BUFFY: (to Angel) It'll be okay. You'll be okay.

GILES:(To Wesley, entering) Did you reach the council?

WESLEY: Yes. They, they couldn't help.

BUFFY: Couldn't?

WESLEY: Wouldn't. It's not Council policy to cure vampires.

GILES: Did you explain that these were special circumstances?

WESLEY: Not under any circumstances, and yes, I did try to convince them.

BUFFY: Try again.

WESLEY: Buffy, they're very firm. We're talking about laws that have existed longer than civilization.

BUFFY: I'm talking about watching my lover die. I don't have a clue what you're talking about and I don't care.

GILES: Buffy, we'll find a cure.

WESLEY: The Council's orders are to concentrate on ...

BUFFY: Orders? I don't think I'm gonna be taking any more orders. Not from you, not from them.

WESLEY: You can't turn your back on the Council.

BUFFY: They're in England. I don't think they can tell which way my back is facing. WESLEY: Giles, talk to her.

GILES: (while walking to Buffy's side) I've nothing to say right now.

BUFFY: Wesley, go back to your Council and tell them, until the next Slayer comes along, they can close up shop. I'm not working for them anymore.

WESLEY: Don't you see what's happening? Faith poisoned Angel to distract you, to keep you out of the Mayor's way, and it's working. You need a strategy.

BUFFY: I have a strategy. You're not in it.

WESLEY: This is mutiny.

BUFFY: (long pause) I like to think of it as graduation.

• Giles & Buffy vs Wesley
• Watcher's Council

written by: Joss Whedon; . Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/55grad-1.html