(Principal Snyder's office. Giles enters.)

SNYDER: Do we have an appointment?

GILES: I'd like to have a word with you.

SNYDER: If that word is Buffy, then I have two words for you: 'good' and 'riddance'. Now, if you don't mind, I have an appointment with the Mayor.

GILES: You can't keep her out of this school.

SNYDER: I think you'll find I can.

GILES: You had no grounds for expelling her.

SNYDER: I have grounds, I have precedent, and a tingly kind of feeling.

GILES: Buffy Summers is a minor, and is entitled to a public education. Your personal dislike of the girl does not legally entitle you to...

SNYDER: Why don't you take it up with the city council?

GILES: I thought I'd start with the State Supreme Court. You're powerful in local circles, but I believe I can make life very difficult for you, professionally speaking. And Buffy will be allowed back in.

SNYDER: Sorry. I'm not convinced.

(Giles grins dangerously as he shoves Snyder against a wall)

GILES: Would you like me to convince you?

(Snyder shakes his head ever so slightly and looks back nervously.)

• Buffy & Giles
• Rupert 'the Ripper' Giles
• Snyder vs Everyone

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/36deadman.html