Season: Episode 15 of Season 6
Original Air Date: 02/26/2002
Written by: Douglas Petrie
Directed by: Douglas Petrie
<b>Notes:</b>
Riley returns to Sunnydale.
<b>Plot Highlights:</b>
Todd the night-school MBA-candidate lectures Buffy. A vampire smells that Doublemeat smell. Spike convinces Buffy to triste behind a tree. Buffy sends Dawn & Willow to the Bronze without her. Xander & Anya stress, Willow celebrates. Buffy misses trash day. Riley finds Buffy at work, they track a "wild bear" in his car. Anya & Xander get stuck in traffic. Buffy & Riley scale a dam. Riley's wife Sam introduces herself. Scoobies welcome Riley & Sam at Buffy's house. Sam tells Willow about ex-Shamans. Sam & Buffy chat about Riley. Buffy tries to drown her depression in Spike. Riley walks in, finds the demon eggs. Buffy & Riley have a heart-to-heart before he & Sam helecopter off into the sunset (uh, blinding helecopter light, that is). Buffy tells Spike it's over.
<b>Quotes:</b>
BUFFY: (sings) 'Get the double treat, that's the double sweet, oh it's hard to beat, when the meat meets-' Oh, why can't I get this stupid jingle out of my head?
VAMP: Least of your problems now, little girl.
BUFFY: Wait. (puts burger bag down)
VAMP: Ooookay.
BUFFY: Okay, let's do this. Quickly.
VAMP: What's that smell? Geez, Slayer, is that you?
BUFFY: I've been working!
VAMP: Where, in a slaughterhouse?!
BUFFY: (pouts) Double Meat Palace.
VAMP: Ohhh. You know what? Let's just call it a night. If it's all the same to you, and you've been eating that stuff, I'm not so sure I wanna bite you.
BUFFY: You're dead! You smell like it! How do you get to say I'm the one who's stinky?
VAMP: Really, it's, it's cool, I'll just catch you next time.
(dusted)