Buffy
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Slayer
Season 8
Once And For All
Episode 2
"The
Way Home"
The Long Way
Home
TEASER
FADE IN:
IN
INT.
INT SUMMERS APARTMENT - DAWN'S
DAWN S BEDROOM - DAY
DAWN
DAWN is attempting to pack a suitcase as she dials the
telephone.
walks to her closet and looks into it while
while
telephone She walks
the phone rings.
She
starts
to
grab
clothes
and
toss
them
rings
onto the bed.
bed
Finally,
Finally someone picks up the other end.
end
INTERCUT WITH:
WITH
INT.
WILLOW AND XANDER'S
INT WILLOW
XANDER S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY
XANDER is walking
walking through the room,
room sorting through some
mail.
He
holds
the
phone
to
his
ear with
with his shoulder.
mail
shoulder
XANDER
Hey,
Hey Dawnie.
Dawnie
DAWN
DAWN
How'd
w
it
go
last
night?
Ho d
night
XANDER
You know
w
how
w
kno ho it is.
is Romantic dinner,
dinner
moonlight stroll through the park,
park
some playful
playful banter between
between chats
with
with homicide detectives and then a
battle with
with the undead before going
home and the scary
scary stuff happens.
happens
DAWN
DAWN
Uh-huh...
So,
what did she say?
Uh huh
So what
say
XANDER
She said yes.
yes I am officially
officially a
fiance.
fiance
DAWN
DAWN
(big
smile)
big smile
This is so cool.
cool It's
It s like my
my big
brother and sister are getting
married.
married Minus the disturbing and
illegal parts.
we can
parts Best part is,
is we
stop talking about this behind her
back.
back I hate plotting like that.
that
Makes me feel evil.
evil
XANDER
Really?
y
I
kinda
like it.
Reall
it
DAWN
DAWN
Have you
you guys
y
gu s set a date?
date
(MORE)
MORE
2.
2
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Where
Where are you
you doing it?
it Can I be the
best man,
or
the
maid
of honor,
man
honor or
the best man and maid of honor?
honor I'm
I m
really
y
good
at
multi-tasking.
reall
multi tasking Like
right now,
now I'm
I m packing and talking
on the phone at the same time.
time
She looks at the bed and notices that
clothes that she hasn't
hasn t touched since
She winces
winces and gets back to packing.
packing
there's
there s
she put
a pile of
them there.
there
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Okay,
y
bad
example.
x
Oka
e ample
I'm
I m
the
XANDER
gonna assume you
you forgot about
packing,
so
that
was
was funny.
packing
funny
DAWN
DAWN
So?
The
date?
So
date The place?
place The job
assignment?
assignment
XANDER
Date's
sometime
in the future.
Date s
future Place
is someplace that is not the backyard
backyard
because that'd
be
very
y
TV
cliche.
that d
ver
cliche
Job assignment is that we're
we re reviewing
reviewing
the applications and will
will get back
to you
you shortly.
shortly
DAWN
DAWN
Coulda just said "I
I don't
don t know."
know
XANDER
Coulda.
Didn't.
Coulda Didn t
There's
There s
packing
a pause in
and stands
the
up,
up
conversation.
conversation Dawn
Dawn finally
finally stops
getting sentimental.
sentimental
DAWN
DAWN
I'm
I m happy.
happy
XANDER
Me too.
too
DAWN
DAWN
Celebration dinner on me,
me as soon as
I get there.
there
XANDER
Which
Which would
would be when
when
do the e-mail
thing
e mail
all of this info.
info
again?
again I don't
don t
so Willow
Willow has
3.
3
DAWN
DAWN
Leave tonight.
tonight Couple hour layover,
layover
and then to Sunnydale.
y
Should
be
Sunn dale
there before the rooster takes his
bow.
bow
XANDER
Cool.
I'm
looking
forward
Cool I m
forward to seeing
you.
you Place feels kinda empty
without
empty without
everyone
y
here.
ever one here
DAWN
DAWN
I miss you
you guys
guys too.
too
Dawn
watch
Dawn looks at her watch.
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
I gotta go.
I
wanna
wanna try
Will
go
try to call Will
before I have to get gone.
gone
XANDER
'Kay.
y
See
you
y
Ka
ou soon.
soon
DAWN
DAWN
Bye.
y
Love
you.
y
B e
ou
XANDER
Same here,
kid.
here kid
DAWN
DAWN
I'm
not
a
kid.
I m
kid
Xander smiles.
smiles
XANDER
No you're
you re not.
not Bye.
Bye
DAWN
DAWN
Bye.
Bye
They
We stay
They both hang up.
up We
stay on Dawn
Dawn as she dials the phone
again.
She
puts
it
to
her
ear.
again
ear
INTERCUT WITH:
WITH
EXT.
EXT SUNNYDALE HIGH - DAY
WILLOW
WILLOW walks
walks out of the school and starts to cross the yard
yard
when
when her phone rings.
She
looks
at
the
caller
ID
and
smiles.
rings
smiles
She pushes a button and puts the phone to her ear.
ear
WILLOW
WILLOW
Hey,
Hey Dawnie.
Dawnie
Dawn
Dawn begins to jump up
in one of those girlie
and
joy
joy
down
down as she screams into the phone
shrieks.
shrieks
4.
4
Willow
Willow moves the phone away
away from her ear,
ear trying
trying to regain
her ability
y
to
hear.
abilit
hear
INT.
WATCHER S COUNCIL BUILDING - GILES'
INT WATCHER'S
GILES OFFICE - NIGHT
GILES walks
walks into his office and shuts the door behind him.
him
He walks
walks to his desk where
where he sits and looks down
down at his
desk calendar.
calendar He takes a red marker and puts a little dot
in the corner of previous day's
day s date,
date January
January 2.
2
He flips over the calendar.
calendar On the back of the calendar is a
number of notes,
printouts
and images of dead demons.
notes
demons There
is also a small map of the world,
world on which
which Giles marks a
spot in England.
England He puts the marker down
down and removes several
photographs from his coat pocket.
They
pocket They are pictures taken in
the woods
woods where
where Buffy
y
killed
the group of demons in the
Buff
previous episode.
Giles
tapes
one of the images to the back
episode
of the calendar and puts the others in a file folder.
folder
He flips the calendar over again.
again
Buffy,
with curiosity
Buffy filling him with
curiosity
His
and
mind drifts toward
toward
concern.
concern
He rubs his tired eyes
with his hand and sits back in his
eyes with
chair.
chair
GILES
(whispered)
whispered
Where
Where are you?
you
EXT.
EXT RESIDENTIAL STREET - NIGHT
A VAMPIRE slams onto the street and TURNS TO DUST.
DUST
BUFFY stands
VAMPIRES who
who
beneath a streetlight,
streetlight looking at THREE MORE
start to back off in fear.
fear
Buffy
Buffy raises her Scythe
Scythe and looks at the vampires.
vampires Everyone
Everyone
involved knows
w
what
w
is
about
to
happen
but
before
she
moves,
kno s hat
moves
a strange feeling comes over her.
She
pauses
for
a
moment.
her
moment
She turns her head slightly
slightly to the side as though feeling
something behind her,
her but doesn't
doesn t look back.
back
The vampires
distraction.
distraction
look
They
They
at each other,
other taking note of her
decide to run.
run
As the vampires turn around,
around the Scythe
Scythe swiftly
swiftly moves across
each of their necks.
Their
heads
roll
back
as they
necks
they TURN TO
DUST.
Buffy
y
now
w
stands
in
front
of
where
w
the
vampires
stood.
DUST Buff no
here
stood
She still seems distracted,
but
that
doesn't
slow
w
her
down.
distracted
doesn t slo
down
Finally,
walk
Finally she shrugs off this odd feeling and starts to walk
away.
w
y
a a
ANGLE ON : THE GROUND NEAR THE STREETLIGHT
As Buffy's
Buffy s
the light.
light
shadow
shadow moves away,
away the feet of
He wears
wears black boots and black
a male step into
pants.
pants
5.
5
We
We
He
PAN UP,
UP seeing a long black coat,
coat and finally
finally his face.
face
is ANGEL.
ANGEL
FADE TO BLACK:
BLACK
END OF TEASER
6.
6
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
IN
INT.
INT HANK'S
HANK S CAR - DAY
HANK
sits
sits behind the wheel,
wheel driving down
down the highway
highway as Dawn
Dawn
in the passenger seat.
seat
HANK
You have your
your ticket?
ticket
DAWN
DAWN
E-ticket
secure.
E ticket secure
HANK
And you
you packed everything
you need?
everything you
need
DAWN
DAWN
Yup.
Yup
HANK
But not too much,
much right?
right
DAWN
DAWN
Nope.
My
y
walls
w
Nope M
alls remain covered and
not a moving box
box to be seen.
seen I am
coming back,
Dad.
back Dad
HANK
I know.
w
I
just
worry.
worry
kno
DAWN
DAWN
You don't
have
to.
don t
to
HANK
It's
what
w
I
do
best these days.
It s hat
days
really
y
sure
when
w
that
happened.
reall
hen
happened
(beat)
beat
You know,
you need something
know if you
can ship it.
it
Not
I
DAWN
DAWN
Thanks.
I
think
I'm
Thanks
I m covered.
covered
HANK
And you
you have money?
money
DAWN
DAWN
A giant wad
wad of hundred-dollar
hundred dollar bills
sticking ever so slightly
slightly out of my
my
purse,
so
as
to
attract
muggers
and
purse
various charitable orginazations
which
which will
will squander
squander the money
money on
tropical vacations and political
slam-campaigns.
slam campaigns
7.
7
HANK
Just checking.
checking
DAWN
DAWN
I know.
w
It's
kno
It s kinda sweet.
sweet A little
annoying,
y
but
sweet.
w
anno ing
s eet
HANK
I'm
done,
I
promise.
I m done
promise
DAWN
DAWN
Thank you.
you
HANK
I hear it's
nice
in LA.
Warm and
it s
LA Warm
sunny.
y
sunn
DAWN
DAWN
As per usual.
usual
HANK
Yup.
And
of
course
Yup
cell phone there.
there
(beat)
beat
Did you
you bring your
your
everyone
everyone has a
cell phone?
phone
DAWN
DAWN
Yup.
Yup
HANK
Good.
Call
me
when
when you
you land.
Good
land And be
careful.
People
on
cell
phones usually
careful
usually
aren't
paying
y
attention
to
what
w
aren t pa ing
hat
they're
they re doing.
doing They
They can be dangerous.
dangerous
DAWN
DAWN
I'll
be
sitting
in an airport,
I ll
airport not
speeding down
w
the
PCH.
do n
PCH
HANK
Right.
I
know.
w
Sorry.
Right
kno
Sorry I
done this time.
time No more
you.
you
promise I'm
I m
hassling
Dawn
Dawn just nods this time.
time
HANK (CONT'D)
CONT D
You were
were joking about the hundredhundred
dollar bills though,
though right?
right
INT.
WILLOW AND XANDER'S
INT WILLOW
XANDER S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY
Xander is sitting on the couch with
with a number of folders
sitting on the table in front of him.
him He's
He s skimming through
one of the folders,
making
notes
in
it.
writing
folders
it He's
He s also writing
notes in a notebook.
notebook
8.
8
Willow
Willow walks
walks into the room.
room
WILLOW
WILLOW
Working?
Working
XANDER
It's
what
w
we
w
Watchers do best.
It s hat e Watchers
best
WILLOW
WILLOW
Do you
you really
y
reall count as an official
Watcher?
Watcher
XANDER
God,
I
hope
not.
God
not
Willow
Willow sits next
next to him and looks at the folder in his hand.
hand
WILLOW
WILLOW
I remember that guy.
guy All those droopy
droopy
ears and the mullet.
Wonder
W
what
w
mullet
onder hat
ever happened to him.
him
Xander closes the folder and puts it down.
down
XANDER
As long as he's
he s not anywhere
anywhere near
me,
I
don't
care.
Just
adds to the
me
don t care
paperwork.
w
paper ork
Xander leans back and rubs his eyes.
eyes
WILLOW
WILLOW
Tired?
Tired
XANDER
Too much work.
work My
My demon eye
eye is
throbbing.
throbbing
WILLOW
WILLOW
Would
Would dinner and a movie help at
all?
all
Sorry,
Sorry but I
much done as
here.
here
XANDER
can't.
want to get as
can t I want
I can before Dawn
Dawn gets
WILLOW
WILLOW
Fine,
but
you're
y
Fine
ou re missing one heck of
a scifi adventure.
adventure
I'll
I ll
even
XANDER
catch it another time.
time I haven't
haven t
started the Gachnar file.
file
9.
9
WILLOW
WILLOW
Well,
Well it should be a short
(indicating
with her
indicating with
fingers)
fingers
The guy
was only
guy was
only like this
report.
report
big.
big
XANDER
Turn your
your phone to silent.
silent I'll
I ll text
text
message you
you if I ever get done.
done
WILLOW
WILLOW
Done.
Done Bye.
Bye
Xander waves
waves as Willow
Willow walks
walks out of the room,
room and out of the
house.
Once
she's
gone,
he
turns
back
to
his files.
house
she s gone
files He opens
a new
w
folder
and
skims
it's
contents.
He
makes
a couple of
ne
it s contents
notes in the folder.
folder
EXT.
EXT ALLEY - NIGHT
Buffy
walks through the alley
water fall around
Buffy walks
alley as drops of water
her.
Remnants
of
rain
that
has
been
over
for
minutes,
her
minutes but
which
which has left no evidence of it's
existance
x
on
Buffy
it s e istance
Buffy herself.
herself
Finally,
walking That feeling coming over her
Finally she stops walking.
again.
She
turns
her
head slightly,
again
slightly as though listening to
something behind her.
her
From the shadows
shadows ahead of her,
her PRAX appears.
appears He is a very
very
threatening looking demon with
with rippling muscles and a face
which
which looks like it's
it s been pulled tighter than Joan Rivers'.
Rivers
He wears
wears jeans and a t-shirt,
t shirt but no shoes.
shoes He looks Buffy
Buffy
up and down.
w
She
ignores
him.
do n
him
Prax
Prax smiles,
smiles pulling
to tear and bleed on
an Irish accent
his
his
face tighter and causing his skin
forehead.
When he speaks,
with
forehead When
speaks it's
it s with
PRAX
Slayer.
y
I've
you
Sla er I ve heard about you.
He steps closer to her,
her looking her up and down.
down
PRAX (CONT'D)
CONT D
Obviously
y
those
reports have been
Obviousl
exagerated.
exagerated I guess some demons like
to make you
you sound bigger than you
you
really
y
are.
Makes
them
look
less
reall are
pathetic.
pathetic
Buffy
Buffy still isn't
isn t looking at him.
him Her eyes
eyes
ground as she ponders her next
x
move,
which
w
ne t move
hich
completely
completely unrelated to Prax.
Prax
drift toward
toward the
is a thought
Prax
Prax reaches toward
toward her and strokes her hair.
hair
10.
10
PRAX (CONT'D)
CONT D
But you're
you re just a small thing,
thing aren't
aren t
you?
you Frail to the eye.
y
Soft
to the
e e
touch.
touch Not the most "here"
here person
I've
ever
met
either.
I ve
either
Prax
waits for an answer.
Prax waits
answer None comes.
comes He grows
grows impatient.
impatient
PRAX (CONT'D)
CONT D
Look,
I
was
w
ready
whole
Look
as ready to do the whole
"witty
witty banter"
routine,
but
if
you're
you re
banter routine
not into it,
that's
fine.
We
W
can
get
it that s fine
e
this over with.
with
He shows
which look normal enough until
shows his teeth again,
again which
they
y
TURN
INTO
FANGS.
All
of
them.
which
the
FANGS
them Razor sharp fangs,
fangs which
are longer than vampire fangs.
His
EYES
TURN
RED
and
blood
fangs
drips from them.
them
His muscles tighten all over his body
body and his veins look as
though they
y
might
break
through
his
tightened skin.
the
skin The skin
on his left arm rips and blood drips down
w
his
elbow.
do n
elbow Blood
also soaks through his shirt,
suggesting
that
more
rips have
shirt
occurred.
This
guy
y
is
not
something
that
you
y
would
w
want to
occurred
gu
ou ould want
meet in a dark alley.
y
alle
He raises his fist and swings
with all
swings at Buffy.
Buffy He hits her with
of his strength which
which would
would normally
y
send
someone
flying,
normall
flying
vampire slayer
y
or
not.
However,
w
Buffy
y
isn't
exactly
x
sla er
not Ho ever Buff isn t e actly normal
anymore.
y
The
hit
doesn't
an more
doesn t phase her at all.
all She's
She s still not
paying
y
attention
to
Prax.
x
pa ing
Pra
Prax
Prax is annoyed
annoyed now.
now He raises his
his fingers,
sharp
as the teeth in
fingers
Buffy,
y
slashing
her
face open,
Buff
open but
as they
y
form.
the form
hand and CLAWS
CLAWS GROW
GROW from
his mouth.
He
swipes
mouth
swipes at
the WOUNDS
WOUNDS HEAL as quickly
quickly
BUFFY
I feel you.
you I know
you re here.
know you're
here
PRAX
That's
what
w
I
was
was going for.
That s hat
for
Buffy
who she was
was talking to
Buffy finally
finally looks at Prax.
Prax He's
He s not who
and he just just a nuisance now.
w
She
punches
him
in the face
no
O.S.,
which
w
makes
a
nice
SQUISHING
sound.
We
W
then
hear him
O S
hich
sound
e
drop as she turns her attention back to the shadows
w
shado s behind
her.
her
BUFFY
I was
was talking to you.
you
Her
the
face betrays
betrays no emotion as she continues to speak into
shadows.
shadows
BUFFY (CONT'D)
CONT D
Show
w
yourself.
y
Sho
ourself
11.
11
ANGLE ON : THE SHADOWS
SHADOWS
As Angel emerges from them,
them looking Buffy
Buffy squarely
squarely in the
eyes.
y
e es
BUFFY (CONT'D)
CONT D
You've
been
following
while
You ve
following me for a while
now.
w
no
ANGEL
I have.
have
BUFFY
Why?
Why
ANGEL
You know
w
why.
w
y
kno
h
Angel looks down
down at the Scythe.
Scythe
ANGEL (CONT'D)
CONT D
Is this the part where
where you
you kill me?
me
BUFFY
No.
No
ANGEL
Good.
That
would
w
Good
ould have been a bad
thing.
thing
BUFFY
It's...
Good
to see you.
you
It s
ANGEL
You're
a
hard
person to track down.
You re
down
I've
looked
in
all
of
the
phone
books.
I ve
books
Even Googled you
you a couple of times,
times
but most of the results were
were for
porn sites.
sites
(beat)
beat
Which
Which I didn't
didn t click on.
on
BUFFY
You should have stayed
stayed away.
away
ANGEL
You know
w
that
wasn't
wasn t an option.
kno
option People
are worried
worried about you.
you
BUFFY
They
y
shouldn't
The shouldn t be.
be
ANGEL
They
y
don't
have
a choice.
The don t
choice You can't
can t
just vanish off the face of the earth
and expect
who love you
you
expect the people who
to move on.
on
12.
12
BUFFY
I don't
have
time for phone calls.
don t
calls
ANGEL
Make time.
time
BUFFY
It's
not
mine
to make.
It s
make
ANGEL
Buffy,
y
listen
to me-Buff
me
BUFFY
Buffy
y
doesn't
Buff doesn t live here anymore.
anymore
Angel's
Angel s confused now.
now
ANGEL
Whah?
Whah Wait...
Wait
Is this some kind of
possession thing?
thing
BUFFY
No.
No
(beat)
beat
I was
was being metaphorical.
metaphorical
ANGEL
Oh.
Oh Okay.
Okay
BUFFY
I don't
have
time for phone calls
don t
and birthday
y
birthda parties.
parties This isn't
isn t
some desk job where
where I can put in for
time off and stock options.
options
ANGEL
So you
you turn your
your back on them?
them
BUFFY
I turn by
y
back
for them.
you have
b
them Do you
any
y
idea
what
w
I
have
to
deal
with?
with I
an
hat
am the last Slayer.
y
Possibly
y
ever.
Sla er Possibl ever
ANGEL
I got the memo.
memo
BUFFY
Well,
Well did you
you read the small print
that mentions the plagues of demons
covering this planet just waiting
waiting
for me to die so they
y
can
take
over?
the
over
This is war,
war Angel,
and
I'm
the
army.
Angel
I m
army
ANGEL
You can't
go
into this war
war alone.
can t
alone
13.
13
BUFFY
Who's
Who s gonna back me up?
up You?
You
ANGEL
For one.
one
BUFFY
You couldn't
You'd
couldn t keep up.
up
You d just be
holding me back and I don't
don t have
time to baby
y
you
y
right
now.
bab
ou
now I don't
don t
have time to read documents and pull
all-nighters
all nighters trying
trying to figure out
how
w
to
kill
one
demon.
ho
demon
ANGEL
Nobody's
y
asking
you
you to.
Nobod s
to All I'm
I m asking
for is a phone call every
y
month
or
ever
so to let us know
w
that
you're
y
not
in
kno
ou re
a ditch somewhere.
w
It
has
been
known
some here
known
to happen.
happen
(beat)
beat
Do you
you have any
what your
your family
any idea what
family
is going through?
Your
friends?
through
friends
BUFFY
How
w
many
y
times
have they
Ho man
they been
kidnapped and held hostage?
hostage How
How many
many
times have demons used them to get
to me?
me How
How many
many times have they
they been
possessed,
or
put
under
some
kind of
possessed
spell?
I
don't
have
the
option
of
spell
don t
family
y
anymore.
y
They'll
y
know
w
I'm
famil an more The ll kno I m not
dead by
world is
by the fact that the world
still spinning.
spinning
WOMAN
WOMAN (V.O.)
V O
Around and around.
around
INT.
INT AIRPORT TERMINAL - DAY
A woman,
woman ALICE CARTER and her husband TOM CARTER are standing
next
wall near the terminal.
next to a wall
terminal Both are in their 30's,
30 s
and very
y
normal
looking
middle-class
ver
middle class people.
people Alice is crying,
crying
and hers is the voice that we
we heard.
heard
ALICE
It's
like
some
carnival
It s
just want
want to get off.
off I
it anymore.
y
an more
ride,
ride
can't
can t
and I
take
TOM
We're
We re getting help.
will be
help This will
over soon.
soon
Alice smirks.
smirks
14.
14
ALICE
That's
what
w
they
That s hat they say,
say isn't
isn t it?
it That's
That s
what
what they
y
always
w
y
say.
y
All
of
the
the al a s sa
best doctors and all of the best
equipment
we still have no idea
equipment and we
what
what is wrong
wrong with
with them.
them
They
They look over to the sitting area.
area
ALICE (CONT'D)
CONT D
I can't
stand
to see her like this
can t
anymore.
anymore
Tom takes Alice in his arms and holds her close to his chest.
chest
TOM
I know.
know
(beat)
beat
I know.
know
ANGLE ON : SITTING AREA
Near the wall
wall where
where Alice and Tom are standing is this sitting
area.
In
this
sitting
area sits ARIEL.
area
ARIEL She is a five-yearfive year
old girl,
wearing
w
a
nice
dress
and
with
w
nicely
y
brushed
hair.
girl
earing
ith nicel
hair
She is holding onto a stuffed animal tightly
y
as
she
rocks
tightl
back and forth in her seat.
seat
Next
woman
Next to her is GRAMMA.
GRAMMA She is a thin,
thin very
very old looking woman
with
with sunken eyes
y
and
a
black
dress.
She
is
pretty
y
much
the
e es
dress
prett
female version of the evil guy
guy from Poltergeist II.
II
Gramma speaks very
with a strong southern accent,
very softly,
softly with
accent
looking straight ahead.
ahead
GRAMMA
They're
y
talking
about you,
you child.
The re
child
They're
y
always
w
y
talking
about you.
you Do
The re al a s
you
you know
w
what
w
they're
y
sayin'?
y
kno
hat the re sa in
Gramma looks to Ariel.
Ariel
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
They're
y
sayin'
y
you re one sick
The re sa in that you're
little girl,
girl and they're
they re right.
right All
the doctors in the world
world can't
can t fix
fix
what's
what s wrong
wrong with
with you.
you They'll
y
try
The ll try
though.
Oh,
they'll
y
try.
y
They'll
though Oh the ll tr
They ll
strap you
you up to all kinds of machines
and count how
you blink
how many
many times you
in one hour to see if it fits their
statistics and data.
data Blink once too
many
y
and
they'll
y
you clear into
man
the ll buzz you
next
x
week.
w
ne t eek
(beat)
beat
But don't
you fret,
don t you
fret little girl.
girl
(MORE)
MORE
15.
15
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
Gramma's
here
with
with you
you and there
Gramma s
ain't
ain t a power
power alive or dead that's
that s
gonna make me leave your
your side.
side You
just remember that.
that
PAN
the
one
UP to see the terminal door as PASSENGERS start to exit
exit
plane.
Among
these
passengers
is
Dawn.
w
She
exits
x
carrying
plane
Da n
e its carrying
bag in her hand,
and
another
on
her
back.
hand
back
She
way
way
looks around the airport for a sign telling her which
which
she should be heading.
heading
Finally,
walk to
Finally she sees the proper direction and starts to walk
the right.
As
she
walks,
w
she
pulls
out
her
cell
phone.
right
alks
phone She
turns it on and dials a number.
She
puts
the
phone
to her
number
ear.
ear
INTERCUT WITH:
WITH
EXT.
EXT SUNNYDALE MAIN STREET - DAY
Willow
Willow is window
window shopping when
when her phone rings.
rings She answers
answers
it.
it
WILLOW
WILLOW
Hello?
Hello
DAWN
DAWN
Hey,
y
it's
me.
He
it s me
WILLOW
WILLOW
Hey.
y
Where
W
are
you?
you
He
here
DAWN
DAWN
LA.
I'm
here
for a few
LA I m
few hours.
hours
WILLOW
WILLOW
That has to be boring.
boring
DAWN
DAWN
I have reading to do anyway.
anyway I just
wanted
wanted to call so I'd
I d look all cool
and occupied as I walk
walk through the
airport.
I
usually
y
airport
usuall feel awkward
awkward and
goofy.
y
goof
WILLOW
WILLOW
Okay.
y
I'm
not
sure what
what to say
Oka
I m
say to
that.
that
DAWN
DAWN
I'm
just
going
for a cooler spy-guy
I m
spy guy
persona this time.
Right
now,
w
anyone
time
no
anyone
watching
watching me is wondering
wondering who
who I'm
I m
talking to and why
why I'm
walking with
with
I m walking
such urgency.
y
urgenc
16.
16
WILLOW
WILLOW
You're
walking
w
with urgency?
You re alking with
urgency
DAWN
DAWN
Yeah.
Y'know,
w
that whole
whole "on
way
Yeah Y kno
on my
my way
to someplace important"
walk
w
that
important
alk
they
they do in movies.
movies I could totally
totally
be in slo-mo
right
now.
w
slo mo
no
WILLOW
WILLOW
This is a very
very strange discussion
we're
we re having.
having
DAWN
DAWN
Yeah,
but
it
makes sense in my
Yeah
my head.
head
WILLOW
WILLOW
I guess that's
that s all that matters.
matters
(beat)
beat
Remind me to introduce you
you to my
my
mother.
I
think
she'd
like
you.
y
mother
she d
ou
Anyway,
Anyway I
say.
say Just
DAWN
DAWN
guess that's
that s all I have to
checking in.
in
WILLOW
WILLOW
Call me when
when you're
you re about to take
off again.
again
DAWN
DAWN
Will
Will do,
boss.
do boss
(then)
then
That's
woman
That s my
my important business woman
mystique.
y
q
m sti ue
WILLOW
WILLOW
I thought you
you were
were spy-guy.
spy guy
DAWN
DAWN
I was.
was Now
w
I'm
woman guy
No I m business woman-guy.
WILLOW
WILLOW
Okay.
y
I'll...
talk to you
you later.
Oka
I ll
later
DAWN
DAWN
Bye.
Bye
Dawn
Dawn hangs up her phone,
phone
looking very
very occupied as
airport.
airport
but
she
As she walks
walks with
with her eyes
eyes
MAN in her path.
She
bumps
path
her mystique.
mystique
continues to fiddle with
with it,
it
makes her way
way through the
on the phone,
phone she doesn't
doesn t see a
into him and quickly
quickly loses all of
17.
17
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Oh,
God.
I'm
Oh God I m sorry.
sorry I didn't
didn t see
you.
you
MAN
(turning)
turning
That't
was
That t fine.
fine I was-As he
CRANE
turns,
we see his
turns we
standing in front
face.
face Dawn
Dawn is shocked to see RYAN
of her,
her equally
equally shocked to see her.
her
DAWN
DAWN
Ryan.
Ryan
FADE TO BLACK:
BLACK
END OF ACT ONE
18.
18
ACT TWO
TWO
FADE IN:
IN
INT.
INT AIRPORT TERMINAL - DAY
Dawn
where they
were when
when we
we left them,
Dawn and Ryan
Ryan are standing where
they were
them
still taking in the shock of seeing each other.
other
Dawn
Dawn smiles.
smiles
DAWN
DAWN
Ryan.
y
R an
(beat)
beat
Which
Which I've
I ve now
now said twice.
twice
Ryan
Ryan is not smiling at all.
all Seeing
and causes a rush of emotions,
emotions but
He backs away
away
stay
y
away.
w
y
He
sta a a
and confused.
confused
from
then
Dawn
Dawn
none
is
of
confusing to
them spark a
her,
her shaking his head.
head Telling her
turns and walks
walks away,
away leaving Dawn
Dawn
him,
him
smile.
smile
to
alone
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Good to see you
you too.
too
Dawn
Dawn looks around the airport,
airport
she was
was going.
going After a moment,
moment
starts to walk
walk again.
again
having lost
she gathers
track of where
where
her senses and
INT.
INT GILES'
GILES FLAT - NIGHT
Giles walks
walks into his home and removes his jacket.
jacket As he turns
on the light and walks
walks into his living room,
room he stops to
look around.
around
The room is perfectly
perfectly kept.
kept Not a pillow
pillow out of place,
place and
not a sign of dust to be seen.
It's
well
w
decorated.
seen It s ell decorated Filled
with
with many
y
heirlooms,
and
certificates,
man heirlooms
certificates and other various
knickknacks that he has gathered over his lifetime.
lifetime Things
which
which would
would make any
y
man
proud
of
his
life.
an
life
As he looks over this room,
room however,
however all that he can see is
that it's
empty.
y
All
of
his
life's
work and his many
it s empt
life s work
many
accomplishments have led him to an empty
y
home
to
come back
empt
to at night,
and
no
friends
to
be
seen
on
the
same
continent.
night
continent
There's
with a slight glimmer
There s a KNOCK at his door.
door He turns with
of hope in his eyes,
y
which
w
quickly
q
y
turns
to puzzlement.
While
e es
hich uickl
puzzlement While
he may
y
be
happy
y
to
actually
y
have
someone
to
talk
to,
he
also
ma
happ
actuall
to
knows
would be no good reason for someone to be
knows that there would
dropping by
by unexpectedly.
unexpectedly
He walks
walks to the door and opens it.
When he does,
it When
does he finds
MARGE standing on the other side,
holding
an
envelope.
side
envelope
19.
19
GILES
Marge?
What
W
are
you
you doing here?
Marge
hat
here
MARGE
Two
w
things.
First...
T o things First
She reaches
hands it to
into her pocket and pulls out a cell phone.
phone She
Giles.
Giles
MARGE (CONT'D)
CONT D
You forgot your
your phone.
phone "Forgot"
Forgot may
may
be the wrong
wrong word,
word actually.
y
Seeing
actuall
as how
your desk
how it's
it s never left your
drawer.
w
dra er
GILES
I've
never
really
warmed up to them.
I ve
really warmed
them
Always
w
y
being...
reachable.
Al a s being
reachable
MARGE
Yes.
Reachable.
what
Yes Reachable That's
That s exactly
exactly what
they're
y
for.
So
that
when
w
a
notice
the re for
hen
comes into the office five minutes
after you
you leave,
you can be reached
leave you
and told about it.
it
GILES
Are you
you all right?
right Come in.
in
Giles moves aside and Marge walks
walks in.
in
GILES (CONT'D)
CONT D
What's
What s happening?
happening
MARGE
Here.
Read
for
yourself.
yourself
Here
She hands Giles the envelope.
envelope He opens it and pulls out a
piece of paper.
paper
MARGE (CONT'D)
CONT D
Oh,
and
we're
w
Oh
e re supposed to believe
that this came after you
you left,
left just
by
y
coincidence.
You
left
three
hours
b coincidence
after normal business ended!
ended
Giles skims the paper.
paper
(still
still
Our office
search for
(reads
reads
It's
It s being
GILES
reading)
reading
is being taken off of the
unified demon groups?
groups
on for a moment)
moment
reassigned to tactical?
tactical
20.
20
MARGE
Unbelievable,
Unbelievable isn't
isn t it?
it The one job
of any
y
substance
that
we've
we ve been
an
given and it's
taken
away
it s
away from us.
us
They
y
wouldn't
w
even
have
this
The
ouldn t
information if it weren't
weren t for you.
you
GILES
I don't
understand.
don t understand How
How can they
they
believe that tactical would
would be the
better place for this?
this They
They have the
researching skills of a...a...
Xander.
a
a
Xander
MARGE
I'm
I m sorry?
sorry
GILES
You wouldn't
wouldn t get that.
that I
think of anything
y
an thing better
just couldn't
couldn t
to say.
say
MARGE
So it looks like we're
we re back
babysitting
y
the
interns
and
bab sitting
newspaper
w
clippings,
hoping
ne spaper clippings
sign of the missing Slayer.
Slayer
to
reading
for some
Marge stops herself now,
now remembering that Giles isn't
isn t just
any
y
other
Watcher,
W
and
the
Slayer
y
isn't
just
any
y
an
atcher
Sla er isn t
an other Slayer
Slayer
to him.
him
MARGE (CONT'D)
CONT D
I'm
sorry.
y
I
didn't
I m sorr
didn t mean to-to
GILES
It's
okay.
y
I
agree.
We shouldn't
It s oka
agree We
shouldn t be
sitting around,
waiting
w
around
aiting for her to
show
w
up.
sho up
MARGE
So what
what do we
we do?
do
GILES
I don't
know.
w
don t kno
They
They
what
what
stand
comes
in silence for a moment,
moment trying
trying to figure out
next.
x
ne t
MARGE
Drink?
Drink
INT.
WATCHER S COUNCIL BUILDING - HEWITT'S
INT WATCHER'S
HEWITT S OFFICE - NIGHT
Mr.
walks into his office,
Mr Hewitt
Hewitt walks
office locking the doors behind
him with
with the touch of a button next
walks to his
next to them.
them He walks
desk and sets a folder down
w
on
it
as
he
grabs
a
remote
control
do n
and pushes a button which
which brings the TV screens around the
room to life.
life They
They display
display images of dead demons.
demons
21.
21
Some images are of the recent slaying
woods Mr.
slaying in the woods.
Mr
studies these images for a few
w
moments,
thinking
deeply
fe moments
deeply
them.
them
Hewitt
Hewitt
on
He picks up his phone and hits a speed-dial
speed dial number.
number
INTERCUT WITH:
WITH
INT.
WILLOW AND XANDER'S
INT WILLOW
XANDER S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY
Xander is still sitting
notebook when
when the PHONE
on the
RINGS.
RINGS
couch.
writing in a
couch He's
He s now
now writing
He answers
w
it.
ans ers it
XANDER
Hello?
Hello
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Mr.
Harris?
This
is Daniel Hewitt.
Mr Harris
Hewitt
Mr.
Mr Hewitt,
Hewitt
calling you
you
XANDER
hi.
wasn t planning on
hi I wasn't
until Monday.
Monday
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Yes,
I
know.
w
I
was
w
you
Yes
kno
as hoping that you
might have something to show
w
me
today.
sho
today
XANDER
Today?
y
I'm
sorry,
Toda
I m sorry but I don't.
don t I'm
I m
still working
working on those...
Papers
those
that you
you wanted
wanted me to write.
write I haven't
haven t
even typed
y
them
up
yet.
y
t ped
et
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
I understand that.
was
that However,
However I was
hoping that you
you might have a sample
that I could look at.
at Just to make
sure that we're
we re seeing this project
in the same light.
light
Mr.
Mr Hewitt
Hewitt opens the folder on his desk.
desk
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT (CONT'D)
CONT D
I've
seen
a
few
w
of
Mr.
I ve
fe
Mr Giles'
Giles journal
entries that were
were interesting.
We
interesting We
can pick one of those subjects.
subjects How
How
about this...
Glorificus?
I've
read
this
Glorificus I ve
the notes that we
we have on her,
her but
I'm
eager
to
see
what
w
you
y
have
to
I m
hat ou
say
y
about
such
an
interesting
subject.
sa
subject
XANDER
Glory?
y
I--um...
I haven't
Glor
I um
haven t even started
on that file yet.
yet I was
was working
working in a
chronological order.
I
don't
order
don t suppose
I could interest you
you in a blurb about
Adam?
Adam
22.
22
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
No.
No
(beat)
beat
How
w
about
if I give you
you until Monday
Ho
Monday
to write
write up that report on Glorificus?
Glorificus
That should be plenty
plenty of time to
write
write down
down all of the information
that you
you have.
have
Xander
get in
is obviously
obviously
trouble with
with
thrown
want to
thrown off by
by this,
this but doesn't
doesn t want
the boss.
boss
XANDER
Yes,
sir.
I
will
w
Yes sir
ill try
try to have that
report for you
you by
y
b Monday.
Monday
Good.
Good
Until
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
I look forward
w
for ard to reading it.
it
then...
then
XANDER
Wait.
Wait I just...
I wanted
wanted to ask if
just
you've
you ve heard anything
y
an thing about Buffy.
Buffy
Have there been any
y
more
sightings?
an
sightings
Mr.
Mr Hewitt
Hewitt looks up at the screens.
screens
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
We've
We ve heard some rumblings.
rumblings Nothing
specific.
specific
XANDER
Any
y
word
w
on
a
location?
An
ord
location
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Like I said,
we
w
only
said
e only have rumors
really.
y
They
y
lean
toward
reall
The
toward England at
the moment.
moment
XANDER
England.
Got
it.
you
England
it Thank you.
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Whatever
Whatever I can do to help you
you and
your
your friends.
friends
XANDER
Thank you,
you sir.
sir
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Good-Good
(looks
looks
--day,
day Mr.
Mr
at watch)
watch
Harris.
Harris
Mr.
Mr Hewitt
Hewitt hangs up.
up
We
We stay
with Xander as he hangs up the phone.
stay with
phone
23.
23
Glory.
Why d
Glory Why'd
(beat)
beat
Stupid Glory
Glory
minions.
minions
XANDER
he have to pick Glory?
Glory
and her stupid scabby
scabby
Xander gets up and walks
walks out of the room,
room toward
toward the kitchen.
kitchen
INT.
WILLOW AND XANDER'S
INT WILLOW
XANDER S HOUSE - BASEMENT - DAY
Xander walks
walks down
down
work
work bench set up
the basement is a
the stairs of
at the bottom
blur of boxes
boxes
the basement.
basement There is a
of the stairs.
stairs The rest of
and tarp-covered
tarp covered furniture.
furniture
Xander walks
walks to the work
work bench,
which also has a peg-board
bench which
peg board
hanging behind it.
He
removes
the
board from the wall,
wall
it
revealing a map of the world
world that has several flat-topped
flat topped
thumbtacks sticking into it.
it He sticks another tack into the
map,
map over England.
England He then replaces the peg-board
peg board and starts
back up the stairs.
stairs
XANDER
Stupid Glory
y
Glor and her curlier-thancurlier than
thou hair.
hair
He turns off the light as he leaves the basement.
basement
INT.
INT AIRPORT TERMINAL - DAY
Dawn
Dawn
book
The
for
is in the sitting area of a terminal now,
now reading a
entitled "Medieval
Demonology
y
And
The
Modern Slant"
Medieval Demonolog
Slant
seats behind her are empty,
empty as is most of this terminal
some reason.
reason
RYAN (O.S.)
O S
"Ryan,
y
I
don't
R an
don t have a lot of time to
say
want to tell
say the things that I want
you,
you so I will
will have to do the best I
can and settle for sounding crazy..."
crazy
Dawn
Dawn looks back
is to her as he
and sees Ryan
Ryan sitting behind her.
her His back
speaks,
and
he
doesn't
turn
around.
speaks
doesn t
around
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
"Demons
are
real.
Demons
real Vampires,
Vampires
werewolves...
werewolves
Everything
you
Everything that you
ever feared but knew
w
couldn't
possibly
kne couldn t possibly
exist.
x
That's
why
w
we came to Bear
e ist That s hy we
River and why
why we
we have to go back to
Sunnydale.
wish that I could explain
Sunnydale I wish
explain
all of this and have it make sense,
sense
but I can't.
All I can tell you
you is
can t
that there are people in this world
world
that are willing
willing to give their lives
fighting these demons and I'm
I m one of
(MORE)
MORE
24.
24
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
them.
I
don't
them
don t know
know if I'll
I ll ever
come back or if I'll
ever
see you
you
I ll
again,
but
I
wanted
w
you
y
to
know
again
anted ou
know this.
this
I'm
tired
of
lying
y
to
everyone
y
I m
l ing
ever one I
care about.
you See it.
about Look around you.
it
Be careful."
careful
DAWN
DAWN
You read the letter.
letter
RYAN
Yeah.
I
looked
at it once or twice.
Yeah
twice
Sounded pretty
y
crazy
y
though,
so
I
prett craz though
shrugged it off and moved on.
That
on
is,
is until I remembered that Sunnydale
Sunnydale
was
was supposed to be a giant hole in
the ground.
was all
ground Then that virus was
over the news.
w
Girls
dying
y
everywhere,
ne s
d ing everywhere
and the reporter was
was live from the
giant hole in the ground.
ground
DAWN
DAWN
There's
so
much
that I
There s
Why
Why that happened.
happened How
How
can explain.
explain
it happened.
happened
RYAN
How
w
'bout
explaining
x
why you
you never
Ho
bout e plaining why
bothered to come back.
back
DAWN
DAWN
I was
was going to.
to
(beat)
beat
You told me not to.
to I thought it
might be easier-easier
Ryan
Ryan chuckles at this.
this
RYAN
Seriously?
y
This
is your
your story?
Seriousl
story
DAWN
DAWN
It's
It s true.
true
Ryan
Ryan finally
finally turns to look at her.
her
RYAN
I broke up with
with you,
you Dawn.
Dawn I didn't
didn t
know
w
I
was
w
sending
you
y
you some
kno
as
ou off you
demonic war.
war You tell me all of this
and then you
you just never come home.
home
How
w
am
I
supposed
to not think that
Ho
you
you were
were one of those girls?
girls
(beat)
beat
Did you
you know
know that Jenna died?
died
25.
25
DAWN
DAWN
I was
was there.
there I saw
saw it.
it
(tears
up)
tears up
I watched
watched all of those girls die.
die
RYAN
Her parents went
went crazy.
crazy At first
they
y
couldn't
even
find her and then
the couldn t
they
y
get
this
phone
call telling
the
them that she's
in
California.
she s
California
(beat)
beat
Her little brother was
was crying
crying because
he blamed himself for her death.
death If
it weren't
weren t for him,
she
wouldn't
w
him
ouldn t
have run away.
away
(beat)
beat
You saw
you didn't
saw the girls die,
die but you
didn t
have to watch
watch what
what happened next.
next
You didn't
didn t have to stare at a ceiling
every
wondering if someone
every night,
night wondering
you
you cared about was
was still alive.
alive
DAWN
DAWN
(barely
y
a
whisper)
whisper
barel
Yes I did.
did
RYAN
What?
What
DAWN
DAWN
I did have to worry.
worry I still have to
worry.
worry Look,
I
know
Look
know that I dropped a
pretty
y
big
bomb
on you
you before I left
prett
and I'm
sorry
y
about
that,
I m sorr
that but don't
don t
you
you dare try
y
to
make
me the bad guy.
tr
guy
Don't
you
y
dare
try
y
to
assume
that
Don t ou
tr
you
you knew
what was
was going on.
knew what
on
Ryan
Ryan backs off
something that
a little,
little seeing that Dawn
Dawn is truely
truely upset by
by
happened that night.
night
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Those girls that you
you saw
saw on the news
news
all had names and faces,
and
I
knew
faces
knew
a lot of them.
They
y
were
w
Slayers.
y
them The
ere Sla ers
Born to fight those demons that I
told you
you about.
about Only
Only one of those
Slayers
y
lived
through
that night and
Sla ers
I do lie awake
w
every
y
single
night,
a ake ever
night
worrying
worrying about her.
her
RYAN
Buffy.
Buffy
Dawn
Dawn just nods and the struggles to hold back tears.
tears
26.
26
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
I didn't
know.
w
didn t kno
DAWN
DAWN
It's
fine.
Whatever.
W
It s fine
hatever Let's
Let s just forget
that we
we even saw
w
each
other,
sa
other okay?
okay
Go home and forget everything
y
ever thing that I
ever told you.
you You're
You re better off not
knowing.
w
kno ing
They
They turn away
away from each other and sit in silence.
silence
After several moments of reflection,
reflection Ryan
Ryan turns back to Dawn.
Dawn
RYAN
It's
not
okay.
y
I don't
want to forget.
It s
oka
don t want
forget
Dawn
Dawn looks at Ryan.
Ryan
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Tell me what
what happened.
happened
INT.
WILLOW AND XANDER'S
INT WILLOW
XANDER S HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT
Xander
not in
is at the counter,
counter making a sandwich.
sandwich He's
He s tired and
a happy
y
mood.
happ mood
Willow
Willow walks
walks through the back door,
door smiling and bubblie.
bubblie
WILLOW
WILLOW
Hey
y
there,
fiance.
Whatcha doin'?
He there fiance Whatcha
doin
She sees that he's
he s making a sandwich.
sandwich
WILLOW
WILLOW (CONT'D)
CONT D
If I knew
w
you
y
were okay
kne
ou were
okay for dinner,
dinner
I'd
I d have made something.
something
XANDER
Just a quick
quick break and then back to
work.
work
WILLOW
WILLOW
Work?
Work More?
More
XANDER
Have to.
to
WILLOW
WILLOW
Blow
w
it
off.
We re engaged.
Blo
off C'mon.
C mon We're
engaged
We
We should be celebrating.
celebrating Let's
Let s go
someplace romantic,
huh?
We
W
romantic huh
e could go
bowling.
w
bo ling
27.
27
XANDER
You have no idea how
wish I
how much I wish
could.
I
just
can't.
Mr.
Hewitt
w
wants
could
can t Mr He itt wants
me to have a full write-up
write up on Glory
Glory
by
y
Monday.
y
b Monda
WILLOW
WILLOW
Glory?
y
Why
W
y
her?
Glor
h her She's
She s so...
so
(beat)
beat
And she tried way
way to hard to be scary.
scary
XANDER
Random pick,
pick I guess.
guess I didn't
didn t ask
too many
y
questions.
q
man
uestions
WILLOW
WILLOW
Probably
y
smart,
Probabl smart considering that the
Council might get annoyed
annoyed and have
us both chopped into little bits.
bits
This Hewitt
Hewitt guy
guy kinda freaks me out.
out
XANDER
At least you're
you re not working
working for him.
him
The guy's
y
like
Quentin
Travers on
gu s
meth or something.
something
WILLOW
WILLOW
Are you
you sure you
you need this job?
job
XANDER
As sure as I am that we
we need this
mortgage.
mortgage
WILLOW
WILLOW
I'm
working
w
now.
I m orking now
Xander puts his arm around her.
her
XANDER
You gonna be my
my sugar-momma?
sugar momma
WILLOW
WILLOW
Why
Why not?
You
could be a stay
not
stay at home
dad when
when we're
we re married.
married
XANDER
Wow.
Wow Kids.
Neat.
Kids Neat
WILLOW
WILLOW
Am I rushing?
rushing I'm
I m rushing.
rushing
No.
No
had
XANDER
No,
not
rushing.
No
rushing I
those thoughts out
just
loud
never
before.
before
WILLOW
WILLOW
And are they
y
the happy
happy thoughts?
thoughts
28.
28
XANDER
They
y
are.
Just
so long as we
we don't
The are
don t
have to give our firstborn to the
Council.
Council
(beat)
beat
I knew
knew I should have read that
contract before I signed it.
it
Willow
Willow smiles as Xander takes a deep breath.
breath He picks up his
sandwich.
w
sand ich
XANDER (CONT'D)
CONT D
Back to the coal mines.
mines
WILLOW
WILLOW
Good luck.
If
I can help at all,
luck
all let
me know.
w
kno
XANDER
Maybe.
y
You
could
explain
whole
Ma be
explain that whole
brain-sucking
thing.
brain sucking thing
He kisses her on the head and walks
walks out of the
watches
watches him go,
wishing
w
that
he
didn't
go
ishing
didn t have so
do just now.
w
no
She then looks
open,
open the used
are tossed and
room.
room She
much work
work to
to the counter where
where the bread bag is still
butter-knife
is
resting,
wrappers
butter knife
resting the cheese wrappers
the lunch meat remains.
She
grows
w
annoyed.
remains
gro s annoyed
WILLOW
WILLOW
Damnit.
Damnit
She starts to clean up.
up
WILLOW
WILLOW (CONT'D)
CONT D
Do I look like your
your mother?
mother No.
No
INT.
WATCHER S COUNCIL BUILDING - HALLWAY
INT WATCHER'S
HALLWAY - NIGHT
Mr.
walking down
Mr Hewitt
Hewitt is walking
down the hall,
hall carrying
carrying several papers.
papers
His CELL PHONE RINGS.
He
pulls
it
out
of his pocket and looks
RINGS
at the number on the caller-ID.
caller ID It reads : GILES,
GILES RUPERT.
RUPERT
Mr.
Mr Hewitt
Hewitt puts the phone back into his pocket as he reaches
the office.
with Giles tonight.
office He has no intention of dealing with
tonight
As he reaches his office door,
he
taps
a
button
on the side
door
of the door,
walks inside.
door and the door slides open.
open He walks
inside
INT.
WATCHER S COUNCIL BUILDING - HEWITT'S
INT WATCHER'S
HEWITT S OFFICE CONTINUOUS
The door closes
He looks around
giving the room
behind Mr.
Mr Hewitt
Hewitt as he enters the dark room.
room
and sees several of the TV screens flickering,
flickering
an almost strobe light-like
light like effect.
effect
29.
29
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Hello?
Hello
A voice fills the room.
room Female.
Female Strong English accent.
accent
FEMALE VOICE
Twenty
w
y
chickens,
T ent chickens all in a patch.
patch A
wolf
wolf swoops
w
in
and
picks
one
to
s oops
snatch.
snatch
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Who
Who is that?
Who's
W
that
ho s there?
there
A FIGURE walks
walks across the room,
room stopping just in front of
Mr.
Hewitt.
w
As
the
light
flashes
on her face,
we can see who
who
Mr He itt
face we
she is.
It
is
DRUSILLA.
is
DRUSILLA
DRUSILLA
That's
what
w
she
does,
you know?
That s hat
does you
know Plucks
us off,
one
by
y
one.
Like
feathers
off
b one
from a chicken.
chicken
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Drusilla.
Drusilla
Mr.
Mr Hewitt
Hewitt
alone with
with
looks back to the door,
door but it is closed.
closed He is
her.
her
DRUSILLA
Door's
locked.
Door s locked Building's
Building s empty,
empty but
for the few
w
below.
w
We're
W
all
alone.
fe belo
e re
alone
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Why
Why are you
you here?
here
DRUSILLA
Because of her.
her
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
The Slayer?
Slayer
DRUSILLA
She moves across the world,
world killing
us as she goes.
We
W
huddle
and hide
goes
e
in caves to avoid her,
but
our time
her
is coming.
coming
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
I don't
know
w
what
w
you want
want me to do.
don t kno
hat you
do
DRUSILLA
I want
want you
you to stop it.
it
How?
How
more
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
I can't
keep
track of her any
can t
any
than you
you can.
can
30.
30
DRUSILLA
But you
you know
w
kno her secrets.
secrets
(finger
finger over lips)
lips
Shh.
Shh
Drusilla
face and
turn.
turn He
licks her finger as her
she walks
walks around to Mr.
Mr
doesn't
want to provoke
doesn t want
hand moves away
away from her
Hewitt's
w
back.
He itt s back He doesn't
doesn t
her.
her
DRUSILLA (CONT'D)
CONT D
Daddy's
y
with
w
you know
Dadd s ith her now.
now Do you
know
what
what that means?
means
Hewitt
Hewitt doesn't
doesn t answer.
answer
DRUSILLA (CONT'D)
CONT D
It means that she's
she s going to be very
very
angry
y
come
sunrise.
angr
sunrise
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Do you
you know
w
where
w
kno
here she is?
is
DRUSILLA
It doesn't
matter
where
where she is.
doesn t
is All
that matters is where
where she'll
she ll be.
be
Mr.
Mr Hewitt
Hewitt turns to face Drusilla.
Drusilla
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
Where?
Where
DRUSILLA
Right where
where we
we want
want her.
her
Hewitt
Hewitt swallows
swallows hard.
hard He
Drusilla squarely
q
s uarely in the
shakes his head and then looks
eyes.
eyes
MR.
MR HEWITT
HEWITT
We're
We re not ready.
y
read
Drusilla smiles.
smiles
FADE TO BLACK:
BLACK
END OF ACT TWO
TWO
31.
31
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
IN
INT.
INT AIRPORT - MAGAZINE SHOP - NIGHT
Alice is standing near a magazine rack.
rack She's
She s not reading
anything.
y
She's
just
standing
there.
an thing She s
there
Ariel is off to one side,
with Gramma.
side with
Gramma Ariel doesn't
doesn t say
say
anything.
y
She
doesn't
look
at
anyone.
y
She
keeps
her
eyes
an thing
doesn t
an one
eyes on
the ground.
ground
Gramma,
Gramma however,
however is more talkative.
talkative She looks around the
airport.
airport
GRAMMA
So many
y
people
just goin'
man
goin about their
lives.
Rushin'
off
on
business trips,
lives Rushin
trips
and vacations.
How
w
many
vacations Ho many of them do
you
you think are being shipped to the
funny
funny farm?
farm
Gramma bends
is scared of
down
down to Ariel and looks her in the eyes.
eyes Ariel
her.
her
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
But don't
worry,
w
don t orry child.
child None of them
is lookin'
you Not a one would
would
lookin at you.
even mind it if you
you was
was to drop dead
right here in this spot.
spot
Gramma smiles big.
big
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
Don't
fret
none.
Don t
none You ain't
ain t dyin'
dyin
here.
Mm-mm.
You're
goin'
back
up in
here Mm mm You re goin
that sky
y
in
one
of
them
big
metal
sk
boxes.
you
boxes Couldn't
Couldn t get out even if you
wanted.
wanted Scream all you
you want
want and still
can't
you know
what
can t escape it.
it Do you
know what
lives up there?
All
kinds
of
monsters.
there
monsters
Just as many
many as down
down here.
here Pickin'
Pickin
apart at the plane,
plane just tryin'
tryin to
get it to go down.
w
do n
Ariel starts to cry.
cry Alice looks at her and bends down
down to
her level.
level
ALICE
Come on,
sweetie.
w
on s eetie Don't
Don t cry.
cry Not
now.
w
no
ARIEL
She's
here,
Mommy.
She s here Mommy She's
She s here.
here
32.
32
ALICE
There's
nobody
There s nobody here but us.
us
ARIEL
But she is!
She's
is She s
that the plane is
can't
can t get out!
out
An OLDER MAN
sees him and
own
own business
here and she says
says
gonna crash and we
we
standing nearby
nearby looks in their
tries to smile it off.
off The man
and Alice turns back to Ariel.
Ariel
direction.
direction Alice
goes back to his
ALICE
Ariel,
that's
Ariel that s enough.
enough No more of
this.
There
is
nobody
this
nobody else here.
here
There is nobody
y
you It's
nobod talking to you.
It s
in your
your head.
head
ARIEL
But she's
not
in my
she s
my head!
head She's
She s real,
real
Mommy!
y
Momm
GRAMMA
Yes I am.
Don't
you forget it neither.
am Don t you
neither
ALICE
Ariel,
stop
it.
Ariel
it
GRAMMA
(singing)
singing
Goin'
Goin up in that sky.
sky Kick and scream
and cry
y
and
cry.
y
Plane
falls down
cr
cr
down
and hits the ground and little girls
will
will surely
surely die.
die Yes,
Yes little girls
will
will surely
y
die.
surel die
Gramma laughs now
now and claps her hands together.
together Ariel begins
to sob and latches onto her mother.
mother
ARIEL
Make it stop!
stop Make her stop,
stop Mommy!
Mommy
GRAMMA
Mommies die to,
to child.
child Ain't
Ain t nothin'
nothin
she can do to stop it.
Surely
it Surely as she
couldn't
yours
couldn t save that brother of yours.
(pats
belly)
y
pats bell
And mmm,
was that boy
mmm was
boy good.
good 'Specially
Specially
toward
w
the
end
when
w
he
was
w
pullin'
to ard
hen
as pullin
his hair all out and scratchin'
scratchin at
the walls
walls till his nails pulled clean
from the fingers.
fingers
Ariel
voice
puts her hands over her ears and yells
yells to keep Gramma's
Gramma s
away.
w
y
a a
33.
33
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
Hide all you
you want.
want Won't
Won t help none!
none
ARIEL
Go away!
w
y
Go
away!
a a
away
ALICE
(embarrassed)
embarrassed
Ariel,
yelling Please stop
Ariel stop yelling.
yelling.
yelling
ARIEL
Help me,
Mommy!
me Mommy
GRAMMA
Can't
help
you,
y
Can t
ou child.
child Can't
Can t even
see your
your ol'
Gramma.
ol Gramma
Gramma laughs.
walks up and sees what's
what s happening.
laughs Tom walks
happening
TOM
Again?
Again
ALICE
I can't
do
this.
can t
this Not again.
again
TOM
We're
We re almost there.
there
ALICE
And what
what makes this place any
any
different?
different
TOM
It just is.
is
Tom doesn't
what
doesn t believe what
does,
but
he
has
nothing
does
he's
he s
else
saying
saying
to say
say
any
any more than Alice
to her.
her
ALICE
How
w
much
longer
are we
we stuck here?
Ho
here
TOM
I don't
know.
w
The flight's
don t kno
flight s been pushed
back another two
w
hours.
t o hours Something
with
with the plane.
plane
ALICE
Two
w
hours?
What
W
we supposed to
T o hours
hat are we
do for two
w
hours?
t o hours
TOM
I don't
know.
w
don t kno
Alice looks at her watch.
watch
34.
34
ALICE
We
We could drive there in three.
three
Tom thinks it over.
over Finally,
Finally he nods.
nods They
They head out.
out Gramma
follows.
w
follo s
GRAMMA
I love a car ride!
you
ride I ever tell you
about the ways
ways a girl could die in a
car?
car
INT.
INT AIRPORT TERMINAL - NIGHT
Dawn
Dawn and Ryan
Ryan are still sitting in their chairs,
chairs talking.
talking
Dawn's
w
finishing
up
a
story.
y
Da n s
stor
So she left.
left
haven't
haven t seen
DAWN
DAWN
Just walked
walked away
away and I
her since.
since
RYAN
Damn.
Damn
(beat)
beat
You think she's
she s okay
okay though?
though
DAWN
DAWN
She's
alive.
She s alive I know
know that much.
much
Ryan
Ryan thinks about this and lets it sink in.
in
RYAN
I had no clue.
clue
DAWN
DAWN
Not many
y
people
do.
man
do
Another somber moment and then Ryan
Ryan smiles.
smiles Dawn
Dawn thinks this
odd.
odd
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
So this is funny?
funny
RYAN
No.
It's
just
weird.
weird Vampires,
No It s
Vampires
demons...
I
mean,
demons
mean I've
I ve known
known about
them for a while,
while but it's
it s still so
crazy.
y
I
guess
it's
just
one of those
craz
it s
things that doesn't
sink
in until
doesn t
you
you see it first hand.
hand
DAWN
DAWN
Maybe.
y
I
don't
Ma be
don t know.
know
RYAN
What
What was
was it like for you?
you Seeing
your
your first vampire,
or
whatever?
whatever
vampire
35.
35
DAWN
DAWN
I honestly
y
don't
honestl don t remember.
remember I remember
Buffy
y
telling
me
about
them when
when I
Buff
was
was nine.
Before
she
even
told
Mom.
nine
Mom
I guess she was
was worried
worried about me or
something.
something
(extended
extended beat)
beat
But that's
way it
that s not exactly
exactly the way
really
y
happened,
so
I
guess
I
reall happened
officially
y
saw
w
my
y
first
vampire
about
officiall sa m
six
x
or
seven
years
y
ago.
si
ears ago
RYAN
Not how
w
it
happened?
ho
happened
DAWN
DAWN
(smiles)
smiles
Long,
Long long story.
story Really
Really long.
long
RYAN
You have someplace else to be?
be
Dawn
watch and her eyes
widen She jumps up.
Dawn looks at her watch
eyes widen.
up
DAWN
DAWN
Oh,
God!
My
y
plane!
Oh God M plane It should have
been boarding by
by now.
now
She rushes over to where
where the arrival and departure listings
are displayed
y
and
scans
the screen for her flight.
displa ed
flight She then
lets out a sigh as Ryan
y
catches
up,
carring
her bags.
R an
up
bags
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Delayed.
y
I'm
Dela ed I m here for another couple
of hours.
hours
Ryan
Ryan thinks for a moment and then decides on a course of
action.
action
RYAN
You said that Sunnydale
was three
Sunnydale was
hours away?
w
y
a a
DAWN
DAWN
More or less.
less
RYAN
I have a car outside.
wanna drive?
outside You wanna
drive
Dawn's
Dawn s confused.
confused
DAWN
DAWN
You have a car?
Why are you
you in the
car Why
airport then?
then
36.
36
RYAN
(smiles)
smiles
Long story.
story
Okay,
Okay so
and tell
DAWN
DAWN
lead the way
way to your
your car
me what's
what s going on.
on
RYAN
Deal.
Deal
They
walk
They start to walk.
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Where
Where do you
you want
want me to start?
start
DAWN
DAWN
How
w
about
where
w
we left off last
Ho
here we
time?
time
RYAN
Do you
you want
want me to leave out the parts
where
where I burn your
your pictures and grow
grow
angrier at you
you with
with every
y
passing
ever
day?
day
DAWN
DAWN
Umm,
no.
That's
Umm no That s the best stuff.
stuff
RYAN
If you
you say
y
so.
sa so
(beat)
beat
So you
you broke up with
with me and that's
that s
when
when I first knew
you
knew that I hated you.
DAWN
DAWN
Good story.
y
stor
(beat)
beat
Wait,
Wait didn't
you break up with
with me?
didn t you
me I
seem to remember a whole
whole "Don't
Don t come
back"
speech.
You
said
so
yourself
yourself
back speech
just a little while
while ago.
ago
That was
was
me for a
RYAN
after you
you hadn't
hadn t spoken to
good long while.
while
DAWN
DAWN
So,
we
w
were
w
on
a break.
So
e ere
break
Ryan
Ryan laughs.
laughs
RYAN
If you
you say
y
so.
sa so
(MORE)
MORE
37.
37
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Anyway,
yw
y
I
was
w
whole
An a
as doing that whole
depressed,
angry
y
thing
and
not paying
depressed angr
paying
attention to much for the next
x
few
ne t few
days.
y
The
news
w
was
w
full
of
stories
da s
ne s as
about that mystery
y
y
plague
that
swept
m ster
swept
the world,
world but I was
was too busy
y
moping
bus
about my
my ex-girlfriend
ex girlfriend to notice.
notice
DAWN
DAWN
Sweet.
Sweet
RYAN
Not really.
y
I
did finally
reall
finally come out
of my
y
funk
and
planned
to tell you
you
m
off like any
y
self
respecting
man
an
would
would do in my
my situation.
situation That's
That s
when
when I went
went to your
your house and found
the letter.
letter
DAWN
DAWN
You just went
went in?
in
RYAN
Well,
Well the back door was
was open.
open
(beat)
beat
After I threw
threw a rock through the
window
window and unlocked it.
it
DAWN
DAWN
You were
were going to vandalize my
my house?
house
RYAN
No.
I
was
w
just
worried.
worried You had about
No
as
fifty
y
newspapers
w
your front lawn.
fift ne spapers in your
lawn
DAWN
DAWN
Sure.
Sure
RYAN
I was!
was
DAWN
DAWN
Mm-hmm.
Mm hmm
RYAN
Anyway,
yw
y
I
found
the letter.
An a
letter You
sounded more insane than before and
I wrote
wrote you
you off until I saw
saw that
news
w
report.
Then
things
seemed a
ne s report
little out of whack.
whack That guy
guy in the
alley
y
that
night.
When
W
we
w
were
alle
night
hen e were
attacked.
attacked
DAWN
DAWN
Vampire.
Vampire
38.
38
RYAN
See,
I
thought
so.
See
so And then a few
few
other things started to look different
in town.
town
DAWN
DAWN
Like Pleasantville when
when the color
got spread around.
around
RYAN
Exactly.
x
y
E actl
(beat)
beat
That's
That s how
how I started believing.
believing I
read some stuff online but still
never saw
saw anything
anything that I could point
at and say
y
So I just had to
sa "demon".
demon
deal with
with it on my
y
own.
m own
DAWN
DAWN
You should have looked me up.
up
me an e-mail.
e mail Text
Text message my
my
phone.
phone
Sent
cell
RYAN
I thought you
you were
were dead.
dead Especially
Especially
after your
your house burned down.
down
DAWN
DAWN
Wait...
Wait
My
y
house
burned down?
M
down
RYAN
The one you
you lived in,
yeah A couple
in yeah.
of weeks
weeks after you
you left.
left Nobody
Nobody knew
knew
the cause,
but
they
y
marked
it
up
to
cause
the
old wiring.
wiring
(beat)
beat
Man,
you guys
weapons
Man you
guys had a lot of weapons
in there.
I
walked
w
through
some
of
there
alked
the debris and found about three
swords.
swords
DAWN
DAWN
Nobody
y
else
found
them first?
Nobod
first Fire
department?
department
RYAN
We're
We re lucky
y
if
they
luck
they put fires out.
out
They
y
knew
w
you
y
guys
were gone,
The kne
ou guys were
gone so
they
they didn't
didn t bother to look through
the place too much.
much
DAWN
DAWN
How
w
did
it
really
you
Ho
really burn down?
down Do you
know?
w
kno
Ryan
Ryan shrugs.
shrugs
39.
39
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Weird.
Weird
RYAN
You don't
think
it was
was the wiring?
wiring
don t
DAWN
DAWN
Possible,
but
not likely.
What are
Possible
likely What
the odds that the Slayer's
y
Sla er s house
would
would burn down
w
just
after the Night
do n
of Morel Divineh?
Divineh
RYAN
I'm
guessing
small?
I m
small
DAWN
DAWN
Yeah.
Yeah
RYAN
But...
I
just
mean...
The place was
was
But
mean
really
y
old.
That's
a
pretty
y
big
reall old That s
prett
ingredient for fire,
fire right?
right
Dawn
Dawn takes the lead as they
they head through the exit.
exit
DAWN
DAWN
So naive.
naive
EXT.
EXT
AIRPORT PARKING LOT - NIGHT
Dawn
walk through
Dawn and Ryan
Ryan walk
the lead,
seeing
as how
lead
how he
the parking
knows
where
knows where
lot.
lot Ryan
Ryan is now
now in
he parked.
parked
DAWN
DAWN
So,
what
w
else
has been happening?
So
hat
happening
Any
y
big
drama?
An
drama Anyone
Anyone I know
know get
eaten?
eaten
Not
for
RYAN
that I know
know of.
of I have been gone
a few
w
weeks
w
though.
fe
eeks though
DAWN
DAWN
Which
Which brings me to the question
question of
the hour.
Why?
W
y
hour
h
Ryan
Ryan thinks for a moment as he looks around the parking lot.
lot
RYAN
You don't
happen
to see
don t
anywhere,
yw
do
you?
y
an here
ou Kinda
color.
Convertable.
color Convertable
a '68
68 Mustang
cranberry
cranberry
DAWN
DAWN
No.
Did
you
y
park
it around here?
No
ou
here
40.
40
Oh,
Oh
I'm
I m
no.
no
the
RYAN
I just want
want one like that.
that
crappy
y
Honda
right here.
crapp
here
They
walk up to Ryan's
which
They walk
Ryan s car,
car which
some sort.
He
opens
the
trunk
and
sort
is an old rundown
rundown Honda of
puts her bags in.
in
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
The door should be unlocked.
unlocked
They
walk around the car,
They walk
car toward
toward their doors.
doors
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
I say
y
that
as
though there were
were a
sa
chance they'd
y
actually
y
be
locked.
the d actuall
locked
They
They get into the car.
car
INT.
INT RYAN'S
RYAN S CAR - CONTINUOUS
After buckling up,
up Dawn
Dawn turns to Ryan.
Ryan
DAWN
DAWN
So,
avoiding
the question?
question
So
RYAN
Which
Which question
question was
was that?
that
DAWN
DAWN
Why
Why you're
you re here.
here
Ryan
Ryan starts the car and begins driving.
driving
RYAN
Right.
Good
question.
q
Right
uestion
DAWN
DAWN
C'mon.
C mon
RYAN
I was
was dropping off my
my sister.
sister
DAWN
DAWN
That's
That s it?
it
Yeah.
Yeah More
(beat)
beat
We
We were
were on
to go home
off.
off
Why'd
Why d
okay,
okay
RYAN
or less.
less
this roadtrip.
wanted
roadtrip She wanted
early,
y
so
I
dropped
her
earl
DAWN
DAWN
she want
want to go home?
home You're
You re
right?
You're
not
sick?
right You re
sick
41.
41
RYAN
No,
I'm
fine.
No I m fine The trip's
trip s my
my last
hurrah before I ship out.
out
DAWN
DAWN
Where
Where are you
you going?
going
RYAN
Army,
y
I
think.
whole
Arm
think I tried the whole
college thing and that didn't
work
didn t work
out,
so
I
went
w
back
to
the
video
out
ent
store for a while,
while but that sucked.
sucked
Then I got to thinking about the big
evil in the world
world and how
how to do my
my
part.
part
(beat)
beat
I guess the Army
Army doesn't
doesn t do demons,
demons
but it's
still
something,
it s
something right?
right
DAWN
DAWN
Yeah.
And
they
you
Yeah
they do do demons.
demons If you
ever need some strings pulled to get
into a top secret demon fighting
Army
Army squad,
squad let me know.
know I have
connections.
connections
(beat)
beat
You're
You re really
really doing this though?
though
There's
war People die.
There s war.
die
RYAN
This coming from you?
you
DAWN
DAWN
Good point.
point
(beat)
beat
So Kirsty
when you
you told her?
Kirsty left when
her
RYAN
Well,
Well she'd
been
grumpy
whole
she d
grumpy the whole
time.
After
she
figured
out
that
a
time
road trip would
would require
q
a
gas
powered
w
re uire
po ered
automobile I kinda started to lose
her.
was just the
her The Army
Army thing was
clincher.
clincher
(beat)
beat
I don't
don t think I'll
I ll be getting any
any
letters from her.
her
DAWN
DAWN
She's
that
upset?
She s
upset
Yeah.
Yeah Not as
Did you
you ever
Dawn
Dawn shakes her head.
head
RYAN
bad as my
my parents though.
though
meet them?
them
42.
42
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Well,
Well imagine Kristy
Kristy times ten.
ten She's
She s
not talking to me,
but
they
y
me
the pretty
pretty
much disowned
disowned me.
me
DAWN
DAWN
Seriously?
Seriously
RYAN
Yeah.
Yeah
(beat)
beat
I'm
sure
they'll
I m
they ll come around though.
though
It'll
just
take time.
It ll
time
DAWN
DAWN
Right.
Right
(beat)
beat
Yeah.
Yeah
There's
There s a long silence.
silence Finally,
Finally Ryan
Ryan perks up.
up
So,
So
for
RYAN
did I tell you
you that I dated Shelly
Shelly
a while?
while
INT.
INT RENTAL CAR - NIGHT
Along a
driving
stretch of open desert-like
desert like area,
area Tom
down
w
the
road.
Neither
one
of
them is
do n
road
In the back seat,
seat Ariel is resting
window,
window watching
watching the street lights
to her.
her
her head
go by
by as
and Alice are
very
very talkative.
talkative
against the
Gramma sits next
next
GRAMMA
My,
y
how
w
we're
w
M
ho
e re going fast.
fast In my
my day
day
you'd
you d have to kick a horse pretty
pretty
damn hard to get speed like this.
this
Gramma looks to Ariel.
When she gets no response,
Ariel When
response she leans
a little closer.
closer
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
Not talking to Gramma?
What kind of
Gramma What
manners is that?
You
oughta
respect
that
your
your elders,
child.
Time
was
w
you d
elders child
as you'd
get a whoopin'
whoopin for behaving like you
you
do.
do
Still no response from Ariel.
Ariel Gramma takes a deep breath.
breath
She looks out her window.
window
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
Look at those lights flashing right
by.
by Speed.
Speed It's
It s all about speed,
speed
isn't
it?
isn t it
(MORE)
MORE
43.
43
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
All these cars and gadgets for you
you
kids today.
y
Always
w
y
on
the
go.
Always
toda
Al a s
go Always
needin'
everything
y
right
now.
needin ever thing
now
Nevermind the fact that you're
you re headed
face first for that brick wall.
wall Oh,
Oh
it's
coming
and
before
you
y
it s
ou can do
something about it,
your parts are
it your
stretched thirty
y
feet
along the road.
thirt
road
Gramma waits
waits for a response,
response but none comes.
comes She looks to
Ariel,
getting
annoyed.
y
She
takes
a
deep
breath and moves
Ariel
anno ed
on.
on
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
Don't
worry
w
y
though.
your
Don t orr though I'm
I m sure your
Momma and Daddy
y
will
w
be
dead
long
Dadd
ill
before you.
you That's
That s how
how it is mostly.
mostly
Before you
you know
w
it,
you'll
y
be
all
kno it
ou ll
alone in this world.
world Why,
Why I bet they
they
could die any
y
minute
now.
w
an
no
Gramma leans up and looks at the back of Tom's
Tom s head.
head
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
Yup.
This
one's
Yup
one s gettin'
gettin close.
close
She grins and looks back to Ariel.
Ariel Ariel looks toward
toward her
father.
father
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
That one got a rise out of you,
you didn't
didn t
it?
it
(beat)
beat
Yes,
Yes this car sure does move fast.
fast
One stray
stray dog,
dog or even an
unfortunately
unfortunately stupid squirrel
squirrel and
your
your Daddy's
y
face
will
w
Dadd s
ill see that glass
up there real close.
close
(beat)
beat
Does he look distracted to you?
you
Ariel starts to tear up.
up She tries to hold it back,
back but Gramma
sees the crack in her armor.
armor
Suddenly,
Suddenly
struggles
there's
there s
to keep
a POP.
POP The car swerves
swerves a little as Tom
control.
control
ALICE
What
What was
was that?
that
TOM
I think a tire blew.
blew
ALICE
Are you
you kidding me?
What else could
me What
go wrong?
wrong
44.
44
Tom looks up ahead and squints
squints a little.
little
TOM
There's
a
diner.
There s
diner I'm
I m stopping.
stopping
Ariel is keeping a fearful eye
eye on her father as he handles
this problem.
Gramma
has
her
eye
problem
eye on Ariel.
Ariel
GRAMMA
Close your
your eyes,
y
your
e es dear.
dear Close your
eyes
y
and
fall
asleep
quick.
q
e es
uick
Gramma looks out her window.
window
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
Hurts less that way.
way
FADE TO BLACK:
BLACK
END OF ACT THREE
45.
45
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
IN
INT.
INT RYAN'S
RYAN S CAR - NIGHT
Ryan
Ryan
road
on.
on
and
not
Dawn
Dawn continue to drive.
drive
unlike the stretch that
They're
They re
Tom and
on a stretch of
Alice were
were driving
DAWN
DAWN
I'm
the
first
to admit,
I m
admit I have issues.
issues
A lot of issues.
I
have more issues
issues
than National Geographic.
Geographic I heard
that line somewhere
somewhere before,
before but I
forget where.
where
RYAN
So that's
why
w
y
you went
went to live with
with
that s h you
him?
him
DAWN
DAWN
Maybe
y
a
little.
Ma be
little It definately
definately helped
to have some family
y
famil after Buffy
Buffy left.
left
Someone to lean on like I did with
with
Buffy
Buffy after Mom died.
died
What
What
they
they
RYAN
about Xander and Willow?
Willow Aren't
Aren t
like family?
y
famil
DAWN
DAWN
Yeah.
I
did
stay
Yeah
stay in Sunnydale
Sunnydale for a
couple of weeks.
weeks Long enough for
them to buy
buy the house and tell me
how
w
welcome
w
was to live there.
ho
elcome I was
there
Dawn
way to phrase what
what she's
Dawn tries to think of the right way
she s
thinking.
thinking
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
They're
y
family.
The re family Closer than blood.
blood
It's
with Willow
Willow going
It s just that with
back to school and Xander...
doing
Xander
other things,
life
was
w
moving
on.
things
as
on
Not so much demon hunting.
Just
normal
hunting
life stuff.
stuff
RYAN
And you
you were
were the third wheel.
wheel
DAWN
DAWN
Kinda.
It
wasn't
w
Kinda
asn t a group anymore,
anymore it
was
was them and me.
me
(beat)
beat
I'm
wrong It's
I m saying
saying this wrong.
It s just
hard to explain.
x
e plain
46.
46
RYAN
I get it.
it
DAWN
DAWN
Plus,
the
college
I needed to go to
Plus
was
was near Dad.
You'd
you could
Dad You d think you
learn all about demonology
y
demonolog in
Sunnydale,
y
but
the
really
Sunn dale
really good
teachers tend to shy
shy away
away from
Hellmouths.
Hellmouths
(beat)
beat
It's
It s good though.
though I got to know
know my
my
father more.
I
even
understand
him
more
every
while and now
every once in a while,
now I
know
w
where
w
I
get
my
y
keen
ability
kno
here
m
ability to
ramble on for hours without
without making
an ounce of sense.
sense
RYAN
Sounds like a good deal to me.
me
(beat)
beat
Aside from the dead mother and
sister parts,
parts and I meant that
sound much more sensitive than
came out.
out
missing
to
it
DAWN
DAWN
Don't
worry
w
y
about
it.
Don t orr
it I'm
I m not one of
those people who's
who s all shy
when it
shy when
comes to dark topics.
I
can
laugh
topics
about death as much as the next
next
person.
person
(then)
then
Hey,
y
how
He
how many
many corpses does it take
to screw
w
in
a lightbulb?
scre
lightbulb
RYAN
How
How many?
many
DAWN
DAWN
None.
They
y
actually
None The actually prefer the dark.
dark
Ryan
Ryan doesn't
doesn t even smile a little.
little The car
silence.
Dawn
w
knows
w
that
it
was
was a bomb of
silence Da n kno s
to recover as gracefully
y
as
possible.
gracefull
possible
falls into
a joke and
a deadly
deadly
tries
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Because they
y
the can see in the dark and
normal people can't.
can t
(really
really long beat)
beat
I started the joke before I had a
punchline.
punchline I had to think fast.
fast
Ryan
Ryan smiles as he looks straight ahead,
ahead
doesn't
doesn t smile at her joke.
joke He's
He s smiling
at the road.
road He
because of her.
her
47.
47
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Sure.
Laugh
at
my
Sure
my bomb of a joke.
joke
RYAN
You know,
w
I've
kno
I ve spent the better part
of two
w
years
y
you
t o ears hating you.
DAWN
DAWN
Umm...
Okay.
Umm
Okay
RYAN
I have.
Since
before you
you left,
when
have
left when
you
you started avoiding me.
Then
with
w
me
ith
that letter,
I
letter and not calling me...
me
hated you.
you Seriously,
y
like,
a
lot.
Seriousl
like
lot
Dawn's
what to do with
with this information.
Dawn s not sure what
information
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
And then I saw
you in the airport
saw you
and it just went
went away.
away I tried to be
mad,
and
I
tried
to
tell you
you
mad
everything
y
that
I've
been
wanting
wanting to
ever thing
I ve
say
y
since
you
y
left
but
I
couldn't.
sa
ou
couldn t
It was
was just gone.
with you
you
gone One hour with
and it's
like
nothing
bad
ever
it s
happened with
with us.
us
Dawn
what
Dawn breathes a sigh of relief.
relief She still doesn't
doesn t know
know what
to say,
y
but
in
a
good
way
w
y
now.
w
sa
a no
Ryan
Ryan looks over and sees that she's
she s stumped.
stumped
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Sorry.
y
I
just
had to say
Sorr
say that.
that
DAWN
DAWN
It was
was good.
good
RYAN
Really?
Really
DAWN
DAWN
Yeah,
really.
y
Yeah reall
RYAN
Well,
Well you
you know...
I did spend a lot
know
of time around chick flicks.
flicks
He looks up ahead and notices something.
something
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Hey,
y
are
you
y
He
ou hungry?
hungry
You
for
DAWN
DAWN
really
y
have
been away
reall
away from me
a while.
while
48.
48
RYAN
Right.
How
w
'bout
Right Ho
bout a burger?
burger
DAWN
DAWN
Sounds good,
good but I'm
I m buying.
buying
RYAN
We'll
We ll see.
see
Ryan
Ryan pulls into a parking lot.
lot
DAWN
DAWN
No seeing.
I'm
seeing I m paying.
paying
RYAN
Sure you
you are.
are
DAWN
DAWN
Seriously.
Seriously
INT.
INT DINER - NIGHT
Ryan
walk into the diner
Ryan and Dawn
Dawn walk
The place is nearly
nearly empty,
empty except
except
sitting in one of the booths.
booths
and
for
take
Tom,
Tom
a look around.
around
Alice and Ariel
The diner itself is old,
old but not too bad looking.
looking Shiny
Shiny chrome
and stools at the counter that don't
have
any
y
patches
or
don t
an
anything
y
like
that.
There
is
one
WAITRESS
W
working
w
behind
the
an thing
that
AITRESS orking
counter.
counter
RYAN
Booth or counter?
counter
DAWN
DAWN
Counter.
Seems
weird
weird
Counter
old diner and sit at
to eat in an
a table.
table
RYAN
If you
you say
y
so.
sa so
Ryan
Ryan lets Dawn
Dawn
waitress
waitress comes
go first as they
they sit down
down at
over to them.
She
hands
them
them
the counter.
counter The
menus.
menus
WAITRESS
WAITRESS
Coffee?
Coffee
RYAN
Please.
Please
DAWN
DAWN
I'll
just
have
a glass of water...
water
I ll
(reads
menu)
reads menu
Ooh!
Ooh And a chocolate malt.
malt
49.
49
WAITRESS
WAITRESS
One coffee,
a
water,
water and a chocolate
coffee
malt.
malt
Don't
worry
Don t worry
just trying
trying
DAWN
DAWN
about
to be
the water.
water I was
was
girlie.
girlie
The waitress
waitress nods,
nods pulls a coffee cup out
counter and puts it in front of Ryan.
Ryan She
pot from behind her and fills the cup.
cup
from under the
grabs the coffee
WAITRESS
WAITRESS
The malt will
will take a sec.
sec
The waitress
waitress goes off
Ryan
y
R an alone.
alone They
They look
to make the malt,
malt leaving Dawn
Dawn and
over their menus.
menus
RYAN
Anything
y
jump
out at you?
you
An thing
(beat)
beat
From the menu,
menu I mean.
mean
DAWN
DAWN
Only
y
about
half
of it.
Onl
it It'd
It d probably
probably
be more than half if they
y
didn't
the didn t
have a salad section.
section
RYAN
Well,
Well don't
hold
back.
Whatever you
you
don t
back Whatever
want.
want
DAWN
DAWN
Yeah,
because
I'm
Yeah
I m paying.
paying
RYAN
This could go on for a while,
while couldn't
couldn t
it?
it
We
We should
until the
DAWN
DAWN
just put off this debate
check comes.
comes
RYAN
Deal.
Deal
They
They continue to read their menus.
menus
DAWN
DAWN
Decide on anything
y
yet
an thing yet?
RYAN
Probably
y
just
the bacon burger.
Probabl
burger Maybe
Maybe
onion rings.
rings
50.
50
Wanna
Wanna
fried
DAWN
DAWN
split the bacon burger and the
chicken sandwich?
sandwich
RYAN
You get fries.
fries
DAWN
DAWN
Done.
Done
They
They put their menus down.
down
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Well
Well that was
was easy
easy to slip back into.
into
ANGLE ON : TOM AND ALICE'S
ALICE S TABLE
Tom and Alice are sipping cups of coffee while
while Ariel picks
at a piece of pie without
without actually
y
eating
any
actuall
any of it.
it Both
parents are as mesmerized by
y
the
pie
as
Ariel.
Probably
b
Ariel Probably
because neither of them wants
wants to talk very
very much.
much
Ariel starts to tear up,
up but her parents
puts her fork down
w
and
sits back,
do n
back trying
trying
say
say
not
nothing.
nothing She
to cry.
cry
Alice looks at her watch.
watch
ALICE
It's
been
a
half
hour.
Where are
It s
hour Where
they?
y
the
TOM
They're
y
coming.
when
The re coming It takes time when
you're
you re in the middle of nowhere.
w
no here
Ariel starts to rock herself back and forth.
forth
ARIEL
No.
No,
no,
no.
No No no no
(beat)
beat
Go away.
away
Tom and
Ariel's
Ariel s
Alice remain silent,
silent trying
trying to not even look in
direction.
direction
Finally,
Finally Ariel looks up at her mother.
mother
ARIEL (CONT'D)
CONT D
Bathroom?
Bathroom
Alice looks around and spots the bathroom.
bathroom She points to it.
it
ALICE
Over there.
You
go,
there
go
and I will
will be right
sweetie.
sweetie Daddy
Daddy
out here,
here okay?
okay
Ariel gets up and walks
walks into the bathroom.
bathroom
51.
51
ANGLE ON : DAWN
DAWN AND RYAN
Both smiling as they
they discuss deep and meaningful topics.
topics
DAWN
DAWN
Umm...
Four
times.
Umm
times
Four?
Four
Sith"
Sith
RYAN
You only
only saw
saw "Revenge
Revenge Of The
four times?
times
Okay,
Okay
kinda
DAWN
DAWN
five.
You
have to admit,
five
admit it's
it s
the funniest movie ever.
ever
RYAN
Well,
Well yeah.
yeah Except
Except maybe
maybe "Superman
Superman
Returns"
Returns
DAWN
DAWN
Oh!
I
haven't
yet
Oh
haven t seen that one yet.
RYAN
Seriously?
y
It's
Seriousl
It s like a really
really high
budgeted "Plan
9
From
Outer
Space".
Plan
Space
DAWN
DAWN
It's
going
on
my
queue tomorrow.
It s
my queue
tomorrow
The waitress
waitress comes back with
with Dawn's
Dawn s malt.
malt She places it in
front of Dawn.
w
Da n
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Thanks.
Thanks
(beat)
beat
Is there a place I could freshen up?
up
The waitress
waitress points toward
toward the bathroom.
bathroom
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Thanks.
Thanks
(to
to
Can you
you
Ryan)
Ryan
order?
order
RYAN
Sure.
Sure
DAWN
DAWN
Cool.
BRB.
Cool BRB
(beat)
beat
That really
works online.
really only
only works
online
She walks
walks to the bathroom.
bathroom
WAITRESS
WAITRESS
(to
Ryan)
y
to R an
Ready
Ready to order?
order
52.
52
RYAN
Yeah.
Yeah
INT.
INT DINER - BATHROOM - NIGHT
Dawn
walks into the bathroom and is about to enter a
Dawn walks
when
when she hears Ariel crying.
crying She looks over and sees
sitting on the floor near the sink.
sink
stall
Ariel
DAWN
DAWN
Are you
you okay?
y
oka
Ariel doesn't
doesn t respond.
respond
CLOSE ON : ARIEL
Still crying
crying as Gramma puts her face close to Ariel's.
Ariel s
GRAMMA
Go on.
Tell
the
girl that mean ol'
on
ol
Gramma's
pickin'
you She'll
Gramma s pickin on you.
She ll think
you're
you re crazy
crazy just like the rest of
them do.
do
Ariel continues to cry,
cry but says
says nothing.
nothing
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
She can't
see
me neither,
you know.
can t
neither you
know
None of them can.
can
Dawn
walk toward
Dawn starts to walk
toward Ariel,
Ariel concerned.
concerned
DAWN
DAWN
Are you
you hurt?
you need some help?
hurt Do you
help
GRAMMA
Scream,
child!
Scream child Scream bloody
bloody murder!
murder
Gramma stands up now,
now looking down
down on Ariel.
Ariel
GRAMMA (CONT'D)
CONT D
Give them another reason to lock you
you
up.
Then
they'll
y
cut
that
pretty
y
up
the ll
prett
little head open and give those brains
of yours
yours a nice stir.
stir Makes it so
you
you can't
feel
a
thing.
can t
thing I'll
I ll still
be there though.
Now,
w
who
w
though No
ho else can
you
you depend on like that?
that
DAWN
DAWN
Me.
Me
Gramma's
widen as she looks up at Dawn.
Gramma s eyes
eyes widen
Dawn
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
That's
right.
That s right
53.
53
Dawn
Dawn swings
swings at
FACE,
FACE and hits
in great pain.
pain
Gramma,
Gramma but her
the wall
wall behind
FIST GOES THROUGH GRAMMA'S
GRAMMA S
Gramma.
Gramma Dawn
Dawn pulls it back,
back
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Ow!
w
Ow!
w
Ow!
w
Crap!
O
O
O
Crap
(to
to Ariel)
Ariel
Run!
Run
Ariel gets up and runs out of the bathroom.
bathroom
GRAMMA
She won't
won t get far.
We both know
far We
know I'll
I ll
find her.
her
DAWN
DAWN
I think you're
you re gonna be a little too
dead to find her.
her
GRAMMA
We'll
We ll see,
child.
We ll see.
see child We'll
see
DAWN
DAWN (V.O.)
V O
Gramma demon.
demon Born Gretta Hagen,
Hagen
1783.
1783
Gramma walks
walks toward
toward the bathroom door.
door Dawn
Dawn follows.
follows
INT.
INT DINER - NIGHT
Ryan
quietly sipping his coffee.
Ryan is sitting at the counter,
counter quietly
coffee
DAWN
DAWN (V.O.)
V O
Though once a religious woman,
woman Greta
tortured and killed fourteen children
after the suicide of her oldest
daughter,
with deformities of
daughter born with
the face and hands.
hands
Dawn
Dawn runs out of the bathroom.
bathroom
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Stop her!
Ryan,
y
her R an stop her!
her
Ryan
Ryan looks up and sees nothing.
nothing
RYAN
Stop who?
who
DAWN
DAWN
Her!
Her
Dawn
Dawn points toward
toward Ariel's
Ariel s table.
table Ryan
Ryan looks over there.
there
RYAN
The woman
woman or the daughter?
daughter
54.
54
DAWN
DAWN
The demon!
demon
Ryan
Ryan perks up a little.
little He still sees no demon,
demon but he stands
up.
up
The waitress
waitress looks on as Dawn
yells
Dawn yells.
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
My
y
bag.
Get
me
my
M bag
my bag!
bag
Ryan
Ryan grabs Dawn's
Dawn s purse off of the counter and tosses it to
her.
her
RYAN
What
What are you
you doing?
Where s the demon?
doing Where's
demon
Dawn
Dawn begins to dig inside her purse.
purse
DAWN
DAWN (V.O.)
V O
Once the parents of these children
discovered Greta's
Greta s crimes,
crimes they
they set
out to take her life.
Insisting
that
life
these children had teased her
daughter,
daughter and deserved to be punished
for her death,
death Greta knew
knew that her
time was
was coming to an end.
end Realizing
her own
w
guilt
for
turning
a blind
o n
eye
y
to
her
daughter's
suffering,
e e
daughter s suffering and
the deaths of her victims,
victims Greta
began fearing the pits of Hell.
Hell Greta
soon began to bargain with
with the
underworld
underworld for her immortal soul.
soul In
exchange
x
for
sparing
her
eternal
e change
agony,
agony the demon D'Hyrn
D Hyrn agreed to
take Greta into his employ.
employ
ANGLE ON : ARIEL
Watching
Watching Dawn
Dawn attempt to keep Gramma away
away from her.
her Gramma
watches
watches Dawn
w
with
w
amusement.
Da n ith amusement
GRAMMA
Ain't
gonna
save
the child.
Ain t
child You'll
You ll
only
y
prove
my
y
point.
onl
m point
Dawn
wallet and
Dawn is still digging.
digging She tosses makeup,
makeup her wallet,
her cell phone to the floor,
unable
to
find
a
weapon.
weapon
floor
DAWN
DAWN
The one day
y
I
don't
weapon on
da
don t have a weapon
me!
me
She tosses a cross to the floor.
floor Gramma sees this and
flinches.
Dawn
w
notices
this.
flinches Da n
this
55.
55
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
You flinched.
flinched
Dawn
Dawn looks down
down and sees the cross.
cross She picks it up and holds
it out.
Gramma
recoils.
out
recoils
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
I'm
guessing
you
you don't
I m
don t like this
very
wouldn t want
want to
very much.
much Probably
Probably wouldn't
touch it then.
then
Dawn
Dawn tosses the cross in Gramma's
Gramma s direction.
direction Gramma smacks
it out of the way
way and then looks back to Dawn
with fear in
Dawn with
her eyes.
y
Dawn
w
smiles.
e es Da n smiles
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Smile,
Grams.
Smile Grams You're
You re about to meet
your
your maker.
maker
Dawn
Dawn punches Gramma in the face.
face This time her fist hits
Gramma with
with full force.
Gramma
stumbles back.
force
back
DAWN
DAWN (CONT'D)
CONT D
I'm
guessing
he's
with
I m
he s not too happy
happy with
you.
you
GRAMMA
No.
You
can't
No
can t do this.
this
DAWN
DAWN
'Fraid
I
can.
Fraid
can
Dawn
Dawn attempts to kick Gramma in the gut,
gut but Gramma grabs
her leg and pushes Dawn
w
back.
Dawn
w
stumbles
into a pie case,
Da n back Da n
case
sending it to the floor with
with a crash.
crash
The waitress
waitress continues to watch
watch what
what happens.
happens
have much expression,
x
she's
just
watching
watching the
e pression she s
She doesn't
doesn t
show.
show
RYAN
Dawn!
Dawn
Ryan
Ryan rushes to Dawn's
Dawn s side and helps her recover.
recover
DAWN
DAWN
Ryan
y
open
your
y
R an
our eyes.
eyes See her.
her
RYAN
Where?
Where
Ryan
Ryan looks around the diner,
diner but sees nothing.
nothing Finally,
Finally he
begins to squint
q
a
little.
s uint
little
DAWN
DAWN (V.O.)
V O
Set to roam the earth,
was
earth Greta was
renamed Gramma and began terrorizing
(MORE)
MORE
56.
56
DAWN
(CONT'D)
DAWN (V.O.)
V O
CONT D
small children,
causing
them
to go
children
insane.
Inflicting
the
same
darkness
insane
and agony
y
on
her
victims
that
her
agon
own
w
daughter
had
been
forced
to
o n
suffer.
suffer
RYAN
Holy
Holy crap.
crap
RYAN'S
RYAN S POV
Gramma walks
walks toward
toward him.
him
DAWN
DAWN (V.O.)
V O
Like many
y
demons,
man demons Gramma is invisible
to those who
who aren't
aren t aware
aware of the
true evils around them.
them Those
unwilling
w
to
see.
un illing
see
Ryan
Ryan stands up,
up putting himself between
between Gramma and Dawn.
Dawn
RYAN
I see you
you now.
w
no
DAWN
DAWN
Be careful.
She's
careful She s strong.
strong
GRAMMA
Wouldn't
Wouldn t want
want to get hurt now,
would
now would
we?
we
DAWN
DAWN (V.O.)
V O
Her weakness
weakness is tied to her human
fears.
which she
fears The symbol
symbol of that which
believes will
will cast her into the
flames.
flames Through these fears,
fears Gramma
can be made vulnerable.
vulnerable
Ryan
Ryan swings
swings at Gramma.
Gramma She grabs his fist and twists
twists
throwing
w
Ryan
y
behind
the
counter,
shattering
several
thro ing R an
counter
The waitress
waitress is close to where
where Ryan
Ryan lands,
lands and steps
avoid getting hit by
y
him
or
the
dishes.
b
dishes
before
dishes.
dishes
back to
ANGLE ON : TOM AND ALICE
Watching
Watching Dawn
with
Dawn and Ryan
Ryan with
demon.
Next
x
to
Alice,
Ariel
demon Ne t
Alice
great confusion.
confusion
is also watching
watching
They
They see no
the battle.
battle
Dawn
with a butter knife in hand.
Dawn rushes at Gramma with
hand Gramma
grabs Dawn's
w
wrist
w
before
Dawn
w
can
stab
at
her.
Da n s rist
Da n
her Despite this,
this
Dawn
w
knees
Gramma
in
the
gut,
causing
Gramma
to stumble back.
Da n
gut
back
Ryan
Ryan recovers and hops over the counter to rejoin the fight.
fight
He grabs a tray
tray off of a nearby
nearby table and hurls it at Gramma.
Gramma
She manages to duck out of the way,
way causing the tray
tray to hit
the window
window behind her,
her shattering it.
it
57.
57
For a moment,
with
moment Ryan
Ryan feels the normal guilt associated with
breaking the window
window of a diner,
but
he
quickly
q
y
remembers
the
diner
uickl
battle that's
going
on.
Once
he
snaps
back
to
fight-mode,
that s
on
fight mode he
sees the cross on the ground and picks it up.
up
RYAN
Hey,
y
lady.
y
Think
fast.
He
lad
fast
He tosses the cross at Gramma.
Gramma She turns to swat
swat it away.
away As
she does this,
Dawn
w
stabs
Gramma
in
the
chest
with
w
the
knife.
this Da n
ith
knife
Gramma gasps and looks down
w
at
the
knife
as
Dawn
w
backs
away.
do n
Da n
away
Gramma
A tear
drops
rolls
to her knees.
with disbelief.
knees She looks at Dawn
Dawn with
disbelief
down
w
her
cheek.
do n
cheek
DAWN
DAWN
Would
Would it be too obvious of me to say
say
"Go
to
Hell"?
Go
Hell
Dawn
Dawn gives Gramma one last kick in the face.
face Gramma falls to
the ground,
dead.
ground dead
Ryan
walks toward
Ryan walks
toward Dawn,
Dawn looking down
down at the dead demon.
demon
RYAN
That's
a
demon.
That s
demon
Dawn
Dawn nods.
nods
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Okay.
Okay
The waitress
waitress walks
walks up behind Ryan,
window
Ryan looking over to the window
and making a note in her order pad.
She
walks
w
between
w
Ryan
pad
alks bet een Ryan
and Dawn
w
and
glances
downward
w
w
for
a
moment,
with little
Da n
do n ard
moment still with
expression.
x
She
looks
to
Dawn
w
and
Ryan.
y
She
tears
their
bill
e pression
Da n
R an
out of her pad and holds it out for one of them to take.
take
Dawn
Dawn and Ryan
Ryan look at each other.
other
ANGLE ON : ARIEL
A smile comes over her face.
face
DAWN
DAWN (V.O.)
V O
Once vulnerable,
vulnerable the demon can be
killed through normal means.
means Knife
to the chest,
decapitation,
chest decapitation snapping
of the neck...
neck
EXT.
EXT DINER - NIGHT
Dawn
walk toward
Dawn and Ryan
Ryan walk
toward Ryan's
Ryan s car.
car Dawn
Dawn is explaining
explaining to
him.
him
58.
58
DAWN
DAWN
...Of
course,
Of course I only
only remembered all
of this after we
we killed the bitch.
bitch
RYAN
How
w
do
you
y
know
Ho
ou know all of this?
this
Dawn
Dawn hesitates.
hesitates
RYAN (CONT'D)
CONT D
Let me guess.
guess Long story?
story
DAWN
DAWN
Get in.
We
W
have
a long ride ahead of
in
e
us.
us
They
They get into the car and it pulls away.
away
INT.
INT GILES'
GILES FLAT - MORNING
Giles is sitting
reading over the
before.
before
on his couch with
with a cup of coffee.
coffee
paper that Marge had delivered the
He is
night
He picks up the phone,
phone dials,
dials and puts it to his ear.
ear
GILES
Mr.
Hewitt,
w
please.
Rupert Giles
Mr He itt please
calling.
calling
(beat)
beat
Well,
Well could you
you tell him that I called
when
when you
you see him?
him
(beat)
beat
Left?
What do you
you mean,
Left What
mean he left?
left
Where
Where did he go?
go
(beat)
beat
No,
that's
you
No that s fine.
fine Thank you.
Giles hangs up the
right.
right He can feel
phone,
quite perplexed.
phone quite
perplexed Something isn't
isn t
it.
it
EXT.
EXT ALLEY - DAWN
DAWN
Buffy
walking through the alley.
Buffy is walking
alley Angel follows
follows her,
her keeping
to the shadows.
w
shado s
ANGEL
What
What am I supposed to tell them?
them
BUFFY
You're
You re not.
not
ANGEL
I can't
go
back
with
with nothing.
can t
nothing
59.
59
BUFFY
I can't
worry
w
y
can t orr about that now.
now
(looks
up)
looks up
Sun's
Sun s coming up.
up
ANGEL
Let's
find
a
place to rest then.
We
Let s
then We
can keep talking.
talking
Buffy
Buffy stops and looks him in the eyes.
eyes
BUFFY
It really
y
was
w
you
reall
as good to see you.
ANGEL
I can stay
y
with
w
you
sta
ith you.
BUFFY
I already
y
told
you,
you you
you couldn't
alread
couldn t
keep up.
up
ANGEL
I'm
faster
than
I look.
I m
look
BUFFY
Mission doesn't
doesn t call for sidekicks,
sidekicks
Angel.
Angel
ANGEL
Then change the mission.
mission
BUFFY
Not mine to change.
change
ANGEL
Then who?
who Where
Where do you
you get your
your
orders?
Who
W
tells
you
y
where
w
orders
ho
ou here to go?
go
You don't
just
happen
onto these
don t
places.
places
Buffy
Buffy thinks.
thinks
We
We
of
BUFFY
are where
where we're
we re meant to be.
be All
us.
us
Angel starts to get desperate.
desperate
ANGEL
Buffy,
y
don't
Buff
don t do this alone.
alone
Buffy
Buffy steps closer to Angel.
Angel She softly
softly touches his face.
face
BUFFY
Close your
your eyes.
y
e es
Angel hesitates for a moment.
moment
60.
60
ANGEL
Not this time.
time
Buffy
quick kiss.
Buffy leans in and kisses him.
him A soft,
soft but quick
kiss
As she backs away,
away Angel looks her squarely
squarely in the eyes...
eyes
just as he TURNS TO DUST.
Before
he
dissolves,
he
gives
her
DUST
dissolves
one last look.
A
look
of
peace,
telling
her
that
he
knows
look
peace
knows
that she had to do this.
this
WIDE
WIDE ON : BUFFY
Scythe's
where Angel's
was
Scythe s stake extended
extended toward
toward where
Angel s heart once was.
She slowly
w
y
lowers
w
it,
walks
w
through
the
cloud
of
dust
and
slo l lo ers it
alks
toward
toward the end of the alley.
alley
Before she reaches the end of the alley,
alley Buffy
Buffy pauses.
pauses She
closes her eyes
y
and
lowers
w
her
head,
leaning
against
the
e es
lo ers
head
wall.
wall She stands there for a moment,
breathing
deeply
y
moment
deepl until
finally,
y
she
sneezes.
She
then
continues
walking.
w
finall
sneezes
alking
Buffy
Buffy disappears around a corner,
corner leaving the alley
alley empty.
empty
FADE TO BLACK:
BLACK
FADE IN:
IN
INT.
INT AIRPLANE CARGO HOLD - DAY
Mr.
with his eyes
Mr Hewitt
Hewitt lays
lays on the floor of the cargo hold with
eyes
closed.
closed
After a moment,
moment his eyes
eyes shoot open.
open His face VAMPS OUT.
OUT
ANGLE ON : DRUSILLA
Standing nearby,
watching She smiles.
nearby watching.
smiles
DRUSILLA
Now
w
we're
w
ready.
No
e re ready
FADE TO BLACK :
END OF EPISODE