BUFFY: I can't believe I let that thing get away. Cain was right. I shoulda killed it when I had the chance.

OZ: Killed what?

BUFFY: Uh, the, uh, the werewolf. It-it-it was out last night.

OZ: Is everybody okay? Did anyone get bitten or, or scratched?

WILLOW: No, we're fine.

OZ: Gladness.

BUFFY: Yeah, but he got someone. Theresa.

OZ: 'Got', as in... Oh, I'm sorry.

BUFFY: And I coulda stopped it.

GILES: Well, we, we have one more night.

OZ: Another night?

BUFFY: Oh, yeah. Believe me, I'm gonna give that wolfie something to howl about.

OZ: Hmm.

XANDER: But while we hang here doing nothing, there's a human werewolf walking around out there, probably making fun of us.

WILLOW: The way werewolves always do.

OZ: But there's really no way to tell who it is.

XANDER: Oh, sure there is. Giles knows stuff, and I'm practically an expert on the subject.

WILLOW: On account of once you were a hyena?

XANDER: I know what it's like to crave the taste of freshly killed meat, to be taken over by those uncontrollable urges.

BUFFY: You said you didn't remember anything about that.

XANDER: I said I didn't remember anything about that. Look, the point is, is I have an affinity with this thing. I can get inside of its head. I'm a big, bad wolf. I'm on the prowl. I'm sniffing, I'm snarling, I'm a slobbering predator, I'm... Wait a second! It's right in front of us. It's obvious who I am. I'm Larry! The guy's practically got wolf-boy stamped on his forehead. You got the dog bite, you got the aggression, not to mention the excessive back hair.

BUFFY: And he was awfully gleeful about tormenting Theresa.

GILES: Still, that doesn't necessarily mean that...

XANDER: I'm gonna go talk to him. Gonna force a confession out of him.

GILES: Good. Go. Uh, in the meantime, we need to cover our bases. Willow, um, check the student files. See if anybody else fits the profile. Uh, Buffy?

BUFFY: Where are we going?

GILES: I-if none of that works, I think I may have an alternative.

BUFFY: Yeah, me and the werewolf alone in a cage for three minutes. That's all I ask.

WILLOW: (to Oz) Are you okay?

OZ: (comes back to earth) What?

WILLOW: You kind of knew Theresa.

OZ: Oh, yeah, I, uh, I'm trying not to think about it. It's... it's a lot.

WILLOW: It is. But we can do stuff to help. Sometimes it feels good to help.

OZ: Uh-huh.

WILLOW: Well, like... looking up stuff. I'm gonna be doing that most of the night. You could help me, help together?

OZ: I can't. Um, uh, I'm busy.

WILLOW: Oh. So...

OZ: I... I gotta go.

written by: Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
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