Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996–2003): Season 4, Episode 21 - Primeval - full transcript

Almost time
to wake up, Adam,

and take your first look
at the world.

I know you're gonna
make me proud. Aah!

Previously on
Buffy the vampire slayer.

Adam?

Spike, I want you
to come with me.

You're going to help me
with my problem.

- The slayer's got pals.
- Take them away from her.

- This all goes down, the chip comes out.
- Scout's honor.

Riley had a career. He had
a future till he met you,

and, yeah, I got
a problem with that.



Thank you.

Adam was at that cave.
Maybe he was there for a reason.

I'll go back.
I'll scope it out.

You never train
with me anymore.

- He's going to kick your ass.
- Giles.

Stupid? So you finally had the
guts to say it to my face.

What exactly do you mean
by "witch stuff?"

You guys, what is happening?

Buffy, things
have been wrong for a while.

I'm starting to understand

why there's no ancient prophecy
about a chosen one...

And her friends.

If I need help, I'll go to
someone I can count on.

I've been waiting for you.



And now I'm here.

Riley?

Riley.

Your thoughts
are troubled.

In turmoil.

I understand,
brother.

We have a lot
to discuss.

Speak.

What have you done to me?

Nothing.

It was mother.
Your professor Walsh.

She implanted
the behavior modifier.

A chip in my head.
She really did it.

Actually,
the chip is here.

Tied directly into your
central nervous system

through
the thoracic nerve.

This is phase one
of your preparation.

It lay dormant
until the time came.

I simply activated it,
brother.

Stop calling me that.
I'm not your brother.

You're a botched
science experiment.

I'm a human being who's gonna do
everything in his power to...

Sit.

You have no power.

Not yet.

Once you forget
your old life

and embrace your
destiny as I have,

you will know power
you've never dreamed of.

I think you're
going to like it.

Demons cling to old ways
and ancient feuds.

And they're hopeless
with technology. Unworthy.

Not really wanting
a lecture right now.

Disappointed by demon-kind,
we turned to humans.

Smart, adaptive,
but emotional and weak.

Blind. There's
imperfection everywhere.

Something must be done.
Who will deliver us?

Mother. She saw our future,
yours and mine.

She saw that
you were necessary.

She saw the role that
you will play by my side.

Stand up.

You see, we are
brothers, after all.

Warms the cockles
of my non-beating heart

seeing you lads together.

I didn't
send for you, spike.

Yeah, well, I'm not much
the being-sent-for type.

I'm much more the "I did my part, now get
this chip out of my head" kind of guy.

Slightly stiffer
than usual.

Subtle, but I like it.

What's with him?

I activated his chip.

Oh, so it's chips
all around, is it?

Someone must've
bought the party-pak.

You get yours removed when
the slayer is where I want her.

She's separated
from her friends.

They want nothing
to do with her.

She's all alone.

That's how I want her.

Where I want her
is down in the initiative.

She will ensure that
as many demons die as humans.

She will achieve
maximum carnage

before she's
too weak to go on.

No. You can't...

Stop talking.

Right.
The initiative.

But getting her there... that's what
the bleeding disks are for, isn't it?

Our little witch
gives her the info and pop...

Alice heads back down
the rabbit hole.

The witch.

Uh, Willow.

About so high, perky,
good with math.

Natural choice.

Her friend.

Right.

One of the friends

from whom you've
so efficiently separated her.

Damn right I did.
You should've seen 'em.

They won't be talking to each
other for a long, long...

Hang on. I think I might've
detected a small flaw.

So you failed.

Well, hey, you're
supposed to be so smart.

You let me
plan this thing.

Okay, let's not quibble
about who failed who.

The important thing
is making sure the slayer...

Go.
Gone.

So, um, we'll do this chip
thing when I get back.

Oh...

Hey.

Hello.

Um, oh, uh, pardon the robe.
It's a bit of a late start.

Right.

Hope you're feeling
all right, Mr. Giles.

Oh, yes, quite well,
thank you.

Yes, I'll probably have
a brisk jog later on.

Did you want something?

I forgot my laptop
and the disks.

Uh, yes. Please, please,
come in.

Uh, will you be working here,
you know, typing, talking?

Because that will be fine.

No, that's okay.

Got 'em. So... See ya.

Right. Yes, well,
good luck with that.

Okay.

Bye.

Bye.

Bye.

Xander.

You said you wanted
to check the board

at the unemployment office
this morning.

You can't go like that.

They won't even interview
you if you're naked.

I'm not going.
There's never anything good.

Maybe I should join the army.

Don't they make you get up
really early in the morning?

Oh, yeah.

Never mind.

Are you still upset about that
fight you had with your friends?

It was hours ago.
Get over it.

Anya, you...

Forget it.

So they all think you're
a lost, directionless loser

with no plans
for his future. Pfft.

Anya, you can't
pfft that stuff away.

Why not?

I don't know.

'Cause I think
maybe they're right.

So what if they are?

You're a good person and
a good boyfriend and...

And I'm in love
with you.

Whatever they think of
you, it shouldn't matter.

Yeah.

Yeah, it doesn't matter.

Adam.

Where are you?

This is where
it will all happen.

Where the new race begins.

Where are we?

In the initiative.

There are areas
no one knew about

beyond those
that needed to.

Mother kept her secrets well.

Didn't you?

Professor Walsh?

This is all
how she planned it,

except she thought
she would be alive.

Are you...

Is that what you're
gonna do to me?

They're just workers.

You know your destiny
is much greater.

Forrest.

Oh, god.

God has nothing to do with it.

Easy, sheriff.

Watch where you
point that thing.

What are you doing here?

Looking for a little
weekend getaway place.

Shove off.

Adam's been using these caves.

What?

I found his lair.

Oh, cripes,
that's all I need,

running into that goon.

Yeah, well, Adam's
cleared out of here,

so whatever he's planning
is about to go down.

Look at little Nancy drew.

What about
those disks I nabbed?

They ought to
tell you something.

Willow has the disks.

Well, I'd get on that.

Can't ignore
valuable information

just 'cause you two birds
fell out now, can you?

Right.

Well, you do what you want.
No worry of mine now, is it?

Maybe you should rest,
clear your head.

Can't. Not now. I think
I'm onto something.

I've been assuming
that the ciphertext

was encrypted with
an asymmetric algorithm.

Then it hit me.
A hexagonic key pattern...

Hey, look. You did it.

I didn't.

I haven't even finished
typing in the new code.

Something's doing it.

Must be programmed to
self-decrypt at a certain point.

That is so annoying.

It's like somebody blurting out the
answer to a riddle just when you've...

I mean, yippee!
We have the information.

I don't know if "yippee"
is the right response either.

Read that.

Hello. Yeah, she's right...

I mean, let me check.

It's Buffy.

Professor Walsh.

Professor Walsh,
it's Riley Finn.

Can you hear me?

She's dead.
Artificially reanimated

with basic to moderate
brain activity.

Mommy can hear you, but
she's still a walking corpse.

So are you.

Mm-mmm. Got that wrong.

I'm surging with life

and strength...

Adam made me to be
nearly as bad as he is.

Really looking forward
to trying out your girl again.

I'm sorry, Forrest.

Don't be. This is the best thing
that ever happened to me.

I'm free of all
my weaknesses, my doubts.

He's gonna fix you up, too,

soon as we got
some choice parts.

Then you and me'll
be back on the same side,

moving toward a new future.

I'll never let that happen.

You don't get it, brother.
You don't have a choice.

Your will belongs to us now.

No, that's not true.

Then why don't you get out of
that chair and walk out of here?

You can't control my...

Riley, be a good boy.

Where's Anya?

Oddly, Anya decided
not to join us

despite all the fun we had
at our last meeting.

And I don't think
Tara felt welcome.

Why? Because of the things
that we said?

Wil, who told you that we were talking
behind your back, specifically?

Well, I...

Spike, specifically, but...

And who told you that we thought you'd
be better off joining the army?

That's not... Exactly
what he said.

Well, uh, spike
can be very convincing

when-when-when, uh...

I'm very stupid.

He played us.

He wanted us to fight
to split us up.

That's where it came from,

the stuff we said
the other night.

Of course. Well, piffle.
Let's move on.

I'm moving.

Me too.

Good.

Great.

So why do you think spike
made with the head games?

He's all dressed up
with no one to bite.

He's gotta get
his yayas somehow.

I think it was
more than that.

I think it was Adam.

Spike's working
for Adam?!

After all we've done... nah,
I can't even act surprised.

I just went to Adam's lair,
and he was gone,

but spike just happened
to be there.

He made this big noise about getting
information off those encrypted disks.

Oh, I decrypted them.

Well, they decrypted
themselves,

but I almost had it.

What did they say?

Bunch of stuff
we already knew about 314,

but it also said
there's some final phase

where Adam manufactures

a bunch of creepy
cyber-demonoids like him.

There's a special lab
in the initiative,

but it didn't say where.

Adam fed spike those disks.
It has to be.

He wanted me to know about
his evil-guy assembly line.

This lab, it's in
the initiative?

Hidden somewhere.

Give the demon his due.
He thought this one out.

What do you mean?

You know how overcrowded the containment
cells have been at the initiative?

Those demons were
just too easy to catch.

It's like they
wanted in that place.

The Trojan horse.

Adam's gonna make sure the demons
attack the initiative from the inside.

Demons versus soldiers.
Massacre, massacre.

And Adam has a neat pile of body
parts to start assembling his army.

Diabolical yet... Gross.

Does anybody else
miss the mayor...

"I just wanna
be a big snake"?

I've got to shut him
down, Giles.

His final phase
is about to start.

We need to warn
the initiative.

They're not gonna
listen to me.

Riley?

He's a deserter.

He got some bad news,
anyway,

and kind of took off.

Okay, I'm confused
again.

Adam has this evil plan.

Why is he so anxious
for you to know about it?

He wants me there.

Probably figures
I'll even the kill ratio.

He's not worried
you might kill,

oh, say, him?

No, he's really not.

She's coming.

I can feel it.

Good on you.

Got a chunk of prognosticating
demon in there, eh?

Now, if you'll just get
this chip out of my cranium,

I'll be out of your way.

And mind the hairline.

I don't fancy fussing
with a comb-over

once I resume
my killing ways.

Come on.
We had a deal.

When she's here.

There's certainly
no lack of supplies.

Only wish I knew which ones
would kill Adam.

According to Riley, his power
source is a uranium core

embedded somewhere
inside his chest...

Probably near the spine?

Great. So we just ask him
to lie down quietly

while we do some
exploratory surgery.

What about magic?

Some kind of, I don't know,

uranium-extracting spell?

I know.
I'm reaching.

Perhaps a paralyzing spell.

Only I can't perform
the incantation of this.

Right. Don't you have to speak
it in Sumerian or something?

I do speak Sumerian.
It's not that.

Only an experienced witch
can incant it,

and you'd have to be within
striking distance of the subject.

See what you get for taking
French instead of Sumerian?

What was I thinking?

So no problem. All we need
is combo Buffy...

Her with slayer strength,
giles's multilingual know-how,

and Willow's witchy power.

Yeah, don't tell me.

I'm just full of
helpful suggestions.

As a matter of fact,
you are.

Nervous?

No way.

I'm full of that
good old kamikaze spirit.

Xander, just because
this is never gonna work

is no need
to be negative.

The enjoining spell isn't
powerful enough to defeat Adam?

It's very powerful.

It's also extraordinarily
dangerous.

Game faces, guys.
We're going in.

How you doing?

Super. What was I thinking
using stairs all this time?

Okay.

Wil...

No, really, Buffy.

It's not as scary
as I thought.

No. That's not what
I was gonna say.

I just...

I'm sorry.

I hate that things have been
so strained between all of us.

It's not your fault.
Spike stirred up trouble.

Yeah, but I think trouble
was stir-upable.

I think we've all sort of drifted
apart this year, don't you?

Maybe a little.

But, you know,
first year of college,

it's hard to keep the old
high school gang together.

But I want it together.
Wil, I miss you.

And Giles and Xander.
And it is my fault.

I've been so wrapped up
in my own stuff,

I've been a bad friend.

You're the slayer, Buffy.
Your stuff is pretty crucial.

I mean Riley and...
Riley, mostly.

I haven't been
miss available, either.

I kept secrets.

I hid things from everyone.

That's not your fault.

Wil, you were going
through something huge.

I wanted to tell you,
but I was so scared.

You can tell me
anything.

I love you.

You're my best friend.

Me, too.
I love you, too.

Falling now.

Let's promise to never
not talk again.

I promise, I promise.

Xander.

Oh, wonderful Xander.

You know
we love you, right?

We totally do.

Oh, god. We're gonna die,
aren't we?

No. We just missed you.

Giles, hurry up.

You definitely wanna
get down here for this.

Okay, we stick together, and
everything should be fine.

Everybody ready?

Let's...

Do this.

It's must-see TV.

Bait's been taken.
Trap's all set.

Slayer has landed.

So, one chiperectomy,
please.

Hello. Paging
Dr. owe me one.

She's not alone.

You failed me again.

Well, that's one way
of looking at it.

What's the other way?

Goh! Come on. It's not
like I wasn't trying.

That's worth something,
isn't it?

I suppose.

Yes, I will honor our agreement
and remove your chip.

Take his head off.

Let him go.

There's nowhere
left to run.

Colonel...
Shut up.

You've got
some nerve, lady.

You have to listen to us.

You think you
and your friends

can just keep waltzing into
a government installation

brandishing weapons like...

Like...

It's a gourd.

Magic gourd.

What kind of freaks
are you people?

Adam is here, colonel.
In the initiative.

Nice try.

Those overcrowded containment
cells of yours...

Courtesy of Adam. He's pulling a Trojan
horse on you. He's just waiting...

Every inch
of this installation

is under constant
24-hour surveillance.

Including the secret lab?

Including everything!

What secret lab?

The one Adam's been using.

The one built for the final
stage of the 314 project.

And you have no idea
what I'm talking about.

I know everything
that goes on around here.

A tick on a mouse
couldn't get in

without my knowing it.

And if Adam wants to try,
we're ready for him.

Jolly good. How exactly do you
plan to get close enough to Adam

to remove his power source?

Hit him simultaneously with
multiple taser blasters.

Incapacitate him with as much
voltage as we can muster.

Great plan. That's right up
there with "duck and cover."

I've seen Adam
hit with taser blasts.

He feeds on it.

And now you're gonna provide him
with an all-you-can-eat buffet?

You telling me my business?

This is not your business.
It's mine.

You, the initiative,
the boys at the Pentagon...

You're all in
way over your heads,

messing with primeval forces

you have absolutely
no comprehension of.

And you do?

I'm the slayer.

You're playing on my turf.

Up there, maybe.
But down here,

I'm the one
who's in control.

Sir, the power grid's down.
Backup's not responding.

We're locked in.

This will be interesting.

What's going on?
I don't know.

Go!

The containment area's
been breached.

Hostiles are loose.

How many?

All of 'em, sir.

It's Adam.

I am the only one
that can stop him now.

Just let me handle this.
Get your people out of here.

You men follow me.
We gotta take the armory now.

Colonel...

These people are under arrest.
Do you understand?

Yes, sir.

We've gotta find Adam.

On it.

The enjoining spell
is extremely touchy.

It's volatile. We can't
risk it being interrupted.

We need a place that's
close to you and quiet.

Uh... quiet?

How we doing, wil?

Done. Hold on.

According to this,

there's air ducts
and electrical conduits

all running into there.

So?

So there's no there there.

Look.

It's Adam.

Are you sure?

Right behind 314.

Can you unlock it?

I don't have to.

All the locks in the initiative
have been disengaged,

except for the exits.

Demon open house.

Great. So we know
we're going to 314.

Now all we have to do
is get there.

Willow, down!

Come on.

Okay, it should be over here.

Once I'm in, barricade
the door behind me.

Is this place okay
to be magic central?

It should do.

As long as we don't
get blowed up or nothin'.

What are the odds of that?

How long before
the ritual kicks in?

Five minutes, give or take.

I'll move fast, then.

Buffy, I still don't
like you going in alone.

I won't be.

Riley.

Are you hurt?

Say something.

What is this?

Why won't you
talk to me?

He can't.

He's not programmed to.

He's part of
the final phase now,

as you were supposed to be.

Sorry, I don't jump
through hoops on command.

I've never really been
one to toe the line.

Oh.

Kill her.

I thought you'd never ask.

The power of the slayer
and all who wield it.

Last to ancient,
first, we invoke thee.

Grant us thy domain
and primal strength.

Accept us
and the powers we possess.

Make us mind and heart
and spirit joined.

Let the hand encompass us.
Do thy will.

Buffy.

Shut up and watch me kill
your girlfriend, Finn.

That's an order.

Spiritus... Spirit.

Animus... Heart.

Sophus... Mind.

And manus... The hand.

We enjoin that we may
inhabit the vessel...

The hand, daughter of sineya,
first of the ones.

Is that it?
That all you got?

No! She's got me.

Look who's come off the bench.

I need to get to Adam,
like now. Are you able?

Go.

Fall back! Fall back!

Protect the flank.
Lock down that pit.

Fun, isn't it?

I do appreciate
violence.

Good.

Broke your arm.

Got another.

I've been upgrading.

We implore thee, admit us.
Bring us to the vessel.

Take us now.

You can't last much longer.

We can.

We are forever.

Interesting.

Very... Interesting.

What are you making me
do this for?

Not that I'm not
enjoying myself.

But Adam's not gonna
like it if...

How... Can you...

You could never hope to grasp
the source of our power.

But yours is right here.

Buffy.

Wow. That was...

Nasty sort of fellow.

Lucky for you blighters
I was here, eh?

Yes. Thank you.

Although your heroism
is slightly muted by the fact

that you were helping Adam to start
a war that would kill us all.

You probably just saved us so we
wouldn't stake you right here.

Well, yeah.

Did it work?

Well, then everything's
all right,

and we all get to be not staked
through the heart. Good work, team.

Buffy.

Wasn't it amazing?

You were great.

We were great.

We still got men out there.

Then let's go
save 'em, by gum.

You guys get to the exits,
get 'em open.

You, organize the soldiers,
pull 'em back.

I'll take point.

Are you up to this?

I am.

It was an experiment.

The initiative represented
the government's interest

in not only controlling
the otherworldly menace,

but in harnessing its power
for our own military purposes.

The considered opinion
of this council

is that the experiment
has failed.

Once the prototype took control
of the complex,

our soldiers suffered
a 40% casualty rate.

And it seems that it was only
through the actions of a deserter

and a group of civilian
insurrectionists

that our losses
were not total.

I trust the irony of that
is not lost on any of us.

Maggie Walsh's vision
was brilliant,

but ultimately
insupportable.

The demons
cannot be harnessed,

cannot be controlled.

It is therefore our recommendation
that this project be terminated

and all records
concerning it expunged.

Our soldiers
will be debriefed.

Standard confidentiality clause.

We will monitor the civilians

in the usual measures prepared
should they try to go public.

I don't think they will.

The initiative itself
will be filled in with concrete.

Burn it down, gentlemen.

Burn it down and salt the earth.

Grr! Arrgh!