Dawn stays with Willow and Tara and tells them that she wants to bring her mother back from the dead.
Dawn steals a book from the Magic Box and prepares to resurrect Joyce, despite the witches' warnings.
Spike offers to help her out of sympathy and takes her to Doc, a not-quite-human who knows how to bring the dead back to life.
Doc tells them how to perform the spell, although he notes that Joyce might not be quite the same as she was. Tara notices a witchcraft book missing and realizes what Dawn is up to; Willow warns Buffy. Buffy finds Dawn too late; the spell has just been completed…
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The Warning
Doc tells them how to perform the spell, although he notes that Joyce might not be quite the same as she was.
Tara notices a witchcraft book missing and realizes what Dawn is up to;
Willow warns Buffy.
Buffy finds Dawn too late; the spell has just been completed…
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The Comparison
Dawn cannot accept Joyce’s death“what if Mom doesn’t like it?”
Dawn asks for a spell to bring Mom back…Willow and Dawn look horrified.
Dawn asks if her mother will come back the same. “More or less” is the answer.
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The Comparison
While Dawn is casting spell, camera pans to Mother’s grave/ Witches, when they realize what Dawn has done, panic.
Camera pans to feet of the resurrected mother, shadow outside of window, knocking on door. Buffy runs to door as Dawn tries to rip photo.