The Ironic Segue Fairy brings us to Buffy, who whinges as she brushes some tangles out of her hair. Joyce pops in and says she just got the mail, in which there was a reminder notice about Parent-Teacher Night. She asks if Buffy was going to tell her about it. Buffy hems and haws. Joyce asks what she can expect to hear from Buffy's teachers. Buffy hems and haws. Joyce asks how her test scores have been. Buffy: "Do I have to use semaphore flags to spell it out for you, Mom?" Or, the version that actually aired: "What can you really tell about a person from a test score?" Joyce: "Whether or not she's ever going out with her friends again." Buffy: "Oh, that." Heh. Joyce gives a heartfelt speech about how she knows tests and grades aren't everything, but she really doesn't want to be disappointed in Buffy again. That "disappointed" card is a parent's ace in the hole. Watch out for it, kids. And I liked Joyce a lot, but if how Buffy's doing in school is that important to her, she might be checking on Buffy's homework and test scores a little more often, no? Buffy says that she's trying, but she's under a lot of pressure. Joyce: "Wait 'til you get a job." She leaves. Buffy opens a drawer with Slayer-y stuff inside. Looking in the mirror, she anvils, "I have a job." Me too, and clunky lines like that one don't make it any easier.