TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] Spike sitting on the end of Willow's bed: "Lets try again." He tries to bite her and is stopped by an excruciating pain in his head. Spike (voice over): "I can't bite anything. I can't even hit people." Willow: "How's with you and Riley?" Buffy: "Every time we talk I have to lie. I wish I could just come clean!" Forrest climbs up a ladder in the Initiative compound: "Well, you can't." Riley: "I know I can't. But Buffy is special." Buffy bursting through the boarded up window into the house of the Gentlemen. Buffy and Riley spinning around aiming their weapons at each other. Riley sitting on Willow's bed: "I guess we have to talk." Buffy sitting on her bed: "I guess we do." They sit silently looking mainly at the floor only throwing occasional glances at each other. Buffy: "Somebody should speak before one of us graduates." Riley gets up with a sigh, after a little more time: "What are you?" Buffy: "Capricorn on the cusp of Aquarius. You?" Riley: "Sorry. That came out a little blunter than I intended. - It's just... you are amazing! Your speed, your strength." Buffy: "Also passionate, artistic and inquisitive. - Who are you?" Riley: "You know who I am. The rest... what I do... (Shakes his head) I can't tell you." Buffy gets up: "Well, then let me. You're part of some military monster squad that captures - demons, vampires, probably have some official sounding euphemisms for them, - like unfriendlies or - non sapiens." Riley nods: "Hostile Sub Terrestrials." Buffy: "So you deliver these - HST's to a bunch of lab coats, who perform experiments on them, which among other things turn some into harmless little bunnies. How am I doing so far?" Riley: "A little too well." Buffy:
SUMMARY:
An earthquake occurs in Sunnydale, which signifies the Hellmouth is opening. The gang must return to the remains of Sunnydale High to stop it; Buffy and Riley struggle with each other's secrets.