Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996–2003): Season 4, Episode 19 - New Moon Rising - full transcript

A werewolf in love.

Previously on
Buffy the vampire slayer.

Oz, don't
you love me?

The wolf is inside me
all the time,

and until I figure out
what that means,

I shouldn't be around you...

Or anybody.

The initiative created this thing
and now they can't stop it.

- But we will.
- The implant works.

Hostile 17 can't harm
any living creature in any way.

I get this chip out, you and me
are gonna have a confrontation.



I just like having
something that's... mine.

I am, you know... yours.

Do you like cats?

I'm more of a dog person,
myself.

But I'm not, like,
death to all cats.

Why?

'Cause I was thinking
about getting one.

Can you have one
in the dorms?

No, but this would be
a sneaky cat.

That would be cool.

You mean it'd be
sort of like a familiar?

Actually,
I was thinking

it'd be sort of
like a pet.

You know, we could...



We could name her trixie

or miss kitty Fantastico
or something.

And we could
make kitty go bonkers

with string
and catnip and stuff?

Absolutely.

Fun. I'm in.

So, you're not allergic
or anything?

Nope.

Good, 'cause I want

my room to be
Willow-friendly.

Me, too.

So I'm excited about
the Scooby meeting.

I think.

What's it about?

I'm not sure.

Probably just your
garden-variety disaster.

Zippo.

Patrol's been
totally uneventful.

My kill count's
way down.

She means there's been
less bad-guy activity.

We know what
that often indicates.

Buffy doesn't
make her quota...

Bad slayer.

Well, I wish it were
that innocuous.

But with Adam around,

I feel he's involved
somehow.

When things get slow,
it's usually because

there's some extra evil
brewing.

Except,
the weird thing is,

we've been busy
at the initiative.

Our squads are pulling
a lot more captures.

We've got demons
coming out our ears.

That's a metaphor.

I got it. Thanks.

I'm overhelping,
aren't I?

So the activity
has shifted

but not stopped.

Fascinating.

To an extremely
bored person, maybe.

Well, that was
a thrilling hour.

You know, I really
don't appreciate

your snide remarks,
Anya.

Now, I have a great deal
of experience

in these matters,

and if I say
there is a matter

of some import
brewing, i... i...

Hey.

Oz.

Oz.

Wh-when
did you get back?

Pretty much now.

Oz, man.

Hate to sound
grandma, but...

You don't call.
You don't write.

Yeah. Sorry.

So are you here here,

or are you
just passing through?

Well, um, let's not
bombard the poor chap

with questions right off.

Can I get you something?

Tea, perhaps?

I'll pass.

Thanks.

Look,

I'm going to Devon's

to see if he's got
a place I can crash,

but I was hoping
that we could talk.

Later.

Tonight.

I guess so.

I'll come by
your place?

Okay.

It's great to see
you guys again.

Really.

Everyone's
uncomfortable now.

You okay?

I...

I just...
Um, I realized

I'm late
for study group.

Tara, wait.

No, no, it's okay.

You should be
with your friends,

and I should go.

But...

So, um, I was
missing something

this afternoon,
wasn't I?

I mean,
breakups are tough,

but when oz
walked in,

it seemed like emotions
were running extra high.

Oz and Willow had
a rough breakup.

Hold that thought.

Man, that was
record time.

It's no fun when
they're that easy.

Speak for yourself.

Base, this is agent Finn.

We've an h.S.T. Down.

Please send a retrieval team
to sector 72.

We're swamped
down here, Finn.

We'll get to it
as soon as we can.

So, I was just about to say
something fascinating.

Oz and Willow.

Right.

They had a rough breakup.

Some stuff came up,

and oz pretty much
bailed overnight.

It left wil
really devastated.

I remember.

The thing is,
before that,

they were doing great.

I mean, she was
totally dealing

with oz being a werewolf.
It wasn't...

Whoa.
Back up, there.

Oz is a werewolf,

and Willow
was dating him?

Yes.

Hence the high emotions.

Man, you're kidding me?

Got to say
I'm surprised.

I didn't think Willow
was that kind of girl.

What kind of girl?

Into dangerous guys.

She seemed
smarter than that.

Oz is not dangerous.

Something happened to him
that wasn't his fault.

God, I never knew
you were such a bigot.

Whoa!

Hey, how did we
get to bigot?

I'm just saying it's a
little weird to date someone

who tries to eat you
once a month.

Yeah, well,
love isn't logical, Riley.

It's not like you can be.

Mr. Joe sensible
about it all the time.

God knows
I haven't been.

I'm not talking
about you.

How about we don't
talk about this at all?

Okay? Let's just patrol.

Hey.

Hey.

So...

You want
to come inside?

Actually, I want you
to come outside.

I want to show you
something.

Oz...

This is all so weird.

I... I feel like...

This isn't really
happening,

like it's a dream
or something.

It's real.

Look up.

What?

Look at the sky.

I guess you stopped
keeping track of them

after I left.

Full moon.

Full moon.

Full moon.
But... but how?

I mean,
you did it.

How did you do it?

Where did you go?

It's a long story.

Oh, my god, oz.

This is...

I mean...

It's wonderful for you.

I talked to Xander,

and he said you
didn't have a new guy.

No.

No new guy.

I know what
I put you through,

and I'm
not gonna push.

But I am...

A different person

than when I left,

and I can be
what you need now.

That's what I want.

That's why I'm here.

Sir.

I love this.

A woman in Tibet traded it
to me for the radiohead record.

Got a lot of mileage
out of the barter system.

So, Tibet
was your favorite?

Well, it's where
I stayed the longest.

This warlock in Romania
sent me to the monks there

to learn some
meditation techniques.

Very intense.

All about keeping
your inner cool.

Good, 'cause you were
such a spaz before.

So that's it?

You keep your cool,
and no more Wolfie?

No, there's more.

I take some herbs
and stuff.

Some chanting.

Couple of charms.

It's incredible.

You've been all
around the world.

You've had
this complete

mind-body
transformation.

I've just been here,

same old sunnydale.

Doesn't mean you
haven't gone through a lot.

It's true.

Some of it, you know,

was me telling myself
I hated you

and cursing your name.

Not literally.

Well, thanks for that.

And...

I don't know,

I... I think
I'm getting better

at my spells and stuff.

It's so light out.

Yeah, we talked
all night.

Well, I believe
a manly-sized breakfast

is in order, don't you?

Or we could just...

Sleep a little while.

Whatever you want.

I'll have the less confusing
waffles right now.

Breakfast it is.

Let me just freshen up.

Oh, sorry.
I-i-I'll come back.

Are you looking
for Willow?

She's just in the
bathroom down the hall.

No, no, no.
It's... it's okay.

I saw you at giles'
yesterday.

Yeah. Sometimes.

Willow takes me with her
to the s-scoobies.

You sure you don't
want to come in?

What?

Your friend came by.

The blonde girl?

But she wouldn't stay.

So what do you think?

Where do you
want to go?

Morning.

Morning.

Those, like,
regulation?

Do you have to do
those every morning?

No.

Just a good way
to start the day.

Great. Then you can have

your perfectly balanced
breakfast,

and then you can
call your mother.

Okay, I've been up
less than a minute,

and somehow I've managed
to piss you off.

I should go home.

No.

Come on.

Is it that whole thing

about Willow last night?

Look...

I only said what I said

because I'm concerned.

I don't want
to see her get hurt.

You sounded like
Mr. initiative.

Demons bad. People good.

Something wrong
with that theorem?

There's
different degrees of...

Evil?

It's just different

with different demons.

There are creatures,

vampires, for example,

that aren't evil at all.

Name one.

Ri, we need you
downstairs.

Beta team got hit.

Bad?

We lost Willis.

Graham?

He's walking.

We're going on a hunt.

What kind of demon
was it?

Does it matter?

Hey.

Hey.

You okay?

Yeah, just...

I don't want
to talk about it.

I want to hear
about you and oz.

You saw him, right?

I was with him
all night.

All night?

Oh, my god.

Wait.

Last night was
a wolf moon, right?

Yup.

So either you're
about to tell me

something
incredibly kinky, or...

No kink.

He didn't change,
Buffy.

He said he was
gonna find a cure,

and he did.

In Tibet.

Oh my god.

I can't believe it.

Okay, I'm all with
the whoo-hoo here,

and you're not.

No, there's
"whoo" and "hoo,"

but there's "uh-oh"

and "why now?"

And it's complicated.

Why complicated?

It's complicated...

Because of Tara.

You mean Tara
has a crush on oz?

No, you...

Oh.

Oh.

Um...

Well...

That's great.

You know, I mean,
I think... I think Tara's

a really great girl,
wil.

She is.

And...

There's something
between us.

It wasn't something
I was looking for.

It's just powerful.

And it's totally
different

from what oz and I have.

Well, there you go.

I mean, you know,
you have to...

You have to follow
your heart, wil.

And that's what's
important, wil.

Why do you keep saying
my name like that?

Like what, wil?

Are you freaked?

What?

No, wil, don...

No.

No, absolutely no

to that question.

I'm glad you told me.

What did you say to oz?

I was gonna tell him.

But then we
started hanging out,

and I could just feel

everything coming back.

He's oz, you know?

Yeah, I know.

I don't want to hurt
anyone, Buffy.

No matter what,
somebody's gonna get hurt.

And the important
thing is

you just
have to be honest,

or it's gonna be
a lot worse.

From the sound
of those massive mud flaps,

I'd peg you as a demon,

which means you're in
for a world of...

Pain.

Spike, I want you
to come with me.

Do you?

Well,
let's go, then.

Ow.

Come.

You're going to help me
with my problem.

Why is that, exactly?

I'm going to help you
with yours.

Hi.

Hi.

I can only stay
for a minute.

I have class.

Me, too.
I... I have class, too.

I just want you to know
that what you saw

this morning,
it wasn't...

No, it's okay.

I... I always knew
that if he came back...

We were just talking.

Nothing happened.

Oh.

Really?

But you know,
it was intense,

just talking.

We have a lot
to talk about.

I kind of feel like

my head's
gonna explode.

Whatever,
you know, happens,

I'll still be here.

I'll still be
your friend.

Of course
we'll be friends.

That's not even
a question.

But I'm saying,

I know what oz
means to you.

How can you,

when I'm
not even sure?

I mean,

I know what
he meant to me.

But he left, and...

Everything changed.

I changed, and...

Then we...

What?

I don't know.

I just...
Life was starting

to get so good
again, and...

You're a big part
of that.

And here comes
the thing

I wanted
most of all, and...

I don't know
what to do.

I want to know,

but I don't.

Do what makes you

h-h-happy.

Willow.

Hey.

I thought I smell...

Uh, heard Willow.

Hey.

You're, um,

you're coming back
to school here, huh?

Pretty much.

Feeling
oddly motivated.

That's, um,
that's great.

I mean, that's great

for you and Willow,
right?

I hope so.

Good. That's...

Because...

Is that her sweater?

I just... I just hope

that you guys'll
be very happy.

You smell like her.

She's all over you.
Do you know that?

I can't.

I... I can't
talk about this.

But there's something
to talk about?

Are you two involved?

I have... I have to go.

Because she never said
anything to me like that.

We talked all night,

and she never...

No, stop!

Is she in love with you?

Tell me! Is she?

Run.

Are you okay?

What's going on? We'll
take it from here.

It looks like it may
be one of the demons

that took out Graham's
guys the other night.

So we'll take it back and make an I.
D.

If it is,
we'll put him down.

You don't understand.
That's a...

Listen, we know
what we're doing.

You're in shock.

But...
We'll handle it.

No.

Well, that sounds
like a lot of fun.

You see my problem,
though.

Total annihilation of the
humans doesn't help me.

I'll be needing heavy
casualties on both sides.

I get that.

I'm still not sure
how the slayer fits in.

The humans need
a leader...

A champion.

The slayer can do that.

Yeah.

The thing
about the slayer is

she is a whiny
little thing,

but when it comes
to the fighting,

she does have a slight
tendency to win.

Then I guess you
should be on her side.

This all goes down, the
chip comes out, yeah?

No tricks?

Scout's honor.

You were a boy scout?

Parts of me.

What's up?
You okay?

Oz.

We were talking,
and he changed...

Right in front of me.

What? It's daylight.

I know, but it happened.

Oh, my god.
Are you all right?

I'm fine.

Riley and the commando guys,
they stopped him,

but they don't know
it's oz.

I tried to tell them,
but they took him away.

When? Just now?

I think
they might hurt him.

I have to go.
I have to find Buffy.

I know.

Tara said
they took him

right before
she found me.

So that's good,
right?

I mean, they probably
haven't had time

to eviscerate
him yet.

An, you can help by
making this a quiet time.

Once again we're faced with
a fairly daunting prospect

of having to infiltrate
the initiative.

It'd be great
if we knew someone

dating a man
on the inside,

someone with
connections.

Oh, wait!

He's still
not answering his pages.

I left him
another message.

So what do we do?

Well, we need
to move fast,

so we make a plan
without Riley...

And hope he calls.

What's the word, doc?

Is this the animal
that took apart our men?

We don't know yet,
soldier.

What's the holdup? I thought Graham
gave you a full description.

The holdup
is that he described

characteristics present in over
40 known varieties of demon,

so we're cross-checking
DNA evidence... hair, fibers.

And how long
is that going to take?

I have no idea.

I don't need
a bunch of tests to know

that this thing's
a killer.

Hey, he's coming to.
Oz...

He won't be able
to talk for a while.

We gave him haldol
to keep him quiet.

Why?
He's not a threat now.

I allowed you to stay

as long as you let us do
our work, agent Finn.

Only colonel McNamara can place a
cease order on medical testing,

and he's told us
to proceed.

I always suspected

that stuff about
werewolf transformations

being based on a lunar
cycle was campfire talk.

Oh, hey,
that's enough.

Come on, the guy's a student.
I know him.

Take him out!

Aah!

See that?

Transformation related
to negative stimulation.

Something's wrong.

Riley usually returns
my phone calls by now.

We can't wait
much longer.

I know.

Okay. Xander, you and
I are going to go in.

We've done it before.

I'm going with you.

No. Look, it's
too dangerous, wil.

Besides, I need you
to help Giles

hack into the city's
electrical grid.

We've got to try to power
down the initiative.

Giles can do it
without me.

I can give him all
the instructions.

I can show him exactly
what to do.

Of course.
I can't just sit here.

Okay.

Okay, you can back us up.

Now, the only way I know
into the initiative

is through the elevator
in the Lowell house,

but my clearance
is long gone.

So we grab a guy,
make him take us.

Or you could just
use the back way.

Hell of a lot
less bother.

How did you get in?

The door
was unlocked.

You might want to
watch that, Rupert.

Someone dangerous
could get in.

Or someone formerly dangerous
and currently annoying.

Now, now.

None of that,

or I won't help you get
red's mongrel back.

Bad news travels
fast with us demons.

We all like
a good laugh.

Short of cash, spike?

I happen to be seeking
monetary gratification, yeah.

But I also get
a kick out of

jackin' up those
army ginks myself.

I know how to find the big
guy who can take you to oz.

Uh-huh.

So what's the going rate
on a wild-goose chase, spike?

Fine. If you're
not interested.

But I was stuck
in that hole, remember?

And I've heard things from
other guys who've gotten out.

I can get you in.
No alarms, no cameras...

No waiting.

Oz.

Put these on, man.

Come on.

End of the line.

At ease.

Permission to speak,
colonel.

Denied.

Being new around here,
Finn,

I had a look at your record
and professor Walsh's notes.

Until recently,
you were an exemplary soldier

headed straight
for the top,

and then you meet
this girl, this...

Slayer, and suddenly you begin
to exhibit signs of disloyalty.

You abuse your command.

But tonight...

To release a lethal h.S.T.
Back into the population...

Sir, the prisoner...

You will speak
when I tell you to!

Tomorrow I am going
to institute a court-martial

to investigate the extent of
your involvement with the slayer

and her band of freaks.

They're anarchists, Finn...

Too backwards
for the real world.

You help us
take them down,

and you just might save
your military career.

Otherwise you'll go to your
grave labeled a traitor.

No woman is worth that.

I've mentioned how much
I'm going to kill you

if this is
a scam, right?

Look,
would I wear this

if I wasn't
on the up and up?

You do sort of
look like an evil olive.

Guys, check it out.

For a nasty town
like sunnydale,

nobody seems
to mind their locks.

You first.

Try typing in...

X-h-4-j-7

for the emergency
shutdown command.

That covers
the entire electrical grid

for the university
and outlying area.

Slap my hand now.

Beg your pardon?

In celebration.

Oh.

Yes.

Ow.

Hey!

You know who I am?

Yeah.

Then you know I'm pretty
good with this thing.

Take us to him.

Finn stays in the brig.

Helping an h.S.T. Escape is
a court-martial offense.

You're only going
to make matters worse.

Riley tried
to help oz escape?

That's who you came for.

The wolf.

Guess we're two for one.

Get dressed.

Hey, you dropped your...

How'd you get in?

Talk later.
Stealthy escape now.

Buffy.

I leave now,
I can't ever come back.

I just wanted
to hear that out loud.

Hold it.

Stay back...

Or I'll pull a William
Burroughs on your leader here.

You'll bore him to death
with free prose?

Was I the only one awake
in English that day?

I'll kill him.

Get him out.

Willow, get back.

Let's go.

You're a dead man, Finn.

No, sir.

I'm an anarchist.

I hope everybody else is okay.

It was better
to split up, right?

I mean, we're just too
findable in a big clump.

It was better.

Besides, I think
it's mostly me

the initiative
wants now.

Probably.

So what
should we do?

We'll be safe
for tonight at least.

The campus is still
blacked out, so...

That ought to slow
the initiative down.

I'll figure out
my next move tomorrow.

Quite a day, huh?

You woke up to a big
bowl of Wheaties.

Now you're
a fugitive.

I don't know.

I'm sorry
it ended that way,

but I am glad
it's done.

I'm glad I know
where I stand.

Finally.

I was wrong about oz.

I was being a bigot.

No, you weren't.

You were thrown.

You found out
that Willow was in...

Kind of an unconventional
relationship,

and it gave you
a momentary Wiggins.

It happens.

Still...

I was in a totally
black-and-white space,

people versus monsters,
and it ain't like that...

Especially
when it comes to love.

I have to tell you
some stuff...

About my past,

and it's not all stuff
that you're gonna like.

You can tell me anything.

I think so.

I think I can.

This thing looks
pretty good...

Considering
you drove it overseas.

Well, it broke down
outside of Mexico,

and I traded my bass to
have it fixed and garaged.

I shouldn't have
come back now.

I just thought
I'd changed.

You have changed.

You stopped the wolf
from coming out.

I saw it.

But I couldn't
look at you.

I mean, it turns out...

The one thing that brings
it out of me is you...

Which falls under the heading
of ironic in my book.

It was my fault.

I upset you.

So we're safe then,

'cause you'll
never do that again.

But you're happy?

I am.

I can't explain it.

It may be safer for both
of us if you don't.

I missed you, oz.

I wrote you
so many letters...

But I didn't
have any place

to send them, you know?

I couldn't
live like that.

It was stupid to think

that you'd just be...
Waiting.

I was waiting.

I feel like
some part of me

will always
be waiting for you.

Like if I'm old
and blue haired,

and I turn the corner
in Istanbul,

and there you are,

I won't be surprised...

Because you're with me,
you know?

I know.

But now is not
that time, I guess.

No.

What are you gonna do?

I think
I better take off.

When?

Pretty much now.

No candles?

Well, I brought one.

It's extra flamey.

Tara,
I have to tell you...

No, i...
I understand.

You have to be with the
person you l-love.

I am.

You mean...

I mean.

Okay?

Oh, yes.

I feel horrible about
everything I put you through,

and I'm gonna
make it up to you,

starting right now.

Right now?

Grr! Arrgh!