Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.

'Out Of Gas'


Mejiaville

Jeff writes up the show promos for Buffy, Angel, and Firefly; he also does the Previouslys. Love him muchly, for he sees what we don't and reports it back to us.


Jeff Mejia - May 13, 2003 8:49:17 pm PDT #77 of 121
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

Here it is -- the last promo breakdown for a new episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, titled "Chosen" :

Narrator: Acuvue Cam presents a preview of next week's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We open with a shot of a hand lighting a match, then bringing the lit match over some kind of engraved tablet sitting on a table.

Narrator: The end is here.

Cut to a shot of 5 young people kneeling next to the Seal of Danzalthar, with their arms out (kind of like a seance), similar to the new Bringers we saw in "Storyteller".

Fade to a shot of Caleb, standing in the temple, with blood running down his face from his eyes, nose, and mouth.

Caleb: "Are you ready to finish this?"

The figure of Caleb is overlapped by a sillhouette of a figure, glowing white, with no distingushing features.

Cut to a shot in the Summers' house. Willow is in the left foreground, Spike is standing right behind her, Faith can be seen further back, leaning against a doorway, and it could be Kennedy stadning next to Faith. They are all looking intently at something off-camera.

Narrator: Be there as the Slayer takes her last stand.

Fade to a shot of Buffy standing up from the couch in the living room. Spike is now seen standing behind her. Buffy is wearing different clothes than we saw in the previous episode. Also, it's obvious that it is daylight outside the house.

Narrator: Will this be Buffy's final hour, or her finest hour?

Cut to the shot of Angel from "End of Days", looking on with a half-grin on her face.

Fade out, then fade in on an extreme close-up of Buffy. She has a gash over her left eye, and her face is smudged with dirt, but her eyes are wide open and very bright (but not a special effect).

Reverse angle to see Spike, looking a bit tousled himself, looking at Buffy with a surprised look on his face. The way he is lit, he almost looks like an elf in this shot.

We fade from that shot to a shot of the entire army of SiT's standing around a large hole in a cave. Everyone is armed with various types of weapons. The shot zooms to the center of the group, where we see Buffy and Faith standing side by side. No one looks as if they have fought, yet, as everyone looks down into the hole.

Cut to a shot of Buffy standing in the living room, talking to everyone. Spike is seen leaning against a doorway behind her. Buffy is wearing the same clothes that she was seen in the previous shot in the cave.

Buffy: "I'm finishng this once and for all."

Cut to a reaction shot of Giles, standing in front of the living room windows. He looks shocked.

Cut to a shot of Buffy and Angel in the temple, shot from behind Buffy and looking directly at Angel.

Cut to Spike lurking in the shadows, looking on at Buffy and Angel, as the FE stands further behind him.

Buffy (VO): "Brace yourself."

Cut to a blurry shot of Spike, standing and looking at something towards the camera.

Cut to a blurry shot of Buffy (or is it the FE?), standing in the Summers' basement.

Quick cut to a shot of the Axe, lying on the gorund or a white sheet, as Buffy runs her hands over it.

Cut to a blurry shot of Buffy talking to the troops in the living room.

We then get a blurry close up of one of the Uber-Vamps, as it growls.

There is a brief shot of a very blurry shot of something (maybe the FE in its true form), but there is no way I can tell for sure with the mess on screen.

Then we get three or four shots of just some blurry, streaky colors, before we settle in on Willow, eyes wide open and with a smile on her face. Her hair (including her eyebrows) is totally white, and Willow herself begins to glow and the entire screen becomes white.

Narrator: The earth-shattering series finale.

Cut back to the cave scene, where we see Buffy swing her Axe, while other UberVamps are in the background, fighting the Potentials.

Pull way back to see Buffy's swing connect with 3 Turok-Han, as they fly backward and fall into the pit.

Cut to a shot of many Turok-Han clambering up cave walls, and then a close up of one of the Ubervamps hits the screen.

We then see a shot of multiple Ubervamps (5-6) charging up an incline in the cave. Some of the Turok-Han are carrying spears.

Amidst the melee, we see Buffy kick an Ubervamp in the face.

Cut to a shot of Spike, head tilted up, looking at something off-screen. He has a slight smile on his face, and is lit by a bright light from above.

Spike: "I want to see how it ends."

An extreme close-up of Willow's face (hair color=red) overlaps and fades in.

That shot fades to black, then we fade in on an Ubervamp coming out of the shadows.

Cut to a shot of Chou-an slicing an Ubervamp's face with her axe.

Fade to black, then fade in on a shot of the Excalibraxe in mid-air.

Fade to black, then fade in on Spike inside the cave. He is screaming as he looks up towards the ceiling. He is wearing an amulet around his neck.

Fade to black, then fade back in on the Axe, still flying in the air (but not spinning).

Cut to a shot of Buffy, bruised and with a cut over her left eye, as she catches the Axe and holds it poised for striking.

Cut to a side shot, as we see Ubervamps charge the gang. Buffy is in the foreground and brings the Axe back, then stabs an Ubervamp with the stake end and the Ubervamp is dusted.

Fade out on a shot of storm clouds issuing lightning.

Narrator: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, sponsored in part by Acuvue contact lenses.

ELAPSED TIME - 0:30


Jeff Mejia - May 13, 2003 10:14:05 pm PDT #78 of 121
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

Here is the breakdown of the previously for this week's Buffy episode, "End of Days":

(Giles) Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

We open on a shot from "Dirty Girls", as Buffy brings Faith back into the Summers household.

Faith: "Hey!"

Cut to a reaction shot of Giles. He looks a bit startled, and then a bit wary.

Giles: "Hello Faith."

Cut ot Buffy and Faith walking outside, as they search for Caleb's stronghold.

Faith: "Trying to turn a bunch of little girls into an army."

Cut to a shot of the SiT's training out in the Summers' back yard, with Kennedy leading them, as Buffy and Robin look on, from "Get It Done".

Cut back to Buffy and Faith on patrol.

Buffy: "They're potential Slayers. Just like we were."

Switch to the shot of Caleb in his truck, from the beginning of "Dirty Girls:"

Caleb: "Call me Caleb."

Cut to many shots of Caleb fighting Buffy and the others, from "Empty Spaces". We see:

Caleb punching Buffy and Buffy goes flying.

Buffy crashing into a wall.

Caleb snapping the neck of one of the Potenetials, as Molly looks on.

Xander getting pulled back.

Buffy turning to watch.

Caleb poking out Xander's left eye.

Xander: "Aaaghhh!"

Buffy (OS): "Xander!"

We then cut to a shot of Anya sitting on the couch in the living room.

Anya: "Look, I'm not saying it's a happy scenario, but we're dealing with a Big Bad that can be any dead person it wants."

We see Caleb reaching out for, and then passing his hands through, the FE/Buffy.

Cut to Buffy talking to the assembled group in her living room, as she outlines her plan for another assault on Caleb at the vinyard.

Buffy: "The bad guys always go where the power is. They're protecting the vinyard, or something at the vinyard."

Cut to a shot of Rona and Chou-an, looking on in disbelief.

Cut back to Buffy, pleading with the gang.

Cut to a shot of the Bringers grinding their way through rock, trying to extract the Axe.

Cut to a shot of Caleb and the FE/Buffy, looking on at the Bringers at work. From "Touched".

FE/Buffy: "You know what will happen if the Slayer and her girls it, don't you?"

Switch to a close up of Caleb.

Caleb: "They won't."

Cut to a reaction shot of the FE/Buffy.

Switch to a shot of Xander with the guaze still over his eye.

Cut to a close-up of Dawn talking to Buffy.

Dawn: "We have to be together in this. So I need you to leave."

Reverse to from behind Dawn, as we see Buffy's stunned reaction.

In another scene from "Touched{", we see Faith stanidng in the center of the group as she takes command.

Faith: "Now, I'm your boss."

Cut to a shot of Buffy walking the lonely streets of Sunnydale, hugging herself.

Spike( VO): "There's only one thing I've ever been sure of. "

Cut to a shot of Spike, kneeling before Buffy and looking up at her.

Spike: "You."

Cut to a shot of Buffy lying n Spike's arms as she falls asleep.

Spike (VO): "You're the One, Buffy."

Switch to the vnyard cellar, as Caleb and the FE/Buffy are talking. Suddenly, a Bringer's body comes tumbling down the stairs.

Cut to a shot of Buffy standing at the top of said stairs.

Buffy: "I heard you've got something of mine."

Cut to a shot of the Axe, still embedded in the rock.

Switch to a reaction shot of Buffy as she looks at the Axe with a bit of a smile on her face.

Cut to Faith talking to the assembled troops before they carry out her plan of attack.

Faith: "Those of you who are coming with me to the arsenal?"

Cut to a shot of the Potentials, Anya, and Robin as they look at Faith.

Faith: "You know who you are. Let's do this thing."

Cut to Faith leading the group through the tunnels, in search of the arsenal.

Close up of Faith as she shines her flashlight on soemthing.

Reverse to see that it is a chest of some kind. Faith kicks the lock off of the chest, then opens the lid.

The lid opens up to reveal the bomb planted inside. The clock on the bomb ticks down to 00:03.

Cut to a reaction shot of Faith. Her eyes get wide, then she spins around and yells for everyone to take cover.

Faith: "Get down!"

ELAPSED TIME - 1:00


Jeff Mejia - May 19, 2003 11:21:40 am PDT #79 of 121
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

In honor of the upcoming Buffy finale, here is a re-posting of the previously from "The Gift". This will be posted in multiple parts. Here is the first part (NOTE - the entire sequence lasted 35 seconds):

1. Giles talking to Buffy about the duties of a slayer - "the chosen one" speech. "Welcome to the Hellmouth"

2. Buffy talking to Willow, asking her for help with school. "Welcome to the Hellmouth"

3. Xander introducing himself to Buffy while helping her pick up dropped books. "Welcome to the Hellmouth"

4. Cordelia introducing herself to Buffy in class. "Welcome to the Hellmouth"

5. Willow at the drinking fountain, wearing the softer side of Sears. "Welcome to the Hellmouth"

6. Giles talking to Buffy in the library -- " I know what you're here for." "Welcome to the Hellmouth"

7. Angel, telling Buffy his name while in the crypt, just before Buffy goes to try and save Jesse. "Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest"

8. The Vampyr book. "Welcome to the Hellmouth"

9. Catherine Madison in Amy Madison's body, attacking with an axe. "The Witch"

10. The praying mantis lady. "Teacher's Pet"

11. The Anointed One and The Master. "Angel"

12. A Hyena with glowing eyes. "The Pack"

13. Angel kissing Buffy for the first time. "Angel"

14. Angel in vampface after kissing Buffy. "Angel"

15. Buffy screaming in reaction to Angel's vampface. "Angel"

16. The puppet, Sid, attacking with a knife. "The Puppet Show"

17. The Clown comes after Xander. "Nightmares"

18. Buffy punches Giles so she can go up against the Master. "Prophecy Girl"

19. The Master bites Buffy. "Prophecy Girl"

(AT THIS POINT, THE PACE OF THE SHOTS ACCELERATES.)

20. Buffy, drained by the Master, falls into the pool of water to drown. "Prophecy Girl"

21. The Master escapes from the energy barrier. "Prophecy Girl"

22. The tentacles of the Hellmouth Beast. "Prophecy Girl"

23. Buffy's alive after Xander's CPR -- shot of Buffy "waking." "Prophecy Girl"

24. Buffy's standing -- "I feel strong. I feel... different." "Prophecy Girl"

25. Buffy throws the Master through the roof of the library. "Prophecy Girl"

26. The Master bites the dust. "Prophecy Girl"

27. The immolated vampire Absalom. "When She Was Bad?"

28. Buffy crushes the Master's bones. "When She Was Bad?"

29. The dead football player, Daryl Epps. "Some Assembly Required"

30. Spike's entrance into Sunnydale, driving over the "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign. "School Hard"

31. A shot of Spike in vampface. "School Hard"

32. The Inca Mummy Girl, as a mummy. "Inca Mummy Girl"

33. A close up of Machida. "Reptile Boy"

34. Ethan Rayne looking at the Janus bust. "Halloween"

35. Angel morphing into vampface. "Lie To Me"

36. Spike carrying Drusilla, all smiles, no vampface. Drusilla's in a white dress. "What's My Line, pt 1"

37. Kendra attacking Angel. "What's My Line, pt 1"

38. Mr. Phister, the worm guy. "What's My Line, Part Two"

39. Ted, with some skin ripped off his metal face. "Ted"

40. The bezoar demon. "Bad Eggs"

41. Angel, post coitus, wakes up and is about to lose his soul. "Surprise"

42. Buffy shoots the rocket launcher. "Innoncence"

43. The Judge gets hit with the rocket, as Angelus and Drusilla dive for cover. "Innocence"

44. Xander and Cordelia sneak a kiss in the library, and Willow catches them. "Innocence"

45. Willow kisses Oz. "Phases"

46. Amy Madison is casting a spell that flares up. "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"

47. Angelus breaks Jenny Calendar's neck. "Passion"

48. Giles, sans glasses, talks to a policeman after Jenny's death. "Passion"

49. Der Kindestod. "Killed By Death"

50. A Christine shot of Jimmy. "I Only Have Eyes For You"

51. A swimmer sheds his skin. "Go Fish"

52. The immolation-o-gram in Buffy's class. "Becoming, Part One"

53. Angelus grasping the sword in Acathla. "Becoming, Part Two"

54. Willow casting the re-souling spell in the hospital. "Becoming, Part Two"

55. Buffy stabs Angel with the sword. "Becoming, Part Two"

56. Angel's reaction shot to being stabbed. "Becoming, Part Two"

57. The portal to Hell closes up, leaving the Acathla statue. "Becoming, Part Two"

58. Xander kissing Cordelia, after dusting a vampire. "Anne"

59. A vamp getting staked by Willow. "Dead Man's Party"

60. Mr. Trick, in vampface. "Faith, Hope, and Trick"

61. Angel comes back from Hell, in a blaze of blinding light. "Faith, Hope, and Trick"

62. Close up shot of a beastly eye. "Beauty and the Beasts"

63. Xander and Willow kissing while in formal wear. "Homecoming"

64. Giles and Joyce kissing. "Band Candy"

65. Spike playacting vamping behind Joyce. "Lover's Walk"

66. The evil watcher getting toasted by lightning. "Revelations"

67. Spike catching fire while sleeping in the courtyard. "Lover's Walk"

68. Anyanka, in full demon makeup. "The Wish"

69. Sunnydale in the snow. "Amends"

70. Amy Madison transforming herself into a rat. "Gingerbread"

71. Xander fighting the undead (zombies) from his Uncle Rory's car. "The Zeppo"

72. Buffy waking up from a bad dream. "Bad Girls"

73. Faith, going to the Mayor. "Consequences"

74. Cordelia startles Wesley. "The Prom"

75. Vamp!Willow. "Dopplegangland"

76. The blue-skinned Mage. "Enemies"

77. Xander about to eat jello as he realizes the cook is trying to kill them all. "Earshot"

78. A hellhound. "The Prom"

79. Faith falling from her apartment, into the truck. "Graduation Day, Part One"

80. Angel feeding off of Buffy. "Graduation Day, Part One"


Jeff Mejia - May 19, 2003 11:23:32 am PDT #80 of 121
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

Here's part II of the previously from "The Gift":

81. The Mayor as demon, under attack from a flamethrower. "Graduation Day, Part Two"

82. Sunnydale High getting blown up real good. "Graduation Day, Part Two"

83. Angel leaves in the smoke. "Graduation Day, Part Two"

84. Buffy's first day of college, out on campus. "The Freshman"

85. An Initiative soldier, pointing a ray-gun. "Living Conditions"

86. Kathy gets her face ripped off. "Living Conditions"

87. Buffy in bed. "Living Conditions"

88. One of the Kathy's demon relatives. "Living Conditions"

89. Xander squeezes his juice box. "The Harsh Light of Day"

90. Harmony vamps out. "The Harsh Light of Day"

91. same as #88.

92. Oz fighting off wolfing out while in the bathtub. "Fear, Itself"

93. The animated skeleton. "Fear, Itself"

94. Anya in a bunny suit. "Fear, Itself"

95. The gang (Oz, Buffy, Willow) ducking some bats. "Fear, Itself"

96. Willow in her Joan of Arc suit, with a spider on her shoulder. "Fear, Itself"

97. Fiesta!Giles. "Fear, Iteslf"

98. Giles falling down in Buffy's dorm room. "Beer Bad"

99. Oz kissing Veruca in the cage before wolfing out. "Wild at Heart"

100. The Vercua-werebeast. "Wild at Heart"

101. Spike getting zapped by the Initiative. "The Initiative"

102. Riley going commando. "The Initiative"

103. Spike threatening Willow in her dorm. "The Initiative"

104. Buffy, dusting a vamp. "Pangs"

105. D'Hoffryn, offering Willow the job as vengence demon. "Something Blue"

106. Crows flying from the cultural center. "Pangs"

107. Riley firing his ray-gun. "Hush"

108. A reaction shot of Willow. "Hush"

109. Willow and Tara joining hands for a spell. "Hush"

110. One of the Gentlemen. "Hush"

111. A green Vahrall demon attacks Riley. "Doomed"

112. Same green demon attacking from a different angle. "Doomed"

113. A shot of the door to 314. "A New Man"

114. A shower of electric sparks. "The I in Team"

115. Adam, after killing his "mother". "The I in Team"

116. Spike gives the thumbs-up. "Goodbye, Iowa"

117. A shot of Adam. "Goodbye, Iowa"

118. Faith standing outside a grave in a dream. "This Year's Girl"

119. Faith wakes from her coma. "This Year's Girl"

120. Fuffy looks in a mirror. "Who Are You?"

121. Fuffy in the church, looking scared. "Who Are You?"

122. Faith and Buffy's hands together, switching everything back. "Who Are You?"

123. Xander opens a flaming book. "Superstar"

124. Vines sprout from Riley's room. "Where the Wild Things Are"

125. The fireplace explodes. "Where the Wild Things Are"

126. Anya is attacked from behind. "New Moon Rising"

127. Willow is startled by Oz. "New Moon Rising"

128. Oz is experimented on by the Initiative. "New Moon Rising"

129. Buffy running through some caves. "The Yoko Factor"

130. Xander fighting demons. "Primeval"

131. A wide shot of the demons vs. Initiative battle. "Primeval"

132. Another wide shot of the battle. "Primeval"

133. Undead!Forrest. "Primeval"

134. Another shot of the battle. A demon gets fried by lightning in the foreground. "Primeval"

135. Another shot of the battle. "Primeval"

136. The core Scoobies are united for the spell. "Primeval"

137. More of the battle. "Primeval"

138. Buffy faces Adam. "Primeval"

139. Another shot of the battle. "Primeval"

140. Buffy's eyes are glowing from the spell. "Primeval"

141. Another shot of the battle. "Primeval"

142. Uber!Buffy releases a dove. "Primeval"

143. Buffy rips out Adam's uranium core. "Primeval"

144. A shot of the First Slayer, hanging from a chandelier. "Restless"

145. Willow and Tara in the back of Xander's ice cream truck. "Restless"

146. The cheese man talks to Buffy while the First Slayer looks on. "Restless"

147. Buffy and Dawn turn towards Joyce - "MOM!" "Buffy vs. Dracula"

148. Harmony's note: "Slayer! come out and Die" (smiley face dotting the"i"). "The Real Me"

149. Close up of Dawn outside the magic shop. "The Real Me"

150. A reaction shot of Joyce - "Who are you?" "Out of My Mind"

151. The demon Toth firing his personality-splitting weapon. "The Replacement"

152. Spike getting de-chipped, or so he thinks. "Out of My Mind"

153. Buffy in a trance. "No Place Like Home"

154. Dawn standing in her room, fading in and out. "No Place Like Home"

155. Glory. "No Place Like Home"

156. Tara and Willow, floating above the dance floor. "Family"

157. Spike wakes up, realizing that he loves Buffy. "Out of My Mind"

158. The Snake-monster. "Shadow"


Jeff Mejia - May 19, 2003 11:25:38 am PDT #81 of 121
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

Here's the last part of the previously breakdown for "The Gift":

(FROM THIS POINT, THE SCENES ARE ONE SHOT PER FRAME.)

159. Joyce is wheeled to surgery. "Shadow"

160. The Queller demon, about to blow snot on Joyce. "Listening To Fear"

161. Riley, leaving the Summers' house because Buffy won't confide in him about Dawn. "Family"

162. The helicopter leaving with Riley. "Into the Woods"

163. Buffy watching the helicopter leave. "Into the Woods"

164. I really have no idea what this shot is. It is very dark. I see some eyes. Maybe Olaf the Troll? "Triangle"

165. Buffy taking on vampires. "Into the Woods"

166. A shot of Buffy in fight mode. "Into the Woods"

167. Ben turning into Glory in front of Dawn. "Blood Ties"

168. Some shimmering light in the Magic Box. "Triangle"

169. Glory primps in front of a mirror as a minion looks on. "Triangle"

170. Olaf the Troll inside the Magic Box. "Triangle"

171. Willow and Tara look on as Glory disappears because of the teleportation spell. "Blood Ties"

172. Spike lectures Buffy about blaming him for Dawn's disappearance. "Blood Ties"

173. A close-up of Dawn. "Crush?"

174. The girlfriendbot swings part of a teeter-totter at Buffy. "I Was Made to Love You"

175. Buffy hugs Puffy!Xander. "I Was Made to Love You"

176. Joyce's body on the couch. "The Body"

177. Buffy looks at her mother while holding the phone. "The Body"

178. Tara kisses Willow on the mouth. "The Body"

179. The Guide in the guise of the First Slayer -- "Death is your gift." "Intervention"

180. The Buffybot shorting out. "Intervention"

181. Glory brain-sucking Tara. "Tough Love"

182. Floaty,Scary!Willow shooting lightning at Glory. "Tough Love"

183. Glory on the receiving end of Willow's magic. "Tough Love"

184. Glory rips of the wall to Tara's dorm room. "Tough Love"

185. Willow, Tara, Dawn, and Buffy react to Glory. "Tough Love/ Spiral"

186. Buffy, carrying Dawn, leaps over a bench in the quad. "Spiral"

187. Glory, about to get hit by the truck. "Spiral"

188. The RV of Doom, rolling down the dirt road. "Spiral"

189. Buffy in front of Dawn, inside the RV of Doom. "Spiral"

190. The Knights of Byzantium on horseback. "Spiral"

191. The RV of Doom rolling on its side. "Spiral"

192. Glory blasts through Willow's protection spell, towing Dawn with her. "Spiral"


Jeff Mejia - May 20, 2003 9:29:23 pm PDT #82 of 121
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

Here it is, the previously breakdown for the last Buffy episode, "Chosen":

(Giles) Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

We open with shots from "Beneath You". We first see Buffy standing in the chapel, staring in surprise towards Spike.

Cut to the shot of Spike draping himself over the cross.

Move to a shots from "Touched". We see Spike kneeling before Buffy and looking up to her

Spike: "And there's only one thing I've ever been sure of. "

Reverse to a shot from behind Spike looking up at Buffy.

Spike: "You."

Cut to a shot of Spike holding Buffy in his arms as she sleeps.

Spike (VO): " You're the One, Buffy."

Cut to a shot from "Dirty Girls", where Buffy and Faith are out on patrol together.

Faith: "Trying to turn a bunch of little girls into an army."

Cut to a shot from "Get It Done", where the Potentials are training in Buffy's back yard.

Buffy (VO): "They're potential Slayers."

Cue a shot from "Never Leave Me" as we see the First/Warren morph into the First/Jonathan, in front of Andrew.

We then see a shot from "Dirty Girls", where we see Caleb re-enacting one of his murders and the image of the girl he killed morph into the First as Buffy.

Anya (VO: "What we're dealing with a Big Bad that can be any dead person it wants."

Cut to shots from "End of Days". We see Dawn and Xander in the car, driving away from Sunnydale.

Dawn: "Where are we going?"

Cut to an angle in front of the car, as Xander hands Dawn Buffy's note to her.

Dawn: "What's this?"

Switch to a shot from behind Dawn as she reads the note.

Buffy (narration): "Dearest Dawn. Don't be angry with Xander. This isn't the place for either of you."

Cut to a close up of Dawn as she reads the note, then we see Dawn taser Xander and take over the car.

Cut to a power shot of the Axe.

Switch to Buffy talking to the Guardian in the pagan temple.

Guardian: "A scythe, forged in secrecy for one like you."

Cut to a close up of Buffy.

Buffy: "Does this mean I can win?"

Cut to a shot of Caleb as he comes rushing behind the Guardian.

Cut to the Guardian collapsing after Caleb snaps her neck, with the shot aimed at Buffy.

The Guardian collapses in a heap, then Buffy looks up towards Caleb.

Caleb (VO): "I was kinda hopin' it would go this way."

Caleb has the Axe in his hands and raises it up to bring it down on Buffy.

Caleb swirls around at the sound of someone shouting

Angel (OS): "Hey!"

Angel punches Caleb in the face, and Caleb reels backwards.

Cut to a shot of Buffy slicing Caleb in the stomach with the Axe.

Caleb collapses, and his face hits the floor.

Angel strides up towards Buffy.

Angel: "At least you can tell me you're glad to see me."

Buffy moves into Angel and they kiss.

Cut to Spike, lurking in the shadows of the temple as he sees Buffy and Angel kiss. The First as Buffy is behind him.

First/Buffy: "That Bitch!"

ELAPSED TIME - 0:38 (or 144 episodes).


Jeff Mejia - Sep 03, 2003 7:38:57 pm PDT #83 of 121
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

Here is the promo that aired tonight during the Angel rerun of "Release":

Narrator: In four weeks....

We open on a shot of Angel, standing in the dark, looking over his right shoulder, as lighting brightens on him.

We get a flashy white jump cut, then switch to another shot of Angel in profile, this time from the left.

Narrator: ...LA gets a touch...

Cut to a shot of Spike standing in the dark and staring at the camera. Lighting brightens on him.

Narrator: ...of Sunnydale.

Cut to a shot of the Angel logo superimposed over the LA skyline at sunset.

Narrator: The season premiere of Angel.

Cut to a shot of Spike standing in what looks like the Hyperion lobby. He is wearing his duster. He is holding up his right hand and is screaming as if in agony. The camera zooms in on his face.

Narrator: October 1.

ELAPSED TIME - 0:10


Jeff Mejia - Sep 10, 2003 7:50:50 pm PDT #84 of 121
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

Here is tonight's new promo footage, tacked on to the end of an Angel season 2 DVD ad.

After the ad, the WB announcer intones:

Narrator: Don't miss the season premiere...

We open on a shot of Spike suddenly appearing in an office lobby. He is standing up and holding his right arm up as he screams his lungs out. The camera swoops in for a close up.

Cut to a head shot of Angel, standing in an office (lobby?). He is looking downward, then his eyes grow wider as a glow grows stronger. The camera is doing that shaky thing like it is an earthquake or something.

Cut back to Spike in the lobby, only this time he is bent over, as in pain.

Narrator: ...Wednesday, October 1st on the WB.

Cue the infamous promo poster, with Spike (in profile) standing in front of Angel. An Angel Season Premiere logo is to the left of the picture.

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Jeff Mejia - Sep 17, 2003 7:26:07 pm PDT #85 of 121
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

Here is the promo that aired for the season premiere of Angel on the WB this Wednesday night:

Narrator: 2 Weeks from tonight.

We open with part of the power shot from "Fool For Love"/"Darla", where we see Angel and Spike (Darla is behind them, but out of focus), strolling through the Chinese streets during the Boxer rebellion.

Narrator: Theirs was a brotherhood stained in blood.

Cut to a close up of of a grinning Spike, in vamp-face, after telling Angel that he just killed a Slayer.

Switch to a close up of Angel in vamp-face (and period wig (shudder)).

Angel (VO): Angel and Spike

Cut to a shot of William stomping through a London street, just after bumping into Drusilla, Darla, and Angelus.

Spike (VO): aka William the Bloody.

Cut to a shot of Spike standing in the gypsy family's wagon just after he massacred them.

We switch out of flashback mode and see a shot of the LA skyline at night. A bright light, like a meteor, is visible in the sky.

Fade into a shot of sunrise over Los Angeles.

Cut to a shot of Angel from the power shot in "Darla".

Narrator: Now, centuries later...

Cut to a shot of the sun quickly setting.

Cut to an aerial shot of LA at night.

We then see a shot of what appears to be Angel walking down an empty alley at night, near a parking garage.

Fade in on a shot of Angel, dressed in a dark grey suit jacket and black shirt (no tie) standing in an office, presumably at Wolfram & Hart.

Angel (VO): What do you want from me?

Cut to a shot of Spike walking through an office lobby. He is wearing his duster.

Cut to Spike standing in front of some windows with blinds. It is night, and there is no light on inside the location that he is in. He is talking to someone at the camera location.

Spike: "I want it to end."

Narrator: ...Angel has found salvation in the living.

Cut to a shot of Angle walking into an office (at Wolfram & Hart), during daytime. There are many, many windows in the office and there are no curtains visible, but the view of other buildings is.

Cut to a shot of someone (presumably Angel) swinging from a rope towards another building. He is at what appears to be at a high distance from the ground. The shot is at night (and looks very cool, from this transcriber's point of view).

Cut to a shot of Angel leaning against his desk in his office. A weapons cache is visible behind him as he rubs his chin and talks.

Angel: "We're going to change things."

Cut to Angle (dressed in the business attire) entering a darkened room where many people are standing and talking, like a cocktail party. Spike is standing next to Angel.

Cut to a shot of a brightly-lit corridor of some institution, where many (I count 6) soldier types with rifles are running around to set up an attack or something.

We then see a shot of Angel and Spike talking to each other in a lab of some kind.

Spike: "Another vampire with a soul."

Inside the lab, we see Angel (I think) do some kind of Matrix-y maneuver where he runs towards and up a wall, then spins and kicks some soldier-type in the face.

Narrator: The other is lost somewhere in between.

We see a shot of Spike standing in the doorway of an office, peering over the threshold to see if the coast is clear as the camera zooms in on him.

Fade to a shot of Spike standing in an office, looking perplexed.

Cut to a shot of Spike standing in a lab. Fred (in a lab coat) is behind him, holding a chart. Angel is further back, seated at a table. Gunn (in a suit) is standing next to Angel.

Fade to a shot of Fred (in a print dress) standing in the office with all the uncovered windows.

Fred (VO): Maybe he's here for a reason.

Cut to a close up of Spike standing while he glances down at the floor.

Fade to a shot of someone's feet and legs (wearing pants and black dress shoes) walking down a corridor.

Fade back to the Spike close-up, but this time he's talking to someone.

Spike: "The ground underneath me is pulling me in."

Cut to a shot of Spike hunched over in pain in an office.

Fade to black, then fade in on Spike standing in the office, holding his right hand up and screaming in pain.

Spike: Aaaagh!

A large, glowing SPIKE graphic appears on the screen.

Flash out, then flash in on the Angel season premiere logo, which is the normal logo superimposed over a shot of the LA skyline at dusk.

Narrator: The season premiere of Angel, 2 weeks from tonight on the WB Wednesday.

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Jeff Mejia - Sep 24, 2003 7:12:19 pm PDT #86 of 121
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

Here is part 1 of the promo for next week's Angel premiere, "Conviction" :

The whole promo is backed by a driving rock guitar soundtrack.

We open on an aerial shot of LA at dusk as the camera quickly zooms around the central business district.

Cut to a shot of the sun quickly setting in the west.

Flash to an aerial shot of LA at night. Amongst the buildings, a bright light is visible in the sky.

Narrator: In the City of Angels...

Cut to a shot of Angel on a rooftop at night. He is looking down on the streets, and then turns his head over his right shoulder back towards the camera.

Switch to a shot of a seedy-looking guy talking to a blonde girl in an alley.

Narrator: no good deed...

Pull out to a shot from above the buildings, as we see a figure leap from the top of one building, across the alley, to another building. The figure is silouhetted against another building that is lit from below.

Cut to a close up of the seedy man and the wonam in the alley. The woman looks worried, like she is about to scream (or laugh?).

Narrator: ...goes unnoticed.

Cut to a shot from the ground, looking up at an angle towards a building around the alley. We can see a darkly clad figure swinging on a rope or cable down towards the ground (and the camera location). The figure casts a shadow on the wall next to him.

The seedy man appears to be attacking the woman. The swinging figure hurtles into the scene, plowing into the guy and causing him to flip over. The woman is huddled against the wall of the nearest building.

Switch to a shot from behind the seedy guy, as we see Angel (facing the camera) rear back to throw a punch. He clobbers the guy with a right cross.

Flash to a negative of the next shot, then it resolves into a shot of a guy in a suit pointing towards the left of the scene, while another guy is taking pictures with a professional flash camera. This appears to be in the alley.

Reverse to a shot of Angel standing in the alley (dressed in black suti coat and black shirt). He is blinking from the camera flash.

Pull back to see Angel standing and turning towards his right and back. The cameraman walks in the direction that Angel is looking, while a third guy is standing past Angel and looking in the same place.

Switch to a shot of Angel standing in the alley, talking to the blond girl and looking at a book or newspaper. A dark-haired girl is standing next to the blonde girl.

Blonde woman: "You did this for publicity?"

Quick cut to a shot of Angel kicking down a door to a warehouse or office.

Cut back to Angel talking to the blonde woman.

Angel: "I help the helpless."

Switch to a shot of the main lobby of Wolfram and Hart. Angel is walking towards the camera location, with a file folder in his hand. He is reading it while he is walking, then closes it. To the left and in front of him is Wesley. Wesley is wearing his ordinary shirt. Behind him is Gunn, looking sharp in a very nice suit.

Switch to a shot of Angel, standing in his office and drinking coffe as a blonde woman stands in front of him, looking on.

Narrator: So it's a good thing that Angel's well connected

Cut to a shot of an office lobby, where we see Spike un-dissolving from dust. He is holding his right arm up and he is screaming. One could theorize that he is in a similar position as when he was dissolving to dust near the end of "Chosen".

Cut to a shot of an office or hallway. Angle is closest, looking in the direction of the camera. He looks might pissed off. Wesley (sporting a tan leather jacket, perhaps) is behind him and looks on with concern.

Angel : "Spike."

Cut to a shot of Spike in the office, hunched over in pain.

Switch to (presumably) Spike's view of the office. We see ablurry image of Angel looking on, then the scene swings to the left to Wesley, then skips over and clears up on a shot of Fred. Somebody's right shoulder in a dark pinstripe coat is standing to Fred's left. The anlge swings around again and gets blurry, with another shot of Wesley appearing, then we swing back in the other direction blurrily to Fred, then we see that Gunn is the person next to Fred in the pinstripes, where it focuses again.

Narrator: It's a partnership made in-

We then see Harmony come charging into the office.

Harmony: "-hell are you doing here?"

Switch back to a shot of Spike, hunched over and reeling from the experience.

Flash a very quick arieal shot of LA in the daytime, then cut to an office scene. Angel is sitting or leaning on a desk and is looking towards Gunn, who is standing at the camera location and is talking to Angel.

Angel: "I'm in a meeting."

Cut to a shot of Spike, standing in front of some interior office windows.

Spike: "Oh I'm sorry,"

The shot stretches to a funhouse tall and skinny view, then snaps back to normal.

Spike; "I didn't care."

This next shot is a bit complicated to describe. In the office lobby, near the elevator doors, we see Angel grabbing another guy by the neck while the guy is standing behind him. Angel has actually run up the wall between the elevators, and does a complete flip while still holding on the the guy behind him. Angel ends up landing behind the guy and taking him down. Visible in the background as this is happening, we see people in suits on the ground floor looking on from office doorways, while we also can see that a second floor has a view of the lobby and people are standing next to the railing, looking down at the action.

Spike (VO): "I bet you're loving this."

Cut to ashot of an office or a classroom, where some guy wearing a woolen ski mask is attacking Angel, but he does the "run up the wall, turn, and kick the guy in the face" move that was in the previous promo.

Cut to a shot of Angel seated in his office chair.

Angel: "A dream come true.