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| 82. Out Of My Mind Original Air Date: October 17, 2000 Written by: Rebecca Rand Kirschner Directed by: David Grossman Guest Cast: Mercedes McNab (Harmony) Bailey Chase (Graham) Time Winters (Dr. Overheiser) Dierdre Holder (Hospital Doctor) Like a bird of prey, Buffy sits perched on top of a stone mausoleum, looking over a graveyard. Suddenly she swoops down to the ground. The freshly-buried corpse doesn't even make it out of his grave before Buffy buries a stake in his underground heart. Another vampire leaps from the fresh earth that fills his grave. Buffy fights the vamp until Riley cuts in. He stakes the creature and seconds later a bigger male vamp arises. Before Buffy can attack him, Spike cuts in on her action. Out for some evening fun, Spike beats the monster mercilessly, but he let's his guard down and Buffy shoves a bleeding Spike aside to dust the pouncing inhuman. Even when Buffy is chewing Spike out for interfering, Riley butts in. Repulsed by Spike licking up the blood dripping from his nose, Buffy leaves with Riley in disgust. Riley is jazzed and wants more action, but neither of them think that killing Spike would be much fun. Spike remains behind threatening dire and oddly poetic threats against the Slayer. Then he turns and strides away, before falling into an open grave, with a howl of pain. Willow is ecstatic when Buffy begins to discuss the French Revolution with her while walking down the hall at their college. Buffy assures Willow that she is still the brains of the outfit and laments the fact that going to college and pursuing a career aren't as easy as the Hollywood make it look. To take a break from brainwork, she decides to take in some physical training. Giles and Xander are building shelves for Giles' new store, called The Magic Box. Meanwhile Anya and Tara work over the inventory on the shelves. Tara thinks that the store could use a fortune-teller and Willow thinks that she should do it, but Tara is too shy to agree. Buffy, Xander and Giles enter her new playroom. Suddenly she is tackled and wrestled to the ground by Riley. When she picks herself up she marvels at the large open gym, complete with punching bags, exercise equipment, gymnastic props, targets and an assortment of wall-mounted weapons. Inside Spike's crypt he is watching a soap opera and ridiculing the characters for the bad decisions they make in life. Harmony arrives nearly shaking with fear that Buffy is after her. She thinks that Buffy considers her a terrible threat and is coming after her. She needs Spike's help to hide out. Spike is obviously sly when he asks her how badly she needs him, but when she slowly realizes what he means and she quickly agrees. Spike paints a terrible picture of what will happen to her if she doesn't kill Buffy first. He reminds her that because of the computer chip that the Initiative put in his head, he cannot harm any humans, so she must do it. But he does agree to help any way that he can. Buffy and Riley are basking in the afterglow, but Riley is full of energy and isn't ready to quit. The next morning, Joyce is fixing Dawn some breakfast. She approaches with omelets, but stops and swoons. She looks at Dawn, but suddenly doesn't recognize her. Then she falls to the floor, unconscious. A young intern gives Buffy and Riley a vague answer as to the cause of her mother's fainting. As they talk, Dawn plays with the doctor's stethoscope. When she places it against Riley's chest the beating of his heart literally sounds like the hooves of a galloping horse. A woman doctor is adamant that Riley should check himself into the hospital, but he is just as stubborn about leaving. Buffy is scared for him, but he won't listen to her advice. He reminds her that he was experimented on by the Initiative and that just may be how his heart beats. Joyce is ready to go and Riley encourages them all to leave. At home, Joyce intends to rest on the couch, but she is worried about Riley. Buffy reassures her mother, but later in her room she discusses her worries with Willow. She wonders if the former members of Initiative might be able and willing to help Riley, but she isn't sure how to contact them. Dawn hits on the idea that if they really are undercover spies, then just say what you want to tell them when they are watching. Buffy quickly leaves. Buffy enters Riley's place, but he isn't home. She picks up the phone and over the dial tone she can hear suspicious clicks. She asks for help for Riley and hangs up. Riley is a basketball demon as he plays on a neighborhood court. He takes a break when he notices Graham, his surviving friend from the Initiative, watching the action. Graham is accompanied by two "Agents". Graham tells him that it is imperative that Riley allow their doctor to fix him. Riley is not enthusiastic about trusting the government doctors that feed him drugs and put an implant in his body without his knowledge. Graham tells him that they are giving him no choice. Riley agrees, but attacks his friend and escapes. When Graham finally goes to Buffy, she is scornful of the government's methods and motives. Graham reveals that Riley's metabolism is supercharged and his pain centers are dampened, but his body cannot remain like that for long without a heart attack. A doctor waits at the hospital, but time is running out. Meanwhile, Riley wanders the caves outside Sunnydale. Buffy gathers her friends. Xander and Anya will search the docks. Willow suggests that she and Tara search the bomb-out High School, where Riley once hid. He might find it familiar. Buffy realizes that the old Initiative complex might seem more like home to Riley. Giles suggests that Spike might be helpful in the confusing maze of caves. Buffy wonders what nasty thing Spike is up to. Spike is winning an irritating game of Twenty-Questions. When Buffy pounds on the door, a terrified Harmony hides in a cement sarcophagus. Buffy pays Spike to find Riley, but she also tells him the short version of the entire story. She threatens Spike as well, and he agrees to help. At the hospital the doctor tells Graham that Riley's chances of surviving are hard to measure, but not good. Graham is attacked and subdued by Harmony and Spike informs the doctor that he has another operation in mind, literally. They break into a medical school and the doctor protests that his skills may not be sufficient to remove the chip from Spike's brain. Spike makes clear that the doctor's life, as well, depends on the outcome of the operation. Willow and Tara tour the dark wreckage that was once Sunnydale High. In order to provide light, Willow casts a spell that causes a small bit of fireworks and then lights up the entire hall. Tara is impressed by Willow's magic skills. Buffy finds Riley beating his fist against the rock wall of the caves. He is bleeding but he can't feel any pain. Buffy pleads with him to accept Graham's help. Riley is not only worried about the operation being an honest one, but if it is successful he won't have the strength and stamina to keep Buffy interested in him. She is resentful that he would think so little of her, of himself and, most of all, of their relationship. She is almost in tears as she tells him that no one knows her as well as him. If she just wanted a strong guy, she would be with Spike. She needs Riley and wants him, so much that she won't take no for an answer. He gives in. Meanwhile, the doctor that they are relying on to save Riley is trying to remove the chip from Spike's brain, even with Harmony babbling on mindlessly. Finally Spike, under only local anaesthetic, has to threaten Harmony to provide the nervous doctor with some peace. Buffy and Riley find the victims of Spike and Harmony's assault on the hospital. Graham tells them that it was Hostile 17, which was the Initiative's designation for Spike. Buffy quickly realizes why Spike needed a surgeon. Riley is obviously beginning to tire. Buffy tells Graham to call out the cavalry to search every place in Sunnydale with medical facilities. As she and Riley leave, Buffy lets loose with a string of threats for what will happen to Spike when she finds him. Spike is just finishing up a string of threats for what will happen to Buffy when he finds her. Harmony observes the operation through a haze of cigarette smoke, but she can still see the chip inside Spike's brain. The doctor points out the "No Smoking" sign and the dim-witted Harmony scrambles for a place to snuff out her butt. The doctor finishes and begins to close the wound so that Spike can inflict many more on Buffy. As the doctor puts in the last few stitches to Spike's amazingly perfectly groomed hair, Spike decides to snack on the doctor before seeking the Slayer. Suddenly Buffy and Riley enter the room and a four-way face-off results. The doctor tries to escape but Buffy wants him close-by. Harmony draws first blood with an accidental crossbow arrow to Riley's right thigh. Riley is supercharged, but obviously physically stressed as he and Harmony charge each other. In a few moments, Spike manages to gain the advantage over Buffy and goes for her throat. Before he can bite, he experiences a terrible pain in his head. They both realize that the doctor has double-crossed him. Buffy knocks Spike off of her, but Riley collapses clutching his heart. Buffy rushes to his side giving Spike and Harmony the chance to flee, but not before Spike confronts the doctor. The scared healer admits to fooling Spike rather than killing him in an operation he wasn't competent to perform. Buffy calls the doctor to Riley's side. As Spike and Harmony run through a graveyard, he rants against the Slayer. He is enraged to the point of smashing headstones. He thinks that Buffy tortures him on purpose, making his life a nightmare. He vows that it will end soon. Riley spends a few moments with the recovering Riley, but she must see to her mother. Riley seems to take it hard when she leaves him alone in the makeshift operating room. Riley and Graham walk together. Graham demeans Riley's life in Sunnydale. He thinks that Riley used to be someone and now he's a Buffy hanger-on. He invites Riley back into the Initiative group, but Riley walks away in silence. Spike is sleeping through the day when Buffy, as usual, barges in to his crypt. She has decided to finish Spike off. She is surprised when Spike agrees. He tells her that she torments him and that he would rather be dead than to have to see her again. He rips off his shirt and offers his bare chest to the Slayer. She raises her stake and leans into him. When she hesitates he grabs her, pulls her to him and kisses her passionately. She submits for a few moments, but pulls back and recoils from the kiss. Then she slowly draws closer and kisses him passionately. Spike profess his deep love for her and wakes up next to Harmony terrified at the thought that the dream that betrays him might be true. Summary by: OBCooke at EpisodeGuides.com |
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