The "Intervention" scene
INT. LIBRARY - DAY
The next day. The Library doors slam open and
Buffy
saunters in, feeling good and saucy.
BUFFY (sing-songy): You'll never guess what I
got...
Buffy stops cold. We see what she sees: Giles,
Willow,
Xander, Cordelia, and Oz all sit in a row.
Staring right
at Buffy. Stone-faced. This is an intervention.
XANDER: Angel is alive. And you lied about it to
every
person in this room.
Buffy closes her eyes. Busted.
XANDER: So when were you planning to tell us,
Buff?
After he kills somebody? Hey - maybe one of us!
BUFFY: Xander...
XANDER: Because there's no way we could see it
coming.
WILLOW: Let Buffy talk!
CORDELIA: Why? So she can explain how helping a
killer is somehow not bad?
BUFFY: It's more complicated than that. Angel's
changed. Back. He's himself again.
WILLOW: Himself - that means good, right?
XANDER: Great. He's good. For how long?
OZ: Let her talk, we'll find out.
CORDELIA: I'm confused. He's good, he's bad...
if he's
gonna flip-flop, isn't it just a matter of time
before he
goes psycho killer?
BUFFY: Look. I know what Angel's done. But I
also
know he's been to Hell. I don't know why he's
back, but
I know... I can feel... it's for a reason.
XANDER: Yeah. To kill again. And again. And
again.
WILLOW: Xander - shut up!
CORDELIA: No, he's right!
XANDER: Yank your head out of the sand!
OZ: Don't talk to her like that!
XANDER: Or what? (stands) What are we standing
around for? I say we take the Mansion first
daylight and
kill Angel before he kills us.
BUFFY: He's not killing anybody.
OZ: Death penalty? Who's gonna pull the trigger?
You?
XANDER: Damn right I will!
He gets up to leave. Giles stops him, finally
speaks:
GILES: You'll do no such thing! Watcher bylaws
are
clear in a case like this: Angel is not
responsible...
XANDER; He is responsible!
GILES: ...For anything he's done under the
influence
of...
Xander knocks the book from Gile's hands and
slams
him up against the wall.
XANDER: He killed Jenny!
Giles instantly slams Xander back into the
opposite wall.
GILES: Don't you evoke the name Jenny Calendar
to
suit you ends of vengeance! D you think I've
forgotten?
Your hatred of Angel is nothing compared to
mine. But
we do not kill in hatred.
XANDER: Speak for yourself.
Xander roughly frees himself. Stares them all
down.
XANDER (continuing; to Buffy): Next time he
kills
somebody you love? You tell me how it's
complicated.
Xander grabs his jacked off the back of the
chair,
knocking the chair clattering to the ground,
punches
open the Library doors and storms out. Beat.