Title: Dancing With the Demons, Ep.
1 (Part 2)Author: redsrule1
Fandoms:
Buffy, Angel, Dancing With the Stars
Rating: Teen
Disclaimer: I
did not make up the characters, shows, the Waltz, or the Cha Cha. I
just borrow them. However, I can teach you any of the moves
portrayed in the show.
Pairings (if applicable): Gen
Character(s)
(if applicable): Just about everyone
Summary: Nine couples, ONE
winner, and you decide who will be the champion!
We now return to:
Dancing
With The Demons
Episode One, Part Two
Short, four-bar version of the show's theme music plays as we return from the break.
LORNE
Welcome back to Dancing With The
Demons! Two couples have danced
already, and there are seven more to go! Remember,
after all nine couples have danced, you will help decide who
stays in our competition and who goes home. Next up, a Slayer and a
vampire join forces. It's William The Bloody and Faith
Lahane!
Cut to montage of
clips.
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FAITH
Interview
I
told the producers they better not gimme somebody lame. So there I am
waiting at the studio for my partner to show up, an' he was like,
twenty minutes late. Then finally in walks Spike, of all people. So I
was like, "Okay, where's my real partner," 'cause I
figured there's no way they've talked Spike into doing this thing,
and also 'cause I said that, I knew they were gonna stick me with the
biggest lame-o they could
find.
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Rehearsal
clip
FAITH paces in a dance studio, alone except for the camera
crew.
She looks at the clock on the wall above the mirrors.
The door opens and SPIKE enters the studio.
FAITH
Spike?
No way! You're here to tell me my real partner can't make it,
right?
SPIKE
Faith? They gave me you? Not quite who
I was hopin' for, but a'right.
Walks up to FAITH and they do a
hand-slap/fist bump exchange. We'll kick some ass.
FAITH
This
is cool. I can work with this. But you do know you're like, twenty
minutes late, right? Not the best way to start. Get here on time
tomorrow or I'll kick your ass.
SPIKE
Turns
and walks toward a closed kitchenette door. What's in 'ere? Opens
door and disappears inside.
FAITH
Walks to the
middle of the dance floor and looks around. Nice.
Points at the
wall to the camera's right. Nice music system. Walks toward
it.
SPIKE
Returning from the other room: There's
chairs and a telly in there. And there's a microwave and fridge, too.
Looks directly into the camera. You blokes s'pose you can tell the
boss to cater in some o' them Bloomin' Onions?
FAITH turns
around to look at SPIKE,
then her jaw drops in shock and she
covers her mouth with her hands
SPIKE
Who stepped
on your tail, luv?
FAITH
Pointing at the
mirrored wall behind SPIKE. Look...
SPIKE
Turns to
look at himself in the mirror. Oh. Cocks his head to one side.
Huh. Wha'd'ya know 'bout that? Walks toward the mirror and looks at
his reflection for a moment, then shrugs and walks back to
FAITH.
FAITH
Aren't you the least
bit--
SPIKE
What? 'S'no big deal. If the producers
can bring back all those folks from the dead, I expect they can have
a vampire see his reflection. 'Sides, I knew I was hot already.
Takes FAITH in a dance hold and looks at their reflection in the
mirror. Yep. What's important is now I got a partner who's almost as
hot as me. We're definitely gonna kick some ass.
FAITH smacks
SPIKE on the back of his
head.
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SPIKE
Interview
Well,
I was hoping I'd get Buffy for a partner. But it's prob'ly just as
well. If Faith thinks she's the boss of me, I don't even wanna
think about what it would be like with Buffy. When I showed up at the
studio that first day, she was all in my face about not bein' on time
and "that's not the way to start off an' I'm the Slayer an' I'll
kick your ass if you're not on time." An' it's not like I was
really late or anything. But just to make 'er happy I made sure I was
there at nine o'clock every day for practice, but she was still all
huffy about
it.
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Rehearsal
Clip
FAITH stands alone in an empty ballroom, on a different
day. Her arms are crossed and she taps her foot impatiently as the
clock behind her clearly reads
"9:35".
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SPIKE
Interview
We
got a good Cha Cha routine, except for this one spin that she's bein'
real picky about how I do it for some
reason.
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Rehearsal
Clip
SPIKE and FAITH in the studio, dancing
FAITH
Chanting
the rhythm. ...two, three, cha, cha, cha, two, three, spin and
stop!
Both do a spin, and SPIKE intuitively kicks as he does so, nearly taking off FAITH's head as she barely ducks out of the way
FAITH
Sitting on the floor This isn't a
roundhouse kick,
Spike!
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SPIKE
Interview
I
had a little trouble with it, but I got it now. I think she taught it
wrong.
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Rehearsal
Clip
SPIKE and FAITH in the studio, dancing
FAITH
Chanting
the rhythm ...two, three, cha, cha, cha, two, three, spin and
stop!
Both repeat the spin and SPIKE jerks awkwardly, then loses his balance and falls on his butt.
FAITH
Hard
to resist that kick, isn't it?
SPIKE
You shut
up!
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SPIKE
Interview
But
I guess I can take her attitude. She wants to win. So do I. Plus,
she's into me. Wants me to be all sexy for her. Lucky for her I'm
into somebody else, 'cause she can't resist
me.
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Rehearsal
Clip
SPIKE and FAITH dancing
FAITH
Chanting
the rhythm ...two, three, cha, cha, cha, two, three, spin and
stop!
BOTH do a spin and stop to face one another on FAITH's count.
FAITH (con't)
That's it. Now look at me.
Straight into my eyes! Look! Now move closer! That's it. Closer!
SPIKE's face is mere inches from FAITH's. That's it. Hold it. Keep
looking. Give me your best, sexiest look!
SPIKE obliges. FAITH swallows hard, and starts to melt. SPIKE hisses through his teeth in a suggestive manner. FAITH turns away, coughing
SPIKE
What?
FAITH
Looking
into camera No more onions for Halitosis Boy, all
right?
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FAITH
Interview
I'm
jazzed, 'cause even though I don't know Spike very well, I know that
we're kinda on the same page-- we're not afraid to get down and dirty
and mix it up. He pisses me off sometimes, but there's some chemistry
there, an' I think that'll come through in our
dancing.
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Rehearsal
Clip
SPIKE and FAITH dancing
FAITH
Chanting
the rhythm ...two, three, cha, cha, cha, two, three, spin and
stop!
BOTH do a spin and stop to face one another on FAITH's count. SPIKE gives the melty look, FAITH returns a look just as sultry.
SPIKE
Through unmoving lips so as not to
break the look That what you wanted?
FAITH
Also
not moving her lips, in a sultry voice Five by
five.
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SPIKE
Interview
It
wasn't easy learning Cha Cha, 'cause that dance wasn't around yet
when Dru and I learned to dance. Wait 'till we get to the Viennese
Waltz. Then I'll show you how Dru and I used to do it. Looks
off camera at someone telling him something. Oh, right. No killing
allowed. Looks back to camera. A'right, I'll show you almost
how Dru and I used to do
it.
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Rehearsal
Clip
Both practicing in a starting pose, with SPIKE several feet
in front of FAITH, his back to her. He has a cigarette in his mouth
as a prop. FAITH dances up to him from behind, then slithers in front
to face him. In the process she accidentally knocks the cigarette
from his mouth.
FAITH
OW!
SPIKE
Bends
over and picks up the cigarette, puts it back in his mouth and takes
a draw.
You all right, there?
FAITH
I burned
myself! The cigarette is a prop, it's not supposed to be lit! This is
not a smoke break! God, I thought the smoke I was seeing and smelling
was from that last break you took only five minutes ago! How
many cigarettes do you need to smoke? In SPIKE'S face: And don't
you DARE light that cigarette at the performance! Walks
away.
SPIKE rocks his head mockingly from side to side and
mouths the words "don't you dare light that cigarette at the
performance."
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Montage ends
ANNOUNCER
Dancing the Cha Cha, William The
Bloody and Faith Lahane!
SPIKE and FAITH step out from behind
the curtain and take their starting poses on the dance floor.
SPIKE
stands with his back to FAITH with an unlit cigarette in his mouth,
several feet in front of her. SPIKE is wearing a tight white T-shirt
and faded blue jeans. His hair is slicked back and he looks like
something out of "West Side Story." FAITH is wearing a
flattering but simple light pink dress with a skirt that will flare
out when she turns. She looks much like Natalie Wood as Maria. Her
hair is done up in a bun in back, but some curls fall free to either
side of her face.
"Smooth" by Santana plays.
FAITH dances up to SPIKE, putting an arm around him
from behind. She slithers down and up his body, but he is
disinterested. Maintaining contact with him, FAITH rolls around him
until she is face to face with him. She grabs the back of his head,
and backs up in Cha Cha rhythm, pulling him forward.
Now
interested, he whips the cigarette out of his mouth and flicks it
away. He follows her in rhythm, and they both break into Cha Cha
moves.
SPIKE leads FAITH into a series of sharp, quick spins. At the end of the last spin, FAITH stops inches from SPIKE's face and with a suggestive tick of the head they both blow each other a kiss. The CROWD squees and applauds.
As the music swells toward the final chorus, SPIKE rolls his hips in time with the music as FAITH does a series of body ripples, one hand on the back of her head, elbow out to the side
SPIKE spins and does a quick roundhouse kick as FAITH drops into a sharp crouch spin. Spike's kick whizzes by over FAITH's head, and he lands with his back to FAITH, feet spread wide. He reaches between his legs and grabs FAITH's wrists as she kicks her legs out straight in front of her and slides between his legs. At the last moment she springs to her feet and twists around to face SPIKE, grabbing the back of his head, and pulling their faces close. Glaring into each others' eyes, they each cock their heads to one side as if about to kiss and freeze the pose there.
CROWD bursts into squees and applause, and FAITH and SPIKE make their way over to LORNE, who takes them to stand in front of the Judges' Table.
LORNE
Hoo-wee! If that was
any hotter, kiddies, you'd have set off the sprinkler system! That
was Cha Cha with a capital "CHA." And it looks like you
made the most of that spin you were havin' so much trouble with! Wes,
how about you tell us what we're looking for here in the Cha
Cha?
WESLEY
Well, being a Latin dance, what we're
looking for here is rhythm, body movement especially in the hips, and
sharpness.
LORNE
And is that what we got from Spike
and Faith? Oz, what do you say? And, give us a little more to go on
this time.
OZ
'Kay. That was pretty good. CROWD
cheers But, Spike, you kinda looked more like Bruce Lee than Ricky
Martin with your arms. CROWD boos Too choppy.
LORNE
Thank
you, Oz! Drusilla, how about you?
DRUSILLA
That was
lovely. You made all the fireworks go off in my head. CROWD cheers.
But it didn't flow as well as it might have done. I'm looking forward
to seeing you dance next week, even though you won't do as
well.
LORNE
Hey, hey now, Dru! Let's not be giving
away spoilers! Okay, and finally, Wes?
WESLEY
Spike,
that was an excellent first routine, although you need to work on
making your hips sharper for the Latin dances. Smattering of boos
from the CROWD, and a lone squee. Faith, although I got the "West
Side Story" connection, I think you should have chosen to base
your costume more on Rita Moreno instead of Natalie Wood. You dance
nicely and move well, but frankly I think the plain-ness of your
costume distracted from the overall look. CROWD boos. Be more bold
next time. You're an attractive young woman. You've got it, flaunt
it. A sizzling costume would have been the capstone to what was
otherwise a sizzling dance, but I'm afraid your costume just fizzled
instead.
FAITH
Oh, sure, now you're full of
good advice and helpful suggestions! Where was that when you-- mmmph!
SPIKE covers FAITH's mouth with his hand.
SPIKE
Right.
Got it. Tart it up more. Will do. Leads FAITH backstage, off
camera.
LORNE
There we have the judges' opinons.
Will they be enough to put Spike and Faith into the lead? We'll find
out in a moment. Meanwhile, Illyria is backstage with our couple.
Illyria?
Cut to backstage, where HARMONY and GILES sit on the couch in the background. SPIKE and FAITH walk up to ILLYRIA, standing in the foreground.
ILLYRIA
Faith, you were becoming
hostile to Judge Wesley just now. Do you plan to slay
him?
FAITH
What? No, I--
SPIKE
Let's
try not to piss off-- or kill-- the judges in the very first week,
right?
ILLYRIA
I noticed that the video clip of your
rehearsals suggested you planned to eliminate the roundhouse kick,
yet you used it in the performance tonight, even though he continued
to miss your head. Perhaps if you had not ducked--
FAITH
What?
No, it's-- he was supposed to miss.
ILLYRIA
That
is not very stimulating. Why did you not then just eliminate the kick
and use a spin instead?
FAITH
Well, I guess
sometimes you just have to go with what you've got and make the most
of it. It was either use it, or risk Spike falling on his
ass.
SPIKE
'Ere, now, nobody's fallin' on anybody's
ass. An' I paid the sodding cameraman not to use that footage. Looks
directly into camera I want my fiver back!
ILLYRIA
Pointing
menacingly to cameraman Perhaps we will take it from him.
HARMONY
smiles and begins to stand up to join in, and GILES' eyes
widen.
Abrupt cut to Judges' Table.
ANNOUNCER
The
judges are ready to reveal their scores. Drusilla?
DRUSILLA
Nine.
CROWD cheers
ANNOUNCER
Wesley
Wyndam-Price?
WESLEY
Eight. CROWD
boos
ANNOUNCER
Daniel Osbourne?
OZ
Eight.
CROWD groans
Cut to backstage, where, behind ILLYRIA, SPIKE, and FAITH, GILES is holding HARMONY's arm behind her to keep her seated on the couch.
ILLYRIA
Judge Wesley has
rated you lower than the others. Now do you plan to slay
him?
FAITH
No!
ILLYRIA
Perhaps you
would like to slay the cameraman.
SPIKE
No-- well,
yeah, mayb-- No, s' alright. Twenty-five puts us in the lead. We're
good.
Takes FAITH off camera.
ILLYRIA
Staring
at camera. They have left and I have nothing further to say.
Turns
and walks off camera.
Cut to LORNE
LORNE
Okay,
next up, we just had a Slayer and a vam--
ILLYRIA walks up to LORNE and hands him her microphone, then turns around and walks backstage.
LORNE
To DIRECTOR, off camera Well,
we're getting closer. To camera We just had a Slayer and a vampire
surge to the top of the leaderboard. Can the pairing of a Watcher and
a vampire do just as well? Let's meet Harmony Kendall and her
teacher, Rupert Giles!
Cut to montage of
clips.
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HARMONY
Interview
Squeals
with excitement. Omigod, this is so much fun! I always liked to
dance, I mean, y'know, real dancing. Like you do at parties,
or at the Bronze. Not like this. This is "Old-People-Dancing."
But who knew it would be so much
fun?
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GILES
Interview
Takes
off his glasses and begins wiping them with a cloth. Harmony. Yes.
Well. She's very enthusiastic, isn't she? Forces a smile, puts
glasses back on. She has lots of energy, and is very bouncy, which
will come in quite handy when we do the jive. Unfortunately, this
week we're doing the
Waltz.
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Rehearsal Clip
HARMONY and GILES rehearsing in a studio. They stand several feet apart, facing one another, waiting for the music to begin. GILES stands tall and elegant, HARMONY fidgets excitedly, barely able to wait
As the music begins, GILES extends a hand toward HARMONY. She responds with a high squeak. GILES maintains his pose but cringes at the sound. HARMONY half-trots, half-bounces up to GILES and grins widely as she takes dance position.
GILES
Harmony, you must maintain your
composure. This is the Waltz. It is not the "Fish-Slapping
Dance."
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GILES
Interview
"Where's
my stake?" was actually my first thought when I saw that she was
going to be my partner. I was definitely having second thoughts as to
the wisdom of agreeing to this, but Harmony was so enthusiastic about
the whole thing, going on about how much fun it was going to be and
how excited she was to have, as she put it, such "a hot
partner." Grins, somewhat pleased with himself. Between you
and me, I think she has a little crush on me. But that's not unusual,
for students to have crushes on their teachers, especially when we're
working on something inherently romantic like
dancing.
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HARMONY
Interview
When
I said I would do this, and I found out my Blondie Bear was gonna be
in it, I said "that's perfect, give me him." But they said
I had to dance with a human, so then I said "how about that
hunky lawyer guy?" I asked them to at least give me somebody
hot, but they gave me Mr. Giles. At first I thought they'd sent Mr.
Giles to introduce me to somebody cute who was going to be my
partner, but then it turned out he was
it.
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Rehearsal Clip
HARMONY stands alone in a dance studio. GILES enters.
HARMONY
Excitedly Mr. Giles! I didn't
expect to see you here! Are you in the dance competition,
too?
GILES
Er, ah, no.
HARMONY
Relieved
Oh, that's great! I just knew they were going to give me a hot
partner! Gives GILES a friendly hug, but is looking over his
shoulder and out the door the whole time. It's been so long since
I've seen you! How've you been?
GILES
Grinning
"H-Hot partner?" Well, it's nice to see you too, Harmony.
Actually, I suppose I could be in this competition, after
all.
HARMONY
Really? Who's your
partner?
GILES
Chuckles as they release their
embrace. Yes, funny, Harmony. Well, I suppose we should get to
work.
HARMONY
Her smile fades instantly into a look
of fear and disappointment. She looks wistfully at the studio door.
What? Work? With you? Where's my partner?
GILES
All right, joke's over now. Let's get
busy.
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HARMONY
Interview
We're
having lots of fun, which is surprising, especially... she leans
toward the camera and her voice drops to a whisper considering his
age. Normal voice We have this beginning that makes me sooo
dizzy. He said it should be easy for me but it's not . Then he gets
kinda grumpy when I don't do something exactly the way that Staircase
guy would do it. You know, that guy in the old movies before they
knew what color was. There's dance studios named after him.
Staircase... Fred... Arthur... MacMurray-- Oh! Oh! That's it! Fred
MacMurray! Fred MacMurray and Ginger Spice! So I like dancing with
Mr. Giles except when he gets grumpy with me. Or when he says my
name. I hate the way he says my name. He, like, rolls his eyes and
he's all like "HAW-
mony."
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Quick series of Rehearsal Clips spliced together
HARMONY and GILES dancing in studio, HARMONY stumbles, they stop.
GILES
Impatiently
Harmony!
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In dance studio, HARMONY
staring at herself in the mirror,
GILES waiting, arms folded
across his chest
GILES
Impatiently
Harmony!
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Different day, HARMONY and GILES practicing. HARMONY stumbles, they stop.
GILES
Impatiently
Harmony!
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HARMONY and GILES dancing. From off camera, a cell phone begins to ring. HARMONY rushes off to answer it, leaving GILES in mid- dance step
GILES
Impatiently
Harmony!
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HARMONY and GILES dancing in studio, GILES stumbles, they stop.
GILES
Impatiently
Harmony!
HARMONY
Defensively What?
GILES
Oh.
That was my fault. So sorry. Force of
habit.
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Montage ends
ANNOUNCER
Dancing the Waltz: Harmony Kendall
and Rupert Giles!
HARMONY and GILES take their opening poses on the dance floor, facing one another, about twelve feet apart. HARMONY is wearing a long, flowing silver ballgown, sleek but with a skirt full enough to billow out a bit during a twirl. She wears elegant silver pump dance shoes. GILES is dressed smartly in a black tuxedo with tail coat, white tux shirt, white vest, and white tie, with black patent leather shoes.
"Three Times A Lady" by the Commodores plays
HARMONY and GILES dance-run toward each other, and catch one another's waist with their right arms as they continue to run while holding on to each other, creating a pinwheel effect. After a couple of quick revolutions, they shift into dance position and begin to travel down the floor, still rotating in the same clockwise direction. GILES stops and releases his hold, and HARMONY rolls out a few more steps and catches GILES' outstretched hand, and they hold a pose for a moment: GILES lunging forward on one foot, one arm stretched behind and the other toward HARMONY, who clutches his hand and leans backward away from him, one leg bent in front of her with her foot at her knee.
They float back into dance position, remaining there for the remainder of the dance, as they begin doing more standard Waltz moves and turns.
GILES leads HARMONY into a series of spins, but HARMONY trips herself on one of them and hops noticeably. Her face does not betray her mistake, however, even though GILES' eyes widen noticeably.
As the song aproaches its climax, GILES leads HARMONY into a series of traveling turns in dance position. They release dance hold and return to the pinwheel movement for a couple of rotations, then twirl back into their starting poses as the music ends.
CROWD cheers. GILES offers his arm to HARMONY who takes it and they walk over to LORNE, who takes them to the Judges' Table.
LORNE
Well,
kids, that was just plain pretty, wasn't it? Let's see what the
judges thought. Wesley?
WESLEY
Waltz is supposed to
be smooth and flowing, and, while we might say you looked sharp, and
at times graceful, I'm afraid I can't really say that it was smooth
or flowing. CROWD boos. Harmony, although you maintained excellent
poise, your footwork was clumsy and needs to be worked on. CROWD
boos You show lots of promise but there's still a ways to go. Put
your trust in Mr. Giles and I'm sure he'll get you
there.
LORNE
Okay. Oz?
OZ
I agree
with him.
LORNE
Back to succinct again, huh? Okay,
how about you, Drusilla?
DRUSILLA
You shouldn't trip
yourself, Dear, it throws things off. From the waist up I was
watching birds soaring gracefully. But underneath it was stamp stamp
stamp stamp stamp. I don't like stamp. Don't do it.
Let it
soar.
LORNE
All right. You two go on backstage and
have a little chat with the Not-At-All-Unsettling Illyria, all
right?
Cut to ILLYRIA backstage, with GUNN and CORDELIA sitting on the sofa in the background. HARMONY and GILES walk up to stand beside ILLYRIA.
ILLYRIA
Your Waltz did not
please the judges. Why did you not train better?
HARMONY
What?
Listen, honey--
GILES
Cutting HARMONY off, and
flashing a diplomatic smile at ILLYRIA
Well, given the limited
time to prepare, and taking into account the inherent natural
abilities of both dancers, one can't always expect to display a
top-notch performance. We'll simply have to redouble our efforts for
next week.
ILLYRIA
If you are still in the
competition next week. I am not interested in your excuses. Are the
judges prepared to pass judgement on them now?
Cut to Judges' Table.
ANNOUNCER
Will the judges please reveal
their scores? Drusilla?
DRUSILLA
Six. CROWD
groans.
ANNOUNCER
Wesley Wyndam-Price?
WESLEY
Six.
CROWD boos.
ANNOUNCER
Daniel Osbourne?
OZ
Seven.
A small smattering of applause.
ILLYRIA
The judges
have deemed your Waltz unworthy and given it a score of nineteen. I
wish to speak with you no more. I hereby "toss" back to The
Host.
LORNE
Smiling Who says you can't teach an
old god new tricks? And speaking of which, she gave birth to a god,
but can she create a winner out of a lawyer? We'll find out, when
Dancing With The Demons continues!
Short, four-bar theme music plays to the break.