"Bring on the Night" is the tenth episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Whilst the gang research the First Evil, Buffy experiences a vision in which her mother gives her a book and warns her that she needs to rest; then Xander wakes her.
Throughout the episode, the Ubervamp tortures Spike by dunking his head under water[1] and beating him while "Drusilla" threatens him.
Giles explains about the First's plans to destroy all Slayers-in-training, their Watchers and eventually the two active Slayers, Buffy and Faith.
While Buffy watches for the sun to set, Annabelle runs off into the streets of Sunnydale until she is captured by the Ubervamp and quickly killed.
Buffy sits alone at home as she listens to Giles and Willow talk in another room, worrying about her wounded condition and their ability to fight what seems undefeatable.
"[3] Anthony Stewart Head (Giles) was told not to touch anything on set - such as, in a running joke, his eyeglasses - to perpetuate the idea that he might be the First.
In the episode "Life Serial," Buffy was temporarily trapped in a time loop by the Trio of Andrew, Warren Mears and Jonathan Levinson.
In the following episode, "All the Way," Buffy says, "Don't blame me if we keep having this conversation over and over..."[6] In "Bring on the Night," Xander tells the Scoobies, "It's a loop, like the Mummy hand.
Not coincidentally, the interminable sameness begins with the introduction of the Potentials, who are an interesting thematic addition to the show in theory, but in practice take up a whole lot of dramatic space without adding much.
"[7] Paste Magazine, in a similar list, ranked it at #89, saying it "is most notable for Giles' return with the first three Potentials and Buffy's attempt at a Henry V-style St. Crispins Day speech.
It's brutal and so very hard to watch, but combined with her speech, it can't help but rally the troops.