TEXT: •I do not own the characters or situations of BTVS, and I claim no credit for the content of this episode. I have merely transcribed what appeared on my screen, with help from the closed captions. •I prefer that you link to this transcript on the Psyche site rather than post it on your site, but you can post it on your site if you want, as long as you keep my name and email address on it. Please also keep my disclaimers intact. •You can use my transcripts in your fanfiction stories; you don't have to ask my permission. (However, if you use large portions of episode dialogue in your fanfic, I recommend you give credit to the person who wrote the episode.) •I apologize in advance for my lame transcription of the fight scenes. I don't know the names of different punches and kicks. Use your imagination. [SCENE_BREAK] Teaser Buffy fighting vampires in "Helpless." GILES VOICEOVER: Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer... Quinton Travers talking to Giles in "Helpless." TRAVERS: When the Slayer turns 18, it's a time-honored rite of passage. GILES: It's an archaic exercise in cruelty. Quinton, Giles, and Buffy in the Sunnydale High library. GILES: We're finished. TRAVERS: Not quite. She passed, you didn't. I've recommended to the Council you be relieved of your duties as Watcher immediately. You're fired. Giles, Wesley, and Buffy in Angel's mansion in "Graduation." WESLEY: The Council's orders are to concentrate- BUFFY: I don't think I'm gonna be taking any more orders. Wesley, go back to your Council and tell them, until the next Slayer comes along, I'm not working for them any more. Buffy, Giles, and Joyce sitting around the table in "Triangle." BUFFY: What about the key, were they all over it? GILES: Well, they're interested. BUFFY: But they didn't guess about Dawn, right? I mean
SUMMARY:
The Watcher's Council withholds information about Glory from Buffy and make her go through a series of tests. Glory and the Knights of Byzantium target Buffy, and she realizes it's because she has power over them. She orders Quentin to give her the scoop on Glory, and it turns out she's not a demon - she's a god.