BUFFY:(to Joyce) Hey! Uh, sorry I'm late. You know Giles. All slay, all the time.

(sees Giles)

GILES: Hello, Buffy.

BUFFY: Do you guys wanna watch some television? I hear there's a very insightful Nightline on.

JOYCE: Buffy, you lied to us. And you made us into your alibis. That's... playing us against each other, and that's not fair.

GILES: I called Willow. You also lied to her about your whereabouts. We were all concerned.

GILES: (Joyce offers him chocolate) Oh, thank you.

BUFFY: Look, I'm sorry, but I had to...

JOYCE: Were you at the Bronze? What was happening there that was so important?

BUFFY: Bronze things. Things of Bronze.

JOYCE: You're acting really immature, Buffy.

GILES: I know I'm not your parent, but I am responsible for you. I think your mum's right.

BUFFY: Okay, fine. I'm acting like a child. Maybe that's because you're both treating me like a child.

JOYCE: Buffy!

BUFFY: You're both scheduling me twenty-four hours a day. Between the two of you, that's forty-eight hours. I just wanna be able to make a few decisions on my own.

JOYCE: The last time you made a decision on your own, you split.

BUFFY: Yeah, and I took care of myself. I don't need this much active parenting.

JOYCE: You can't really be trying to use this summer as a reason you should be trusted.

BUFFY: You can't babysit me all the time. I need you to back off a little.

GILES: Uh, alright, come on. Let's, let's not, uh, freak out.

BUFFY: 'Freak out'?

GILES: Mm-hm. Uh, I think you should go to bed. Um, we're all tired.

• Buffy & Giles
• Buffy & her mom

written by: Jane Espenson; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
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