- 5/5/2025
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 5 Episode 21 The Weight Of The World
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00:00You're not the key. You're nothing.
00:02No!
00:05Tara!
00:06I'm so sorry.
00:08They kill my thing.
00:10Not if I get the key first.
00:12Could you do it?
00:14Take a human life with your own hands?
00:18I told you this wasn't over.
00:20Such pure green energy.
00:22The key.
00:24Just pack up whatever supplies we need and that's it. We're gone.
00:28Giles!
00:30I see them.
00:34Puffy! How is he?
00:36Will?
00:38I think you got him stabilized, but there's a lot of damage.
00:40We need to get him out of here.
00:42We got company.
00:44The key.
00:50Once the key is activated,
00:52the walls separating realities will crumble.
00:55Dimensions will bleed into each other.
00:57I won't let anything happen to you.
01:01Let me out!
01:02Will, open a door!
01:03No!
01:07Buffy!
01:08God!
01:09Buffy, you have to get up!
01:11Buffy, please!
01:14Buffy!
01:15Buffy!
01:23Quickly, quickly!
01:24Already we're behind the schedule.
01:26Someone's bound for a beheading.
01:28Let's make sure it's not me.
01:30Why do we remain when a moment of triumph lies so close at hand?
01:35The glorious one, having acquired much in this world, doesn't exactly travel lightly.
01:42Hey!
01:43Minions!
01:44I can hear you.
01:46Godlike ears don't miss much.
01:48Know what I'm saying?
01:49Come here.
01:50T'was he who blasphemed your magnificence.
01:51Spurred on by treacherous urging.
01:52Guys!
01:53I'm not gonna kill you.
01:54Not in the mood.
01:55What do you think that's about?
01:56In mercy, does your power lie?
01:57No.
01:58Brainless.
01:59In torture, death, and chaos does my power lie.
02:01So tell me, why am I not popping your head like a zit right now?
02:06Maybe I'm just hungry.
02:07Yes.
02:08I'm not gonna kill you.
02:09I'm not gonna kill you.
02:10Not in the mood.
02:11What do you think that's about?
02:12In mercy, does your power lie?
02:13No.
02:14Brainless.
02:15In torture, death, and chaos does my power lie.
02:17So tell me, why am I not popping your head like a zit right now?
02:22Maybe I'm just hungry.
02:25Yes.
02:26We shall fetch a lovely...
02:28No, I'm not hungry.
02:31Oh, just a little tight in the skin is all.
02:35I've been waiting an eternity, well, 25 human years, and it all comes down to tonight.
02:42The portal shall open.
02:44And the great glorificus shall return.
02:47To the hell I came from, where I'm gonna rain down more supersized portions of slaughter,
02:53mayhem, and bloodshed that any of you scabs can even dream about.
03:02So how come I ain't happy?
03:05I've got everything I ever wanted.
03:08Still, something's off.
03:13I don't know.
03:17What do you think?
03:18I've got a part of the sanctuary spending delinquency just paid off.
03:32Hot-wired Ben's auto.
03:34Who's for getting the hell out of here?
03:36All in favor.
03:37Let's do it.
03:38You good to go?
03:39Don't worry about me.
03:41How's Buffy?
03:42Same.
03:45Still.
03:47It's been almost a half an hour.
03:49Slaya's gonna be all right, won't she?
03:54You should try again, Will.
03:58All right.
03:59But I'm not even sure she's, you know, really in there.
04:06Try.
04:07Can you hear me?
04:16Buffy.
04:19Buffy.
04:24Buffy.
04:29Buffy.
04:37Buffy.
04:38Buffy.
04:43To the lovely.
04:44Buffy.
04:47Nice.
04:51Yeah.
04:56Yeah.
04:59Yeah.
06:01That ought to help.
06:02We should move her.
06:05Unless we shouldn't.
06:07Should we?
06:09Couldn't that make it worse?
06:11I think I've read that somewhere.
06:14I am so large with not knowing.
06:17It's impossible to know for sure.
06:18Oh, losing Dawn after all that Buffy's been through.
06:23I think it's pushed her too far into some sort of catatonia.
06:27You don't need a diploma to see that.
06:30Snap her out of it.
06:32Buffy!
06:32Hey!
06:35Oi!
06:36Rise and shine, love.
06:37Spike.
06:38Come on, people.
06:40Girls and dad would slay his strength.
06:42It's hardly a time to get dainty.
06:43Buffy!
06:44We tried that.
06:45You didn't try that.
06:50That's what I'm saying.
06:52We could be dealing with neurological damage here.
06:54You want to kill her?
06:56We have to do something.
06:58We can't just sit here watching.
07:00You waste time with kid gloves.
07:02I'm a lady wager.
07:03When all is said and done, Buffy likes it rough.
07:06Buffy's out.
07:19Glory has Dawn.
07:21Sometime real soon, she's going to use Dawn to tear down the barrier between every dimension there is.
07:28So if you two want to fight, you do it after the world ends, okay?
07:34Alright.
07:36First, we head back to Sunnydale.
07:39Xander will take Giles to a hospital.
07:42Anya's looking after Tara.
07:44And Spike, you find Glory.
07:48Check her apartment, see if she's still there.
07:51Try anything stupid like payback, and I will get very cranky.
08:01Everyone clear?
08:05Anya.
08:06Um, what will you do?
08:10I'll help Buffy.
08:13Okay, then.
08:15The world is spinning.
08:18Start to a new day.
08:20Big day.
08:21Big, big day.
08:22Uh, Will.
08:28Now, uh, don't turn me into a horned toad for asking, but what if we come across Ben?
08:37I don't think a doctor's what Buffy needs right now.
08:42Well, yeah.
08:44Especially not one who also happens to be Glory.
08:46What do you mean?
08:48You know, Ben is Glory.
08:51You mean, Ben's with Glory?
08:54With, in what sense?
08:58They're working together?
09:00No, no.
09:02Ben is Glory.
09:03Glory's Ben.
09:04They're one and the same.
09:05Well, when did all this happen?
09:11Not one hour ago.
09:13Right here, before your very eyes.
09:16Ben came, turned into Glory, snatched their kid and vanished.
09:22Remember?
09:22You do remember?
09:28Is everyone here very stoned?
09:33Ben!
09:34Glory!
09:35He's a doctor, she's the beast.
09:38Two entirely separate entities sharing one body.
09:42It's like a bloody sitcom.
09:44Surely you remember.
09:45So you're saying Ben and Glory have a connection?
09:52Yes, obviously, but what kind?
09:56Oh, I get it.
09:59It's very crafty.
10:01Glory's work the kind of mojo where anyone who sees a little presto changer instantly forgets.
10:08And yours truly, being somewhat other than human, stands immune.
10:13So, Ben and Glory are the same person?
10:19Glory can turn into Ben, and Ben turns back into Glory.
10:27And anyone who sees it instantly forgets.
10:30And a cupid all for the lady.
10:36Excellent.
10:39Now, do we suspect that there may be some kind of connection between Ben and Glory?
10:46The key, the key, the key, the key.
11:08The key, the key, the key, the key, the key, the key, the key, the key, the key.
11:20Unbelievable how annoying that your beast can be.
11:36They merely sense that tonight, at last, the dimensional portal shall open.
11:41Ushering in the long and bloody raid of the great...
11:44What's he doing?
11:46Yeho, I must anoint the key.
11:51You really don't.
11:53Go.
11:54But...
11:55Get out! Get out! Get out!
11:56You know, recaptured godhood and unleashed Armageddon.
12:08All of a sudden, everybody wants to be a part of the inner circle.
12:18You okay?
12:23I want to go home.
12:26Sweetie.
12:29Aww.
12:34You're about to.
12:38Not that fake suburban nightmare the monks cooked up for you.
12:42I mean your real home.
12:44As the key.
12:45You fit in a lock.
12:49Well, it's like a lock.
12:52You want a pizza?
12:56Hello?
12:59I don't know if this thing gets cabled out full.
13:03Please.
13:06Stop.
13:08You nervous?
13:09Yes.
13:10I know how you feel.
13:17It was your last night.
13:21As you know.
13:23A human.
13:24This body?
13:26Look.
13:27It's just a rental, Donnie.
13:30Being human?
13:31It's like a costume for girls like you and me.
13:34Being something else?
13:36That's what we are.
13:39But don't.
13:42What?
13:45Don't call me Donnie.
13:47You know, that actually hurt my feelings.
14:00I'm sorry.
14:03Not the point.
14:04Okay.
14:04I'm just thinking.
14:10Here I am trying to make you feel better when comforting others.
14:14Not part of my life.
14:16And I'm doing it so I can stop feeling so...
14:23Help me out.
14:28Guilty.
14:28Guilty.
14:29That's it.
14:39But I'm not supposed to feel guilty.
14:42I'm not supposed to feel anything.
14:45I'm...
14:45I'm...
14:45I'm a god.
14:48I'm above it.
14:53I'm...
14:54You.
14:55You did this to me, didn't you?
15:01Some sort of spell.
15:03You've been hanging with the wicker.
15:04You could have...
15:06But no.
15:08Not magic.
15:10Something else.
15:13Still, it is you doing this.
15:17I'm not doing anything.
15:19I swear.
15:21We'll see.
15:22Anoint this thing now.
15:27You know what they're all chanting for out there, Donnie?
15:31What?
15:33Because we found out your blood is the key to the key.
15:38All I gotta do is lead you dry.
15:40The portal opens up and I can go home.
15:45Snack yourself out, girlfriend.
15:47Make me feel bad as you can.
15:49Hold your teeth.
15:52Hold your teeth.
15:53It's your skin.
15:54Because tomorrow...
15:56You bleed, little girl.
16:01You sure you know what you're doing?
16:04I think so.
16:07I don't know.
16:10It's not exactly well-explored territory, but...
16:15I've got to try.
16:15A spell like this could be really dangerous for Buffy.
16:21And you.
16:22Time.
16:24Oh, time is coming.
16:27Shh.
16:29It's okay.
16:30I'm here.
16:35You'll look after her while I'm...
16:37Sure.
16:37What do I do?
16:42Mostly.
16:43Just...
16:45Be here for her.
16:48And there's some pills in my knapsack.
16:50Half of one every two hours keeps her pretty mellow.
16:55You think you'll be gone more than two hours?
16:58Wish me luck.
17:01Okay.
17:01Okay.
17:04Good luck.
17:07Thanks.
17:12Okay.
17:14Be good now, sweetie.
17:16I'll be back as soon as I can.
17:20Okay?
17:22We're good?
17:32Okay.
17:32Okay.
17:32Okay.
17:38Good luck.
17:39Okay.
17:40Okay.
17:53Okay.
17:54Okay.
18:54Hi, Willow.
19:04Hello, Buffy.
19:24Hi, Willow.
19:32Hi, Willow.
19:34Hi, Willow.
19:44Hi, Willow.
19:54Hi, Willow.
20:04Hi, Willow.
20:12Hi, Willow.
20:14Hi, Willow.
20:21Hi, Willow.
20:23Hi, Willow.
20:51What are you doing here?
20:56Actually, I'm looking for you.
21:01Do you like dolls?
21:04Buffy, what are you doing here?
21:08I like it here.
21:10You know, we need you.
21:16You have to come out.
21:19Why?
21:21To be with your friends.
21:23It's a big day for me.
21:26Hello?
21:27Mommy, Daddy.
21:31You're back.
21:32You're back.
21:32Hello, Buffy.
21:34How's my girl?
21:37Are you ready to meet your new baby sister?
21:42Oh, come on now, Buffy.
21:43She's nothing to be afraid of.
21:46Who's afraid?
21:47Don't you want to be the big sister?
21:50No, I want to be the baby.
21:53Buffy.
21:53You're going to pay more attention to her and forget all about me.
22:05Doesn't she look funny?
22:07Like a wrinkly old grandpa.
22:11Like this?
22:13Okay, support the head.
22:16There you go.
22:18We're calling her Dawn.
22:21Dawn.
22:24I could be the one to look after her sometimes.
22:29If you need to help her.
22:32Mom?
22:34Can I take care of her?
22:36Yes, Buffy.
22:37You can take care of her.
22:43Okay.
22:59Okay.
23:10Yeah.
23:13how you doing only helps when i answer pointless questions where's buffy willow's on it or in it
23:22she's working some spell trying to reach buffy psychically she's gonna do buffy's mind pretty
23:29trippy stuff it's extraordinarily advanced um i was thinking we should check on bloria's victims
23:35while we're here on the mental ward already been the vegetable section is closed nobody there it's
23:42like the elders got up and walked away checked out glory's flight looks like the great one has
23:49scampered on to perform her ritual with dawn and leaving us entirely clueless not entirely
24:01i know this bloke well not so much a bloke so much as demon but still bookish
24:08all tuned into the nastier corners of this our magic world it's a bit of a last resort really but
24:16still i might persuade him to suss out glory's game plan
24:26sound worthy
24:30off we go then meet back at the shop
24:36found ben's room at glory's didn't learn much
24:40wait wait wait wait ben ben at glory's you're saying all this time he's been subletting from
24:48this is gonna be worth it
24:55last time from the top
24:57i'm hating this merc and this would be what exactly your holiness memories
25:09i'm starting to remember the things ben did people you spoke with stuff you wore
25:16kid
25:16i came he came to see you didn't he
25:25ben yeah ben
25:30you called him to the desert when you were hiding from me
25:35then he came and then he was me you remember
25:39yes
25:43see she's not supposed to remember that nobody should
25:47cloak between ben and me is fading i almost helped her
25:52he i wanted to
25:57i can't do this
26:01get him out of me
26:03what
26:06ben the human meat tech is infecting me
26:11do your mojo make an incision or removal or whatever you gotta do
26:18help me
26:20i'm i'm thinking ben's thoughts and and i'm feeling his feelings and the
26:27i
26:31can't kill the girl
26:35damn it
26:40help me
26:42this i cannot do
26:46you risk terrible magics in opening the portal
26:51nothing comes without a price this is yours
26:57god's don't pay
27:06we do this now
27:13hey
27:14i know you you're you're the first original slayer who tried killing us all in our dreams
27:20how've you been
27:25death is your gift
27:29death is my gift
27:31wait death is for what
27:33death is your gift
27:35death is my gift
27:49without a light
27:53where are you going
27:57glory look us wait kill the key now and all will be lost
28:01be lost we'll be stuck on this mortal plane forever all right you're right it's cool
28:11just a little emotional right now would you fear into irony funny leave we need a little girl time
28:22goodbye
28:22how do they do it
28:33do what people how do they function here like this in the world with all this bio running through them
28:41every day it's woo you have no control they're not even animals they're just these meatbaggy slaves
28:48to hormones and pheromones and their and their feelings hate them i mean really is this what the
28:57poets go on about this call me crazy but as hardcore drugs go human emotions just useless people are
29:07puppets everyone getting jerked around by what they're feeling am i wrong really i want to know
29:18i'm gonna bleed you either way
29:26depends on the person so you're saying some people like this
29:31some funny because i look around at this world you're so eager to be a part of
29:37and all i see is six billion lunatics looking for the fastest ride out
29:42who's not crazy look around everyone's drinking smoking shooting up shooting each other just plain
29:54screwing their brains out because they don't want them anymore
30:01i'm crazy honey i'm the original one-eyed chick lit in the kingdom of the blind
30:07because at least i admit the world makes me nuts
30:14name one person who can take me that's all i'm asking name one
30:23buffy
30:23i can't keep following you around like this buffy we have to go
30:38you have to talk to me
30:40i'm sorry
30:55don't be
30:58death is my gift
31:01yeah i keep hearing that but i'm not exactly sure what it means
31:06it's really not that complicated not for you maybe
31:17it's what i do
31:20come on you've known me for how long it's what i'm here for it's all i am
31:27stop
31:36no
31:39god no
31:42what
31:43i keep telling you will i figured it out that is my gift
31:57oh ben this is really not a good time
32:06dawn
32:08his glory hurt you
32:10no
32:12not yet
32:16but i have to get out of here
32:21ben
32:21are you okay
32:25are you okay
32:29where is it
32:34where's what
32:37all the blood
32:39i can feel it it's still warm and wet
32:43glory
32:46oh god
32:50she slaughtered hundreds of men
32:52i can feel them
32:55i can feel them breaking
32:57ben
32:58something is happening to both you and glory
33:01i'm remembering her aren't i
33:06i think she's done
33:07i think she's going to do
33:09i know
33:11she told me
33:12i think
33:14whatever the magic is that keeps you guys apart is starting to break down
33:19then lori could come back any minute
33:22how could you do this
33:25i don't know
33:27but we have to get out of here and find buffy
33:29no
33:30i mean i have a job
33:33i have a life in glory
33:35she never once thinks about me and all this
33:43help me
33:44how
33:47heinous
33:50please
33:52is everything all right
33:56you are not
34:06i'll take you as far as i can ditch you before she comes back
34:10okay now this is weird
34:14hi willow what are you doing here
34:17actually i'm uh looking for you here again
34:28do you like dolls no
34:32and i think we already deja'd this vu
34:37you talk funny
34:40yes as you'll tell me again when we're older and in chem class
34:44it's
34:45buffy
34:47what are we doing here
34:49don't you like it here
34:52we don't have time
34:56mommy daddy
34:57we're home
34:59you're back you're back
35:02hi buffy
35:08we're calling her dawn
35:14i could be the one to look after her sometimes
35:28it's always open
35:35what can i do for you boys
35:38want some cocoa
35:39hello
35:42no
35:42we need information
35:46we need ben's glory
35:49who's what
35:50look at this special ed remembers
35:52yeah
35:53yeah i do
35:54ben's glory and glory's ben
35:57it's like this fog's living
35:59wonderful
36:00but not why we're here
36:02hell god type
36:03uh name of glory
36:05aka
36:06ben
36:07has gone missing
36:08she's brewing up some major league bad
36:11and she's nick the slayer's kid sister in the bargain
36:16that girl you brought here
36:19sweet little thing
36:19how'd things work out with her mom
36:24changed her mind didn't she
36:26yeah
36:28you got any idea where glory would take her
36:32glory
36:34glory
36:36oh
36:38you don't mean glorificus
36:41gosh
36:43what do you want to get mixed up with her for that's a sure way to get yourselves killed
36:47i hear she's awfully unpleasant when it comes to hell gods my best advice
36:53is get out of the way and stay there i'd love to count well other than that
37:04i'd like to help but i'm a small town guy this glorificus if it is her
37:13she's big city she's got dawn right
37:23well i may know a fella you know who knows the fella in in china he might how the hell are we
37:30supposed to get to china teleport i guess you know if you're in that much of a hurry wish
37:38your luck you're lying
37:43and what's more i believe you're standing right in front of the very thing we need
37:48you think only underworld bottom feeders worship the beast
38:18her day is coming boys and when she returns then you're gonna see something
38:38what do we get something worth dying for
39:00what do we get something worth dying for you
39:15buffy will you just stop a second and listen to me buffy you have to stop doing this
39:24doing what killing dawn why because this never happened you never killed your sister
39:33will i did this in your imagination none of this is real you're stuck in some kind of loop
39:42i don't know what you're talking about excuse me buffy why are you doing this
39:53i think they see us stay close to me don't look back
39:58i think they see us stay very still
40:18i'm sorry
40:19sorry sorry that actually hurt you prepubescent puke
40:38okay first thought just totally spontaneous unfiltered off the top of my head ow
40:44you hit ben in a soft human head and i remember the pain
40:55you probably think i won't waste any precious blood of yours tonight
40:59you're right but i know a thousand ways to hurt you it won't spill a drop
41:06you know those pesky feelings i've been having like guilt empty i just said i'm gonna take them and
41:11mash them back down where they belong okay now let's have big girl fun just you and
41:22leave her alone
41:26i said leave her alone
41:29no no a little late in the game to start growing a backbone benjamin now be good and stay quiet
41:36no you don't get over yourself ben this is the way things are i'm strong you're weak this is
41:44reality stop trying to infect me with your do you ever stop talking i don't know which is worse waking
41:53up in a dress not knowing where i've been or having to hear all yourself involved ranting
42:00animal wrong glory i'm no animal this is humanity you're feeling welcome to the world no no no
42:14stick around chica i won't let you hurt her glory shut your hole you sanctimonious little meat worm
42:23i'm going home no matter what you do
42:32you really think i'll just let that happen benjamin what are you doing you need her blood
42:39when i'm through there won't be enough left to fill a bottle cap then you hell
42:43bitch have nowhere left to go
42:54you can't hurt her and you know it ben
42:59i know it because i feel what you're feeling scared shh it's okay you don't want to die
43:06who would i don't you can't you're immortal nobody has to die here ben
43:17just let me bleed the girl and go home everything will work out fine do you really believe with all
43:24i know that you can trick me stop and think baby we bleed the kid return me to my seat of power i become
43:33a god again and i disappear oh unless somebody up there likes you give up the girl i could like you a lot
43:48i won't make a deal with you glory when exactly did you get stupid i'm offering immortality here
43:56i believe you that's not the problem you make me immortal then what
44:05i have to kill her to do it and i won't be able to live with that not even for a day forget about
44:10eternity hey baby baby ben why do you worry so much when you're immortal all this crap you've been
44:21carrying around inside the guilt the anger the crazy making pain it all just melts away like ice cream
44:32trust me when all this is over i can set you up real nice i'm making it easy it's you or the girl
44:45i can't accept that i can't accept that accept it i'm god stupid
45:07i'm sorry
45:15don't make this harder than it already is i'm sorry i got no choice it's you or me
45:34no buffy leave john alone what is this my gift this is what i do i'm not talking about this i'm talking
45:43about
45:59right here it happened i know it's something small but it's something what don't go there will i'm not
46:11you're the one who keeps dragging me back here and you wouldn't be doing that if you weren't trying
46:17to show me something
46:21do i
46:24buffy come on it's your brain just tell me
46:32what happened here
46:33this was when i quit will
46:40you did
46:43just for a second
46:46i remember
46:49i was in the magic shop i put a book back for giles
46:54nothing special about it
46:56nothing special about it
47:00and then it hit me
47:03what hit you
47:04i can't beat glory
47:09glory's going to win
47:10you can't you can't know that
47:15i didn't just know it
47:18i felt it
47:20glory will beat me
47:23and in that second of knowing it will
47:25i wanted it to happen
47:26i wanted it to happen
47:28why
47:29i wanted it over
47:34this is
47:36all of this
47:39it's too much for me
47:40i just wanted it over
47:44if glory wins
47:47then dawn dies
47:49and i would grieve
47:52people would feel sorry for me
47:53but it would be over
48:00i imagined what a relief it would be
48:10i killed dawn
48:16is that what you think
48:20my thinking it made it happen
48:24some part of me wanted it
48:29and in the moment glory took dawn
48:32i know i could have done something better
48:37but i didn't
48:40i was off by some fraction of a second
48:44and this is why i killed my sister
48:49i think spike was right back at the gas station
48:53snap out of it
48:58all this
49:00it has a name
49:01it's called guilt
49:03it's a feeling and it's important
49:06but it's not more than that buffy
49:09buffy's
49:11you've carried the weight of the world on your shoulders since high school
49:15and i i know you didn't ask for this but
49:18you do it every day
49:21and so you want it out for one second
49:27so what
49:29i got dawn killed
49:32hello your sister not dead yet
49:34but she will be if you stay locked inside here and never come back to us
49:41and what if i can't
49:45then i guess you're right
49:46and you did kill your sister
49:54wait
49:56where are you going
50:02where you're needed
50:05are you coming
50:13you
50:28you
50:37you
50:37i think she's back you're okay yeah i'm okay
50:49have you found the original text uh something like that yes did you know that
50:56ben is glory so i'm told what do we know um well uh according to these scrolls it is possible for
51:06glory to be stopped
51:07i'm afraid it's um look buffy i've read these things very carefully and there's not much
51:16margin for error you understand what i'm saying might help if you actually said it
51:24glory plans to open a
51:34dimensional portal by way of ritual bloodletting
51:40dawn's blood yes
51:45once the blood is shed at a certain time and place
51:50the fabric which separates all realities will be ripped apart
51:56dimensions will pour into one another yeah with no barriers to stop them
52:04reality as we know it will be destroyed and
52:09chaos will rain on earth
52:12so how do we stop it
52:14the portal will only close once the blood is stopped
52:18and the only way for that to happen is
52:22perfect the only way is to kill door
52:31that
52:47the
53:22Arrgh!
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