(Middle of nowhere, desert. Giles car comes to a stop, and he and Buffy get out.)

BUFFY: What's in the trunk?

GILES: Supplies.

BUFFY: Supplies? I was wondering about that. Like food, water... maybe a compass?

GILES: What about a book, a gourd and a bunch of twigs.

BUFFY: I don't think I'll be *that* hungry.

GILES: They're for me. Come on, this way. You see, the location of the sacred place is a guarded secret, I can't take you there myself. I'll have to perform a ritual to transfer my guardianship of you temporarily to a guide. This'll do.

BUFFY: A guide, but not food or water. So it leads me to the sacred place, and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones?

GILES: Buffy, please. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.

BUFFY: So, how's it start?

GILES: I, uh, jump out of the circle and I jump back in it and um (reluctantly) I shake my Gourd.

BUFFY: I know this ritual! The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the hokey pokey & turn themselves around!

GILES: Go Quest.

(Buffy makes an amused face. Giles looks embarrassed. He sighs, rolls his eyes, jumps into the circle of twigs, jumps out, and shakes the gourd. Nothing seems to happen. He and Buffy look at each other.)

BUFFY: And that's what it's all about.

• Buffy & Giles

written by: Jane Espenson; Haven't found a transcript yet, so am just typing up my favorite exchanges as time allows.... Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/96intervention.html