So, Faiths' Verwandlung zum Badgirl ist abgeschlossen. Die Szene finde ich so heftig, als Buffy zu Giles gehen will um ihm alles zu beichten und Faith dann schon bei ihm steht... Sie versucht die ganze Zeit zu leugnen, was sie getan hat, und scheint dabei kein bisschen schlechtes Gewíssen zu haben...
Faith: (steps closer) Buffy, I'm not gonna *see* anything. I missed the
mark last night and I'm sorry about the guy. I really am! But it
happens! Anyway, how many people do you think we've saved by now,
thousands? And didn't you stop the world from ending? Because in my
book, that puts you and me in the plus column.
Buffy: We help people! It doesn't mean we can do whatever we want.
Faith: Why not? The guy I offed was no Gandhi. I mean, we just saw he
was mixed up in dirty dealings.
Buffy: Maybe, but what if he was coming to us for help?
Faith: What if he was? You're still not seeing the big picture, B.
Something made us different. We're warriors. We're built to kill.
Buffy: To kill demons! But it does *not* mean that we get to pass
judgment on people like we're better than everybody else!
Faith: We *are* better!
Buffy is taken aback.
Faith: (exhilarated) That's right, better. People need us to survive.
In the balance, nobody's gonna cry over some random bystander who got
caught in the crossfire.
Buffy: (sadly) I am.
Faith: (disdainfully) Well, that's your loss.
Giles: Buffy.
Buffy: Uh... (exhales) I don't really know how to say this, so I'm-
I'm... I'm just gonna say it. I know I've kept things from you before,
but...
Giles turns his head slightly as Faith comes out of his office, too.
Faith gives her a steely look, like she expects Buffy to keep things
quiet.
Buffy: (fumbling) But, um, but I-I've been blowing off my classes. You
know, in-in the sense of not attending. And, uh...
Faith: It's okay, Buffy. I told him.
Buffy: (surprised) You told him?
Faith: I had to. He had to know what you did.
Buffy: (confused) What I did?
She realizes that Faith has told Giles a bold-faced lie.
Buffy: Giles, no. Tha-That's just not what happened.
Giles: (upset) I don't want to hear it, Buffy.
Buffy: (shocked) No! It...
Giles: I don't want to hear any more lies.
Buffy: (frantically to Faith) You can't be serious! You're setting me
up?
Giles: Get in my office, now. Faith, I'll talk to you in the morning.
Buffy: (imploringly) Giles, please, you have to...
Giles: (sternly) Now!
Doch zum Glück kennt Giles ja seine Buffy.
Die Aktion von Xander fand ich ziemlich leichtsinnig, ich meine was erwartet er, dass sie wegen eines One-Hight-Stands jetzt eine tiefe seelische Verbindung haben? Buffy sagt ihm ja sogar noch dass Faith ihre Ex-Liebhaber nicht gerade so sehr "schätzt". Aber das ist halt Xander, immer optimistisch und von sich überzeugt... Als sie dann versucht ihn zu erwürgen, richtig heftig, jetzt ist sie echt abgedreht. Aber Angel rettet ihn zum Glück und versucht an sie ranzukommen, was ihm ja ach fast gelingt, wenn nicht Wesley wäre... wie leichtsinnig ist er denn, sie haben eine durchgedrehte Jägerin, die natürlich auch ihre Kräfte hat, und versuchen sie zu zweit wegzuschaffen...
Faith schließt sich dem Bürgermeister an; ich frage mich immer, wie sie darauf kommt...klar ist der Vize jetzt tot, aber sich direkt dem vorherigen Feind in die Hände zu geben... aber es zeigt überdeutlich ihren Wechsel von gut zu böse.
Das Gespräch zwischen BUffy und Willow fand ich auch sehr schön, ihre Freundschaft wurde in letzter Zeit ja sehr vernachlässigt.
Buffy: I need to talk to you.
Willow: Good. (Buffy comes in, closes the door) 'Cause I've been
letting things fester. (goes to her bed) And I don't like it. (sits) I
wanna be fester-free.
Buffy: (smiles weakly) Yeah. Me, too.
Willow: (stands up) I mean, don't get me wrong. I-I completely
understand why you and Faith have been doing the bonding thing. You guys
work together. You... You should get along.
Buffy: It's more complicated than that.
Willow: But, see, it's that exact thing that-that's just ticking me
off! It's this whole 'Slayers only' attitude. I mean, since when
wouldn't I understand? You, you talk to me about *everything*. I-it's
like all of a sudden I-I'm not cool enough for you because I can't kill
things with my bare hands.
Buffy suddenly bursts into tears. Willow is aghast at this result.
Willow: (regretfully) Oh! Oh, Buffy! Don't cry. (hugs her close) I'm
sorry. I-I was too hard on you. (lets go) Sometimes I unleash. I-I don't
know my own strength. I-i-it's bad. I-I-I'm bad. I'm a bad, bad, bad
person. (looks for forgiveness)
Buffy: (tearfully) Will, I'm in trouble.
Beim Gespräch zwischen Angel und Buffy bekomme ich jedes Mal eine Gäsehaut, sogar auf deutsch
"Sie hat Gefallen daran gefunden"
Uaaaaah!
Angel: Look, I... I don't want you to get your hopes up, Buffy. She may
not want us to help her.
Buffy: She does. She just doesn't know how to say it.
Angel: She killed a man. That changes everything for her.
Buffy: (shakes her head) Giles said with counseling, they might not
even need to lock her up.
Angel: That's not what I mean. She's taken a life.
Buffy: I know.
Angel: She's got a taste for it now.
Buffy hat trotzdem noch Hoffnung, doch leider ist Faith schon übergelaufen...
Giles: So she saved you. (walks slowly around the table)
Buffy: She could have left me there to die, Giles, but she didn't.
Giles: She opted to come back to town with you. That... That bodes
well. (sits) She still has a lot to face before she can put this behind
her.
Buffy: I'm not gonna give up on her.
Giles: (pours himself a cup) Then I think she stands a chance.