Season: Episode 17 of Season 5
Original Air Date: 04/17/2001
Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: Marti Noxon

<b>Notes:</b>

Dawn tries to bring Joyce back from the dead.

<b>Plot Highlights:</b>

Coffin shopping & funeral planning. Spike stops by with flowers. The funeral. Dawn wants Tara & Willow's help bringing her mom back. Anya philisophizes on life, death & sex. Angel comforts Buffy. Ben slips up. Dawn sneaks magic info out of the Magic Box under Giles' nose. Spike escorts Dawn to Doc's for resurrection spell info, and then helps her steal a Gora demon egg. Dawn does her spell, but Tara figures out what she's up to and alerts Buffy. Buffy breaks down crying & Dawn reverses the spell.

<b>Quotes:</b>

BUFFY: Dawn, what have you done? What have you done?

DAWN: She's coming. She's coming home.

BUFFY: Dawn, Dawn! You have no idea what you're messing with. Who knows what you actually raised, what's going to come through that door?

DAWN: No, I know, it'll be her!

BUFFY: No, Tara told me that these spells go bad all the time. People come back wrong.

DAWN: Mom... He told mer her DNA...

BUFFY: Who told you? Who helped you?

DAWN: Nobody! Let me go!

BUFFY: You have to stop it, reverse it.

DAWN: No!

BUFFY: Dawn! You know this is wrong. You know you can't let this happen. Not to Mom!

DAWN: But I need her. I don't care if she... I'm not like you, Buffy. I don't have anybody.

BUFFY: What? Of course you do! You have me!

DAWN: No, I don't. You won't even look at me. It's so obvious you don't want me around.

BUFFY: That's not true.

DAWN: Yes it is. Mom died, and it's like you don't even care.

BUFFY: Of course I care! How can you even think that?

DAWN: How can I not? You haven't even cried. You've just been running around like it's been some big chore. Cleaning up after Mom's mess.

(Buffy slaps her)

BUFFY: Dawn, I've been working, I've been busy because I *have* to...

DAWN: No, you've been avoiding me!

BUFFY: I'm *not*! I *have* to do these things, 'cause, 'cause when I stop, then she's really gone. And I'm trying, Dawn, I am really trying to take care of things. But I don't even know what I'm doing! Mom *always* knew.

DAWN: Nobody's asking you to be mom.

BUFFY: Well who's gonna be if I'm not? Huh, Dawn? Have you even thought about that? Who's gonna make things better? Who's gonna take care of us?

DAWN: Buffy...

BUFFY: I didn't mean to push you away, I didn't. I just, I couldn't let you see me... Oh god, Dawny. I don't know what we're gonna do. I'm scared!

DAWN: Buffy...

(a knock on the door)

BUFFY: Mommy? (runs for the door)

DAWN: Buffy...

BUFFY: Mom.

(Dawn rips photo. Buffy flings open the door, but no one's there)

BUFFY: (voice breaking) Dawn.

(She begins to sob. Dawn comes forward and hugs her. )

DAWN: It's okay...It's okay...

(They sink to the floor, holding each other tightly and crying. )