Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)

The I in Team (2000)

Lindsay Crouse: Professor Maggie Walsh

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• [last lines] 

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Maggie Walsh: So... all right... fine... If she wants a fight, we'll give her one... won't we, Adam...? I've worked too long... too long... to let some little bitch threaten this project... threaten me... She has no idea who she's dealing with... Once she's gone, Riley will come around. He'll understand... It's for the greater good. He'll see that. And if he doesn't... Well, first things first. Remove the complication... And when she least expects it... aah!

  [a long sharp spear suddenly bursts from her chest] 

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Adam?

  [falls dead to the floor] 

  Adam : Mommy.

• Professor Maggie Walsh : This is your objective. Sub-T-67119. Demon class, Polgara species. Though visual confirmation has not yet been made, we're confident of the target's approximate position, as it leaves behind a distinct protein marker. Dr. Angleman will brief you on its defenses.

  Dr. Angelman : When threatened, bone skewers jut from the creature's forearms during battle. It's imperative when ensnaring it not to damage its arms. That's all you really need to know.

  Buffy Summers : Question.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Buffy?

  Buffy Summers : Why exactly can't we damage this Polka thing's arms? I-I, um, not-not that I want to. It's just, in my experience, when fighting for your life, body parts get damaged and better its bits than mine. Or ours.

  Dr. Angelman : We wish to study the physiology of every subterrestrial's natural defenses. Part of the research we do here. Uh... Yes?

  Buffy Summers : What do they want?

  Dr. Angelman : Want?

  Buffy Summers : Why are they here? Sacrifices, treasure, or-or they just gettin' rampagy? I find it's easier to predict their responses if I know...

  Dr. Angelman : Uh, they're not sentient, just destructive, I believe.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : They do have keen eyesight, however. You might wanna be suited up for this.

  [Buffy glances at the green-clad commandos around her] 

  Buffy Summers : Oh, you mean the camo and stuff? I thought about it, but, on me, it's gonna look all Private Benjamin.

  [some of the commandos chuckle] 

  Buffy Summers : Don't worry. I've patrolled in this halter many times.

  [all the commandos laugh] 

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Why don't we give our attention to Dr. Angleman...

  [Buffy raises her hand] 

  Professor Maggie Walsh : ... and save all questions until the end?

  Dr. Angelman : Actually, I'm finished.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Oh. Uh, well, Agent Finn, deploy the teams.

  Riley Finn : Okay, listen up. We'll be going in a four-squad setup. Team Leaders: Gates, Taggart, and Stavros. Alpha Team, you're with me.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Report for TLs for assignments and weapon requisitions. Reminder: this is a zap-and-trap, people. Capture, not a kill. Any questions?

  [sees a raised hand] 

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Buffy.

• Professor Maggie Walsh : Your visitor's pass. And I've assembled some reading material to bring you up to speed.

  Buffy Summers : Oh. And I thought I was never gonna get homework from you again.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : You can't take that home. That's classified material. Highly sensitive. When you're through reading those pages, you'll have to eat them.

  Riley Finn : She's joking.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Don't worry. Doesn't happen very often. Shall we...? Much of our hands-on research with the HSTs is performed here. We call this "The Pit."

  Buffy Summers : And what do you call those?

  [Buffy sees a pair of green squid-faced demons lying on two tables, while scrub-clad techs work on them] 

  Riley Finn : Tough. It took eight of us to bring those two down.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : They'll be under our control soon enough. Doctor Angleman! Head of our science team. He's a leader in the field of xenomorphic behavior modification.

  Buffy Summers : Behavior modification?

  Professor Maggie Walsh : We've made significant advances in reconditioning the sub-terrestrials, bringing them to a point where they no longer pose a threat.

  Buffy Summers : So I've seen.

  [Walsh and Riley look at her] 

  Buffy Summers : On the Discovery Channel. With gorillas and sharks. They-They made them all nice. You haven't seen it?

• Professor Maggie Walsh : Almost time to wake up, Adam... and take your first look at the world.

• [Professor Walsh running a testing mission at night] 

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Lights...! Took the patrol team 42 minutes to track you. And you neutralized them in 28 seconds.

  Buffy Summers : I was just lucky.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : I see. Well, still. Very impressive.

  [leaves] 

  Buffy Summers : [to Riley]  I was just being modest with the whole lucky thing. You got that, right?

  Riley Finn : I got it.

  Graham Miller : Awesome, Buffy.

  Forrest Gates : Pfft!

  Riley Finn : See? You're a hit. Everybody loves you.

• Professor Maggie Walsh : It's a small job. Reconnaissance. Probably a waste of a Slayer's abilities, but my boys are on assignment, so I...

  Buffy Summers : No, it's okay. I'm up for some action.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : I doubt you'll get any on this one. We have a reading of a class-three subterrestrial moving through the sewer tunnels just on the edge of town.

  Buffy Summers : Class three?

  Professor Maggie Walsh : It's a low-level threat. Minimal aggression. Meager defenses.

  Commando : Professor Walsh.

  [approaches and hands her a taser rifle] 

  Professor Maggie Walsh : They barely show up on the scanner and occasionally turn out to be raccoons.

  Buffy Summers : [looking at the gun]  Wow. You're not crazy about raccoons, huh?

  Professor Maggie Walsh : We always take precautions. All we need you to do is get a visual on this thing. This will feed me back an image, and I can advise you from there. I don't wanna put you in any unnecessary danger.

  Buffy Summers : Oh, that's okay. Danger's my birthright. Sorry. Um, Professor Walsh... there's, um, there's still some stuff about all this that I'm not clear on.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Well, when you get back, we can have a talk.

  Buffy Summers : Good. Okay. When I get back... Am I supposed to salute you?

  Professor Maggie Walsh : No.

• Professor Maggie Walsh : I think we've got a situation.

  Dr. Angelman : The Slayer?

  Professor Maggie Walsh : She's becoming a liability.

  Dr. Angelman : We knew that was a danger. Does she know about the project?

  Professor Maggie Walsh : She knows it exists. She already holds too much influence over Riley, over Agent Finn.

  Dr. Angelman : We move to the contingency scenario?

  Professor Maggie Walsh : Right away.

  Dr. Angelman : It's too bad. She could've been a powerful ally.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : I know.

  Dr. Angelman : And Finn will take it hard.

  Professor Maggie Walsh : That's why sooner is better.