Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)
This Year's Girl (2000)
Nicholas Brendon: Xander Harris
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Quotes
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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.
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[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.
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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?
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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?
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[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.