BUFFY: So, Giles! Got anything that can make this day any worse?

GILES: How about the end of the world?

BUFFY: Knew I could count on you.

GILES: This is what we know. Some sixty years ago, a very old, very powerful vampire came to this shore, not just to feed.

BUFFY: He came 'cause this town's a mystical who's it.

GILES: Yes. The Spanish who first settled here called it 'Boca del Infierno'. Roughly translated, 'Hellmouth'. It's a sort of, um, portal between this reality and the next. This vampire hopes to open it.

BUFFY: Bring the demons back.

XANDER: End of the world.

WILLOW: But he blew it! Or, I mean, there was an earthquake that swallowed half the town, and him, too.

GILES: You see, opening dimensional portals is a tricky business. Odds are he got himself stuck, rather like a, uh, cork in a bottle.

XANDER: And this Harvest thing is to get him out.

GILES: It comes once in a century, on this night. The Master can draw power from one of his minions while it feeds. Enough power to break free and open the portal. The minion is called the Vessel, and he bears this symbol.

BUFFY: So, I dust anyone sporting that symbol, and no Harvest.

GILES: Simply put, yes.

BUFFY: Any idea where this little get-together is being held?

GILES: There, there are a number of possibilities.

XANDER: They're goin' to the Bronze.

WILLOW: Are you sure?

XANDER: Come on. All those tasty young morsels all over the place? Anyway, that's where Jesse's gonna be, trust me.

GILES: Then we should get there. The sun will be down before long.

BUFFY: I gotta make a stop. Won't take long.

GILES: What for?

BUFFY: Supplies.

written by: Joss Whedon; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/02harvest.html