Bring on the Night

"Bring On the Night" is the tenth episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The episode aired on December 17, 2002 on UPN. Plot Whilst the gang research the First Evil, Buffy experiences a vision where Joyce gives her a book and warns her that she needs to rest if she intends to defeat this evil; but Buffy knows the vision is not real before Xander wakes her. The Ubervamp drags Spike into a cave where the First has taken on Drusilla's form to watch Spike get tortured. Throughout the episode, the Ubervamp tortures Spike by dunking his head under water and beating him up while "Drusilla" attempts to threaten into joining its cause. Spike, despite suffering from the massive torture, continuously refuses to cooperate, angering the First, and explains that he is doing so because Buffy believes in him. At the Summers house, Dawn and Anya force Andrew to wake as Buffy walks in the room and the three begin to interrogate him again about the First. Andrew leads the gang to the school basement where the seal is still exposed on the ground, but no Spike or First to be seen. Although they do not know what the seal 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 backfires as explosive bolts send Anya and Buffy flying while Willow is briefly possessed by the First. Xander smashes a bowl used in the spell which breaks the effects and sends Willow crashing. Fearful of the magic and hurting people, Willow 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 is trying to protect.