All language subtitles for Buffy - 4x14 - Goodbye Iowa

Maggie sends me down into the sewers
with a blasto gun.

- The next thing I know, it's raining monsters.
- Hallelujah.

And then this gate slams down behind me,
and I try to use the gun but it goes "phtt".

You're saying that Maggie Walsh set you up?

That's exactly what I'm saying.

She sent me on a one-way recon.

Gotta hand it to you, Goldilocks.

You do have bleeding tragic taste in men.

I got a cousin married to a regurgitating
Frovalox demon that's got better instincts.

What does my taste in men
have to do with it?

Was Riley knitting bootees for your offspring
while Maggie was stringing you up?

You guys think Riley
had something to do with this?

Probably not. But we'd be remiss
ifwe didn't think of all the possibilities.

Right.

Remiss.

No. No. Maggie made sure
that he was nowhere around

when she sent me on this
"make Buffy dead" assignment.

And plus, Riley? He seems like
he wouldn't tell a little white lie,

Iet alone a whole bunch of big, dirty ones.

That's why they call it the secret forces.

Cos they kinda keep
the whole lying thing to themselves.

All I know is that Maggie has it in for me.
Which means the lnitiative has it in for me.

The mad scientist isn't too keen
on the fact that the Scooby gang

knows that the lnitiative is up to no good.

Which brings us back
to the "not safe for any of us" concept.

What could have happened
to make Professor Walsh want to kill you?

I don't know. She wasn't keen on the fact that
I was asking a lot of questions, that's for sure.

- You were getting too close to something.
- Clearly.

Although one can only imagine
what she'd be so desperate to hide.

OK, everybody grab a weapon.
We've gotta move.

And storm the lnitiative?
Yeah, let's take on those suckers.

- I was thinking more that we'd hide.
- Thank God.

Buffy, I think perhaps
we should talk about this.

We need to relocate some place we're less
likely to be found. We need a plan.

- My place?
- The lnitiative guys know how close we are.

They'll check the places that you hang out.

What about your basement? The guys haven't
seen us together much, and there's room.

- Plus, mirror ball.
- Cool.

- Come and boogie at Xander's hideaway.
- Yes. Come boogie.

Absolutely not.
I will not squat in that dank hole.

What? It was good enough for me
but you're above it all?

Precisely. Besides, I don't see
why we can't stay right where we are.

I think it's very unlikely those lnitiative boys
are gonna come round here to look for...

Buffy.

God, Buffy. Are you OK?

- What happened?
- You know?

I know something went down. Tell me.

Maggie tried to kill me.

It didn't work, but they're all upset anyway.

OK, listen. I need you
to go over everything. Step by step.

- There has to be some kind of mistake.
- There was no mistake.

- How do you know something happened?
- I was on a mission. But I came back and...

I'm not sure. Look, let's just
keep our heads and notjump to any...

What?

- That's Hostile 17.
- No.

I'm just a friend of Xander's.

Bugger it. I'm your guy.

This is Spike. He's...

It's a really long story.
But he's not bad any more.

What am l?
A bleedin' broken record? I'm bad.

It's just... I can't bite any more.
Thanks to you wankers.

We've been looking for him
but you've known where he's been all along?

- It's not like that.
- What is it like? What's he doing here?

Leaving you swabs to your dramatics, thanks.

I've got my stories on the telly for that.

By the by, ifyou're trying to kill her...

Buffy, what is this? You're hiding an HST?

Why don't you back off
and let her ask the questions?

Your boss just tried to make
monster food outta her.

I didn't see much. I wasn't there. All I know
is Professor Walsh told me you were dead.

But then I saw you on the monitors...

This isn't Professor Walsh. There must be
something making her act this way.

Something - I don't know - controlling her.

We think Buffy may have been
becoming too inquisitive,

that she was getting close to something
that Professor Walsh was trying to hide.

- Any idea what that might be?
- What about 314? Maybe that's it.

Maybe she was trying to test you.
What if it was only a drill?

Then why did she tell you I was dead?
Riley, it wasn't a test.

See, I've heard rumours that the lnitiative
isn't all that we've been told,

that secretly they're working
towards some darker purpose.

- Something that might harm us all.
- No. That's not what happens there.

- Riley.
- I would know.

No one is sure. We're just trying to sort it out.

- I'll sort it out on my own.
- Riley.

No. Just...

I'm sorry.

What am l?

You're a monster.

I thought so.

- What are you?
- Me? I'm a boy.

A boy.

- How do you work?
- I don't know, I just do.

What's that for?

Dr Walsh?

Adam?

- That would never happen.
- Well, no, Buff.

That's why they call 'em cartoons,
not documentaries.

Must we have the noise? My head is splitting.

Look who's Cranky Bear in the morning.

Yes, I can't imagine why
I didn't sleep well in my beach ball.

Every time you moved, it made
squeaky noises. It was irritating.

Really? I'm surprised you could hear it
over your Wagnerian snoring.

OK, you guys, could we not, please?

Everything's screwed up enough without you
two doing scenes from my parents' marriage.

- Sorry.
- Sorry.

Thank you.

It'll be OK, Buffy.
Riley's just confused, that's all.

I don't know.

Itjust seems like things could get heavier.
His whole world's falling apart.

And after everything
you've been through with Angel.

You know, you really should get yourself
a boring boyfriend. Like Xander.

- You can't have Xander.
- That was the idea.

Riley was supposed to be Mr Joe Guy.

We were gonna do dumb things, like hold
hands through the daisies going "tra-la-la".

Poor Buffy. Your life
resists all things average.

So dump him. But you can't have Xander.

I'll try and remember that.

It's too late, anyway.

I'm already at the "I hurt when he hurts,
I smile when he smiles" stage.

- I hate that part.
- I'll just have to make it work.

Turn on the TV. Now.

Sunnydale is stillreeling
from news ofthe crime.

A source in the coroner's office
tells us that the boy was stabbed

with whatlooks like some kind oflarge
skewer, andhis body was then mutilated.

Police have notnameda suspect,
and the killeris stillatlarge.

The Polgara demon had a skewer in its arm.

That's the one Maggie
insisted we bring back alive.

- She must have sent it after you.
- And it got distracted. God.

Buffy, it's not your fault.
How could you know?

She's right. You mustn't blame yourself.

I'm not going to. I'm going to
the crime scene to see what I can find out.

Research the Polgara demon.
I wanna know where it is.

I am going to make him pay
for taking that kid's life.

I'll make him die
in ways he can't even imagine.

That would have sounded more commanding
if I wasn't wearing my yummy sushi pyjamas.

Where you been all night?

Well, congratulations. I see you and Buffy
have finally gotten past the shy phase.

I wasn't with Buffy. I needed to be alone.
Think some things through.

- What things?
- Hey, you guys.

This is mighty ominous. What's up, man?

- Professor Walsh tried to have Buffy killed.
- What? Did Buffy tell you that?

- I mean, do you have any proof?
- I saw enough to know it's true.

I don't get it. Why?

Buffy thinks that she's getting too close,
that Professor Walsh has some secret.

I can see Buffy getting on Walsh's bad side.
She puts her nose where it doesn't belong.

- What?
- She's a pain. "Why this?" and "Why that?"

- She should die because ofthat?
- I don't know.

Maybe Professor Walsh found out
that Buffy was up to something bad.

Why does it bug you that I hang with her?
Cos she's a better soldier than you?

- She's using you to infiltrate our operations.
- You're saying she's a spy? You're crazy.

Riley, think about it.
The professor's not stupid.

If she tried to kill Buffy,
maybe Buffy needed killing.

Guys.

Not now, Private.

What is it?

Professor Walsh is dead.

Look at that wound.

She's been staked,
wouldn't you say, brother?

- What?
- Only one person who could do that.

You better not be saying what I think you're
saying. The Polgara demon has a skewer...

- That's your girlfriend's MO.
- That's a serious accusation.

- Ready to deal with the consequences?
- Bring 'em on.

That supernatural freak has blinded you.

Stand back, man. Show some respect.

Listen, everybody's upset,
but arguing isn't gonna help anything.

And it's certainly not
what Professor Walsh would want.

- No, sir.
- All right.

Good. Now, Washington is sending in a team
to do an internal investigation.

- I've been told we have to wait for their word.
- Wait?

This has to be the work
ofthe Polgara demon.

Probably. Looks like last night
the Polgara escaped through tunnel 72.

- It's out loose?
- I'm afraid so.

- Then we go after it.
- My orders from Washington

are for a total lockdown
until they arrive. I'm sorry.

Now, return to your quarters.
There's nothing you can do here.

Listen, Angleman can talk all he wants,

but I'm still in charge till the brass gets here.

I say we got a demon to hunt.
Now suit up for armed patrol.

And by that I mean loaded guns.
Target practice is over. We're going for blood.

Let's go. Let's move.

Quick to one side. Establish a perimeter.

Somebody's been stayin' here.

What do you think, a homeless guy?

Could be.

Or a squatter ofthe demon variety.

Not the Polgara.

Who cares? I see a demon, it dies.

It's warm.

Damn.

Animals.

Buffy.

Look, I'm sorry about earlier.
I know that everyone came on pretty strong.

And the Spike thing
isn't as tweaked as it looked.

OK, maybe it is, but there's an explanation
that almost makes sense.

Hello? I'm apologising here.
And I think that's pretty big of me,

considering I'm the one who was
almost made a demon sandwich.

This is the part where you throw me a bone.

Maggie's dead.

Happy now?

How can you ask me that?
Of course I'm not happy.

What happened?

- That's classified.
- Classifi...

The Polgara. It got her and escaped, didn't it?

I'm gonna find it.
I'm gonna find it and destroy it.

And then you can stop asking me
how happy all this death makes me.

Howdy.

I just got your message a minute ago.
I was in class, but I was about to call you.

I had so much fun the other night.
Those spells.

Yeah, that was nice.

I hope you don't think that I just
come over for the spells and everything.

I mean, I really like just talking
and hanging out with you and stuff.

I know that. But you wanna do a spell.

Yeah. But only because
it's really important. There's this...

No, you don't have to explain.
I don't mind. Really.

I've been thinking about
that last spell we did all day.

You have? Well, this one
should be really fun, too.

We conjure the goddess Thespia
to help us locate demonic energy in the area.

- It shouldn't be too tricky.
- The goddess Thespia?

- Are you sure we're ready for that?
- You and me? This is beneath us.

OK, ifyou say so.

- You're killin' me here.
- Missed you, too. The joint's jumpin'.

You know. I'm making some changes with
my life. I'm getting away from my old image.

- As a double-dealing snitch?
- You think I'm blowing smoke,

but after those apocalypse demons nearly
did me in, I had a spiritual experience.

That's swell, but have you heard anything
about a Polgara demon doing some killings?

See, that's the thing. I don't talk
behind people's backs no more.

And I'm bringing some class to the joint.
It's Willy's Place. Brings in a better clientele.

I got one ofthose deep fryers. These demons
just go crazy for chicken fingers.

Ifthey see me dealing with you, I'm just the
same Willy, working both sides ofthe street.

- I'm gonna have to punch you.
- Just once, and it don't have to hurt.

- Not yet. I haven't touched you.
- Sorry. Right.

Right. Go ahead. Wait.

No. I can't talk to you...

What have you heard about the Polgara?

Heard there was one around
a week or two back.

Word was you got him,
you and those army guys.

- And that was the last you heard?
- Yeah. As far as I know, he's offthe streets.

What about those army guys?
You heard anything about 314?

What are you doing here? Following me?

You told me you were tracking
the Polgara demon. I thought I'd help.

But now I see you're not hunting demons,
you're socialising with them - again.

I thought you were supposed to be
killing these things, not buying them drinks.

Smooth, Officer Riley. They teach you
those undercover moves in Special Forces?

- I'm serious. What are you doing here?
- Just coolin' her dog, like the rest of us.

- Why don't you sit down, relax?
- I want you to tell me. Who are you?

How about some chicken fingers
on the house?

- Shut up.
- I'm just saying...

I said shut up. Or maybe you'd like
to go back to the lab with me.

I'm sure the coats would love
to classify a... whatever you are.

Leave him alone, Riley. He's human.

- So he's human.
- You're shaking.

He just harbours demons.
Which makes him a good guy like you?

- The truth, Buffy. Now.
- You have it. You are just too screwed up

because ofwhat happened
to Walsh to see it. Let go.

Hold it. You.

No leaving till I say so. Got it?

We got new rules here. No killing.

Right, except the rules don't seem
to apply much these days, do they?

Like if I shot you right now, I don't know
if I'd have a corpse on my hands

- or one pissed-off vampire.
- Riley.

I mean, who do you believe? First
it sounds like lies, then it sounds like truth.

Riley.

What's happening to me?

Riley, why don't you lie down?

You'll be more comfortable.

Stop it.

I can't. It's like something's crawling inside.

No. You're hurting yourself.

Come here.

OK.

I thought I knew, but I don't.

I don't know anything.

- You're sick. Once you get some rest...
- No. Buffy...

I don't know anything.

I don't know which team I'm on.

Who the bad guys are.

Maybe I'm the bad guy.
Maybe I'm the thing you should kill.

No. Don't you even think that.

OK, listen to me. You're sick.

You just need to get some sleep.

Please. Lie down for me.

Come on.

You're gonna be OK.

- How is he?
- This isn'tjust grief making him act this way.

Something's affecting him physically
and it's getting worse.

- You think Walsh did something to him?
- I don't know, but I'm ready to find out.

- Tough, with Maggie's deadness and all.
- She must have kept records somewhere.

About Riley, about 314, about all of it.

And she wasn't the only person
that knew what she was up to.

- So what's the plan?
- Giles, Anya, keep researching.

Xander, you and I are going undercover.

Remember before? No Xander.

Not in a boyfriend way
or a "Iead him to a certain death" way.

- He's the only one with military experience.
- It's not like he was in the Nam.

- He was GI Joe for one night.
- It's OK, Anya. I've backed up Buffy before.

Can't you do something else to help them?
Like Xerox hand-outs or something?

I'll be careful.

Promise.

How do you plan to get into the lnitiative?
I'm sure their security system's impenetrable.

I have my clearance.
I'm hoping she didn't have time to revoke it.

Well, as for the whereabouts ofthis Polgara
demon, I'm afraid we've not turned up much.

- No reports since its original capture.
- Then we'll just have to keep looking.

So, the square is Sunnydale?

Right. It's like a map.

We both take different parts ofthe potion,
and when we do the incantation,

we both blow it onto the square
at the exact same time.

- But how does it work?
- Well, that's the cool part.

When the potion mixes and Thespia's called,

it creates this mist
over the parts where the demons are.

It even makes different colours
for different breeds.

Wow.

You ready?

Let's do it.

Thespia, we walk in shadow.

Walk in blindness.

You are the protector ofthe night.

Thespia, goddess,

ruler of all darkness, we implore you,

open a window
to the world ofthe underbeing.

With your knowledge, may we go in safety.

With your grace,
may we speak ofyour benevolence.

Or not.

- Seems pretty quiet.
- Usually is this time of...

Buff, maybe you should check the look later.

- What'd you do that for?
- Sorry.

I'm the only one that can pass
the retinal scan.

- I don't wanna see that.
- Retinal scan, Xander.

Well, we'll know in a few seconds
if my clearance is still good.

Or ifwe're about die at the hands
of 50 military goons.

Retinalscan recorded. Summers, Buffy.

Why am I not entirely comforted
by the arrival ofthe man-sized microwave?

Holy moly.

I know.

I totally get it now.
Can I have sex with Riley, too?

- Pretend to make out with me.
- What are you talking about?

Well, l... you know, in the movies,
the guy and the girl have to hide.

Please. Could you possibly
draw more attention to us?

This is the lnitiative. Military guys and
scientists do not make out with each other.

Maybe that's what's wrong with the world.
Ever think about that?

I totally failed. It wasn't even like
the spell went wrong. Itjust wouldn't.

If it's any consolation,
we haven't fared much better here.

- Really? ls Riley OK?
- Well, he's asleep. Finally.

But he doesn't look good.
And the research is troubling as well.

I mean, this demon we're after
seems highly atypical for a Polgara.

This child it killed was mutilated. There's no
recorded cases of a Polgara having done that.

Also the Polgara have to eat every two hours.

With the low IQ, you have a demon
who's not exactly low-profile.

So how has he been hiding out in Sunnydale
for two days without anyone seeing him?

Exactly.

- Riley.
- Where's Buffy?

She went out. Can I get you something?

- Just tell me where she is.
- You're not well, Riley. You need to rest.

Did she find the Polgara? ls that it?

- No, we're still looking, but...
- But what?

She went to find out what's making you sick.

I'm not sick. You're telling me
she went to the lnitiative?

- Riley, she's just trying to help you.
- She doesn't belong there.

Riley, listen...

- Stand away from the stairs.
- No. You're gonna get Buffy killed.

You all right?

How many ofthe men are still out?
The longer they go without their meds...

- Everyone's offtheir schedules.
- It's dangerous.

I don't wanna think about the damage
our guys could do in withdrawal.

They won't understand
what's happening to them.

They don't know they've been getting meds
in their food, so we'd better get them in here.

We've located all but a few. The last ones
were in bad shape, but we stabilised them.

But Finn wasn't one ofthem, right?
Find him. He's the one I care about.

- He's too important to the work to lose now.
- Indeed.

Double shot of O neg, 'keep.

Make it the good stuff.
I don't want no freakin' orang-utan.

Got ya.

Been a pisser of a day.

Those army blokes are on the tear.

They ran me outta my place.
And all over town.

Yeah, what's up?

Keep me posted. I'll be in records.

I don't generally like to kill humans,
but I've learned it pays to be flexible.

- I was wondering when you'd turn up.
- Darn.

So this isn't a surprise?

Now, you can tell me what you did to Riley
and after that we can take a tour of room 314.

Somebody's coming, you know. They've
already seen you on the security monitors.

Monitors are nonfunctional at this time, sir.

- Went down about ten minutes ago.
- What? I didn't do that.

Thank God for small favours
and we'll worry about details later.

Finn, take this girl
to the stockade immediately.

Riley, he can tell us what we need to know.
Maggie wanted me dead, didn't she?

She did. But understand, the lnitiative
has no interest in eliminating the Slayer.

- It was her own vendetta.
- Why? Spell it out for me.

- I feel a "dumb blonde" attack coming on.
- I don't know.

Well, think harder.

It was the project.

Project? 314.

It...

- It escaped.
- That's enough.

You're making her sound like
some psychopath. She wasn't like that.

- She was a brilliant woman.
- She was. It's not...

She tried to help people. This is
the way you want them to remember her?

- Walsh was feeding you drugs.
- You're doing this to me.

- This all started because ofyou.
- Just listen.

- I am trying to help you get to the truth.
- You want truth? Then tell me.

- What did you do to her, Buffy?
- Stop it. I didn't do anything.

Riley, stop. This isn't about us.

Everything that we need to know is here.
We just need to find out what was in 314.

Me.

I've been thinking about the world.

I wanted to see it. Learn it.

I saw the inside ofthat boy
and it was beautiful.

But it didn't tell me about the world.

Itjust made me feel.

So now I want to learn about me.

Why I feel.

What I am.

So I came home.

I'm a kinematically redundant, biomechanical
demonoid, designed by Maggie Walsh.

She called me Adam and I called her Mother.

Adam, Maggie would want you
to stand down.

Yes. But I seem to have a design flaw.

In addition to organic material, I'm equipped
with GP2D11 infrared detectors,

a harmonic decelerator, plus DC servo.

She pieced you together
from parts of other demons.

And man. And machine.

Which tells me what I am, but not who I am.

Mother wrote things down.

Hard data, but also her feelings.

That's how I learned that I have ajob here.
And that she loved me.

She wasn't your mother.
And she didn't love you.

- Is that really the issue?
- She made you because she was a scientist.

Riley.

Riley Finn.

Stop. Those files...

- Mother created you, too.
- Maggie is not my mother.

- I have a mother. A real...
- A birth mother, yes.

But after you met Maggie, she was the one
who shaped your basic operating system.

She taught you how to think, how to feel.

She fed you chemicals to make you stronger.

Your mind and body.

She said that you and I
were her favourite children. Her art.

That makes us brothers. Family.

No. I'm not like you.

That's pain, isn't it? Why?

Because your feeding schedule,
the chemicals, have been interrupted?

Or do you miss her? Tell me.

- I'll kill you.
- You won't.

- You haven't been programmed to.
- I cannot be programmed. I'm a man.

It's here.

The plan she had for us. What happens.

- How it ends.
- No.

- Do you want to hear?
- No.

Doctor.

Thank you.

This has been very interesting.

Back away from the door!

Riley, are you OK?

Secure the room.

We got a demon in here.
It escaped through that vent.

It's not the Polgara. It looks sort of half man.

- Right, and you just happened to be here.
- She's telling the truth. I saw it.

It killed Angleman. Go. Now.

Yes, sir.

- He needs to go to a hospital.
- We'll take it from here.

- I'm going with him.
- A military hospital.

- No.
- Back off.

We take care of our own
around here, understand?

Buffy.

Escort them out.

Buffy.

What did you expect, Spike?
A welcome party?

Word's out. You've been
making war on the demon world.

- War?
- With the Slayer.

You kill other demons,
and the rest of us don't hold with that.

Still, if I see you around here again,
I'll be inclined to break that code.

Do you understand?

No word from Riley?

Nothing. The lnitiative probably
has him locked in some medical ward.

I can't get near him until I have a better plan
than just storming in and getting us all shot.

Yeah, you might wanna
work the kinks out ofthat one.

What am I gonna do?
He needs me and I can't get near him.

You'll find a way.

I can't spend all of my energy going after
the lnitiative. Not while Adam's out there.

He's really that big of a threat?

I could barely fight him. It was like Maggie
designed him to be the ultimate warrior.

He's smart and fast. He gave the commando
guys the slip with no problem.

There's gotta be a flaw.

I think the part where he's pure evil
and kills randomly was an oversight.

I never should have let them take Riley.

I need to be with him.

- I'm sure he's OK.
- There's no way he can be.

Everything he's ever believed in
has been taken away or...

He's alone.

He has nothing to hold on to.

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