End of Days (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

"End of Days"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Caleb merges with The First Evil
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 21
Directed by	Marita Grabiak
Written by	Jane Espenson Doug Petrie
Production code	7ABB21
Original air date	May 13, 2003
Guest appearance(s)
Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles Eliza Dushku as Faith Nathan Fillion as Caleb David Boreanaz as Angel Tom Lenk as Andrew Wells Iyari Limon as Kennedy Sarah Hagan as Amanda Christine Healy as The Guardian Felicia Day as Vi Dania Ramirez as Caridad Lisa Ann Cabasa as Injured Girl
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"End of Days" is the 21st and penultimate episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Starting moments after the previous episode ended, "End of Days" begins as Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) effortlessly pulls the scythe from the stone. The First tells Caleb (Nathan Fillion) to let Buffy go, so that she could attempt to save the Potentials from the trap Faith (Eliza Dushku) 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 Potentials immediately pledge their loyalty to Buffy again, while Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) search the Internet for references to the battleaxe - finding a connection to Ancient Egypt. 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 admits to Spike (James Marsters) 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.