Checkpoint

In which Buffy runs into an organisation that threatens her family, her friends, her life, and her very calling as a Slayer. But enough about the Council, we also meet the Knights of Byzantium.

Official back-of-box synopsis:

The pressure is on as the Watchers' Council arrives in Sunnydale demanding that Buffy pass an exhaustive review of her slayer skills. If she does not pass, they will withhold important information about Glory from her and deport Giles back to England immediately.

From the old WB Buffy website:

BUFFY vs. WATCHER'S COUNCIL - The Watcher's Council arrives in Sunnydale demanding Buffy pass an exhaustive review of her slaying skills or they will withhold critical information about Glory and have Giles deported back to England.

Links:

This episode's page at http://www.restlessbtvs.com/, the Restless BTVS Trivia Guide

This episode's page at http://www.vrya.net/bdb/, the Buffyverse Dialog Database

Cross-reference:

episodes featuring the watchers' council:

• Helpless
  They give Buffy a vampire serial killer for her birthday
• Who Are You?
  They imprison Faith, only it's Buffy, so it's lucky they suck at imprisonment
• Never Leave Me
  The council falls victim to a particularly cheap-looking explosion
• this episode
  Glory's a god, so what? Where's Gile's back-pay?

Cast:

• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy
• Alyson Hannigan as Willow
• Nicholas Brendon as Xander
  

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• Anthony Stewart Head as Giles
• Kristine Sutherland as Joyce
• James Marsters as Spike
• Emma Caulfield as Anya
• Amber Benson as Tara
• Harris Yulin as Quentin Travers
• Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn
• Charlie Weber as Ben
• Clare Kramer as Glory
• Kevin Weisman as Dreg
• Troy T Blendell as Jinx
• Justin Gorence as Orlando
• Cynthia Lamontagne as Lydia
• Peter Husmann as Mailman
• Kris Iyer as Nigel
• Wesley Mask as Professor Roberts
• Oliver Muirhead as Philip
• Jack Thomas as Council Member #4
• John O'Leary as Council Member #5