In Season Five, Quentin returns to Sunnydale with a group of Watchers and offers Buffy information on her new nemesis, Glory. However, he will only provide the information if she successfully completes a set of rigorous trials. After an encounter with The Knights of Byzantium, Buffy realizes that she is the one with the power, not the Watchers' Council. Buffy explains the new facts of life to Quentin and the Watchers with him: that "they" work for "her," not "she" for "them"; that Giles will be reinstated as her Watcher at full salary (retroactively from the month he was fired); that their mission is to provide her with information as requested; and that otherwise they will stay out of her way. Quentin acquiesces to all of her demands.