybody's been in a
position to let me know.

He spent the night?

In your room?
In your bed?

Not in my bed.
By my bed.

That is so romantic.

Did you, uh...

I mean, did he, uh...

Perfect gentleman.

Buffy.

Come on, wake up
and smell the seduction.

It's the oldest trick
in the book.

What?
Saving my life?

Getting slashed
in the ribs?

Duh. I mean guys would do
anything to impress a girl.

I once drank an entire gallon of
Gatorade without taking a breath.

It was pretty impressive,

although later
there was an ick factor.

Can we steer this riveting
conversation back to the events

that happened
earlier in the evening?

You left the bronze

and were set upon by three
unusually virile vampires.

Did they look like this?

Yeah. What's with
the uniforms?

It seems you
encountered the three.

Warrior vampires. Very
proud and very strong.

How is it you always
know this stuff?

You always know
what's going on.

I never know
what's going on.

Well, you weren't here from
midnight until 6:00 researching it.

No, I was sleeping.

Obviously you're hurting
the master very much.

He wouldn't send the
three for just anyone.

We must step up our
training with weapons.

Buffy, you should
stay at my house

until these samurai
guys are history.

What?

Uh-uh-uh. Don't
worry about angel.

Willow can run
to your house

and tell him to get
out of town fast.

Angel and Buffy are not in
any immediate jeopardy.

Eventually the master
will send someone else,

but in the meantime, the
three, having failed,

will offer their own
lives in penance.

We failed
in our duty,

and now our lives
belong to you.

Pay attention, child.

You are the anointed, and
there is much you must learn.

With power comes
responsibility.

True, they did fail,

but also true, we who walk at
night share a common bond.

The taking of a life...

I'm not talking about
humans, of course...

Is a serious matter.

So you
would spare them.

I am weary,

and their deaths
will bring me little joy.

Aah!

Of course, sometimes
a little is enough.

Aah!

Cool.

Crossbow.

Huh. Check out
these babies.

Hmm.

Good-bye, stakes,
hello, flying fatality.

What can I shoot?

Um, nothing.
The crossbow comes later.

You must first become proficient
with the basic tools of combat.

Let's begin
with the quarter staff,

which, incidentally,

will require countless hours
of vigorous training.

I speak from experience.

Giles, 20th century. I'm not
going to be fighting friar tuck.

You never know with whom or
what you'll be fighting.

These traditions have been
handed down through the ages.

Now you show me good, steady
progress with the quarter staff,

and in due course we'll
discuss the crossbow.

Put on your pads.

I'm not going to need pads
to fight you.

We'll see about that.

En garde.

Good. Let's move on
to the crossbow.

Angel?

Hey.

Brought you
some dinner.

It's a little
plateless. Sorry.

So, what did you do
all day?

I read a little...

And just thought
about a lot of things.

Buffy, I...

My diary?

You read my diary?

That is not OK.

A diary is, like, a person's
most private place.

I... you don't even know
what I was writing about.

"Hunk" can mean a lot
of things, bad things,

and... and when it said
your eyes are penetrating,

I meant to write "bulging."

- Buffy... - the "a" doesn't
even stand for "angel,"

for that matter.
It stands for "Achmed,"

a charming foreign
exchange student,

so that whole fantasy part has
nothing to even do with you at all.

Your mother moved your diary when
she came in to straighten up.

I watched her
from the closet.

I didn't read it,
I swear.

Oh.

Oh.

I did a lot
of thinking today.

I really can't
be around you,

because when I am...

Hey.

No big.
Water over the bridge.

All I can think about is how
badly I want to kiss you.

Kiss me?

I'm older than you,
and this can't ever...

I better go.

H-how much older?

I should...

Go...

You said.

What? What is it?
What's wrong?

Aah!

Aah!

Buffy, what happened?

Um, nothing.

I saw a shadow.

Angel's a vampire?

I can't believe
this is happening.

One minute we were kissing,
and the next minute...

Can a vampire ever be
a good person?

Couldn't it happen?

A vampire isn't
a person at all.

It may have
the movements,

the memories, even the personality
of the person it took over,

but it's still a demon
at the core.

There is no halfway.

So that'd be
a no, huh?

Then what was he doing?

Why was he good to me?

Was it all some part
of the master's plan?

It doesn't make sense.

All right, you have a problem,
and it's not a small one.

Let's take a breath

and look at this calmly
and objectively.

Angel's a vampire.

You're a slayer.

I think it's obvious
what you have to do.

Uh, it is
a slayer's duty.

I... I know you have
feelings for this guy,

but it's not like you're
in love with him, right?

You're in love
with a vampire?

What, are you
out of your mind?

What?

Not vampire.

How could you love
an umpire?

Everyone hates 'em.

Where did you
get that dress?

This is a one-of-a-kind
Todd Oldham.

Do you know how much
this dress cost?

Is this a knock-off? This
is a knock-off, isn't is?

Some cheesy knock-off.

This is exactly
what happens

when you sign these
free-trade agreements.

You think we
have problems.

Who's here?

A friend.

Hi. It's been a while.

A lifetime.

Or two.
But who's counting?

What's with the catholic
schoolgirl look?

Last time I saw you,
it was kimonos.

And last time I saw you, it
wasn't high-school girls.

Don't you like?

Remember Budapest,

turn of the century?

You were such a bad boy
during that earthquake.

You did some damage
yourself.

Is there anything better
than a natural disaster?

The panic,

the people
lost in the streets.

It's like picking
fruit off the vine.

Nice.

You're living aboveground
like one of them.

You and your new friend
are attacking us

like one of them.

But guess what,
precious.

You're not
one of them.

Are you?

No, but I'm not exactly
one of you, either.

Is that what you tell
yourself these days?

You're not exactly
living off quiche.

You and I both know
what you hunger for,

what you need.

Hey, it's nothing
to be ashamed of.

It's who we are.

It's what makes eternal
life worth living.

You can only suppress your
real nature for so long.

I can feel it brewing
inside of you.

I hope I'm around
when it explodes.

Maybe you don't want to be.

I'm not afraid
of you.

I bet she is,
though.

Or maybe I'm
underestimating her.

Talk to her.

Tell her about the curse.

Maybe she'll come around,

and if she still
doesn't trust you,

you know where I'll be.

Here's something
at last.

Can you please warn us
before you do that?

There's nothing about
angel in the text,

but it suddenly occurred
to me that it's been ages

since I read the diaries of any
of the watchers before me.

It must have been
so embarrassing

when you thought
he had read your diary,

but then it turned out
he hadn't,

but then he felt
the same way.

I'm listening.

There's mention some 200
years ago in Ireland

of angelus, the one
with the angelic face.

They got that right.

I'm not saying anything.

I have nothing to say.

Did this, uh, angel have a tattoo
behind his right shoulder?

Yeah. It's a bird
or something.

Now I'm saying
something.

You saw him naked?

So angel's been around
for a while.

Not long for a vampire.

240 years or so.

Huh. 240.

Well, he said
he was older.

Angelus leaves Ireland,

uh, wreaks havoc in Europe
for several decades,

and then about
80 years ago,

a most curious
thing happens.

He comes to America,

um, shuns other vampires
and lives alone.

There's no record
of him hunting here.

So he is a good vampire.

I mean, on a scale
of 1 to 10,

10 being someone who's killing
and maiming every night,

and 1 being
someone who's not.

There's no record, but
vampires hunt and kill.

That's what they do.

Fish gotta swim.
Birds gotta fly.

He could have
fed on me. He didn't.

100 years or so
before he came to our shores,

what was he like then?

Uh, like all of them.

A vicious,
violent animal.

Don't think
I'm not grateful,

you letting me kill
the three.

How can my
children learn

if I do everything
for them?

But you've got to let me
take care of the slayer.

Ohh! You're giving me
orders now.

OK, then.
We'll just do nothing

while she takes us out
one by one.

Do I sense
a plan, Darla?

Share.

Angel kills her
and comes back to the fold.

Angel.

He was the most vicious
creature I ever met.

I miss him.

So do I.

Why would he kill her
if he feels for her?

To keep her
from killing him.

You see how we all work
together for the common good.

That's how a family
is supposed to function.

OK, so let's review.

Reconstruction began when?

Buffy?

Huh? Oh, reconstruction.

Uh, reconstruction began
after the construction,

which was shoddy, so
they had to reconstruct.

After the destruction
of the civil war.

Right.

Civil war.

During which angel was
already, like, 100 and change.

Are we gonna
talk about boys,

or are we gonna
help you pass history?

Sometimes I have
this fantasy

that Xander's
just gonna grab me

and kiss me
right on the lips.

If you want Xander, you've
got to speak up, girl.

No, no, no, no.

No speaking up.

That way leads to madness
and sweaty palms.

OK, so here's something
I gotta know.

When angel kissed you...

I mean before
he turned into...

How was it?

Unbelievable.

Wow.

And it is kind of novel

how he'll stay young
and handsome forever,

although you'll still
get wrinkly and die,

and, oh, what about
the children?

I'll be quiet now.

No. It's OK.

I need to hear this.

I need to get over him
so I can...

So that you can...

Like Xander said,

I'm the slayer,
and he's a vampire.

God, I can't.

He's never done
anything to hurt me.

OK, I need to stop
thinking about this.

OK, let's give it
another half an hour

and maybe something
will sink in.

Then I'm going home
for some major moping.

OK. "The era of the
congressional reconstruction,

usually called radical..."

Hello.

Hi. I'm Darla,
a friend of Buffy's.

Oh. Nice to meet you.

She didn't
mention anything

about me coming over
for a study date, did she?

No. I thought she was studying
with Willow at the library.

She is.

Willow's
the civil war expert,

but then I was supposed to help
her with the war of independence.

My family kind of
goes back to those days.

Well, I know she's
supposed to be home soon.

Would you like
to come in and wait?

It's very nice of you to
invite me into your home.

You're welcome.

I've been wrestling
with the I.R.S. All night.

Would you like
something to eat?

Yes, I would.

Let's see what we have.

Do you feel like something
little or something big?

Something big.

Aah!

Let her go.

I just had a little.
There's plenty more.

Aren't you hungry for something
warm after all this time?

Come on, angel...

Just say yes.

Welcome home.

Hey...

I'm home.

You're not welcome here.

You come near us
and I'll kill you.

Mom.

Mom, can you hear me?

Yes. I need an ambulance.

1630 revello drive.

My mother cut herself.
She's lost a lot of blood.

Please, please hurry.

Mom...

Hey, Buffy?

Oh, my god.

What happened?

Angel.

Do you remember
anything, mom?

Just, um,
your friend came over.

I was going
to make a snack.

My friend?

I guess I slipped
and cut my neck on...

The doctor said it looked
like a barbecue fork.

We don't have
a barbecue fork.

Are you another doctor?

Oh. Um...

No. Mom, this is
Mr. Giles.

The librarian
from your school.

What's he doing here?

I... I just came
to pay my respects,

wish you
a speedy recovery.

Boy, the teachers really
do care in this town.

Get some rest now.

She's going to be OK.

They... they gave her
some iron.

Her, uh, blood count
was, um, a little...

A little low.

It presents itself
like mild anemia.

You were, uh,
you were lucky

you got to her
as soon as you did.

Lucky?

Stupid.

Buff,
it's not your fault.

No?

I invited him
into my home,

even after I knew who
he was, what he was.

And I didn't
do anything about it,

because I had feelings
for him,

because I cared
about him.

If you care about somebody,
you care about them.

You can't change that by...

Killing them?

Maybe not.

But I think
it's a start.

We'll keep an eye
on your mom.

Buffy...

You can't stop me.

The three found me near
the bronze and so did he.

He lives nearby.

This is
no ordinary vampire...

If there is such a thing.

Now he knows you.

He's... he's faced
the three.

I think this is going to take
more than a simple stake.

So do I.

She's out
hunting you right now.

She wants to kill you.

Leave me alone.

What did you think?

Did you think
she would understand?

That she would look
at your face,

your true face...

And give you a kiss?

For 100 years, you've not
had a moment's peace

because you will not accept
who you are.

That's all you have to do.

Accept it.

Don't let her
hunt you down.

Don't whimper and mewl
like a mangy human.

Kill.

Feed.

Live.

All right.

What do you want?

I want it finished.

That's good.

You're hurting me.

That's good, too.

She talks about
you all the time.

It's important to have teachers
who make an impression.

She makes quite
an impression herself.

I... I know she's having trouble
with history.

I-I-is it too difficult
for her,

or is she not
applying herself?

She lives very much
in the now,

um, and, uh, well,
history, of course,

is... is very much
about the, uh...

The "then."

But... but there's
no reason...

She's studying
with Willow.

She's studying
with Darla.

I mean,
she is trying.

Darla?

I... I don't believe
I know, uh...

Her friend... the one
who came over tonight.

Darla came to your house
tonight?

She's the friend that
you mentioned earlier?

Poor thing. I must have frightened
her half to death when I fainted.

Someone should really check
and make sure she's all right.

Uh, yes. Someone should.
Right away.

I'll do it.

That school is amazing.

We have a problem.

I know you're there...

And I know what you are.

Do you?

I'm just an animal,
right?

You're not an animal.

Animals I like.

Let's get it done.

Come on.

Don't go soft
on me now.

A little wide.

Why?

Why didn't you just attack
me when you had the chance?

Was it a joke?

To make me feel for you
and then...

I've killed
a lot of vampires.

I've never
hated one before.

Feels good,
doesn't it?

Feels simple.

I invited you into my home, and
then you attacked my family.

Why not?

I killed mine.

I killed
their friends...

And their
friends' children.

For 100 years, I offered an
ugly death to everyone I met.

And I did it
with a song in my heart.

What changed?

Fed on a girl
about your age.

Beautiful.

Dumb as a post,

but a favorite
among her clan.

Her clan?

The Romany.

Gypsies.

The elders conjured the
perfect punishment for me.

They restored my soul.

What, they were all out of
boils and blinding torment?

When you become a vampire,
the demon takes your body,

but it doesn't get
your soul.

That's gone.

No conscience,

no remorse...

It's an easy way
to live.

You have no idea
what it's like

to have done
the things I've done...

And to care.

I haven't fed on a living
human being since that day.

So you started
with my mom?

I didn't bite her.

Then why didn't you
say something?

But I wanted to.

I can walk like a man,
but I'm not one.

I wanted to kill you
tonight.

Go ahead.

Not as easy as it looks.

Sure, it is.

We're near the bronze.
What now?

Keep looking for her.

I have a question.
What if we find her

and she's fighting angel
and some of his friends?

What the heck are we
going to do about it?

Do you know what the saddest
thing in the world is?

Bad hair
on top of that outfit?

To love someone
who used to love you.

You guys were involved?

For several generations.

Well, you've been around
since Columbus.

You are bound to pile up
a few exes.

You're older than him,
right?

Just between us girls,

you are looking a little
worn around the eyes.

I made him.

There was a time when
we shared everything,

wasn't there,
angelus?

You had a chance
to come home,

to rule with me in the master's
court for 1,000 years.

But you threw that away
because of her.

You love someone
who hates us.

You're sick,

and you'll always
be sick...

And you'll always
remember

what it was like
to watch her die.

You don't think
I came alone, do you?

I know I didn't.

Mmm.

Scary.

Scarier.

Oh, don't worry. Bullets
can't kill vampires.

They can hurt them
like hell, but...

Did you just hear...

So many body parts,

so few bullets.

Let's begin
with the kneecaps.

No fun dancing
without them.

Close, but no heart.

Uhh!

We need to
distract her...

Fast.

Buffy, it wasn't angel who
attacked your mom! It was Darla!

Come on, Buffy...

Take it like a man.

Oh...

Angel...

Aah!

Aah!

Forget her.

How dare you?

She was my favorite...

For 400 years.

She was weak.

We don't need her.

I'll bring you
the slayer.

But to lose her to angel.

He was to have sat at my
right hand come the day...

And now...

They're all against you.

But soon you shall rise.

And when you do...

We'll kill them all.

Ah,
the post-fumigation party.

OK, so what's the
difference between this

and the pre-fumigation
party?

Much heartier
cockroaches.

So, no word from angel?

Nah.

It's weird, though.

In his way, I feel like
he's still watching me.

Well, in a way
he sort of is.

In the way of that
he's right over there.

I don't need to watch,
because I'm not threatened.

I'm just going to look
this way.

♪ Do they know
what they wanted ♪

♪ The times
they kissed me? ♪

♪ And your hands ♪

♪ I held in mine... ♪

I just wanted to see if you were OK...
Your mother.

We're both good.

You?

If I can go a little while
without getting shot or stabbed,

I'll be all right.

Look, this can't...

Ever be anything.

I know.

For one thing,

you're, like, 224 years
older than I am.

I just got to...

I got to walk away
from this.

I know.

Me, too.

One of us has to go here.

I know.

♪ Your eyes ♪

♪ That always
make me shiver ♪

♪ Now they are closed ♪

♪ They can
sometimes twitch ♪

♪ A little ♪

What's going on?

Nothing.

Well, as long as
they're not kissing.

♪ Have it all for an hour ♪

♪ It's forever ♪

♪ With the speed
and power... ♪

You OK?

It's just...

Painful.

I know.

See you around?

♪ That is all
that I can do ♪

♪ But I'll remember ♪

Grrr! Arrghh!