(Xander's apartment)

DAWN: A-and then whoosh! All of a sudden Glory's standing right there in front of us, all skanky and blonde and thinkin' she's all that just 'cause some bumpy heads kiss her stinky feet ... (pauses, very quietly) She does have nice feet. (louder) A-and she's comin' right at us, and- (shot of the whole room. Willow and Tara sitting on the sofa) Buffy's just standing there not even blinking, like Bring it on, and then, wham! (smacks one fist into the other hand) Hell-bitch in orbit.

XANDER: Go, Buff!

GILES: I knew you'd best Glory eventually, I mean all-all our years of training-

BUFFY: A truck hit her.

GILES: Oh.

ANYA: You threw it at her?

DAWN: Well, no. She more kind of waited for it to hit Glory. Uh, but then Buffy ran really fast and we got away.

BUFFY: I don't know how we got away. That truck couldn't have slowed her down for more than a second.

GILES: How isn't important, all that matters is that the two of you are safe.

BUFFY: Safe? We've barely been able to manage not getting seriously dead every time we've crossed paths with Glory. Now that she knows that Dawn is the key...

GILES: There must be something in the book of Tarnis that we've missed, something that we can use against Glory.

ANYA: Piano!

XANDER: Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No wait, that was a rocket launcher. An, what are you talking about?

ANYA: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for the creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment.

GILES: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing tunnel on the side of a mountain. Let's just keep thinking everyone. Perhaps we should reassemble at the magic shop, see if there's anything...

BUFFY: (interrupts) We can't fight her.

GILES: Well not yet, no.

BUFFY: No, not ever. She's too strong, Giles. We're not gonna win this with stakes or spells or pulling out some uranium power core. She's a god, and she's coming for us, so let's just not be here when she starts knocking.

ANYA: Run away? Finally, a sensible plan!

XANDER: (to Anya) That's not what she meant, (to Buffy) is it?

BUFFY: We can't stay here. She'll just kill us off one by one until there's no one left standing between her and Dawn.

GILES: Buffy, we all understand the severity of the situation, but there must be another...

BUFFY: (interrupts) No. We stay, we die. Show of hands for that option? (no response) Alright, nobody goes home, nobody tells anyone we're leaving. Just pack up whatever supplies we need and that's it, we're gone.

DAWN: Cool. Don't have to study for that geometry test.

XANDER: What about wheels? Don't think everybody's gonna fit in the Xander-mobile.

BUFFY: Just get your stuff together. I'll handle the rest.

• Buffy vs Glory

written by: Steven S. DeKnight; Typed the partial transcript of this episode myself. Full transcript at:
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