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 GILES VOICEOVER: Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer... Buffy entering the living room. BUFFY: Mom? Joyce lying on the sofa. Paramedics working on Joyce. PARAMEDIC: I'm sorry, your mother's dead. Buffy reacting. XANDER: Anya, you wanna marry me? Anya staring at Xander as he holds out the ring. Buffy running across the platform on the tower, jumping into the wormhole. The gang gathering around Buffy's dead body. Xander reading from Giles's note. XANDER: 'I've gone. Not one for long goodbyes, I thought it best to slip out quietly. Love to you all, Giles.' Giles at the airport, turning away. WILLOW: There he goes. Giles's plane taking off. WILLOW: Guys, I need you on board here. XANDER: This is deep stuff, Willow. We're talking about raising the dead. WILLOW: It's time we stop talking. TARA: What if something does go wrong? WILLOW: I can do this. I promise. But not without you. The ritual at Buffy's grave. WILLOW: Osiris, here lies the warrior of the people.
SUMMARY:
Buffy faces financial problems while Warren, Andrew, and Jonathan team up in order to take over Sunnydale. They send a M'Fashnik demon to kill Buffy, whom they believe to be their biggest threat.