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Angel's having none of that. He knows it'll kill her, but Buffy says it won't if he doesn't take too much. Angel begs her to not make him drink, and she punches him in the face. ..And when that doesn't work, she punches him two more times. This triggers the game face. She pushes her shirt aside and pulls his face to her neck. He begins to feed. Buffy goes weak, and they fall to the floor. He ends up taking too much and Buffy passes out just as Angel finally breaks free ... but gets no response from an unconscious Buffy.
Angel rushes Buffy to the hospital, then goes to use a payphone. In a nearby room, a doctor is telling the Mayor that Faith has broken bones, damage to the kidney, head trauma, and severe blood loss - there is almost no chance that she will ever awaken. The nurse comes in to tell the doctor about the other girl with severe blood loss. A lightbulb goes off. The Mayor realizes who it must be, walks into her room, and puts his hand over her mouth, trying to smother her. The nurse tries to stop him and calls for security.
Angel bursts back in and yanks the Mayor away from Buffy. The Mayor and Angel exchange words. Wilkins gives him a stern talking to: "Misery loves company, young man, and I'm looking to share that with you and your whore!" Angel shoves him backward, causing a scene. The Mayor, [[Mood Whiplash|all smiles]] again, dusts himself off and tells the onlookers the "show's ''not'' over -- but there will be a brief intermission." Angel grrs that he'll be there.
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The Scoobies arrive, having received Angel's phone call. Xander notes with mock sincerity that when chips are down and things look grim, Angel can be counted on to save his own ass. Angel apologizes, but Giles icily insists that Angel go; the sun will be up soon. The lonely figure of Angel departs down the hall as the others go see how Buffy's doing.
Buffy finds herself in Faith's sunny apartment, which is full of moving boxes. It's a dream, of course, which Buffy seems to pick up on. The two trade cryptic comments, and Faith assures Buffy she'll heal. She also offers Buffy a tip: "Human weakness. It never goes away. Even his." Buffy looks down at her hand, where the knife she killed Faith with appears and then disappears. Buffy asks Faith if this is her mind or Faith's, but Faith doesn't know. Faith reaches up to touch Buffy's face, thus awakening her.
Buffy wakes up in the hospital, and walks into Faith's room. She compassionately kisses the unconscious Faith on the forehead, and walks away. Then, after changing from the hospital gown into her street clothes, goes out and tells the gang to get Angel; she's ready for war.
Back in the library, Buffy has just finished describing her plan to the gang. Cordelia doesn't think they could come up with a crazier plan, but Oz points out that they could attack the Mayor with hummus. Cordy stands corrected. ("Just keeping things in perspective"). Xander thinks she wants to use a rocket launcher, but she says that won't get it done. It took a volcano to bury Olvikan last time. Buffy tells them that Faith told her to play on the Mayor's human weakness. They try to figure out what that weakness is, and Angel mentions the whole germ thing. Cordelia suggests chasing him with a box labeled 'Ebola virus.' An exasperated Xander is now starting to lean toward the Hummus Offensive. Wesley enters, and Buffy tells him she's in no mood for orders, but he says he is there to help of his own volition; not on behalf of the Watcher's Council. He just wants to help. Predictably, his valor makes Cordelia melt.
At City Hall, the Mayor is laying out his plan for his lackeys. The sun, he tells them, will not be a problem. Back in the library, the gang figures out that there will be an eclipse, putting Angel "back in the game." Xander and Willow are to recruit other students for help, while everybody else is put on "volcano detail." Buffy instructs Giles to get "weapons, weapons, weapons." At City Hall, the vamps are leaving, and the Mayor reminds them to keep it fast and brutal-- "and boys? Let's watch the swearing."
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In Giles' office, Angel tells Buffy that he's not going to say goodbye; when the whole thing is over, he's just going to go. He leaves her alone. She looks down at the what she's been holding wrapped in a rag - Faith's knife.
The students march in to the Graduation ceremony. A little way into the Mayor's speech, the sky goes dark. He doubles over in pain. Characteristically, he tries to continue with his upbeat speech. But to no avail. The Mayor suddenly morphs into a giant serpent/dragon thing.
Buffy calls, "Now!"
The students take off their gowns to reveal a full range of medieval-type weapons, plus a few flame-throwers. The Mayor finds himself attacked with fire. Snyder finds this whole scene unacceptable. Xander gives the order to "Fire!", and the students rain down flaming arrows on the vamps.The vamps turn to run, but are faced down by a horde of good guys, including Angel, Wesley, and Percy. Whoops.
They engage in hand-to-hand fights, while the students keep attacking Olvikan. The snake's tail whacks Larry, killing him. Snyder shouts warnings at Olvikan, insisting on maintaining order on his campus. He is interrupted when Olvikan takes him into his jaws, eating him. The students come down the stairs in a herd, attacking the vamps with their weapons. A vampire feeds on Harmony, presumably killing her. Cordelia stakes a vampire. Wesley is still down on the ground, whining for help. Buffy shouts up at the Mayor, holding the knife he gave to Faith as a gift. Remember this? She gloats about how she stuck it into Faith's gut. "Just slid in her like she was butter. You wanna get it back from me? [[Parenthetical Swearing|Dick?]]"
Buffy charges back into the school, the Mayor right behind her, head-butting through entire walls. She runs through the library, and bursts through a window, leaving Olvikan surrounded by fertilizer explosives.
"[[Oh Crap|Well, gosh]]."
Giles sets off the explosives - and the library, the Mayor, and the whole darn school are awash in a sea of flames, smoke, sparks, smoke, [[Department of Redundancy Department|and still more smoke]].
In the aftermath, fire trucks and ambulances litter the area. Giles congratulates Buffy on a job well done, and pulls out her diploma, which he fished out from the wreckage. Buffy spots Angel twenty yards away. They exchange a long, plaintive look. He turns and walks away, disappearing into the haze.
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The gang gathers together, taking stock of the situation. Oz thinks they should take a moment to reflect on the fact that they survived. Buffy comments that it was a hell of a battle, but Oz says screw that noise: they survived ''High School''. They all stare blankly at the smoking ruins. Oz is spacious.
"We're taking a moment."
[[Failed Attempt At Drama|The girls get antsy and leave]].
"...and we're done." Everyone walks off together.
=== Tropes: ===
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: While briefing his lackeys, Wilkins warns that he'll be temporarily vulnerable after his Ascension. He'll need to devour some attendees quickly to sustain his power.
* [[Asshole Victim]] / [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]: Principal Snyder is eaten by Olvikan in mid-tirade. "You're on '''my''' campus, buddy!"
* [[Badass Normal]]: Percy West fights vampires alongside Angel and a bunch of other jock-type guys.
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* [[Bury Your Gays]]: Sorry, Larry.
* [[Captain Obvious]] / [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]
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'''Xander:''' Hey it's Mr. States-the-Obvious.<br />
'''Buffy:''' The Council is not welcome here. I have no time for orders. If I need someone to scream like a woman I'll give you a call. }}
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* [[Collapsed Mid-Speech]]: The Ascension begins a bit earlier than planned. "I had this whole section on civic pride."
* [[Convenient Coma]]: Faith's down for the count.
* [[Crack! Oh, My Back!]]: Wesley runs into the fray, and gets clocked to the ground.
* [[Crazy Enough to Work]]: Buffy has just outlined her plan, and wants to know if she's crazy. Willow offers, "Crazy is such a ''strong'' word.", but Giles says not to rule out that adjective. Cordy challenges the world to come up with something crazier.
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'''Cordelia:''' I stand corrected. }}
** Angel posits that the Mayor doesn't like germs. Cordy thinks she's got it: "We'll get a container of Ebola virus, and -- and uh, or, it doesn't even have to be real, we can just get a box that says 'Ebola' on it, and, um, chase him." She looks so pleased with herself -- she even snaps her fingers at the end.
* [[Credits Gag]]: The Mutant Enemy zombie wears a graduation cap.
* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: Buffy lampshades this in her dream. Faith apologizes, chalking it up to her bruised noggin.
** She says "lotta new stuff", perhaps in reference to the prophetic knowledge she's trying to pass on to Buffy.
** The gist is that the Mayor -- even as a giant snake -- is still human, and that weakness can be used against him. Faith's 'baggage' is just that; Buffy's going to have to carry it now.
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** The Season 5 premiere "Buffy vs. Dracula" confirmed that being bitten by Angel was pleasurable to Buffy.
* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]: In the Buffy/Faith dream, Faith comments, "Little Miss Muffet counting down from 7-3-0", which roughly comes at 2 years (730 days) before {{spoiler|Buffy dies}}.
** Actually, going by the date that the episode was ''supposed'' to air, and given the fact that the year 2000 was a leap year, it was ''exactly 730 days''.
** "Little Miss Muffet" also foreshadows the arrival of Buffy's {{spoiler|little sister, Dawn}}. In Season 5, the poem is quoted several times with regard to the Key, which Glory is furiously searching for.
* [[Dying Declaration of Love]] / [[Hallucinations]]: While being nursed by Willow, Angel deliriously apologizes for his talk of leaving town, and that he needs her. Rejoins Oz in the other room, Willow reports that Angel thought she was Buffy. Oz nods understandingly: "[[Played for Laughs|You too]], huh?"
* [[Environmental Symbolism]]: The final shot is of a charred SHS yearbook, emblazoned with the words, "The Future Is Ours."
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: Buffy takes advantage of this and finishes with a [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]] moment to lure the Mayor into a trap
* [[Failed Attempt At Drama]]: Oz's requisite moment of silence.
* [[Famous Last Words]] / [[Oh Crap]]: "Well, gosh."
* [[Food Slap]]: The Great Hummus Offensive.
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* [[Good Is Not Soft]]: After Buffy fails to kill or capture Faith she tells Angel to drink her own blood, as that would cure him. Angel refuses, so Buffy punches him until he vamps out then makes him feed on her.
* [[Graduate From the Story]]
* [[Half Truth]]: When the doctor asks how Buffy lost so much blood, Angel mutters, "Something bit her."
* [[Healing Hands]]: Buffy wakes up when touched by Faith in her dream.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Presumably, whatever was good in Faith gave Buffy the clue to destroy Wilkins.
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* [[Madness Mantra]]: "Faith's a good girl. She'll be alright. She'll be alright. She'll be alright."
* [[Mathematician's Answer]]: During their tender moment in the van, Oz takes Willow's hand and promises they will live through the day. Willow asks if he's sure. Oz considers for that a minute.
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'''Willow''': Yeah.
'''Oz''': Then I must be sure.
'''Willow''' Is that just a comforting way of not answering the question? }}
* [[Mauve Shirt]]: Larry's flamethrower jams, and he gets swiped to the ground by the Mayor's tail, [[Neck Snap|breaking his neck]]. His death was vague enough to warrant confirmation in Season Six ("Smashed").
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* [[Never Say Goodbye]]: Buffy returns to Giles's office to find Angel preparing weapons. They exchange updates, and Angel abruptly says that he's not going to say goodbye. She looks gobsmacked. He tries to continue, saying that he won't be sticking around when the dust settles, but Buffy cuts him off with a hand gesture. True to his word, he does not.
* [[No Except Yes]]
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'''Willow:''' Only in a terrified way. }}
* [[No Sparks]] / [[Now or Never Kiss]]: Wesley and Cordelia are in the library, packing up all the books. They both look nervous. Wesley finally breaks the silence. He says that, should they survive, he's going back to England, and Cordy says she knows. They inch closer as Wesley removes his glasses. They kiss. And it's the most forced, out-of-sync kiss imaginable. Wesley has no idea what to do with his hands. [[Record Needle Scratch|The dramatic romantic music stops]]. They pause, realizing it's not going so well. However, they give it another go. It's even worse than before. They give up again.
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'''Wesley:''' Yes, uhm, I'll drop you a line some time.
''Cordelia:''' That'd be neat. }}
* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: Xander fetches Giles coffee, then wonders why Giles isn't drinking tea. "Tea is soothing. I [[Must Have Caffeine|wish to be tense.]]"
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** Though Giles' expression reveals that he obviously hates it.
** After a whole season of easy amiability, Wilkins finally loses it. He snarls a threat at Buffy, furious at what's been done to Faith. Angel says he's not exactly misty-eyed over the loss.
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** It's short-lived, however, as the Mayor creepily shifts back to 'jolly' in no time flat.
* [[Out of Order]]: The season finale was due to air May 25, but was delayed by the network because of the attack on the school. The decision came about as a result of [[Too Soon|the recent shootings at high schools]] at the time. The episode "Earshot" was also delayed for this reason (though for a much longer period of time).
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* [[Parenthetical Swearing]]: "Wanna get it back from me... ''Dick''?"
** The Mayor's last words.
* [[Percussive Prevention]]: Buffy tries convincing Angel to drink her blood, but he's adamantly against it. Reaching a standstill in the argument, Buffy resorts to her fists. After the third wallop, Angel vamps out and bites her neck.
* [[Percussive Therapy]]: Angel carries Buffy into a gurney and yells at a nurse that she needs a transfusion. A doctor starts overwhelming him with pertinent questions, none of which Angel can reasonably answer. In his concern, Angel rips the door handle out of a door, prompting the doctor to ask yet another pertinent question: namely, whether he's on drugs.
* [[Plunger Detonator]]: Giles gets to do the honors.
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* [[Roar Before Beating]]: Olvikan.
* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Giles congratulates her on defeating the Mayor, and hands her her diploma, saying he fished it out of the wreckage. "I'd say you earned it." Damn right!
** As the fire trucks and ambulances arrive, Giles takes a moment to lampshade the "[[Dramatic Irony]]" and "[[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|synchronicity that borders on predestination]]" of the scene.
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* [[Rule of Three]]: Buffy punches Angel to get him to vamp out. Of course, she hits him once, twice, aaand the third time does it.
* [[Scaled Up]]: Mayor Wilkins.
* [[Screaming Warrior]]: Jonathan hilariously lets out a war cry before barreling into some vamps.
* [[Security Cling]]: Cordelia cowers behind the diminutive Jonathan just as the school blows up.
** [[Throw It In]]: According to Danny Strong, this scene was an idea of Charisma's, because she never got much screen time with him.
* [[Series Fauxnale]]
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* [[Sympathy for the Devil]]: The seeming reconciliation between the two Slayers in their dream.
* [[Talking in Your Dreams]]: Buffy has a dream in which Faith appears to reconcile with her, giving a clue on how to defeat the Mayor.
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'''Buffy:''' (with a half smile) "Is this your mind or mine?"
'''Faith''' (laugh) "Beats me." }}
* [[This Means War]]: All Better now, Buffy walks out out her hospital room fully-dressed and greets the Scoobs. They're all flummoxed at her quick recovery. She tells them to get Angel and the others, because she's ready. For what? "War."
* [[Total Eclipse of the Plot]]
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: The Mayor wordlessly putting his hand over Buffy's unconscious face. Buffy starts thrashing around until the nurses try to pull him off, but Wilkins continues to choke her with an empty smile.
* [[Trash the Set]]: Bye bye, Sunnydale High.
** {{spoiler|It'll be back}}.
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** Buffy says she'll need all of them, but that Xander is the key figure. "Key? Me?" He's predictably pleased. "Okay, pride, humility.. and here is the mind-numbing fear."
* [[Trouble Entendre]]: Wilkins inviting Angel to stayed tuned for his "second act", in full view of witnesses.
** In the middle of his speech, Wilkins makes eye contact with Buffy in the crowd. He darkly goes on that some people who should be there aren't.
* [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue]]: Quick-cutting between the library (where Buffy is briefing the Scoobies) to the Mayor's office, where he's outlining his plan to a bunch of henchvamps.
* [[Two Part Episode]]
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