Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)

Never Leave Me (2002)

Nicholas Brendon: Xander Harris

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• Buffy Summers : [about Spike]  He-He mentioned something about a song in the cellar. Uh, and he-he changed there, too. I mean, instantly became another person.

  Xander Harris : Trigger.

  Anya : The horse?

  Xander Harris : No. In his head. It's a trigger. It's a brainwashing term. It-It's how the military makes sleeper agents. They- They brainwash operatives and condition them with a specific trigger, like a song, that makes 'em drastically change at a moment's notice.

  Willow Rosenberg : Is this left over from your days in the Army?

  Xander Harris : No, this is left over from every army movie I've ever seen.

• Buffy Summers : How's your guy?

  Anya : The weasel wants to sing. He just needs a tune.

  Xander Harris : He's primed. I'll be pumping him in no time.

  [everyone looks at him] 

  Xander Harris : He'll give us information soon.

• Buffy Summers : This trigger. How do we holster, safety, or, I don't know guns. How do we make it stop?

  Xander Harris : Well, usually the operative completes his task and either blows his head off or steals a submarine.

• [Xander in the process of tying Andrew to a chair] 

  Xander Harris : Now, we can do this the hard way...

  Andrew Wells : Ow!

  Xander Harris : ...if you want. But believe me when I tell ya, this will go much easier if you just tell us what you know.

  Andrew Wells : Ow!

• Xander Harris : How's your face?

  [he gives Andrew a glass of water] 

  Andrew Wells : Ok.

  Xander Harris : [starts untying him]  Sorry about that. She shouldn't have hit you.

  [hands him the glass of water] 

  Xander Harris : Thirsty? Go on.

  Andrew Wells : [Andrew sniffs the water]  That chick's psycho.

  [he drinks from it] 

  Xander Harris : You don't know the half of it. She's a vengeance demon, you know.

  [sits in chair] 

  Xander Harris : She's bad news.

  Andrew Wells : This one time I saw her having sex with Spike.

  Xander Harris : She's killed more men than smallpox.

  Andrew Wells : Does smallpox still kill people?

  Xander Harris : She's killed a lot of men. She tortures them. Anyone who incurs her wrath. One time she-

  [pats his arm, leans back] 

  Xander Harris : No, never mind.

  Andrew Wells : What?

  Xander Harris : It's not important.

  Andrew Wells : What'd she do?

  Xander Harris : [leans forward]  Well, there was this one guy-there was this one guy, he, uh, he hurt her real bad, so she paid him back. She killed him, but she did it real slow. See, first she stopped his heart, then she replaced it with darkness, then she made him live his life like that. But he still had to go do his job and see his friends and wake up in the morning and go to bed at night, but he had to do it all empty. Without anything to look forward to. Ever.

  Andrew Wells : Sounds bad.

  Xander Harris : Well, then she tore out his intestines and rubbed it in his face and took pictures of it.

  Andrew Wells : Oh, God.

  Xander Harris : But she's downstairs now. Don't worry about her.

  Andrew Wells : What if...

  Xander Harris : See, the thing is, we've all been a little on edge lately. Some bad things have been happening, and the girls-they're all looking for someone to blame.

  Andrew Wells : I didn't do anything...

  Anya : [from the hallway]  You lying son of a bitch!

  [storms into the room and storms toward Andrew] 

  Anya : You're gonna tell us what we need to know, and you're gonna tell us right now!

  [Andrew who is tied to the chair falls over] 

  Xander Harris : Anya, no!

  Andrew Wells : Stop it!

  [Xander pulls Anya of Andrew] 

  Anya : Get off me, Harris!

  [slaps Xander, she mouths the words "I'm sorry" to him, turns back to Andrew] 

  Anya : C'mere, you pipsqueak!

  [shakes Andrew's shoulders against the floor] 

  Andrew Wells : Get her off me! I'll tell you! I'll tell you what you need to know!

• Anya : [to Buffy about Spike]  What's the status with your guy?

  Buffy Summers : He's not talking yet. We'll get there.

  Buffy Summers : [to Xander and Anya about Andrew]  How's your guy?

  Anya : The weasel wants to sing. He just needs a tune.

  Xander Harris : He's primed. I'll be pumping him in no time.

  [Short, awkward pause while Buffy and Anya stare at Xander] 

  Xander Harris : He'll give us information soon.