BUFFY: You guys are gonna be OK. School is intense, but you'll do all right as long as you're careful. And you might want to think about sticking together.

KIT: Thank you. (Hugs Buffy)

CARLOS: Yeah, I mean it. You are the coolest mom ever.

DAWN: OK. Come on, we still have a few more classes to live through.

(they walk off)

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Curiouser and curiouser.

BUFFY: What is?

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Carlos Trejo and Kit Holburn, right? Possibly the only two students in this school whose files are as thick as yours was.

BUFFY: You really did your homework, didn't you?

PRINCIPAL WOOD: I was looking for one or both of them to actually implode in a fearsome way right before midterms. And now I see that you got 'em socializing and hugging and actually, if I'm not mistaken, headed to class.

BUFFY: Well, we shared an... encounter.

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Look, I know you're probably more than happy to get out of this place. But I gotta tell you, Miss Summers, I think you belong here.

BUFFY: Hmm, new?

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Listen, I know this school's reputation. What, you think I got this job based on seniority? We got a lot of troubled students here, and just enough money to keep this place from caving in.

BUFFY: Yeah, you might need a little extra there.

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Well, we do have a community outreach program. And the money we could pay you... wouldn't even fold. But it would just be a couple of days a week.

BUFFY: Are you asking me to be a counselor?

PRINCIPAL WOOD: Well, we have a guidance counselor, but I was thinking the kids could use someone, you know, closer to their age who still--

BUFFY: I'm in!

PRINCIPAL WOOD: What, you serious? You--you did hear the part about the money, right?

BUFFY: Yeah, I heard. My schedule might be a little funtastic, but, uh, I'll work it out. I'd like to keep an eye on this place.

PRINCIPAL: Well, that's great. Look at that. It's not even noon, and I've already bullied my first family member into helping out. I'm going to be the best principal ever.

• Buffy & Principal Wood

written by: Joss Whedon; Transcribed by: CariCranberry. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season7/transcripts/123_tran.php