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  • Season 5
  • Episode 12
The Watcher Council travels to Sunnydale to review Buffy's skills as a Slayer; meanwhile, Glory puts her search for the Key into high gear.
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Buffy Summers
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Xander Harris
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Willow Rosenberg
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Anya (as Emma Caulfield)
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Dawn Summers
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Spike
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Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
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Glory
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Ben
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Lydia
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Philip
Kris Iyer ...
Nigel
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Dreg
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Jinx (as Troy T. Blendell)
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Tara Maclay
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Quentin Travers
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Joyce Summers
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Professor Roberts (as Wesley Mask)
Justin Gorence ...
Orlando
Peter Husmann ...
Mailman
Jack Thomas ...
Council Member #4
John O'Leary ...
Council Member #5
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Assassin #2 (uncredited)
Jessica Biscardi ...
Council Woman #1 (uncredited)

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Nick Marck

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Joss Whedon ... (created by) (creator)
 
Douglas Petrie ... (written by) &
Jane Espenson ... (written by)
 
Rebecca Kirshner ... (staff writer)

Produced by

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Marc David Alpert ... co-producer
Gail Berman ... executive producer
Gareth Davies ... producer
Jane Espenson ... producer
David Fury ... supervising producer
Sandy Gallin ... executive producer
David Greenwalt ... consulting producer
Fran Rubel Kuzui ... executive producer
Kaz Kuzui ... executive producer
Marti Noxon ... co-executive producer
Dolly Parton ... executive producer (uncredited)
John F. Perry ... co-producer
Douglas Petrie ... co-producer
David Solomon ... producer
Joss Whedon ... executive producer / showrunner

Music by

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Thomas Wander ... (score by)

Cinematography by

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Raymond Stella ... director of photography

Editing by

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Peter Basinski

Editorial Department

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Robert Hudson ... assistant editor
Ian Sullivan ... finishing accountant
Brian Wankum ... post production supervisor
Tamara Becher ... post-production assistant (uncredited)
Aaron Miller ... post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Casting By

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Anya Colloff
Jennifer Fishman
Amy McIntyre Britt

Production Design by

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Carey Meyer

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David A. Koneff ... (as David Koneff)

Costume Design by

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Cynthia Bergstrom

Makeup Department

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Lisa Marie Alpert ... hair stylist (as Lisa Marie Rosenberg)
Robin Beauchesne ... makeup artist
Steve Fink ... special makeup effects coordinator
Todd McIntosh ... makeup supervisor
Michael Moore ... key hair stylist
Brigette A. Myre ... makeup artist (as Brigette Myre-Ellis)
John Vulich ... special makeup effects creator
Gray Creasy ... special effects makeup crew: Optic Nerve (uncredited)
Matthew Jorgensen ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Sean Kenney ... lens technician (uncredited)
Gloria Pasqua Casny ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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John F. Perry ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Athena Alexander ... second assistant director
Alan Steinman ... first assistant director
Paula K. Smith ... second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Will Batts ... set designer
Keith A. Cuba ... leadman (as Keith Cuba)
Randy Eriksen ... property master
Steven Fidler ... construction coordinator (as Steve Fidler)
Lisa Gamel ... paint foreman
Adolfo Castanon ... greensman (uncredited)
Dylan J. Hay-Chapman ... set dresser (uncredited)
Damon Hight ... general foreman (uncredited)
David Ronan ... assistant propmaster (uncredited)
Kelly Schultz ... set dresser (uncredited)
Stella Starlight ... graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Zane D. Bruce ... foley artist
Kurt Kassulke ... re-recording mixer
Tom Perry ... re-recording mixer
Cindy Rabideau ... supervising sound editor
Adam Sawelson ... re-recording mixer
David Yaffe ... production sound mixer (as David Barr Yaffe)
Mark Cleary ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Robert Guastini ... dialogue editor (uncredited)
Mike Marchain ... sound editor (uncredited)
Tami Treadwell ... adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Bruce Minkus ... special effects coordinator
Steve Fink ... special effects makeup (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Zachary Goodson ... visual effects artist: main titles
Loni Peristere ... visual effects supervisor
Rick Baumgartner ... visual effects producer (uncredited)
Deb Santosa ... visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts

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John Medlen ... stunt coordinator
Michele Waitman ... stunt double: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Troy Brenna ... stunts (uncredited)
Gary Clayton ... stunt double: Justin Gorence (uncredited)
Chris Daniels ... utility stunts (uncredited)
David Leitch ... stunts (uncredited)
Steve Tartalia ... stunt double: James Marsters (uncredited)
Scott Workman ... stunts (uncredited)

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Ivan Allen ... lighting technician
Ron Cooney ... key grip (as Ronn Cooney)
Allen D. Easton ... camera operator
Loren Johnson ... lighting technician
William Olofsson ... assistant camera (as Bill Olofsson)
George Santo Pietro ... dolly grip: second unit
Mark Schwebel ... dolly grip: b camera
Paul Stockwell ... lighting technician
Chris Strong ... chief lighting technician
Eric Parker ... assistant chief lighting technician (uncredited)
Tim Speed ... rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Daniel Taylor ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Joseph D. Urbanczyk ... additional camera operator (uncredited)
Marshall Valentine ... grip (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Lonnie Hamerman ... casting associate
Marcia Shulman ... original casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Nickolaus Brown ... costumer (uncredited)
Cindy Rosenthal ... costume supervisor (uncredited)

Location Management

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Peter M. Robarts ... location manager

Music Department

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Fernand Bos ... music editor
Nerf Herder ... theme
Tim Isle ... music editor (uncredited)
Tommy Morgan ... musician: harmonica (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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David H. Goodman ... script coordinator (as David Goodman)
Suzanne McRobert ... script supervisor
Mari Wilson ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department

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Bob Ellis ... transportation coordinator (as Robert Ellis)
George Williams Jr. ... driver (as George Williams)
Charles 'Aloha Boy' Reed ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Cathy Carr ... production coordinator
Diego Gutierrez ... assistant: Joss Whedon
J.D. Peralta ... assistant: Marti Noxon (as JD Peralta)
Edwin L. Perez ... production auditor
Kelly Wheeler ... assistant: Gareth Davies
Jessica Aichs ... production assistant (uncredited)
Jim Hill ... set medic (uncredited)
Stacey Levin ... head publicist (uncredited)
Jaimie Linn ... stand-in: Alyson Hannigan (uncredited)
George Montgomery ... title designer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Giles informs Buffy and the Scooby gang that the Council of Watchers led by Quentin Travers will come to Sunnydale with information about Glory. When the arrogant team arrives, they blackmail Buffy and her friends, threatening to send Giles back to England. Buffy and her friends agree to submit to the Council's review. However, Glory comes to Buffy's home and threatens her family and friends and later, Buffy is attacked by the Knights of Byzanthium. She arrives to the review with a different attitude and refuses to submit to the Council's will. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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  • Checkpoint (United States)
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  • 60 min
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Trivia Spike's interview originally began with more talking: * Lydia: "You can't hurt anyone?" * Spike: "That's right." * Lydia: "But you are a vampire." * Spike: "If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood." * Lydia: "So it's this chip in your head that keeps you from hurting people." * Spike: "My goodness, you put that together all on your own? That's right. Leastways that's what I've got 'em all believing. Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant." * Lydia: "The chip. Assuming it exists. It takes away the... ability. But it leaves... leaves the..." * Spike: "Desire? Yeah, I've got tons of that." See more »
Goofs Buffy says, "There's also near consensus about Columbus, you know, until someone asked the Vikings what they were up to in the 1400s and they were, like, discovering this America-shaped continent." The Vikings settled in North America around 1000. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Gift (2001). See more »
Soundtracks Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme See more »
Quotes Buffy Summers: You're Watchers... Without a Slayer, you're pretty much just watchin' Masterpiece Theater... You can't stop Glory. You can't do anything with the information you have except maybe publish it in the "Everyone Thinks We're Insane-Os Home Journal." So here's how it's gonna work. You're gonna tell me everything you know. Then you're gonna go away. You'll contact me if and when you have any further information about Glory. The magic shop will remain open. Mr. Giles will stay here as my official Watcher, reinstated at full salary...
Rupert Giles: [fake cough] Retroactive.
Buffy Summers: ...to be paid retroactively from the month he was fired. I will continue my work with the help of my friends...
Lydia: I-I-I... don't want a sword thrown at me, but-but, civilians, I- we're talking about children.
Buffy Summers: We're talking about two very powerful witches and a thousand-year-old ex-demon.
Anya: Willow's a demon?
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