(Giles appears at the Bronze)

GILES: Hello.

BUFFY: Giles, trouble?

GILES: Oh, no, Buffy. Don't get up. No. Nothing like that. No, I just, you know, I thought I'd drop by. Uh, latte anyone? On me?

BUFFY: So much for your predictable blanky theory, Will. Sorry.

GILES: Splendid. Well, it's ages since I've been to a gig. Well, don't look that way. I'm...I'm...I'm down with the new music. And I have the albums to prove it.

BUFFY: Yes, but it's your cutting edge 8-tracks that keep you ahead of the scene.

OZ: Don't scoff, gang. I've seen Giles' collection. He was an animal in his day.

GILES: Thank you.

BUFFY: Hey, why not? If the stones can still keep rolling, why can't Giles?

GILES: Exactly.

WILLOW: I think it's brave that you're here.

GILES: Well, thank you, all. You've made me feel right at home.

XANDER: Isn't home that empty place you're trying to escape?

GILES: Oh, yeah.

• Giles' mid-life crisis

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by: Jillian Tatterton . Full transcript at:
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