TEXT: •I do not own the characters or situations of BTVS, and I claim no credit for the content of this episode. I have merely transcribed what appeared on my screen, with help from the closed captions. •I prefer that you link to this transcript on the Psyche site rather than post it on your site, but you can post it on your site if you want, as long as you keep my name and email address on it. Please also keep my disclaimers intact. •You can use my transcripts in your fanfiction stories; you don't have to ask my permission. (However, if you use large portions of episode dialogue in your fanfic, I recommend you give credit to the person who wrote the episode.) •I apologize in advance for my lame transcription of the fight scenes. I don't know the names of different punches and kicks. Use your imagination. [SCENE_BREAK] Teaser BUFFY: Riley! RILEY: Know you got a lot on your mind. You decide you wanna let me in on any of it, you let me know. GILES VOICEOVER: Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer... Riley letting a female vampire bite him. RILEY VOICEOVER: Buffy's like nobody else in the world. But she doesn't love me. Spike kissing Buffy. SPIKE VOICEOVER: Buffy, I love you. Spike sitting up in bed horrified. SPIKE: Oh God, no. Joyce in the CAT scan machine. DOCTOR VOICEOVER: Your mother has... a brain tumor. Buffy reacting. Buffy and Joyce hugging in a hospital room. Joyce being wheeled into surgery as Buffy and Dawn watch. Shot of the hospital corridor with various personnel coming and going. Riley wakes up as someone walks over to them. GILES: Just me. Sorry. Can I get you anything? BUFFY: No, thank you. GILES: Riley? RILEY: No, I'm fine. Giles nods, looks fidgety, walks off. We discover Willow and Xander sitting nearby. Behind them we see the nurses' station. WILLOW: What
SUMMARY:
Buffy learns Riley has been going to a vampire brothel to have his blood sucked for pleasure. She confronts him, and he says he's going away with the military if she doesn't give him a reason to stay. She wants him to stay, but doesn't tell him in time.