TVGO: What was up with Giles killing Ben? Is that going to be
the beginning of a trend?
Whedon: No, that's just the thing he had to do. And you know, Giles
will be recurring next year instead of a regular because [Anthony
Stewart Head is] going to live in England. We're working on a BBC
[spinoff] show for [that character]. So, it's a side of Giles you're
more likely to see on his show than you are on Buffy. But, it's
not like he's going to become an evil killer or anything. TVGO: Does Ben's death mean Glory is dead too?
Whedon: Yeah, it does.
(Source)
Giles: I was 10, when my father told me I was destined to be a
Watcher. He was one, and his mother before him. I was to be next.
Buffy: Were you thrilled beyond all measure?
Giles: No. I had very definite plans about my future. I was to
be a fighter pilot. Or, a grocer.
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Old
Friends
GILES:
Janus. Roman mythical god.
WILLOW: What does this mean?
GILES: Primarily the division of self. Male and female, light and
dark.
ETHAN: Chunky and creamy. Oh, no, sorry, that's peanut butter.
GILES: Willow, get out of here, now.
WILLOW: But...
GILES: Now!
(she goes)
GILES: Hello, Ethan.
ETHAN: Hello, Ripper.
(...)
ETHAN: What? No hug? Aren't you pleased to see your old mate, Rupert?
GILES: I'm just surprised I didn't guess it was you. This Halloween
stunt stinks of Ethan Rayne.
ETHAN: Yes, it does, doesn't it? Don't wish to blow my own trumpet,
but it's genius. The very embodiment of 'be careful what you wish
for'.
GILES: It's sick, brutal, and it harms the innocent.
ETHAN: Oh, and we all know that you are the champion of innocents
and all things pure and good, Rupert. It's quite a little act you've
got going here, old man.
GILES: It's no act. It's who I am.
ETHAN:
Who you are? The Watcher, sniveling, tweed-clad guardian of the
Slayer and her kin? I think not. I know who you are, Rupert, and
I know what you're capable of. But they don't, do they? They have
no idea where you come from.
GILES:
Break the spell, Ethan. Then leave this place and never come back.
ETHAN:
Why should I? What's in the bargain for me?
GILES:
You get to live.
ETHAN:
Oh, Rupert, you're scaring me.
(punches
him; later, when Ethan is beat up:)
ETHAN:
And you said the Ripper was long gone.
GILES:
Tell me how to stop the spell.
ETHAN:
Say 'pretty please'.
(Giles
kicks him hard)
GILES:
Now, tell me how to stop the spell.
ETHAN:
Janus. Break its statue.
Halloween
(S2, Ep6) [We first learn about "Ripper"]
WILLOW:
I'm not gonna get close enough to feel his pulse, but... he looks
dead.
XANDER:
Except for the walking and attacking Buffy part.
ETHAN:
He's dead. Sorry, Philip. Really I am.
GILES:
(arriving) Is everyone alright?
CORDELIA:
Super! (proud of herself) I kicked a guy!
JENNY:
We're okay.
XANDER:
Deadguy here interrupted our tutorial. (to Philip) Been meaning
to thank you for that.
GILES:
It can't be!
ETHAN:
Yes, it can. Hello, Ripper.
GILES:
I thought I told you to leave town.
ETHAN:
You did. I didn't. Shop's lease is paid till the end of the month.
CORDELIA:
Uh, why did he call him Ripper?
(Giles
grabs Ethan by the hair on the back of his neck and lifts him out
of his chair.)
GILES: You should've left when I told you.}
CORDELIA: Ohhhh...
BUFFY: Giles?!
GILES: You put these people in danger. The people I care about.
ETHAN: If you cared so much about them, why didn't *you* leave town?
You've been having the dreams, I know. I have. We both know what's
coming.
BUFFY: What dreams?! What is going on here?!
ETHAN: Tell her, Ripper.
BUFFY: Giles...
The
Dark Age (S2, Ep6) [The 2nd time we hear about him]
The
Past Revealed
WILLOW:
Did you find anything?
XANDER:
The most meticulous banking and phone records you've ever seen.
And, um, this.
(He
hands her a picture of a young Giles in a leather jacket playing
an electric bass.)
WILLOW:
(giggles) That's Giles?
(Cut to
Giles' apartment)
GILES: I was twenty-one, studying history at Oxford. And, of course,
the occult by night. I hated it. The tedious grind of study, the...
overwhelming pressure of my destiny. I dropped out, I went to London...
I fell in with the worst crowd that would have me. We practiced magicks.
Small stuff for pleasure or gain. And Ethan and I discovered something...
bigger.
BUFFY:
Eyghon.
GILES:
Yes. One of us would, um... go into a deep sleep, and the others
would, uh, summon him. It was an extraordinary high! God, we were
fools.
BUFFY:
You couldn't control it.
GILES:
One of us, Randall, he lost control. Eyghon took him whole. We
tried to exorcise the demon from Randall, but it killed him. No.
We killed
him. We thought we were free of the demon after that. But now
he's back. And one by one, he will kill us all.
BUFFY:
Three down, two to go? Then it's going after Ethan. I better
beat it there.
GILES:
*We'd* better.
BUFFY:
*I'd* better. Giles, you're barely mobile, and speed is of a
serious essence here.
GILES:
I don't know how to stop it without killing Jenny.
BUFFY:
I've got the guys working on it. I'll, um, try to contain it
until we figure something.
GILES:
Buffy? I'm sorry.
BUFFY:
I know.
The
Dark Age (S2, Ep6) [We hear about how he helped summon the demon.]
Threats
SNYDER:
Do we have an appointment?
GILES: I'd like to have a word with you.
SNYDER: If that word is Buffy, then I have two words for you:
'good' and 'riddance'. Now, if you don't mind, I have an appointment
with
the Mayor.
GILES: You can't keep her out of this school.
SNYDER: I think you'll find I can.
GILES: You had no grounds for expelling her.
SNYDER: I have grounds, I have precedent, and a tingly kind of
feeling.
GILES: Buffy Summers is a minor, and is entitled to a public
education. Your personal dislike of the girl does not legally
entitle you to...
SNYDER:
Why don't you take it up with the city council?
GILES: I thought I'd start with the State Supreme Court. You're powerful
in local circles, but I believe I can make life very difficult for
you, professionally speaking. And Buffy will be allowed back in.
SNYDER:
Sorry. I'm not convinced.
GILES:
(grinning as he shoves Snyder against a wall) Would you like me
to convince you?
Dead
Man's Party (S3, Ep2) [We see Ripper again for just a second.]
The Rebel
JOYCE:
You got good albums.
GILES: Yeah, they're okay. (lights the cigarettes)
JOYCE: Do you like Seals and Croft? (gets a look) Yeah, me neither.
(accepts a cigarette) Thanks. So how come they, uh, call you
Ripper?
GILES: Wouldn't you like to know.
GILES: Hmm, wait a minute. Listen to this bit. (guitar riff) It rocks!
JOYCE: It's good.
GILES:
Man, I gotta get a band together.
JOYCE:
Hey, Ripper, you wanna watch TV? I know how to order pay-per-view.
GILES:
No, let's go out and have some fun. Tear things up a bit.
JOYCE:
Okay. We could go to the Bronze.
GILES:
Not bloody likely. That place is dead.
(...)
JOYCE:
Must be exciting being from England.
GILES: Not particularly. You cold?
JOYCE: Nah-uh. I feel... special, like I'm just waking up, kinda.
GILES: Oh, yeah?
JOYCE: Yeah, like, uh, getting married and having a kid and everything
was just a dream, and now things are back like they're supposed to
be.
GILES: Yeah?
JOYCE: (sees a feathered wrap in a store window) That's cool! Very
Juice Newton.
GILES: You fancy it?
JOYCE: Yeah, but the store's closed.
GILES:
(smashes window) Woo-hoo!
JOYCE: Oh, Ripper! Wow, that was sooo brave!
Officer: Hold it!
GILES:
Ooo... Copper's got a gun! You'll never use it, though, man.
Officer: Will so.
JOYCE: Ripper, be careful!
(Giles takes the cop down)
GILES: Told him he'd never use it.
JOYCE: You are sooo cool. You're like Burt Reynolds.
(they kiss)
Band
Candy (S3, Ep 6)
GILES:
Who am I kidding? (muttering) Nothing is gonna happen.
ETHAN: I wouldn't say that. I wouldn't say that at all. In fact, Ripper,
old mate, I'd say something rather interesting was about to hap--
GILES: Did someone--?
ETHAN: (caught) Oh, bugger! I thought you'd gone!
GILES:
Ethan Rayne. You have no idea how much thrashing you is gonna improve
my day.
Ethan
tries to bolt past Giles, but Giles clubs him in the gut with the
flashlight and Ethan falls forward. Giles jerks him back up and is
ready pummel him, raising a fist. Ethan has his hands up to ward
off
attack.
ETHAN:
(scared) No, no, no! Wait! Hang on! You-you can beat the crap out
of me. Go ahead, I can't stop you! Or-or you can listen to what I
have to say. Find out what's going on.
GILES:
What are you talking about?
ETHAN: Something bad is happening. Bad for both of us.
GILES: Bad for you.
ETHAN: No, no, no! Listen! You have to listen! You're going to need
time to prepare!
A
New Man (S4, Ep12)
Getting Info.
GILES:
(in quiet, menacing Ripper tones throughout) Now what do we have here?
ANYA:
Oh, he's one of those things that work for Glory.
GILES:
Yes! How helpful.
SLOOK:
I do indeed work for the god. Let me go if you do not wish to
incur her anger.
GILES:
She's not here. What a marvelous opportunity for you and me to
talk.
SLOOK:
I will not betray Glorificus. I will never talk, no matter what
heinous torture...
GILES:
(interrupts) Actually, you're talking quite a lot. Just not about
the right things. Tell us why you're here.
SLOOK:
No word shall pass my lips that would bring peril to Glorificus.
GILES:
Girls, get the twine that's on the counter, let's tie him up.
(offscreen
and unseen by Anya & Willow, Giles does something to Slook
that causes bone breaking sounds)
SLOOK:
Don't oh, I'll tell you, anything, please, whatever you want, just...
anything.
ANYA: What happened?
GILES:
He changed his mind.
SLOOK:
I'm supposed to watch. We're watching the slayer's people while
Glory fetches the Key.
WILLOW:
Glory knows who the key is?
GILES:
Oh God!
ANYA:
We've got to call Buffy.
SLOOK:
Too late, too late, Glorificus will find the witch and there's
nothing you can do to stop her.
ANYA:
Witch? What do you mean?
WILLOW:
Tara!
SLOOK:
She's the new one among you. It wasn't hard to figure out. The
Glorious one will have found her by now.
Tough
Love (S5, Ep19)
Darkness Used
GLORY:
You're just a mortal... you couldn't understand my pain.
BUFFY: I guess I'll have to settle for causing it.
GLORY:
You can't kill me ...
BUFFY:
No... but my arm's not even tired yet.
GLORY:
Stop it...
BUFFY:
You're a god ...(hammers her) MAKE it stop. (keeps pounding her)
GLORY
turns into BEN: I'm sorry ...
BUFFY:
Tell her it's over. She missed her shot. She goes. She ever --
EVER -- comes near me and mine again...
BEN:
We won't. I swear.
(Buffy
exits)
BEN:
Guess we're stuck with each other, huh baby? (talking to Glory
inside of him)
GILES:
Can you move?
BEN:
Need... a minute. She could have killed me.
GILES:
No she couldn't. Never. And sooner or later, Glory will re-emerge
and make Buffy pay for that mercy, and the world with her. Buffy even
knows that, and still she couldn't take a human life. She's a hero,
you see. She's not like us.
BEN:
Us?
(Giles
suffocates Ben)
The
Gift (S5, Ep22)
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