PRINCIPAL WOOD: Whoa.

BUFFY: Ooh, sorry.

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Miss Summers. I didn't know you were still about.

BUFFY: Uh, yeah, I was just looking for--

PRINCIPAL WOOD: I thought in general it was customary for a person who's graduated to, um, you know, go somewhere else.

BUFFY: Well, it's a new campus. I'm just getting to know it. You know, make sure it's safe for my sister.

(...)

PRINCIPAL WOOD: You know, I, um, have to be honest. I actually know a little bit more about you than I let on before.

BUFFY: Isn't that interesting.

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Oh, it really is.

(...)

PRINCIPAL WOOD: The school board recommended I spend a little time reading your record. It's, um, quite a page-turner. Kind of a checkered past...

BUFFY: Huh. More like a plaid. Kind of a clan tartan of badness, really. You know, but there were factors.

(...)

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Well, it's clear your sister looks up to you, which I think is great.

BUFFY: No, she's much, much worse than me. Troublemaker. Expulsion is really the only way to go. You know, or you can suspend her for... three years.

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Well, how 'bout we give her a chance first. Just as long as she keeps her grades up, and--

(Buffy's cell phone rings.)

BUFFY: Boy, that's loud.

PRINCIPAL WOOD: That's a part of the reason we don't allow cell phones in--

BUFFY: Excuse me. Yeah. Oh, sorry. My dog. (covering) Uh, dog walker. (Quietly, into phone) Three dead?

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Oh, my God!

BUFFY: Uh, no, I'll be right there.

PRINCIPAL WOOD:Your dogs are dead?

DAWN: And, Buffy? Isn't this reception amazing? I'm in the freakin' basement!

BUFFY: OK. Sorry about that. I--I have to ...

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Yeah. No, of course. And good luck with that...dog tragedy.

(back in the basement)

DAWN: Help is on the way, guys. Weve just got to figure out

DAWN: Where did they go?

• Buffy & Principal Wood

written by: Joss Whedon; Transcribed by: CariCranberry. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season7/transcripts/123_tran.php