History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E10BringOnTheNight

* GoryDiscretionShot: Spike being tortured in TheTeaser. The übervamp blocks the camera's POV, then we hear a terrible scream from Spike before a SmashCut to the TitleSequence.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Kennedy [[LesYay comes on to Willow]], who's a bit flustered. Meanwhile, Dawn is on kitchen duty...

** -->'''Buffy:''' I'm beyond tired. I'm beyond scared. I'm standing on the mouth of Hell, and it's going to swallow me whole. ({{Beat}}) And it'll ''[[RegretEatingMe choke on me]].'' We're not ready? ''They're'' not ready. They think we're gonna wait for the end to come, like we always do. I'm done waiting. They want an apocalypse? Oh, we'll give 'em one. Anyone else who wants to run... do it now. Because we just became an army. We just declared war. From now on we won't just face our worst fears, we will seek them out. We will find them and cut out their hearts one by one until the First shows itself for what it really is. And I'll kill it myself. There's only one thing on this Earth more powerful than evil. And that's us. Any questions?

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[[caption-width-right:350:"I'm beyond tired. I'm beyond scared. I'm standing on the mouth of hell, and it is gonna swallow me whole. And it'll choke on me."]]

* BadassBoast / RousingSpeech / ThisMeansWar
-->'''Buffy:''' I'm beyond tired. I'm beyond scared. I'm standing on the mouth of Hell, and it's going to swallow me whole. ({{Beat}}) And it'll ''[[RegretEatingMe choke on me]].'' We're not ready? ''They're'' not ready. They think we're gonna wait for the end to come, like we always do. I'm done waiting. They want an apocalypse? Oh, we'll give 'em one. Anyone else who wants to run... do it now. Because we just became an army. We just declared war. From now on we won't just face our worst fears, we will seek them out. We will find them and cut out their hearts one by one until the First shows itself for what it really is. And I'll kill it myself. There's only one thing on this Earth more powerful than evil. And that's us. Any questions?
** Also the start of Buffy's habit of going into soliloquy at the drop of a hat.

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Buffy saying she's doing to have to go out and find the First Evil, only to open the door and find herself facing Giles. As she goes to hug him several Potentials walk through the door, blocking her off.]]

* FakeBrit: The first of many [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent bad accent imitations]] due to Annabelle and Molly being played by American actresses Courtnee Draper and Clara Bryant. .

* SeriesContinuityError: Spike being subjected to water torture, despite the well-established fact that vampires don't breathe. Though the psychological aspects can't be much fun either.
** {{Word Of God}} is that it was written as holy water, and the effects guys screwed up.

* MrExposition: Giles fills in the audience on the First.

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: The majority of Spike's interactions with the First while the latter is impersonating Drusilla. At one point, an amused Spike points out that he knows he's talking to an illusion because the ''real'' Drusilla is ''far'' crazier than the First's impersonation. At the end of the episode, though incredibly worn out, Spike dares the First to keep torturing him, because no matter what, it won't make him back into its puppet. When The First angrily inquires as to why, Spike replies that Buffy's faith in him is just that much of a morale booster.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Being possessed by the First makes Willow afraid to use her magic powers for the next few episodes, so Buffy has to defeat the übervamp [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption the old-fashioned way.]]
* DoNotTauntCthulhu

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted

->''Sorry to barge in. We have a slight apocalypse.''

* EvilPlan = KillEmAll: The First has been killing off all the potential Slayers (and their Watchers) so when Faith and Buffy die there won't be anyone left to guard the Hellmouth.

* FakeBrit: The first of many [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent bad accent imitations]].

* FluffyTheTerrible: Andrew isn't impressed by the name of The First for an ultimate evil, preferring something like LexLuthor or [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]].

* DemonicPossession / EvilSoundsDeep / BlackEyesOfEvil: Willow tries a location spell to find the First. It doesn't go well.

* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: And Kennedy is entirely will to share it with Willow.

* AnalogyBackfire: "As safe as houses" is not a good analogy to use when the house you're in has a boarded-up window from the last visit by an evil force.

* CallBack: Buffy and Giles walking through a Sunnydale full of Christmas decorations. The First was introduced in the Christmas episode "Amends".

* ContinuityNod: After repairing the Summers house yet again, Xander feels he's caught in a GroundhogDayLoop like the "mummy hand" ("Life Serial").

* BoundAndGagged / DuctTapeForEverything: Andrew when he talks too much.

-->'''Kennedy:''' OK. [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed You better not hog the covers.]] (exits)

* FlashbackEcho: Buffy remembering her dreams about the murders of the other Potentials.

-->'''Andrew:''' Listen to me, man. [[StarWars I've got a bad feeling about this]].

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted; Buffy looks like a domestic violence victim by the end, but shows she's still got a good speech in her.

* SpitefulSpit: Buffy spits blood in the übervamp's face. It's [[IDoNotDrinkWine not exactly bothered by this]], but it does provide a distraction so Buffy can escape.

* IAintGotTimeToBleed: Subverted - Buffy claims to not have time to sleep and patch herself up; unsurprisingly, the Ubervamp kicks her bruised insomniac ass.