(School psych office)

Mr. Platt: Two o'clock. Miss Summers.

BUFFY: Buffy Summers, reporting for sanity. Look... I know that I have to do this, and I-I'll cooperate, and I'll look at your ink blots and everything, but... I don't wanna talk about my life or my childhood or... anything, for that matter, actually. And, uh... I don't wanna be friends here.

Mr. Platt: We're not gonna be friends. You have friends already, I hope. Friends are a good thing. Mm-hm. They like you, agree with you, tell you what you wanna hear. That's not what you need right now. What you need is a trained, not... *too* crazy professional who will always give you his honest opinion. Which I offer. Have a seat.

BUFFY: Not too crazy? Those are your credentials?

Mr. Platt: Look, Buffy, any person -- grownup, shrink, pope -- any person who claims to be *totally* sane is either lying or not very bright. I mean, everyone has problems. Everybody has demons, right?

BUFFY: Gotta say I'm with you on that.

Mr. Platt: Excellent. So, the hope I bring you is: demons can be fought. People can change. *You* can change. Now. Your turn. Let's start with why you ran away.

BUFFY: That's a long story.

Mr. Platt: Mm. Bore me.

BUFFY: You know, I'm, I'm really over it. I-I'm moving on, I feel good, I'm, I'm even dating someone new.

Mr. Platt: All good things. But still, you're you're bringing me in at the end of the movie.

BUFFY: I was dating someone. Uh, it-it ended badly. My mom and I were fighting, and I... kinda freaked.

Mr. Platt: Well, tell me more about this guy. The Bad Ending Guy.

BUFFY: He was my first... I loved him, and then he...

Mr. Platt: ...changed.

BUFFY: Yeah.

Mr. Platt: He got mean.

BUFFY: Yes.

Mr. Platt: And you didn't stop loving him. Look, lots of people lose themselves in love. It's, it's no shame. They write songs about it. The hitch is, you can't stay lost. Sooner or later, you... you have to get back to yourself.

BUFFY: And if you can't?

Mr. Platt: If you can't... Well, love becomes your master, and you're just its dog.

• Buffy & Angel

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson . Full transcript at:
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