Bring on the Night (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

"Bring on the Night"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Buffy lies beaten and bloody after a battle with the Turok-Han
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 10
Directed by	David Grossman
Written by	Marti Noxon Doug Petrie
Production code	7ABB10
Original air date	December 17, 2002
Guest appearance(s)
Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers Tom Lenk as Andrew Wells Iyari Limon as Kennedy Clara Bryant as Molly Courtnee Draper as Annabelle Juliet Landau as The First/Drusilla D.B. Woodside as Principal Robin Wood Camden Toy as Ubervamp Chris Wiley as Roger
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"Bring on the Night" is the tenth episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The gang research The First, but don't have much luck finding anything. Dawn grows impatient with Andrew's state of unconsciousness, but keeps researching at Buffy's request. Buffy asks for a book and her mother hands it to her. Joyce warns her that she needs to rest if she intends to defeat this evil, but Buffy knows the vision isn't real and then Xander wakes her up from her dream. The Ubervamp drags Spike further into a cave where the First has taken on Drusilla's form to watch Spike get tortured.

At the Summers house, Dawn and Anya secretly try to force Andrew to wake and he does as Buffy walks in the room. They begin to interrogate him again about the First, but he takes some prompting before he's willing to help them. Andrew leads the gang to the school basement where the seal is still exposed on the ground, but no Spike or First Evil to be seen. Although they don't know what the seal did or does, the gang grab shovels and cover it with dirt again. On the way out, Buffy and Dawn run into Principal Wood, also carrying a shovel. Buffy and Dawn try to explain Buffy's surprising recovery from being sick and their own possession of a shovel while the principal explains himself and asks Buffy to return to work soon.

At the house, Willow begins a spell to find the First, but it doesn't go the way she planned. Explosive bolts send Anya and Buffy flying while Willow is briefly possessed by the First Evil. Xander smashes a bowl used in the spell which breaks the effects and sends Willow crashing. She's fearful of the magic and hurting people and begs Buffy not to let her hurt anyone with magic. Buffy starts to leave to find the First herself, but is surprised to find Giles standing outside her front door. With him are three young girls – Kennedy, Molly and Annabelle – who are potential slayers that he's trying to protect.