End of Days (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

"End of Days" is the 21st and penultimate episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

"End of Days"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Episode no.Season 7
Episode 21
Directed byMarita Grabiak
Written byJane Espenson
Doug Petrie
Production code7ABB21
Original air dateMay 13, 2003
Guest appearance(s)

Plot synopsis

Starting moments after the previous episode ended, "End of Days" begins as Buffy effortlessly pulls the scythe from the stone. The First tells Caleb to let Buffy go, so that she could attempt to save the Potentials from the trap Faith led them into.

Back at Buffy's house, Giles and the other Potentials feast on food, which Andrew has just acquired from an abandoned grocery store. As they do so, Xander, Willow, Dawn and Anya return, having been looking for Buffy, only to come across an empty house. Giles then informs them that Faith and the other girls haven't returned.

Meanwhile, in the sewers, those that survived the bomb blast are dragging the wounded to the surface when they are ambushed by three Turok-Han vampires. Buffy arrives in time to kill the vampires with her new weapon.

Back at Buffy's house, the Scoobies and the Potentials immediately pledge their loyalty to Buffy again, while Willow and Giles search the Internet for references to the Scythe, finding a connection to Ancient Egypt. Meanwhile, Anya and Andrew go to the hospital to get supplies for those who were wounded in the bomb blast. As they do so, they enter a playful wheelchair fight. Back at the house, Faith and Buffy bond over their shared loneliness as Slayers, and reflect how they are the only ones in the group who truly understand what it feels like to be a Slayer, foreshadowing the finale of the series. Buffy then admits to Spike how special the night they shared was and that it gave her the strength to find new courage. Spike tells Buffy that it was the best night of his life.

At Buffy's insistence, a reluctant Xander renders Dawn unconscious with chloroform and drives off with her, away from Sunnydale for safety. When Dawn wakes up, she gives him a shock with a stun gun and then drives them back.

Following the Egyptian lead, Buffy takes the axe to a small pyramid outside the gates of the same cemetery that she has patrolled for the past six years. Inside, a woman who claims she is part of a secret female order that has watched the Watchers since ancient times, called Guardians, tells her that the axe is a powerful weapon forged for the final battle. Suddenly, Caleb shows up from behind the woman, kills her, and almost has Buffy bested when Angel steps in to save her. However, Buffy insists on fighting Caleb alone, and slices him across the stomach, apparently killing him.

Buffy gives Angel a welcome kiss. Unknown to them, Spike is watching them from the shadows with the First, in the guise of Buffy, by his side. "That bitch", it tells him.

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