Dirty Girls

"Dirty Girls"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Faith returns to Sunnydale to help Buffy in the fight against The First Evil and Caleb
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 18
Directed by	Michael Gershman
Written by	Drew Goddard
Production code	7ABB18
Original air date	April 15, 2003
Guest appearance(s)
Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles Eliza Dushku as Faith Nathan Fillion as Caleb Tom Lenk as Andrew Wells Iyari Limon as Kennedy Indigo as Rona Clara Bryant as Molly Sarah Hagan as Amanda Kristy Wu as Chao-Ahn D. B. Woodside as Principal Robin Wood Mary Wilcher as Shannon Dania Ramirez as Caridad Rachel Bilson as Colleen Carrie Southworth as Betty Christie Abbott as Helpless Girl
Episode chronology
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"Dirty Girls" is the 18th episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

A young Potential, Shannon, is chased through the woods by Bringers. She accepts the assistance of a stranger wearing a priest's collar and driving a truck and is horrified to discover that she has fallen into a trap. The man, who introduces himself as Caleb, terrifies her and burns his mark into her neck. He gives her a message for the Slayer (which the viewer does not hear at this time), stabs her in the stomach, and forces her out of the car. Minutes later, Faith and Willow find the girl on their way back to Sunnydale after re-ensouling Angel in Los Angeles and take her to the hospital.

At his apartment, Xander's erotic dream about the teenage Potentials is cut short when the girls wake him up to fix the toilet.

At the hospital, Faith asks Willow why the Scooby Gang failed to warn her about the threat of the Bringers. Faith subsequently encounters Spike chasing a young woman and mistakenly believes Spike is evil again. The young woman, now in her vampire form, attacks Faith, who (borrowing a stake from Buffy) quickly slays her.

Back at the house, Faith encounters a cold reception from both Dawn and Giles, and Spike explains that the tension is not all because of her. Meanwhile, the First Evil reveals Buffy's form to Caleb who is residing in the basement of a winery.

The next day, Andrew tries to bring the interested Potentials up to speed on Faith's history. While they are quick to point out that Faith had killed a volcanologist, not a Vulcan, they watch Faith exercise in the back yard with fascination over this other Slayer.

At Sunnydale High School, Robin calls Buffy into his office where he fires her from her school job, emphasizing the need for her to focus on the mission.

In the Summers' home, Faith sneaks down into the basement to smoke a cigarette and have a moment away from the "wanna-bes" who, in her opinion, have way too much energy and are needy for more stories from her about her life. Spike sees her and also asks for a cigarette. She and Spike talk, and bond over their respective periods of being dangerous. Faith reveals they met once before years ago when Faith was in Buffy's body, and Spike reveals that he and Buffy had been more than just friends at one point. Buffy, having been fired by Principal Wood so she can focus more on the mission at hand, comes down and seems a bit unnerved at seeing the two of them so cozy. Dawn calls down that Willow has reported from the hospital: Shannon is awake. Buffy goes to the hospital, where Shannon tells Buffy of Caleb's message: he has something of Buffy's.