Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996–2003): Season 4, Episode 22 - Restless - full transcript

The initiative created this thing,
and they can't stop it. But we will.

Previously on
Buffy the vampire slayer.

The power of the slayer
and all who wield it.

Last to ancient first,
we invoke thee.

Make us mind
and heart and spirit join.

Spiritus, the spirit.

Animus, heart.

Sophus, mind.

And manus, the hand.

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

Are you sure
you'll be all right?



'Cause I can be there
in the morning.

It's just a debriefing.

They're not gonna
make me disappear,

and they're not pinning
anything on me.

I got Graham and
a lot of the guys

testifying I'm the
reason they're alive.

I might actually
get out of this

with an honorable
discharge.

In return for
your silence, no doubt.

Oh, yeah. Having
the inside scoop

on the administration's
own bay of mutated pigs

is definitely
an advantage.

It's like you're blackmailing
the government.

In a... patriotic way.



I'll call you
when it's over.

Dinner is served.

And my very own recipe.

Ooh! You pushed the button
on the microwave

that says "popcorn"?

Actually, I pushed defrost,

but Joyce was there
in the clinch.

Well, you guys
have fun tonight.

It was very nice
meeting you.

It was nice
meeting you. Finally.

Bye.
Bye.

Did you notice how
pointedly I said finally?

No.

Let the vidfest begin.

You sure you
won't join us?

No. You guys
have your fun.

I'm tired. I can't believe
you're not exhausted.

Have you
even slept since...

Still feel a little
bit too wired.

Mmm. Yeah, that spell...
That was... that was powerful.

Don't think
I could sleep.

Well, we got
plenty of vid.

And I'm putting in
a preemptive bid

for apocalypse now,
huh?

Did you get anything
less heart-of-darkness-y?

Apocalypse now
is a gay romp.

It's the feel-good movie
of whatever year it was.

What else?

Don't worry.

Got plenty of chick and
British-guy flicks, too.

These puppies should
last us all night.

I think it's strange.

I mean...

I think I should worry

that we haven't
found her name.

Who, miss kitty?

You'd think she'd let us
know her name by now.

She will.

She's not all grown yet.

You're not worried?

I never worry here.

I'm safe here.

You don't know
everything about me.

Have you told me
your real name?

Oh, you know that.

They will find out,
you know...

About you.

I don't have time
to think about that.

You know I have all this
homework to finish.

Are you gonna finish
in time for class?

I can be late.

But you've never
taken drama before.

Might miss
something important.

I don't want
to leave here.

Why not?

It's so bright...

And there's something
out there.

Hey.

Hey, guys.

Heard you're
taking drama.

Uh-huh.

It's a tough course.

You took it?

Oh, I've been here
forever.

So what you been doing?

Doing spells?

She does spells
with Tara.

Yeah, I heard about that.

I'm gonna be late.

Sometimes I think about
2 women doing a spell...

And then I do
a spell by myself.

Isn't this exciting?
Our first production!

I can't wait
till our scene!

I love you! Oh!

Don't step
on my cues.

Production?

Oh, my god!
The place is packed!

Everybody's here! Your whole
family's in the front row,

and they look
really angry.

There's a production?

Oh, somebody's
got stage fright.

Isn't this the first class?

Well, you showed up late, or
you'd have a better part.

I'm cowboy guy.

Your costume is perfect.

Nobody's gonna know
the truth.

You know, about you.

Costume?

You're already
in character!

Oh, I should've done that!

But how come there's...

I mean, I was given
to understand

that a drama class
would have, you know...

Drama class.

We haven't
even rehearsed.

Hah! Well, maybe
some people haven't.

I showed up on time, so
I got to be cowboy guy.

I just think
it's really early

to be putting on a play.

I... i don't even
know what...

This isn't madame butterfly,
is it?

Because I have
a whole problem with opera.

All right,
everyone!

Pay attention.

In just a few moments,
that curtain is gonna open

on our very first
production.

Everyone that Willow's
ever met

is out in that audience,
including all of us.

That means
we have to be perfect.

Stay in character,

remember your lines
and energy, energy, energy,

especially in
the musical numbers.

Did anyone see that?

Giles: Acting is not
about behaving,

it's about hiding.

The audience
wants to find you,

strip you naked, and eat
you alive, so hide.

Stop that.

Now, costumes, sets...

Um, the things
that you, uh, you know,

you know, um, you hold them,
you touch them, use them...

Props?
No.

Props?
Yes.

It's all
about subterfuge.

That's very annoying.

Now go on out there,
lie like dogs,

and have a wonderful time.

Now, if we can stay
in focus, keep our heads,

and if Willow can stop
stepping on everyone's cues,

I know this will be
the best production

of death of a salesman
we've ever done. Stop it.

Good luck, everyone!
Break a leg!

I've made a little space
for the cheese slices.

Things aren't
going very well.

No.

This drama class
is just...

I think they're really not doing
things in the proper way,

and now I'm in a play,

and my whole family's
out there,

and why is there
a cowboy

in death of a salesman,
anyway?

You don't understand yet,
do you?

Is there something
following me?

Yes.

Well,
what should I do?

The play's
gonna start soon,

and I don't even
know my lines.

The play's
already started.

That's not the point.

Why, hello,
little lady.

Can I hold those
milk pails for you?

Why, thank you, but
they're not very heavy.

Why have you come to
our lonely small town

which has no post office
and very few exports?

I've come lookin'
for a man,

a salesman.

Everyone's starting
to wonder about you,

the real you.

If they find out,

they'll punish you.

I can't help you
with that.

What should i...

What's after me?

Is it something I
was supposed to do?

Was I supposed to...

Shh.

What was that?

But what else
could I expect

from a bunch of low-rent,
no-account hoodlums like you?

Hoodlums, yes. I mean, you and
your friends, your whole sex.

Throw 'em in the sea
for all I care.

Throw 'em in and wait
for the bubbles.

Men, with your groping and spitting.
All groin, no brain.

3 billion of ya passin' around
the same worn-out urge.

Men... with your sales.

Tara?

Tara, OK, this
really isn't...

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Wil.

Buffy.

Oh, god.

Come on.

Stay low.

What did it
look like?

I don't know.

I... i don't know
why it's after me.

Well, you must have
done something.

No, I never
do anything.

I'm very seldom naughty.

I just came to class,
and the play was starting.

Play is long over.

Why are you
still in costume?

OK, still having
to explain

wherein this is
just my outfit.

Willow, everybody
already knows.

Take it off.

No.

I need it.

Oh, for god's sake,
just take it off.

That's better.

It's much more
realistic.

See, isn't everybody
very clear on this now?

Heh!

My god,
it's like a tragedy.

I tried
to warn you.

It's exactly like
a Greek tragedy.

There should
only be Greeks.

"My book report.

"This summer I read

the lion, the witch,
and the wardrobe."

Oh, who cares?

"This book has
many themes..."

aah! Aah! Aah!

Help!

Help me!

Aah! Aah!

Help me!

I'm awake.

I'm good.

Did I miss anything?

Nothing much
at all, really.

Bunch of
massacring.

We gotta keep goin', men.

We gotta take that hill.

Damn this war.

I have to say,

I really feel apocalypse
now is overrated.

No, no.

It gets better.

Men.

I remember
that it gets better.

Oh, my god.

What's happened to my men?

Aah!

Want some corn?

Butter flavor?

New car smell.

Cool.

What's her deal?

Big faker.

Oh, I'm beginning
to understand this now.

It's all about the
journey, isn't it?

Well, thanks for
making me have to pee.

You don't need any
help with that, right?

I got a system.

Hey.

Hey, Joyce.

Mrs. summers.

We're not making too much
noise down there, are we?

Oh, no.

Anyway, they all
left a while ago.

Oh, I should probably
go catch up.

I've heard that before.

I move pretty fast.

You know, a man's
always after...

Conquest?

I'm a conquistador.

Are you sure
it isn't comfort?

I'm a comfortador
also.

I do know
the difference.

I've learned
about boys.

That's cool
about you.

It's very late.

Would you like
to rest for a while?

Um, yeah, I'd like you.

I'm just gonna go
to the bathroom first.

Don't get lost.

OK, I'm gonna find
another bathroom.

I didn't order
any vampires.

That's not the way out.

Hey, there you are.

Are you sure it's us
you were looking for?

Giles here is gonna teach
me to be a watcher.

Says I got the stuff.

Spike's like
a son to me.

That's good.

I was into that
for a while,

but I got other
stuff goin' on.

You gotta
have something.

Gotta be with
movin' forward.

Like a shark.

Like a shark
with feet and...

Much less fins.

And on land.

Very good.

Buffy, are you sure you
want to play there?

It's a pretty
big sandbox.

I'm OK.

It's not coming
for me yet.

I just mean...

You can't protect
yourself from...

Some stuff.

I'm way ahead of you,
big brother.

Brother?

Come on. Put your back
into it.

A watcher scoffs
at gravity.

Do you know
where you're going?

I've been thinking about
getting back into vengeance.

Is that right?

Well, you know
how I miss it.

I'm so at loose ends
since I quit.

I think
this is going to be

a very big year
for vengeance.

But isn't vengeance
kind of vengeful?

You don't want me
to have a hobby.

Not a vengeance
hobby, no.

It's dangerous.

People can't do
anything they want.

Society has rules and borders
and an end zone.

It doesn't matter if...

Do you mind?
I'm talkin' to my demon.

Sorry.

We just think you're
really interesting.

Oh, I'm goin' places.

I'm way
ahead of you.

Is that right?

Watch this.

Do you want to come
in the back with us?

Oh, go on.

I don't have to.

I'll be fine.

I think I've figured out

how to steer by
gesturing emphatically.

Girls?

I know what's up there!

These will not
protect you.

Giles.

Xander, what are you doing here?

What's after me?

It's because of what we did.
I know that.

What we did?

Mmm. The others
have gone on ahead.

Now listen
very carefully.

Your life may depend on
what I'm about to tell you.

You need...

What?

Go where?

I don't understand.

Xander.

Honey, I don't...
I can't hear you.

Well, wait!

Where are we goin'?

Where?

Hey!

Let go!

Hey!

Where are you from,
Harris?

Well,
the basement mostly.

Were you born there?

Possibly.

I walked by your guidance
counselor's office one time.

A bunch of you were
sitting there...

Waiting to be
shepherded.

I remember it smelled
like dead flowers.

Like decay.

Then it hit me.

The hope of
our nation's future

is a bunch of mulch.

You know, I never got
the chance to tell you

how glad I was you were
eaten by a snake.

Where are you
heading?

Well, I'm supposed
to meet Tara and Willow.

And possibly
Buffy's mom.

Your time
is running out.

No, I'm just trying
to get away.

There's something
I can't fight.

Are you a soldier?

I'm a comfortador.

You're neither.

You're
a whipping boy,

raised by mongrels,

and set on
a sacrificial stone.

I'm getting a cramp.

Giles, it's here!

This is more
serious than we thought.

- Giles?
- I can fight anything, right?

Maybe
we should slap her.

Buffy?

That's not the way out.

What the hell
is wrong with you?

You won't come upstairs?

What are you,
ashamed of us?

Your mother's
cryin' her guts out.

You don't
understand.

No.

You don't understand.

The line ends
here with us,

and you're not
gonna change that.

You haven't
got the heart.

You have
to stop thinking.

Let it wash over you.

Don't you think it's a
little old-fashioned?

This is the way
women and men

have behaved since the
beginning, before time.

Now look into the light.

Man: Step on up, step on up.
Try your luck!

Come on. Come on.

We're gonna miss
all the good stuff.

Does she always want
to train this badly?

It appears she's never heard
the fable about Patience.

Which one
is that?

Well, the one
with the fox

and the, uh,
less-patient fox.

Here! I want to,
I want to!

Yes, go ahead.

I am a vampire.

Buffy, you have
a sacred birthright

to protect mankind.

Don't stick out
your elbow.

I am a vampire!

Arg! You stake me.

I haven't got
any treats.

For god's sake, Rupert,
go easy on the girl.

This is my business.

Blood of the lamb
and all that.

Now you're going to get
that all over your face.

I know you.
I know you.

Hey!

Come on!

You're gonna
miss everything.

Don't push me
around.

You know I have
a great deal to do.

I've hired myself out
as an attraction.

Sideshow freak?

Well, at least
it's showbiz.

What am I supposed to
do with all of this?

You ought to make up
your mind, rupes.

What are you
wasting time for?

Haven't you figured it
all out yet

with your enormous,
squishy frontal lobes?

I still think Buffy
should have killed you.

I wear the cheese.
It does not wear me.

Honestly, you meet the most
appalling sort of people.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

There's a great deal
going on...

And all at once.

Don't we know it.

Only at death's door over here.
Look at Xander.

Got the sucking
chest wound swingin'.

I promised Anya I'd be
there for her big night.

Now I'll probably
be pushing up daisies

in the sense of being in the ground
underneath them and fertilizing the soil

with my decomposition.

OK. A man walks into the
office of a doctor.

He's wearing
on his head, um...

Wait, there's a duck,
is that right?

You suck!

Quiet! You'll miss the
humorous conclusion.

She's doing
quite well.

Do you know
this is your fault?

We have to think
of the facts, Willow.

I'm very busy.

I have a gig myself,
you know.

Something's
after us.

It's like
some primal...

Some animal force.

That used to be us.

Don't get linear
on me now, man.

And then the duck

tells the doctor
that there's a man

that's attached
to my ass.

See, it was the duck

and not the man
that spoke.

Rupert.

You've got to focus. You must
have some kind of explanation.

If we don't know
what we're fighting,

I don't think
we stand a chance.

♪ It's strange ♪

♪ It's not like anything ♪

♪ We've faced before ♪

♪ It seems familiar ♪

♪ Somehow ♪

♪ Of course ♪

♪ The spell we cast with Buffy ♪

♪ Must have released ♪

♪ Some primal evil ♪

♪ That's come back seeking ♪

♪ I'm not sure what ♪

♪ Willow ♪

♪ Look through
the chronicles ♪

♪ For some reference ♪

♪ To a warrior beast ♪

♪ I've got to warn Buffy ♪

♪ There's every chance
she might be next ♪

♪ And Xander ♪

♪ Help Willow ♪

♪ And try not to bleed ♪

♪ On my couch ♪

♪ I've just had
it steam cleaned ♪

♪ No, wait ♪

Well, that was obvious.

I know who you are.

And I can defeat you...

With my intellect.

I can cripple you
with my thoughts.

Of course,
you underestimate me.

You couldn't know.

You never had a watcher.

Buffy, wake up!

Buffy, you have to
wake up right away.

I'm not really in
charge of these things.

Please wake up.

Oh, please.

I need my beauty sleep,

so stop it, OK?

Faith and I
just made that bed.

For who?

I thought you were here
to tell me.

The guys aren't here,
are they?

We were gonna hang out
and watch movies.

You lost them.

No.

No.

I think they need me
to find them.

It's so late.

Oh, that clock's
completely wrong.

Here.

I'm never
gonna use those.

You think you know

what's to come,

what you are.

You haven't
even begun.

I think I need
to go find the others.

Be back before dawn.

Have you seen
my friends?

They wouldn't
just disappear.

Mom?

Oh, hi, honey.

Why are you
living in the walls?

Oh, sweetie, no.
I'm fine here.

Don't worry
about me.

It looks dirty.

Well, it seems
that way to you.

I made some lemonade,

and I'm learning
how to play mah-jongg.

You go find
your friends.

I think they
might be in danger.

Heh heh heh heh heh.

I'm sorry, dear.

A mouse is playing
with my knees.

I really don't think you
should live in there.

Well, you could...

Probably break
through the wall.

Hey there, killer.

Riley,
you're back.

I never left.

How did
the debriefing go?

I told you not to
worry about that.

It went great.

They made me
surgeon general.

Why didn't you
come and tell me?

We could have celebrated.

Oh.

We're drawing up a plan
for world domination.

The key element?

Coffeemakers that think.

World domination?

Is that a good?

Baby, we're
the government.

It's what we do.

She's uncomfortable
with certain concepts.

It's understandable.

Aggression is a natural
human tendency,

though you and me come
by it another way.

We're not demons.

Is that a fact?

Buffy, we've got
important work here,

a lot of filing,
giving things names.

What was yours?

Before Adam?

Not a man among us
can remember.

The demons
have escaped.

Please run for your lives.

This could
be trouble.

We'd better
make a fort.

I'll get
some pillows.

Wait.

I have weapons.

I thought you were
looking for your friends.

OK, killer...

If that's the way
you want it,

I guess you're
on your own.

I'm never gonna
find them here.

Of course not.

That's the reason
you came.

You're not
in my dream.

I was borrowed.

Someone has to
speak for her.

Let her speak
for herself.

That's what's done
in polite circles.

Why do you
follow me?

I don't.

Where are my friends?

You're asking
the wrong questions.

Make her speak.

I have no speech,
no name.

I live in the action
of death,

the blood cry,
the penetrating wound.

I am destruction...

Absolute, alone.

The slayer?

The first.

I am not alone.

The slayer does not
walk in this world.

I walk.

I talk.

I shop. I sneeze.

I'm gonna be a fireman
when the floods roll back.

There's trees in the desert
since you moved out,

and I don't sleep
on a bed of bones.

Now give me back
my friends.

No friends!

Just the kill.

We are alone.

That's it.
I'm waking up.

It's over.

We don't
do this anymore.

Enough!

Are you quite finished?

It's over, OK?

I'm going to ignore you, and
you're going to go away.

You're really gonna
have to get over

the whole
primal power thing.

You're not
the source of me.

Also, in terms
of hair care,

you really want to say,
what kind of impression

am I making in the workplace?
'Cause...

The first slayer.

Wow.

Not big with
the socialization.

Or the floss.

Somehow our joining
with Buffy

and invoking the essence
of the slayer's power

was an affront to the
source of that power.

You know, you could have
brought that up to us

before we did it.

I did. I said there could
be dire consequences.

Yes, but you say that
about chewing too fast.

I'm guessing I
missed some fun.

The spirit of
the first slayer

tried to kill us
in our dreams.

Oh. You want some
hot chocolate?

Yeah!

Xander?

Yes, what, Joyce?

Uh, Buffy's mom.

Be my kitchen buddy
again, help me carry?

Yes, sure...

Buffy's mom.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

I think I might
jump in the shower.

You seem a bit...

A little.

The first slayer.

I never really
thought about it.

It was intense.

I guess you guys got
a taste of that, huh?

Yeah. From now on,

you keep your slayer
friends out of my dreams,

is that clear?

She's not good
for the sleepin'.

Ahh...

Well, at least
you all didn't dream

about that guy
with the cheese.

Don't know where the
hell that came from.

You think you know...

What's to come,

what you are.

You haven't even begun.

Grr! Arrgh!