In the training room, Buffy continues her tiny mouse punches. I wish she'd just quit already! Too much SMG, not enough Buffy. Riley enters and tells Buffy they need to talk. She doesn't want to, but he tells her, "Too bad," which just sets the whole tone for the debacle to follow. Buffy insists there's nothing to say and that nothing he can say will "make things better." She turns her back on him, and he paces across the room to grab her arms and turn her towards him. Um, hands off, scary out-of-control threatening boyfriend! Uh, except for the part where Buffy could kick his ass six ways to Sunday. But that still doesn't give him a right to get all Grabby McManhandling. He says he needs her to "hear him out," and she agrees but coldly tells him to remove his hand. Riley seems shocked at the depth of her anger and sighs, trying to marshal his thoughts. He tells her that the whole thing started as a "stupid immature game," wherein he was trying to "even the score" after Buffy "let" Dracula bite her. Oh boy! Where to start with the inaccuracies of this statement? I don't even know whether to blame them on Riley or the writers, and if I challenge every dumb thing Riley says this recap won't be finished until 2001. So, okay, he was drinking in Willy's bar long before he let Sandy bite him, it really didn't look like a "game" when he did, and plus, Buffy didn't let Dracula bite her. Which actually is exactly what Buffy replies.













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