Season: Episode 8 of Season 5
Original Air Date: 11/21/2000
Written by: David Fury
Directed by: Daniel Attias

<b>Notes:</b>

Glory conjures a snake monster to seek the Key & Joyce's illness is diagnosed.

<b>Plot Highlights:</b>

Buffy & Dawn wait for Joyce's CAT scan results. The gang takes shots at Riley for lone-wolfing. Spike gets caught sniffing Buffy's sweater. Glory shops at the Magic Shop. Dr Isaacs diagnoses Joyce. Dawn innocently adds to Riley's Buffy-doubts. Riley stakes Sandy. Buffy kills Glory's snake monster. Buffy rain-checks on Riley's offered shoulder.

<b>Quotes:</b>

BUFFY: (softly) Mom, what did they find?

JOYCE: A shadow. I've got a shadow. Somewhere ... over there (on scan) ... he showed it to me, but, um ... they have to do a biopsy to find out exactly what it is.

(Buffy looks upset. They hug.)

JOYCE: (voice breaking) Doctor says it's too early to be concerned.

BUFFY: Right. No concern.

JOYCE: Just a shadow.