Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)

This Year's Girl (2000)

Nicholas Brendon: Xander Harris

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• [in a dark alley] 

  Xander : Spike.

  Giles : What are you doing here?

  Spike : Me? Hey, I'm not the one out of place here.

  Xander : For your information, smarty, we've got a rogue Slayer on our hands. Real psycho killer, too.

  Spike : Sounds serious.

  Giles : It is. What do you know?

  Spike : What do you need?

  Xander : Her. Dark hair, yea tall. Name of Faith. Criminally insane.

  Giles : Have you seen her?

  Spike : Is this bird after you?

  Xander : In a *bad* way. Yeah.

  Spike : Tell you what I'll do, then. I'll head out, find this girl, tell her exactly where all of you are, and then watch... as she kills you.

  [Grins. Giles and Xander stare at him, speechless. Spike rolls his eyes and sighs] 

  Spike : Can't any one of your damned little Scooby club at least *try* to remember that I *hate* you all? Just because I can't do the damage myself doesn't stop me from aiming a loose cannon your way. And here I thought the evening'd be dull.

  [starts to leave, deliberately bumping into Xander's shoulder] 

  Xander : Go ahead! You wouldn't even recognize her!

  Spike : [faces them, walking backwards]  Dark hair, this tall. Name of Faith. Criminally insane. I like this girl already.

  Xander : [to Giles]  We're dumb.

• [discussing an eviscerated demon they found in the woods] 

  Buffy : I've never seen anything like that.

  Xander : And I can go a long healthy stretch without seeing anything like that again.

  Willow : It had to be Adam who killed it, but why?

  Buffy : He's studying biology. Human, demon, whatever he can get his hands on and tear apart.

  Willow : Learning what makes things work.

  Xander : I really don't wanna be around for the final exam.

  Buffy : It's not coming to that. The Initiative created this thing, and they can't stop it. But we will.

  Xander : Question. Will hiding in a cabin with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?

  Buffy : No.

  Xander : [to Willow]  Told you.

• Buffy : [on phone]  Thank you. I'll let you know.

  [hangs up] 

  Giles : What is it?

  Buffy : It's Faith... She's awake... She beat someone up, took her clothing and disappeared out of the hospital. No one knows where she is.

  Xander : I'd say this qualifies for a worse timing ever award.

  Willow : What do we do?

  Giles : Well, we have to find her.

  Willow : What about Adam?

  Xander : I'd hate to see the pursuit of a homicidal lunatic get in the way of pursuing a homicidal lunatic.

  Buffy : Well, Faith's not exactly Low-Profile Girl. I'll patrol and wait for her to make a move.

  Giles : And then what?

  Willow : Oh, I have an idea. Beat the crap out of her.

  [grins] 

  Xander : Good plan.

  Buffy : Good on paper, but we still have a decision to make... Do we hand her over to the cops? They wouldn't know what to do with a Slayer even if they knew we existed.

  Willow : What about the Council?

  Xander : Been there, tried that. Not unlike smothering a forest fire with napalm, as I recall.

  Giles : Well, the Initiative, they do have, uh, containment facilities.

  Xander : One word. Evil.

  Buffy : There's no way around it. Faith is back and, whether I like it or not, she's my responsibility.

  Willow : Yeah. Too bad. That was the funnest coma ever.

  Buffy : We have no idea where she is. We don't know what she's thinking, what she's feeling.

  Xander : Who she's doing.

  Buffy : She could be terrified. Maybe she doesn't even remember. Or-Or maybe she does and-and she's sorry and she's alone, hiding somewhere?

  Giles : Well, uh, perhaps there's some form of, uh, rehabilitation we just haven't thought about.

  Willow : And if not, ass-kicking makes a solid Plan "B."

  Buffy : I'm not gonna rule it out. First thing, we need to find her. Then we can take it from there.

  Riley : Who's Faith?

• Buffy Summers : Riley... I'm not leaving him down there with the people that created this thing. I don't care how many guns they have, I'm going in. Okay... Wil, I need you to hack into the security mainframe and buy me a 10-minute shutdown of operation systems.

  Willow Rosenberg : That could be...

  Buffy Summers : Tricky, not impossible. If you can't do it on-line, then use magic. Xander, any gear you've been saving for a rainy day I want you to give to me.

  Xander Harris : You want stealthy stuff?

  Buffy Summers : No, we tried sneaking in. This time I'm gonna use force. I figure I'll go in through the elevator shaft and use the cable as tow lines, then blast open the facility doors and find the infirmary.

  Riley Finn : [suddenly in the room]  Am I really worth all that?

• [Xander is examining an Initiative taser rifle] 

  Xander : So, here it is. The latest in state-of-the-art combat technology. I gotta say, it doesn't look that complicated.

  Buffy : So can you repair it?

  Xander : Sure. Just as soon as I get my Master's degree in advanced starship technology.

  Willow : Well, why don't we experiment? Press some buttons, see what happens.

  Giles : Uh, well, I'd like to veto that.

  Xander : Second. It's called a blaster, Wil. A word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the orgasminator, I'd be the first to try your basic button-press approach.